The Rest, Only Noise

The Bulls ended the season in an unseemly fashion.

Halfway through the third quarter, the Knicks led by 30 points.

Louie tentatively replaced four main players, and if Doug Collins was smart, he should have replaced the main players like him.

However, Collins sees the Knicks' substitution as an opportunity for them to close the game.

He not only does not replace the main force, but also makes the players increase the intensity of the game.

Since the opponent refused to eat the toast, Louis offered a penalty drink.

Originally, the Knicks could control the point difference within 30 points. Now, not winning by 40 points can only be regarded as the Knicks feel bad.

Louie put the team through the fourth quarter, 131-90.

The Knicks took the Bulls out of the playoffs with a huge advantage of 41 points.

Game 3 was like a live stream of purgatory torture for the Chicagoans who supported the Bulls.

They can't see the prospect of winning, they can't imagine how good this team will be.

Barkley was excellent, scoring 26 points and 19 rebounds, the only Bulls player with a shooting percentage of more than 50%.

Under the amazing intensity of the Knicks game, he can play such an offensive efficiency, which shows his strength.

However, such a stocky flank with superior offensive ability and unparalleled one-on-one has a characteristic.

Anyone who has seen Zion struggle with the Pelicans should understand that.

To build a team around him, it is not enough to simply prepare a group of shooters on the outside. What he needs is someone who is tall enough, defends well, and doesn't take up too much space.

This kind of insider is a baby bump in any era.

Even with such a partner, it is not enough to compete for the championship.

He also needs a ball handler who can deliver ammo, and a shooter who can really stretch the space.

If he doesn't have a shooter, he can play, but everyone else has a hard time.

To put it simply, a player of Barkley's type will lead the team to perform well if he has the right team, but if he is placed in a weak team, he will not bring much more than abnormal explosive data. s things.

The Bulls put all their resources into building a team as much as possible, let them come to the playoffs to touch the Knicks, and as a result, the first game was the best game, and there was no equivalent after that. level of performance.

Barkley averaged 25+18+4 assists per game in the series and hit 55%.

He used Adrian Dantley-level offensive efficiency, grabbed supercenter-like rebounds, and still couldn't win.

This year is only Barkley's third year, and he can ignore the fact that two peers like Jordan and Stockton have already led their teams to win in the playoffs.

Moreover, both Jordan and Stockton have reached the level of the conference finals, and he is still in the first round of the playoffs.

From the perspective of management, the Bulls have completed their goal of entering the playoffs, and there is no cheap Knicks.

The seventh record in the Eastern Conference can only be replaced by a draft pick in the middle and late stages of the first round. This year is not as talented as the drafts of previous years. Therefore, Krauss believes that Louis can’t do anything with their draft picks. .

That's what Krause thought, ignoring Louie's brilliant draft record.

Barkley was optimistic, as he thought, "I'm still young."

This is the first time in his career that he has made the playoffs. He has performed well. In future generations, his fans can straighten their backs and say, "The Bulls lost to Barkley." Too much responsibility for the loss, the gap between the Bulls and the Knicks is well known. But if Louie was the Bulls' head coach, he would hold Barkley accountable and figure out a way to carve out his skills instead of ruining his perfect body in the summer.

He's still young, that's true, but it'll be different in a few years.

Collins obviously won't ask Barkley to do more, and he is satisfied with Barkley's performance: "Chuck deserves everyone's applause for his tenacity against the Knicks."

Their relationship would have been far better if Louie had treated Ewing the same way, but Ewing might not be what it is now.

So, there are gains and losses, either you can be a good person and let the players like you, but at the cost of slowing down their progress; or you can be a villain, let the players love and hate you, in order to be less scolded He always finds a way to improve himself.

Fortunately, Louie has found a balance in this matter. He can scold Ewing while building a friendly and harmonious relationship with Ewing, which is very rare.

After the Knicks eliminated the Bulls, other series came out.

The Celtics, the No. 1 in the East, swept the "Philadelphia Knicks" 3-0.

The process was extremely brutal, and the Celtics averaged a 36-point win over Philadelphia with Bird completely resting in the first round.

Ralph Sampson played perhaps the best series of his career.

In the three games, he averaged 42 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks in 37 minutes per game, while shooting 71% from the field, 48% from three-point range and 100% from the free throw line.

Louie now desperately wants to see the semifinal team punch Sampson hard, which is so scary.

The West is in the era of the rise of heroes, and the Lakers fell, but Magic reached the peak of his career, leading the Lakers to the third record in the West, knocking out the sixth-place Nuggets in the first round in four games; the second-placed Suns in the West also advanced to the third place. Second round; Blazers used their talent to play Celtics-level dominance; Karl Malone's Jazz were the second dark horse in the West this year, and Matt Price's growth was dramatic, and they ranked Fourth in the Western Conference, four games down the opponent to advance to the semifinals.

Compared with the West, there are not so many strong teams in the East.

The only ones who can count are the Celtics, Knicks and Pistons.

Other teams are not competitive enough, and the Pistons, which are specially formed to deal with the Celtics, will meet the Knicks in the semifinals.

The advantage of the Celtics' first record in the league is that they can avoid facing the Pistons and Knicks in the semifinals and Eastern Conference finals, respectively.

They have the confidence to beat these two teams, but the two teams are too strong, and they are the kind of teams that even if they know they can play, they don't want to play.

It is a pity that after two seasons of testing, the Pistons struggled in the regular season, and they were not the opponents of the Celtics in the playoffs. The strategy of piling up the frontcourt to overwhelm the Greens has basically failed.

Against the Knicks, their only advantage is the frontcourt.

But the Knicks' frontcourt isn't bad either, not as good as the Pistons, winning is in balance and strong chemistry.

May 10, 1988

In the semi-finals of the playoffs, the NBA ratings have not been impressive recently. The adultery gate of the party's ZT candidate has made Clinton like the son of heaven to win the election. People are paying close attention to the follow-up of the adultery gate, and the aftermath of the Iran gate created by the former ZT Carter is still passed on among the media.

Politics-related gossip and scandals arouse curiosity at any time.

Compared with this, it is normal that people are not interested in the NBA playoffs of "who puts their **** in front of the Celtics and makes them hit a home run".

Unless there is a team that can shake the Celtics' throne, otherwise, the league can't find an entry point to hype the rivalry.

"I really don't want to meet you here."

Pistons head coach Chuck Daly was also the prettiest man in the audience today. He wore an Armani suit and his black and gray hair was always neatly combed, with clear and straight seams, just like the geological boundaries on a geological map.

"So do we." Louie took Daly's hand.

The Knicks and Pistons have a weird relationship, and they're supposed to compete with each other, but neither of them see each other as their worst enemy.

The Celtics are their expected opponents, but the two teams have embarked on the same path.

The Knicks decided to use defense to end the Celtics' dominance. Therefore, their defensive rebounding, offensive rebounding, one in the league and one in the league, limited opponents' effective field goal percentage and forced turnover stats, they All are first in the league.

The Pistons' lineup is not as flexible as the Knicks, so they are second in the league in defensive rebounding rate, first in the league in offensive rebounding rate, third in the league in limiting opponents' effective field goal percentage, forcing opponents to make mistakes but not as strong as the Knicks, ranking only in the league. twelfth.

"According to our plan, use defense to limit their hit rate, protect backcourt rebounds, and create counterattack opportunities as much as possible!"

Louie put together a very special lineup~www.readwn.com~ Stockton, Miller, Wilson, Rodman, Ewing.

Rodman was rarely placed at the 4th position, and McHale and Oakley, two powerful power forwards, actually came off the bench.

"Can Dennis Rodman play power forward?" Chuck Daly asked his assistant, Dick Versace.

Versace said solemnly: "This may be the first time in a long time that LittleLu has put Dennis Rodman at the 4th position. Dennis' rebounding ability is very outstanding. Maybe he wants to increase the pace of the game."

"Outstanding rebounding?" Daly asked. "Compared to us?"

Versace affirmed: "It's far less."

"Then let them pay the price!"

Daley waved his hand, and the Pistons started with Dumars, Craig Illo, Adrian Dantley, James Worthy, and Moses Malone.