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Is coaching difficult?

In the past and in the future, countless people have asked Louis this question, is coaching difficult? Of course, whether it is out of respect for his job or the complexity of coaching itself. Coaching is difficult, and this is the answer...

What is the difficulty? Techniques and tactics? Timeout timing? Control of the rhythm of the game? For Louis, the difficulty lies in the unfathomable human heart.

Before he coached, he had seen the fall of many great teams. There were many reasons. Most teams ignored the most immediate problems or they felt that those problems were unimportant.

But it is this kind of issue that many people think is unimportant, that is the most important.

Take the Celtics, for example. If Thomas fails to get what he wants after a fierce internal struggle, or if Sampson has a soul like Shaquille O'Neal who is arrogant because of his strength, he will

Will he give in? Will he sacrifice? Will he consider that Thomas has sacrificed for them for many years and now it is his turn?

The answer is obvious, you can't take the selfless dedication of great players for granted.

This is where Sampson struck Louis.

Although Louis contributed to the situation, he finally used his own efforts and understanding to change his destiny. He stood on the top of the mountain for a long time. Even though Bird was dazzling, no one would belittle him because he was Mr. Only. This comes from "Kyle"

The nickname "Special Voice" was given by John Most himself. Louis only thought it was cool back then, but now look at what Sampson has done along the way.

He is such a perfect player. Under his great body is a noble soul like Bill Russell, Tim Duncan, and Stephen Curry. As the Big Three of the Green Army, they are currently the most powerful.

The person with the greatest influence and the one who should most take over Bird's scepter, faced Thomas's attack, he chose to take a step back to open up the world. As a result, the Celtics became stable internally, and the hidden mines may never explode again.

Now Louis looks at Sampson's role positioning, and feels that Jimmie Rogers may not be stupid. Just like Steve Kerr, he is well aware of Sampson/Curry's selfless quality of dedication.

So they make their top player make sacrifices.

This is the reason why Louis was moved. It was not false. Sampson was indeed Mr. One, and he confirmed it.

For the first time, he regretted leaving Boston in 1984 because he didn't get to coach Sampson for a few more years.

This regret is even stronger than not being able to coach Bird for a few more years.

However, this kind of emotion only lasted for a while, and the past should be turned over. Who can live without some regrets?

The Celtics' offense revolves around the Big Three, forcing the Knicks to make sacrifices on defense.

In terms of targeting, the Knicks can target more points.

Louis set the Celtics' target points on their Big Three.

He used Stockton and Ewing/McHale's pick-and-roll as the main offensive points, supplemented by Wilson's strong attack, focusing on Bird's defensive position and Thomas, the two defensive weaknesses that the Celtics could not hide.

Stockton broke through fiercely, and Ewing and McHale developed strong mismatch offensive capabilities under the N.UCLA system.

Wilson showed his desire to attack for the first time today after Bird switched defenses in front of him.

Normally, Wilson often sets up pick-and-rolls for Stockton, but tonight Louis intended to let him play against Bird.

Bird has now become the Celtics' weak link on the defensive end, but Reggie Lewis will always choose to squeeze through the screen to protect Bird when encountering pick-and-rolls or screens.

However, Bird does not have the corresponding movement speed to make up for Miller's gap.

Therefore, as long as Lewis doesn't switch defenses, Miller will always get an open spot.

Wilson doesn't need to hold the ball to beat Lewis, he only needs to pass the ball outward.

Miller's current three-point threat may only be slightly inferior to Dale Ellis.

In the half, Miller made 5 of 8 three-pointers from outside and scored 19 points, the highest number of the Knicks in the first half.

His shot made the Celtics tremble with fear. In the second half, Jimmie Rodgers didn't dare to let Lewis chase people to the end.

He chose to switch defense. In other words, the Celtics decided to expose Bird to Wilson's powerful firepower threat.

In the second half, Wilson's first score came when he faced Bird's strong hit in transition, and finally completed 2+1.

Immediately afterwards, although Bird retaliated, he returned to the position and was forced to face Wilson again by the Knicks' pick-and-roll tactics.

Wilson first accelerated past his defense, got to the basket and attracted Sampson to help defend, forcing the Green Army's defense to retreat toward the basket. Then he passed the ball to Miller, who pretended to have another fight with Ewing.

A pick-and-roll, at this time Wilson has rushed from the basket to the outside to catch the ball.

As for Bird, he has been left far behind.

Wilson caught the ball and hit a three-pointer, scoring 6 points in a row.

Midway through the third quarter, Sam Bowie came up.

He replaced Ewing, who was fouled four times by the Celtics.

Bowie, who was hailed by Louis as the Knicks' version of Old Walton, is only 29 years old. He can provide the Knicks with great energy, vitality, rebounding, defense, and shooting from any area within the three-point line.

Relying on these, even if Ewing rested from the seventh minute of the third quarter to the last seven minutes of the fourth quarter, the Celtics could not use Ewing to leave the game and let Sampson kill everyone in the paint.

The Knicks withstood 10 minutes without Ewing.

Although Bowie was beaten by Sampson, he still contributed 4 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block in these 10 minutes.

Even during this period of time when the Celtics' plan should have established an advantage, the Knicks relied on the matchup advantage Wilson established on Bird and the amazing shooting of substitutes such as Hornacek and Reggie Williams.

The touch actually extended the Knicks' lead to 7 points.

Without Ewing, Bowie took over the Knicks' penalty area.

This left the Celtics exhausted and unable to rest their Big Three.

Throughout the second half, anyone from the Celtics could play, but the Big Three couldn't.

Bird relied on his excellent golf intelligence and tried his best to deal with Wilson, but the situation became increasingly urgent.

Wilson has evolved more than he imagined.

The first is defense. Wilson has lived up to his physical talents. None of the minor problems in the past are left. He is a goalkeeper with no weaknesses on the defensive end.

He is tall, has long arms, can move quickly, jumps high and has explosive power. He also has all the skills that a defensive elite should have. When it comes to strength, what he lacks is experience.

As for his offense, Bird has always been unable to guard against it.

Wilson averaged 30 points per game against the Celtics in his rookie season. Now he is facing the 34-year-old Bird. He can do whatever he wants.

Bird was no longer able to establish the overwhelming advantage over Wilson he had been a few years ago.

The problems caused by Sampson's low tactical status began to bite the Celtics.

Jimmie Rodgers, who used Sampson as a Greek monster, must accept this result, or in other words, the cycle of the Greek monster: once the defense fails to switch, Sampson looks at the Knicks without taking over the offense.

"Pocket formation", we can naturally see that his follow-up will not have good results.

But if he doesn't rush into the Knicks' pocket formation, the Celtics' outside shooters won't get good shooting opportunities. At this time, Mr. Only has two choices: pull out and shoot a three-pointer, or put the ball in front of him.

Leave it to Thomas and Byrd or others with assault capabilities.

Unfortunately, Jimmie Rodgers doesn't like seeing centers shoot 3-pointers.

So Sampson averaged the lowest number of three-pointers per game since 1984 (0.3 goals) under Rodgers.

In the K.C. Jones era, Sampson averaged 1.5 three-pointers per game and his shooting percentage was 37%.

Unable to shoot three-pointers, Sampson has only one choice.

Let teammate C.

Jimmie Rodgers is like Doctor Strange in Avengers 4, telling Iron Man: This is the only way.

Watching the Celtics heading toward a dead end gave Louis many new feelings.

The use of Sampson as a tool caused Louis's opinion to undergo a triple reversal.

The first level is disgust and nausea; the second level is perception, understanding, and acceptance; and now the third level is funny.

Although Sampson's sacrifice brought harmony within the Celtics and positive changes in chemical reactions, it could not lead the Celtics to the road to victory.

Because they sealed away the most powerful Sampson for the sake of superficial harmony.

Is this a good thing?

How could this be a good thing?

The immediate combat power of the Big Three determined that if the Celtics wanted to achieve results, they had to revolve around Sampson, but they didn't.

Of course, Jimmy Rogers knew the correct answer from the beginning, but after Thomas's court battle, he changed his mind.

Sampson didn't know whether he figured it out on his own or was persuaded. In short, he accepted this positioning.

That's why there is such a wonderful scene now.

The entire Celtics team seems to be united and harmonious. Sampson's selflessness is respectable, and the strength of Thomas and Bird will not let him down too much. As long as they don't beat the Knicks and Lakers (and maybe the Trail Blazers)

), the Green Army can take care of the remaining teams.

So, isn't this funny?

If it is not based on leveraging the Knicks' dominance, are the Celtics staging a happy ending?

If Thomas has any objections, he should be silenced. You have to shut him up at all costs. If that doesn't work, trade him. Is he irreplaceable? Now that the situation has reached this point, what is the role of the Celtics' coaching staff?

How could Auerbach allow this to happen?

It's been six years since Louis left Boston. He doesn't know what happened there or what Thomas did within the Celtics, but this kind of thing seems so ironic to him.

Using the right approach to the wrong path leads to an O. Henry-esque ending, right?

Louis never imagined that Lukai's whole life would be so outrageous.

The thing that defies nature is that they obviously did the right thing, but ended up wrong. When you look back, you will find that a group of people who chose the right way and method together did the wrong thing.