The rest is just noise

"The Knicks showed more maturity than us, and that's why we lost the game."

The loss in the first game of the finals was not unexpected for the Trail Blazers.

Before the game started, the Knicks were considered to be a more competitive team than the Trail Blazers. Is it embarrassing to lose to a team that is more competitive than itself? No. What is embarrassing is the Blazers' head coach Li Li.

Gram Adelman.

His on-the-spot command caused great controversy.

As early as when the Trail Blazers were trapped by the Lakers for four consecutive years, Adelman was questioned about his lack of ability.

After the first game, the criticism against him became even greater.

As much criticism as Adelman received, Louis received as much praise.

"Coach Lu, this shouldn't be unfamiliar to you, right?"

The New York media joked.

"Yes, I have played here before when I was in Boston." Louis said lightly, "We have the experience of winning, so anything that happens will not affect my attitude towards the finals."

"What do you think is the Knicks' greatest strength?"

Louis said confidently: "The mentality. After defeating the Celtics, we believe this year belongs to us."

"However, the Trail Blazers also defeated the Lakers. Do you think this incident did not improve their mentality?"

"I didn't say that."

Louis didn't want anything to happen inexplicably.

"I mean, beating the defending champions is a psychological stimulant for the young guys on our team, and it makes them all excited. Maybe beating the Lakers can bring a similar boost to the Blazers."

But I think the Celtics are better than the Lakers, there is no doubt about it."

Louis didn't even mention that the Lakers' lineup had been stripped down to Magic and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Facts speak louder than words.

That night, the Knicks' best performer was Ewing. He did not score as many points as Wilson, but his statistics were more comprehensive. He scored 20 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks. If we go by the Knicks' team statistics, Ewing

Because there are 5 screen assists and 2 indirect assists. The so-called indirect assists are to send a pass through his hands, and then the person who receives the pass directly assists and scores.

In comparison, Wilson scored 26 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, which looks more like a core ball-handling figure, but if you want to judge FMVP, Ewing is definitely in the lead.

That night, Louis returned home and had something to eat.

He had a habit during the playoffs of skipping dinner on game days.

Because digesting food will slow down the functioning of the brain, Louis forgot where he saw it. Anyway, that’s what it meant. He didn’t want his reaction to be too slow in the game because of what he ate. Therefore, he would rather go hungry than

Have to wait until the game is over.

If you win the game, it will be double happiness to go home and have late night snacks.

If he loses, he may not have the appetite to make up for this meal and treat it as weight loss.

No matter what, he won't lose.

Louis had a midnight snack and used the time to digest tonight's game in fast forward in the small room.

This is a game that does not require review.

The complete defeat of the Trail Blazers.

Adelman is the culprit.

If Adelman is fired because of this, Louis must be the "chief culprit". His on-the-spot decision-making is too ugly for the opponent. Due to the huge disparity in the performance of the head coaches on both sides, any commentator who explains this game will point out that

The gap between the coaching staff.

Therefore, even those who do not understand the game know that Louis defeated his opponents technically and tactically.

The main reason why Louis wanted to review this game was to put himself in someone else's shoes.

From the Trail Blazers' perspective, what room for improvement is there in this game?

If he were Adelman, what room for improvement would there be?

The more Louis watched, the more he felt the "strangeness" of the Trail Blazers and the Knicks' must-win situation of "not knowing how to lose even if they want to lose."

As two teams that met in the finals, Louis rarely saw such a restraint in each other's styles.

As mentioned before, the Blazers' basic offensive form is to use the body of the wing players to attack.

There are basically three things in positional warfare.

Jordan/Glider/McDaniel play with the ball, Nance or someone else sets a pick-and-roll, and Jordan catches the ball and shoots.

Since the Knicks have the strikers capable of dealing with the strength of the Trail Blazers' wings, their aggressive play style is bound to suffer.

Excluding Ewing, the Knicks' personnel structure is quite similar to that of the Trail Blazers, focusing on personnel reserves on the wings. But the difference is the playing style of both sides.

The Trail Blazers simply and brutally fought against them, while the Knicks were N.UCLA carefully built by Louis. The difference is that when encountering teams with competing styles, the Trail Blazers have nothing to do, while the Knicks can use tactics to solve problems at any time.

Another problem is that when the opponent has a strong center inside, the Blazers often suffer. Unfortunately, the Knicks happen to have an Ewing who has just been kneaded into his shape by Sampson.

The Trail Blazers' outside threat is very low, so they basically can't open up space. Even if they call a pick-and-roll, it's of little use. The greatest value of the pick-and-roll is to find mismatches. The larger the size difference between the offensive team's ball carrier and the screener, the easier it is to find opportunities for mismatched attacks.

, It is a pity that Jordan and Glider, as the core ball handlers of the Trail Blazers, do not have threatening long-range shots, so whenever they call for pick-and-rolls, their opponents will retreat and avoid, and Ewing will not choose to go outside.

Instead of pounce, pick a good position to block the space down the line.

If they creatively let small men play pick-and-rolls, it will be useless. Not to mention whether Adelman can think of this method, even if he thought of it, in front of the Knicks, who have a similar personnel reserve as the Trail Blazers, even if they use small men

The pick-and-roll forces a switch, and the Trail Blazers don't have much of a size advantage. If they continue to go deeper and find guards to play the pick-and-roll...

The game has entered the field that Louis is most familiar with. The gameplay in the small ball era is almost 100% certain that Adelman would not have thought of this method, but if someone gives the Blazers' coaching staff a bright light and asks their ball handler to reverse the pick-and-roll and call out the little man

(Curry: Don’t come over here). The methods that belong to the small ball era will also be counterattacked by the gameplay of the small ball era.

The reason why James' roll call tactic works so well is because in the later stages of the Cavaliers, no matter how bad the teammates around him were, they could at least put together a one-star lineup.

Therefore, as long as James makes up his mind to name her, playing basketball is like choosing a concubine. He can hit whoever he wants.

As for the Trail Blazers, because the quality of shooters is too low and they are easily delayed, they cannot use the roll call tactic. Forcing this tactic in this environment may put the ball carrier into a dangerous situation.

What should we do when the Blazers' strong attack flow cannot gain a clear size advantage, and the pick-and-roll cannot easily find mismatches, and they have to use shooting to punish the Knicks' inside line?

That's why Louis watched the game again.

He also wanted to know what the Blazers could do to change this situation.

Finally, he found a way to change the formation.

The Trail Blazers' substitute was a player named Richard Anderson (HardAndeonPF/C). This man was a second-round pick in 1982. He was nearly 2.1 meters tall, but he was different from other insiders of the same era.

He is a big fan of Sampson. Although he wants to play like Sampson, his ability is limited. So he can only develop one of Sampson's offensive methods.

What he developed was the three-point shot.

It is obvious that Anderson is a talented shooter. He may be the contemporary Mamba. In his rookie season, he was able to hit 0.3 three-pointers at an average of 30% from the NBA three-point line for the first time. Although

There was no improvement in the following years, but this season, he seemed to suddenly make up his mind. His output from the outside increased by leaps and bounds. He averaged 0.5 three-pointers per game in the regular season and quadrupled in the playoffs, shooting 40% from the field.

Both made two three-pointers.

If Louis takes over the Blazers temporarily, he will line up Porter, Jordan, McDaniel, Anderson and Nance as glider substitutes.

Why let him come on the bench? It's too simple. Since the Trail Blazers can't figure out how to make him and Jordan coexist and create a 1+1>2 chemical reaction, they might as well let him go on the bench to lead the second team.

In this way, both Jordan and he can play with peace of mind.

Although McDaniel is not a very reliable shooter, he still has a three-point rate of 34%. As a result, the Blazers have three outside shooters who are at least average, and they have room for any tactics they want to use.

So, has Adelman found the current optimal solution?

It doesn't seem like it, so Louis really doesn't know if they have a chance to use Jordan's Rule.

If Adelman is not strong enough, whether or not Jordan's Law is used depends entirely on how unreasonable ways Mr. Joe, as a superstar, can influence the situation.

Louis took out the video tape and rubbed his trigeminal nerve. He had almost finished digesting the late night snack.

He decided to take a shower and go to bed.

After taking a bath, Louis returned to the room wrapped in a bath towel. Lorraine was already asleep. Just as Louis was about to go to bed, the crying in the baby room almost caused him to collapse.

"Woao!! Why is it at this time?"