The Rest, Only Noise

Louie wondered if he was the only one who felt this way.

His sixth sense on the court is always accurate.

Whether it was the humiliating battle of the National Basketball Team against the provincial team in 2013 before the crossing, or the premonition that the Warriors might be overturned after Green was suspended in 2016, or the most heartbreaking 2019 battle against Poland for Louis last moment.

The most painful thing in the world is that what you prayed for not to happen ends up happening right in front of your eyes, and there is nothing you can do about it.

Louie knows exactly how strong the Celtics are. This team has three of the league's top six players. Once the game hits the upper limit of the team, no one will be their opponent.

Bird's expression at the end of the first half reminded Louie of the moment when James opened his eyes of death, Durant's hideous expression after the ultra-long three-point lore of the Cavaliers in Game 3 of the 2018 finals, Kobe Bryant's double-lore Sun clenched his fists Baring his teeth, Jordan's stern look after he beat the Jazz at the buzzer in Game 1 of the 1997 Finals.

In order to prevent what might happen, Louie decided to use the murder press from the first second of the second half.

The players responsible for the murder press are Wilson, Cooper, Rodman, Stevens, Oakley.

"Everyone, cheer up!" Louis said solemnly, "You are facing the strongest team in history."

The players agreed, but Louis still couldn't rest assured.

"Lu, what are you worried about?" Tomjanovich asked.

It stands to reason that Louie should not be worried. They tied the score before halftime and maintained the momentum. The second half has a lot to do. Bird's three-pointer at the buzzer was just an accident.

Louie's unsightly expression could make people think the Knicks are 20 points behind.

"I hope it's just me thinking too much." Louie didn't say much, "Let the game answer."

The Knicks' second-half start made fans around the world guess what they wanted to do.

"LittleLu is such a crazy guy, is he still trying to stop the Celtics with full court pressing in this situation?"

"No," Cunningham said with a heavy face, "it's not the same as a full-court press in the first half."

Compared to a murder press, a 2-2-1 full court press feels like a home game.

The core of the Murder Press is the ball-handler who is fully pressed by five flanks with outstanding athletic ability, fast movement, good physical strength and strong defense.

In the entire league, only the Knicks and the Trail Blazers can get together.

Tonight's referee isn't Dick Bavita, who has a problem with the Celtics, so the Knicks' foul probability will increase significantly.

And this is the price of launching a full-court pressing, and Louis doesn't care about the number of fouls.

The Celtics' lineup features Thomas, Ainge, Bird, Laimbeer and Sampson.

The game became **** from then on. Bird acted as if he was not injured and came to confront the Knicks players. He pushed Wilson and Rodman away successively, received the ball, advanced a few steps, passed it to his teammates, and put the ball in the first round. The ball is safely sent to the frontcourt.

Falling into a positional battle, Sampson dunks Oakley.

59 to 54

Just as the Knicks were about to push, the Celtics had their answer.

"It's also a full-court press?"

"The Celtics are crazy?"

Bird asked grimly: "Do you think full-court pressing is your patent?"

"It's impossible..." Louie murmured. "Larry should still be injured. How can he defend like that?"

What's the biggest problem with the murder press? To put together five athletically gifted players, Louie rarely puts point guards in them. Therefore, Wilson is generally the point guard of this lineup.

His ability to handle the ball is passable, even if the Celtics are guarded.

Ordinary teams do their best to deal with the Knicks' murder pressing, how can they counter the Knicks?

The Celtics' full-court press may not be half as strong as the Knicks, but the Knicks' murderous press lacks a reliable ball-handler problem, which is magnified.

Just as Louie was in shock, the Celtics' coaching staff were equally confused.

"What is Larry doing?" K.C asked. "Didn't I already reject his suggestion?"

Responding to the Knicks' murder press with full court press was not K.C's idea, it was Bird's. He's **** for tat, and K.C disagrees, considering Byrd's back injury.

"K.C, don't you know who Larry is?" Jimmy Rogers sighed helplessly.

K.C's lips twitched, "But his back hurt..."

Chris Ford, a former Celtics player turned assistant coach, said: "For Larry, there are more important things on the court than health. We have to fight fast.

Quick decision, once dragged into a protracted battle by the Knicks, is even more dangerous for him. "

"I know...I know...I **** know, but I can't **** risk him!" K.C wanted to call a timeout, but at the same time, Bird led his teammates to press like a mad dog.

The Knicks, who had no one to hold the ball apart from Wilson, made a turnover.

The ball fell to the ground, Wilson touched the ground first, he held it, and the next second, Bird rushed over and knocked his body over.

The referee's whistle blows.

Wilson and Bird, who had lost their minds, pushed and cursed at each other.

The two sides almost staged a group fight. The referee separated the players in time. Bird pointed at Wilson's nose and spit out saliva: "I will kill you this stupid Chicago dog tonight!"

He was called a technical foul for this.

Wilson has lost all his sanity. If there is no teammate to pull, he will definitely rush to fight Bird.

The biggest difference between K.C and Louie is that he comes from the past, the era when everyone except Chamberlain insisted on playing until the end with injuries.

"Sports Illustrated" called Bird the best in history, he disagreed, he thought Bird had not surpassed Bill Russell.

For K.C, if Bird is going to be the best of all time, he'll be able to surpass him in every way by Russell's standards.

In this case, Russell will never back down due to injury.

K.C made a decision that he might regret, but respect Bird.

He no longer interfered with Bird's on-the-spot command.

Not only that, but he also replaced Laimbeer with Reggie Lewis, allowing the Celtics to press the Knicks more forcefully.

The game continued, and the Knicks made two free throws with Bird's technical foul.

Two free throws were made, and Louis hurriedly replaced Oakley with Hornacek.

As a result, the Knicks have no inside line, and almost all of the five players on the field can pile up in the midfield and even the frontcourt to oppress the Celtics.

But it was too dangerous for five people to push the frontcourt. Louie asked Rodman to stay in the backcourt to prevent accidents. The other four pushed forward and let Hornacek play to make up for the defect of murdering the pressing team without the ball carrier.

Bird's fighting spirit and momentum still remain in Louis's mind.

At that moment, the Celtics completely overwhelmed the Knicks.

Wilson is too young, in the NCAA, in high school, he was a winner, but in the NBA, he has not really won.

He's not like Bird, who has won five titles in eight years.

So, Bird spat saliva in his face, and he was so angry that he just wanted to hit people, but Bird used this to boost the morale of the team.

He knows how to win this kind of game.

For the first time in ten years, Louie was out of touch.

Bird is definitely injured. With a back injury, he desperately led the Celtics to press the Knicks. The shock to Louie was unusual.

If he's the Celtics head coach, Bird doesn't have a chance to play.

K.C doesn't seem to care;

However, if Bird does not fight like this, how much will the Celtics' odds against the Knicks drop? Sampson is the only gentleman, Thomas' breakthrough is difficult to defend, but the true backbone of the Green Army will always be Bird.

Only if he is willing to cut himself, others will give everything.

Louis from the future will never let players take risks, so his team will never have the fighting spirit and murderousness to bleed to the last drop, will it?

No, it's not like that...his team had the same kind of ruthlessness...

Louis fell into a confusion of thinking. The Celtics pressed the whole court with the whole court. The arrival of Hornacek was just one more ball handler, and the offense was still very difficult.

The Celtics still have the Big Three present.

Seven minutes later, 14-10.

The Knicks scored four more points than the Celtics with a murder press, which didn't have the effect it should have.

When the Knicks stopped pressing, the Celtics also adjusted their lineup.

Surprisingly, the Celtics did not replace Bird.

Bird stayed on the court, and K.C assigned his teammates to Ainge, Lewis, Laimbeer, and Sampson.

A big four and a small lineup.

"Little bastard~www.readwn.com~ Come and guard me!"

Even if Louie matched the lineup of Stockton, Wilson, Cooper, McHale, and Ewing, he couldn't stop Bird from killing in the battle.

He singled out Wilson, humiliated him with trash talk, and blew up the future Knicks star physically and mentally.

Bird used different postures to score four goals on Wilson's head, but Wilson, who had no mentality, responded with a series of irons.

The Knicks relied on Ewing's tip-ups and Cooper's three-pointers.

Will

Son was blown up, and the Celtics turned the target to let Sampson hit Ewing.

Louis hurriedly changed the lineup,

Stockton, Miller, Ellis, Oakley, McHale;

Hornacek, Cooper, Rodman, Salley, Ewing;

Stockton, Ellis, Wilson, McHale, Ewing...

Thomas was in charge of passing the ball as usual for Bird and Sampson to end the game, but Louie, with Wilson collapsed, made a desperate 3-pointer from the likes of Ellis and Hornacek on the perimeter.

The Knicks' hope of winning, like a stomped flame, was extinguished.

For the last minute, Louis sat motionless.

This was the scene he was most afraid to see. His team tried their best, used all their strength, and everyone who could use them went up and played again, and the Celtics just relied on Bird and Sampson. The victory is locked.

"New Yorkers should feel the pain in Los Angeles right now," Dick Stockton said. "They've been trying to beat a team like this for the past four years."