the rest, only noise

Chapter 260 It's time for a showdown

Chapter 259 It's time for a showdown

The Lakers' home court advantage is gradually revealed. It is unrealistic to expect the referee not to blow their home whistle. After all, everyone will sympathize with the "weak".

The last thing Louis wants to see is that the Lakers use the home court advantage to play inside. As a result, the halftime was not over, and Sampson, Lambiel, and Maxwell each fouled three times.

Riley has figured out the culprit of the Celtics. No matter how good the Celtics' pocket formation is, they must let people drive the ball to the basket. As long as Sampson or Lambiel are beaten down, the situation will naturally change.

This is something Louis can't stop. The Celtics' pocket formation is not a display. If the Lakers insist on breaking in, their shooting percentage will definitely drop. Although they can cause fouls, the efficiency of shots in the restricted area is not high.

The Lakers went all out to cause the Celtics to foul many times inside, and they fell behind by 4 points on the court.

"As I said, Dick Bavita is a 'dangerous' referee. He is very likely to blow out all the Celtics insiders tonight." Tom Heinsohn was sitting on the national commentary seat, speaking with a serious position, "He hates the Celtics."

The Lakers attack the inside, and the Celtics are more flexible.

Bird and Thomas quietly played Dennis Johnson's three fouls. He is the core of the Lakers' perimeter defense.

Magic's defense can't be trusted at all times.

Another offense, Bird misplaced and hit the big guy Johnson.

He fouled three times and didn't dare to make moves when defending. Michael Cooper came over to double-team at the fastest speed.

The price was to let go of John Long.

Bird passed the ball, Long's three-pointer was assisted, and the Lakers emptied the high-post Sampson for this.

Lang passed the ball, Sampson turned around and made a jumper and hit the board.

The goal gave the Celtics a six-point lead.

"Pay attention to their breakthroughs and reduce fouls!" Louie shouted.

As far as defensive targeting is concerned, the Celtics' emphasis on the magician has been fully stretched.

John Lang, who is mainly against the magician, will never be within one meter of him, and he will give the magician enough space.Using offensive space in exchange for reaction time, this is a common method for defending magicians and all ball holders who are not good at long shots.

Coupled with the help of legal hand-checking, even if his starting speed is as fast as the peak Jordan, it is impossible to pass the defender without the reaction.

To take a step back, even if he passes the crowd, the pocket array specially prepared for him in the free throw line is enough for him to drink a pot.

With such a sophisticated defense, it stands to reason that the Lakers' breakthrough cannot make a difference, but the problem lies with the Magician.

His dribbling, great!

The fact that big men can't handle the ball doesn't apply to him.

Usually, a guard who is good at dribbling and passing the ball may not be good at shooting. It has something to do with shooting posture and legs.

However, throughout the ages, as long as the point guard is a good passer, there is no one who is not good at dribbling.As long as it is a ball game, it pays attention to a sense of the ball.The dribbling of football, the shooting feel of basketball, as long as you pinch the ball with both hands on the bed, you will know whether it is a real material or a silicone bottom.

Magic likes to dribble right-handed, all the way, not fancy.Less flamboyant crotch redirection.He doesn't need to change hands to dribble, because he usually doesn't break through; he dribbles the ball steadily with his right hand, watching people, ready to send the ball at any time, and does not hinder his speed.

If you think that his breakthrough is not threatening, you are wrong.

When he lowered his center of gravity and broke through at full speed, ignoring the space Lang gave him, there were not many ways to stop him.

Long is the most close, let the magician fall into the encirclement of the Celtics, and then everyone can only watch him distribute the ball to Wilkins on the weak side.

Wilkins rushed to catch the ball and scored from the basket.

Sampson nearly fouled.

"It seems that they really plan to rush to the end." Tomjanovich said in disbelief.

"Tonight is a good opportunity." Louis glanced at the timer: there are a little more than 2 minutes left.

Tomjanovich looked at him, "What a good opportunity?"

"Let's see if attacking the penalty area recklessly and putting our inside line into a foul crisis is the way to defeat us." Louis laughed. "It's too extravagant. I guess only the Lakers can do this."

It's easier said than done to attack the Celtics' penalty area and let their inside encounter foul trouble.

A pocket array will stump most teams.

Only a 206-centimeter elephant guard like Magician can find his teammates to pass the ball when he is double-teamed.

Only the Lakers can have a magician control the ball and hit the basket, and Wilkins and Cooper, two physically gifted wings on both wings, can infiltrate the inside.

Next, Thomas played fast and slow, and was fouled by Wilkins while rushing to the inside.

Thomas played very uncomfortable tonight. He wanted to speed up and use his own speed to solve opponents. The Lakers gave him a chance to speed up, but not a chance to finish. Every time he made a foul or was not called a foul, he had almost forgotten the feeling of a normal breakthrough layup.

In the last few minutes of the first half, the Celtics passed smoothly, and Sampson failed to commit the fourth foul as the Lakers wished.

Louis breathed a sigh of relief.

He was just relieved, he knew that the real challenge was in the second half, the lead in front of him was what the Lakers had expected, and they would sprint to the inside more frantically in the second half.

In the locker room, Louie spent half of his time getting the insides to pay attention to foul control, especially Sampson.

It took half the time to tell others how to protect the inside from fouls.

For example, someone else fouls before the inside foul;
For example, don't let Sampson make too much supplementary defense;
For example, give up the pocket array appropriately and strengthen the intensity of man-to-man;
For example, when Sampson was called for a foul, the people around him should show a sincere expression of reformation, raise their hands at the speed of light, and rush to take the foul on themselves.

Louie's plan was very thorough, but in the first round of the second half, Sampson fouled.

Moreover, it is still the kind of foul that cannot be denied.

The Lakers finally found the correct usage of Wilkins.

When Byron Scott and Cooper start together, the Lakers have two players who can shoot threes, and they can open the floor and give Wilkins the stage.

As long as Wilkins gets the ball around the paint, he's a beast.

Think about the destructive power of the penalty area of ​​Burying Love and Love for Life. Wilkins is not as fierce as the former, but lighter and more flexible. He jumped to the front of the basket, and his feet bounced as if they were tied with explosives.

Sampson displayed a quality that is unique among modern interiors, sweeping outside the paint and returning to the basket quickly.

But this time, Louie would rather slow down his pace than return to the basket.

Wilkins took off on the spot, bumped into Sampson's arm, folded his hands and dunked like a cannonball.

"BANG~~~!!!"

"And one!"

"Ralph Sampson's fourth foul!"

Even Heinsohn didn't dare to question the penalty, and could only say eccentrically: "If the Lakers defend like this, the referee may not necessarily blow the whistle. This is the home field advantage. It really exists, and the Lakers have made good use of it."

Louis exhaled and called out Maxwell.

Sampson didn't want to leave the field. He knew very well that if he wasn't there, the Celtics' interior defense would be a waste of paper, and the pocket formation would only be a temporary solution. If the Lakers dared to rush into the penalty area even when he was on the field, why would they stop attacking after he was off the field?

Louie replaced Sampson, which was the turning point of the game.

Everyone can foresee what happens next.

The Lakers are defensively strong and attack the inside. The Celtics have a pocket formation that can block the first and second waves, but when the third and fourth waves come, Lambiel, Bird, and Maxwell are all excellent team defenders, but they cannot protect the basket.

Even standing on defense requires talent.

The effect of standing with Love/Jokic/Nowitzki/Vanderweghe in the correct defensive position is 80 million miles away from standing with Duncan/Olajuwon/Chamberlain/Russell.

Within 3 minutes, the Celtics went from leading to trailing.

Louie asked for a timeout.

He boldly replaced Maxwell with Ainge.

The lineup of the Celtics became Thomas, Angie, Long, Bird, and Lambiel.

"What kind of lineup is this? Is Little Lu crazy!"

Louie shouted before the game restarted: "Fight the No. [-] system! If the No. [-] system fails, then change to the No. [-] system! Although there is still a lot of time in the game, the time for a showdown has come!"

Pat Riley looked sharply at Louis who was not far away.

Looking at the Celtics lineup, he knew that the opponent was forced by him and decided to give up defense.

With this lineup, even if all five players are placed in the paint, it will not be able to form a strong enough pocket formation, and the difficulty of attacking the basket for the Lakers will be greatly reduced.

Next, as long as the defensive end increases strength to limit the Celtics' offense, and the offensive end hits the basket every round, the Celtics are doomed to lose.

Riley had a great idea, but he underestimated the Celtics' offense.

Thomas held the ball at the top of the arc, and his teammates pulled away from all sides.

A standard four-corner offensive formation is completed. The Celtics have four three-point threats on the court. There will never be a better four-corner offensive position than this.

This time, the Lakers' defense was forced to open up. Thomas passed the big man Johnson again, but no one fouled him like before.

There was no smile on the smiling assassin's face. He turned into a cold killing machine, stabbing into the penalty area, throwing shots, and hitting the board.

The Celtics overtake!

This scene told Riley that the team under Louie has the flexibility on both ends of the offense and defense, which is unique among the teams he has seen.

It seems that the moment of establishing the victory is a little slower than expected.

(End of this chapter)