The Rest, Only Noise

Jordan in 1992 was at the peak of his competitive state.

Louie doesn't expect 24-year-old Benjamin Wilson to be 55-5 with Jordan like this.

But in the second half of the first quarter, Wilson really played the momentum.

He first made Clifford Robinson break his promise, and the Blazers penalty area, known as "no one can score here", was scored by him with the ball.

Robinson jumped to try to block, but was unable to succeed.

Wilson's dunk slid past Robinson's arm and hit a perfect positional difference to score the dunk.

Wilson's offense has the momentum of the Knicks, and it seems that even Jordan can't contain him.

The tragic master said: "If you want to defend the Knicks offense, you must not rely on one player alone. Their pick-and-rolls and screens are ever-changing, no matter how good a player's defensive ability is, a person's strength is ultimately limited. The Knicks like the most What he does is to use the cover to perform local one-on-one cooperation, which is why it is difficult for mj to limit benj."

The Knicks have three first defenses and one second defense in their starting lineup. With all-out defense, the Blazers' chances are concentrated on Jordan and Barkley.

Jordan occasionally attacked with the ball, and in most cases, he still passed the ball first.

Riley has instilled in him the concept of focusing on the team. In fact, he is not lacking in this concept. When he was at the University of North Carolina, Dean Smith often told him that a strong individual is only strong, and a strong team is true. powerful.

It's just that after entering the league, I met Adelman who was eager to produce results and lacked discipline for the players, so he developed some bad habits.

Riley corrected the flaws in him, so he saw Wilson break out but remained unmoved, continuing to pass the ball until the second quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Louie replaced Wilson, McHale and Stockton for Chris Jackson, Kemp, and Vernon Maxwell.

Riley replaced Barkley to rest, allowing Jordan to turn around, Porter and Mason were also replaced, and they were replaced by Xavier McDaniels and Larry Nance.

"Erwin, what do you think of the Knicks' substitution?"

Marv Albert asked.

"From a player's point of view, I don't like this aspect." The Tragedy laughed. "Slightly proud. Portland's adjustment is more reasonable, and they kept Michael on the court, but New York did not. Benj continued to play, which was a very disrespectful turn to Michael. However, this is also the characteristic of Coach Lu, he played his cards out of common sense."

Another analyst, Mike Fratello, clearly pointed out Louie's intentions: "As always, littlelu chose to use offense to overwhelm the opponent's defense. And we can see that while there is no benj on the field, there is Shaw. En Kemp and Dennis Rodman. A Defensive Player of the Year and a Defensive Second Team of the Year is enough to bring a strong defense. I'm sure the Knicks' defense will not be a problem, the focus is on offense , without benj, can they hold off Michael? How much cj and 'Mad Max' can play, it's all worth our attention."

After the start of the second quarter, the Blazers were eager to make up for their first-quarter lag.

The Knicks built a 5-point lead in the first quarter with a more aggressive starter.

The score is now 28-23.

The intensity of the Blazers game is indeed unprecedented.

This kind of intensity in the past, usually brought to their opponents by the Knicks, did not expect the Blazers to quell the defending champion as soon as they came up.

But the Knicks adjust faster and are better suited to play at this intensity.

The Blazers always gave a sense of leeway, because Jordan never burst out with full firepower.

As a result, in the first round in the second quarter, Jordan passed Maxwell in one step and gliding to score a layup.

25 to 28

"Where's the pocket? Why don't you close the pocket?" Louie asked loudly.

Pockets are essentially about forcing Jordan and the group to use their shots to solve problems.

It's easy to crack this defense. Jordan and the others kept hitting shots, which was the result Louis had foreseen. Another way to break it is to place reliable shooters on both flanks.

But the Blazers are like the Lakers in the past few years. They don't pay attention to outside shooting, and believe that the shooter is only an auxiliary, rather than playing a key role in qualitative change.

This is also the difference in thinking brought about by the times.

Louis is influenced by the small ball era when there is space, that is, the offense is smooth like water. No matter how toss on the offensive end, there must be a shooter.

Now the Blazers have Porter as a shooter, and the Knicks should give targeted defense and close the pocket.

The Knicks' offense follows Chris Jackson.

Porter took a high-strength defense against cj.

That's one piece of evidence that the Blazers have studied the Knicks' personnel characteristics, but can Porter's defense lock up Jackson?

Rodman's pick-and-roll, Kemp followed up with a pick-and-roll behind Rodman.

That's what the Knicks are all about -- the slide pick-and-roll.

Jackson broke Porter's defense, rushed into the paint area and was surrounded by many Blazers. He suddenly stopped and chose a high-throw pass.

Larry Nance thought he could intercept, but he didn't. Camp, who was in charge of the second pick-and-roll at the high post a second ago, actually ran to the paint area and took off with an unprecedented elasticity and speed.

At that moment, Louie thought of Griffin's ruthless dunk that "beheaded" Pau Gasol in the air.

Camp this time, only beyond, but no less.

Unlike Griffin, his hands and feet were not clean, he simply used the impact of his body to knock Nance away directly, and then his hand holding the ball exploded with terrifying power, as if he was about to smash the basket for a dunk.

Nance's body appeared to be lying backwards, completely out of control.

"Oh oh oh oh oh buy!!"

Albert cried out excitedly.

"Sean Kemp ignored human life! What a spectacular goal!"

The noise made by Camp caused the scene to ignore Dick Bavita's whistle.

It was a 2+1 and Nance was called for a foul.

So, as Kemp walked to the free throw line, fans at Madison Square Garden chanted his nickname in unison.

The voice of "ruler" resounded through msg.

Kemp's penalty also entered.

31 to 25

The difference is 6 points.

Louis happily extended his hand to give Camp a high five.

"He's amazing!" Tomjanovich exclaimed, "Only he can do that kind of dunk, not even Dominic Wilkins."

Louie was mentally prepared for Kemp's dunk, and no matter how outrageous his dunk was, he wouldn't get excited—he thought so.

But he was wrong.

As if no matter how much he hated Griffin's dunk-free hand and James' sneaky extra footsteps, the moment they scored, the eye-catching visual impact was unparalleled. .

Kemp is better than them because his dunks are flawless, clean, powerful, and stretched.

Kemp's stunning dunk successfully aroused Jordan's desire to compete.

The Flying Man dribbled the ball to the top of the frontcourt arc, and Maxwell, who was in charge of defending him, not only had a strong shooting ability, but also defended very well.

Danny Ainge's bench is not "solid" if he is not good on offense and defense.

It's just that it's too reluctant to defend Jordan with his defense.

Jordan suddenly burst into full force, made a sudden stop, and collected the ball, just outside the three-point line, so he pulled out.

28 to 31

His long-range shooter feels a severe drop in muscle gain, but that doesn't mean he's not shooting 3s.

Every game he takes a certain number of 3-pointers to test his feel, and if he can make it, he will continue to shoot.

He knows very well how much he can help the Blazers offense if he can make a 3-pointer.

"Max (nickname)!" Louie called Maxwell.

Maxwell looked back.

"In principle, we can let him shoot, but if he can make a shot, we must find a way to put him in and break through. We have a clear advantage in assisting defense in the interior!"

After Louis told him, there was a problem in the audience.

Jackson fell into the Blazers' trap and was double-teamed by Porter and McDaniel to force a turnover.

The Blazers' double-team is not like the Knicks, which is triggered by the opponent's player entering a certain area, but relies on the athletic ability of the flank player to launch a surprise attack without reason.

This kind of unruly punching is difficult to prevent, because the point of judging their double-team is "do they think this position can be double-teamed?", not "can't get to that position, otherwise the double-team will come".

Jackson dropped the ball~www.readwn.com~Jordan went to the frontcourt and gave a good pass to McDaniel who followed up.

McDaniel scored a dunk.

30 to 31

"Freak, how on earth did a player like you make a rotation in New York?" McDaniel deliberately stimulated Jackson, trying to get his mentality.

"If you're a mediocre person who has no advantage other than fighting, you can make mj give up fast break opportunities and choose to pass the ball, what can't happen?"

Louie supported cj loudly.

"Or, is your face itchy again?"