The rest is just noise

(The previous chapter was missing a few hundred words and was out of line with the previous chapter. It has now been completed)

The Lakers are a team that likes to attack the basket, and the Knicks' offensive firepower is evenly distributed. Louis does not want his team to have obvious shortcomings.

However, today's Lakers proved that this is still an era where shooting cannot win the championship.

No matter what era, teams that are better at getting to the basket are always more stable than teams that rely heavily on jump shots. If they really want to attack the basket, the Knicks are not much worse than the Lakers. However, there is a big gap in the status of the two sides today.

Super star David Robinson can run over Ewing, the Knicks' top rim protector, to get to the basket and dunk. On the other hand, the Knicks cannot do the same thing. The Lakers had more rim attackers than the Knicks that night. This is

Under this situation, if the Knicks want to win, they can only shoot, but their current shooting is worse than the Lakers. No matter how the strategy and personnel are adjusted, if the final result is that they still can't make a basket, then all their efforts will

All to no avail.

Madison Garden was silent.

After the game, the Lakers' super sixth man Kevin Johnson made a listening gesture and said arrogantly: "Hey, why has it become so quiet here? Didn't you say that the Knicks are going to sweep us?"

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The Knicks lost Game 1 of the Finals by 20 points at their home court, handing over the home court advantage to the Lakers.

The tragedy master performed amazingly in this campaign. He didn't score much, only 19 points, but he grabbed 16 rebounds and sent out 14 assists.

As a unique offensive fulcrum in the modern era, he led the team to defeat the Knicks without turning on his personal offensive mode.

"I do want to change some people's opinions. You know, we were never favored, which is actually a good thing. The young people behind me have no championship experience. If you think too highly of them,

They might forget how to play." The tragedy master joked to show his leadership, "I can't have so many people under my wing."

In some respects, The Tragedian is very much like Julius Erving. He is a good gentleman, a perfect player, outstanding leadership, and his personal skills are beyond reproach. He is very patient with the fans. For a person like Jordan, you let him

If he signs autographs for two hours in a row, he will look bad, but the comedian can sign autographs for fans for four hours in a row and still enjoy it with a smile.

In many interviews, rather than talking about his playing career, he would rather talk about his influence as a player and how he used his own money to make a fortune.

But it would be wrong to think that tragedy masters, like Dr. J, regard these things as more important than the game.

This is the most different thing about them. In his heart, winning or losing on the court is the top priority.

I acted so calmly today just because we still have to play the finals.

Pat Riley walked up to Louis and asked seriously: "Coach Lu, do you really think you can beat us with this state?"

"Pat, you are not that weak." Louis' words made Riley uneasy. "I have to thank you. Losing this game is more meaningful than winning ten games against you."

In the locker room, Louis' mood showed no obvious ups and downs.

All the players were waiting for him to get angry, but he didn't plan to get angry after losing.

"Everyone will arrive at the Blue Palace an hour early tomorrow." Louis said calmly, "I hope you won't be late."

After finishing, he said to Zhao Yuanzheng outside the locker room: "Let the scouting department work overtime to find out the offensive areas, methods, and technical flaws of everyone in the Lakers' 8-man rotation, and use accurate data to support it."

"When do you want to use it?"

"Tomorrow afternoon."

When Louis woke up the next day, Lorraine prepared a ham sandwich and bacon with milk for him.

Cured meat food is probably one of the best things Italy has given to the world.

It is also one of Louis' favorite foods. Whenever the Knicks lose, Lorraine will make this for him.

"Don't be angry anymore after eating this, and put the failure aside." Lorraine said.

"OK."

The actual situation is...

As Louis said, when the players arrived at the Blue Palace an hour early, they were all mentally prepared to be scolded.

They know they deserve it.

Louis was just about to find someone he didn't like and scold them, and then scold them all the way, so that these smug bastards could reflect on themselves.

Then he saw Reggie Miller who had made himself look like Rain Man and was covered in sweat.

Louis asked them to come an hour early. The fact that Miller was able to practice like this without Louis being late shows that he had come to the Blue Palace for training earlier.

"Reggie, why are you working so hard? Do you need to pay so much attention to the Lakers? Don't you think that the Lakers can be defeated casually?" Louis asked sarcastically.

Miller's eyes dodge, not daring to look at Louis: "Coach, I was wrong."

Louis then looked at Ewing.

"Hey, Patrick, you're sweating too."

Louis laughed and said: "What's wrong, you have changed your mind too?"

Ewing said with a guilty conscience: "I was really not prepared yesterday."

"No, why are you so humble? Didn't you say that? Excessive humility means inferiority. Are you inferior?"

"I...I don't feel inferior."

"Then why are you being humble to me now? What about your arrogant attitude? Take it out, I still like to see you look like you have won three consecutive championships."

Ewing was so embarrassed by Louis that his face turned as dark as coal and turned red: "Stop talking!"

"Now that you know the shame, shouldn't you also have an attitude of admitting your mistakes?" Louis smiled, "I'm waiting, Patrick."

Ewing hung his head like Miller: "I was wrong."

"Benj?"

"Coach, I have never underestimated the Lakers."

"Well, you are one of the few people in our team who performed normally in yesterday's game, so I won't pursue you too much."

Louis asked one by one. Those who had expressed contempt for the Lakers, were overconfident in their own abilities, were so arrogant that they did not take the Finals seriously and thought the game was just a process, all of them admitted their mistakes to Louis.

"Seeing that you all have such a good attitude in admitting your mistakes, I won't say anything more."

Louis was originally ready to spout a lot of dirty words, but now he decided to let these people go.

That kind of inflated mentality was not generated by them on their own.

It was only after the whole world made a statement that the Knicks wanted to sweep the Lakers into the trash heap that they sank in.

If the whole world supports you, can you let the whole world down?

Of course not, so their behavior is understandable.

Fortunately, the Lakers were brave enough to beat the Knicks, who had committed the crime of arrogance, in the first game, so that they woke up.

"Now that you all know that you are wrong, come with me to the video analysis room to review yesterday's game. I believe we have a lot worth discussing."

Tomjanovich is in charge of video recording, and Zhao Yuanzheng is in charge of data.

Louis took the data and paired it with Tomjanovich's video, first pointing out: "The Lakers' effective field goal percentage is the first in the league because they like to attack the basket. Yesterday, their shooting percentage in our penalty area was 64%.

Well done, Patrick."

Ewing blushed and remained silent.

"The Tragedyman likes to hold the ball in the low post, but 70% of his offenses in the low post are passed. Last night, he made achievements almost every time he attacked in the low post. Fortunately, I even asked Dennis to defend him.

He, as a result, he shot 100% under Dennis' defense. Is this DPOY? I love it!"

Louis' words made Rodman so angry that the corners of his lips trembled.

"After Kareem retired, the Lakers went from being poor on offensive rebounds to one of the best teams at competing for offensive rebounds. All of this is inseparable from the growth of Scottie Pippen and the growth of David Robinson.

Come on, last night, their shooting performance was not better than ours, but the number of offensive rebounds they grabbed was three times that of ours. If you allow your opponent to get so many second-attack opportunities, they will beat them to a pulp.

It’s excusable, you should be proud of yourselves, you were robbed of so many offensive rebounds and only lost by 20 points in the end, wow.”

In the first half hour of the review meeting, Louis first made taunts specific to himself, and then taunted the entire team.

There was no angry rebuke with harsh words, but a steady flow of ridicule.

Compared with the foul language, this method seems to make the players more ashamed and angry. They hate why they lost yesterday's game.

"Now, I believe you have realized what you didn't do well, and I also believe you will show a higher level to deal with the Lakers in the next game. Maybe they are still just bad fish that you will easily defeat.

Rotten shrimps, but if everyone here is still as lazy as yesterday, there is also the possibility of being bitten to death by rotten fish and shrimps."

Louis said heartily: "You will become rotten fish and shrimps by then."

"Now, let's talk about the layout of Game 2 in detail." Louis pointed to the screen, "First of all, let's start with the Tragedy Master. He is the key to the formation of the Lakers' combat power and the source of all evil..."

Many of the things Louis said were said before the game against the Lakers.

Now I say it again, just to deepen the impression.

His focus today was the first half hour of taunting the team.

Seeing that all the players were so embarrassed by his ridicule and their anger soared, he knew that his goal had been achieved.