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Chapter 200 The Devil in Thomas' Heart (181)

Pat Riley had a challenge.

Because the Celtics' five-three-point lineup successfully put pressure on their defense, and caused them to lose sight of one another.

Halfway through the second quarter, Riley saw the Celtics lead by five.

Bird pretended to pass the ball, and his movements were very realistic, but no matter how realistic, how could Wilkins be shaken so that he lost his center of gravity?
Standing on the sidelines, he couldn't feel the pressure from Wilkins, he just wanted to curse out loud.

But he can't do that.

Bird's three-pointer made him startled, and he ran to the technical table to request a timeout.

"38 to 33! Little Lu's change made the Celtics take the lead!" Dick Stockton handed the question to Heinsohn, "Tom, what do you think of his change?"

Heinsohn had forgotten about snubbing him at Louie's Legends.

"I think I already know why Redd chose him as the head coach of the Celtics." Heinsohn clearly pointed out, "He is a young man who is willing to accept new things. The three-point line is a product that changed the game. Many old coaches rejected him and were eager to drive it out of the game. But we are almost certain that the three-point line will always exist. If you can't let it go away, you have to learn to live with it."

"Louis is more forward than I thought. He doesn't just want to coexist with the three-point line, he wants to use the three-point line."

Heinsohn said in surprise: "The Celtics' five players on the field just now have all shot three-pointers in the past few minutes. Although their three-point threats are different, they have proved that they can shoot from outside the three-point line, which has brought a lot of pressure to the Lakers. Larry's instigation in the high position runs through the Celtics' offense. Now, I think Isiah and Ralph have almost rested."

For the start of the second quarter, Louis only kept John Long, and all the other four players were replaced.

Especially Bird, who has been playing for a long time.

He changed a lineup, and now Thomas, Karl, Long, Maxwell and Sampson are going to play.

"Isaiah, your strength should be more than that. Can Dennis Johnson pose a threat to you?" Louis never believed that Thomas would be guarded by any Lakers player.

With the Lakers' defense, Thomas wants to play, it all depends on his own mood.

"Next, play more No. [-] system, Ralph and Cedric, you need to cooperate more with Isiah." Louis emphasized, "When necessary, you can use single-handedly to solve the problem, Isiah, no one in the Lakers can match you in terms of speed."

Thomas nodded yes.

Lambiel said sourly: "Come on, you can save me the lead that I have worked so hard to gain!"

"Look, I'm proud of you. Does the five cents have something to do with you?" Maxwell asked disdainfully.

Lambiel said confidently: "Four people can't play a game."

Louie pushed Maxwell into the arena and told him to stop talking nonsense.

On the other hand, the Lakers made many targeted deployments for the Celtics' high-position pick-and-roll pulls and Bird's ball-dominated offense.

As a result, Louis waved his hand and changed everyone.

"Never mind, their offense will still be launched from the perimeter!" Riley roared.

Another assistant coach of Riley, Dave Wall, said after watching: "If it is this lineup, we only need to keep an eye on John Long's three-pointer, and the others can limit their offense by maintaining defensive strength and putting pressure outside the paint area."

Riley doesn't think the Celtics' offense is that easy to pinch.

"That kid is not simple, let's see." Riley decided to try the depth of the Celtics.

The Lakers also replaced Magician to rest and brought back Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, along with Dennis Johnson, Sterling, Michael Cooper and Jamal Wilkes.

He has defense, athletic ability, and a forward who can pull high shots, but the height of the backcourt is a little short.

Sure enough, the Lakers let Dazi Johnson defend Thomas, and then let Scott chase Lang.

Marcus Johnson's defense likes to put Thomas in two steps, because Thomas doesn't have the ability to be put in two steps to make a strong shot.

Thomas shook Maxwell's pick-and-roll, and the Lakers' defense just showed their fangs.

They still bullied Thomas's unstable long-range shot, so he went around the defense directly when encountering a pick-and-roll. Big Johnson was scheming. Although his speed was far inferior to Thomas, he was able to stick to people and prevent Thomas from getting into the basket easily.

His teammates waved their arms, adding to Thomas' lanes.

He accidentally passed the ball to Wilkes.

Wilkes passed the ball to Scott again. The latter wanted to make a fast break, but Lang caught up with heavy fouls.

The two sides finally remembered the old enemy relationship between each other, and for the first time played a gunpowder smell on the field.

Scott turned over and scolded Lang angrily: "Nigger, you are playing with fire!"

Lang didn't want to scold him, and raised his hands to back away after the foul.

"Even if you feel wronged, don't surrender like the French!" Louie shouted.

Hearing this, Lang put his hand down, Scott chattered and wanted to come up, Maxwell stood up for his teammates, and went forward to exchange a few waves of trash talk.

The referee didn't want any friction or accident in this game, so he stepped forward in time to stop it.

Only then did both parties get under control.

"Isaiah's three-pointer is unstable every day, and his pick-and-roll offense can't play a threat all day." Louis couldn't help saying, remembering Thomas' embarrassment when he was surrounded just now.

Tomjanovich shook his head and said, "It's not that easy. He didn't start practicing three-pointers until he entered the league."

"Hmph!" Louis was annoyed by such remarks the most.

It's as if Bird, John Long, Lambiel, Paxson, and Angie's three-point abilities are all given by God.

To this kind of self-defeating words, Ray Allen's quote can be used to refute: "Don't disgust me, God doesn't care about my three-pointers."

The implication is that don't always insult others' efforts by using a word of talent.

From a human point of view, there are really not many talents sent by God.

Scott was fouled by Long and made one of two free throws, which is still a valuable foul.

Thomas dribbles over again.

Louie reminded him: "Don't call it a pick-and-roll."

Thomas didn't understand what he meant.

"Larry and Bill can share your pressure with three-pointers, but Cedric and Ralph can't. Instead of calling it a pick-and-roll, it's better to find a way to break the game yourself." Louis suggested quickly.

Thomas, like the magician on the opposite side, was affected by the luxurious teammate configuration and the space to display his personal abilities.

Even Louis underestimated Thomas.

In this round, he dribbled the ball with his fingertips, raised his center of gravity, lowered his center of gravity, and accelerated. The defensive master Dennis Johnson, who Buster deliberately dug to wipe the magician's ass, didn't even have a chance to react.

Thomas shook him off, got behind him to eat the exhaust gas, and then stopped and started two steps inside the three-point line.

40 is better than 34
"Nice Shot!" Louie yelled.

The garden is also shouting for Thomas. He can get the recognition he can't get in the media here.

Thomas ran back and the Lakers figured out how to integrate their offensive resources.

Without a magician, everything is best kept simple.

After all, the Lakers are a team that destroys opponents by fast breaks. When they fall into a positional battle, they seem to have many options, but combined, there are only two options.

Give the ball to Kareem, or give the ball to someone else.

If you need someone to make a strong tackle in a set game, don't you pass the ball to the most consistent two-pointer in history and let someone else do it?

They gave the ball to Kareem with Sampson behind him.

For the first time in such a long time, they faced each other head-on.

Sampson gave Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's left shoulder the trick Thurmond had taught him.

Although he and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar both tend to be thin and thin, but the latter is old, Sampson is a muscular body trained with scientific recipes, and his strength may be stronger than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Sudden encounter with such fierce resistance made Kareem very uncomfortable.

With a growl, he turned sideways and forced the elbow of his left hand into Sampson's chest, trying to use his skyhook.

He wanted to be strong, which aroused Sampson's bloodiness.

Sampson yelled angrily and jumped up with all his might.

At seven feet and four inches, the jumping height is enough for a flat basket. In front of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the skyhook, which seemed impossible to be blocked, was blasted out of bounds.

The mouths of Louis, Tomjanovich, and Cowens opened into an O shape at the same time.

After Thurmond was shocked, the first thing he thought of was pretending: "I have the demeanor of the old man."

Heinsohn blew nonsense at Sampson.

Listen to what he had to say:

"Ralph's block made me think that Wilt blocked Kareem twice in one round is not a great achievement!"

The Lakers were circled by Sampson's Gamon.

The serve was badly served, and Thomas flashed out and intercepted it.

"Oh Isiah!"

Thomas copied the ball and rushed to the frontcourt for a layup to score.

42 is better than 34
The Lakers passed the ball to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar again.

This time, Abdul-Jabbar felt something was wrong and didn't insist on playing.

His hunch was correct. Maxwell was nearby. If he hit the bottom and surrounded Sampson and Maxwell, it would be difficult to deal with.

Abdul-Jabbar cleverly found Wilkes pulled high and passed the ball.

Wilkes, known as "Silky", hit a high jumper.

36 is better than 42
The ball stopped Riley from wanting to call a timeout.

However, the Lakers still need to stop someone's offensive.

"Isaiah, give me a quicker!" Louie yelled.

Thomas had a gloomy face, he would give Louis whatever he wanted, even if God was standing opposite him, he would go there and fight one-on-one.

It's still Dennis Johnson. This time, he accelerated his charge as soon as he met him, stopped suddenly to dribble and pull the ball to the left.

Dazi was shaken by this blow, but the defensive focus was still there.

Thomas didn't rush to the end, and his height didn't have any advantage when he rushed to the basket. Therefore, taking advantage of the opponent's center of gravity being unable to adjust, he pulled up from a high position.

44 is better than 36
"It seems that Dennis Johnson can't guard him at all?" Louis said in surprise.

Tomjanovich poured cold water on him, "He is in a very hot offensive state now, and he may be able to make shots no matter how he plays."

If Thomas' offensive ability is like this, then Louie's judgment of this person's team attributes may be improved to a higher level.

He was really curious, who is Isiah Thomas?How could there be so many complex compositions on his body?

Hypocrisy, smiling, violent, selfless, team, eager to be noticed and willing to suppress their own desire to express themselves, it is clear that Boston does not like blacks, but they stubbornly want to be recognized by the city, jealous and hate Bird, but never show it.

Especially the last point, Louis still can't figure out how Thomas balances desires and positions.

Today he beat Dennis Johnson to pieces in front of Louie, proving how restrained he usually is.

Louie was both excited and nervous.

　Recalling the last time I owed 80 chapters, I realized that I had never owed 80 chapters.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)