The Rest, Only Noise

The whole court pressed, put pressure, put three-pointers, and attacked inside the Knicks used various defensive routines on Jordan, but they could not prevent him from scoring 20 points in a single quarter.

In midfield, the Blazers led the Knicks by 5 points 59-54.

Jordan blew up the Knicks' defense, but didn't get too far ahead.

Seeing Jordan's performance in the second quarter, Louie will naturally use his and Curry's series of sudden bursts to destroy the opponent's wave.

Where is the gap? Obviously, those waves of Curry are accompanied by the three-point bombs of the Warriors team.

On the Blazers side, some are just Jordan's solo.

That's the difference between the power of the whole team and the power of one person.

A team can break down an opponent, a person can only build an advantage, and sometimes it is difficult to even win points.

Because the Knicks weren't intimidated by Jordan, how should they play or how they should play.

By convention, Louis has to be interviewed by reporters before returning to the locker room.

This can be regarded as a bad habit of the NBA. Which audience wants to listen to the coach nagging at the end of halftime? Can't you be more practical and directly give the camera to the cheerleaders?

Since the game was not broadcast nationally, the media who arranged the interviews were local in Portland.

Since it is a local media, the questions raised will naturally dig holes for opponents.

"Did you guys try to limit Michael with a fierce defense before the game?"

If Louie's answer was yes, even if it wasn't a direct acknowledgment of "yes," they would have misinterpreted it.

"No, there's no need." Louis responded "sincerely" to the reporter, "Michael is not worth it."

Whether he did it on purpose or not, this did break the questioner's defenses.

"But Michael scored 20 points in the second quarter."

"Ha ha."

"littlelu?"

"Do you really want me to say that? Actually, it's normal. Michael is one of the best attackers in the league. We defend him like this all the time. Let him score, let him single, we just need to guard him. teammates are enough.”

Louie ended the interview before the Portland reporter lost his temper.

If they "can play," it's time to pass that on to Jordan and make his anger more intense.

Louis himself doesn't care about being played by the opponent as his career masterpiece. The regular season is a training ground. They have too many newcomers. Even Ewing and others are only second graders.

The most mature-looking Stockton was in third grade.

Back in the locker room, Louis praised the performance of the crowd.

"We've had some tough situations, Michael is probably the best attacker in this league, he's going to keep going in the second half and we probably don't have anyone to match him."

Benjamin Wilson's eyebrows twitched when Louie said that, and he probably disagreed.

In the first half, Jordan had 28 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, and Wilson had 10 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist. Even if you only look at the shooting percentage, there is an all-round gap between them.

Through the first half of the game, Louie felt that maybe it was wrong to have Wilson match Jordan.

Wilson only had the advantage of static talent over Jordan, but those talents couldn't be brought into play without being able to keep up with Jordan's offense.

Jordan's dribbling with the ball, and the speed at which he moves, can often finish offense before Wilson's defense arrives.

Even in the face of multiple teams, he can find a shot in the crowd.

He's a freak. If Harden puts all his aura on how to make fouls, then Jordan puts all his aura into his innate competitive heart, watching him attack, it's natural , What I feel is not aura, but aura is a surprise with a little unexpected surprise.

And Jordan does that, you will never be surprised, your first feeling must be fear.

Especially when you're on the opposite side of him.

"In the second half, we let Dale and mj face each other." Louie laughed, "I know this is cruel to Dale, but you all know that I had high hopes for benj, but it's a little early to let him face Michael."

"Coach, I'm fine," Wilson said aloud.

"No, it's my fault that I put you against Michael early." Louie decided to withdraw his original matchup, "From now on, you will match up against Drexler. In terms of offense, he is at most 40% of MJ's level. , but still don't underestimate him."

Wilson looked serious: "Coach, I want to match mj."

"Do you know what you're talking about?" Louis asked.

Wilson has the same instincts as Jordan, albeit not quite as good on the go.

But this kind of combativeness is what differentiates Garnett from Duncan, McGrady and Kobe, Drexler and Jordan.

Louie said that Benj played the way McGrady had with Garnett's emotions. However, this does not mean that some of his tendencies are similar to Garnett. No, Garnett's most criticized point is the moment of life and death, the moment when white goes in and red goes out, his emotions can't let him tap the button in his body and turn him into a killer to end the game. And Duncan can, that's when you can trust Duncan, Garnett can do everything but that.

"If you're going to keep playing against mj, I'm going to have to put Dell on the bench and put another three against Drexler, those two things go together and I need you to tell me again. "Louis stared at Wilson. "Are you serious?"

Wilson is not sure of winning, but his determination to face Jordan is firm: "Escape is not my style."

"Well, it looks like we have to adjust the second half."

Fortunately, Louie has enough control over the team, which means he can adjust the lineup at will.

Ellis complied with the arrangement unconditionally.

Wilson served as the No. 2 position in the second half. As for the No. 3 position, Louie found Rodman from the bench who played well in the first half.

Hearing that he was going to be in the second half, Rodman couldn't believe it.

He pointed to himself.

"Yeah, just you, Dennis, is there a problem?" Louie asked.

"No" Rodman shook his head shyly, "No!"

The Blazers are determined to continue Jordan's state tonight to the end.

In the second half, Jordan continued to play the No. 1 position, Drexler played the No. 2 position, McDaniel played the No. 3 position, Nance played the No. 4 position, and rookie Kevin Duckworth kevindukworth played the No. 5 position.

Duckworth was a big catch for the Blazers scouting team this summer, and he was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs.

However, the Spurs have always had the virtue of selfless help. Last season, they sent Mario Eli and Tyrone Corbin to the Knicks. This Duckworth is their latest achievement of helping others.

To get this man, the Blazers paid $300,000.

Although the Spurs scouting team is bloody, the management is not a good person. They sent away the insider who will average 18+8 in the future for $300,000.

Of course, they didn't know much about player development, but the same thing happened to them one after another, which made people have to think deeply.

You know, a few years ago, they traded George Gervin, the first player in team history, to Chicago for money.

This disgusting thing even the Houston Rockets can't do.

Olajuwon was traded because the two sides could not agree on a price, so the former asked for a trade. And the Spurs wanted to convince Gervin to give up his high salary, but it didn't work, and they sent him away in anger.

Probably every chosen team has to sacrifice the integrity of the management before hitting the big luck.

In the second half, the Knicks just faced the Blazers.

Louie was a little worried about one point.

Rodman ran into Xavier McDaniel.

The current Rodman is like a good student who is reserved and unwilling to cause trouble. Can he play normally when he encounters the devil of McDaniel?

At the beginning of the second half, Wilson ran an exgeriky high dynamic attack, which is Ellis's specialty. Now he plays the second position, which is just used to test his running and shooting skills.

Ewing's screen was so good, Jordan got hung up and Wilson threw a 3-pointer on the catch.

The shot was quick, and the Blazers couldn't switch defenses in time.

"Shh!"

"Benj is indeed worthy of a job." Tomjanovich praised him. "Although he is not Michael's opponent at this stage~www.wuxiaspot.com~, he is not afraid of Michael at all."

Louis is not as optimistic as he is. Sometimes, the fearlessness of failing to correctly identify the gap is not necessarily a good thing.

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Regardless, Wilson found a way to fight Jordan.

He has already recognized the reality, and with his current physical confrontation, if he wants to hold the ball and be tough with Jordan, he will kill himself.

However, the mature system of Ewing, McHale and the Knicks can help him build on his strengths and avoid weaknesses.

Therefore, Wilson in the second half played better offense than the first half.

When the feel comes, he can replace the role of Ellis.

It was Rodman that worried Louis.

McDaniel got it right that he's a rookie, domineering, spewing obscene trash talk almost every turn, making rude and savage confrontation moves.

Rodman acted like an angry little woman, submissive and daring to fight him head-on.

The scene that made Louis unbearable happened in the middle of the third quarter.

Rodman took off and grabbed offensive rebounds in a row. After he grabbed it, he rose again. In the process, his elbow hit McDaniel's cheek.

McDaniel was furious, stepped forward to push him down, and yelled angrily: "I'm going to **** you up tonight, you! #￥! @# nigga!"

Ewing and McHale were about to persuade Rodman, who was pushed to the ground, not only lost his temper, but also let Louie, who was on the sidelines, hear him apologize to McDaniel: "I'm sorry, sorry brother."

1 I know the correct translation is sorry sir. But what I imagined is that Rodman said this sentence in a cowardly tone. So "I'm sorry, brother" is closer to the state I want to describe.