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Louis was trapped in a sad mood all night.

When he woke up the next day, he had to pull himself away from the emotions of last night.

The future is left to time to give the answer, he is a person who lives in the present.

There are a lot of things to prepare for tomorrow's Game 7 with the Blazers.

Now they can at least rest assured about Ewing's state. Whatever the purpose, Ewing will adjust his form back.

As long as he stays away from the demons for a while, the Knicks can regain their inside advantage.

Since the start of the series, the Knicks and the Blazers have battled wits and both sides have sealed some of each other's advantages.

With a strong overall defense, the Knicks have allowed the Blazers' Mega-League's flanks to function only on defense.

Clifford Robinson, Anthony Mason, Bruce Edwards, they all lost their offensive ability under extraordinary defensive pressure.

Terry Porter is not a flank, but he is the third largest on the Blazers' offense, and his misfire is also a reflection of the Knicks' defensive ability.

If the Blazers, as they have been in the past, had only Jordan to score, the series could have ended in Game 5 or 6. The bonus Barkley brings to them is not just a literal superstar, but an offensive point that is difficult to fully limit in any defensive system.

There are many kinds of superstars on the basketball court, Jordan and Barkley are exactly the kind of monsters who can't be restrained as long as there is no problem with their own state.

In the six games of the finals, Jordan averaged 40 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists per game, and Barkley averaged 30 points, 17 rebounds and 4 assists per game. These two people are one less, and the Blazers have already landed.

Now the Knicks have to usher in the most passive situation, and play a life-and-death tie-break with the Blazers who have the strongest attackers inside and out. Once they blow up the line, or even blow up both the inside and outside lines, it will not be good. done.

In the morning, Louis had eaten breakfast made by Lorraine and went to the Blue Palace.

At this point in time, there are generally no players in the Blue Palace.

But not necessarily.

Players like Chris Jackson live on the training ground.

He was able to transform in New York, not only because of the correct guidance from Louis, but also because of his own hard work.

He is an active religiousist, and faith efforts will pay off.

Kaminsky, the Knicks strength trainer, gave him a training plan after stages, as well as a long-term plan that included diet and weight gain.

The fact that he can become the hero of the battle of Tianwang Mountain is a story that God rewards hard work. Unfortunately, it is not the final battle of the series.

Therefore, the Blazers can make countermeasures in time according to his characteristics.

Louie is a little pessimistic, and a butcher-like team like the Blazers will make Jackson struggle until Jackson's strength and size take another level.

"Good morning, coach."

Jackson and Louie said hello.

Louis nodded with a smile, without affecting his training, and went straight to his office.

It's not practice time, and no player is playing downstairs except for Jackson, not even his assistants.

Louie came early, just to reflect on the mistakes he made in this round of the series in an undisturbed environment.

If there are a large number of sports writers in the contemporary era like the future, there will be a question that has been constantly mentioned in the command of Louie in the past six games-why does Coach Lu not let his players hit the basket strongly?

Louis has no excuse for this.

Maybe it was arrogance, maybe it was too much confidence in the strength of the Knicks. At the beginning, Louis regarded the inside line as the Achilles heel of the Blazers, and also said that he would play at the basket.

But Ewing's downturn, coupled with the offensive firepower of outside shooters, made Louie give up his original strategy in the game.

A large number of offensive baskets can make it easier for the Knicks to score, but the team has stronger firepower on the outside, and those winning games are all won by fierce outside firepower.

The five-year-old winner mode has left Louie with a loss of reverence for the logic of the game.

Now, it's time to take this issue seriously.

The inside line must be played. If you don’t hit it, you can’t do it. Just imagine, no matter how accurate your shooter is on the outside line, when the intensity of others increases, Fliggy will play unparalleled. Isn’t it chopping melons and vegetables? Therefore, it is a good game to rely on the inside line to clear the outside line, and the combination of inside and outside is a good game.

With Ewing sluggish, the Knicks place less emphasis on the inside than usual, which is a foreshadowing.

Pat Riley might think the Knicks are weak in the paint because of their defensive effectiveness, but that's not the truth. Although the "no layup principle" of the Blazers is scary, this kind of intimidation can only scare soft eggs, and it is impossible to deter real warriors.

In order to study the Blazers' interior defense, Louie called his assistants and asked them to gather at the Blue Palace.

The NBA's coaching staff is one of the few workers in the United States who doesn't make trouble because they work more than eight hours a day.

Leaving aside the generous pay that this job brings, most people choose this job initially because of love.

If you can earn money to support your family by doing what you love, let alone working eight hours a day, it is estimated that someone can do it for sixteen hours.

In less than half an hour, except for Doug Mo, Louie's coaching staff gathered.

On the one hand, Lao Mo needs more rest because he is old. On the other hand, his strengths are in offense and not defense, so it is useless to call him, so Louis did not inform him.

"In the past few games, we have made some mistakes, and one of them is the biggest one." Louie began to play the game video, and for several consecutive rounds, the Knicks chose long shots.

The Knicks are known in the league for their high-post dynamic offense, but against the Blazers, the wisest way to play should be to hit the ball inside after the perimeter has opened.

But the Knicks did the opposite.

They are obsessed with outside shots, and the more they shoot, the more accurate they are. It's cool to play like this, but they don't maximize the threat of mid-to-long shots.

Not to catch the Achilles heel of the pioneers.

"The Blazers' interior is very empty. Although Larry Nance is an excellent defender, we have five defenders selected for the All-Defensive Team, and the result is still blown up by Mickey and Fat Boy." Louie hit the nail on the head. Said, "If we're determined to play inside, Nance's defense is nothing at all."

Louis suspended the game and said to everyone, "Let's talk about it, and prepare for the afternoon training and tomorrow's game."

Two teaching assistants have long had an idea about this.

Billy Donovan was the first to comment: "I counted all the possessions Nance was on the floor in six games and found a pattern. Generally, his defense doesn't go beyond the paint. Once our inside line comes High post, pick-and-roll for perimeter players, Nance usually huddles on the edge of the paint and waits for our inside player to come in. In this case, if our inside player goes down, the position will be stuck, so I think it can be Patrick or Shawn chooses to get out of the pick-and-roll and get into the paint to catch the ball."

Donovan also came up with another statistic.

"This is the best close-range shooting point for Patrick and Sean. As long as they are transferred to this position without being strongly interfered by the defender, they will have a high shooting percentage."

Louis nodded. Donovan had only been transferred to teaching assistant for a few years, and his business ability had improved rapidly, and he had already locked his own direction. He wants to be a coach who relies on defense to build a team system, just like Louie did in New York.

"Billy's plan is good, do you have any other ideas?"

One of the great things about a good coaching staff is that Louie doesn't need to do everything by himself like he did back then.

If the head coach is still hands-on, what will the assistant coach do?

Another assistant coach, Jeff Van Gundy, who also sees defense as a coaching philosophy, mentioned a phenomenon that caught everyone's attention: "Nance has a poor sense of position."

Van Gundy has dark circles under his eyes, and it seems that he hasn't had a good rest recently.

"I counted his defensive positions in every round last night~www.readwn.com~ To be honest, in terms of defensive positions, he is more amateur than Brad Rohos, and almost all positions are Not the best location." Van Gundy prepared a densely written notebook.

Each of the time periods clearly marked above, Nance's defensive position, and in fact the best defensive position, and the Knicks' offensive options.

Although Nance's defensive positioning is not good, the Knicks' offensive direction is also wrong.

Both sides are wrong plus wrong.

Van Gundy said: "I have also made detailed statistics on the defensive positions of Nance in the previous five games. From the statistical results, he is a very rough basket protector in details, but he has excellent athletic ability, even if the position is not good. Position can also play a role in defense. But that's under the premise that our offense is not focused on the inside, and if we focus our offense on the inside, I think these deficiencies of his will cause Portland's interior defense to collapse."

Louie's impression of Van Gundy has never been good. When the other side was the head coach, he left him with the impression of being rigid and inflexible.

But today, he handed over a heavyweight match report.

"Jeff, why didn't you take out this observation report earlier?" Louis asked.

Van Gundy said helplessly: "No one thought that Portland could rely on two stars to play the seventh game. This is my error of judgment. Please forgive me, Coach Lu."

Did Louis make a wrong judgment?

"No, it wasn't your fault, it was mine, we should have worked on Portland's restricted area long ago."

Louie holds Van Gundy's notebook.

"Everyone, tomorrow is the decisive battle. I believe that there are still many unexposed problems in Portland's inside line. We will not eat or sleep today, and we have to review these games."

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