The rest is just noise

Later, Louis went on a business trip.

Auerbach asked him to check out North Carolina forward Al Wood.

Because Dean Smith praised his disciple like a flower.

He went to a few North Carolina games and came to the conclusion that this was just an average guy.

He does not have outstanding shooting ability. Although he has complete offensive skills near the basket, he does not have the physical fitness to attack the basket for a long time in the NBA.

Louis believes that he has the ability to continue playing in the NBA, but it is difficult to say what he can do in the NBA.

In comparison, James Worthy and freshman center Sam Perkins are both visibly talented men.

Worthy's speed is extremely rare for his size, and Perkins is a rare space inside player in the modern era.

Louis walked around and completed 10 scouting reports before returning to the team. The Celtics inexplicably lost two more games.

In Louis' first game back, the Celtics faced the Detroit Pistons.

Looking at the Pistons' record, many Celtics fans must be happy.

Currently, the Pistons have 1 win and 8 losses.

If it continues, it should have the potential to bring the Celtics a top-two first-round pick next year.

This game happens to be Ranbir's comeback battle.

Watching Laimbeer in a green shirt ravaging the Pistons, it was so wrong.

When encountering a weak team, it's basically Sampson's stage.

Bird doesn't like to kill rookies, so he often behaves bored and will make some creative passing moves, which in vain makes Sampson and others headlines.

Sampson played farther and farther outside, and Fitch's brow became more and more serious.

In terms of playing styles, Sampson and Fitch have natural conflicts.

The former aspires to attack like a forward. Such deviant ideas are unacceptable to Fitch, a member of the "Greatest Generation" who grew up in the peak years of the George McCann era.

Sampson hits the Pistons hard.

Scored a season-high 28 points and 8 rebounds before exiting the game.

So far this season, Sampson has averaged 27 minutes per game, 19 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2.6 blocks.

You must know that he is still very young and his body cannot withstand NBA-level confrontation for a long time. The Celtics are very cautious in using him, so Fitch is eager for him to immediately go inside and fight with people.

Sampson has a very hard ear and knows who to listen to and who not to listen to.

No matter how angry Fitch was with him, he would communicate with Louis first about anything he wanted to do. Only when Louis nodded would he do it.

Sampson's trust and obedience to Louis was beyond Fitch's expectation.

Two days later, the Celtics narrowly defeated the Kansas City Kings on the road, entering November.

This month, a once-in-a-decade cold wave hit Boston. In addition, the snow season has arrived, and Boston has already fallen into a freezing situation.

In a brand new month, the Celtics met the Philadelphia 76ers, their archenemy from the Eastern Conference.

In the playoffs last season, the 76ers eliminated the Celtics 4-2, and this account has always been remembered by Bostonians. Now that they have acquired Sampson, the inside line has been greatly strengthened, but without Cowens, it is difficult to say

Is there any qualitative change compared to last year?

After all, Sampson's confrontation is not tough enough, and it is unknown whether he can resist a steel-and-iron monster like Daryl Dawkins.

Compared with last season, the 76ers have made two changes.

Doug Collins, the first No. 2 overall pick in history, returned from injury, and Andrew Toney was selected as he wished.

Other personnel remain unchanged, and the back line is greatly strengthened compared to last season.

In terms of specific performance, they currently have 9 wins and 2 losses, ranking first in the league. Their offensive and defensive statistics are even more outstanding. They have the fourth-ranked offensive efficiency and the first-ranked defensive efficiency in the league.

And in terms of playing style, the Celtics and 76ers are two extremes.

Fitch is academic, Billy Cunningham is a jerk.

The Celtics emphasize the rationality of tactics, so they will give up a lot of one-on-one opportunities to create easy tactical scores;

The talented 76ers do the opposite. Their positional warfare is a major shortcoming. If they cannot promote a large number of counterattacks, they will find ways to use one-on-one combat to gain opportunities.

Irving likes to use his athleticism to attack Bird's defense.

This often works.

Although Louis has repeatedly suggested that Bird be used on the defensive end (playing power forward), Fitch does not believe that Bird can play the fourth position. Moreover, the collision at the fourth position will affect his offensive touch.

It's normal for him to have this consideration, but if Bird's position is not changed, Dr. J will use his athletic talent to destroy the Celtics' defense again and again.

Since we can't change the root cause of the problem, we can only fight attack with attack to see who attacks more fiercely.

When Fitch called a timeout and drew up defensive positions to figure out how to trap Dr. J, Louis pulled Bird to him and said: "Do you think Daryl and Caldwell Jones' defense can have an impact on you?"

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Bird said sarcastically: "It doesn't affect me any more than you do."

Louis' expression changed from cautious to relaxed: "Okay, then I will instruct Bill and Cedric to give you more pick-and-rolls and screens. If you get the ball in your hand and they choose to switch defense, please make them pay the price."

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Bird didn't ask the stupid question "What if they don't switch?"

If the 76ers don't switch defenses, Bird can get a lot of open looks.

Give a monster like Bird, who can score goals from various angles with warm hands, a lot of open spaces? If Cunningham really arranged it like this, Louis could only admire him.

At the end of the timeout, Fitch designed the isolation defense to isolate Dr. J from his teammates.

With Bird's defensive awareness and the linkage with Laimbeer and others, he did it. But just cutting off Dr. J's connection with his teammates cannot prevent him.

Julius Erving was like an ancient military general using the knife trick. He firmly controlled the basketball with his right hand and dragged the ball away like a knife. He ignored the Celtics' defense, elegantly dodged the block and put the basket up to score.

After all, the 1980s was an era where offense came first, and defense alone was not enough.

Legendary Garden announcer John Most said expectantly: "I hope someone steps up and confronts Dr. J."

Then, Bird did what Louis wanted him to do on the offensive end.

Caldwell Jones saw Maxwell go out for the pick-and-roll but didn't leave the paint.

Dr. J can't guard the pick-and-roll alone.

This resulted in Bird getting a big open shot, and the big birdie was not soft and could make it with one shot.

Bird used a pick-and-roll to bully the 76ers, and Louis thought they would let Bobby Jones switch defenses. The range of defensive activities of this white spider man should not be underestimated. Unexpectedly, Bird's pick-and-roll offense was unfavorable throughout the quarter, 76

The man actually didn't change at all and just started playing an offensive game with Bird.

Fitch saw some changes in the team's offensive routine and immediately thought of Louis.

He knew that although Bird was brave, he would not take the initiative to change tactics without instructions from others.

But he didn't arrange an attack just now. He suddenly changed his attack routine. It could only be Louis' instigation.

"Lu, you did this, right?" Fitch pointed to the court.

Louis shrugged and said, "I just said a few words casually."

K.C Jones still didn't understand the situation, "What did you say?"

Another assistant coach, Jim Rogers, is somewhat marginalized. Although he was hired by Fitch from Cleveland, he does not dare to overstep his command like Louis. If he does not get it right, there will be big problems.

Fitch is not a narrow-minded person, he knows very well where his strengths and weaknesses are.

He can make a team with mediocre talent perform well by relying on the harmonious distribution of ball rights brought about by the high pick-and-roll offensive system. When he used the method he used in the Cavaliers on the Celtics, he found that there was something wrong

Something is wrong.

He himself can feel that the Celtics' lineup still has great potential that has not been realized.

If he keeps using his original style of play, he may never be able to perform well.

Louis' research on offensive tactics and the development of L tactics are unleashing the Celtics' offensive firepower. What's rare is that in addition to tactics, his on-the-spot response is also good.

Being able to introduce tactics shows that he has his own coaching philosophy.

Having the ability to be flexible and adapt to situations is the foundation of being a good coach.

Maybe he should strengthen his communication with Louis to avoid receiving "surprises" like this all day long.