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Chapter 1164 Randomly stacked monsters
"There is no defense that can't be defeated by a breakthrough or a multi-line dynamic offense. If there is, then do it again." - "Beautiful Basketball" - Louis.

Rodman's appearance and exit were so sudden that people were caught off guard.

Riley looked off the court, Clifford let him down too much, and other inside reserves are not suitable for debut at this juncture.

In order to gain an inside advantage, Riley can only play the twin towers.

Therefore, Mourning, who was resting off the court, was replaced.

The inside line composed of him and Olajuwon is generally considered to be second only to O'Neal/Webber, Ewing/Kamp's inside line combination.

Statistically, both of them are strong.

Olajuwon averaged 23 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks per game;

Mourning averaged 19 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks per game.

The inside combination that can contribute 42 points, 21 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 blocks per game should be strong, but since the start of the game, the real winners and losers of the Blazers are Jordan and Olajuwon.

Both Chapman and Clifford are senior supports;

Thomas never recovered;

Mourning has never become the team's third giant.

He is like Bin in the RNG period. He obviously has strong personal abilities, but he can't play well with the rest of the team and can't produce any chemical reactions.

LOL and basketball are two different types of competition. The former pays more attention to the relationship between people, while on the basketball court, even if the temper is wrong, the difference is as big as OK, and the game can be played with a tacit understanding.

There's only one thing that can affect a star-to-star alliance.

That's a clash of styles.

Both Mourning and Olajuwon are traditional core fives who neither know nor know what to do to make their partners more comfortable.

Their priority is how to make themselves comfortable.

Olajuwon is very dissatisfied with Mourning's behavior of asking for a [-] million contract from an insider who is not even a superstar, and Mourning needs to match the worth of Mr. [-] million in the contract year.

Neither of them would give way to the other.

At this stage, Olajuwon is more comprehensive.

Except for Mourning's defensive comprehensiveness, Mourning is not as good as Olajuwon.

Riley also figured out this section after a month of testing.

But what if the style of play doesn't match?People are all here, so we can only find a way to make them play more comfortably.

The only viable solution Riley could think of was to stagger their playing time.

Therefore, although they are all starters, Mourning will usually come down early to rest, and wait until Olajuwon's rotation time is up before replacing him.

Tonight is a special case.

Clifford was ordered.

Rodman is ill.

Neither of the two panacea [-]th positions will come in handy. If we want to ensure the advantage of the inside line, we can only bite the bullet and carry the twin towers to the end.

Watching Olajuwon and Mourning torture each other, Louie just found it funny.

Every attacking round, those two were fighting.

Olajuwon's position is stronger.

Mourning simply made a decision that violated his ancestors and frequently went to high positions to take the ball.Not to mention, although Mourning is known as Portland Ewing, he has more high-level first-pass transitions than the orangutan brother in New York when he came out of the mountain.

Of course, Ewing's support is also well practiced now, but in the first few years of his career, he had almost no support ability.

Although Mourning can shoot from the mid-range, he prefers to play the low post like an inside man.

Not to mention Olajuwon, even if the offensive area is wide, his playing habits are still the same.

The two influence each other, interfere with each other, and weaken each other's performance.

The Blazers can't arbitrarily stimulate the inside advantage.

Because of the most important high and low position linkage of the twin towers, they couldn't play it.

Therefore, no matter which one takes the ball, it only needs to double-team without thinking.

In the end, it was Jordan who was responsible for unwinding the Blazers' offense.

Watching Uncle Joe's painstaking high jumper, I feel hot.

In order not to block the inside line, Uncle Joe gave up even the breakthrough, just shooting.

If it doesn't feel good, the Blazers are in danger.

It was also Jordan's almost life-saving shots that made the Blazers fall behind but not defeated.

At halftime, the Lakers led the Blazers by 59 points 52 to 7.

Lakers core Benjamin Wilson scored 20 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in the half.

Wilson seemed dissatisfied with his performance in the first half.

"I missed two chances."

"Overall, we're still getting used to the new tactics."

"The Trail Blazers' performance? I don't care about the Trail Blazers' performance." Wilson's speech was enough to make the blood pressure of every Oregonian who cares about professional basketball soar. "They are not playing championship-level games, and I am not optimistic about them winning the championship. The irrational praise of them by the media has made them go far on the wrong path."

On the other side, Riley criticized Rodman with a livid face: "Dennis forgot his original intention. When we needed him, he couldn't play, which made our game plan passive. I have emphasized countless times that it takes everyone's efforts to break the curse of runner-up!"

"I'm disappointed. It seems that only Michael and I have the same idea. The reason why we are behind the Lakers is not because the opponent is playing well, but because our own performance is too bad."

Riley has said so, is Louis not worthy of them if Lin Weixiang does not become Los Angeles?

"That's right." Louie smiled, "It's not that we played well, it's that the Blazers are too bad."

Louie's speech was even more important.

Riley just said the players didn't play well, Louie just said they sucked.

And it's not that they played badly, but that the Blazers were bad.

Riley originally just complained about the players, and by the way suppressed those who complained about the Lakers, Louie's words directly escalated the situation.

Louie entered the corridor facing the abuse of the fans in the front row of the Rose Garden.

He knew that the Blazers were not in a good state today, but according to the data provided by Zhao Yuanzheng, their state was not good after the start of the season.

Although the Blazers have only lost 2 games so far, nearly half of the games have won within 10 points.

1/3 of the winning games went to the last minute.

It can be said that their game is the most worth watching in the league, because there are very few slings with big scores.

If it weren't for Jordan's takeover at critical moments, if Olajuwon wasn't one of the top three centers in the league, the Blazers would have lost many games.

Their paths have diverged.

But even so, in the playoffs, the talented Trail Blazers are still the Western Conference team most likely to reach the finals.

Therefore, it is very necessary to catch up with the Trail Blazers in the trough period and fight hard to win the Christmas game.

The Lakers are generally a young team.

When their combat power takes shape, there are not many veterans left in the team, just like the process of Louie rebuilding the Knicks.

Veterans can have them, but only one or two is enough.

The most important thing is that the people under his command must be his own personal soldiers.

"Let's focus on killing Portland in one go!"

After entering the locker room, Louie said loudly with great anger.

"Okay!" Garnett responded, "My buddies have long seen them upset!"

Louie then announced his second-half starters.

When the players first heard Louie's arrangement, they would think it was too aggressive.

Want to use "Meteor" to fight the Blazers?
Want to build an edge with Shooting Star?
Is it too urgent?

Since the coaching staff established the Knights Templar, the error rate of the "Meteor" tactic has dropped from the original [-]% to a little over [-]%.

But that's still a super high turnover rate.

Against a team like the Trail Blazers, shouldn't "Meteor" be used more cautiously?
Louis said: "If we can use the 'Meteor' to beat Portland, we can use the 'Meteor' to beat other teams. Of course there are risks, but the result is worth the risk. We can't always hide it. Now is the time to show our attitude!"

After Louis finished speaking, Wilson took over the conversation.

"Any other comments?"

Wilson was a man of authority.

His eyes swept to the crowd.

Most of the players are avoiding his gaze.

Usually, Garnett is most afraid of him.

But today, Garnett met Wilson's eyes without fear because he agreed with the other's decision.

"Since there are no other opinions, then follow the instructions of the coaching staff and let's do a big job!"

Wilson made up his mind for the team.

When he turned around, he saw Louie nodding slightly.

He knew that this was what Louie needed from him.

This is also the responsibility that leaders should play.

"How dare you, Louie."

On the way back to the court, Nelson said in amazement.

"Old Tang, do you think I did this just to motivate the players?" Louis said jokingly, "No, I chose Portland because they couldn't defend the 'Meteor' no matter what. They are no longer the team that can use defense to compete against the Knicks."

"Then what are they now?"

"They're nothing," said Louie contemptuously. "At best, they're just some sort of monster that Pat Riley threw together."

Bird interjected: "Since they are monsters, how dare you underestimate them?"

Louis smiled: "Not every monster is as fierce as last season's Miami. The monster in Portland not only looks weird, but also has a simple mind and lacks flexibility. More importantly, they have no brains and uncoordinated movements. They have great talents but can only be locked in treasure boxes waiting to be opened forever. Just like Carly Simon and Andrea Bocelli (Andrea Bocelli) can never sing a good song in the eyes of everyone."

⑴Both are stage fright singers.

(End of this chapter)