The rest is just noise

After the Knicks came back from the timeout, basically every offensive round looked like this.

Stockton holds the ball from the outside, breaks through in isolation, or calls McHale for a pick-and-roll. Either way, it will cause a chain reaction.

This chain reaction was given by the Pistons themselves.

Daley asked the inside line to cooperate with the outside line to lock Stockton's series.

If you just look at Stockton's assist numbers, they have undoubtedly achieved this.

However, every time Stockton's attack failed, what fans saw was not the Pistons grabbing defensive rebounds and launching a counterattack.

Instead, Ewing relied on his powerful body to firmly hang on Malone or Parish.

He raised his hands, took off, and his body, well protected by Louis, still maintains his explosive power intact. Coupled with his weight gain in recent years, Ewing is already a nearly perfect center in terms of size.

As long as Malone gives up his defensive position to make up for someone, he will occupy the opponent's position and grab the offensive rebound.

Daly tried to let Malone attack people, and Parishka was blocked. As a result, Ewing was indeed caught here, but what about Oakley?

In terms of rebounding ability alone, it's hard to say whether Ewing is better than Oakley.

When playing intra-team competition, Oakley is obviously better at rebounding.

Parrish withstood Ewing, but Oakley flew free.

The Pistons' strategy fell into an endless loop.

If Stockton is not guarded, he will easily get the ball out.

Although Malone's assist defense can solve this problem, rebounding will not be guaranteed.

Locked up Ewing, and an Oakley.

No matter how they move, the Knicks have the power to rebound.

So the game became interesting. The Knicks' first shot in the positional battle had a low shooting percentage, but their offensive rebounds were crazy.

Most of the strikes were converted into offensive rebounds and secondary attacks by Ewing and Oakley, showing their dominance inside.

"It's so strange. Before the game started, we all thought that the Pistons would have a clear advantage inside because they have Moses, Robert, and even James Worthy, who is an awesome rebounder, no matter which team they face.

The team and their interior should be dominant. However, we saw that the Knicks gained an advantage in their weak position."

Billy Cunningham understood the tactics at this time: "This is caused by the Pistons' strategy. They sacrificed their inside positions in order to limit the Knicks' tactical operations."

"Can this disadvantage be reversed?" Dick Stockton asked.

Cunningham affirmed: "Believe in Coach Daley, he will find a way."

"It seems that Coach Lu's timeout has achieved certain results, Billy." Stockton was deliberately disgusting.

"Well..." Cunningham's face looked ugly, as if someone was popping a cucumber...

The Knicks put the restrictions in place and tied the score at 54 to 42 eight minutes into the second quarter.

The Knicks led by 12 points, and Ewing and Oakley grabbed 9 offensive rebounds in less than half a quarter.

The Pistons requested a timeout and Daly discussed it with the assistant coaches.

They decided to carry out an unforeseen operation.

Craig Ilo was replaced, James Worthy played the second position, instead of the small forward, and replaced with a villain named Rick Mahorn, paired with Malone and Parish.

As a result, the Pistons have become the most cumbersome team in the league.

At the same time, their rebounding pressure will also be put on the Knicks.

Three big men who average double figures in rebounds per game, coupled with Worthy who can get in double figures even if he doesn't have so many rebounding idiots. If he doesn't show his overwhelming dominance of "missing shots and grabbing them again, losing and grabbing them again", it will be a failure.

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Louis didn't expect the Pistons to go crazy, so he just made a regular rotation.

Stockton, Oakley, and McHale went down to rest.

Hornacek, Wilson, and Rodman came on as substitutes.

Louis gave up the three-inside game. Although he enjoyed the sense of accomplishment of defeating the opponent with the opponent's best play style, the Pistons... he really couldn't do it.

That kind of luxurious experience can only be experienced by the Celtics in the 1983-84 season.

Now, let’s just stick to what we are good at.

As a result, he saw the Pistons' four-frontcourt lineup.

"This is going crazy!" Zhao Yuanzheng muttered.

Tomjanovich is not surprised, this Piston has always been the focus of his research.

"This was their trump card last season, and we used outside shots to end it." Tomjanovich suggested that Louis use the same strategy.

"Not urgent."

Louis believes that after such a long period of practice, the players already know what style of play to use to deal with the Pistons' front four.

If the coaching staff worries too much and interrupts the rhythm of the game, it will actually affect the players' condition.

Stockton pointed to the corner on the right, preparing to call tactics.

The Pistons' defense started to get tough.

The biggest problem with the four-frontcourt lineup is that when faced with a team that mainly attacks from the outside, it will be too slow to prevent players from being out of position.

How does a player help himself or his teammates score? The most effective way is to draw more defenders from his teammates. When a player throws away his opponent's defense, there will be more opponents to interfere with him, or when a player

This player is a very offensive threat and will be double-teamed.

There are many people in the Knicks who have the ability to deter double-teams when they get the ball.

Ewing is one of them. Most teams double-team him not because of his strong offense, but because his ability to distribute the ball is below average.

Ewing confused many people in college. He made scouts believe that he was the leader of the next era. Louis saw his essence clearly, but he didn't see it clearly. Ewing in Georgetown seemed to be a passing ball.

A master, but only superficially.

Entering the NBA, his problems with his narrow vision for the ball, a little buttery hands, and dropping the ball from time to time were magnified.

The Pistons asked Malone to guard Ewing alone.

Bullets star Wes Unseld is nicknamed the Bone Crusher. But this nickname is unverifiable. It’s unknown where it came from, and it’s not official. Americans don’t call him that.

In terms of playing style, Malone is more of a bone crusher than Unseld.

In all confrontations where the ball is not used, Malone is top notch.

He looked for physical confrontation with Ewing like a mad dog.

Yo Yoo couldn't resist, so Ma Hong double-teamed him.

Then it's time to test Ewing's passing.

Everyone focused on this, Ewing took the ball and looked at Wilson who fell into the open space.

He delivered a low quality pass.

The Pistons have no way to cover up defense or rotate. They are a four-post lineup. This lineup has as many shortcomings as advantages. The biggest shortcoming is that it cannot perform high-quality defensive rotations.

If someone misses the defense, the rotation speed and defense speed of others cannot be compared with the normal lineup.

Wilson shot with this pass of questionable quality.

Missed!

"This is the Pistons' opportunity!" Cunningham finished his words.

A long rebound bounced out of the penalty area and escaped the Pistons' control.

Louis stood calmly on the sidelines, seemingly not paying attention to the Pistons' four-frontcourt lineup.

The rebound was picked up by the deadliest shooter.

Dale Ellis catches the ball.

"Since the start of the playoffs, Ellis has shaken off his off-court controversies and become the most dangerous outside shooter in the league, hitting at least 3 three-pointers in every game and shooting 46% from the field."

"Considering the intensity of the defense he faces, it's just incredible. You know, the Knicks have been trying to sell him before the trade deadline."

Cunningham hated Louis, and so he hated his players.

Hearing what Stockton said, he hummed softly, but no one heard him.

Ellis' three-pointer gave the Pistons no chance to react.

"Whoosh!"

That ball gave Daley an unspeakable feeling of suffocation.

He was uneasy, as if he had been caught in a weak spot.

Daley looked towards the Knicks bench, where Louis was smiling at him.

That's not a friendly smile, just like Zhang Zifeng's most terrifying smile of the year in "Tang Detective 1" - and to add, the replica in "Tang Detective 3" is like a fake, a pretentious piece of stinky shit - Dai

Leigh admitted he was frightened.

Coaches in this era don't believe that three-pointers can kill people.

Daley didn't believe it either.

Louis doesn't regard three-pointers as a key to winning games.

The time has not come yet, forcing you to play three-pointers against the times is just asking for trouble.

But if the Pistons stick to their four-frontcourt lineup, the three-point shot can really kill people.

Defensively, the Knicks took what they had from their opponents and used it against their opponents, using the same method to limit Joe Dumars.

One person is guarding, one person is flanking, and one person is in the trap.

The difference is that, except for Dumars, the Pistons have no second player who can punish the Knicks from outside the free throw line. Compared with Stockton, Dumars' ability to score points is like all the works of Mr. Bodo and Black.

Just like the few minutes of fierce fighting between Sawa Chiling in "Red Cliff", the gap is too big.

Dumas had no choice but to force a throw.

Missed!

As expected, the Pistons won the offensive rebound. The four frontcourt lineups gathered together under the basket and had a clear advantage. Malone took the ball and launched a second attack.

"Ewing disagrees!" The gorilla jumped up and delivered the hot pot.

Malone's ball was mercilessly slapped away.

Outside the penalty area, the Pistons' frontcourt lineup's ability to control the ball dropped like an avalanche.

It's Ellis again!

He ran over and controlled the ball on the floor, passing it to Stockton.

Stockton only made one move and immediately found Wilson who was about to leave.

Passing the ball is like a command flag, where the ball is directed.

Wilson came to the front and hit a shocking one-handed windmill, which made the star fans at MSG stand up and turned the garden into a noisy palace.

Finally, the Pistons got a goal back with Worthy's offense, but they didn't wait until they made their next plan.

Ewing passed the ball from the baseline.

It's Wilson again!

The Pistons could not stop Wilson's quick play. They could only watch the Knicks' counterattack happening in front of their eyes, unable to do anything.

"Is there anything else Coach Daley can do?"

Dick Stockton asked.

No matter how crooked Cunningham's butt is, he can't speak now.