The Rest, Only Noise

Without making any changes to the starting lineup, Riley tried his best to make adjustments.

The Knicks can put Rodman on Thomas, and the Blazers can put Nance on Wilson and Barkley on Kemp.

This forms the classic dislocation of offense three defense four and defense three offense four.

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

Having Barkley guard Kemp does minimize the impact of him getting blown out every possession, but Nance guarding Wilson isn't a good dislocation either.

The young Nance is a power forward with excellent athletic ability. Now that he is older, he has outstanding defensive skills and experience, but he lacks the speed of the year and is unable to defend against Wilson.

Riley did this for several reasons, the first being that the Blazers' rim protection and rebounding rate didn't improve when Nance was on the floor -- because the Blazers' rim protection and rebounding protection improved this season because The team's emphasis has shifted -- and the Blazers' defense has succeeded in getting opponents to take a lot of midrange shots.

With more mid-range shots and a center like Sabonis at the basket, the Blazers’ defensive formation does not need to shrink too much, so they have achieved strong rim protection + top-level defensive protection.

But if the opponent is the Knicks, Sabonis can't rest assured to squat in the penalty area to protect the basket, and Nance must move out. When Nance is with the defense, there is still Barkley who can provide rebound protection. As for the protection of the basket, there will be problems. , But compared to Barkley, who was attacking three and defending three, he was penetrated every round. Barkley, who was defending four, at least had rebound protection, and it was up to his teammates to protect the basket.

Jordan chased and defended Miller, and Nance, who was on Wilson, took care of the defense.

For such targets, it can only be said that Riley's strategy is here.

Although the adverse effects are minimized, the Blazers cannot be expected to prevent the Knicks from killing the Knicks with this set of starters.

Because the Blazers' strong starters are strong on offense, but they are now struggling with defense.

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

The first is that Jordan faced the torture of the "force of law".

In last season's finals, Jordan's Law also played a very important role. Although the Flying Pigs group succeeded in breaking the law, as long as there are no major changes in the personnel structure of the Blazers, Louis's version of Jordan's Law will always hang over the Flying Man's head. of a sharp sword.

Four minutes into the third quarter, Kemp pressed the bottom corner, Ewing rushed out to fill up, Miller jumped to block Thomas, and after Wilson successfully faced Jordan, the others returned, and Kemp always stood at the bottom Corner, Rodman weak side.

Jordan's head is iron and does not believe in evil, and insists on attacking with the ball.

Then, Ewing stepped forward to flank Jordan with Wilson.

Kemp seals the corner and doesn't give Jordan a chance to pass the ball to his teammates to shoot a three-pointer.

Rodman stuck in a deadly corner, threatening Jordan—I could double-team you at any time—while not giving up on Thomas.

Such a partial defense of one defense and two defenses cannot be completed by defense masters other than Rodman.

Jordan had to pass the ball to Sabonis.

The Knicks had an empty basket. Sabonis wanted to go straight to the basket, but Kemp's defense forced him to give the ball to Barkley.

Barkley chose a jumper, missed.

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

The Knicks' tight-fitting Jordan Law came at the expense of indulging the rest of the Blazers.

Barkley's shot and Sabonis grabbed the offensive rebound and scored a second offense, both within their expectations.

This is an acceptable loss.

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

Because all of Louie's strategies are directed at him.

It can be said that the power of the pioneers was limited.

The Knicks aren't some of the slap-and-play opponents they've encountered in the West.

They should have known this, but they turned to their public opinion, and the off-court incident that the Knicks themselves encountered, making Portland's coronation an accepted and imminent fact.

The Knicks tonight is about letting them know that's not true.

As the game deepened, Louis's defensive details became more and more on the spot.

Defending Jordan, with the rules, high-intensity games, dense traps, and being double-teamed whenever he gets the ball to the 3-point line can make him restless.

Isiah Thomas made a top-of-the-arc 3, but Louie still didn't respect his outside shot.

If he wants to vote, let him vote.

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

The purpose of the delay is not to force out his mistakes, but to keep him out of sight of the rim.

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

How detailed is the Knicks' short-selling strategy?

Louie let the players remember the Blazers' starting shooting hotspot, so as long as the Blazers players catch the ball, fans can judge whether there is his sweet spot by the reaction of the Knicks players.

If Jordan and Barkley want to single-point blast like they did last year, and if Jordan cracks the "rules" in a certain possession, the Knicks are equally fearless. The Blazers are improving, and so are the Knicks.

Different from an extremely branch-oriented team like the Blazers, for a hexagonal fighter like the Knicks, as long as they make progress, it must be an all-round progress and will not leave any shortcomings.

Therefore, after the law is cracked, the players participating in the law will be dismantled on the spot, one person will obstruct Jordan, and the others will not be in a hurry to carry out a second attack, but will place people in the middle of his breakthrough route. If he wants to rush, he will block and chase after him. This card-style defense along the way made Jordan even more irritable.

It's not just his shooting percentage that's down, he's also finishing in the paint below average.

What can best reflect Louis' insidious intentions is the Knicks' defense of the Blazers' inside line.

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

As a result, Barkley was defended by the front. Although he had enough strength, his body was limited. Kemp was just fine 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 are no match for Ewing, who has become a devilish muscular man. Therefore, although he looks taller than Ewing, he can't take advantage of the position behind his back.

Ewing is the unsung hero of the Knicks. He doesn't score much, but the pick-and-roll screen, card position, hand-to-hand combat, and the cornerstone role as a transfer station for the ball are all full.

Against his background, Sabonis looked like a big, rough-hearted brother.

The ball-handling attack of Jordan and Thomas was the starting position of the Trail Blazers, but today, these two starting styles were caught by the Knicks.

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

Both Barkley and Sabonis are enough to act as the core of the team's offense. As a result, the Knicks' round front killed the third starting style.

By not letting Barkley get the ball in the low post, he didn't want him to use his personal ability to break the game. If he catches the ball high, the Knicks have plenty of ways to deal with it, let him shoot, or let him rush in and tighten the pockets.

Sabonis was not allowed to catch the ball because Louie knew that the opponent was the rare fifth position to support the core. If he really got the tactical position of coordinating the team, he might turn the Blazers into an unprecedented player. form.

Ewing's successful defense around the front prevented Sabonis from receiving the ball, which not only disrupted the Trail Blazers' offensive start-up style, resulting in a replay of tactics, but also consumed the opponent's time to organize an offense.

Although there are not many rounds of this kind, it can also be seen that Louis' ability to judge the situation.

As a coach, Louie's strength is not the daily training of the team or the construction of the team system, but the anticipation of the situation, grasping the weaknesses to fight to the end, and responding on the spot.

Before the game got to this point, Louie was ready for this moment.

To put it badly, he saw through the color of Riley's bottoms.

Riley is a real "coaching" coach. His strength is coaching and controlling all aspects of the team. In this situation, he has no choice but to do anything. Louie completely destroyed the Blazers' tactics.

If the Knicks just implement the rules as before, in order to achieve the goal of "forcing Jordan out of the ball and having the ability to make other players beat me", the Blazers at this stage are really not afraid.

Because other players other than Jordan really have the strength to beat the Knicks, the key is that the mentality of engaging with Jordan is just one part of Louie's entire plan. He pulled out the deepest flaws of the Blazers' five-star team and showed Riley. ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The result of this game was caused by Jordan.

He had a bad attitude at the beginning, and Louis saw this in just a few rounds, so he used the "law" early.

After that, the "law" caused Jordan to not create high-quality opportunities and game environments for his teammates. After Jordan was engaged, Louie went on to engage Thomas, Barkley, Sabonis, and Nance.

The game reminded Riley of their second game against the Knicks during the regular season.

Louie pinpointed the Blazers' five-star lineup and exposed Alvin Robertson's break-in problem. Finally, a false screen destroyed the foundation of the Blazers' attempt to switch defenses infinitely through athleticism.

The Blazers took a while to recover.

Looking back now, Louie didn't do anything, he just opened the Blazers' wounds for people to see.

Just like today.

He's the kind of guy who doesn't leave any way out for his opponents.

In Game 1, the Knicks defeated the Blazers 118-102 to take the lead in the finals.

"This game proves that those who say there is no suspense in the finals are clowns," Riley 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. The response, I believe, Game2 will be more exciting."

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