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Chapter 809 Uncle Ewing

Louis admired Riley very much. He obviously lost, but he could act like a winner and accept the interview.

"It's an experience that's not much fun once you do it regularly," Riley told reporters after the Trail Blazers' winning streak was ended by the Knicks on Christmas Day. "This game doesn't mean anything.

, if we don't win the final championship, it's going to be a painful year for me and everyone else. It's not just work, it's not going to be much fun when we decide to aim for a championship.

Before winning the championship, all we felt was pain. This game will give us many warnings."

In the second half of this game, the Trail Blazers were unable to break the Knicks' three-phase offense.

If they try to close this hole, they will miss another hole.

The composition of the Knicks' personnel is destined to be difficult to defend as long as they can find the touch.

Louis originally expected Jordan to turn on his personal mode and take over the game.

Only then can we know the approximate true combat power of the Trail Blazers.

Unexpectedly, Jordan held back and acted as a dog to Barkley throughout the whole process. Apart from instigating offense, he rarely played singles with the ball.

In the entire game, Jordan scored 24 points, 16 assists, and had 4 turnovers.

Barkley was the best player on the Trail Blazers team, scoring a game-high 47 points and 14 rebounds, shooting over 60%...

Even if the Blazers lose, Barkley can say he didn't lose.

For Barkley, the Knicks have no answer.

No matter who tries to defend him, it's useless.

As long as Barkley holds the ball in the low post, Louis is like seeing Sampson holding the ball in the high post.

After the tragic retirement, there are still three players in the league who have left the Knicks with nothing to do.

Barkley, Sampson and Jordan.

This is the scary thing about the Trail Blazers, they have two of the three superstars that the Knicks can't limit.

The Trail Blazers, with Barkley as their core, ultimately lost to the Knicks by 9 points.

Jordan never fully participated in the game, which made Louis unhappy.

Because the Knicks played with a correct attitude and played seriously, the Trail Blazers started strong, then played perfunctory, and then surrendered.

Hiding tricks in the regular season is also Riley's old routine.

When he was with the Lakers, he was hiding his moves.

Louis remembers that when he was still in Boston in 1984, Riley's Lakers were double-killed by the Celtics and lost every game ugly.

He had hidden his moves for a long time, but even in the finals he didn't see those hidden moves come into use.

If Louis remembers correctly, the Lakers were defeated by the Celtics in five games that year.

"Pat, I hope I can see MJ in scoring champion form next time we meet."

Louis smiled and shook hands with Riley.

"No, Coach Lu, you can't see it." Riley said as if stating certain facts, "Michael has changed."

"If this is true, I will be very happy." Louis' words made Riley uneasy. "Congratulations on eliminating the biggest threat for us."

Riley didn't know why Louis said this.

Jordan had won the scoring title for many consecutive seasons, but only successfully reached the Finals once. In other seasons, he was blocked by the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals.

If there is any problem with Jordan, it is that he does not dominate the game like a tragedy master.

Let Jordan learn to dominate the game like a tragedy master, which is the only way for him to become a winner.

But Louis said he eliminated the Knicks' biggest threat?

Riley took Louie's words as bluff.

"Coach Lu, I won't be influenced by you. Michael is on the right path and he is getting better." Riley affirmed, "You will see it sooner or later."

Is the current Jordan better than the one Louis saw in his previous life?

It may be better in terms of statistics, but what about the threat as a core player?

In Louis' eyes, there are two types of superstars.

One is to pursue personal heroism to the fullest, and the pinnacle of this doctrine is Jordan.

One is the extreme teamwork doctrine. The extreme of this doctrine is Bill Russell and Duncan.

James in an ideal state may be a combination of two ideals, both personal heroism and teamwork. However, this is only an ideal state. People live in reality, and reality has accidents, flaws, and regrets.

But this is not necessarily a path, which can achieve both heroism and teamwork, but few players can be perfect. James, Bird, and Magic may be the spokespersons of this path, but Louis does not recognize this path. Because this

The road's requirements for players are too harsh.

You must have the best talent, the ability to dominate the game, and the killer gene. You must also put the team first, see the situation clearly, know when to do it by yourself, when to do it with your teammates, take over when it’s time to take over, and when it’s time to assist.

Auxiliary.

Does this kind of person really exist? No, this kind of person only lives in fictional basketball novels.

Riley was forcing Jordan to take this path.

Let him abandon the path he has proven in Louis' previous life and follow the path of the Tragedian and Byrd?

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Louis wasn't sure if this was right. He was certain that this was not what Jordan wanted. This style of play suppressed his instincts.

Successive years of failure have allowed him to endure this kind of depression, but if he meets the Knicks in the Finals, he will find that it is completely impossible to take care of both ends. He can only choose one thing and do that thing to the best of his ability.

Within the Knicks, two people have undergone strange changes.

Wilson himself is a player with great personal heroism. In college, he was often scolded by the UCLA coach for this problem, but he did not change. But after coming to Louis, he gradually put away his desire to dominate everything.

That's not to say he went down the same path that Jordan was going down.

No, he is still on that path, but it is not extreme. Just like Jordan after returning to the court after playing baseball, he clearly understands that the individual cannot do without the team and completely trusts Louis. He has rational personal heroism. Moreover, his

There have also been changes in his personality that Louis still can't understand.

After 1988, Wilson seemed to have matured by 10 years. He began to study Bird's game and transformed it according to the "contemporary Dr. J" designed by the team behind him. For this purpose, he even consulted Dr. J himself.

Then people saw him as he is now, a perfect gentleman with extremely high quotient, who never makes people worry or causes trouble.

This made Louis wonder whether the Wilson he faced every day was the real Wilson?

Ewing was originally a team superstar like Russell. After achieving success in the Knicks, changes in the environment, driven by interests, and the needs of the team behind him, caused his needs to change. He is more eager for data and cares more about others.

Views, but a bit crazy.

He has neither personal heroism nor teamwork.

Louis saw the changes in these two people.

He was pleased with Wilson and worried about Ewing.

Coaches can guide players, but the choice of personal values ​​is subtle.

Louis has no control over whatever he is shaped into by the people and things around him.

After all, he is just an insider.

Sometimes it’s also very powerless.

Tonight, Ewing should take the lead.

He destroyed the Trail Blazers' inside line and established his own advantages, with a dominating 35 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks.

This is a gratifying point.

The Knicks had no answer against Barkley.

When the Blazers met Ewing, they had no answer.

Wilson was very impressive in the first quarter. Even if Ewing broke out later, the Blazers' defensive focus was still on him.

Wilson had little performance on the offensive end, and had 3 steals and 1 block on the defensive end.

Compared to Ewing, he could only play normally, scoring 26 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 1 block.

"I really don't know how they managed to win so many consecutive games. Is the level of the Western Conference so low this year?"

Ewing deliberately said arrogant things in the locker room to boost morale.

"The Portlanders' winning streak is just a bubble. They are so inferior that they have no equal against Uncle Ewing!"

"What did you call him?" Louis couldn't hold it back.

Kemp's smile disappeared: "Uncle Ewing"

"Uncle, what uncle? How much older is he than you?"

"It's not that I'm a few years older. Mainly because" Kemp didn't dare to say the reason.

Rodman had no scruples: "There's nothing bad to say, Patrick is old."

"QNMD!" Ewing said angrily, "I am mature!"

The nickname Kemp gave Ewing really made Louis laugh.

"Good job, Pinxiao." Louis looked at Ewing's face and observed carefully, "Uncle Ewing? You are worthy of your name, Patrick. If you go out with Pinxiao, if someone says you are his grandfather,

I think some people believe it!”

Originally, Kemp called him this nickname in private, but no one cared.

If Louis hears it, something bad will happen.

Who doesn’t know that Coach Road is the number one spokesperson for the Knicks? If he calls this nickname away, who won’t follow suit?

Ewing glared at Kemp angrily: "Don't call me that again!"

Kemp nodded vigorously.

Louis despised this kind of bullying of children, and immediately stopped Ewing: "What are you doing? You are so talented, Uncle Ewing, it's not good for him to be so fierce!"

"Aren't you really ashamed? You don't know how many years older you are than me?" Ewing said in frustration.

"But my mentality is young. Even if I am in my thirties, as long as I have a good mentality, I will not be old." Louis stood in front of Ewing and looked at Ewing with the eyes of a scientist observing an experiment, "You are different, no matter you

What is your mental age and physical age? Judging by your appearance, I guess you must be forty years old or older."

Having said this, Ewing felt sorry for himself for not fighting back. He looked at Louis' belly and said: "Even if I am 50 years old, I will not be like some people who have failed to lose weight a hundred times.

A belly will appear in no time.”

"My darn! @%￥%..."

Uncle Ewing really broke Coach Lu's defense this time.