The rest is just noise

There are several reasons why the Knicks' murder presses the league.

The amazing defensive quality, due to Louis' daily training, there are many people in the Knicks team who can join the murder press. Not counting the two core players of Wilson and Ewing, the regular members of the murder press include Oakley and Steven

Si, Selley, Rodman, Cooper.

With the dual core of Wei and You, it is a lineup that can rotate seven people. With seven people rotating, as long as Louis is willing, he can use the murder press for 6-8 consecutive minutes.

And he has maintained amazing defensive quality during this period.

With incredible athletic ability, this entire lineup, except for Oakley, is an all-around defender with long hands and feet who can switch to guard multiple positions.

This feature allows them to switch defenses at will without any difference.

The defense puts a lot of pressure on the opponent, which is the biggest characteristic of the murder press.

They play like butchers, with a desire to kill their opponents every time they appear on the court. The flank blockade composed of Rodman, Stevens, and Selley can make the second team of all teams despair, and now they have joined them.

Cooper, a perennial defensive selection who has been dedicated to wiping Magic's butt for seven years.

Once Louis makes up his mind and upgrades the two positions of Selley and Oakley to Wilson and Ewing, then this will be a murderous pressing formation that takes into account offensive stability and devastating defensive oppression.

And this is what the Blazers have to face in the last 25 seconds.

Stevens was responsible for guarding Jordan, Wilson guarded Drexler, Cooper guarded McDaniel, Rodman guarded Terry Porter, and Ewing was responsible for using his size, size, and wingspan to stop Nance.

Serve as planned.

It was a breathless few seconds at Memorial Stadium.

Stevens is not as fast as Jordan, but the Knicks did not expect to use one person to guard Jordan.

Whenever Jordan wants to get past Stevens, Rodman, Wilson, and Cooper can switch defenses.

A group of spider-men overwhelmed Jordan with their wingspan.

The Trail Blazers requested a timeout before the five-second violation.

"This is also the last timeout for the Trail Blazers tonight!" said legendary commentator She Neli at Memorial Stadium.

In the CBS commentary box, Rick Barry laughed and said: "If I were Rick Adelman, I would let them give the ball to anyone at will. Anyway, there is still a lot of offensive time, and they have enough time.

Pass the ball to the right person. If you want to give the ball to the player who is ready to execute the buzzer from the beginning, then the Knicks' defensive arrangement is also very good."

Russell had a different view: "We all know they want to give the ball to Michael Jordan. MJ is the most dangerous killer in the league. If they face an average team, your plan may be successful. But, Nick

Steve won't let them just pass the ball to MJ."

"They brought a lot of defensive pressure and barely gave their opponents a chance to breathe."

Off the court, Louis decided to take a gamble.

Blindly preventing Jordan from catching the ball was a bit too lackluster and too passive.

He hopes to take the initiative into his own hands.

"We can let MJ get the ball, but we can't let him get the ball in a comfortable place." Louis marked a position on the tactical board. "They have a lot of killer tactics, but those are the ones that are most easily used.

, In this situation tonight, there may be some changes."

Louis began to arrange.

"Next, they will definitely pass the ball to other people, because there is a lot of offensive time. As long as the ball is released, it is not difficult for MJ to catch the ball. Therefore, we can let them catch the ball, but we cannot let them initiate the ball.

The tactical Drexler or Terry Porter will catch the ball." Louis laughed and said, "Of course, we can't let MJ catch the ball. When the timeout ends, as usual, Xavier McDaniel will use a reverse run

If we create chaos, we will use our tactics..."

Louis seemed to be able to hear the Blazers' timeout arrangements and completely grasped the Trail Blazers' movement.

At the end of the timeout, Louis said to Tomjanovich: "If we win, I'm going to reward myself with a can of Coke."

"learn."

Tomjanovich directly asked people to prepare.

The referee's whistle blows, just like what Louie said during the timeout.

McDaniel ran back to try to disrupt the defense.

Cooper, who was guarding him, suddenly fell behind, so the Blazers' well-prepared running tactics didn't come into use and the receiver appeared.

McDaniel settled outside the left three-point line.

Nance successfully served the ball.

This reassures Trail Blazers fans. Although the person receiving the ball is not Jordan or Porter, as long as the ball can be released, the rest will not be a problem.

However, Cooper, who lost his defensive position, immediately switched defenses with Rodman.

Rodman came to McDaniel.

The Blazers ran tactics step by step.

"It is indeed a pistol tactic (Pistol)!" Zhao Yuanzheng said, "In this way, the coach's arrangement will be effective."

The pistol tactic is currently a popular tactic in the league. It can produce a variety of offensive options. The coach will develop different routines based on the characteristics of different players. Therefore, almost every team now has its own set.

Pistol tactic. This tactic mainly consists of three players, usually completed by the cooperation of players in positions 1, 2, and 5.

The basic positioning is that positions 3, 4, and 5 clear one side, and position 2 sinks to the baseline on the other side. The point guard can initiate tactics as soon as he passes half court. Position 2 pretends to step forward to get the ball, but actually counterattacks along the baseline.

Run, get a layup after receiving a pass from position 1. This kind of ball point guard usually passes the ball to hit the ball and catch the opponent by surprise. The key point is that positions 1 and 2 must cooperate and understand each other tacitly. Position 1 needs to use it first.

The eyes confuse the opponent, and the counter run in position 2 needs to be quick enough.

In the Trail Blazers, this tactic was often completed by Porter/Jordan and Drexler/Nance, which not only fully utilized Porter's ability to read the game, but also made full use of Jordan's Panther-like speed and dominance.

Terminating ability.

According to data obtained by Louis at Oracle, this season, Jordan's number of air cuts has dropped compared to before. He scored only 0.8 points per round on air cuts. You must know that last season, his number was 1.3 points.

This offensive tactic is very effective for man-to-man defense, especially when the opponent's defense is greatly expanded, and it is highly maneuverable.

The characteristic of the full-court press is to expand the defense, but the defensive method is not man-to-man, but focuses on attacking the ball holder and forcing him to make mistakes.

McDaniel getting the ball was an unplanned part of the Blazers' tactics, but this was a step the Knicks had planned early.

Everything is going according to plan.

Since McDaniels is holding the ball, the Blazers can only use pistol tactics from him.

Porter and Drexler stations clear to the right.

However, Drexler's unpredictable shooting touch was despised by Louis both strategically and tactically.

Jordan came to the 45-degree angle on the left, and the person responsible for guarding him now was Cooper.

The moment Nance came to cover, Ewing and Cooper worked together to keep Jordan firmly on the outside.

The attempt to create catch-and-shoot opportunities for Jordan through tactical movement has been choked by the Knicks' targeted defense.

McDaniel could only activate the second plan and call Nance to pick and roll for him.

As a result, Stevens, who was supposed to be in front of Drexler, completely gave up on defending the glider. When McDaniel passed the pick-and-roll and encountered Ewing changing defense, he was about to use his speed to break through Ewing.

A vicious dog from the wing knocked the ball out of McDaniel's hand.

"Mistake! The X-Men made a mistake!"

"it's over!"

When McDaniel dropped the ball, Ewing stepped forward to pick it up. No matter how hard they tried, the ball for the last attack came to the Knicks. Jordan did not touch the ball at all. The Blazers' winning tactics were completely

fail.

When Louis watched the Blazers foul Ewing and send him to the free throw line, he knew the game was won.

About half a minute later, Ewing made two free throws and the Knicks won the game on the road.

"What else can I say, this is the art of coaching!" Commentator Pat O'Brien sighed, "The Blazers' style of play was seen through by the Knicks, and Adelman's tactics

It didn’t work until Little showed up.”

Barry said funnyly: "Not only did it not work, I feel that if necessary, Little Lou could guess the color of all their underwear. For the coach, the art of coaching the game is to weigh the situation and weigh the situation. Little Lou used what he had

The information we had mastered perfectly planned the defense in the last round!”

"Yes, when the game falls into the hands of the coaches of both teams, we can always see that Little is superior in the final arrangement. If it happens once or twice, it is accidental, and it is like this every time, how can we explain it?

?We must admit that the 27-year-old Little is already one of the best coaches in the league."

Barry was shocked when O'Brien told him Louis' age.

In his impression, Louis has been in the league for many years. At least when he was playing, Louis was already a scout.

After so many years, it feels like he has been working hard in the league for more than ten years, and then he is only 27 years old?

His experience with the Celtics was enough for him to take root in the professional basketball world, and now it only took him less than four years to bring the Knicks back to life at a low point.

What kind of ability is this...

"This Chinese guy is too young..." Barry couldn't help but give a harmless racially charged compliment.

Louis was tired of hearing compliments. He knew he was great, so tonight, he was going to ignore the rules he had set for himself and drink a can of Coke to cheer him up.

When he opened the zipper and was about to drink Coke, Ewing looked at him with disdain: "This must be the third can of Coke you drank today. You still want to lose weight like this? Haha."