The Rest, Only Noise

The Mavericks' pressing defense quickly ran into trouble.

The general pressure defense is effective against teams that do not have a formed offensive system. Because there is no system, the offense is a headless fly, and it is easy to mess up when encountering a strong defense.

However, the Celtics have introduced four new tactical systems since Louis coached, and the content is so rich that even if Thomas and Bird are sitting on the court at the same time, they can play a high-quality offense.

Dick Motta's philosophy of applying pressure and letting go of the wing ran into trouble after John Long and Bird took turns shooting 3-pointers and went 3-for-5 from within the first half.

Maxwell's entry into the starting lineup is an overlooked variable.

He can help Bird match Mark Aguirre, and Bird can easily withstand the low-post attack of the Mavs' two white big men starting inside.

Since the Mavericks are Pat Cummings and Bill Garnett in the interior, Bird was originally positioned to defend four and attack three.

Bird, who turned into the top row of the flesh tank, liberated Sampson and Maxwell. They jointly sent 3 steals and 2 blocks at the help defense end.

In the first half, the Celtics led the Mavericks 19-8.

Morta shivered with rage, roaring his pause.

"Good job!" Louie cheered every player who came off the court, especially reminding Thomas, "Isiah, control your emotions, don't care what the fans say, you know they just want to **** you off."

Thomas replied, "Why do they only want to **** me off and not **** off other people?"

"Maybe everyone knows that you are narrow-minded?" Louis asked with a smile.

Thomas had a dark face and was speechless.

"If they don't change the way they're playing, then we don't have to change it, but there are a few things to be aware of." Louie picked up the tactical board and told the crowd, "Don't let Rolando Blackman catch the ball in the elbow area. , you should have noticed, that is his sweet spot, he wants to eat dessert, you should feed him a mouthful of shit!"

"Mark Aguirre was calm tonight, Ralph, you've made a lot of it, but with three and a half quarters left, keep your defense going!"

Then Louie asked Tomjanovich: "Rudy, is there anything I'm missing?"

Tomjanovich flattered, "It's perfect, Coach Lu."

Louie laughed: "Rudy, what I like most about you is that you always tell the truth."

Cowens frowned and his lips trembled. He also wanted to tell the "truth", but he was worried that his truth would make Louie angry and deduct his salary.

Mavericks

The atmosphere was tense and Mota made his signature move.

He put the tactical board on the floor, squatted down, crossed his hands and grabbed his biceps: "You guys are so ugly! Not ordinary ugly, even uglier than the ugliest fat woman I saw in San Antonio!"

No one dares to talk back. Mota is famous for his knife mouth and knife heart. He may be the shortest among the active NBA coaches, less than 1.7 meters tall. His character and strict coaching demeanor helped him gain a firm foothold in professional basketball.

"From now on, let's do this!" Mota split the tactical board in two, which was really divided into two. He frantically folded the tactical board into two sections, leaving only the right wing.

"Whoever they have the ball, we're going to block the middle and let them attack our right flank. Isiah is fast, but of average size, and our fans obviously **** him off. So, you guys Take advantage of this home-court advantage, inflame his emotions, and use height to block his vision and cut him off from Larry Bird."

"What if he manages to pass the ball to Larry?"

"Fight Larry directly."

"If it is passed on to others?"

"Let them shoot!" Motta said heavily.

Put aside the block, once the ball hits Bird directly, let the Celtics shoot, bet on their feel, if their feel is not good, the Mavericks can rely on their youthful energy to start a lightning-fast counterattack. .

Mota's layout can not be said to be old-fashioned, especially the idea of ​​​​putting aside the block.

Anyone who is familiar with the Spurs knows that this is a family secret of the Spurs coach. It will not be out of date from 1997 to 2021. Now in 1984, Motta has realized the vision of forcing the opponent's ball-holder to make decisions on the sideline. Smaller and more prone to errors.

Mota can set up defense, but attack has little solution.

Brad Davis dribbled and made a breakthrough. Although his start-up speed was not fast, he was better at rhythm, and he was always able to excel when he was slow.

See him nimbly past Thomas, carry to the bottom corner, and distribute to Garnett.

Garnett hit the basket and scored.

Davis did not forget to execute Motta's arrangement when he ran back - stirring up Thomas' emotions.

"I think you should kowtow to Larry," Davis said bitterly. "Without him, you're just a premium nanny... oh no, it's a new age, I can't say that, but you know I mean."

Thomas' mood changed from that moment on.

Davis had a conflict with Abdul-Jabbar in the Lakers, and it was not his fault. Abdul-Jabbar is a natural character, extremely racist, and Davis, who joined the league, wanted to please him. Abdul-Jabbar's first reaction was not to thank him, or to have a good impression of him like a normal person, but "this guy is not related to me and is a white guy, so he actually pleases me so much? I guess he wants to hurt me?", so Davis' hot face was printed with Kareem's footprints, and he had no good impression of black people ever since.

Saying those words to Thomas at this time not only carried out Motta's instructions, but also expressed his deep dissatisfaction with the black people.

Thomas couldn't think of anything else. He took Davis' words as an insult, his eyes were cold, and he dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and saw the opponent vacate his right hand, pretending that the opponent was courting death.

In an instant, Thomas dribbled the ball into the flank, waiting for him to be attacked by the Mavericks.

Because Davis couldn't keep up with him, Blackman, who was going to flank Bird, turned to Thomas.

Davis followed from behind.

The irrational Thomas ignored John Lang's vacancy and forced his shot.

Louie didn't notice Thomas' mood changes, but he noticed some changes in the Mavericks' defense.

Originally, they were just purely defensive on the ground, giving them enough resistance.

That kind of reckless, unskilled defense, meeting the Celtics is self-defeating.

Suddenly, they had a lot of sets on the flanks.

Seemingly shorting John Long, but someone in his vicinity is always ready to steal the ball.

Let the tall Blackman help defend Thomas, and Davis pinch to give strength.

In this case, whether Thomas made a random shot, or made a wrong pass in the rush, passed it to a teammate, passed out of bounds, or passed it into the opponent's hands, it was reasonable.

The changes in the Mavericks were sudden, and Thomas would not be able to adapt for a while.

Louie still didn't notice the change in Thomas' mood.

But soon, he noticed it.

In the next few rounds, the Mavericks' offense was not very good, Davis was on the needle, and Thomas' defense was quite aggressive.

In their home court, Thomas' defense was not tolerated by the referees.

Louis saw Thomas' gloomy face, and the sweet fake smile disappeared for some time. The more **** Davis said, the uglier his face became.

"Yeah, this has released the demon in Isiah's heart again?" Louis asked with a smile on the sidelines.

He was surrounded by Tomjanovich and Jones.

Tomjanovich hesitated: "If he continues like this...it's not good for us."

"Yes, I just want to see whether he puts himself first or the team first after his nature is exposed." Louis laughed.

When Thomas was out of control for a few minutes, the Mavericks relied on defensive counterattacks, and their scoring efficiency improved a bit.

The Celtics can only rely on the advantage of the inside to focus on the second attack.

Maxwell appeared in various positions around the basket, and as long as Sampson got offensive rebounds, half of them chose to pass to him, and the other half came from himself.

He could see that Thomas was in a bad mood.

He suddenly lost sight of his teammates.

The tipping point of this section is that Bird finally can't stand Thomas' stubbornness, being double-teamed like an idiot, shooting like an idiot, and slapping his face like a idiot. close.

"Give me the ball, Isiah!"

Bird shouted.

Thomas was startled.

"Isiah, do you want me to call a timeout to kneel in front of you and ask you to pass the ball?" Louis asked lazily.

Thomas no longer jumped the right flank that his opponent put on him like a fool, and gave the ball to Bird.

The Mavericks immediately attacked Bird.

It was Bill Garnett who flanked Bird. He was a sporty white forward who could not act as a jumper. By flanking Bird, he let Maxwell go.

The roaming ability of Maxwell, the Mavericks seem to have not experienced enough.

Bird leads the ball and creates opportunities for Maxwell.

Maxwell received the ball and attacked the basket and made a direct dunk.

When Thomas ran back, Louie's complaint came in his ears: "I don't understand, is it so difficult to pass a ball? Look at Larry's work, Isaiah will always be Can't do it?"

⑴ After reading this, you must think that Kareem is a lunatic, but there is a reason for this. When Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was a teenager, a black kid in the United States was beaten to death by his boyfriend because he glanced over at a white woman; when he was 10, his best friend was a white man, and then one day the friend was stuck with a group of white kids. The school gate called him a big nigger; his most respected high school coach (white) once said that word to stimulate him because he was not angry; so as an adult, Abdul-Jabbar instinctively did not believe in the goodwill of white people. He felt that all the white people who were nice to him would one day hurt him badly—in the end, this conclusion is not my speculation, but the exact words of his autobiography, "Becoming Kareem." PS: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's autobiography is the most resentful of all the star autobiographies I've read.

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