The Rest, Only Noise

Nice offense can only be guaranteed for a while.

The overall strength shown by the Lakers is worthy of being a dominant player.

With Magic missing most of the season, they changed their previous fast-paced dynamic offense, with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the tactical core, and All-Star guard Norm Nixon assisting to speed up.

Within a few minutes, Louis saw many of their routines.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's attack is the most basic, followed by Nixon's small cooperation with Cooper and Wilks on the weak side.

They would call the pick-and-roll in the high post, crowding the offense, and Nixon had the vision and ability to find space in a crowd, making good passes.

Abdul-Jabbar is more of a strategic weapon used to deter opponents than a killer weapon to end them.

In addition, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar does not like to give intensity to the game, which does make Sampson very comfortable.

He went back and forth with Abdul-Jabbar on offense.

However, the Celtics' starting guard Gerald Henderson was far worse than Nixon. Two low-level pass errors were counterattacked, and the Lakers led 12-8.

Bill Fitch jumped in anger and called a timeout.

"Our defense has no integrity!" Fitch roared.

This sentence sounds easy to understand, but it is difficult for players and fans to understand Fitch's meaning at the first time.

"Coach, what are we going to do?" Henderson asked timidly.

At this time, Fitch was as terrifying as a demon with two horns on his head.

"None of your business!" Fitch yelled, "Nate, replace him!"

In addition, Fitch also replaced John Long with Randy Smith.

Long struggled with the Celtics, and his tactical status would have been lower if Louie hadn't taken him to practice 3-pointers. Fitch had never designed a play for him before, and Louie was still figuring out how to use his running ability to create offensive opportunities.

The Celtics need defensive integrity. According to Louie's understanding, the so-called defensive integrity is the connection between players on the defensive end. You can't fight alone, you must use the power of a team.

One-on-one no one can guard against Jordan and Kobe.

But the New York gang can use rough means to make Jordan hit 40% of the series, and the 08-10 Green Kay can prevent Kobe from becoming DeRozan.

None of this is the work of one individual, but the result of teamwork.

There are not so many defensive routines in the current game, and few teams will specifically design defenses. If coaches emphasize integrity, they want to see players have more linkage on the defensive end. In the absence of tactical guidance, this effect can only be achieved by tacit understanding between players.

Unfortunately, the Celtics are not so good on the defensive end of the tacit understanding.

Guiding defense is Fitch's strength, and Louie doesn't want to interfere, but Fitch only said a whole, without telling the players how to do it in detail, and replaced Henderson, who had a better defense than Archibald.

The best result of this adjustment is that the offense plays better and the defense becomes more problematic.

The worst result was that Archibald didn't get into shape quickly, the Celtics' chemistry was affected, and his own defensive black hole attributes threw the team into even greater chaos.

Louie walked up to Fitch and said, "The reason why the Lakers often find players who cut into the restricted area is that our interior mobility has not kept up."

"You mean Ralph?"

"No, I mean, Cedric is a little lazy." Louie laughed.

Maxwell is Fitch's favorite, he likes the former's fighting spirit and courage to fight with anyone.

Fitch noticed that Maxwell wasn't as dynamic on defense as he was offensively, and Jamal Wilkes was too free.

But coaching defense is his forte, and he doesn't want Louie to remind him of such trivial matters.

Therefore, knowing that there is a problem, he refuses to correct it immediately.

"Look at it again." Fitch stepped aside and urged Maxwell's defense loudly.

Then, wait a minute?

Louis was not in a hurry, and it wasn't his problem when something went wrong.

Maxwell heard Fitch's roar and decided to show himself.

He hit the basket and dropped, thinking Abdul-Jabbar couldn't get up. Unexpectedly, when Kareem jumped up, it was so high.

The defensive power brought by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's mysterious height was unexpected by Maxwell.

His throw was touched by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's fingertips, the rebound was in Cooper's hands, and Nixon pushed back.

Sampson has amazing speed and has returned to the backcourt, but he can't defend the Lakers' fast break alone.

Nixon's show wasn't nearly as good as Magic's, but Hearn's live-action commentary helped him a lot.

"Noam Nixon's elegant counter-attack, his hands turning like a ballet, is a showtime like no Bostonians have ever seen!"

Bird fired high and responded with a jumper.

Louis' "prophecy" soon came true.

Maxwell doesn't like to do too much running on the defensive end, and a lot of running takes him a lot of energy.

Wilkes was nicknamed "Silk" for his silky shooting touch. People who are good at shooting tend to dislike rough confrontation.

So, to avoid confrontation, Wilkes makes a lot of runs.

Maxwell doesn't like it, so it's just out of the question.

Maxwell lost someone under the cover of the Lakers, and he didn't make a defensive substitution immediately. Wilks rushed inside like a sword, Nixon threw the ball into the air, and then the Forum broke out. Cheering alley-oop.

"You can't run because you've been on drugs too much?"

The Lakers fans in the front row sneered loudly.

Fitch's face darkened, and he peeked at Louis.

Louie didn't show complacency or anything, UU read www. uukanshu.com Maxwell had this problem as early as he expected.

Replacing Archibald is also a bad move, and continuing to keep the wrong lineup on the court would put the Celtics in a passive position.

Fitch understood this, he took the initiative to come to Louis and asked, "What do you think our lineup needs to be adjusted?"

"Let Cedric take a break, he looks tired." Louis has already thought of a countermeasure. He looked at the off-court substitute, "Bill, do you think it's feasible to close the door and release the dog?"

The Celtics have two dogs.

One is Ranbir, the vicious dog, and the other is M.L. Carr, the well-known mangy dog.

"Who's going to dribble?" Fitch asked.

"Simple," Louie's open-mindedness often stuns Fitch, "Randy is a shooting guard who can dribble the ball, let him come; if something goes wrong, Larry can pick it up, or even Ralph can dribble it. The ball, we should put a 'pocket formation' inside the free throw line to limit the Lakers' penetration of the penalty area, especially Kareem and Jamal, never let them hit the penalty area so easily."

Fitch was like listening to a book from heaven.

Pocket array?

What is a pocket array?

"What are you talking about?" Fitch thought he knew defense well, but now he doesn't even know what pocket formations are.

Listening to Louis, this formation seems to be very popular?

Then why doesn't he know?

Louis also just realized that the popularity of pocket arrays is a matter after 2016. At this time, the NBA does not allow zone defense, so naturally there is no pocket array. But the rules are not allowed, but there is no loophole that does not allow teams to drill the rules.

So a little tweaking is possible.