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Ewing's election as MVP has very clear historical significance for New York.

The last Knicks player to be elected MVP was also a center, Willis Reed, who represented New York's professional basketball entering its first peak period.

Louis has repeatedly emphasized this concept. He believes that the Knicks' two championships in the early 1970s promoted the commercialization of professional basketball far more than the Celtics' 11 championships in 13 years.

If Auerbach learns of his idea, he will most likely be blacklisted.

But this is the fact. Only New York, which wins the championship, can promote professional basketball to the United States.

This turns out to be correct.

After winning the championship in New York, the commercialization trend of the NBA began to emerge, with annual salaries of 500,000, 600,000, and millions unimaginable in the 1960s gradually emerging.

Ewing's MVP stirred up nostalgia for many.

The Knicks suddenly became New York City's most popular professional sports team, rivaled only by the Mets.

The Mets, like the Knicks, are the number one championship favorites in MLB, but they don't have as certain of a championship prospect as the Knicks.

Realistic New Yorkers are more willing to pay for the Knicks than an uncertain future.

Today, when the Islanders are depressed, the Yankees are seeking death, and the Giants are making fans sit up like crazy, and even the Times published a famous editorial saying "Look, I'm a dog again", the rise of the Knicks has changed a lot of things.

Louis himself doesn't feel much about this urban effect because he has long been used to it.

As the series enters Game 2, Chuck Daly won't give up.

His assistant coach Brendan Malone provided a vision for the Knicks' pick-and-roll tactics: "Unlimited substitution defense to ensure that the pick-and-roll tactics will not cause a dilemma of more plays and less play. Appropriate abandonment of perimeter defense

, I fully believe that defensive intensity can reduce the outside feel."

This is very close to the switching defense concept in the small ball era.

In Game 2, after the Pistons used this move, Louis handed the ball to Wilson more confidently, and by the way, he replaced Stockton and let Hornacek.

Game 1 has already proven Wilson's potential as a ball-carrying core. If the Pistons insist on switching defenses to force them to play superstar ball, he can accept it.

Moreover, no team can take care of the defense in the three areas inside and outside at the same time.

The Pistons have to control the mid-range, so they will be a lot more relaxed on the outside.

In the first half, the Knicks' shooters surprisingly did not give the Pistons a fatal response.

The Knicks' open three-point shots were not ideal, but Louis didn't even look at them. In the second half when they fell behind, they clearly asked to continue the style of play they played in the first half.

The Pistons conducted a comprehensive study of Wilson.

But they couldn't figure out any XX rules to lock Wilson in when he had strong teammates.

When Louis saw that the Pistons' defensive end was positioned on the obviously strong and weak sides, he would tilt his forces slightly toward the strong side and decisively called a timeout to let Wilson pay attention to the weak side.

This small loss of position was discovered by Louis and he arranged it. Wilson came back and made a direct diagonal cross to find Miller and Hornacek.

Their three-point shooting gradually came to fruition, giving the Pistons a huge threat.

In addition, unlimited defense changes are not something ordinary teams can play.

The Knicks can play unlimited defense because their personnel configuration is good enough.

Almost every one of them has the defensive flexibility to guard all three positions.

Just look at it, there are all-around defensive warriors like Ewing, Wilson, and McHale, who often defend three or four positions in a game.

It is the strikers who are strong in switching defenses. No matter how strong the defenders are in defending the same position, if the misplaced defense is not effective, Louis will not put them on the court to participate in unlimited defense switching.

But, does the piston have this configuration?

Just looking at it, they have Dumars, who can defend defenders in three positions; Ilo, in Louis' eyes, he is a smaller version of Stevens with exquisite skills and size, and is indeed a rare 3D; Worthy,

His amazing agility gives him an advantage when switching defenses. He can switch to guard the third position, guard the fourth position, and keep up with the slower second position.

Then, it was gone.

Aguirre is not suitable for switching defenses, and his defensive problems are huge.

Ma Hong is a hitter like Oakley. He is okay as a blue-collar player, but he is average when switching defenses.

Parish is an authentic engineering center who can do many things, but everything is not top-notch. He has none of the attributes of switching defenses that deviate from contemporary interior responsibilities.

It can be said that the Pistons' defensive configuration meets the needs of contemporary strong defensive teams, but it is completely insufficient to play switching defenses, a product of the small ball era.

The core requirement of a switch-defense team is that the players must have sufficient single-defense capabilities after switching defenses. If the players have no flexibility to switch defenses and have to switch defenses, it is just actively exposing their defensive weaknesses to the opponent.

This leads to a chain of logical relationships.

If the Knicks' open three-pointers cannot be opened, the Pistons' defense switch can have good results if someone is involved in double-teaming, even if they only have three players suitable for the switch defense.

After all, one obvious difference between contemporary defense and the small ball era is that it allows the attacker enough physical contact. The more intense the confrontation, the greater the impact of double-teaming on the attacker.

Therefore, in the first half, the Knicks did not take open shots and fell behind, but Louis insisted on his strategy and let the players continue to play like that.

Because he knows in his heart that as long as the outside shot is open, the Pistons' routine will come to an end.

As soon as the shooter opened the scoring, the Pistons' defense fell into chaos.

In one-on-one defense, Wilson will beat any of them. No matter what Daly does, the Pistons' defense will be affected by him.

Double-teaming is like choosing one of two bottles of poison that has a 50% chance of causing an attack, and will lead to death after the attack.

Because as long as the Knicks start scoring three-pointers, the points will keep rising.

Three minutes before the end of the third quarter, 84 to 74, the Knicks led by 10 points.

The Pistons replaced Dumars and Worthy to rest, but Louis kept Wilson on the court, and with a wave of his hand, Ainge, Rodman, Stevens, and Salley came on the court.

Seeing this lineup, MSG was excited.

Woody Allen in the front row shook his fist and roared: "Don't let them live!"

Everyone knows what it means for these five people to stand on the court.

Murdering the press, Louis' masterpiece, the trump card that destroyed the Celtics dynasty, was now used to defeat the second-ranked defensive team in the league.

Can it work?

"Aha! Little opened a bottle of Coke. It seems that the suspense of this game is about to disappear!"

Marv Albert was the first announcer to discover that Louie drank Coke when he was feeling relaxed.

Later in the game, Louis drank Coke and turned into a victory declaration similar to Auerbach smoking a cigar.

As the spokesperson of Coca-Cola, they also produced an exclusive Coke just for Louis.

Of course, the taste has not changed, just the name has been changed. The skin is changed but the dressing is not changed. There are still a lot of people who think this Coke tastes better than the original Coke.

Louis didn't expect that drinking Coke would turn into a declaration of victory.

Chuck Daly was disturbed to see the Knicks' murderous press team take the field.

Although the Knicks rarely use the murder press this season, every time they use it, they live up to the name of "murder" and beat their opponents to death on the spot without mercy.

At this time, no matter what they did, whether they let them come back or let the second team hold on, they were all following Louis' wishes.

Come on, do they still have the energy to face the Knicks in the fourth quarter?

If you want to take a gamble on the second lineup, then the suspense of this game may not last until the fourth quarter.

A single thought from the coaching staff can determine the outcome of the entire game.

Daley's decision was to leave Dumars on the court and let Worthy rest.

But he still made the wrong decision.

The Pistons left two insiders on the court, one is Ma Hong and the other is James Edwards.

It is a recognized fact: in the face of a murderous press, the traditional inside line is worthless. If the inside line does not have the ball-holding ability to face the defense directly, it is better to have five defenders or forwards.

Even if you want to protect the rebounds, leaving one Mahon is enough. Letting Edwards on the court is simply a crime against the ball carrier.

From the first round, Wilson, who took on most of the Knicks' output as the core tonight, defended Ilo strongly, forcing him to drop the ball.

In less than 5 seconds, the Pistons made a mistake.

Wilson picked up his ball and passed it to Ainge.

Anji made a direct three-pointer from the outside.

He missed, but Rodman grabbed the offensive rebound and scored a tip-in.

Dumas was then flanked and held in a stalemate for seven seconds before being saved by the referee.

The referee called Rodman a defensive foul, and then the Pistons got a chance to serve out of bounds.

Terrible defensive pressure, a determination to overturn your opponent without the ball, and an all-round threat to those with the ball.

Wilson's ferocious ball defense, Rodman's terrifying double attack, Selley's moving area like a small forward and Ainge's combative nature, plus Stevens, a Spider-Man who can switch to guard five positions.

It's no secret why Murderous Press is so difficult to crack.

"If the biggest player in the team takes the lead and devotes all his energy to defense, constantly hitting the ground for the ball, will the others not be infected and follow suit?":.

Zhao Yuanzheng asked.

"Indeed," Tomjanovich said, "players' performance on the court will affect each other."

Judging from the lineup, this is no longer the peak period of Murderous Press.

The murderous pressing lineup that buried the Celtics last season is at its peak. The expansion of the league has weakened the Knicks' strength, but their murderous pressing lineup can still fulfill the mission of "deciding".

There's only one reason why Wilson became the member, the core, the leader of the murder squad.

Within two minutes, the Pistons were beaten 9-0.

The original 10-point deficit turned into 19 points in the blink of an eye. It was too late for Daly to call a timeout at this time.

Louis put the Coke on the chair and patted Wilson: "Benj, please hold back, don't hit him too hard."

Wilson gasped excitedly: "Coach, I can't help it." To provide you with the fastest remaining, only noise updates, Chapter 642 Don't Let Them Live is free to read.:.