the rest, only noise

Chapter 122 No Countermeasures
In the second half, Louis saw the Bucks change.

To Louie's surprise, Don Nelson actually replaced Alton Lister. He replaced him with a player who was unfamiliar to Louis and his assistants.

Liszt was replaced by a man named Paul Mokeski C.

This person has only been in the league for four seasons but has already changed four teams. He is an out-and-out homeless man, and the statistics do not show any excellence.

So-so points, so-so rebounds, so-so assists, so-so field-goal and free-throw percentages.

Even, Louis can say that his shooting percentage is not just average, but terrible.

As a center, the average shooting percentage in the past three seasons is only 42%.

Then there is his appearance. The first impression he gives is not like an NBA player. He is completely like the father in various American sitcoms.

Anxious hairline, big fat face, small eyes, mustache, more like a truck driver than an NBA player.

"What is it about this man?" Louis asked Rudy Tomjanovich.

Flipping through his notebook, Tomjanovich said hesitantly, "This guy averaged less than one minute per game in the previous few games, so."

"So what?"

"We have no detailed records of his characteristics."

"Damn!" Louie was furious, "Rudy, you are the only scout with the team, you must do a good job of intelligence work for everyone!"

In the second half, the Bucks took the lead in attacking.

The key reason why the Celtics' zone defense can remain so powerful is that the Bucks don't have many pick-and-roll offenses with insiders and ball-handlers.

This greatly narrowed Sampson's range of activities.

It seems that they don't plan to use the pick-and-roll at the moment, or is the pick-and-roll not a major part of the Bucks' offensive system?
Bob Lanier is a center who can make high shots. If he is the only one who can shoot, Louis doesn't care, as long as Lambir and other insiders not named Sampson follow him.

Louis believes that Nelson will never substitute Liszt for no reason. This Mosky, who looks like a truck driver, definitely has some strengths that he and his assistants can't think of.

Suddenly, Louie saw both Lanier and Mosky running to the high position.

Sampson didn't go out and Moskey caught and shot in the high post.

"Shh!"

55 is better than 68
On the offensive end, the Celtics' performance is no problem.

Moskey made all five players on the Bucks field a shooting threat, but his defense was far worse than Liszt's.

Nelson put Marquese Johnson on Bird, and Lanier was always ready to flank.

In order to pinch Bird, the Bucks have tried many methods.

Flanking is the most risky. The Celtics don't have the concept of a point forward, but Bird's ability to pass the ball in the low post and the ability to see and seize opportunities far exceed Johnson, who Nelson has carefully cultivated.

Lanier soon paid the price for his sloppy flanking.

Bird's pass to Lambiel on the weak side.

Lambiel made a jumper directly on the spot.

"I have to say that Larry is really hot tonight!" Bill Russell praised Bird, "The Bucks can't solve his offense at this point."

People have to think of Bird's previous state.

He is one of the rare players in the Celtics team who did not regard the series as an opportunity to drive Fitch away. He played with all his strength in every game, but Fitch did not correctly understand the value of Bird like Louie.

Letting Bird be the end point is like letting Curry play off the ball blindly, using his off-ball containment and historical-level running ability to liberate his teammates.There is nothing wrong with the idea, and the logic makes sense, but only playing Curry's off-ball threat cannot maximize his power.

This is a bad luck for all-round players, because they know too much. If they are placed in a position that is not the most beneficial to them, but it is beneficial to others. If they are all willing to contribute to the team, the head coach will look embarrassed but let them make sacrifices in their hearts.

Louie is no fool, he knows who Big Daddy is.

Bird has been in good form in the past few games. Fitch didn't make good use of him. Instead, he competed with players who didn't cooperate with him.

On the offensive end, the Bucks intend to let Mosky play a role.

Sampson maintained the posture of not going out of the hole, and Mosky received the ball again, adjusted, and shot.

His shooting is very soft and moist. How could such a silky touch have such a bad shooting percentage?

A few rounds passed, and Moskey was 4 for 3.

Sampson asked Louie if he should go outside to disturb Mosky, but Louis didn't agree.

Watching Moskey's shots on four possessions, Louie noticed he was a rhythm shooter.

This rhythm is not the rhythm of the game, but the rhythm of his shots.

Give him enough time to get the shot at the right tempo and he'll have a very high percentage if he's unguarded.

Louis thought of another person—Tang Yi, the big brother who struggled to support the Chinese national team in the 21s.

He's also a tempo shooter, especially in the NBA, where he hits a lot of open shots with no defense, and his accuracy plummets once someone comes over to interfere.

When Bird made a rare miss in the low post, the Bucks counterattacked and narrowed the point difference to 10 points.

Louie called a timeout.

"Our defensive strategy remains basically the same, but if No. 44 (Mosky) takes the ball again at a high position, I want the person closest to him to interfere with his shot. Remember, it's interference. You don't need to block his shot. As long as you put pressure on his shot, it's considered a success."

Then, Louis announced that the low-post offensive system with Bird as the core had come to an end for the time being.

"You may not like it, but we need Coach Fitch's high-post offense now, with high pick-and-rolls and screens, Isiah!" Louie yelled, and Thomas perked up.

Louie designed the offense at the two corner positions: "I think you are already suffocated. From now on, I will give you the right to fire. In the high position, you should pick and roll with Larry; , you and Larry are the key to the success of the offense, I need you to cooperate with each other to play a good offense!"

"Why didn't Larry continue the attack just now?" KC was puzzled, "The Bucks can't do anything about it."

Louis said with a smile: "Don't look at the country bumpkin who doesn't say a word, he is also a human being, and he will be tired."

Only then did KC remember that Bird had almost dominated 95% of the ball distribution since the beginning.

For those with poor physical strength, they may be exhausted by now.

Bird's ability to persist does not mean that he is not tired.

Louie believes that the combination of Thomas and Bird is still an unavoidable countermeasure for the Bucks on the defensive end.

The situation of the entire game has been out of Nelson's control.

They had no choice but to choose to use offense to decide the outcome with the Celtics.

Throughout the third quarter, Thomas worked hard from beginning to end. Although Nelson saw that his shooting was not good, he made the players resolutely go around the screen, but the Bucks' starting lineup did not have an authentic point guard and couldn't keep up with Thomas' speed.

Putting Bird on the pick-and-roll unleashes his offensive creativity.

The more Louis looked at Bird, the more terrifying he felt. Dirk's offensive ability at its peak, Jokic's support, God's hand that can do everything, Ginobili's enchanting golf intelligence and unpredictable creativity, and a series of heart-rending trash talk caused by the fragile and sensitive self-esteem in the countryside.

Bird won't disappoint on anything but defensive athletic forwards.

In the third quarter, Nelson requested a timeout twice, but none of them changed the team's plight.

Entering the fourth quarter, the Celtics' lead reached 21 points with Bird's three-pointer.

The suspense of the game has disappeared since then.

(End of this chapter)