The rest is just noise

Since he wants to be the villain for the Pistons, he must serve him well.

Although Louis doesn't know how Jordan is going to dominate this world with him standing in his way, he still has to be humble and set a small goal. If Jordan loses in the finals for three consecutive years, it will be considered a success.

Well, since Jordan is going to lose for three years, he must go through a complete training process.

At least, the Jordan Rules must be arranged, right?

The Jordan Rules, like "Cut the Shark," are the most famous individual defensive strategies in the history of basketball.

But Shark Cutting was later widely used on those who were not good at free throws, while the Jordan Rules began and ended with Jordan.

Used for specific people in a specific era, under a specific environment.

Louis assigned Tomjanovich and Zhao Yuanzheng the task of formulating a set of local traps for players in several other positions of the Trail Blazers.

As for the "Jordan Rules" directed at Jordan, he is naturally responsible for it.

The 1988 finals were special.

For the first time since 1980, there will be no Lakers or Celtics in the NBA Finals.

These two teams have split seven of the eight championships since the 1980s, and only one was won by the 76ers in 1983.

The Lakers have been rebuilt, and the Celtics were severely injured in the Eastern Conference finals. Bird's back condition has worsened and may be reimbursed next season. Isiah Thomas has also suffered a serious injury, leaving only one Sampson. The Celtics

It may no longer be that feared team.

Louis came home, said hello and locked himself in the basement.

Although the Blazers have a strong lineup on paper, there is an obvious problem: the three-point threat is too weak.

Their regulars are Porter, Jordan, Glider, Larry Nance, James Edwards.

From a numerical point of view, Porter is the biggest three-point threat, averaging 0.3 goals per game and shooting 35%.

For the rest, like Jordan and Glider, one of them averages 0.1 goals per game and has a shooting percentage of 23%; the other averages 0.3 goals per game and has a shooting percentage of 19%.

This kind of efficiency and production were handled by Green when he was dealing cards at the top of the arc in the small ball era.

Of course, we can't blame them. After all, they all play in the NCAA where there is no three-point line. They have never been exposed to the three-point line since they were young. In the years when they lost to the Lakers, they never lost on the three-point line, but in the penalty area.

Failure to challenge the Celtics may be a regret for the Trail Blazers.

Because they haven't met the Celtics, they don't know how big of a problem it is to have no threat at all from the three-point line.

The Lakers were beaten by the Celtics for four consecutive years, turning Magic into a dangerous open three-point shooter who averaged 1.8 three-pointers per game and shot 39%.

The Blazers didn't have this opportunity. They only focused on strengthening the inside line, but the reinforcements had no effect for a long time. In the end, it was the Lakers' "stop playing, destroy them, and leave the Celtics to others" reconstruction that allowed the Blazers to win.

who broke through them.

As for the Trail Blazers, a peripheral threat, how can we not suffer a heavy blow when we meet the team that is the "Father of the Pocket Formation"?

Louis found that "killing the Trail Blazers within six games" was a bit conservative, maybe five games?

A sweep is unlikely. What is certain is that Jordan, who is anxious, will probably have an explosion and score 10,000 points to kill the Knicks. Then Louis will get angry in the locker room and ask the players to fight against the Trail Blazers, and then it will be almost done.

Happy fishing season to Portlanders. You have to admit that Louie is really good at fishing.

Louis doesn't know much about Jordan's Law.

He knew the name, but didn't know the specific details. Therefore, he could only find a way to improve it himself.

In terms of team configuration alone, the Knicks are much better than the Pistons during the Bad Boy era.

Therefore, Louis just needs to make the best use of everything.

The next day, June 1, Louis asked the players to gather in the video room of the Blue Palace half an hour early.

Today we will conduct a simulation exercise of Jordan's Law.

After the players arrived, Louis first expressed condolences to Dale Ellis about his foot injury.

After Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Ellis, who was forced to play with an injury, just like Bird, his injury worsened.

Louis decided to retire him for the season.

Although Ellis disagreed, the decision on this matter rested with Louis.

He will not gamble Ellis' future for a championship, not to mention, this is not a multiple-choice question between Ellis and winning the championship.

With Ellis participating, the Knicks' game was impeccable.

Without Ellis, the Knicks' probability of losing the Finals increased from 0% to 5% for Jordan's sake.

"Is everyone here?" Louis asked.

Everyone looked at Louis seriously.

Louis then asked someone to play the tape.

"Our purpose today is not to review the Trail Blazers' game, but to conduct a series of defensive measures against the Trail Blazers' core players."

"Is it necessary? Even Larry Bird doesn't have this kind of treatment," Ewing said brazenly.

Louis spoke casually and touched Ewing's heart: "When the opponent was a freshman, he helped the team win the national championship with a buzzer-beater in the national finals. Do you think it is necessary?"

“It’s not like I haven’t played in the regular season before.”

“Are the Celtics in the regular season and the Celtics in the playoffs the same thing?”

"Okay, it seems you all have no objections."

Louis began to focus on the first rule of Jordan's Law: "Almost all teams that want to beat the Trail Blazers will force MJ to go to the left. According to the conclusion they made by studying the video, MJ's hit rate when hitting the left wing is lower than that of the right wing.

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"I don't intend to challenge each team's perception of MJ, but I also don't think this is a good strategy to deal with MJ. Otherwise, he would not have won consecutive scoring titles with such a high shooting rate."

Louis glanced at Zhao Yuanzheng and nodded.

"Ahem, according to Coach Lu's instructions, I will review the Trail Blazers' playoffs every night. I have reviewed all the Trail Blazers' playoffs this year, and recorded in detail MJ's attacks from the left and his moves.

The shooting percentage of the right wing attack.”

"The results were shocking."

"In the games the Trail Blazers won, MJ's shooting percentage from the left wing was 49% and from the right wing was 54%; in the games the Trail Blazers lost, MJ's shooting percentage from the left wing was 50% and from the right wing was 48%.

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"And in those games where the scores were deadlocked, in the last five minutes, MJ's shooting percentage when going left was 55%, and when he went right he was 50%."

"This year, the Trail Blazers played three games that required a winning goal. MJ made 2 of 3 shots and scored one goal each from the left and right."

Not to mention the players were surprised, Louis' mouth opened.

He asked Zhao Yuanzheng to record Jordan's left and right shooting percentages, and indeed told him to pay attention to the difference between the number of games won and the number of games lost.

But he didn't let Zhao Yuanzheng pay attention to the last five minutes and the shooting percentage of the winning goal.

Obviously, this was his own idea, but indeed, the extra things he did made his data "come alive".

What is useful data and what is useless data?

What Zhao Yuanzheng said later can be shown.

In the last five minutes of the game, Jordan's offensive shooting percentage from the left wing was higher than that from the right wing.

When it came to the winning goal, there was no difference between Jordan's left and right sides.

Therefore, it doesn't matter at all which way you force him to go.

Rules are dead, people are alive. Louis hopes that players can use their subjective initiative, so the first rule of Jordan: "Whoever defends MJ, give me a gap of 5-6.5 feet (1.5 meters-2 meters).

distance. You can choose to defend one side and completely give up the other side. Which side you choose to give up will be determined by MJ's left and right shooting percentage that night."

"Once MJ breaks through, except for the person guarding Terry Porter, any other player who has the opportunity to help defend MJ must immediately give up his defensive target and come to help defend."

The Knicks players thought this was very targeted.

Little did they realize that this was just the beginning.

"Then, if MJ tries to use the pick-and-roll to defeat us, first of all, the person facing him must directly choose to bypass the pick-and-roll. The teammates who come out with the pick-and-roll player must not hesitate to flank MJ. In addition, if the teammates on the flank are too far away,

If the distance is far, block the space for their pick-and-roll personnel. If the distance is close, block the passing route. If you conclude that MJ cannot help his teammates score even if he passes the ball, then participate in the flanking attack. Yes, we must use it when necessary.

Three people flanking each other."

"In addition, I don't want you to be perfunctory. If I see someone who doesn't work hard, don't blame me for being rude. I want to see you give Mr. Jordan a little confrontation. It's rare for people to play in the finals. Since we represent other teams in the Eastern Conference,

When the team comes, we have to show the style of our Eastern Conference team."

"No problem!" Rodman said fiercely, "I promise to beat the shit out of him!"

"That's our basic strategy when MJ has the ball on the perimeter, and then when he comes to the post."

Ewing complained again: "Is it necessary to be so specific? We haven't started playing yet. Who knows whether his condition is good or bad. If he is not in good condition, there is no need for us to do this, right?"

"Patrick, you are so confident, have you ever won a championship or something?"

Ewing blushed.

"If you don't win the championship, then give up your fucking confidence. Who are you to look down on this and that?"

Louis scolded with a ferocious expression and then returned to his smile: "Now let's talk about how to defend him when he is in the low post."

How detailed is Louis’ “Jordan Rules”?

From the moment he holds the ball on the outside, to when he goes to attack in the low post, his defensive methods before and after catching the ball, and when launching an attack, are all so meticulous that they leave players scratching their heads.

And these contents are not even half of the "Jordan Rules".

In order to torture Mr. Qiao well, Louis also tried his best.