The rest is just noise

Without Bird and Laimbeer playing, the Celtics couldn't handle the Knicks.

The three-point threat of Stockton, Wilson and Miller can cover the entire perimeter.

Entering the transition period, the Celtics' offensive and defensive intensity dropped significantly, but the Knicks had Kemp, Reggie Williams, Miller, Chris Jackson and John Salley as backup.

Moreover, there are many people in the Knicks rotation who can hold the ball, and it is effortless to find the Celtics' weaknesses. Of course, after losing Reggie Lewis, the Celtics originally wanted to give away the weaknesses on the court.

to the opponent.

The Knicks showed the entire league how to beat the Celtics.

All it takes is a simple 2/5 (pick-and-roll between position 2 and position 5) or 1/5 pick-and-roll (pick-and-roll between position 1 and position 5), let the inside line open, and the ball holder breaks through

Then hand the ball to the inside or forward, and you can ravage the Celtics' other misplacements and defensive weaknesses at will.

The most exciting period of the game between the Knicks and Celtics was the few minutes when Chris Jackson came on.

Louis asked the whole team to cooperate with him.

Jackson was transported back to his college days when he was in charge of the Thunder. He was the second player after Pete Maravich to make LSU basketball games crazy and attractive.

In the connecting minutes, Jackson made 5 of 8 shots and scored 14 points.

It was his offense that made it difficult for the Celtics to fight back.

It also made the Celtics' operations in the offseason confusing.

Instead of Steve Smith, the talented second position the Celtics desperately need to strengthen, and Reggie Lewis, Bird's successor who has already been trained, they need Billy Owens.

Chris Jackson, the important chip acquired in the Thomas trade, although his rookie season was a success, is the No. 3 pick worth at least two years of patience? This is also a position that the Celtics urgently need to add, but they still don't want it.

Now, Owens does not seem to be a combination of tragedy maker + Bird. Chris Jackson seems to be very capable right now?

Being able to play in the rotation with the Knicks and push Ainge to death on the bench already speaks for itself.

As the game continues, as long as someone in the Knicks can catch Sampson, there will be no variables.

The Knicks have quite strong inside reserves, and when dealing with Sampson, they are not obsessed with the inside, but rely on flanking attacks.

What kind of animals are those on the Knicks' wings?

Dennis Rodman has officially transitioned to the fourth position this season, but he can also play as a top defensive wing at the third position. In addition to changing his hair color every game, he is also obsessed with rebounding. After the dark side of his personality was released, he was present

The positioning of the players seems to have also become darker. The number of attacks and abuses against opponents has greatly increased, and small tricks and damaging moves have also appeared in an endless stream. Today, Doug Smith was taken off the field in less than half of the game.

Wilson, one of the top six in the league, is both offensive and defensive;

Reggie Williams, an affordable All-Star player among current players, can attack and defend well;

Alex Stevens, the portrayal of the Knicks spirit in the Louis era;

As well as Selley, Kemp and McHale, the presence of these people allowed the Knicks to launch an extreme double-teaming strategy against Sampson.

As long as Sampson gets the ball, the double-team rate is 100%.

In this game, Louis showed the Knicks' various tactics against the Celtics. High-post dynamic offense was what the Celtics were most afraid of. When Miller and Wilson didn't fire, Chris

Jackson's performance has left the Celtics helpless. Fans with some experience will find that as long as the Knicks put some thought into the high post, the Celtics can really only let them shoot.

Sampson's rim protection ability is among the best in the league, but he is stuck in the penalty area and has difficulty getting out. If he leaves the penalty area, the Celtics' basket will be blown away.

To be shot through or to be blown up, that was the question, they chose to be shot through.

Stockton's pick-and-roll also played tricks, exploiting the Celtics' defensive weaknesses to death. When the Celtics defended the pick-and-roll and outside rolls, either Sampson couldn't come back, or the corner The defensive assistance was slow to come, and by the end of the rotation there was no enthusiasm, and the mentality was gradually broken.

In the second half, Billy Owens showed some form.

However, it is not convincing enough.

Because the game has been approaching garbage time since then.

The Knicks led the Celtics by 24 points for a long time.

Owens's opponents were changed from Wilson to Reggie Williams and Stevens.

As a star player, when Wilson heard Owens being praised so outrageously, he definitely wanted to challenge the young man to try out his skills.

Williams and Stevens were less troubled.

When you're leading by a big score, you can defend as much as you want, and it doesn't matter if you miss one occasionally.

The intensity has dropped, and Owens' characteristics have been revealed to the world one by one.

If you look at Owens solely from the perspective of college basketball, Louis can understand why some scouts call him a combination of The Tragedy Hunter and Bird.

Although his physical fitness is poor and he has no shot, he has excellent ball-handling skills and excellent organizational skills.

At the college level, he looked like he could do it all.

But in the NBA, all he has to offer is top-notch movement control and top-notch organization...

Louis speculated that Owens will probably average around 15-7-4 for several years in the future.

What is the difference between this and Rodney MCray SF/SG/PG⑴? If Louis were a scout, he would definitely compare Owens with McCray.

If you think McCree's metaphor is too abstract, Louis has an alternative.

For example, Brad Miller is an organizational center who shined under the Princeton system, but will anyone say that he is Sabonis?

This is what makes Louie intolerable with contemporary scouts. When they characterize top rookie prospects, they tend to overhype them too much, as if they are being paid.

Louis believes that within a few years, the trade of Owens' signing rights for Steve Smith's signing rights and Reggie Lewis in the summer of 1991 will become the highlight of the career of Heat godfather Lewis Shafir. It was also the waterloo of Reed Auerbach's managerial career. Although the deal was presided over by Dave Gavitt, the Celtics were still theoretically under Auerbach's control.

Auerbach has won all the praise, but if something goes wrong, he deserves to be blamed.

Owens relied on his performance in the second half to score 18 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

The media who don't watch the game and only look at the data can continue to blow the bubble that Owens is a combination of the tragedy maker and Bird with this pile of useless data.

But within half a season, they will wake up and look at what Lewis and Steve Smith did in Miami, and those stupid media will wake up and discover what the Celtics management did. Made a crazy deal that could go down in history.

126 to 104

The Knicks won the game by 22 points.

Ewing had 26 points and 11 rebounds, Wilson had 22 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Rodman had 6 points and 16 rebounds, Stockton had 7 points and 8 assists, and Chris Jackson, who came off the bench for 19 minutes, scored 22 points efficiently.

"To be honest, when Boston proposed a trade for CJ, I was actually very happy. I knew that CJ was a buried player just like Dale Ellis and Kevin McHale back then.

Their team did not play to their strengths, but I am confident that he can reshape his career." Louis was not pretending at all, "I will prove that he is worthy of his pick. One day, people will repeatedly pick him.

He compared it to Gary Payton and discussed who was the better and stronger of the two guards."

Regarding Billy Owens, Louis was less polite.

"I wouldn't say he played well." Louis said sadly. "Anyone who watched this game will not say he played well."

"When the team needed him, you couldn't find him on the court because he was replaced. As a highly anticipated supernova, how could he be replaced when the team was hiring? Because he performed poorly. But.

In the end, we found out that his numbers were pretty good. That's an interesting thing, and it's also how real fans and fake fans identify. Real fans will make judgments based on the content of the game, while fake fans only look at the data."

Louis added acidly: "Understandably, that's the only thing they can understand."

Chris Jackson also attracted attention, and his playing style dazzled the New York media.

Compared with Stockton, Jackson's performance has attracted more attention. Because Stockton never does anything unplanned, he always abides by his duties, is stable, but does not surprise, like a person who has been using it all his life.

Missionaries give "lessons" to wives.

In contrast, Jackson is a more "interesting" person.

"The coach told me to do everything possible to be myself. I'm not a bad player, yes, I'm good, I know I'm good, but over the past year, everyone has said I'm a piece of shit and I've had enough of it.

These words." Jackson vowed, "I was the No. 3 pick in 1991, I deserve this pick, and I will prove myself in New York, I swear."

⑴One of the main players of the 86 Rockets, his peak data of 14+7+4 was ruined by the unique product.