The rest is just noise

The limelight Ewing gained after winning the MVP award may have only stayed with him for 12 hours.

In Game 2 between the Knicks and Pistons, Wilson stole the media's attention with a triple-double of 34 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists and 4 steals.

The Knicks won two games in a row at home, taking a 2-0 lead.

Can the Pistons beat the Knicks? That's never been a question.

Before the start of the series, the public's expectations for the Pistons were very low: as long as the Knicks could break through the golden age.

So far in the playoffs, the Knicks have not lost a game, and they seem to have the appearance of a Celtics dynasty.

The scary thing is, they are much younger than the Celtics.

Except for McHale, all the core members of the team are in their prime.

The reporter, who was unhappy all day without looking for trouble, asked Ewing this question after the game: "Have you ever been jealous of Benj?"

"You're such a bad reporter!" Louis directly interrupted, "Benj and Patrick are very close, how could there be jealousy? I suspect your motives are not pure. If you are a New York media, I reserve the right to your agency.

The right to accuse, if you are a foreign media, then I know what you want to do."

The identity of the other party was revealed, and he was a reporter from "Manhattan Weekly Time".

This is a tabloid that relies on all kinds of breaking news to attract attention.

"I hope this kind of unprofessional media will not appear here." Louis expressed his dissatisfaction with the public relations department that is put into any media.

Fortunately, Ewing was never jealous of Wilson.

The only thing he might have envied about Wilson was the latter's commercial value and image, but that was exactly what he hated.

Ewing doesn't like dealing with the media, and he doesn't care about his commercial value.

If he wanted to, he could have been more popular than Wilson, but unlike Mr. Guy, who walked from the underground to the ground, he was truly "I have a tough life and cannot learn to bend."

So Louis was very lucky that Ewing was not obsessed with money, otherwise he and Wilson would really have a huge conflict of interest.

After Game 2, the outside world looked down upon the Pistons.

Two media outlets, The Times and The Post, were prepared for danger in times of crisis and invited writers from Sports Illustrated to write a preview of the finals for New York fans.

Currently, the Western Conference finals are tied 1-1.

The Jazz are naturally the stronger side, but the Lakers have the tragedy maker at his peak and the emerging Scottie Pippen.

Louis watched Game 2 between the Lakers and Jazz. In this game, the tragic player scored 42 points, 15 rebounds and 17 assists.

What happened in the 1980s when Harden and Westbrook had the numbers they had in the small ball era?

When he watched the game, everything had the answer.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is full of fouls and the Lakers are short of inside players, so the tragedy is that the Lakers will have so many rebounds.

As for the assists, it was because Pippen was injured and the Tragedy Master needed to take care of everything. His post-up singles would destroy whoever he hit, and no one could guard him.

In Louis' impression, only two people could defend the tragedy master's back.

Pippen and Rodman have peak defense.

Now one of the two is in the Eastern Conference, and the other is a teammate of the Tragedy Division. The Jazz couldn't guard him, so they were beaten by incredible statistics and lost games.

Although the Jazz have a strong team, as long as the Lakers can provide enough support to the tragedy, Louis feels that the opponent in the finals may be the Lakers.

Moreover, as far as he is concerned, he also hopes that the opponent will be the Lakers.

After all, this year is the last championship in the 1980s. Is there any better script than killing Bird first and then killing the Tragedy Master to end the 1980s?

On May 26, the Knicks visited Auburn Hills.

In the Palace of Auburn Hills, Pistons fans used the most intense boos and curses to help their beloved team build momentum.

In the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Pistons wanted to use their defense to steal the Knicks' home court advantage, but were stopped by Wilson's unsolvable performance.

Back at home, with the home court advantage, maybe they will use offense to change the situation.

The Pistons' performance tonight proved Louis' suspicion.

The Pistons substituted Mahon and Worthy as the fourth position, partnering with Parish. The three outside positions were Dumars, Ilo, and Aguirre.

The Pistons' lineup has two offenses.

To play from behind, they have two options.

Parish, as an All-Star-level inside man, Parish's back-up skills are rough. You need him to attack with his back. He can definitely play a few, but he can't hold too much ball.

Because Worthy and Dumars are both top ball-handling attackers on the wing, they usually do not let Parish play on the back, which takes up too much space and is not conducive to the performance of the ball-handler. They must be a low-post threat and

To avoid occupying offensive space, the only option is to use untraditional low-post offensive threats.

This person is Mark Aguirre. Although he is a swingman, his main offensive method is to play from the back.

Aguirre's team spirit is better than Dantley's, but not by much.

It is true that he is not as sticky as Dantley, but it is also true that as a low-post attacker, he is not as threatening as Dantley.

"Chuck, coaching is an art of counterpoint."

When Louis saw Worthy playing the fourth position, he knew that the Pistons would use Aguirre as the main C in the low post.

In this case, they have already made plans.

Louis called out to McHale and pointed at Aguirre.

McHale nodded in agreement, so when the Knicks won the ball, Miller caught the ball through Ewing's screen and hit a three-pointer. In the Pistons' offensive round, Aguirre went to the low post. It was not Miller who defended him, but Mike.

When Haier arrived, the situation changed subtly.

"Benjamin vs. Worthy, McHale vs. Aguirre?"

Pistons home announcer Ken Calvert said in surprise: "New York actually took the initiative to give the dislocation!"

Misalignment is a situation that benefits the offense.

Once there is a misalignment, it will definitely be a situation where the small one beats the big one, and the big one beats the small one.

But Aguirre's situation is very special. He is obviously a wing, but he is asked to play the core of the low post offense, so the Knicks let an inside guard guard his low post offense. This is a mismatch that is beneficial to the Knicks in terms of offensive and defensive situation.

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Even if Aguirre chooses to hold the ball and face the basket, guarding the fast-footed McHale, he can still be entangled in a short distance. Even if Aguirre gets rid of McHale, there is still Ewing waiting for him inside, unless, Parish

If you can make half a basket, otherwise you will face a strict defensive logic against the Pistons.

The closed loop of this logic lies in the instability of Parrish's half-shot basket.

On the contrary, the Knicks, under the leadership of Louis, played meticulous defense.

For the Pistons' offense, they have enough handling methods and reserve plans to prevent accidents. For example, Ewing and Wilson flanked Dumars and Ilo in most pick-and-roll rounds.

If Aguirre does not play in the low post, the Knicks will give a normal matchup. McHale will come to the outside and delay and then chase his opponent. In some specific situations, he will choose to switch defenses like the Pistons. Sometimes

No matter whether the Pistons' shooters attack directly, let Ewing shrink in a fixed position to take into account the influence of one defense and two.

In terms of defensive arrangements, details, and targeting, the Knicks really performed in a variety of ways in this game, which fully demonstrated how comprehensive the plan laid out by the coaching staff was.

No matter how good the Knicks' defensive strategy is, it has one distinctive feature, which is that it is very active when assisting in defense, which is different from other teams' strategies of letting the interior line squat in the penalty area without defense for three seconds.

Louis always requires the insiders to expand their defense, especially against possible flank attacks, and they must be fierce, tough and powerful.

The Pistons' regular pick-and-roll tactic is for Worthy to block the man and move laterally, and Parish to block the man and slide down. Louis provides a perfect pairing for this offense. Miller helps defend Parrish or Wilson who slides down to Worthy.

The one-meter space tempted him to shoot and prevented him from breaking through. Aguirre's long-range shot was completely missed, and both Dumas and Ilo were given the treatment of being missed by one meter.

Falling behind by a huge margin in the first half made the Pistons understand that they couldn't take long-range shots and the game was over.

Therefore, they only took 2 three-point shots in the first half and 5 long-range shots. The Pistons greatly increased the proportion of shots in the second half.

Do you still remember the Pistons' confidence in letting the Knicks' mid-range shots in one game and three-pointers in the other game in the first two games? It was a confrontation. They would make a lot of physical contact before letting their opponents go to reduce the touch. The first game

Wilson was amazing and it worked in the first half of the second game, but in the second half the shooters were separated by three points.

In a practical sense, the Pistons made the right choice.

When they hoped to break the existing situation with a long-range shot, Louis followed the same method and responded to the situation by allowing the players to increase physical contact and confrontation.

So in the third quarter, the Pistons made desperate long-range shots and hit the ball frequently.

Dumars can't hit the corner three-pointer, which is his most inaccurate point;

Iloh couldn't hit three-pointers from the top of the arc and from the bottom corner. This was obviously his sweet spot, but his touch never came out. The answer was on his arm, where there were obvious scratches left by Rodman.

Gift;

Worthy never shoots three-pointers. He chooses mid-range and long-range shots, but the result is that he has no touch;

Parrish missed half a field goal;

Dumars continued to shoot three-pointers, but still couldn't make a shot. He changed the angle and didn't make a shot from the top of the key. It was called a pick-and-roll. With Wilson's switch, he still couldn't make a mid-range shot.

Wilson's defense against Dumars is awe-inspiring.

He completely blocked Dumas' ball-handling attack. No matter what Dumas did, the result was nothing but iron.

Moreover, Wilson did not attack at all during this period. He put all his energy on the defensive end. An ace player who could give up offense in order to defend his opponent had an astonishing impact on the overall morale of the team.

The Pistons' offense has such serious problems, a collapse in the fourth quarter is inevitable.

The Detroiters, who were full of expectations for victory, watched helplessly as the score was stretched to 20 points.

The navy blue jersey worn by the Knicks is approaching Boston's green, becoming the most hated color in Detroit.