The Rest, Only Noise

Chapter 1032 You are not my opponent

June 20, 1993 at 9:00 pm.

New York, Madison Square Garden.

This is the ultimate battle between the Knicks and the Blazers.

The sixth game broke the viewership record of 50 million viewers, which allowed nbc to invest a lot of resources in the promotion of the tiebreaker in the past two days.

The alliance took the opportunity to launch limited-edition souvenirs.

The peripherals of the Knicks and the Blazers are selling hot. It can be said that from a commercial point of view, both sides are already winners, and they make a lot of money.

Fans will be the winners too, because matchups like this are rare.

The strongest player in the East and West, four of the top five in the league, a strong lineup of All-Stars even in supporting roles, plus perfect chemistry.

Two perfect teams that should have won the title are now fighting for the same trophy.

The world's most famous singers and actors gather here.

Currently the hottest star Whitney Houston sings "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Louis turned to look at the family area, he saw Lorraine, Lu Wuxia and Wang Zhizhi.

As usual, the daughter, who was not interested in basketball, was left at home.

In addition, he also found Jack Kruger, the CEO of Madison Square Garden, sitting beside him an old white man with small eyes.

Louie felt that the white man looked familiar.

After a little thought, the identity of this person came to mind—Charles Dolan.

It's no secret that Gulf Western Industries wants to ditch the NBA business.

While it hasn't been officially announced, a franchise change for the Knicks is close at hand.

Dolan is the most attentive businessman in the New York area.

This old man, who was born in the 1920s, started out by packaging and marketing sports and movies. In the 1970s, he focused on the virgin land of cable TV and set up a cable network to deliver cable TV programs to thousands of households in the New York area.

Louis had met him a few times, but he was impressed by this man because of his defiant young son.

That is, James Dolan, the third-worst owner in NBA history since the merger era.

While Louie has changed many things, some things still can't be changed, like the Knicks' franchise change.

The fact that Krueger was able to bring Dolan to the game showed how good the partnership is.

Louie gave Kruger and Dolan a small nod as a greeting, then returned to focus on the game.

NBC's live commentary also has heavyweights to join.

In addition to Bob Costas and Bill Laimbeer, they also made a special trip to invite "The Tragic" Johnson as the commentator of the game.

"Erwin 1, do you know about Larry's decision to retire?"

Ranbir opened the conversation.

The tragic man laughed: "Yes, Larry talked to me about this before, and he felt his time had come."

"Actually, I think he can still play. Even Isiah is desperate to follow the young people to win more championships."

Thomas was not far from them, and Ranbir knew he could hear what he was saying, so he teased him on purpose.

"Oh? So there's only Ralph left in Boston's big 3?" Kostas asked along their lines.

Laimbeer's words can be regarded as an official answer from the Celtics: "Yes, but Ralph's contract is also expired. After Larry retires, I don't think he will stay."

They talk about the hottest sports gossip scene in recent times, and in the field, Houston has completed her show.

The fans screamed loudly and the atmosphere was extremely warm.

However, the fans' reaction was not because Houston sang well, but because the game was about to start.

Louie came to midfield and shook hands with Riley.

Riley is still a combination of a big oil head and a dark black suit today. He has an idea for this game: "Let's have a fierce contest."

"That's exactly what we do best," Louis said calmly.

Then, Riley's hand stepped up, "My guys were even tougher than that today."

Louie guessed that Riley was trying to give him a comminuted fracture so that he could not coach and force the Knicks into the "Xiangbei Dilemma" 2?

Louie returned to the players, with tonight's starters standing in front of him.

The Knicks' starting lineup was slightly tweaked.

Stockton, Wilson, Stevens, Rodman, Ewing.

Kemp was chosen by Louie as the No. 5 tonight, so he was Ewing's bench. Miller was brilliant in Game 6. The Blazers definitely wanted to confront him at the beginning, so Louie let him come off the bench and sent Steven Try the strength.

"On the offensive end, we should focus on their defensive weaknesses, run more flanks, and be decisive when we want the ball inside. Patrick, you are our absolute advantage."

"let's go!"

On the Blazers side, their starting lineup is the same as before, still Thomas, Jordan, Robinson, Barkley, Sabonis.

Sabonis won the jump ball with Ewing.

"It's not a good sign," said the tragic.

As soon as the words fell, Thomas threw the ball to Jordan.

Jordan singled out Wilson in the frontcourt, made a sudden stop after changing directions in a row, and passed the ball to Clifford Robinson, who was cutting empty.

Robinson dribbled to the basket like a small forward, as if to confront Ewing.

Unexpectedly, he was thick and thin, and he leaned against Ewing and suddenly relieved his force, stopped and turned to make a jumper.

A 2.10 meter big forward who can make this action shows how good his sense of the ball and physical coordination are.

2 to 0

"Dennis, where are you?" Louis asked.

Rodman raised his hand in acknowledgment.

At the strategic level, both sides have no secrets from each other.

But Louie is notoriously fond of micro-manipulation, whether it's swapping in Stevens or playing in the opening minutes.

Louis let Stockton start, not only because the opponent's organizational ability has a huge bonus to the team's overall offense, but also because he wants him to attract firepower for Uff.

In terms of pressure resistance, Stockton is much stronger than Raouf.

Louie asked Stevens to pick and roll for Stockton from beyond the left 3-point line.

The Blazers, as always, chose to give Stockton the space to shoot, and their defense fell back, but the pick-and-roll was just a trick for the Knicks.

Stevens suddenly crossed the top of the arc and went straight to the basket.

Stockton's pass is in place.

The quick linkage of these two steps disrupted the Blazers' defensive deployment.

Robinson released Rodman to defend, and Stevens passed the ball to Rodman behind him.

Rodman is not a shooting threat, and letting him take the ball in the open is an acceptable outcome for the Blazers.

Rodman took a chance and shot decisively. The result was not surprising. The arc of the ball was stiff and hit the front of the basket, but Ewing grabbed the offensive rebound.

Ewing pushed Sabonis away, turned around, and jumped for a slam dunk.

2 to 2

"Patrick's ability to get stuck right now is incredible," Tomjanovich said in surprise. "He should be the league's first rebounder."

Who was it that cursed out with spit and nails?

Louis stood on the sidelines in silence to observe the game.

At this time, the Blazers' high attack has been launched.

Sabonis took the ball, Jordan, who was standing in the bottom left corner, ran suddenly, took Robinson's off-ball screen, took the ball from the Lithuanian, and made a quick stop at the free throw line, pulled in place, that solid shot The ball thrown by the action also hits the net with the most comfortable arc.

"Benj, give that big-eared **** a ball!"

Spike Lee will always be the biggest fan of the show.

But Wilson didn't even hear what he said.

Even if he heard it, he wouldn't do it. What kind of stinky fish and shrimp is Spike Lee, is what he said worth listening to? He also said that Miller was a waste, but is there a seventh game without Miller Nix?

However, Stockton was intentional to let Wilson call back.

In the frontcourt, Stockton didn't call tactics and passed the ball to the right to Wilson.

Wilson didn't respond to the crowd's voice, just waited patiently for Ewing to run to his half and then lob the ball.

"If Larry would have called back." Ranbir was the famous Wayne.

The tragic master said: "I like this decision of benj."

"It's the right decision, but it's also the difference between him and Larry." Laimbeer showed another sign - super big bird.

"I don't think so," said the tragic master.

On the court, Ewing is undoubtedly a piece of the Blazers' heart.

In 1988, Ewing dominated the finals, smashed the Blazers inside, and won the fmvp that year.

Last year, the Blazers were able to play the entire seven games with the Knicks. First, the Knicks suffered an injury, which led to a decline in the depth of the lineup and a shortage of outside shooters. Second, Ewing did not play the inside advantage in the first six games.

This year's Ewing is different from last year.

Although the Knicks have a complete lineup, the first six games were mixed. If it weren't for Ewing's average of 24 points, 14 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 4.6 blocks per game, maybe the Knicks would have lost long ago.

Fang Cai is grabbing rebounds and dunking for the second time, which shows how good he is.

This time, as soon as he got the ball, the Blazers didn't give him a chance to stretch his limbs, and the double team came immediately.

Ewing also knew that the Blazers were afraid of him, so he was ready to attract defenses and pass the ball to his teammates.

The person who came to double-team was the Blazers' defense model Robinson, and he emptied Stevens in the left bottom corner.

Ewing moves the ball directly and widely.

Stevens made a three-pointer from the bottom corner.

"Shh!"

"Go back to your Soviet hometown, you are not my opponent at all!"

Ewing doesn't seem to know that the Soviet Union has disintegrated and that Sabonis is Lithuanian?

Of course he knew that this was just to have an effect.

Sabonis' rage: "I'm no longer a Soviet!"

He was so angry that he forgot to say "the Soviet Union is dead". UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

1 The tragic nickname is ironic, so it is impossible to replace the real name with the magician.

2 The life-and-death battle between Xiangbei and Lingnan, coach Anxi was hospitalized.

3 personal opinions: The worst NBA boss in the merger era is Donald Sterling (Jabbar in the bad boss, blind enough in his insane period, and very "evergreen"), the second worst boss is Steppi, although his career It is short-lived, but in just a few years, all the bad things have been done, and the height of the insanity period is enough to make all the successors stand upright and unsurpassable. I can even say that if there is a boss who can surpass Sterling in the future, I will put Sterling in third place, and Stepi is always second on this list. Honorable mention, Asan boss of the Kings, if he can torture Kings fans for another ten years with the methods he has used in recent years, I will rank him first.

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