The rest is just noise

Wednesday, June 8, 1988.

Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon, USA.

The fourth game of the finals will be held today.

Although it was only the fourth game, most of the league's senior officials were at the scene because this year's champion is very likely to be decided tonight.

The Knicks, who are already leading 3-0, are likely to end the season.

In order to ensure that no special circumstances occur, the league sent two relatively stable referees.

Among the current referees, Darrell Garretson is the most respected, and Joe Crawford is widely favored by the industry.

Today's Crawford is not the future player who felt offended because the player smiled too evilly, so the anger in his heart went straight to the top of his head, and because there was no hair on top to burn, he punished the player who made the weird laugh.

The bald referee appears.

In 1988, Crawford had dark, shiny hair.

"Both of you, to be honest, I don't want you to let them take advantage just because they are behind 0-3," Louis said jokingly.

Garretson looked at Louis warily: "Little Lu, you can't expect to get any benefits from me."

"I don't want any benefits, I just want the style of play to be more inclusive and open." Louis was chatting, and Jordan, who has been criticized for his selfish style of play these days, came over to say hello.

Jordan's attitude is clear: "Even if you lead 3-0, don't think you are guaranteed victory, it's not over yet!"

Louis smiled lightly and said: "I think so too, Michael, even if you are behind 0 to 3, and if you can average 40 points per game, the team behind you can help you explain. But, I don't want to hear

Excuses, so I'll find a way to make you look bad tonight."

Jordan knew that the leader of the evil force in the Knicks was Louis.

He has a competitive nature and likes confrontation very much. Louis' words made him more motivated to fight.

"You can try it!"

Jordan, whose personal ability has reached its peak, is confident that no team in the world can limit his performance.

The Blazers may not win, but they can also play great games.

This was a problem for Jordan when he debuted in the Western Conference.

The teams in the Western Conference tend to favor technical tactics, while the Eastern Conference prefers physical confrontation.

Jordan's body has never been trained by teams in the Western Conference. Only by reaching the finals can he know how to compete with the strong Eastern teams at the championship level.

What's more, the "Jordan Rules" will also be released today.

Louis believes Jordan is about to experience the toughest game of his life.

On both sides, the Trail Blazers continued the Game 3 configuration. On the Knicks' side, Rodman entered the roster and played the third position, Wilson continued to play the second position, and other positions remained unchanged.

Ewing won the jump ball.

The Knicks' offense started with Stockton's breakthrough defensive formation.

McHale ran to the free throw line and passed the ball.

Nance's defense got right in front of McHale.

However, it still makes a little bit of sense.

McHale made a decisive jump shot and hit it.

2 to 0

Hubie Brown noticed that the Knicks narrowed the penalty area more extreme tonight than in previous games, and the off-ball confrontation was very intense.

Rodman put his hand against Jordan to prevent him from leaning in. Drexler just caught the ball in the low post and was flanked.

Even Terry Porter, the most reliable pitcher, was passed up.

Drexler passed the ball to Porter.

Porter's two-step jumper inside the three-point line responded to the Knicks' release.

The Knicks' counterattack was extremely gorgeous, and Stockton made a long pass.

Wilson, who was about to leave, caught the ball, but unfortunately, he suddenly passed the ball behind his back to Rodman, who was following up.

Rodman went straight to the basket and completed a dunk.

It was too fast, and Wilson and Rodman, who fought back, were as connected as twin brothers.

The two stayed in the frontcourt and forced the Blazers to give the ball to players other than defenders.

Jordan had to shoulder the task of carrying the ball across half court.

As a result, Rodman led the man defense. He knew that Jordan had the fastest first step in the league, so he didn't stick close to him, but just spread out to maintain interference.

Jordan was dribbling the ball and found that his teammates were opening up the space. He simply stopped passing the ball and hit the ball all by himself. He suddenly collected the ball and stopped at the free throw line.

Rodman interfered in place, allowing Jordan to strike for the first time tonight.

It's almost the same process, with the Knicks' Wilson dribbling the ball in the backcourt. The difference is that no one from the Trail Blazers leads the defense forward.

Wilson dribbled to the spot where Jordan missed the shot and made the same jump shot, but he made it.

"Is this the Defensive Player of the Year?" Louis sneered, "Mike, are you looking down on our Benj?"

Before Louis traveled through time, he had heard many stories about "Don't mess with Jordan".

What he had to say was that it felt good to violate taboos, whether it was provoking Jordan or failing to control his younger brother.

Jordan, who was getting increasingly angry, wanted to go deeper to get the ball. The screen from his teammates helped him get rid of the defense. When Ewing saw that he was going to the basket, he stepped forward decisively and blocked his way with his body and black iron elbow.

After a second, Jordan was caught up by Rodman, who used force from behind and was knocked out of the court hard.

On the other side, Drexler took care of Wilson's defense and scored with a jump shot that he was not good at.

6 to 4

Rodman, who struggled with Jordan on the defensive end, was viewed by his opponents as a liability to the Knicks on the offensive end.

Indeed, he can't shoot or attack with the ball. If you put him on the court to attack, it will be four-on-five.

If it were an incompetent coach, Rodman would indeed be in such embarrassment.

But Louis has plenty of ways to integrate Rodman into the offense.

Rodman screened Wilson on the weak side, received the ball on the strong side, screened Stockton again, and suddenly ran to the corner. He had no three-point threat, so what was he doing there?

As soon as his opponent had doubts, he saw him use a reverse run to cut to the basket, and Stockton passed the ball high.

Rodman made the alley-oop.

8 to 4

When Rodman scores, as a fan of the opposing team, you will never be happy. Because you will see a bastard dancing back to defense, his running posture is funny, and his powerful punching movements are better than Curry's shaking his head and

James's striding forward with his hands down, who knows what it means, makes people even more irritated and unhappy.

"Seeing MJ's defense made me even more angry at the voting media. How could they choose this guy as the DPOY?"

When Louis said these words, his voice was very loud. Not only the players on the field could hear it, but also the fans behind him.

How could the Portlanders watch him humiliate their ace in such a way and immediately fight back with obscene words off the court.

Suddenly, Wilson faced Jordan.

Jordan didn't have the ball in his hands, he needed to move.

However, his running route has been figured out by the Knicks.

When Jordan lifted up from the paint area and was about to rush out of the top of the arc to get the ball, he ran directly into Rodman's arms. Rodman blocked his way and consciously made small moves to annoy Jordan.

At this time, Jordan was also an impatient young man. How could he tolerate the opponent's role players provoking him? He immediately turned around and swung his elbow to push away Rodman's hand. Rodman used both hands to try to choke, but Jordan decisively used his left hand.

With a left hook, Wilson immediately joined the conflict and pushed Jordan to the ground viciously.

Edwards came late to escort him and was hugged by Ewing just as he was about to attack Wilson.

"If you have something to say, let's talk it over." Ewing looks rude, but he is a rare good at breaking up fights in the Knicks.

Seeing that his teammates had the upper hand in the fight, McHale decided to be a good person: "Don't fight, fighting is bad, why should we fight?"

This scene made Memorial Stadium announcer Bill Shenelli furious: "What a bunch of bandits! The Knicks are full of thugs! Dennis Rodman and Benjamin Wilson are Satan's right-hand men! Little Lu actually showed up in this situation

I can still laugh, but what I’m most disappointed with is that no one else stepped forward to help except James. Clyde, what are you doing? TB (Porter), why don’t you respond? Larry Nance.”

The Trail Blazers do have a real fighter off the court in Xavier McDaniel. But Adelman doesn't like to use him. Moreover, the Blazers have fierce competition at the same position. If Jordan is positioned at the second position, then the third position will definitely be Germany.

Rexler, so he must be a substitute.

This conflict was not intense. It was only because Jordan was the one who took the initiative that there was such a big commotion.

Even if they start to fight, the Knicks still have the upper hand. After all, the Knicks have been playing with a "fight and take the ball" attitude since the Eastern Conference Finals.

Wilson's aggressiveness was what confused Louis the most.

"How did that kid become like this?" Louis remembered that Wilson was just a fierce player, not like he is now, always being violent.

Tomjanovich laughed and said: "It starts with Larry's mouth."

"What a country bumpkin. His saliva is poisonous, isn't it?"

What made the Trail Blazers fans angry was that it was the Trail Blazers who clearly suffered, it was Jordan who was beaten, and it was Jordan who was knocked down. It was the Knicks who had the advantage on the scene and the number of people fighting. As a result, Jordan was called for a technical foul.

No one on the Knicks was called for a foul.

To understand the result of this ruling, you must understand the NBA's attitude towards fighting since the 1960s. If Tomjanovich hadn't been punched out of his brains, the NBA would be a rougher league than the NHL in many ways.

Regarding fighting, the league does not clearly stipulate how to punish it. It all depends on the nature and negative impact of the fight.

But if someone makes a show of it, and the latter fights back, causing a fight, the referee's punishment will always be the one who punched first.

If Jordan hadn't thrown that punch, he might have given Rodman a foul when the Trail Blazers were at home.

With that punch, the technical foul was gone.

Boos, boos full of hate, swept through the Memorial Stadium.

Louis defiantly asked Rodman to shoot the free throw.

Rodman's free throw shooting percentage is less than 50%. Let him shoot free throws, which is a clear statement: I am not short of these points.

As a result, Rodman missed all free throws, and the fans were so happy that the cheers sounded like an earthquake. Everyone among the Trail Blazers players had angry expressions, and Jordan looked the most excited.

They knew the Knicks were insulting them in this way, but what could they do?

The ball is still in the Knicks' hands.

Wilson, who knocked down Jordan in the conflict, provoked him many times in the series.

At this time, he took advantage of the ball and ran a beautiful Exhange Riky (high dynamic attack), first at the top of the arc, then on the right wing, and then ran back to the top of the arc, caught the ball, and shot.

"Whoosh!"

11 to 4

"Yeah~ Yeah Yeah!!!" After the playoffs started, Louis had not been so happy for a long time, "Benj, my baby, you shot well!"