The rest is just noise

Chapter 491: There seems to be only one person, but there is not only one person

"Haha, this is a joke."

Seeing that Drexler did not take Luo Haos seriously, Louis knew that he had felt his "humor".

Sure enough, the glider held the ball and was ready to hit Luo Haos.

That's for sure. Substituting Luo Haos in regular time is already a great humiliation to the Blazers. And asking him to play the third position against the glider, who are you looking down on?

There are basically four steps to a glider's attack: drop the ball, exert force, break through, and finish.

30 to 34

Hornacek hit a three-pointer, he was a little impulsive.

Back, the glider accelerated again and hit the Knicks with a dunk. The atmosphere in the Memorial Stadium was like the special screen jittering effect of away free throws in the 2K game.

32 to 34

"Ahem... Honey, I need you to see where your teammates are!" Louis shouted.

At this time, Drexler was already energetic. The offense drove the defense, which caused Hornacek's passing error. He followed up with a counterattack, but was stopped by Rohaus' timely foul.

Looking at this momentum, letting Luo Haos continue to play the third position will be in trouble.

Originally, Louis just wanted to tease his opponent, but he didn't expect that teasing would turn out to be rebellion.

Louis turned around and called out to Dennis Rodman, who had been waiting for a long time.

"I hope you don't spend all your energy on women." Louis teased.

Rodman said confidently: "Coach, I only use 5% of my strength against women."

"I hope so." Louis clearly told Rodman that he wanted him to play against Drexler.

At this time, Hornacek was well aware of the effect of the program, and Louis was already ready to replace Luo Haos, but they came up with a cool outside pick-and-roll.

Hornacek only broke through a few steps before passing the ball back.

Glider despises Luo Haos to a certain extent. He clearly knows that shooting is his opponent's strength, but he refuses to defend.

Since the opponent wants to give him an open shooting opportunity, Luo Haos cannot refuse.

He raised his hand and made a three-pointer.

37 to 32

"This is our big Larry Bird, Mr. Drexler, you can't guard against him!" Louis laughed happily.

Moreover, without giving the glider a chance to counterattack, Luo Haos saw Rodman preparing to make a substitution on the sidelines and knew that he was about to be replaced, so he directly fouled the glider and left the field happily.

This situation made Drexler, a hypocrite who rarely got angry, furious.

His performance got better as his anger soared.

Moreover, Jordan came up.

Adelman saw that the glider was in good condition and did not let him go down to rest.

Suddenly, the Blazers' second-choice player entered the state, and Jordan also consciously gave up the stage to focus on defending Miller.

Because Miller's mouth and Wilson's mouth are from the same place of origin, both from UCLA.

Miller taunted Jordan by asking Jordan to draw a list, adding Reggie Miller's name to the list of "guys who have to get screwed tonight."

As the core of offense and defense, Jordan's one-on-one defensive ability against the opponent's core has always been the strongest in the league's T0.

After three consecutive years of fierce battles with the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, Jordan has become more "competent" in controlling the game situation, physical control, integration into the system, and personal singles selection with the ball.

Usually when his teammates are in the state and their fighting spirit is high, Jordan will resist his personal desire to attack, let his teammates control the ball, and devote more energy to defense.

At this time, Miller is the Knicks' peripheral core.

Jordan's defense was brutal.

There are no gaps or spaces, and he will stick to him wherever he goes. Even with cover, it is difficult for Miller to get rid of people cleanly.

On the other side, the glider's style of play reminded Louis of a person.

When he's in good shape, his breakthroughs are basically impossible to guard against. It's difficult for Rodman to restrain Drexler in this state at the Memorial Stadium. Moreover, his shooting that sometimes fails to work well looks very nerve-wracking.

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With his versatile style of play, powerful body, violent breakthroughs, crazy dunks and nerve-wracking shooting, isn't this just a poor man's version of James?

Jordan and Drexler's dominant offensive and defensive performance continued until the fourth minute of the second quarter.

At that time, Adelman replaced Glider, who had played for 16 consecutive minutes.

For the Knicks, Louis replaced Hornacek, Miller and others, and replaced Stockton, Wilson, Ellis, Ewing and others.

Against the Trail Blazers, Louis is no longer eager to kill them every time he sees them like he was in the previous two seasons.

The Knicks at that time were clearly not a championship contending team.

Therefore, Louis wants to defeat the Western Conference giants like the Trail Blazers to boost the team's morale.

Things are different now. The Knicks have the strength to challenge the Celtics. So against the Trail Blazers, the only leading team in the Western Conference, showing weakness is exactly Louis' strategy.

He did not let the team play high-intensity defense or use a murderous press. When there was a stalemate, he still let the main players rest and waited patiently for the rotation time to come.

The purpose of this arrangement is to compete with the opponent for depth, and to see how strong the opponent's flank is.

The Trail Blazers gave the Knicks the answer in the first half.

59 to 55

At halftime, the Trail Blazers led the Knicks by 4 points.

Jordan had 19 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in the half, and Glider had 15 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists in the half. They were really strong, needless to say.

Even McDaniel is a first-line forward in the league, but he was overshadowed by two great players in the Trail Blazers.

"The Trail Blazers are undoubtedly the team with the best championship prospects in the league. Every game against them is a training exercise." Louis' humble appearance makes many people who are familiar with him call him a stranger.

Is this still the same Louis who keeps his eyes high, doesn't take other teams into consideration, and only thinks about how to defeat the Celtics?

"Russell, what do you think this is going on?" Barry asked.

Russell was a master of psychology when he was a player, and he analyzed Louis' psychology very clearly.

"I think he told us a big lie." Russell knew Louis, and the Louis he was familiar with was by no means a person who would give in at such a time. "In fact, this can be seen in the game. If he

He really played against the Trail Blazers with a heart of awe. Then, how could he replace Brad Rohaus when the outcome was still undecided, and how could he let Rohaus appear at the third position?

Teasing Clyde?"

"This is not the behavior of a reverent person."

What Russell said hit the point.

"It seems that Coach Lu still has many ideas that we don't know about."

Louis carefully arranged several points in the locker room to test Jordan's shooting range, find the uncomfortable shooting spot for the glider, test the Blazers' punishment in the face of the pocket formation, and how to let Ewing play to his fullest.

If the 40-year-old Kareem Abdul-Jabbar can defeat the Blazers, how can the 25-year-old Ewing not take off?

It was precisely because of Louis' strong promotion of Ewing that the situation in the second half was changed.

He was just casually touching the Trail Blazer's weak spot without thinking of doing anything, but in the end, the knife actually hit the opponent's aorta.

Louis quickly discovered the threat that Ewing's team posed to the Trail Blazers. He called a timeout half a minute into the second half and drew up tactics specifically for Ewing.

Then, the insider bullying began.

Ewing directly changed the Blazers' defensive approach, which is very rare.

The Knicks are the team with the best combination of pick-and-roll ability, striker positioning ability, interior finishing ability, and ball-moving ability among all teams in the league. This characteristic gives those who have great limitations in defending the pick-and-roll and have to make trade-offs.

The team has a problem. Because the Knicks have similar threats in every link, the lower limit is very high, and it is dangerous to give up any end. Therefore, defending against the Knicks requires a balanced defensive resource, and it is best to have the ability to switch defenses, such as the Celtics.

A defensive lineup that can take into account all aspects.

If you have to make a choice, it is a more reasonable strategy to flank Wilson and stand in the corner to cover and chase Ellis. However, many teams are unable to do these two things at the same time in terms of defensive resources.

The way Ewing dominated the game was not the high/low post dominance style of Sampson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

He just followed Louis' instructions, first used high-quality pick-and-rolls to help his teammates complete the offense, and then used inside finishing tactics such as 2High, Pik, and Breast n to take advantage of the situation.

If the forward center can frequently score the ball through people, then there is no point in closing the three-point line to help defend, because originally it only took the risk of missing a three-pointer, but now the basket and the three-point line may be penetrated at the same time.

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With Louis' clever combination, the Knicks' lineup configuration made it difficult for the Blazers to limit the defensive aspects of Ewing's running tactics.

Because the Knicks' backcourt ball handlers, forward shooters, and finishers have clear divisions of labor and complement each other.

Stockton launched the offense, Wilson was an outstanding threat when holding the ball and shooting, Ellis was a huge threat without the ball, and Ewing and Oakley had amazing low-post destructive power and aggressiveness in the penalty area.

Both wing shooters Wilson and Ellis have certain tactical abilities. They can lift and sink when standing at fixed points. Although they don't have many ball-holding scenes, positional offense mainly provides space value.

However, it is enough for Ewing to make adjustments before shooting after receiving the ball when playing as a terminator, and he can also shoot through people.

The Knicks did not use their trump card or strengthen their defense, but a virtuous cycle occurred in various positions.

And Ewing became the ultimate beneficiary. His personal performance in the third quarter and his dominance of offense and defense seemed like he was the only one, but in fact he was not the only one.

Behind him, standing is an entire team.