The rest is just noise

Louis replaced Kevin McHale first.

At this stage, McHale is no longer able to adapt to PK with an opponent like Barkley.

Logically speaking, his level should not have dropped so quickly.

Louis remembered that McHale was also very capable in the late Celtics, because no one in the Celtics team could step up, so the old Big Three had to find ways to maintain their competitiveness.

In the Knicks, it's a different story.

McHale won four championships with the team and was captain of the team. He played a leading role in the 1986-87 season and won the MVP. After that, due to injuries and years of vegetarianism, his condition began to decline.

However, his decline accelerated after Rodman showed his takeover status.

Now not only is Rodman taking over successfully, but Rodman also has a successor (Kemp), McHale loses motivation and will naturally let himself go.

"I believe you can all see it." Louis held the tactical board. "The Trail Blazers are very strong. Their defense is similar to ours, but more extreme. They advocate switching defenses because they have many good players on the wings. Play against them.

In fact, it is a speed game between people and the ball. From a common sense, people's speed cannot move as fast as the ball, but in actual operation, you will find that if the enthusiasm and defensive discipline are good enough, the distance that can be filled will be far beyond

Imagine.”

Louis also replaced Reggie Miller, who obviously didn't adapt to the defensive intensity brought by the Trail Blazers.

Miller was replaced by Reggie Williams.

"No matter how high Portland's defensive intensity is and how fast the rotation is, as long as our offense is patient enough, we will be able to achieve results." Louis started from the top of the arc, "John, starting from the next round, launch '2High' from the top of the arc.

(Double inside high post) tactic, give the ball to Patrick. As for Patrick, if you think you have a chance to shoot, shoot boldly. If you don’t have a chance, use your body to pass the ball to your teammates running up from the bottom corner.

Ball coordination. Cut in immediately after passing the ball; Pinxiao, while Patrick is cooperating, you have to screen for John, and then screen for the teammate in the other corner without the ball, and finally selectively pull away or

Cut in."

"Remember, one phase of offense is not enough to break Portland's defense. We need three phases of intensive offensive."

There are few teams that Louis takes so seriously.

The Trail Blazers have grown too fast under Riley's leadership.

Pause ended

The current score is 15-7, with the Knicks trailing by 8 points.

Stockton faced Jerome Cosey, and as Louis arranged, let Ewing and Kemp come up to play "2High". This is an important part of the system. It uses the inside line as the starting point of tactics and has data.

Ten supporting tactics.

Ewing took the ball high and Barkley caught up.

This is also a detail of the Trail Blazers' defense. They will not let Nance leave the penalty area easily.

At the same time, this is also a loophole that pioneers will inevitably have.

Barkley's defense was not trustworthy. Ewing did not choose to wait for his teammates in the corner to come up and get the ball. Instead, he opened the way with his back, turned to face the basket, and attacked with three strong steps.

This is what Louis calls a one-part offense.

The tactical layout is dead, but the people are alive. If there is a real chance, let alone one-stage attack, even if it is zero-stage attack, as long as it can score points, it is a good offense.

Ewing forced his way into the paint, and Nance came to help defend, but was unable to interfere with his drifting bunny jump for a layup.

9 to 15

"Although I knew how that guy was going to attack with my eyes closed, he just scored the goal!" Louis said unprincipled, "What's wrong with the formulaic offense? I just like Patrick's formulaic offense!"

The Blazers' offense is much simpler and cruder.

Under Riley, Jordan was regarded as a ball-handling core like a tragedy maker. This was also the foundation laid for the Flyers in the Adelman/Pitino era.

When Jordan faced Reggie Williams' defense, he could pass with just one step.

Kemp's help prevented Jordan from stopping the ball, and he found Nance.

But Nance was guarded by Ewing, and Barkley went to the high post. Nance wanted to attack Ewing, but was blocked by the gorilla.

The ball flew to the outside. Xavier McDaniel tried to steal the ball, but was knocked away by Wilson. He grabbed the out-of-control ball with one hand. McDaniel was knocked down and was filled with anger. He stepped forward and hit Wilson hard.

"Beep!!"

The conflict between the two sides suddenly exploded.

McDaniel yelled like a bully: "I can beat the shit out of you in a fucking minute!"

Fortunately, the referee intervened.

"Is this still Pat Riley's team? It's not ShowTime at all."

If it weren't for Tomjanovich, Louis wouldn't even know that ShowTime is an adjective.

"I remember Mr. X was slapped by Oak?" Zhao Yuanzheng recalled the past.

That was all five or six years ago.

When the fledgling McDaniel played against the Knicks for the first time, he was rude to Louis. Then, Oakley slapped him after he came on the court. There was a more famous incident in that game, Ewing's blow to Jordan.

Remember Artest's explosive "unintentional" elbow to Jordan.

Louis approached the sidelines and whistled: "Make Mr. X pay something!"

His words were so loud that not only the Blazers players but also many spectators in the front row heard it. They protested dissatisfiedly, but how confident were they? They knew what kind of bastard McDaniel was.

Wilson wandered from the bottom corner, and McDaniel wanted to follow, but the Knicks blocked him with constant screens along the way.

First, Ewing's bare-handed screen caught him.

Next, Kemp's back screen and small movements caused McDaniel to fall to the ground.

Wilson took the ball at the free throw line, faked a move and hit Jerome Cosey, who was turning around, and took the ball to the basket.

Barkley rushed out to confront Wilson in the air and was called for a foul. Even if he successfully knocked the latter over, it had no impact on the result.

Wilson's right hand held the ball and threw it high, bang!

"Chuck, let me tell you a secret, Benj is not under Newton's control." Louis joked, "Gravity doesn't work on him!"

Just as Barkley was about to retaliate, McDaniel made a move on Kemp on the other side of the position.

The reason is simple. After Kemp knocked McDaniel down, the X-Men became furious and asked, "Will you try to touch me again?"

Kemp responded sarcastically: "You can't even accept this kind of collision and still pretend to be tough all day long? This is hilarious."

As the saying goes, those who are close to red are red and those who are close to ink are black. Kemp is no longer the high school student who was timid when he first entered the league two years ago and was nice to everyone.

No, Louis even suspected that his training with Ewing at Georgetown University for two consecutive offseasons caused him to be assimilated by that school.

Not long ago, Georgetown announced the admission of Sean Kemp. Although he has never played a game for this school, he is already a Georgetown man.

Louie didn't know what that bastard John Thompson did to Kemp, but it was a fact that Kemp was getting meaner.

McDaniel punched Kemp, who was well prepared. Instead of fighting back, Kemp grabbed McDaniel's hand and knocked him down again.

The place was in chaos.

McDaniel is a double-edged sword. As a wing player, he has a balanced offense and defense. In addition to not having a basket, he can do many things on the court, including intimidating opponents. Riley believes that if the Trail Blazers want to become a more extreme team than the Knicks

A team needs people like McDaniel.

But players like McDaniel have advantages and disadvantages.

Let’s not talk about the advantages, but the disadvantages are like this: it provokes opponents but does not take advantage, and it also changes the atmosphere on the court.

Especially when he was knocked down by Kemp for the second time, his teammates didn't know whether to help or break up the fight. If they helped, the referee would later give him a penalty and they couldn't bear to walk away. If he broke up the fight, McDaniel had already suffered a big loss. Now breaking up the fight is equivalent to acquiescing to his own side.

Suffer.

Compared with them, the Knicks have more experience.

Almost everyone pushed their opponents in the name of breaking up the fight.

The conflict between the two sides lasted for several minutes.

Referee Hugh Hollins found that he could not persuade him, so he quickly called Louis and Riley to come over and calm things down.

Then Louis came over and shouted: "Are you here to beat someone or play ball?"

Everyone stopped immediately and returned to his side.

On the contrary, Riley was unable to stop the already furious McDaniel, and later it was Jordan who forcibly held the irrational X-Men in his arms.

"Pat, you have to control the rope that holds the mad dog tightly in your hands." Louis said sadly, "If you let it bite people outside, something will happen."

McDaniel roared: "Who the hell are you calling a mad dog?"

"Take a mirror and look at yourself. If you're not a mad dog, who is?" Kemp said sarcastically.

"What did you say?!!"

Hollins whistled, "If you don't shut up, I won't be polite!"

"Although I don't blame everyone, I hope you can severely punish the troublemakers." Louis said loudly, "Whoever messes up the game will be held responsible."

Riley quickly said: "Will it be like this if only one party makes trouble? If there is a penalty, it will be punished by both parties."

The two sides argued, and Hollins finally gave the penalty.

McDaniel was ejected for receiving two technical fouls, Kemp received a common foul, and Ewing received a technical foul because he just wanted to take advantage of the chaos and accidentally elbowed Jerome Causey in front of the referee.

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