The Rest, Only Noise

June 14

The Stockton-Miller affair didn't elicit more repercussions because the Knicks have had a lot going on this year, and the general public tends to be numb.

Just one thing is for sure, that the Knicks have all the conditions for a collapse.

Even in the eyes of outsiders, their internal conflicts are difficult to reconcile.

Louis first controlled the atmosphere in the locker room. Players with problems should be solved. If they can't be solved, they should be put on hold and then train normally.

This battle of Tianwangshan, which seemed to be about the direction of the series, started under such circumstances.

Riley is still dressed as usual today, with a big oil head, black suit and red tie. When he saw Louie, he expressed his concern to the Knicks like a friend: "Coach Lu, I really hope you are all well. "

Louis smiled and replied, "It's true that everything is fine."

"Then I can rest assured." Riley, like Louis at the time, was extremely eager for success.

And he doesn't just want success, he wants total success.

Only by defeating the peak Knicks, at least on the surface, the Knicks are still at their peak, the Blazers' ascension can be considered perfect.

Like the Celtics and Knicks, they both came to the top in perfect form and then started dominating the league.

The Blazers want that too.

Tonight, the Knicks' starting lineup is unchanged.

Stockton, Miller, Wilson, Kemp, Ewing.

The Blazers' starting lineup has changed.

Jordan, Cauchy, Clifford Robinson, Barkley, Sabonis.

Isiah Thomas and Larry Nance came off the bench.

Two uninjured All-Star/Superstar backups are just to make the starter play better, while greatly enhancing the offensive firepower of the bench.

And, judging by the reactions of Thomas and Nance, they had no qualms about the arrangement.

Once upon a time, Stockton didn't care about being put on the bench either.

Now the situation is completely reversed.

The opening jump ball, Sabonis won the ball for the Blazers.

"Sabo looks confident!" Bill Shanely said gleefully.

Jordan had the ball on the perimeter, and Louie had a lot of arrangements for him.

One of the most important arrangements is that as long as he has the ball, immediately double-team.

The Knicks double-teamed Jordan, and Cauchy was emptied.

Jordan passed the ball to Cauchy, who missed an open 3-pointer.

Sabonis tried his best to get into position and confronted Ewing. The two eventually prevented the other from taking off, but it was cheaper for Barkley.

Barkley jumped up with great speed, grabbed the offensive rebound in the hands of the two monsters, and scored a tip.

2 to 0

Stockton called for a pick-and-roll, and the Blazers chose not to switch defenses, and Jordan, who was opposite, pushed the wall.

The play on this possession answered questions about why Louie often benched Stockton against the Blazers.

When the Trail Blazers treat Stockton's pick-and-roll attack as the 2019 World Cup defenders did with the Chinese defender's pick-and-roll attack, choosing to retreat or squeeze the wall to give you space to attack, you can't do anything, and the value of the pick-and-roll will be greatly improved. reduce.

Stockton was clearly not going to be able to do what Louie would like to do in this situation, grab that **** open and make that **** ball in front of the opponent.

With his game thinking, he'll break in, or cross to Wilson.

However, with the defense and athleticism of the Blazers' lineup, Stockton broke through and basically walked around and passed the ball or returned to the original position to reorganize.

Stockton's habit is to play the ball as much as he can without making himself too passive.

So he will habitually hand the ball to Wilson.

Wilson faced Robinson, feinted, made a one-step pull-up jumper, 2-2.

On the next round, the Trail Blazers' positional battle gave the ball to Barkley in the low post.

Camp faced Barkley, unlike the Larry Johnsons he'd faced before.

Camp can suppress Big Mom and knock out Gaithers, but he shows a weak side in front of Barkley.

Buckley pushed in like a bulldozer.

Kemp all the way back, if not for Ewing's defense, Barkley's offense would have succeeded.

Because Ewing ran over to help defend and lost his rebounding position, Sabonis had the best rebound position when he reacted.

Ewing is worthy of being the most influential insider at the moment. Under the unfavorable position, he first used small movements to withstand Sabonis' hind legs, and then exerted force, so that the Lithuanians could not get up and put a man who did not belong to him. grabbed the rebound.

"Ten years ago, he wouldn't even be in position." Louie said with relief, "How much do you think he has improved?"

Tomjanovich knew that Ewing was where he is today, and Louie was the deciding factor.

At this point he just nodded yes, because the rebound did not determine the direction of the game.

Ewing grabbed the rebound and threw it to Miller on the outside. Miller wanted a long pass, but was stole by Jordan.

Jordan intercepted Miller's ball and shot directly from beyond the arc.

"Shh!"

"eon, mj!"

"eon!!"

Then, Jordan defended Stockton's pick-and-roll attack and chose to retreat to the shooting space to prevent breakthroughs.

This routine is also known as the "Nelson route" by Louis.

In the era of Louie, this routine was designed to defeat disabled guards who didn't shoot, but now it has restrained Stockton, who can't keep up with the concept.

Jordan stepped back and Stockton stopped the ball.

He has encountered this situation many times, sometimes he chooses to shoot directly, and sometimes he stops the ball.

The more crucial the game, the more hesitant Stockton was when faced with Nelson's route.

He didn't dare to gamble with his own hand.

That's what separates him from Mohamed Raouf, and it's why Louis often has Raouf replace him.

Magic can only be defeated by magic.

The result of this stoppage was disastrous.

Jordan stepped forward to press, and Stockton couldn't bear the pressure of the strongest combination of offense and defense in the world.

Stockton's desire to find someone to catch the game was seen by Jordan. The shot and the chip happened in less than a second.

Stockton conceded the ball, and the Blazers' counter-attack came in full force.

Jordan dribbled the ball in the middle, Stockton was too slow to catch up, and it was Wilson and Kemp who followed.

Wilson stalked Jordan and didn't give him a chance to dunk.

Jordan's ultimate goal, however, was to lure the Knicks defense and pass the ball backwards.

Barkley, who followed, finished with a momentum that mortals could not stop.

7 to 2

"Old way, it's time to change people." Zhao Yuanzheng was afraid that Louis would care too much about Stockton's feelings and would not choose to change people.

Louis has no intention of making a substitution.

He stood on the sidelines, waiting for Stockton to dribble forward, and then said flatly, "John, would you be frustrated if I replaced you now?"

"You will, I believe you will," Louie said bitterly, "but if I don't replace you, your teammates, members of the coaching staff, and the fans who support us will be frustrated, I hope. You understand, as long as it's good for the game, I don't care how anyone feels."

After all, Louie shouted Raouf's name when Stockton faced Jordan.

"Mohammad!" Louie said loudly. "Get ready to replace that frustrating guy!"

Louie wondered how Stockton would react.

He can be rotten, he can play negatively, or he can act impulsive and lead to mistakes.

The purest point guard ever, his commanding ability is indispensable to the Knicks, but he no longer lives in a pile of stats.

Once upon a time, Stockton meant a pure point guard template and unattainable total assists and steals to Louie, and he never got to know Stockton in depth.

Stockton from last year to the present has made Louis understand that even such a talented commander with outstanding football IQ will be envy and disregard the interests of the team due to unease.

Louis thought that Stockton, who had forgotten his original intentions, would fight him in a more violent way.

But what he never imagined was that Stockton would come back to his senses—and in the possession that Louie was provoking him, he opted to pass the ball to Jordan's feet out of bounds, keep the ball, form a dead ball, and get himself off.

Stockton didn't even look at Louie as he walked off the field.

But he said a word.

"I'm not like you, I care about everyone's feelings."

Raouf must not be considered a person in his eyes, right?

Louis hesitated for a second, then looked directly at Raouf: "Come on, if they give you a chance to shoot, just vote, don't hesitate."

Raouf should be, and the game starts again.

After Raouf came on the court, Jordan's strategy changed~www.readwn.com~ Against Stockton, Jordan often chose one of the pick-and-roll and the drop-back defense.

Jordan chose to step back the most, because Stockton's shooting struggled to effectively punish their defense.

And for Raouf, a player who had hurt them with his shooting, Jordan had only one way of defending—squeeze through the pick-and-roll like a mad dog.

Moreover, if Jordan did not squeeze past the pick-and-roll in time, the teammates who followed the opponent's pick-and-roll player had to switch defenses as soon as possible, and then Jordan approached the pinch.

The Blazers' defense was flexible and targeted, allowing Raouf's first shot to strike.

Ewing grabbed the offensive rebound, and the second attack was blocked by Sabonis.

Kemp grabbed the second offensive rebound, also affected by Sabonis, the Knicks failed to attack several times, and then was beaten by the Blazers for a counterattack.

9 to 2

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