The Rest, Only Noise

"Coach Riley believes that this year's Finals is just a continuation of last year, and Portland is hungry for a title, and they want to take it away from New York themselves."

NBC's frontline reporter Hannah Storm told the camera.

By this time, the Knicks and the Blazers' starters were already on the court.

On the Knicks side, the starting lineup remains unchanged.

The Trail Blazers also continued the invincible five-star formation.

In the jump ball stage, Ewing made a hard jump to win the Knicks the opening ball of the finals.

Stockton dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and the Blazers' defensive line had not yet been set up, and the Knicks' offense spread rapidly.

Wilson screens off the ball for Miller.

Miller ran off the right wing, caught the ball, and shot two steps from the 3-point line.

Even if the defense is as tough as Jordan, there is very little that can be done under this high-quality cover.

Miller scored on a jumper and hit an opener for the Knicks.

2 to 0

"Michael, we're not the stinky fish and rotten shrimp you met in the West!" Miller exclaimed wildly. "My shot will blow the **** out of you all!"

For Miller, it's all about putting pressure on opponents whenever there's a chance.

He's a lot like Wilson, but alas, he's not a core ace like Wilson.

As an off-ball shooter, being as taciturn as Ellis, reducing your sense of presence, and only making people aware of the threat when you have the ball is the best state of the game.

Of course, it also divides people.

Let Louie choose, he prefers Ellis.

It is undeniable that Miller is doing this to boost his energy and has a positive effect on the team. If the opponent cannot counterattack, he will be suppressed all the time.

The Blazers' response was also straightforward.

Isiah Thomas dribbled the ball and effortlessly pierced Stockton's perimeter defense.

Watch him break through Stockton as easily as there is no defender in front of him.

Stockton's sloppy moves against floor-running guards don't have any effect given the obvious talent gap.

Thomas' breakthrough caused the Knicks' defense to shrink, and Jordan on the periphery got a vacancy.

The Assassin's ball came out, and the trapeze received the ball at a 45-degree angle on the left wing.

Last year, the Blazers lost to Wilson's three-pointer, which seriously stimulated Jordan. Since the dream team training, he has been looking for Wilson and Bird to learn from each other all day long.

Through a year of hard work, he regained the feel of the past and adapted to the latest muscle memory.

Now, the Knicks are giving him the chance they did last year.

Jordan's shot was not soft, and he hit a hollow three-pointer.

3 to 2

"He's more willing to shoot 3-pointers than he used to be," Tomjanovich said.

Zhao Yuanzheng said solemnly: "And, it's more accurate."

Last season, Jordan's three-point percentage dropped to 24 percent, the lowest since 1988.

This season, Jordan's three-point shooting rate in the regular season has risen to 36%, which is a normal level. In the playoffs, it suddenly reached 39.4%, which is an excellent threshold above the league average.

And he improved not only the efficiency, but also the number of shots.

In the playoffs so far, he has averaged 1.8 three-pointers per game. For a player like Jordan, he can hit 1.8 three-pointers per game with a 39.4% shooting rate. It can be said that he is already a player with no solution on the offensive end.

At this time, I made a three-pointer, and I returned to Miller's trash talk: "I will not only shoot through your defense, but also make you never dare to let me shoot a three-pointer!"

Jordan's aggressive stance didn't look the way Louie remembered him.

Jordan is indeed the kind of Hannibal style that not only kills the opponent, but also eats the opponent's heart, but it is not enough to show his claws at the beginning.

When he did this, he could only say that he was holding back an unbearable anger in his heart.

"Mickey doesn't look healthy."

Louis asked left and right, "Did something happen?"

Most of Louie's assistants don't care about gossip. The only one who can give a rough idea is the young trainer Quin Snyder: "MJ has been in and out of the casino a lot recently, and was photographed by the paparazzi."

The paparazzi took it, the media exposed it, and the New York media exaggerated it again?

It feels like this is basically the process.

In Louie's previous life, there was indeed a conspiracy theory that Jordan was privately suspended by Stern for two years for gambling too much.

The experience of coaching the Dream Team also taught Louie how much Jordan was addicted to gambling.

If only one of Jordan's many hobbies could remain, Louie really wasn't sure he would give up gambling for basketball.

"Expedition, you go and find out." Louis said.

Zhao Yuanzheng nodded and quietly left the scene to collect information.

If Jordan's impatience wasn't temporary, it was an opportunity for the Knicks.

Whether it was related to off-field matters or not, Louie didn't want to miss this opportunity.

The Blazers' five-star lineup is nothing like the style of play Riley wants to play.

Riley hopes to play basketball full of confrontation and physical contact like the Knicks. The Knicks are iron-blooded basketball. Of course, he can't be exactly the same. He calls this style of play football tactics.

However, the Blazers' five-star team is objectively not capable of playing football tactics.

In the Knicks' starting lineup, Stockton, the most retarded defense, was at the level of a steal king, while the Blazers' entire starting set, the only one with a balanced defense and no problems was Jordan. Others like Sabonis and Nance have weaknesses that can be targeted.

Not to mention Barkley and Thomas.

Because of congenital insufficiency, the Blazers' starter and bench play are split.

Riley didn't want the starter to play too intense a game, which also gave the illusion of their opponents. They thought that the Blazers only had this kind of intensity, but when they came on the bench, they found that the level of the game suddenly escalated.

The strength of the starting lineup is that the offense caused by the overflow of talent has no solution, while the substitute is purely a confrontational improvement.

Within two minutes, Miller was stuck to death by Jordan, Wilson missed a jumper, the Trail Blazers counterattacked by Kemp, and Nance grabbed an offensive rebound and tipped;

Wilson also made a mid-range shot;

Barkley violently smashed Wilson into the basket and was blocked by Ewing. Sabonis grabbed an offensive rebound and made a second attack;

Stockton missed a three-pointer, and the Knicks, who were continuously grabbed offensive rebounds, took advantage of the inside. Ewingka killed Sabonis, making him unable to take off, allowing Kemp to grab the offensive rebound and force a dunk.

Riley was unhappy with the team's performance.

He felt that the team was not playing with the intensity he wanted to see.

Even if their starters were already required to control the intensity of the game, he didn't want to see the Knicks grab their offensive rebounds like this.

Riley's anger poured into Sabonis: "Big man, you have to be in position! Do you understand? You have to be in position! Fuck, that's what we asked you to do!"

Sabonis was furious when he heard the translation: "I'm really stuck!"

Louie watched the play from a distance like an outsider.

He found that this pioneer is not a monolith.

The Knicks have a lot of problems, and so do others.

Looking at Riley's ugly face, how can Sabonis be the only one to blame for the rebound?

The other starters are too big~www.wuxiaspot.com~ He can only use Sabonis, which is not wrong.

"Patrick, are you sure you can suppress the Lithuanians?" Louis asked during a pause.

Ewing has already fought Sabonis several times, and these few minutes are enough for him to make a judgment on the other side: "He is not my opponent."

"Let's make it clear!"

Louie swings the tactical board.

"Don't be burdened, take the initiative to bring the rhythm, Nance and the Lithuanians can't keep up with our speed, and Barkley will also get lost in the fast game rhythm. To put it bluntly, they only have two people to adapt to the fast-paced game."

"Have a fast break shot, take a shot! John, Reggie, Benj, even Patrick and Sean and others, take a fast break shot and take them down!"

"We have to use this method to make them mistakenly think that our attack focus is on the periphery, but our real goal is the penalty area, and when we fall into a positional battle, everyone's first goal should be the penalty area. Nance is not terrible, Sabonis Kong is tall but slow as a turtle, as long as they are afraid of our shots and leave the paint for it, his help defense threat is limited!"

"And then the defense—"

Since Mr. Jordan's mentality is wrong, Louis is obliged to help him correct his mentality.

If his mentality was made worse by the heavy hand, then Louis could only say that he had done his best, and it was Mr. Jordan himself who failed to live up to his expectations.

"From now on, use the 'rules' for MJ, and don't let him shoot open threes."

After Louis made some arrangements, the referee came to urge them to play.