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In Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics trailed the Knicks by 16 points at halftime.

"Hubby, can you explain from a professional perspective why the Knicks' full-court press is so powerful?"

Dick Stockton gives the stage to Whoopi Brown.

Brown is a person who likes to show off his knowledge. When he had the opportunity to show off his talents, he did his best and started talking about the Knicks' murder team.

"We all know that the reason why Coach Lu prepared this strategy was to deal with the Celtics, who were in full swing at the time."

He doesn't need to go into too much depth, he just needs to vividly restore the origin of the Murderous Press like a storyteller, and the audience will be satisfied.

On the sidelines, Louis was interviewed again by Stockton's wife, Leslie Weiser.

He took two minutes to answer Visser's question before returning to the locker room.

When Louis entered the locker room, it was very quiet.

Because Ewing is a serious boss, Wilson is far less easy-going during games than he is off the court. People who know Garnett say that he is as friendly as a boy next door off the court, and there is absolutely no sign of him retreating on the court.

Boxing teammate Jin Ke praised his opponent's wife for her delicious and juicy appearance...

Wilson is not as extreme as Garnett, but he is like an actor who is into the drama.

Before the end of the game, I won't relax my brow easily.

Without Kevin McHale, the atmosphere in the locker room during Knicks games would be the same as a hospital morgue.

"We played well in the first half. In the second half, in addition to maintaining our current offensive efficiency, there are a few things we need to do."

Louis stretched out his hand, and Tomjanovich handed over the tactical board.

Louis held the tactical board and said while drawing: "Based on Boston's current strategy, we can roughly guess their possible play style in the second half. If there are no accidents, the pick-and-roll offense of Isiah Thomas and Larry Bird will

Appear in large numbers. Because Larry has a shooting threat from all areas when he comes outside the three-point line, so in order to take advantage of his offensive threat, the Celtics will inevitably let Ralph Sampson run a lot so that Larry can create

The resulting court space can have the desired effect."

Zhao Yuanzheng immediately brought over another piece of information.

Louis opened the information and said: "According to the reconnaissance of our coach Zhao and R.C.'s scouting department, 70% of Ralph's offenses in the playoffs so far have been direct ending points, and nearly 20% of his offenses have been catching and shooting in the mid-to-high post.

Therefore, we don’t need to worry about him choosing to attack with the ball. This is not the Celtics’ tactic. What we need to worry about is just his completion of the ball. My idea is to interfere with the high position, contain the paint area closely, and have many people in the penalty area.

Encirclement, if it can't be stopped, then it's a foul."

"As for Larry and Isiah's pick-and-roll offense, I hope you all can make it clear. The point is not to guard against anyone, but to prevent them from forming linkages in positional warfare. Let them fight independently. As long as this is done, even if they

They all played well and our defense was successful.”

Stockton said pragmatically: "But Larry can't limit it."

"Yes, so the target we want to target is Isiah." Louis pointed to the tactical board, "As long as Isiah is in the high post and Larry picks and rolls, our defensive focus must be concentrated on Isiah's side. As for Larry,

Here, if he wants to take on a one-on-one, shoot a three-pointer, or go for a layup, that's fine; but if he cooperates with Isiah, holding the ball in the high post as the axis to launch an offense, that's absolutely not possible!"

Louis spent all his time defending the Celtics' offense.

The Knicks' own offense is fine, so he won't say anything about it.

Even if there is a slight problem, as long as it does not affect the overall situation, he will not talk about it if he can.

This is Louis' habit. Some people think that details determine success or failure, but sometimes, when it comes to changes in the entire strategy, the details of the game cannot be 100% perfect.

Details will always go wrong, and it's a good thing to avoid them. If you can't avoid them, make sure the general direction is good.

Moreover, Louis also made adjustments.

Rodman, who played the entire first half, was benched in the second half.

Louis brought McHale back and brought in Alex Stevens to replace Rodman.

Stevens is the most special presence of the Knicks. Louis regards him as the soul of the team because he can serve as a substitute for anyone and can do anything as long as the team needs it.

At this time, replacing Rodman, who had committed three fouls, against Bird was what he was best at doing.

In the second half, the Celtics' first offense, Thomas did not call a pick-and-roll and directly handed the ball to Bird on the outside.

Bird took one step inside the three-point line and backed up Stevens. They fought fiercely, but Bird's attention was always on the paint area.

With Bird on his back, Stevens is most at ease, because Bird can't crush him with his body, and he doesn't have the explosiveness to turn around and face the basket in one step. In addition, the Knicks players all around him may look at him at any time.

Come double-team, so he has to get rid of the ball quickly.

Bird chose to face the basket and use his elbow covertly to push away Stevens' body.

Stevens stepped forward a little and hit the opponent's cylinder. Bird immediately took action and missed, but the referee blew the whistle.

Stevens was called for a foul.

"This is not the Boston Garden. Is it necessary to be so partial to that country bumpkin?" Louis shouted at the referee who blew the whistle.

The whistle was blown by veteran referee Wally Rooney. This person has much more seniority than tonight's referee Jack O'Donnell. He was poached by the ABA in the mid-to-late 1960s for a large amount of money and has been officiating in the league ever since.

After the game closed, he went to college basketball to continue officiating. This year, the NBA announced the expansion of duty referees, resulting in the influx of a large number of new referees and the return of old referees.

Valley/span> Rooney was one of them. At this time, Louis protested loudly and wanted to go up to show off the style of the old referee, but was stopped by O'Donnell.

"We don't have to argue with him," O'Donnell said.

Afterwards, Bill Oakes, the other referee on duty tonight, blew a balance whistle on Laimbeer.

This move aroused strong dissatisfaction from the Celtics, and Laimbeer was so angry that he seemed to bite Oakes' nose off.

Louis saw real fear in Oakes. Laimbeer has never been a good person. If he acted so angry and seemed to want to eat people, it would be normal for the referee to be afraid.

What's more, Oakes is a rookie referee and he has not resisted pressure yet.

The Celtics foul gave the Knicks 14 seconds to attack, which ultimately began with Stevens' ridiculous ball-handling floater.

Stevens's offensive skills are notoriously rough. It seems that his choices are a bit brainless, like an ADC who flashes into the opponent's face in a key team battle.

However, because the person guarding Stevens is named Bird, such an outrageous offensive choice becomes understandable.

Look at that Birdman, Louis can't believe he was selected to the second defense three times.

Is there a mistake?

Stevens' explosive power is not very fast, but he only needs two steps to pass Bird.

Sampson's terrifying help defense area made Stevens's throw look incredible, and successfully interfered with the latter's offense so much that Louis couldn't even see it.

"Shame on you!"

There were gains and losses. Sampson helped defend Stevens and caused his shot to go too far. In the penalty area, Ewing grabbed the offensive rebound, yelled at Laimbeer, turned around, took a step, grabbed the ball and then

Suppress the opponent's body and score a dunk.

67 to 51

Thomas called a pick-and-roll. According to past experience, the Knicks would focus on defending Bird.

But today, he enjoys the same treatment as Bird did back then.

Even Stevens, who was guarding Bird, came to attack. Stockton was delayed and Wilson blocked the ball path.

Bird went down without interference, and as long as the ball could be passed, it would be an easy scoring opportunity.

However, Thomas did not dare to pass the ball. Wilson and Stevens were both spider-men with long arms and legs and were extremely good at blocking passing routes.

He saw another opportunity.

Reggie Lewis, he cuts inside like Cedric Maxwell did back then.

When Wilson abandoned him, he had already moved inside.

Thomas decided that was the best opportunity and raised his hand to pass the ball.

Lewis took the ball, faced Ewing's help defense, and passed it to Sampson.

Sampson hit high and completely crushed McHale, 53 to 67.

Some lost points cannot be prevented.

The Celtics' Big Three are all core members who can lead the team individually. It is an impossible task to guard all three of them at the same time.

If they can use a defensive strategy to make it difficult for Bird to catch the ball and Thomas to attack, and only give Sampson, who is positioned as a tool man, room to play, this is a completely acceptable result for the Knicks.

And, it didn’t take long.

Wilson held the ball on the weak side, took off from outside the paint area, pulled the lever in the air, changed hands, and scored a layup.

69 to 53

With the same cooperation, the Celtics called the pick-and-roll again.

Thomas still looks for Lewis to pass the ball. This person has a good sense of space and is very good at avoiding blocks in the air to find a layup angle.

In this round, Ewing's defense failed, allowing him to pull the lever and score just like Wilson did in the last round.

"What am I talking about? People don't respect your defense at all!"

When Ewing passed by the sideline, he heard Louis say with disgust. To provide you with the fastest remaining, only noise update, Chapter 710: People don’t respect your defense at all. Read it for free.