the rest, only noise

Chapter 159 Vicious Cycle

"They seem to have changed a bit in their style of play."

Louis was sitting on the sidelines, and was at peace. Suddenly, someone reminded him that the 76ers were different from before.

Originally, the 76ers had three ways of playing, singles for Tony, singles for Malone, and singles for Dr. J-the last choice was pure luck, a standard one-ham deal.

In any case, except for some basic tactical moves that cannot be more basic, the 76ers' positional style of play remains the same, which is singles.

Because there are not many tactical changes and there is no stable shooter, they have no room to cut inside. Therefore, the "Moses card is in position, let's shoot a ball for him to rebound" tactic itself is a joke tactic.

Now they suddenly gave up on putting Malone in the low post and put him in the high post for a lot of screens.

His screens allowed Maurice Cheeks and Dr. J and Bobby Jones deep into the paint.It's okay for others to say that if Dr. J is allowed to enter the penalty area, even if there are a lot of people defending, he can still score goals like a magic trick.

Malone has outstanding agility, and he can't match the position but has quality and quantity of screens.

The 76ers gradually revived. They no longer played rigid, one-on-one positions like middle school students, but let multiple people run.

This is what modern basketball looks like.

Although Louie and Cunningham have friction, he also hopes that the other party will show some qualities of a senior basketball practitioner and actively seek changes.

The other party obviously didn't disappoint him. No matter whose idea it was, since they did this, it meant they had at least used their brains.

Getting Dr. J to cut inside and Malone to screen isn't as easy as it sounds. The Sixers need to turn their two superstars into off-ball finishers and unselfish pick-and-roll machines, and Malone has to sacrifice his low-post firepower.

Normally, they might not agree. Now, their emphasis on ball possession and team status is far less than their hatred of the Celtics.

If you can beat the Celtics, this sacrifice is nothing.

Malone's pick-and-roll, let Dr. J cut to the basket, he got the ball, and played a beautiful super pull bar with one hand.

21 is better than 32
"Doctor is worthy of being a doctor. This ball has me drunk." Louis looked at his team members with disgust, "Look at his hand, how elegant it is. If any of you give me a layup that is half as beautiful as he was just now, I will be very happy!"

Bird asked nonchalantly, "Whether that kind of layup counts as a 3 or a 4, what's the big deal?"

"You bumpkin, you're just too snobbish. Are scores important? Happiness is the most important thing. Look at how much fun the doctor had on his layup just now!"

"Well, but that was his first point of the night."

Bird expressly said: "As a reminder, I scored 16 points in the first quarter."

"So what about 16 points? Even if they only scored this one goal tonight, it will be more impressive than your 50 points. Believe it or not?" Stimulating Bird is a matter of zero cost and high return.

What Bird hated most were those flashy players. Hearing that Louis belittled his performance, he got up angrily and wanted to go on the court and beat Dr. J to death.

"Go back and sit down, it's not you yet!" While Louie and Bird were talking, the game entered the Celtics' offensive round.

The Celtics were caught off guard by the 76ers' sudden change of strategy because of the lineup.

They played three inside players. Although two of them were not slow in movement, the overall speed dropped. When encountering Dr. J's kind of strange man who plays in the sky, it is normal to not be able to keep up with the rhythm.

Surprisingly for the Celtics, the 76ers not only made adjustments on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end.

Cheeks, who was facing Thomas, suddenly retreated two meters.

He gave Thomas two meters to force him to shoot a [-]-pointer.

"Wow, Isaiah, don't you want to vote?" Louie lashed out at Thomas' mentality like the undercover agent on the opposite side, "You voted, Isaiah, why hesitate? There is no hesitation here. Larry will come and shoot him in the face, okay? My last name is yours?"

Louis's previous few words didn't affect Thomas. When he mentioned Bird, it was like pressing a switch in Thomas's body. Good guy, he shoots three-pointers like a quick shooter.

"You fucking took a look at it, damn it!" Louis looked dumbfounded.

He has never seen a three-pointer with such an outrageous arc, let alone the basket, it is good luck to touch the basket.

Fortunately, misfortunes and blessings intertwine, Thomas's three-point shot was outrageous, outrageously crooked, and the trajectory of the rebound was also outrageous. Even if Malone got stuck in a good position, there was no gain, and the ball was taken by Sampson.

"Is this an NBA player too? Oh my God, is that a shot, Isiah? Talk to me!" Louie stunned the audience in the front row by "lashing out" at Thomas.

There are fans behind Lorraine who want her to take care of her boyfriend.

"Little Lu is destroying Isiah's self-confidence!" said the man, "It won't work like this!"

Lorraine smiled and said, "He's not an idiot, he must have his reasons for doing this."

"Is there any reason, who doesn't know that Little Lu and Isiah have a bad relationship?"

Sampson, who got the rebound, passed the ball outside.

Thomas got the ball and continued to be emptied by the opponent.

"Don't shoot, don't shoot, you can't make a shot anyway, be careful that they take the rebound and counterattack, Isiah, don't shoot, Isiah, NMLGBD!" Louie finally broke out a vulgar language that no one could understand.

He swears not because Thomas was disobedient and was counterattacked, but because Thomas was disobedient, and the ball flew into the basket under the baptism of his trash talk.

Thomas turned sideways and blew a kiss to Louis, "Keep calling, don't stop."

"Can't the bastard see that I'm motivating him?" Louie scolded.

Bird's face contorted with convulsions when he heard Louie describe what he had just done as "motivation".

"If you dare to 'motivate' me like this!" Bird warned, "I won't even play the game, I will just come down from the field and strangle you! I swear!"

It’s Louis’s daily repertoire again—the popularization time of ancient Chinese sayings—"Did you know? There is an old saying in China called teaching students according to their aptitude. How could a smart person like me not know what kind of thing you are doing? Don’t worry, I will at most bury your background, and I won’t be as aggressive as I was with Isiah."

"Fuck!" Byrd really didn't want to hear him beep, "Can you not sit next to me?"

"Don't be so indifferent, let's improve our relationship."

Bird faced the drinking fountains on the edge of the bench: "Rookie, let's change positions!"

After all, Byrd forced John Paxson to sit in his seat with an irresistible momentum.

Paxson was sitting on pins and needles, and Louis comforted: "Relax, John, this is the position of the boss. Larry let you sit here, which means that you are designated as the next core of the Celtics. You have to work hard."

Paxson's legs softened: "Coach, stop making such jokes."

Louie looked at the court again and found a few points where adding high screens would be beneficial to the 76ers' offense.

Dr. J is freed to try to play with the ball outside the paint.

He is not in good shape today, and this has nothing to do with the Celtics' strategy. Some of the sure-fire chances are inexplicably missed, and he swayed Maxwell's defense from outside the paint.

The end of showing off his touch was that he was caught up by Sampson and given a fierce pegboard hat.

Malone got the offensive rebound and was about to make a second attack. Behind him, Angie hit the ball with a black tiger's heart-throwing hand.

"Beep!!!"

This time Borgia's whistle was definitely timely.

But not many men stop at the whistle after being offended there.

Malone turned around, rushed to Angie and pushed him down.

Just as he was about to rush forward to do something, Thomas came over and pushed him away.

"Don't even think about it!" Thomas, with a height of 1 meters, tried to stop Malone, who was 85 meters, from violently. One person is not enough, but there are other teammates on the field.

Lambiel, Maxwell, and Sampson came quickly to Angie.

The five members of the 76ers also gathered together, looking like they were about to fight.

Borgia rushed among them in horror: "Let me spread out! Spread out! Anyone who dares to make a move, I will let him leave the game!"

"Is that the thing about that nigger pushing people away, referee?" Thomas pressed on the spot.

Borgia belatedly blew the whistle, calling a technical foul on Malone and a common foul on Ainge.

Ma Long, full of grief and indignation, communicated with the referee again in Mosi language.

"!￥@%#"

This is where Angie is "inexperienced", and Louis wants to find an opportunity to talk to him.

The game only played more than one quarter, and the conflicts between the two sides continued.

This match will surely go down in history since Louis was the boxing referee before the match.

Angie made an ordinary foul and a push, in exchange for Malone's technical foul, free throws and possession of the ball.

As long as they are not injured, the Celtics will make money no matter what.

Cousy and Heinsohn see Angie as a contemporary Frank Ramsay.

He dares to pick things up, has the belief that a small thing can make a big difference, and he is really dirty enough to do it.

The Celtics with Lambiel are already one of the most hated teams, and now they have Lambiel, Ainge, Karl and Bird at the same time.

The three starters on the dirtiest lineup in active service, and the most hated substitute on the bench.

Such four players are playing in the same team at the same time. After each game, the blow to the opponent's mental level is not low.

The three-headed dog has a high degree of hatred, but the more angry the 76ers are about it, the easier it is to be led by the nose.

The second section is basically such a script.

The 76ers relied on high blocks to create opportunities. After a few good rounds, they were picked up by the Celtics to break the rhythm.

With only one referee, there is a lot of room for small moves, and Lambiel and Angie are handy.

Louis basically does not make tactical adjustments. Apart from changing the lineup, one of the things he does the most is to improve the mentality of his own players.

It was impossible for Thomas and the others to run down to beat him, so the anger aroused by Louis could only be vented to their opponents.

For the 76ers, it's been a dire vicious cycle.

(End of this chapter)