The rest is just noise

Without making any changes, Laili tried its best to make adjustments.

The Knicks can have Rodman mismatched to guard Thomas, and the Trail Blazers can also have Nance misplaced to guard Wilson, and then have Barkley match up with Kemp.

This forms a classic mismatch of three on offense, four on defense, and three on defense and four on offense.

However, doing so is a bit like change for the sake of change.

Having Barkley guard Kemp can indeed minimize the impact of him being blown out every possession, but Nance guarding Wilson is not a good mismatch.

The young Nance is a power forward with outstanding athletic ability. Now that he is older, his defensive skills and experience are outstanding, but he just lacks the speed of the past and is unable to defend Wilson.

There are several reasons why Laili did this. The first is that when Nance was on the court, the Blazers' rim protection efficiency and rebound rate did not improve. The reason why the Blazers' rim protection and rebound protection have been improved this season is because of the team.

The emphasis has changed and the Blazers' defense has successfully allowed opponents to take a large number of mid-range shots.

There are more mid-range shots, and with a center like Sabonis at the basket, the Blazers' defensive formation does not have to shrink too much, so they achieve strong rim protection + top-level defensive protection.

But if the opponent is the Knicks, Sabonis can't sit in the penalty area and protect the rim. Nance must also move outside. When Nance defends the front line, Barkley can still provide rebound protection. As for protecting the rim, there will be problems.

, but compared to Barkley, who was able to attack and defend three, and was penetrated every round, Barkley, who defended four, at least had rebounding protection, and it was up to his teammates to protect the rim.

Jordan chased Miller, and Nance, who was facing Wilson, also provided help defense.

For such kind of targeting, it can only be said that this is the end of the profit-making strategy.

Although all adverse effects have been minimized, the Blazers cannot be expected to defend the Knicks with this set.

Because the Blazers' strength lies in offense, but now they are worried about defense.

On the offensive end, Louis prepared a big gift for them.

The first is that Jordan faces the torture of "the power of law".

In last season's finals, Jordan's Rules also played a very important role. Although the Flying Pigs succeeded in breaking the rules later, as long as there are no major changes in the Blazers' personnel structure, Louis' version of Jordan's Rules will always hang over the Flyers' heads.

A sharp sword.

Four minutes into the third quarter, Kemp pressed the corner, and Ewing rushed out to cover. Miller jumped to block Thomas from responding. After Wilson successfully faced Jordan, the others returned to their positions, and Kemp always stood at the bottom.

Corner, Rodman connects on the weak side.

Jordan was stubborn and insisted on attacking with the ball.

Then, Ewing stepped forward and flanked Jordan with Wilson.

Kemp blocked the corner, denying Jordan a chance to pass the ball to his teammates for a three-pointer.

Rodman was stuck in a very deadly corner, virtually threatening Jordan that I might double-team you at any time without giving up on Thomas.

Such a partial one-to-two defense cannot be accomplished except by a defensive master like Rodman.

Jordan had no choice but to pass the ball to Sabonis.

The Knicks basket was empty, and Sabonis wanted to go straight to the basket, but Kemp's defense forced him to pass the ball to Barkley.

Barkley chose a jumper and missed.

But the Knicks, who had no one in the penalty area, had no one to protect the rebound. Sabonis grabbed the offensive rebound and scored a dunk.

The Knicks' strict implementation of Jordan's rules came at the expense of indulging other players in the Trail Blazers.

Barkley's shot and Sabonis's offensive rebound to score the second offense were both within their expectations.

This is an acceptable loss of points.

No matter how well Jordan adjusts his mentality, it will be difficult for him to adjust back to form tonight.

Because all Louis' strategies are directed towards him.

It can be said that the power of the pioneers has been restricted.

The Knicks are not the opponents they encounter in the West who can be crushed casually.

They should have known this, but the public opinion that swung in their favor, as well as the Knicks' own off-court incidents, made Portland's crowning an accepted fact that was about to happen.

The Knicks tonight are trying to let them know that this is not true.

As the game progressed, Louis' defensive details on the spot became more and more detailed.

Defend Jordan and deal with it with rules. High-intensity games, dense traps and the situation of being double-teamed as long as he takes the ball into the three-point line will make him anxious.

Yinsaiah Thomas practiced a three-pointer from the top of the arc, but Louis still didn't respect his outside shooting.

If he wants to vote, let him vote.

Once he breaks through, Rodman will face him, and Miller or Wilson on the flank will block him in the shortest possible time.

The purpose of the delay is not to force him to make a mistake, but to prevent him from seeing the basket.

Except for Jordan, the mid-range and long-range shots of the other Blazers were targeted according to their shooting hot spots.

How detailed is the Knicks' short-selling strategy?

Louis made the players remember the Blazers' shooting hot spots, so as long as a Blazers player catches the ball, fans can judge whether it is his sweet spot through the reaction of the Knicks players.

If Jordan and Barkley want to explode at one point like they did last year, and if Jordan breaks the "law" in a certain round, the Knicks will have nothing to fear. The Trail Blazers are improving, and so are the Knicks.

Unlike extremely scientific teams like the Trail Blazers, hexagonal warriors like the Knicks, as long as they make progress, it will be all-round progress and will not leave any shortcomings.

Therefore, after the rule is cracked, the players involved in the rule will be separated on the spot. One person will block Jordan, and the others will not be in a hurry to carry out a second attack. Instead, they will place people in the middle of his breakthrough route. If he wants to break through, he will block him in front.

Pursuing from behind. This defensive method of setting up blocks along the way made Jordan even more irritated.

Not only is his shooting percentage declining, but his finishing success rate in the penalty area is also below average.

What best reflects Louis' insidious intentions is the Knicks' forward defense against the Trail Blazers inside.

After Jordan and Thomas were disgusted, they wanted to change their style of play, such as letting the inside attack.

As a result, Barkley was forced to move forward to defend him. Although he was strong, his body was limited, so Kemp moved forward to defend him.

Although Sabonis is a giant tower of 2.2 meters, his lower limbs cannot be trained with weights due to unscientific training in the Soviet Union, and his upper limbs cannot compare to Ewing, who has become a devilishly muscular man. Therefore, although he looks taller than Ewing

, but there is no advantage in being in a position behind the scenes.

Ewing is the unsung hero of the Knicks. He doesn't score much, but he is full of pick-and-roll screens, blocking, physical combat, and his role as the cornerstone of the ball transfer station.

Against him, Sabonis looks like a rough guy.

The ball-handling offense of Jordan and Thomas was the Blazers' starting point in positional warfare, but today, both of these starting points were blocked by the Knicks.

So they need to change, and they have to change.

Both Barkley and Sabonis are capable of serving as the core of the team's offense. As a result, the Knicks' move forward killed the third starting style.

By not letting Barkley get the ball in the low post, we don't want him to use his personal ability to break the game. If he receives the ball in the high post, the Knicks have many ways to deal with it, including letting him shoot, or letting him burst in and tighten the pocket.

The reason why Sabonis is not allowed to receive the ball is because Louis is very aware that the opponent is a rare support core at the fifth position. If he really obtains the tactical position of coordinating the team, he may turn the Blazers into an unprecedented player.

form.

Ewing successfully defended in front, preventing Sabonis from receiving the ball. This not only destroyed the Blazers' offensive start, causing the tactics to have to be replayed, but also consumed the opponent's time to organize the offense.

Although there are not many rounds like this, it still shows Louis' ability to judge the situation.

As a coach, Louis's strength is not leading daily team training or building a team system, but predicting situations, seizing weaknesses to fight to the end, and responding to situations on the spot.

Before the game reached this situation, Louis had already prepared for this moment.

To put it bluntly, he could see through the color of Laili's underwear.

Louis is a true "coaching" coach. His strength is coaching and controlling all aspects of the team. In this situation, he has nothing to do. Louis completely destroyed the Blazers' tactics.

If the Knicks just implement the rules as they did in the past to achieve the goal of "forcing Jordan to play and have the ability to let other players beat me", the Blazers at this stage are really not afraid.

Because players other than Jordan really have the ability to defeat the Knicks, the key is that engaging in Jordan's mentality is just a part of Louis's entire plan. He found out the deepest flaws of the Trail Blazers' five-star lineup and showed them to Laili.

Already.

The outcome of this game was caused by Jordan.

He had a bad mentality at the beginning, and Louis noticed this in just a few rounds, so he used "Law" early.

Later, the "law" caused Jordan to fail to create high-quality opportunities and playing conditions for his teammates. After Jordan was screwed, Louis continued to screw Thomas, Barkley, Sabonis, and Nance.

This game reminded Lely of their second game against the Knicks during the regular season.

Louis identified the problem of the Blazers' five-star formation and exposed Alvin Robertson's running-in problem. In the end, a false screen destroyed the foundation of the Blazers' attempt to infinitely switch defenses through athleticism.

It took the Blazers a while to recover.

Looking back now, Louis didn't do anything. He just opened the wounds of the pioneers and showed them to others.

Just like today.

He is the kind of person who leaves no escape route for his opponents.

In Game 1, the Knicks defeated the Trail Blazers 118-102 and took the lead in the finals.

"This game proves that those who say there is no suspense in the finals are clowns." Laili said after the game, "The finals are not only suspenseful, but also very suspenseful. The Knicks made a beautiful move, and then it's up to us.

With the response, I believe that Game 2 will be even more exciting."