The rest is just noise

On November 1, 1989, the opening game of the new NBA season officially started.

The opening game opponent arranged by the league for the Knicks is the Portland Trail Blazers, who lost their competitiveness last season due to Jordan's fracture.

In fact, after Jordan was injured, Drexler performed extremely well and was selected to the first team, but failed to lead the Trail Blazers back to the Finals.

Because Paul Allen prevented Jordan from returning, this also caused a rift in their relationship.

But this kind of crack will not suddenly be enlarged. It may remain like this forever, or it may suddenly be torn into a huge wound one day.

At Madison Square Garden, you can see many stars.

The most eye-catching star is the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. He not only came to watch the game, but also sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the singer at the opening ceremony.

The other is Louis' wife.

At home, she was Louie's Lorraine Molina, and outside, she was Monica Bellucci.

She is now extremely popular. With her performance in the first season of "Baywatch", Lorraine is regarded as a sex symbol.

Each episode of the nighttime drama is watched by nearly 7 million viewers.

This is an incredible data, because it is positioned in the night time period, that is, the time period from one to three in the morning.

Even at this late date, there are still 7 million men who choose to watch it, which does not rule out a few women, and these people are attracting more people to watch it through the word-of-mouth effect like tap water.

The first season of "Baywatch" has not yet ended, but it has been renewed, and the producers said that they will increase Monica Bellucci's role in subsequent episodes. This is exciting and will make the future

Fans of the actress are increasingly looking forward to her new work "Home Alone" next year.

Now, she just sits in the family area and lets CBS keep giving her shots from all angles.

"In my memory, this is the first time the Knicks didn't have a clear inside advantage against the Trail Blazers."

The commentary partners sent by CBS are Brent Musburger and Hubie Brown.

This is exactly what Brown said.

Because the Knicks are Stockton, Miller, Wilson, John Salley, and Sam Bowie.

On the Trail Blazers side, there are Terry Porter, Jordan, Drexler, Larry Nance and Rick Schmitz.

With Jordan returning from injury, Drexler and Nance entering their prime, and Schmitz adapting to the rhythm and confrontation of the NBA, this year's Blazers are stronger than any previous year.

But a haze still lingers over their heads.

That was the Lakers. The highly anticipated David Robinson finally officially joined the Lakers two years later.

Compared with previous years, this year's Lakers are also clearly a team from the 1990s. Except for the tragic player, the team is full of young people who have not yet reached their peak.

At midfield, Louie shakes hands with Rick Pitino.

"Lu, I hope you can know that our defense this year will be far stronger than last year." Pitino said solemnly.

As long as Pitino is still the coach of the Blazers, Louis will not really regard the Blazers as a serious problem.

"I know."

Moreover, Louis also wants to paralyze Pitino.

For a person who obviously has a perfect hand but uses a wrong strategy to play his cards (obsessed with the full-court press), the best thing to do is to let him immerse himself in a dream.

Louis returned to his team's side and gave his final words to the players: "You can be careless in other things, but never in rotations; you can be careless in everything, but never in rebounding!"

In terms of personnel configuration, the Knicks and the Trail Blazers, who have temporarily lost Ewing, have many similarities.

They all rely on the talent of wing players, and their defense is fierce. Since the Knicks currently lack Ewing, and the Trail Blazers have a monster like Jordan on the opposite side, their defense must do two things well, protect the basket and double-team key players.

This key person is naturally Jordan, but Jordan is not a tough guy who has to fight to the end when being flanked.

Because he can pass the ball, this is a test of what Louis calls the rotation.

The emphasis on defensive rotation is discipline. Unless a murderous press is used, Louis does not like to switch defenses like coaches in the small ball era.

Because switching defenses means that a lot of mismatches will be revealed.

The opponent should pay a corresponding price for dislocation. This year, the Knicks has added many more small traps to relax the position than in the past. Therefore, rather than using the athletic ability of the wings to execute defense changes, he is more willing to use traps to entrap the opponent's core players.

If the Blazers players can pass the ball out, it depends on how well the players rotate defensively.

That's what they've been training on throughout training camp.

Backboard, easy to understand.

The Knicks attach great importance to rotation, and a pressing team like the Trail Blazers has always focused on switching defenses. In this case, protecting rebounds is crucial.

In the opening jump ball, Bowie's opponent was Rick Schmitz, who was 2.24 meters tall.

There is not much suspense. Bowie, who has suffered from injuries in recent years, has greatly reduced his jumping ability. Schmitz has an advantage in height and jumping, and easily wins the ball for the Trail Blazers.

The Blazers were a little anxious in the first round of offense, and Porter quickly passed to Jordan.

Jordan then passed the ball to Drexler, who didn't notice Wilson's lightning-fast recovery and blocked the ball directly from behind.

Selly just picked up the rebound, and the Blazers immediately pressed the whole court.

Selly gave the ball to Wilson.

Wilson faced the double-teams of Drexler and Jordan, and was supposed to pass the ball out, but suddenly made up his mind, accelerated, knocked away the arms of the two and moved straight forward.

When the trapeze and the glider caught up again and formed a second double team, Wilson had already rushed past the LOGO.

He uses his skillful ball-handling skills to protect the ball behind him.

Wilson showed that his summer training results have improved his movement control by at least one level.

This point is not prominent in the training camp.

Wilson is always like this, hiding it in the training camp, and then giving the coaching staff an unexpected surprise when it comes to the official game.

His teasing of the Blazers' "airplane combination" naturally won him a lot of applause at MSG.

But at the same time, the risks are also huge.

Reggie Miller followed Bowie's screen to the top of the key, and Wilson passed the ball.

The former scored a three-pointer and scored the Knicks' first goal tonight.

3 to 0

"Michael, your defense seems to have regressed." Wilson provocatively asked, "Is it because the injury has not been treated properly?"

Jordan looked over grimly.

Wilson is one of the few people who provoked him when he debuted but has not been psychologically affected by him.

Because Wilson is like an AI that constantly explores and learns through failure, every time you defeat him, he will come back stronger in the next duel.

When Ewing and McHale were there, the Knicks often used a 2-high day-p tactic to start the game.

"2High" is a series of tactics, all of which are based on the inside line.

When Bowie plays, the Knicks will put the ball in his hands and let him spend a few seconds looking for opportunities.

Wilson and Jordan's off-ball confrontation reached its extreme level from the very beginning. If they were to fight with this intensity until the end of the game, both of them would be exhausted after the game.

As a result, the constantly running Wilson became the perfect bait.

The Blazers didn't see it and were too concerned about the positions of Wilson and Miller. Unexpectedly, John Salley ran a perfect diagonal line after the high screen.

Bowie immediately threw an alley-oop.

2HighFOREHEAD (inside alley-oop)!

Selly easily caught the ball and dunked.

5 to 2

"Well played, big man." Louis stood on the sidelines and high-fived Bowie.

"My pleasure, coach." Bowie happily clapped Louis' hand.

It wasn't until today that he understood what it meant to play for this team.

Hubie Brown commented: "Many people say that the Trail Blazers are the Knicks of the Western Conference. I don't agree with this view. Although there are many similarities in the personnel structure of the two teams, there are still essential differences. The most important point is

Regarding offense, the Knicks are a whole, but the Trail Blazers are not. Pitino is not as good at coaching the offense as Leader Lu."

The Trail Blazers let Drexler carry the ball all the way.

Because last season when Jordan was reimbursed, he averaged 25+8+7 as a point forward, which made people see his potential as a point forward.

Drexler could see at a glance that there were major flaws in the Knicks' defense in the middle.

So instead of slowing down, he continued to accelerate.

Miller, who was facing him, could not stop his breakthrough.

Drexler passed by smoothly and came to the paint area to prepare for a dunk.

Just when he thought everything was ready, all he needed to do was raise his hand, Seeley and Bowie appeared at the same time.

"I really want to know if people's brains stop moving when they are moving at high speeds." Tomjanovich joked, "How did he step into such an obvious trap?"

"Didn't you see the momentum of his charge just now? That guy, can't he give up without a dunk?" Louis profoundly entered the perspective of the glider, "If I were me, I wouldn't care about traps or not, just rush in and dunk the hell out of me.

That's it! It's like orgasm, you know Rudy, no one can say no to orgasm!"

On the other end of the court, Pitino showed strong fear of the trap that the Knicks had just suddenly escaped.

Pitino's assistant coach Ernie Grunfeld said vigilantly: "It doesn't look like a coincidence, because the timing of their help defense was so accurate, it happened to be stuck at the moment before Clyde started!

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On the other side, the Trail Blazers were not successful offensively, and the Knicks hit a chasing ball while returning to defense.

The shooter was Wilson. He caught the ball while following up and discovered that the person guarding him was Terry Porter. He thought to himself, who dared to guard him?

"What kind of rubbish defense change is this?" Louis complained.

Wilson hit the shot and the score became 7-2.

To be on the safe side, Pitino actually called a timeout.

If we follow the normal rhythm, at least the Blazers will have to go through another round of offense to no avail, and then the Knicks will counterattack and score, which is a good time to call a timeout.

Calling it now only shows that Pitino is too stable.

But this makes people unable to understand, since he is so stable, why would he choose such an aggressive pressing defense?

Pitino calls his system "cull," which sounds bloody, and he hopes his system will spread around the league like the Knicks' murderous press.

But he clearly has the best defensive resources, but he doesn't know how to use them.

When he calls timeout, he is as steady as an old dog, but when it comes to dead ball arrangements, he is as erratic as a rabbit.

So this wave is because he is steady, so he is unrestrained?