The rest is just noise

Due to Louis' disdain for contemporary pitchers, as long as he is not a pitcher with an outside shooting percentage of more than 38%, he will let his players directly use overhead shots to compress the space inside.

Some teams will cleverly choose to shorten the shooting range by allowing shooters to take a step or two inside the three-point line. This little clever adjustment often makes Louis want to laugh.

Isn't shooting one or two steps inside the three-point line the worst shot option? You can either step back and shoot a three-pointer, or you can break forward and shoot for two points.

No matter how many shots you make from one or two steps from the three-point line, no one will take it seriously.

Of course, if you have a swingman like Kobe McGrady, you have to defend accordingly based on their feel that day.

Halfway through the game, Louis could tell that Jimmie Rodgers was not prepared to win the game at all.

Rodgers believes the season is long and he has enough time to make adjustments.

But he was wrong, this process was never as long as he thought.

There are always many different strong personalities mixed in a team. If the needs of these people cannot be balanced, it will perish.

Louis is having this problem right now.

The championship brings more fame and fortune to the Knicks players, and also makes it difficult for them to focus their attention.

Halftime, 58 to 44.

There is a 14-point gap. Without the matchup advantage gained by Ralph Sampson, the Celtics would fall even further behind.

Isiah Thomas has been limited by Rodgers' system throughout the whole process. He tried to find a way to integrate into it, but he has not found the feeling yet.

If there is only one Sampson left, it will not be enough to drive others to perform.

Even Sampson doesn't know how to survive in Rogers' system. He can only take advantage of his own personal abilities.

In the second half, Louis showed off his tactics.

He used Hornacek, Wilson, Miller, Ainge, and Ewing to play one senior and four juniors.

A team that mainly focused on passing the ball from the high post suddenly became a team with outside shooters stretching out and cutting from the wings and inside.

The Knicks used off-ball screens and pick-and-rolls to contain the situation, letting the screener handle 4-on-3, and the cutter punished the Celtics' defensive weaknesses. This became the main tone of the Knicks' offense. This move was unfavorable and completely penetrated the Celtics.

Bad defensive rotation by the Celtics.

Another major hidden danger of the lack of Bird has been highlighted.

Without Bird, the Celtics' offense can't kill anyone, their defense can't be called outstanding, and Sampson alone can't cover everyone's shortcomings.

The most surprising thing is that in the tiebreaker of the Eastern Conference Finals last season, even without Bird, the Celtics were still very effective.

After K.C Jones left, their style of play changed.

At the same time, that fighting power was also taken away.

They are rebuilding the system.

The Knicks' offensive focus shifted from the outside to the inside, and Ewing enjoyed the cake. He made 6 of 6 shots in a single quarter and scored 12 points.

At that critical point in the game, the Celtics no longer had the power to stop the Knicks.

Barry said: "At this time, you should no longer care about the outcome of the game. What you should care about is how much the Knicks have done to create good offensive opportunities for their teammates. Their offense is simply like a work of art."

Ewing and Wilson, who competed fiercely on the training field, never had any confrontation in the game.

Wilson is a guy who doesn't play for statistics.

As long as Louis doesn't arrange for him to attack, he won't ask for too many balls, and he will give the ball to whoever has a good touch.

Ewing played smoothly today, and he continued to use his offensive threats as bait to attract the Celtics' defense, giving Ewing a lot of opportunities to eat.

In the fourth quarter, the suspense has disappeared.

Louis retained two capable players in Wilson and Rodman to lead two newcomers in Dan Marley and Sekali.

Louis asked for a team attack, so when Marly wanted to brush up his statistics, he didn't look at his teammates and just rushed inward.

Wilson roared at him.

Although Marley called Laimbeer's fifth foul, causing the opponent to be furious, Wilson's rebuke came first.

"Rookie, if you only think about scoring, stop playing!" Wilson said sternly, "Make the most correct choice in every round, don't be so damn selfish!"

Marley thinks it's amazing. He's a rookie, and that's true.

But in terms of age, he is Wilson's older brother.

He's 2 years older than Wilson, and now, this guy is rightfully accusing him of playing too selfishly?

Afterwards, Marley was very unhappy.

But it was difficult for him to vent his anger, because Wilson was consistent in his words and deeds. As the hardest working person on the field, he took the least shots.

He only scored 14 points in the game, in addition to 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

His defense is more eye-catching than his offense.

119 to 99

The Knicks beat the Celtics by 20 points.

At the end of the game, only Sampson from the Celtics came over to say hello to Louis.

Everyone else left, and there was no handshake, hug, or goodbye that would become commonplace court etiquette decades later.

"At least they still hate each other." Barry said that the game was still interesting.

Louis understood that his relationship with Boston could no longer be restored.

There may still be a few people there who maintain personal friendships with him, but overall, he is completely done with Boston.

He has no regrets, it was the best way to get his team determined to beat the Celtics.

Originally, it was strange for two teams with the same goals to hug each other and wish each other well after a fierce series.

Today, the Knicks witnessed the championship flag soaring at home.

Louis received his second championship ring, which was different from the last time.

The ring does not have Reed Auerbach's mark or anyone else's mark.

If anything, the only thing inside is his own mark.

He brought this team from scratch without relying on others.

It was with this ring that he was promoted from a very good head coach to another level.

Now, everyone will hold him to Auerbach's standards.

Louis is in an era of more intense competition, and no one expects him to achieve the same achievements as Auerbach.

When CBS's frontline reporter interviewed Louis, he asked: "What does last season's championship mean to you?"

Professional sports question papers are frustratingly boring.

Louis still had to work up his energy to give a good answer: "It means a beginning. Boston has been in this position for four years, and we must maintain this position."

When Louis said the Knicks had a chance to beat the Celtics, no one believed it.

When the Knicks fell behind 1-3, there were many people who responded with cynicism.

Now Louis said something amazing again, but few people dared to question him.

The first meeting between the Celtics and Knicks this season was too cheap.

It's like they can't play without Bird.

With Bird out for the season and the coaching change, Louis already knew the Celtics would become like this.

He also doesn't think the Celtics will pose a threat to them this year.

What can stop the Knicks from defending their title can only come from within them.

That night, Louis took Ewing and Wilson to the press conference.

Ewing, who scored the highest score in the game, told a cold joke: "If I wanted to, I could score 100 points, but I don't want to."

If you think this joke is cold and embarrassing, it means you are right.

Even Louis was embarrassed and wanted to crawl underground.

Therefore, Louis laughed at himself and said to reporters: "Look at my lips."

Louis used lip language to express his reaction to Ewing's cold joke. He is an idiot, please leave it alone.

Louis doesn't think the reporters were lip readers, but they certainly read the words "He's an idiot."

After the interview, Louis took the two of them back to the locker room.

"Benj, why do you want to stop Dan from getting more data for yourself in the fourth quarter?" Louis asked suddenly.

Wilson answered matter-of-factly: "Because there must be rules at all times. If rookies are fighting for data, others will have no reason to give up data."

Louis discovered that Wilson not only had the same fiery personality as Kevin Garnett, but also had the opponent's selfless mentality of treating data like dirt. Moreover, if he saw a teammate coveting data, he would go berserk.

For Louis, who wants to build a selfless team of kings, having a star like Wilson is a blessing.

"Did you see it? This is a role model for all of you. I like Benj so much, unlike you." Louis looked at Ewing with disgust, "I just worry about getting points for myself, can you do something useful?"

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Ewing immediately blushed with shame: "What's so great about it? I can do it too!"