The Rest, Only Noise

The limelight Ewing got after winning the MVP probably only stayed with him for 12 hours.

In Game 2 between the Knicks and the Pistons, Wilson grabbed the attention of the media with a triple-double of 34 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists and 4 steals.

The Knicks have won two games in a row at home, leading 2-0.

Can the Pistons beat the Knicks? This has never been an issue.

Before the series began, expectations for the Pistons were very low: as long as the Knicks broke their gold medals.

So far in the playoffs, the Knicks have not lost a game, and they seem to have the atmosphere of the Celtics dynasty.

Frighteningly, they are much younger than the Celtics.

Except for McHale, all the core backbones of the team are in their prime.

The reporter, who was unhappy after a day of not looking for trouble, asked Ewing this question after the game: "Have you ever been jealous of Benj?"

"You are such a bad reporter!" Louie said directly, "Benj and Patrick are so close, how can there be jealousy? I suspect your motives are impure, if you are a New York media, I reserve the right to your institution. The right to accuse, if you are a foreign media, then I know what you want to do."

The identity of the other party was revealed, and he was a reporter for "Manhattan Weekly Time".

This is a tabloid, counting on all kinds of breaking news to grab attention.

"I hope this kind of unprofessional media doesn't appear here." Louie expressed his dissatisfaction with the public relations department that put any media.

Luckily, Ewing wasn't really jealous of Wilson.

The only place he might be jealous of Wilson was his commercial value and image, but that was what he hated.

Ewing doesn't like dealing with the media, and he doesn't care about his business value.

He could have been more popular than Wilson if he wanted to, but unlike Mr. Guy who went from underground to the ground, he was a real "I'm too hard to learn to bend over".

So Louis is very fortunate that Ewing did not bow down because of money, otherwise he and Wilson would really have a great conflict of interest.

After Game2, the outside world looked down on the Pistons one-sidedly.

The Times and the Post, two media, even in times of danger, invited the writers of "Sports Illustrated" to write a preview of the finals for New York fans.

Currently, the Western Conference finals are tied 1-1.

The Jazz are naturally the stronger side, but the Lakers have a tragic figure at his peak and a budding Scottie Pippen.

Louis watched Game 2 between the Lakers and the Jazz. In this game, the tragic division scored 42 points, 15 rebounds and 17 assists.

What happened to Harden's and Westbrook's small-ball stats in the '80s?

When he watched the game, everything was answered.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is full and the Lakers are short of insiders, so the tragic master will have so many rebounds.

As for assists, it was because Pippen was injured, and the tragic master needed to take care of everything. In his post-up singles, no one could guard against whoever was defeated.

In Louis's impression, only two people can guard the back of the tragic master.

Pippen and Rodman have peak defense.

Now, one of the two is in the East, and the other is a teammate of the Tragic division. The Jazz couldn't guard against him, so they were hit against the sky and lost.

Although the Jazz are strong and strong, as long as the Lakers can provide enough help to the tragic division, Louie feels that the opponent in the finals may be the Lakers.

And, as far as he is concerned, he also wants the opponent to be the Lakers.

Anyway, this year is the last championship of the 1980s. Is there a better script to end the 1980s than to kill Bird and then kill the tragic master?

On May 26, the Knicks visited Auburn Hills.

Inside the Palace of Auburn Hills, Pistons fans used the most intense boos and curses to help build momentum for their beloved team.

In the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Pistons tried to use their defense to steal the Knicks' home-court advantage, but were stopped by Wilson's inexplicable performance.

Back at home, with the blessing of home-court advantage, maybe they will use offense to change the game.

The Pistons' start tonight proved Louie's guess.

The Pistons replaced Mahon with Worthy as the No. 4 and partnered with Parish. The three positions on the outside are Dumars, Ilo, and Aguirre.

Pistons this lineup, the offense is nothing more than two.

Back to play, they have two options.

Parrish, as an All-Star insider, Parrish's post-playing skills are of the rough type. You need him to post-attack, he can definitely play a few, but he can't hold too many balls.

Because Worthy and Dumars are both top-notch ball-handling attackers, they usually don't let Parish play with the back, which takes up too much space and is not conducive to the ball-handler's play. To have a low post threat without occupying the offensive space, you can only use the anti-traditional low post offensive threat.

This person is Mark Aguirre. Although he is a swingman in front and back, his main attack method is back play.

Aguirre's team spirit is better than Dantley's, but not by much.

It's true that he's not as sticky as Dantley, but it's also true that he's less of a threat than Dantley as a post-up shooter.

"Chuck, coaching is the art of counterpoint."

Louie saw Worthy go to the 4 and knew the Pistons would have Aguirre as the low-post lead.

In this case, they already had a plan.

Louie called out to McHale and pointed at Aguirre.

McHale nodded yes, so when the Knicks won the ball, Miller hit a three-pointer through Ewing's screen and came to the Pistons' offensive round. Aguirre went to the low post. It was not Miller who was defending him, but Mike. At Haier, the situation has undergone subtle changes.

"Benjamin against Worthy, McHale against Aguirre?"

The Pistons' home announcer, Ken Calvert, said in surprise: "New York actually gave the dislocation!"

A dislocation is a situation that favors the attacking side.

Once there is a dislocation, it will definitely be a situation where the small beats the big and the big beats the small.

But Aguirre's situation is very special. He is obviously a flank, but he is required to play the core of the low post attack, so the Knicks use an insider to guard his low post attack. This is a dislocation that is beneficial to the Knicks in terms of offense and defense.

Even if Aguirre chooses to hold the ball to the basket and defend the fast-footed McHale, he can entangle him from short distances. Even if Aguirre gets rid of McHale, there is still an Ewing waiting for him inside. Unless Parish can make a half basket, it will be a set of strict defensive logic in the face of the Pistons.

The closed loop of this logic lies in the instability of Parrish's half basket.

Instead, the Knicks, under the leadership of Louie, came up with a meticulous defense.

For the Pistons' offense, they have plenty of handling methods and reserve plans to prevent accidents, such as Ewing and Wilson flanking Dumars and Ilo in most of the pick-and-roll possessions.

If Aguirre is not playing in the low post, the Knicks will give a normal matchup, McHale will come to the perimeter with a big delay and then go back to his matchup, and in some specific situations, they will choose to switch defenses like the Pistons, sometimes Regardless of the direct attack of the Pistons shooter, let Ewing shrink in a fixed position and have the influence of one defense and two.

As far as the defensive arrangement, details and targeting are concerned, the Knicks have really performed in a variety of ways, which fully reflects how comprehensive the coaching staff's pre-arranged plan is.

No matter how good the Knicks' defensive strategy is, they all have a distinctive feature, that is, they are very active when they help defend, which is different from the strategy of other teams that let the inside line squat in the penalty area for three seconds without defending.

Louis always asks the inside to expand his defense, especially for possible pincer attacks, he must be fierce and tough, and give enough power.

The regular pick-and-roll tactics of the Pistons are Worthy’s complete block and a horizontal split, and Parish’s complete block and a pass. Louie gives the perfect match for this offense—Parrish or Wilson who Miller helps defend and pass the pass to Worth. The space of one meter in the west lured him to shoot and prevented him from breaking through. Aguirre's long shot was completely missed, and Dumars and Ilo were both treated as being one meter short.

The big lead in the first half made the Pistons understand that the long shot could not be opened, and the game was over.

Therefore, only 2 3-pointers and 5 long shots in the first half greatly increased the proportion of the Pistons' shots in the second half.

Do you still remember the confidence of the Pistons' first two mid-range shots for the Knicks and a three-pointer for the Knicks? It's a confrontation, and they make a lot of physical contact to reduce the feel before letting them down. In Game 1, Wilson was superb, in Game 2 it worked in the first half, but the scorers split by three in the second half.

In a practical sense, the Pistons made the right choice.

When they hoped to break the existing situation by throwing long-range touch, Louie did the same, giving him the same way, allowing players to increase physical contact and confrontation.

So in the third quarter, the Pistons made desperate long shots and frequently hit the iron.

Dumars can't make a three-pointer from the bottom corner, which is his worst point;

Ilo couldn't make three-pointers from the top and bottom corners. This is obviously his dessert, but his touch never came out. The answer is on his arm, where there are obvious scratches, which were left by Rodman. Gift;

Worthy never shoots 3-pointers~www.readwn.com~ He chooses mid-to-long-range mid-range shots, and the result is no touch;

Parish can't make a half basket;

Dumars continued to shoot three-pointers, but he still didn't make it. He changed the angle and the top of the arc didn't make it. It was called a pick and roll.

Wilson's defense against Dumars is awesome.

He completely blocked Dumars' ball-handling attack. No matter what Dumars did, the result was only iron strike.

Moreover, Wilson did not attack at all during this period. He put all his energy on the defensive end. An ace player who can give up offense in order to defend the opponent has an amazing impact on the overall morale of the team.

The Pistons' offense went so badly wrong that a fourth quarter collapse was inevitable.

Detroit, who was looking forward to the victory, watched as the score was pulled to 20 points.

The navy blue jersey on the Knicks is approaching Boston's green, becoming Detroit's most hated color.