The Rest, Only Noise

June 7, 1992

Portland, Memorial Coliseum

The Blazers, who returned home, were determined to defend the city's glory. Barkley's mouth couldn't help but even said, "We want to win every home game so that we can celebrate the championship with the fans at home. ."

To say this, first highlight a lack of brains, and secondly, don't give yourself a way out.

Counting their victories on the road, if they get three wins at home, it would be a four-game losing streak for the Knicks.

Could this kind of thing happen?

No one with normal thinking ability would believe this would happen.

Barkley's rhetoric reached Louie's ears, and he smiled, letting Ewing answer.

"I'm pretty sure there was an antidote in the doughnut Charles ate yesterday," Ewing said sternly. "I'm not kidding."

Louie was afraid of being put on the line, so he had to help him: "Actually, Patrick was joking. He said he was not joking, but wanted to express how sensational Charles' words were, right, Patrick?"

Louie has spoken to this point, and Ewing's emotional intelligence should also be properly improved.

He nodded along Louis's words: "Coach Lu is right."

That night, nbcsports produced a short film with narration for Blazers core player Michael Jordan.

In charge of the narration is NBC's golden voice Bob Costas.

Costas said emotionally in it: "Every American teenager who grew up in the 90s wants to be Michael, they go to buy aj, they want to fly like Michael, but they don't know, Michael doesn't want to be Michael, because he never Really won in the nba. This time, Michael is ready."

Needless to say, Wilson and Jordan influenced a generation.

Compared to Wilson, Jordan was more commercially successful.

Because Wilson's personality is not as distinct as Jordan's, nor has he won multiple scoring titles like Jordan, leading Portland from desolation to prosperity.

He won the championship in the second grade, and he feels like a rich second generation who grew up with a golden spoon.

Memory is so unfair.

Everyone forgets how passive the second-year Wilson was against Bird in 1988, and how he responded when Boston tried to knock him out.

Maybe he needs to say "fly like Michael" or have a talented director like Spike Lee shoot him a classic commercial, maybe it's something else, anyway, at the teenage level, he doesn't have the influence of Jordan and topicality.

Even the nickname sounds like a villain - everyone is more willing to be a trapeze than a conqueror.

In the game that night, Wilson made it clear that not only does his nickname sound like a villain, but the way he leads the team to victory is exactly the same as the villain.

When Riley repeated his old trick and tried again to use the inferior horse lineup against the Knicks' superior horse, Louie did as he wished, with Wilson, Ainge, Rodman, Alex Stevens, Shaw. En Kemp started the game with unparalleled intensity.

After seeing the starting lineups of both sides, the NBC commentators discussed the possibility of the Knicks pressing the Blazers from the start.

"The Knicks' full-court press, internally called the 'murder press', as one of the biggest victims, I think that's aptly called, they do play with a murderous ferocity." Tragedy has seen through the Knicks' intentions, "Although they have rarely used this strategy, coach Lu will surprise opponents whenever necessary."

Doug Collins seemed to have a different opinion: "However, John Salley is not on the field, he is the soul of the murder pressing."

"But the other four players are regulars on the murder press." Kostas and Tragic agreed. "Also, the starting point guard is neither John Stockton nor Chris Jackson. The Knicks are very Possibly using full court press from the start."

Ever since Salley opted for a vegetarian diet, Louie had planned to remove him from the murder rush.

Because no one knows when his competitive state will drop sharply.

Louie was also worried about Selly's replacement, and at one point considered Ewing a cameo, just like Wilson.

If Ewing doesn't want to, use Wilson to stimulate him, he will definitely be more active than anyone else.

But Camp's Georgetownization made things easier.

Camp has spent the past two summers in Georgetown. Although he usually follows Ewing hunting for beauty, he must have left a lot of wild species, but Ewing is a man who clearly separates training and enjoyment. people.

As long as Kemp follows him, it's definitely a mix of training and enjoyment.

One of the things that Kemp has improved the most at Georgetown is his on-court temperament, or, in other words, his style of play.

Louie doesn't know if John Thompson did something secretly, but Camp did awaken the buff that is unique to black Americans - endless rage.

Kemp became ruthless and ruthless on the court, liked physical contact, and made small moves. Whenever he dunked his opponent, Louie was worried that he would make some obscene gestures and be blown.

The Georgetownization brought about by John Thompson led to the activation of the histrionic personality hidden within him.

He has become a popular player for the Knicks, with no fewer supporters than Ewing. He was selected for this year's second defense by virtue of the unique influence of Apple City and his authentic on-the-spot performance.

Now he is not the main force. As a substitute, he is rushing around like a mad cow in every game, just letting him enter the murder pressing group to vent all his energy.

As the center of the murder press lineup, he may be far more energy than John Salley.

The first was the jump ball, and Kemp predicted it in place and slapped the ball to Wilson.

Wilson caught the ball, dribbled forward, and made tactical gestures with his hands.

Brian Shaw, who was in charge of defending him, was just the same as before. Kemp's pick-and-roll would suddenly fall into place.

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Wilson dribbled the ball horizontally and stopped outside the three-point line on the right. The defense didn't keep up, and he shot a three-pointer decisively.

"Shh!"

"It's ferocious!" The tragic man looked excited. "Benj is obviously brooding about the loss at home. He came to the Memorial Stadium full of anger!"

The next second, Wilson blew the whistle, and all the players on the Knicks field went into a state of alert.

All but Kemp stayed in the frontcourt.

"really!"

"The Knicks have absolutely no intention of giving the Blazers a chance to breathe!"

"The Knicks' signature full-court press is coming!"

Pressing the whole game is most afraid of the opponent having multiple ball-holding points on the field.

Now, the Blazers have Shaw, Jordan and Porter who can dribble the ball. It stands to reason that there is no need to be afraid of the Knicks' pressing, but the Knicks' murder pressing has long since been upgraded from the early concept of "extreme hand-to-hand combat" to "technical" type pressure".

After the opening, Wilson first found Shaw who was in possession of the ball.

As a tall point guard, Xiao is absolutely capable of dribbling the ball, otherwise no one would dare to let him play a point guard.

However, the Wilson he faced was a lunatic with the idea of ​​fouling if he kept the ball.

In the first round, it is not only necessary to prevent the effect, but also to prevent the momentum and give teammates confidence.

Wilson had this idea in his mind and sold Xiao a flaw. The other party didn't think much about it in a hurry. He seized the flaw and wanted to rush forward, but he didn't expect that he happened to crash into the trap set by the conqueror.

Wilson deliberately let him go halfway up and took the ball from behind.

In an instant, the Blazers lost the ball.

Wilson caught Nance's help with the ball and threw the ball into the air from behind.

Rodman followed, grabbing the ball and dunking.

"5-0! It's still the same taste! The Knicks' terrifying full-court press brought Portland's offense to a standstill from the start!"

Pat Riley had a sullen face, and chose a lineup with insufficient strength to play, and naturally he was ready to be blown up.

But his preparation was not to be beaten 5-0 in less than half a minute.

The two of Fliggy were not offensive enough, and they were overwhelmed by the Knicks' starter. That was acceptable to him. Like just now, he didn't even dribble the ball in half court and then scored directly after being stolen by the opponent?

Unacceptable!

Absolutely unacceptable!

"Give the ball to mj!" Riley yelled.

Then, the Portlanders were happy to see their hero catch the ball.

The fans in the Memorial Coliseum were all relieved, as long as Jordan had the ball, they were at ease.

The defender Jordan met was still Ainge, the weakest player in the Knicks lineup.

The contempt of fans comes from 100% trust in core players.

This is not wrong, what is wrong is the excessive underestimation of the opponent.

Ainge had little opportunity to perform in the first few games, and was crushed by Vernon Maxwell during the regular season, making everyone think he was the mascot.

Suddenly, this mascot is like the puppet in "Dead Silence". It was originally a plaything to be played with, but it suddenly became terrifying.

Angie sticks to Jordan's body decisively, and uses all kinds of small gestures to harass him.

Jordan wanted to take a step, but Rodman's pincer attack made it difficult for him to find a point of strength.

Ainge wanted to go a step further, trying to force out Jordan's mistake and launching a sinister attack on the airman's ribs.

In the era of three referees, it is difficult for this kind of action to escape sanctions.

Referee Mike Mathis (mikemathis) decisively called Ainge a foul. UU reading www. uukanshu. com

"I'm also a foul?" Angie expressed dissatisfaction.

Mathis, who has officiated in the league since 1976, said indifferently: "You better put away those little tricks!"

"Yes, Danny, listen to the referee," Louie shouted.

Mathis is not only an old referee, but also has a stinky and hard temper. His temper has not been cultivated through years of refereeing.

His first officiating game was the Bulls vs. the Bucks, where he and his partner called 15 technical fouls and ejected five players, most notably with current Jazz coach Jerry · Sloan.

With such a hard-hearted temperament, it is best not to make trouble with him, admit his mistakes, and stand firm when beaten.

This is also the reason why Louis came out to remind Angie not to get entangled with it.

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