The rest is just noise

Stockton was tightly defended by the Bucks and his performance was mediocre;

Wilson was heavily marked by Moncrief and was beaten very hard.

The Bucks made a lot of efforts to choke the Knicks' N.UCLA system, but they were not prepared to deal with the murderous press.

This brought unimaginable difficulties to their game.

In the remaining seven minutes of the second quarter, the Bucks recovered by 4 points, but the Knicks still led.

59 to 52

At halftime, Louis and Nelson looked at each other as they walked across the court.

The other party gave him a look that said, "You are really good at surprising people."

Louis came before reporters.

"Little Lu, you once again took the lead through the full-court press. Is this your trump card?"

Louis smiled lightly and said: "The trump card should be unknown to everyone, but no one should know that the Knicks are good at pressing the whole court. This is one of our winning strategies."

"So, what is the reason why your full-court press is so effective?"

"The reason is that we chose the right time and the right opponent to press the whole court." Louis said nonsense, "I will only let the players do that if I am sure it will have an effect on the opponent."

Back in the locker room, Louis first decided on the roster for the second half.

"Honey (Hornacek), Tyrone, Dale, Kevin, and our old artists." Louis finally looked at Artis Gilmore.

The artist is exactly the English meaning of Gilmour's name (Artis).

Artis was stunned for a few seconds, "Coach, are you talking to me?"

There was an atmosphere of joy in the locker room. Gilmore is also famous for his slow reflex arc. In the pre-draft training, he was a beat slow in every link, which earned him the title of "Zombie Artis" (

gorArtis) title.

"It doesn't matter if you are slow to react now. If you are slow to react later, be careful of being dunked." Louis suddenly felt uneasy about letting Gilmore replace Ewing in the playoffs.

"Coach can't," McHale said for Gilmore. "Because he reacts slowly, he is very suitable for guarding Hikma. Think about it, no matter how many footwork that guy Hikma does, Artis can only do it."

Come up with a reaction"

McHale once again brought cheers to the Knicks' locker room.

It must be said that McHale's joke was taken seriously by Louis.

Because it actually sounds reasonable

In the second half, the Knicks shocked the crowd.

Rick Barry and Bill Russell were terrified.

Only two players played in the regular game, and Stockton, Wilson, and Ewing, who seemed to be very crucial, were all sitting off the court.

"Coach Lu, what are you trying to do, Coach Lu?"

Barry said confused.

Russell knows Louis, and he knows that Louis is not the kind of coach who will mess around.

"There must be some conspiracy hidden in this." Russell took advantage of this and praised Louis. "Little Lou is the coach in the league who likes to give people unexpected surprises the most. He is very much like Reid back then."

Before the start of the second half, Louis told Hornacek: "Play more pick-and-rolls and use tactics. If they choose to bypass the pick-and-roll or squeeze through the pick-and-roll, you should seize the momentary opening to attack them."

As both defenders, Hornacek's offensive ability is stronger than Stockton's.

When it comes to shooting, he has the ability to make emergency stops while holding the ball. Since coming to the Knicks, Louis attaches great importance to outside three-pointers, so he usually focuses on three-pointers.

Louis suddenly asked him to play the second half. Even though Hornacek was excited, he did not dare to forget Louis' order.

The Knicks replaced three substitutes in the second half, and the Bucks decisively attacked their inside line.

Although McHale, the Knicks' core player this season, is still on the court, and he was selected to the double team this year, everyone knows that the core of New York's defense is Ewing, who has fallen to the second defense.

As expected, McHale's defensive positioning is good, and his wingspan is long enough, but his spring speed and jumping ability are a little short, and he can't jump up to cover the attacker.

John Lucas II drew the foul on McHale.

Louis took a serious look at Lucas II's face. If he guessed correctly, this guy would have a son named John Lucas III in the future, and he would come to the CBA to play for the Fujian team after the age of 30.

, happened to bump into Zhou Qi, who had just entered the CBA in his rookie season, and was slapped with a highly terrifying nail plate by Zhou Qi.

Well, Louis always has a good memory regarding things related to Zhou Qi.

Another point is that the father and son look very similar, and they are definitely biological.

Hornacek, who was still playing the No. 2 position in college, strengthened his movement control training in his rookie season and has successfully transformed into the No. 1 position while retaining the characteristics of the No. 2 position. Compared with another version of Hornacek

, this one under Louis will undoubtedly become even better.

Corbin provided Ellis with a screen on the wing, and McHale and Gilmore set up a high pick-and-roll at the same time.

Gilmore is very unfamiliar with the pick-and-roll of the N.UCLA system. He must always look at Hornacek's gestures to know what to do next. McHale used the clean pick-and-roll to cut in, complete the low post dislocation of 2High, and catch the ball.

Turn around and shoot.

61 to 54

Price felt liberated from Corbyn.

His dribbling skills are very good, which is why Nelson chose to transform him into a point forward.

He dribbled the ball against Corbin's glue defense. Although he could not get rid of it with the dribble, his pass was a cool hook pass and passed to Hikma inside.

Sikma relied on hitting Gilmour and used his strength to hit the plate.

56 to 61

Now is the time when the Knicks are weak. If they don't take advantage of this moment to chase points, it will be even harder to chase after the other three come back.

This time, Hornacek dribbled into the frontcourt without even calling a tactic, and directly passed a quick pass to McHale.

McHale caught the ball and turned and shot.

Go ahead.

As long as the opponent's defense is not in place, his turnaround jump shot gives Louis the feeling that he will never miss it.

After that, there were two high-energy rounds, with Hick beating Gilmore on horseback.

Gilmour was not shaken because his reaction was too slow, as McHale said.

He was shaken.

However, Hikma's shot was a beat too slow, and Gilmore, who still had some energy left, turned around and delivered a big blood cap.

McHale recovered the ball that almost went out of bounds.

Hornacek dropped the fast-breaking Ellis.

Instead of a 1-on-0 layup, Ellis went straight for a chasing three-pointer that dissatisfied both Barry and Russell.

"boom!"

Because he didn't make the shot, Barry started to complain crazily about Ellis's choice.

"Why would he do this? There is no defender in front of him, he goes in and his layup rate is 100%, but he actually shoots a three-pointer?" Barry said sarcastically, "I think Little Lu is still too young, and he neglects to discipline these people. It's simply...

mess!"

"Yes, if there was a three-point line in the era when Reid was coaching, anyone who dared to do that during a fast break would definitely be replaced." Russell noticed Louis' expression.

He didn't react at all, as if it was natural to do so.

Ellis missed a counterattack opportunity, and Louis just clapped his hands to encourage them to go back and defend.

"This is too nonsense."

Even Phil Jackson of the Knicks couldn't accept it.

The Bucks' lineup showed its due advantages, relying on moving the ball to bully Hornacek and Ellis' weak defensive awareness and find three-point opportunities on the right side.

Moncrief made a decisive shot.

59 to 61

"We're chasing 2 points, Little Lu, do you want to call a timeout?"

"No, he looks relaxed."

Many people don't understand Louis's connivance with Ellis, just like he caused so much trouble off the court, which seriously affected the Knicks' regular season games. This kind of 1-on-0 three-point shooting in the frontcourt is his fault.

Get the most.

Louis is also troubled by off-court matters, but Ellis currently has irreplaceable value in the Knicks.

Everyone else can find spare tires, but Ellis, if he can't play, the Knicks' system will be half broken.

Until Wilson becomes the man Louie imagined he would be, or until a replacement for Ellis is found, nothing will change.

McHale picked and rolled, moved down, changed lanes, and suddenly gave Ellis a back screen.

Ellis used his screen to run behind Hornacek, catch the ball, and shoot a three-pointer.

Whoosh!

Wonderful Exhange Riky (high position dynamic attack).

64 to 59

"Anyway, Dale Ellis is so unruly!" Barry was still teasing him.

"Yes, he is a very selfish player." Russell added.

But Ellis's performance became more and more vigorous.