The Rest, Only Noise

Chapter 1001 The man who transcends the times

"In terms of the first half, we played badly," said Pat Riley angrily. "If we were going to be like the Knicks in 1988, we shouldn't have played like this."

Riley has never admitted that he is a fan of Louie, but since he left the Lakers, he has to follow Louie in everything he does.

He probably studied the 1988 Knicks more deeply than anyone else in the industry.

"So, how do you break the Knicks' steel defense in the second half?"

"With the next level of offense, with the all-conquering offense, with the most unstoppable offense in professional basketball history."

Riley said firmly.

For the Knicks, Louie was flat and calm when interviewed.

For him, taking the lead before halftime was a no-brainer, they played so well tonight.

"Coach Lu, what do you think about the rumors about the Knicks?"

"No, every piece of news, every piece of gossip." Louis responded with a smile, "It's all true."

The reporter knew he was joking and that Louie wasn't afraid of being rhythm, but responding to those rumors in this way was really unusual.

"So, for tonight's game...?"

"I have nothing to say," Louie said confidently. "You just need to know that we will win."

"Who do you think was the mvp in the first half?"

"It's benj, without a doubt," Louie said without hesitation. "He had the highest points of the game and the best defense. Few players have dominated the game on both ends of the floor in the Finals. ."

Louie meets Ewing as he walks into the tunnel.

Ewing has grown fond of returning to the locker room with Louie lately.

"Just now the reporter asked me who was the mvp in the first half." Louie said deliberately, "I told him it was benj."

Ewing didn't respond: "It was him."

Ewing in the past would have competed with Wilson on everything, including this so-called first-half MVP.

Louie had stopped him and scolded him, but nothing changed his behavior.

Later, Louie stopped stopping him, because he believed that the competition between Ewing and Wilson would increase the competitiveness of the Knicks, and the side effect was that the rifts and contradictions between the two would become bigger and bigger.

Louie used to see Ewing's competitiveness as a sign of his low emotional intelligence, he wasn't a selfish player, and he never wanted to take all the credit for himself.

Why did Ewing act and react so differently to Wilson?

This question has plagued Louis for several years, until recently he found the answer.

Because of Louis, he is the root.

Benj is his baby, Ewing is not.

Because these two people have different temperaments, different personalities, and even different views on Louis, Louis' "double-standard" coaching with the concept of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude has indirectly brought Ewing a lot of sense of crisis and recognition. eager.

It's Louis' fault, so to speak.

He thought of Ewing as Bird, but he wasn't Bird.

Louie and Bird are like bad friends, they can scold each other's mother, but Ewing dare not scold Louie's mother, even if he is only 2 years younger than Louie, in his subconscious, Louie is more like a harsh elder, he will laugh at him Louie's stomach, but never dared to have the following actions and thoughts.

Now, Ewing sees the nature of his relationship with Wilson.

So he doesn't have that jealousy anymore, he also finds the tension at stake within the Knicks, and he wants to stop that, so he has to become more mature.

"It's rare that you think so." Louis smiled, "Don't you think he's shot too much?"

Ewing didn't deny it, "It's a bit too much, but considering that he feels so good, it's not unacceptable to take more shots."

Ewing now makes Louis think of a group.

There are such a group of people on the Internet who like Beagles but don't want to take on the burden of keeping a dog, and Beagles are famous dogs that like to give their owners weight training. Therefore, whenever they see the owner of the beagle hoho on the Internet, and the owner expresses no choice, they will collectively fall ill in the message area: "Messi! Messi!" (Useless thing)

Now, Louie also wants to call Messi on Ewing.

He thinks Wilson is the same as in the past, and Louie knows that Wilson is not playing right now, even if he's building an advantage for the team.

Americans all agree on a truth, don't change your shoes before they break.

Ewing won't make a move until Wilson's slashing performance puts the Knicks in danger.

Louie still can't get used to the current Ewing.

His contrast with the past is as great as Sai Koizumi and Yulia Satomi.

"All right."

Louis didn't say much, and now is not the time to talk about it.

Since he chose to believe Ewing, he had to believe it to the end, even though the orangutan didn't look like he was trustworthy.

They go back to the locker room together.

Louie deployed accordingly in the second half. Although the Knicks were in the lead, the Blazers would not sit still.

In the first half, the Knicks restricted the Blazers' offense with their targeted defense of key players, with the aim of attacking in the middle and violently protecting the basket in the penalty area.

Riley's attempt to strangle the Knicks with the Verdun line of defense is dismantled by Louis with a set of not-quite-complete murder pressures.

"The first is the starter of the second half - benj, you play the number one." Louie continued, "Alex, Dennis, Sean, Patrick."

The lineup that Louie chose made it clear what the Knicks were going to do.

Defense of course.

Moreover, the most commendable thing about these five players is that they are all tall and have long arms and excellent mobility. Even if three players are used to flank someone on the other side, as long as the other side passes the ball, they can also complete rotation and supplementary defense with athletic ability. .

The Knicks play this way, they are afraid of missing three points.

However, the Blazers happen to be scarce in three-pointers, and players with a three-point threat are basically only catchers and shooters in specific areas.

For example, Thomas, although he practiced a three-pointer from the top of the arc, but leaving this position is not much of a threat.

The same goes for Sabonis, who is also an avid fan of the top three.

In addition to these two people, the Blazers can also shoot three-pointers Jordan, Barkley, Clifford Robinson, and Cauchy, but Jordan is the key figure on the Knicks defensive end. Barkley can indeed shoot three-pointers from all angles, but The hit rate is only in the early 30s. Robinson and Cauchy are both substitutes. How to arrange the troops is a test of Riley's skills.

As long as the Blazers can't catch the three-pointer opportunity that the Knicks gave them, the Knicks' defense is an impregnable wall for them, and it is difficult to break through.

In the second half, Riley still maintained the five-star formation as the starter.

This theoretically strongest offensive lineup will never be able to exert its full strength.

Facing the Knicks' steel defense like a moving Great Wall~www.readwn.com~ The Blazers did not score for three consecutive rounds.

The Knicks, on the other hand, seized the opportunity of the defensive counterattack and scored 4 points successively.

The point difference was widened to 18 points, Riley couldn't sit still, and called for a timeout.

On the nbc commentary stand, Hubie Brown predicted: "This timeout is very important, the Blazers have come to the edge of the cliff, if they can't play an effective counterattack after this timeout, then, I can announce that the Knicks will be in To win back their home-court advantage tonight."

Riley is worthy of a loyal fan of Louie. He directly replaced the limitations of his body type and feel, and Thomas, who was unable to attack on the offensive end, and Nance, who was blown up by Kemp.

The few players he replaced were exactly the two Cauchy and Robinson that Louis thought could solve the current predicament of the Blazers.

Seeing Riley's response, Louis knew that Riley was also out of touch with the times.

Because Louis's ideas are beyond the times, if you are bound by contemporary ideas, you will not be able to keep up with his rhythm.

Riley caught up with Louie and found a way to respond under Louie's coaching system.

His approach is to imitate.

Louie had Wilson at the point guard, and Riley had Jordan at the point guard.

Louie placed Stevens at the second position with static and dynamic conditions like small forwards, Riley placed a balanced offensive and defensive flank Cauchy at the second position, and let Robinson go to Rodman at the third position. , the fourth and fifth positions are Barkley and Sabonis to face the Knicks' Kemp and Ewing.

Suffice it to say, the Knicks and Blazers have fielded five of their most athletically gifted players from a physical talent standpoint.

This is Riley's key move tonight. If it doesn't work, the Knicks will win the game. Otherwise, they have to fight.

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