The rest is just noise

"What's this defense for?"

Louis can tolerate other things, but if he sees the Celtics using passes and cuts to create opportunities to score, he can't tolerate it anymore.

Chuanqie is something that exists in every era.

When you play it well, it’s beautiful basketball.

He is a pursuing coach who wants his players to play beautiful games.

Not to mention those who are obsessed with Steve Kerr, this Celtics objectively has the foundation to play pass and cut.

As early as the Louis era, passing and cutting was the main body of their offensive system. Now let Sampson play the tool man, and the ball movement is dominated by Thomas and Bird, which further demonstrates the value of passing and cutting to the Celtics.

This is why Louis was unhappy when he saw the Celtics score with passes and cuts.

The Celtics have the ability to play like this, and the Knicks also have the ability to defend them.

If you fail to do so, it means you have not taken good precautions.

Therefore, when he saw Reggie Lewis cutting in and scoring, Lewis loudly expressed his dissatisfaction to remind the players to stay focused.

Stockton's hands were not soft and he responded with a three-pointer.

The Celtics once again engaged in positional warfare and found that the Knicks' defense had gone up a notch.

It is more rigorous than before, and it is not easy to rely on passing to cut out opportunities.

In the future small ball era, many teams will like to play pass and cut.

Because passing and cutting requires space, there is no era where the court space is wider than the small ball era when there are so many sharpshooters with a 40% three-point shooting rate.

The three-pointer is the lifeline of the ball, and it is also the guide for passing and cutting and human movement.

Because, since passing and cutting requires the whole team to keep running, this requires space. The larger the space, the greater the possibility of running out of opportunities. But if the outside line cannot be opened and the opponent is all inside, it is like letting

Bolt went to the market to break the 100-meter record, which is difficult for others.

Against other teams, the Celtics' passing and cutting may be unfavorable, but in front of the Knicks, it shouldn't have that effect.

Louis seized on the Celtics' weakness - their three-point threat has decreased year by year since Louis left. Now they have perfectly integrated into the era and are not much different from other teams.

At this time, their passing and cutting was extremely difficult.

Bird's movement never found an open space.

Rodman defended him very well, covering everything from hands to toes and body contact.

Without opportunities, the Celtics need more individual offense.

Lewis will hit the ball, Thomas will hit the ball, and Bird can attack in the low or high post, but this is not the way they are used to playing.

"We rarely see the Celtics holding the ball in isolation a lot."

"This happened because the Knicks' defense was so good that they made the Celtics no longer look like the Celtics, like a youth army that lacked team spirit."

Comments from Dick Stockton and Hubie Brown allowed the audience to see the situation on the field more clearly.

The tactics cannot be used, one-on-one duels are greatly increased, and the shooting rate cannot be guaranteed. The effect of the Knicks' twin tower lineup is revealed.

They collected defensive rebounds steadily and played defensive counterattacks with great speed.

Eight minutes into the first quarter, the Knicks led the Celtics 20-12.

Jimmie Rodgers requested a timeout.

Louis adjusted the lineup.

He replaced Bowie and Ewing. Although the twin towers between him and Ewing worked well, Bowie was too fragile and did not dare to use it more. Although Ewing did not have much history of injuries, he had just returned from injury. To be conservative,

He shouldn't be allowed to fight more.

Louis replaced two other big men: John Salley and McHale.

In addition, Stockton was replaced by Hornacek at the point guard position.

In this game, Louis has a lot of on-the-spot command. He wants to use the most correct tactics to break the Celtics' position, so Stockton's command ability is not needed for the time being.

The Celtics don't dare to make substitutions. Their lineup depth cannot be compared with the Knicks. Therefore, playing as many starters as possible is their only way to maintain strength.

However, the strength of the Celtics' Big Three is still among the top in the league.

The last few minutes of the first quarter proved that.

Thomas looked for Bird to pick and roll, and Bird broke away. After a successful breakthrough, he hit Sampson to the ground.

Changing Sampson's defender from Ewing to Selley is like replacing Xia Xue in "Family with Children" with someone else. The gap is unimaginable.

Selly is not a very bad defensive player.

In fact, Selly's defense is exactly the opposite of Sampson's. His defense is very strong, and when it's time to hit hard, he will hit hard.

But when he beat him, Sampson felt like he was on holiday to reward himself with a good meal, performing dream dance moves like Olajuwon, and finally came to Chamberlain-style leaning on someone and licking the basket with his low hand.

Selly was afraid of fouling and did not dare to move, so Sampson successfully scored.

Afterwards, Thomas made a lightning breakthrough.

Bird, as the core organizer, continuously connected with Sampson on the right side. His ball-making ability was terrible.

Although Wilson can stably average 6 assists per game, in terms of support ability, Wilson's 6 assists per game and Bird's 7 assists per game are different in quality.

Just like Westbrook has averaged double figures in assists per game in many seasons, but no one should think that his organizational ability is superior to Kidd.

No, even compared with Curry of the same generation, he is still inferior.

Bird's point is difficult to deal with.

Moreover, the more he fought, the more crazy he became.

From the end of the first quarter to the beginning of the second quarter, facing Rodman's defense, he scored 14 points and 5 assists.

Midway through the second quarter, his first three-pointer allowed the Celtics to even the score.

43 to 43

Moreover, he ran up to Louis and asked: "Why don't you send someone to guard against me?"

He did this in front of Rodman.

Who is Rodman? He values ​​defense more than his life, just as he will be obsessed with rebounding in the future. He knows that he can gain a foothold in the Knicks because his defense is strong enough. He also works hard in this direction.

He has entered the first defense for two consecutive years, and this year he won everyone's recognition and won DPOY.

Then what did Bird, the bastard, say to the coach he respected the most?

"Why don't you send someone to guard me?"

Louis ignored Bird, but said to Rodman: "If you are upset, his goal will be achieved."

Rodman said angrily: "I won't let him go easily!"

The two of them had a rivalry, and Louis expressed his understanding.

In the 1988 Eastern Conference Finals, it was Rodman's elbow that aggravated Bird's back injury, forcing him to withdraw from the Game 7 that no Bostonian is willing to recall.

Now that Wilson is not on the court, the Celtics coaching staff dare not act rashly.

For the Knicks, Louis let Rodman play the entire first half and kept substituting players in other positions.

Rodman defended Bird in half the game. As the DPOY, he did not awe Bird.

Not only did Bird have no sense of awe, but he also scored 24 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists with a sense of humiliation.

You know, this is just his half-time data.

Sometimes, Louie wonders whether Jimmy Rogers is a fool or a smart man.

He foolishly took the ball away from Sampson at the expense of sacrificing the team's number one strength in exchange for internal harmony. But at the same time, he did not let Thomas be the core of the offense. Although the ball was returned to Thomas

, but the core of the team is still Bird.

Just like James during the Lakers era, although his influence on both offense and defense is obviously not as good as Anthony Davis's, he is still the one who leads the team's offensive system.

Giving the ball to Bird ensured the Celtics' fundamentals.

A player like Bird, as long as he has the ball, has an amazing impact on the situation.

On the court, Ewing wanted a position, but Laimbeer didn't give him a chance. The two fought over the position and were about to start a fight. Unexpectedly, on the other side, Bird and Rodman clashed first.

In order to get a position outside the paint area, the two were close to each other and their hands were linked.

Louis knew what Bird was like. Seeing that he was about to lose his position, and not wanting Rodman to succeed, he grabbed Rodman's arm and lay down with him when his body fell.

How could Rodman give up? He gave him another elbow on the spot, so that Bird could recall how he was elbowed out of the series by this bold bastard.

"You want to fucking fight me, don't you?"

Bird exploded.

Laimbeer was not able to go up to escort him immediately because he and Ewing had friction.

The game between the Knicks and Celtics will always be tense. More and more players are participating in the conflict, which is about to develop into a gang fight. Fortunately, there are three referees now. They can separate people in a timely and effective manner and issue technical fouls.

threaten.

Louis rubbed his trigeminal nerve.

"Sure enough, we still have to fight." Zhao Yuanzheng smiled bitterly.

"It's true that we haven't played this kind of game in the Eastern Conference for a long time. It's just a good opportunity to reminisce. Don't sit on the throne and forget about your special skills."

Louis admired the conflict.

Ewing and Laimbeer sparred with each other without any discipline, and Rodman and Bird tore each other's jerseys.

Selley and Isiah Thomas go toe-to-toe...

It was so much fun, Louis missed this feeling.

The Celtics are the only team that realizes they can't give in to the Knicks.

Before the Knicks reached the top, they used this horrifying and brutal behavior to turn the ShowTime Lakers of the mid-to-late 1980s into a joke of the times.

The team that has inherited their throne now is a more rough and unruly team that often conflicts with others on the court, and every time there is a conflict, there are only those who fan the flames, not those who break up the fight.

The Knicks are different from other teams.

Their synchronization rate is terrible, especially when they conflict with each other and need to be consistent with the outside world.

The opposing team has people who try to break up the fight and make peace, but the Knicks never do.

So once there is a conflict on the court, the Knicks always have a numerical advantage, because none of these bastards is a damn good one.

"Forget it, after the conflict, let's use the murder press to challenge the Bostonians."

Louis said calmly.