The Rest, Only Noise

A boiling emotion, flowing in the Boston Garden arena.

The New York Knicks, like an irrational beast, kept pressing from the first second of the second half.

They can't keep the Celtics in their own half on every shot.

The Celtics still have possessions to bring the ball to the frontcourt, but they still can't break the Knicks' full-court press and go straight to the rim because, no matter who they are, as long as they have someone close to the rim, the Knicks will. foul him.

A foul is not a tactical foul that stops an opponent from succeeding, but a gross foul that knocks you to the ground even with the ball.

Don't forget, this is an era of no flagrant fouls.

Even, this is an era when referees don't give players technical fouls for throwing punches.

Players who are called technical fouls often do intolerable things or confront the referee before they eat T.

Charles Oakley played with an injury, and Louis was very worried about him. He and Oakley made three chapters and wanted to find an opportunity to cheat the injury. Although Oakley's acting skills in the locker room are perfect, on the court, he is like a tireless beast, just galloping all over the field, completely unconcerned about his physical condition.

It was his chilling ruthlessness that made the entire Knicks team lose their "humanity" and awakened the animal nature deep in the gene chain.

This **** allowed them to foul five times in the first four minutes of the third quarter, preventing the Celtics from getting a step closer to the basket and making free throws.

During this period, the scoring data of the two sides is 9 to 5.

The Knicks have four more points than the Celtics.

75 to 68

The Celtics requested a timeout.

K.C. Jones doesn't believe the Knicks will continue the full-court press until the end of the second half. No team has the stamina.

This judgment is logical, but K.C underestimated Louie.

The Knicks aren't the only five players who can execute a full-court press.

Louie wanted a five-on-five, but was rejected by Ewing and Oakley.

Stevens also insisted on staying on the court, so he replaced Webber and Mario Elie, who had three fouls, and replaced Tyrone Corbin and Tony Campbell.

"The new players have to catch up with the intensity of the full-court pressing. If you haven't played yet, don't worry. As I said, I need everyone's strength in this game!"

Louie clapped his hands, "GoGoGo!"

Finally, he held Oakley and said in a deep voice, "It's time!"

"Coach, I'm working hard..."

"Don't talk nonsense with me, just now, find an excuse!" Louis said in a low voice, "Get me off the field immediately!"

Oakley's rebounding, melee enthusiasm, and full strength, as well as bodyguard attributes, make him extremely important.

However, Louie couldn't risk making his injury worse.

This person's quality, desire for competition, winning mentality, and fearless responsibility, Louis has all seen.

In his mind, Oakley has been regarded as part of the team's long-term plan.

Any team needs this role.

The timeout ended, and the Celtics found their opponents were going to continue their full-court press.

K.C. Jones saw his scalp go numb.

"Is LittleLu crazy?" said K.C's head teaching assistant Jimmy Rodgers in disbelief.

K.C said with a headache: "There is really nothing he dare not do."

"How can their physical strength take it?"

"It's bearable, he changed people."

"However, there were still three people on the field for the starters of the second half."

K.C said worriedly: "I know him. If his players can't stand up, he will make substitutions. Those three people are still there, which shows that they still have physical strength."

"It's been four minutes in a row, how could those three people...?"

The result made the Celtics' coaching staff uncomfortable, and the truth was that the timeout they requested gave both Ewing and Oakley a sip of blood.

And Stevens was originally a physical monster.

Webber went down, and Isaiah Thomas suddenly became the most dangerous presence on the field.

With his speed, the Knicks' full-court press was broken for the first time in the second half.

The lightning-fast attack ripped through Stockton's defense, got to the basket, and folded up against Ewing's defense to score.

70 to 75

"Alex, go post that shorty next!" Louie yelled.

Stevens didn't answer, but he had his eye on Thomas.

The pressure on the Knicks was extraordinary. Even if they ran out of tactics in the positional battle, they didn't have a good feel to throw the ball in.

The beautiful ExchangeRicky tactics were executed, and the outside shot was created through the pick-and-roll, but Corbin, who was in charge of the shot, was out of focus.

He has just played, but his feel has been exhausted by the pressing of the audience to the point where there is no left.

Sampson grabbed the defensive rebound, a dangerous warning.

Thomas rushed forward at a terrifying speed. Sampson was just about to pass the ball. Ewing raised his hands to block in front of him. On the weak side, Oakley attacked again.

Even the first center in the league, the player with the most influence on offense and defense in positional warfare, is helpless when he is alone with the ball and is pinched in the frontcourt.

The impatient Sampson lost his usual steadiness, and in order to keep the ball from losing, he swung an elbow hard at Oakley.

This time, it hit Oakley's eyebrows, causing him to fall down on the spot. The referee called Sampson a foul, and the Celtics lost the ball.

"That kid is so **** messed up!" said Truger Robinson worriedly.

The team doctor went up again. At this moment, Oakley's eye was broken and blood splattered on the field.

For the second time tonight, a player was taken off the court on a stretcher, and it was the same player.

During the process of being carried off the court, Oakley straightened his body and covered his wound with a towel, and yelled at his teammates: "You must persevere to the end!"

"A.C." Louie called out the most flexible Iceman in place of Oakley.

What Oakley left on the field was not just blood, but a spine that completely changed the Knicks.

This is something New York has lost for over a decade.

There were many people who were proud of the Knicks, but all of this, after the introduction of Spencer Haywood in the summer of 1975, the old Knicks, whose biographies were written tens of thousands, died.

This 10-year struggle has changed since the day Ewing entered the team.

Today, this change will be permanent.

It was another four-minute continuous press, a meat grinder-like confrontation, and the Celtics had to work hard to receive the serve.

Bird's speed has become a liability here, because the Knicks have a habit of defending the court. They don't care too much about the server's vision. What they want to do is not let those key players catch the ball, even if they let him. When the ball is reached, an immovable defensive circle must be formed around him as soon as possible.

In these four minutes, Isaiah Thomas' speed saved the Celtics.

It was he who was desperate to catch the ball again and again and rushed forward, and the Celtics were not overwhelmed.

In these four minutes, the Knicks fouled seven times, the Celtics made 9 of 14 free throws, and lost all 3 shots.

The Celtics struggled to score nine points, and the Knicks scored even fewer than the Celtics in this suffocating rhythm.

They only got 7 points.

82 to 79

Physical strength was the obvious problem, and Louie asked for a time-out.

This time, he kept Stevens alone and replaced Gerald Wilkins, Dale Ellis, Webb, and Mario Elie.

"Continue to defend the full court press!"

Louie said loudly.

"Remember, don't give them a chance to catch their breath, we're tired and they're tired too, don't forget, they only have eight rotations, and we have 12 rotations!" Louie exclaimed, "Keep the intensity for the first eight minutes!"

Tomjanovich hesitated.

"Rudy, say whatever you want."

"It's only the third quarter..."

"Yes, but we have 12 people to rotate, they only have 8 people, and, Ralph is irreplaceable, look at Ralph now, does he look like a dog that is exhausted and collapsed?" Louie laughed ask.

Tomjanovich looked in the direction Louie was pointing, and indeed, Sampson was exhausted, and K.C replaced him.

"Trust me, difficult situations and horrible ordeals are a sledgehammer for us, and those iron filings that are knocked out here are going to give this team something they never had before. ." Louis said firmly, "Once you have this thing, you will have it forever."

Tomjanovich couldn't help but ask, "What is it?"

"It's a secret that can't be told." Louis smiled.

Because Tomjanovich never really won during his playing days, but sooner or later he will know what that is.

K.C. Jones thought the Knicks' full-court press would end there.

For a full 8 minutes, every round, the Knicks seemed to be in the finals. They had to steal the opponent to get the ball and have an offensive opportunity to reverse hope.

That kind of intensity lasted for most of the quarter, which is unbelievable. Although he used so many people, they still have the fourth quarter to play after this quarter. Could he really be cruel to let the players press for an entire game? Festival?

K.C knew Louis when he was 18 though.

But he never really got to know Louie. After all, his performance and psychology are different as a scout, as an assistant, as the coach of the Celtics, and as the coach of the Knicks. But he has never changed. In his ~www.readwn.com~-year-old body, there lives a 43-year-old soul (age in previous life + years after crossing), and he is mature enough to understand what he wants.

The Knicks used ExchangeRicky on offense to create a shot from the right 3-point line for Ellis.

Ellis cut out and received the ball. Since most of the half, he has not scored a point. Now he is decisive and confident in receiving and shooting the ball.

"Shh!"

85 to 79

"Three-pointers can't be missed anyway!" Heinsohn shouted anxiously.

What frightened them even more was the position of the five Knicks players.

They stayed in the frontcourt and found their counterparts, with Stevens with the longest wingspan interfering with the pass.

They will continue to press the whole court!

A bloodthirsty team is on the rise.

A team with lofty aspirations is chasing a dream crown.

They're turning the game into a true life-or-death match, with only the standing man qualifying as the winner.

That kind of momentum, the terrifying killing intent that would tear the king's Celts to the bone, filled the garden, sending chills down the backs of the 14,890 spectators at the scene.

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