The rest is just noise

The negative impact of Dale Ellis' missed fast break three-pointer was eliminated by himself.

In conjunction with Hornacek, Corbin, and McHale, he not only ran the most familiar Exhangerky (high dynamic offense), but also ran an improved version specially designed by Louis for Wilson. He was like

Demonstrating to Wilson off the court how a true outside shooter under the N.UCLA system should impact the game.

The Bucks can still find the Knicks' defensive problems.

After all, except for McHale and Corbin, this lineup is not elite defensively.

Terry Cummings played against McHale and chose a high jump shot, which he also made.

61 to 64

When it was the Knicks' turn to attack again, Louis asked Wilson to take a closer look at Ellis' movement: "Benj, what did you find out about Dell's movement?"

Wilson saw that Ellis, who had always been taciturn, would shout out to his teammates when running.

He had already felt this.

But being with him on the court is a different experience than watching the game off the court.

Ellis is obviously more engaged than before. He is very familiar with his teammates' pick-and-roll methods and cooperation, which shows that he has always known these people's tactical routines.

The reason why Ellis can perform so well in the N.UCLA system is that he knows what to do inside.

He can grasp the trends inside, so he can appear in key positions every time.

In this round, he pretended to run from the right corner to the left corner, suddenly stopped, and ran in reverse.

Paul Price, who was chasing him, was stopped by Gilmore's pick-and-roll. Ellis received the ball in the right corner and scored another three-pointer.

67 to 61

"Like John, he has memorized all our tactics." Louis said to the point, "So every time he attacks, he knows how to move to get opportunities, and he can also initiate through his position.

The right dynamic offense."

Wilson listened carefully to Louis' words.

Does he want this too?

At this time, Hick missed hitting Gilmore from horseback.

But the Bucks had offensive rebounds.

Cummings grabbed an offensive rebound and showed off his moves in the paint with McHale, but his moves couldn't reach his 244cm wingspan and were blocked.

Fortunately, the ball returned to his hands, but there were only a few seconds left in the Bucks' attack time.

Cummings reluctantly took the shot and failed to score.

McHale deserves the honor of being a double team player.

In fact, Louis feels that McHale's second defense is the end of the game, and Ewing is more suitable for the first defense than him.

As a result, Ewing defended twice and McHale defended first.

Countless people are complaining about Ewing. Although Ewing's infamous "Yankee" sentence that caused him to fall to the second defense seems a bit unjust and retributive, letting McHale enter the first defense seems like

Ewing fell to the consolation prize of second defense.

The league's top defensive team has to have someone on defense, right?

This is how the award evaluation feels to people. It is not objective, fair or realistic at all.

Of course, as long as McHale has an outstanding defensive performance, the commentators will mention his selection for the first defense.

Barry has already started: "Kevin McHale is the best player on this team. He is indispensable for the Knicks' defense to be No. 1 in the league this season."

Russell's philosophy is outdated, but he can still distinguish who is the core of defense and who is the core of offense.

He had no reaction to Barry's words.

The Bucks missed a goal and Hornacek dribbled the ball across half court. The Bucks were in a dangerous situation. Facing the Knicks' second lineup, they had no advantage and showed a trend of confrontation on the offensive end.

Suddenly, they were guarding Hornacek like they were guarding Stockton.

For the pick-and-roll, they chose to bypass the defense.

Hornacek's mind rang with Louis' instructions, and he seized the Bucks' vacant defensive position and collected the ball for a jumper.

It was also a three-pointer.

This defensive gap created by bypassing the pick-and-roll was a routine operation of the three-point monsters in the small ball era. Hornacek took the shot with confidence.

"Whoosh!"

70 to 61

Nelson couldn't sit back and watch his team be overwhelmed by the Knicks' second unit, and angrily requested a timeout.

He yelled at the players off the court for being lifeless and making them look like weaklings.

As for the Knicks, Louis was much gentler. He asked Gilmore: "Is your physical strength okay?"

Gilmore nodded: "Okay."

"Then just hold on for a few more minutes." Louis smiled and said to Hornacek, "Honey, from now on you will play the second position, Dell will play the third position, Tyrone will come down to rest, and John..." Louis looked at Si

Tocton, "You come up and play the No. 1 position."

Since the defense of this lineup is destined to be bad, then don't defend.

Louis is a person who can take things and let things go, is not rigid, and always knows what he wants.

If the team's offensive status is better, focus on offense.

If the offense is not good, then defend with all your might.

Hornacek's three-pointer showed that he felt good tonight, so he would play the second position to give the Knicks two space points on the outside. Stockton didn't have to use him to call pick-and-rolls.

Just hold the ball on the outside and let others run the tactics.

Since the Knicks changed their lineup, the Bucks and them have fallen into a back-and-forth offensive rhythm.

Moncrief has obvious advantages against Stockton, Hornacek, and Ellis.

Therefore, as long as he holds the ball in his sweet spot, there is no difference in the duel.

Eat Stockton this time, Ellis that time, both are delicious and juicy, you must try them.

However, Nelson gave a death order, and the defense must be ruthless and fierce.

The Bucks did it, and their defensive intensity was very strong.

Hornacek has been Stockton's substitute most of the time. When the Knicks rarely played the second position, now he temporarily plays the second position. All he can do is find a suitable position to stand and wait.

A teammate feeds the ball and then shoots an open three-pointer.

The real star of the offense is Ellis, and everyone knows that.

Ellis is haunted by Moncrief.

Suddenly there were no opportunities, Stockton couldn't take over, Hornacek stood still, and the Knicks' offense seemed to be blocked.

However, there is another option on the field.

McHale caught the ball in the high post, took the ball to the basket and caused a foul on the Bucks.

Hugh Hollins was angrily scolded by Nelson, "A foul was called for this kind of confrontation? Then why play?"

Hollins stared back at Nelson, with a hint of menace in his eyes.

Harris stopped Nelson who wanted to get more angry and challenge the referee. McHale stepped to the free throw line and made two free throws, resolving the difficulties the Knicks faced on the offensive end.

"There's not much time left for the Bucks."

"Their full lineup is on par with the Knicks' second lineup. Isn't it weird?"

"If the opponent dares to use the second lineup against all your main players during regular time, there are only two possibilities. One is that their substitutes are in better condition today, and the other is that they simply don't pay attention to your main players.

"

Barry is a true diode, and the two opinions he throws out are either/or, with no middle value.

Russell, who has won two championships as a player and coach, raised another possibility: "Maybe Little is brewing something."

Five minutes past the third quarter, 74 to 66.

The Knicks led by 8 points. Moncrief was indeed the best perimeter defender in the first half of the 1980s. He was no longer at his peak and locked Ellis's off-ball movement.

From the moment he faced Ellis, Ellis missed all 3 shots.

The Knicks have handed over the task of ensuring the offense to their interior line.

McHale took over a lot of offense in the low post, and Gilmore grabbed a few offensive rebounds.

In the first six minutes of the third quarter, the Knicks held on and led the Bucks by 5 points, 76-71.

Seeing that the resistance of this lineup had reached its limit and that it would be left to McHale to take over if it continued, Louis asked for a timeout again.

This pause aroused Russell's doubts.

And Nelson's caution.

Especially Rodman, Stevens, and Selley stood up from the field at the same time.

The implication is obvious enough!

Murder press?

That's right, this isn't even implied, it's stated.

What is different from the Murderous Press in the first half is that in addition to Ross, Ross, and Seth, this Murderous Press also added Wilson and Ewing.

That's why Louis benched them at the start of the second half.

Let them rest for a while before going on the field to deliver a fatal blow to the Bucks.

Nelson had predicted that the Knicks would use a murderous press, but all he could do was to replace the lineup with one guard + four wings.

"If the Knicks decide to press the game to the end in the third quarter, then it makes sense not to start the second half without Patrick Ewing and Benjamin Wilson."

"Little Lu is gathering strength for this plan."

Barry said in surprise: "He really believes in his players, and ordinary coaches will never make such a dangerous decision."

"Maybe this decision is not dangerous for him at all." Russell laughed.

A murderous pressing formation with a core appears.

The Bucks responded in the same way as in the first half, but the murderous press they encountered this time was much more intense than the last time.

The balance of victory and defeat tilted towards the Knicks almost in the first second after the timeout ended.

There are things the Bucks do well, and there are many things they don't do well.

The worst thing they did was being unprepared for the Knicks' murderous press.

The problem is, murdering press is not a secret to the league.

Now that we have seen how terrifying it is, it is already a little too late to arrange manpower to deal with it.