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June 12, 1992

Portland, Oregon, Memorial Coliseum

The matchup between the Knicks and the Blazers was a basketball feast.

This series of games not only represents the highest level of basketball, but also a model of extreme commercialization.

Some say the Portlanders saved the series ratings by making the Finals.

This is not wrong. The audience is tired of the Lakers reaching the finals 9 times in 10 years, and they are even more helpless to lose the finals 8 times in a row.

Even if they win once, everyone can feel more fresh.

Last season, they played six games with the Knicks, breaking the NBA's single-game viewing record, and if the Lakers still reach the finals in the new season, the audience may be tired.

Fortunately, the Blazers became the "bride", which made the audience's curiosity about professional basketball again.

The last game, according to NBCSports, was watched by about 35 million Americans, a new record.

And tonight, the record is likely to be refreshed again.

"There's a cemetery-like atmosphere of mourning in Memorial Coliseum, and everyone is serious," said Bob Costas.

Both sides warmed up methodically.

After the starting list came out, everyone found that the Knicks made their debut as a regular starter, and the Blazers followed the strategy of the previous game.

Jordan led a full-court press against the Knicks with four forwards, and Barkley continued to rest in the opening stages.

"Erwin, do you think the same strategy will work in this game?" Costas asked.

The tragic man said mysteriously: "I don't know if the Knicks have made a specific arrangement. I only know that in the series so far, neither the Knicks nor the Blazers have used the same strategy to succeed in two consecutive games."

"Yes, the coaching staff of both sides are very targeted, and it is difficult for the same strategy to work continuously." Doug Collins took over the words of the tragic division, "I believe the Knicks will give the answer tonight."

Trail Blazers starting: Jordan, Cauchy, McDaniel, Bruce Edwards, Nance.

Knicks starting: Stockton, Ainge, Wilson, Rodman, Ewing.

Two Reggie's injuries, so Louie was adjusted to the lineup.

Even Brad Rohos, who bought a house at DNP, was on the activation list tonight.

In the last game, Stockton was embarrassed by the Blazers' full-court pressing, which is bad news for him who wants to compete for the last seat on the Dream Team.

If you want to change other people's impressions, you have to do something tonight.

Hugh Hollins throws the ball up.

Ewing and Nance made the same prediction, both hands working together on the ball.

The ball was received by Jordan, and the trapeze immediately launched a quick attack.

He rushed forward like a stray arrow, smashed into the restricted area, pushed Wilson's defense over, and scored a layup.

2 to 0

"Don't let them pass!" Jordan roared with astonishment.

Louie shouted, "It's '4411'!"

His words seemed to be texting the players, who instantly knew how to break the Blazers' full-court press.

In order to break the Blazers' pressing, Louis, Zhao Yuanzheng and Van Gundy stayed up for two nights, repeated the game, and finally researched all the Blazers' pressing positions.

Since the Blazers' murder pressing is a temporary composition, they must have a fixed routine, so that they can play a basic cooperation, and they will not be leaderless, but only have ruthlessness.

For ease of understanding, Louie divides the frontcourt into 12 areas, and uses numbers 1-12 to represent the area. The Blazers' "4411" position is one of their most common positions, discovered by Van Gundy.

As long as you can find this kind of regular positioning, you can crack it by passing the ball.

Stockton got the ball unlucky and went to Ainge's position for a point. Ainge advanced a few steps, followed Wilson's frontcourt pick-and-roll pass, and then passed back to Wilson, who accelerated and pressed for a break.

"Unless they have a fifth position." Zhao Yuanzheng smiled, "Otherwise, the Blazers' full-court pressing is no longer a threat to us."

First of all, it cannot be ruled out that they spent a few days to develop a new position, but even if there is a new position, it may not be able to practice within two days. Even if it is effective, the coaching staff of the Knicks can crack it on the spot.

Therefore, Louis is not as optimistic as Zhao Yuanzheng, and at the same time has absolute certainty about the cracking of the new position.

Ewing is bent on undoing his mistakes and aggressively demands the ball.

When a teammate's ball came, he directly pushed Nance's body away, broke through to the basket, and made a strong slam dunk inside.

2 to 2

In the past few games, Ewing's interior advantage was not obvious enough. The two sides lined up and battled wits and courage. The focus was on the coaching staff, and the outside ball handler was prominent.

Today, Louie wants to mobilize Ewing's strength to force the Blazers' defense inward to help perimeter players get better offense.

Jordan handles the ball on the perimeter, and as the full-time ball handler for this lineup, he has a lot to do.

However, Wilson pressed the defense directly, and the defensive intensity was full, and the threat to the ball was so great that Jordan had to collect the ball.

All of a sudden, the Blazers' offense was driven to death.

Jordan's teammates wanted to come over, but Rodman approached like a ghost, suddenly stepped forward, and formed a double-team with Wilson, causing the trapeze to make a forced error.

As soon as the Blazers made a mistake, the Knicks' counterattack started immediately.

It was too late to organize the Trailblazers who pressed the audience on the spot, and it became a mess.

They were athletic enough, but no one could organize well. The tacit understanding of defensive players is not cultivated in a few games.

They only had their core targets in sight, Ewing and Wilson.

Then, inconspicuous but equally dangerous little characters are missed.

Veteran Ainge, placed on the outside, after Wilson attracted the defense, he did not watch people cross the outside.

Angie catches the ball and makes a three-pointer.

5 to 2

The problem with the Blazers is obvious. Their lineup is for the audience to press, and once they fall into a positional battle, it all depends on Jordan alone.

Others can play support, but support is always support, and the Knicks' Jordan Law doesn't make sense if there is only one main attacker.

Jordan's breakthrough was double-teamed by three, and he struggled to pass the ball to Blue Edwards.

Edwards attempted a three-pointer.

His choice is correct, but what's the use of a correct attack that can't score goals?

"boom!"

Ewing grabbed the defensive rebound and led Wilson's fast break with a pass.

In the frontcourt, Wilson dunked 7-2.

The Blazers' game rhythm became sloppy, trying to use defense to press the Knicks' Riley, trying to solve the lineup's offensive ills.

He suddenly realized that there was something wrong with this line of thinking. If he wanted to attack well, he wouldn't play with this lineup.

What is this lineup for? Isn't it just to press the audience?

What is happening now? The Knicks used defense to keep the Blazers' offense frustrated. It was either a mistake or a missed attack. They directly caught your mistakes and made a counterattack. What can you do? A full-court press that had high hopes had no chance of being used again after being cracked once in the opening.

This predicament made Riley worried, and he called out to Jordan: "Michael, stop thinking about passing the ball!"

"You can get them!~" Riley exclaimed.

Yes, this is the answer.

The Blazers can win, not by team offense, but by Jordan's unsolvable offense formed by himself.

Now, this seemingly unanswered lineup still relies on Jordan.

Wilson's defense, combined with Rodman's help, pushed Jordan into a negative angle.

The trapeze made up his mind and jumped out of bounds, his eyes already came to the back of the basket, and he threw the ball to the highest point by feeling.

Judging from Jordan's position, he shouldn't be able to see the exact location of the rim.

"Shh!"

"If he makes it, serve fast!" Louie shouted to Ewing before Jordan shot.

The Knicks were completely unaffected by Jordan's god-possessed shooting. Ewing picked up the ball and threw it to Stockton immediately. Stockton has broken through two hurdles.

When Jordan returned from the baseline, he was unable to limit the Knicks' advance.

Stockton gave the ball to Wilson after breaking the line.

Wilson is faster ~www.readwn.com~ The only person who can make an impact on his offense is McDaniel.

The X-Men pursued at full speed, unaware of Wilson's deliberate slowing.

Louie discovered the details of Wilson's deceleration and could probably guess what the kid was going to do.

The moment the two came beyond the three-point line, Wilson made an emergency stop and McDaniel rushed over. After that, he saw that Wilson was going to make a three-pointer, and it was another overexcited forward jump.

As a result, it's still a fake.

The X-Men's pounce got out of control and he knocked Wilson's body down.

Wilson turned the shooter's elbow out, hit the opponent's cheek, and sent the ball into the air with his left hand at the whistle.

"AndOne!"

"No, this is..."

"Shhh!!"

"Benj scores four!"

McDaniel scolded furiously, "You sinister nigger!"

"I'd rather be a sinister **** than be as stupid as you." Wilson sat on the ground and sneered contemptuously, "Give you 100 more chances and you won't be able to stop me, you're as stupid as a piece of shit. You can't get a hot stupid dog."

You can naturally expect the two to get into physical contact over all kinds of trash talk involving personal attacks and racism, and then be warned by the referee.

This is what happens often with McDaniel.

But the opponent's response was uncommon, McDaniel was a villain, and he provokes people who are either timid role players or stars who disdain to contend with.

Wilson is one of the rare superstars willing to compete with him, preferring to keep his stature down and go straight back through vulgar trash talk.

Wilson's four-pointer made Riley rethink the lineup on the court.

The Blazers requested a timeout.

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