The rest is just noise

June 10

Knicks fly to Los Angeles.

The media in California are on alert. In recent days, "KJ expressed dissatisfaction with MJ", promoted by the New York media and made it a national hot topic, has caused the Lakers to encounter many problems in their preparations for the game.

They also prepared a bunch of questions.

Many of them are digging holes for the Knicks, because the Knicks also have the same contradiction.

So when Louis and the others got off the plane, they specifically told the players: "Each of you will be asked questions later. I hope you will control your mouth, say what you should say, and don't say a single letter of what you shouldn't say, especially

You, Patrick."

Ewing asked unhappily; "Why do you have so little confidence in me?"

"Do you want me to help you review your glorious examples in front of the media?" Louis said angrily, "Don't you know that you are a friend of the neutral media?"

In this way, Ewing was dealt with by Louis with a few words.

When he came to the media in California, Ewing had a cold expression and his eyes conveyed a chilling air, like a general about to embark on the battlefield.

Joe Jares, sports editor and writer for the Los Angeles Daily News, took it upon himself to pry out exploitable information from Ewing.

"Patrick, what do you think are the shortcomings of Benj this year compared to you last year?"

Ewing didn't sense the danger and responded with a self-righteous joke: "His rebounding and shot-blocking numbers are not enough."

"So, you think he doesn't deserve to be MVP?"

What kind of logic is this? Even a rough guy like Ewing could easily detect the hidden malice.

"What do you expect me to say when you ask that? You don't think I will agree with what you say, do you? Benj is this year's MVP. From today on, it is undisputed." Ewing glared at the chief of the Daily News with dissatisfaction.

Writer, "If I had the right to vote, I would vote for him, not myself."

"Why is it undisputed? Many people think that without you, there would be no Knicks today, and you are the MVP."

"This is your opinion. I will not try to change your opinion. As for the rest, I have no comment."

Ewing gave his teammates a good start.

Others withstood a barrage of questions from California reporters.

They are determined to find Louis.

To some extent, Louis is also a headliner.

Many of the words he said do not require special analysis, and they can make headlines just by putting them in the news as they are.

For example, he said "I'm already thinking about Game 3" before he won Game 2. Thanks to the Knicks winning, if the Knicks had lost that game, the California media could have mentioned this over and over again in the Finals.

Finished.

"You guys should rest a while, don't try to get anything valuable out of me."

"I don't want to say anything until Game 3 is over."

"Coach Lu, haven't you always been confident? Why don't you say it now? Are you just pretending to be confident?"

"how to say?"

Louis frowned, as if he had encountered a difficult question.

Immediately, he loosened his mouth and showed a confident smile that is common in the media: "My confidence comes from leading the Celtics to defeat the Lakers in the 1984 Finals. I know that the person who led the Celtics to defeat the Lakers consecutively was K.C.

But it was me who started the Celtics' streak of four consecutive Finals wins against the Lakers."

"Oh no, if you include the record in the 1960s, you have lost to the Celtics in the Finals 11 times in a row, you know? You have more experience in losing than Susan Lucci⑴

, you say why am I so confident in front of you? This is a good question. Why? Because it only took me four years to defeat the Celtics that you have been unable to defeat for 31 years. About

The source of my confidence, that’s all I have to say, please give in.”

Louis' speech that poked at the lungs of the Lakers and their fans made the reporters at the scene filled with shame and anger.

They finally left on the team's exclusive bus.

Along the way, fans who were hostile to them could be seen everywhere demonstrating in various ways that would not endanger their personal health.

Although the matchup between the Knicks and the Lakers is not as representative of the NBA as the matchup between Lakers and Kailash, it is an ultimate showdown between two cities with the most commercial value, the most buzz, and the most developed media. The media drives public opinion.

It can make the game more popular than the Hukai battle and reach another peak.

Game1's game ratings have already reached the average ratings during the peak period of the Hukai Battle.

Game 2, the game between the Knicks and the Lakers broke the league's historical viewing record, with 24 million Americans watching the game.

Now coming to Game3, with the impetus of KJ’s remarks, more people are paying attention to the series.

Arriving at the hotel, Louis issued a rare curfew order.

"You should know that I don't object to you going outside to relax at the end of the game, but not this time. You have all seen along the way that this is a city that is strongly hostile to the East Coast. The Lakers are already in the Finals.

After losing six times in a row, they turned the pain accumulated from all previous failures into hatred and put it on us. At this time, we cannot guarantee the safety of going out."

"So, as long as we are in Los Angeles for one day, apart from playing games, you all stay in the hotel for me. Even if you want to hold a fucking party, you have to do it in the hotel!"

Rodman asked: "Coach, can we really have that kind of party in a hotel?"

Louis' smile was as cold as the winter wind: "Dennis, what do you think?"

"Understand, whoever dares to mess around in the hotel, I will kill him directly without the coach's intervention!" Rodman shouted.

The Knicks have rectified their internal discipline and clarified some irreversible regulations.

Then, after an intense training session, it was game time.

The loss in Game 2 was enough for the Lakers to understand that they had no room for error in front of the Knicks.

If you make a mistake, you must correct it promptly, and you cannot slowly look for problems.

Otherwise, the Knicks will catch their mistakes and beat them up hard, knocking them out.

In order to prove the Lakers' determination to defend their home court, the tragedy maker took the lead on behalf of the entire team after coming on the court.

The Lakers' first goal of the day: The tragic player caught the ball at the waist, turned to face the basket, and changed direction to break through McHale. He knew that Ewing would help defend immediately, so he accelerated his shot and faced the defense of the two.

Throw the ball toward the basket.

If the referee blows the whistle, that's great; if not, David Robinson can get the offensive rebound to complete the second offense.

The result was just as he wished, the ball was scored, the whistle sounded, and at home, the tragedy master had everything.

This is exactly the advantage that the Lakers have that makes their Western Conference opponents feel at a loss, namely offensive aggression.

The Blazers are in internal strife, and other teams don't have the right personnel to match them.

The Lakers' offense went smoothly, but there was a major test on the defensive end.

They had to break the Knicks' "Jamaican pick-and-roll."

Pat Riley said he will break the Jamaican pick-and-roll in this game.

Louis believed he wasn't bragging.

Because the great thing about the Knicks' Jamaican pick-and-roll is not the pick-and-roll itself, but that after the pick-and-roll, there is an extra person to perform the screen to help the inside line move down. At the same time, the player who helps the inside line move down also has the ability to pick up the ball after blocking the person.

The three-point space-breaking ability makes the entire offense as sophisticated as a machine and has no gaps to take advantage of, showing the offensive threats of the ball handler, the passer, and the screener.

Because there is one more person involved in the pick-and-roll, the variables that need to be considered when arranging defense have doubled. Originally, the most basic content of our defensive pick-and-roll only needed to pay attention to whether the ball holder broke through, whether to shoot, whether to pass, and whether the screener was following the ball.

, whether to be removed externally.

Because of this, the Lakers maintained the tragedy's deployment of the starting four position, and also let Aguirre, Pippen and others partner with him.

Aguirre is an offensive wing. Needless to say Pippen, McKay is special. He played the three position in college and transitioned to the four position in the NBA. As long as the Lakers let the tragedy star start at the four position, they will start with him.

.Because the two of them can seamlessly swing between the third and fourth positions.

Now, Riley has Aguirre on Miller, Pippen on Stockton, and McKay on Wilson.

In the case of partial defense switching, stick to one-on-one, and switch players with similar sizes in two positions. Because the Knicks are responsible for the pick-and-roll, Ewing is the one in charge, so the Lakers will let Robinson and McKay switch defenses, with the former guarding Wilson and taking the responsibility.

Stick to Ewing.

If the Knicks' second screen is a shooter like Miller, McKay is responsible for squeezing through the screen, and Aguirre, who is marking Miller, immediately chases Miller after interfering with Ewing.

In just three days, facing the Knicks' immature Jamaican pick-and-roll offensive system, Riley and his coaching staff delivered an outstanding report card.

But according to Roadshow, this is just one of the necessary foundations for them to win the game.

The Jamaican pick-and-roll offense itself is a derivative of the N.UCLA system. It is a targeted play style introduced by Louis to disgust the Lakers' large lineup. They have not practiced it specifically.

Now, in order to limit the Knicks' Jamaican pick-and-roll offense, they frequently move David Robinson outside. Because the defender's defense is vulnerable to switching, the person who comes out must be Robinson.

As a result, the Lakers will face more serious problems.

Robinson can make up for the leaks on the outside, but who can plug the leaks at the basket?

⑴Susan Lucci was nominated for 18 consecutive Morning Emmy Awards between 1980 and 1998, but failed to win any of them. She did not win the award until 1999. In the book, her record has just reached the tenth time, so Coach Rui said

"The Lakers are more experienced than Susan".