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Latest website: Rick Pitino's full-court pressing strategy can indeed work in low-level leagues,

Just like the US team playing international games, they like to use their unique body to press and press to cause the opponent to keep making mistakes, and then easily counterattack.

But in the NBA, the highest level basketball league in the world, it would be a bit naive to want to use full-court pressing to get all the teams.

Is Pitino naive? No.

In fact, he doesn't blindly use full-court pressing to limit his opponents. Full-court pressing is the big framework under his defensive system.

Under this big framework, there are also many traps as details to perfect the defense.

Setting traps on the defensive end requires careful study of opposing players.

Who can be let go and who should be prioritized.

That's why, in the small-ball era, there were few teams that made full-court pressing a routine.

Because role players in the small-ball era were better at their specialty (shooting), there was a rush to set traps, and players who weren't a shooting threat had to be selectively released.

That's what Pitino's team did.

Unfortunately, he met the Knicks, a team that looked to the future in many ways.

So, Jordan made two steals in the opening game, but it was difficult for the Knicks to make mistakes after that.

Moreover, after a high-intensity defensive confrontation, the Knicks were more comfortable, and they were not afraid of their opponents increasing the intensity of the game.

The Knicks' restrictions on the restricted area are unimaginable for Portlanders.

Jordan, Drexler, Nance, they tried to hit the Knicks restricted area in the first quarter. Without exception, they were either fouled or knocked to the ground.

For the Knicks' violent defense, Pitino is also prepared.

His preparation will make Blazers fans angry.

Pitino told players to ignore the Knicks' extra action and focus on the game, because it's hard to focus on the court once you're struggling with how to retaliate.

That's the truth, but it's too embarrassing.

Therefore, Billy Cunningham will be puzzled at the end of the first quarter: "I saw a lot of new things in this game, the arrival of Coach Pitino really changed Portland, but, I found them less got the same thing."

"what?"

"Blood," Cunningham said. "When New Yorkers make trouble, they walk away with their heads down, as if they're worried about making it worse."

Cunningham was genuinely puzzled by the Blazers' coaching staff.

In any case, there should be no avoidance of conflict.

One cannot forget one's roots.

How did the Blazers get the first championship in team history? Did Maurice Lucas and Daryl Dawkins fight in the Finals so easily?

The ancestors were rich in martial arts, how can they be so soft now?

Cunningham sincerely regrets Philadelphia.

In the second quarter, Louis used Ainge, Hornacek, Dan Marley, Oakley, and McHale as the transitional lineup for the transition.

"New York's biggest advantage is the depth of their roster. Little Lu is probably the most willing head coach ever to give a rookie minutes."

As soon as Stockton finished complimenting Louis, Cunningham seemed to be triggered by the passiveness that someone would blow Louis, and he would come out to sing the naysayer.

"Ah, this thing, in fact, if the quality of the rookie is high, all coaches are willing to use the rookie." Cunningham justified those stubborn old coaches with this.

For the Blazers, the highly anticipated third overall pick Rick Schmitz made his debut.

"Is this Holland Xiao Yao Huang?" Louis muttered.

"Coach, what did you say?" Zhao Yuanzheng asked.

"Uh... nothing." Louie asked with a smile, "How about that rookie's stats?"

Zhao Yuanzheng said: "Currently averaging 30 minutes per game, scoring 11 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks, and shooting 52%."

"not bad."

Tomjanovich said: "It's just a little bit less rebounding."

"It's quite a lot, you look at his weight, not every 7-foot-4 guy is Ralph Sampson." In Louis's impression, Yao Huang didn't have many rebounds in the NBA.

Except for the monsters like Sampson and Sabonis that violate the laws of biology, all giants over 2.2 meters tall have weak rebounds or few rebounds.

Sound contradictory? Doesn't a weak rebound equal to a few rebounds? Not also.

Like Yao Huang, he is very effective in protecting defensive rebounds. The Rockets do not care about his average of 9-10 rebounds per game, but rely on him to use his physique to block the position under the basket to help his teammates grab rebounds. Therefore, Yao Huang's rebounding is not much compared to his height, but the Rockets' rebounding has not been weak.

The problem with Schmitz is that he is too thin, and he doesn't have a chassis as big as Yao Huan. No matter how he gains weight in the future, his weight will not be that big.

So, he's destined to be a poor rebounder and the type who needs a muscular four to help wipe his ass.

Pitino is not a coach who can use a power center, so Schmitz can average 11+6 per game under him, which is really good.

After Schmitz came on the court, Louie was horrified to discover that there seemed to be something wrong with Pitino's mind.

A big man of 2.2 meters, he actually let people meet and press in the middle circle?

"Are you crazy?"

Jordan, who had played 10 minutes in the first quarter, started the second quarter.

And, they think the Knicks' transition lineup will be a breakthrough.

The backcourt headed by Angie and Hornacek was regarded as a soft persimmon.

"Danny, they seem to be trying to break your ball." Louie shouted playfully.

Jordan's rough press angered Ainge.

The villain who was famous in the league during the Celtics era was an iron elbow in the belly of the trapeze.

Jordan was furious and responded with a more intense physical confrontation.

Angie gave another elbow, and the two sides fought each other so much that they didn't do anything. Louis really admired their professionalism.

Letting Schmitz press the whole court is like letting Zhou Qi serve.

Does he have that ability?

Schmitz, who came to support Jordan, was disrupted by the Knicks' tactics without any effect.

He is too tall, and although he has good athletic ability, it is only relative to his height, which is far worse than those of McHale and Oakley.

Louis deliberately made a tactical gesture of passing from the strong and weak sides to increase the difficulty of the Blazers' defense.

Using the inside as a response to a full-court press may be something only Pitino can do.

Louie will also let Ewing respond to the murder press, but that is only when Ewing is seven feet tall, has the athleticism of a small forward, and is paired with Wilson, Stevens, Rodman and other good players.

Schmitz's speed at the 2.2-meter level is considered fast, and it is completely unable to synchronize with the teammates involved in the full-court pressing.

The consequence of not being able to synchronize is that the defense makes continuous mistakes, blocking the gap here and leaking it there.

In the two rounds, the Knicks scored a three-pointer and a dunk with only a pass and cut.

After easily scoring 5 points, the Blazers requested a timeout.

Then Pitino realized that it was too much of a stretch to get Schmitz involved in the full-court press.

After confirming with Zhao Yuanzheng several times, Louis learned that Schmitz had not appeared in the Blazers' previous games as a pressing response for the audience.

In other words, Pitino deliberately left this unique skill to Louis and the Knicks.

"It is now certain that their defense focuses on the top of the arc and breakthrough in the middle, and they are not careful about the defense of the three-pointer from the outside on the wings."

Louis focused his attack on the forty-five-degree angle of the left and right flanks.

Few people realize that a good shooter is as sensitive to the left and right forty-five-degree angles as the Huns are to cups.

The powerful Huns can tell whether it is genuine or silicone at a glance.

While Louie's opponents are limited by the era, they believe that the Knicks' ExchangeRicky (high-post dynamic offense) is concentrated in the high post. Because of the Dale Ellis era, the latter's high shooting rate from the top of the arc, they often do it around the top of the arc. article.

"If they're open, shoot as much as they can."

"Until they realize they can't be put here."

Louie looked at his shooters—Ainge, Hornacek, Marley—dangerous by contemporary standards.

Especially Ainge, after joining the Knicks, although he only scored 8 points per game, the 8 points included 2.1 three-pointers. The shooting percentage is ~www.readwn.com~ Looking at his current outside shooting, Louis can't believe it. When he first went to Boston, let alone three-pointers, there was only a breakthrough threat on the offensive end, and no shooting at all.

Jordan's energy on both ends of the floor is impressive.

Pressing on the defensive end, taking the lead on the offensive end, singled out Marley, completely forcibly run over by his body, gliding levers for layups.

However, the Blazers' defense is just valiant and lacks wisdom.

Ainge took a pass from McHale from the center on the left wing, swayed Drexler, who was defending, and made a three-pointer. From this ball, the confidence of the Knicks shooters began to expand.

They know that the Blazers' defense on the left and right wings, as Louie said, is terrible.

Only half a minute later, the rookie Marley took the ball and didn't use the screen, didn't run without the ball, just settled in the frontcourt offense, pulled up Yan Ye and shot the opponent's willful shot-suddenly, the Knicks' offensive system was not in the way. Another word for reasonable.