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Chapter 335 A Great Player Needs a Great Coach
Chapter 334 A great player needs a great coach
When Ewing does not go to the low post to make a turnaround shot, his value on the offensive end is infinite.

He can understand what kind of offense Louis wants, and the tacit understanding with Stockton has become better and better.

However, with Oakley expelled, some of his problems on the defensive end can't be hidden.

Obviously, the visual effect looks like the bigger one, but Thompson often grabs offensive rebounds.

Even if Thompson grabbed the offensive rebound, Jordan, Drexler, and Karl all came to grab the offensive rebound.

In the last few minutes of the first quarter, the Knicks' rebounds were shattered.

Even if the Blazers miss a shot, they always have a second chance to put the ball in the basket.

Relying on the rush of rebounds, the Blazers led 26 to 22 by 4 points and entered the second quarter.

"Patrick, you are fucking stuck! Didn't Coach Thompson teach you in school? Did you go to the dog's stomach after four years of college? Which insider is not stuck on the court?"

Louis asked grumpily.

Ewing knew he was wrong and dared not respond.

Louis can't scold too much, because he will use Ewing later.

"That's it." Louis picked up the tactical board, "In the second quarter, Patrick rests first, and everyone else, Spot, Gerrard, Tony, Louis, Manute, I want you to form an iron barrel around the defense. If they shoot from the outside, except for Jordan, everyone else only needs to interfere. The most important thing is that everyone should grab rebounds!"

Fearing that this group of people would not know the urgency of the rebound, Louis marked three points in the penalty area.

"These three positions are the most contested places in the basket. I don't care what method you use, every time we grab a rebound, our people must occupy at least two positions!"

"What's so difficult about it?" Louis Orr disgusted Ewing, "Coach, you should blame a guy with the highest salary in the league. Why does he even have to be taught about slots?"

The second quarter begins.

Ewing was very angry, and Orr was the only veteran in the Knicks team. After the team changed blood, Bernard King was reimbursed for the season, and Cartwright was traded. After a series of changes, he became the oldest in the team.

Under the N.UCLA system, he is just an inside rotation.

In terms of strength, he can start in a weak team and play the main rotation in a strong team, and Louis is determined to develop his own lineage. The old people in Hubie Brown's era count as one, and he has basically eliminated them.

After the start of the second quarter, Louie turned to Ewing and said, "If you're not doing well enough, you shouldn't blame others for laughing at you."

Ewing said, "I know."

"Don't just say you know, you have to do it. I really don't understand why you don't even have the habit of blocking?" Louis scolded, "How did that bastard John Thompson teach you?"

Ewing wanted Louie to keep his mouth clean, but what could he say now?
The more professional games he played, the more thoroughly his flaws were exposed.

Looking back now, when Louis persuaded him to run early and not waste time in George Town, it was really for his sake.

In Georgetown, although Ewing is the proud son of the United States, he is also a flower in the greenhouse.

He has strong teammates, which is a complete NBA-level lineup, so he doesn't get stuck, and has teammates to help him get stuck. Georgetown can hide his problems for him.

Thompson protected Ewing well.

But the most damning thing was his protection of Ewing.

So Ewing didn't get rid of any bad problems during his four years in college, he didn't improve his skills much, and he didn't gain much weight, but he delayed the critical three-year growth period.

Ewing is not on the court, and the Knicks are missing a defensively intimidating seven-foot monster who is a huge threat to the basket.

Still, Stockton is an underrated defender.

Ellis is an underrated off-ball defender.

For some reason, Wilkins felt good defending Jordan tonight. Every time, he covered the Flyer's offensive vision just right, making his shots either short or deflected or too powerful/too small.

Drexler suffers the most.

The Knicks' pocket array has obvious restrictions on him.

Drexler didn't shoot a three-pointer every time, and broke through with his head down, as if he could force himself to forget that the Knicks had three people in the paint, including a 231+259 historical-level anti-aircraft monster.

Drexler's offensive constipation is constipation, and he has the ability to pass the ball.

He passes the ball to Jordan.

Then, Jordan dribbled the ball into the penalty area surrounded by five people, used his butt to withstand Orr's defense, and then did a classic one-handed pull without looking at the basket and missed the basket.

Ball took a lot of effort to get the rebound and pass it to Stockton, and the Knicks counterattacked immediately.

Stockton hits a ground to Campbell.

Campbell steals points in the frontcourt.

In Louie's eyes, the Knicks' future plans only include Stockton, Ewing, Oakley (temporarily added) and Ellis.

Campbell's defensive ability is acceptable, but he is useless on the offensive end, but he is very good at finding opportunities to score points, especially suitable for being used as a premium trading chip.

So Louie would angrily scold Campbell for ruining the team's tactics, and after scolding, he would continue to use him the next day.Let him brush the data, even if he is scolded by himself so much that he dare not do it for a few days, his true nature will be exposed after a long time.

The better he brushed the data, the happier Louis was.

To put it bluntly, the words that scolded Campbell were not because he really wanted to scold Campbell, but for his teammates.

You can’t just watch the mouse droppings come out of the pot and leave it alone. Even if someone likes the taste of mouse droppings, they have to take care of it symbolically and pour it casually, so that people will mistakenly think that the mouse droppings have disappeared.

The Knicks' defense is not bad without Ewing on the court.

Louie's pocket formation, the usual dispatch and the echo between players, especially Stockton's field command, played a role.

Orr's ability to defend against pick-and-rolls was underestimated by Louie.

He doesn't have a big body, but he has good speed and awareness. Moreover, for an insider who often puts pressure on the ball holder and protects the basket, it is very difficult to ensure that he does not lose rebounds.So when Orr is on the court, the Knicks' control of the backcourt rebounds will decline.

Now Louis once again shrinks the defense to control the rebound at the cost of symbolically interfering with the opponent's shooting. The Blazers have to throw the ball in if they want to break the game.

Jordan knew this well, so he started shooting.

Wilkins was forced to step back and just raised his hand on Jordan's shot.

It is impossible to raise your hand to prevent Jordan's shot.

Jordan shot in different ways, pulling up, making an emergency stop with a dribble, and turning over after catching the ball.

Every shot is beautiful, every shot is crisp, and he doesn't hold the ball a lot at all.

You can only know how good Jordan is when you see how Jordan attacks with two levels of movement speed and skill beyond the audience, only when you see him run to catch the ball and make decisions in seconds to avoid the team getting into the quagmire.

It was Jordan again. Wilkins had a good defense against shooting in the early stage, and then he made consecutive shots when he retracted to the basket to protect the rebound.

40 is better than 36
The Blazers lead again by 4 points.

More than half of the second quarter, Louis took the initiative to stop the game.

He let Ewing and Orr partner inside, Campbell and Wilkins played the second and third positions, and Webber replaced Stockton, who had played for a long time in a row.

With Webber, Louie doesn't expect him to sort out the offense the way Stockton did.

There is only one suggestion for him, his speed is the fastest in the game, don't forget this advantage.

Then there is a package of defensive plans for Jordan.

Louie made a five-step defensive plan for Jordan, from how to defend after he catches the ball, how to defend when he shoots, how to respond to his teammates when he makes a breakthrough, how to double-team when he reaches a dangerous area, and how to deploy defenses on his passing route.

"Coach Lu, your timeout is over."

The referee Rooney came to urge.

"Thank you, it's ready!"

Louie finally said to Ewing: "When necessary, foul Jordan severely. I know you are good friends, but there are no fucking friends on the court, you know?"

Ewing replied affirmatively: "I will not show mercy."

"I'm not talking about mercy, I want you to foul him ruthlessly and treat him as an enemy, not a friend who must kill the killer!" Louie reminded loudly, "Bill Russell is Chamberlain's friend, but he is also the one who firmly stuck the label of coward on Chamberlain for 20 years!"

As a result, Louis just finished the timeout and found that he forgot to arrange the offensive tactics for the first round after the timeout.

The Blazers defended with high pressure, and Jordan cut off Wilkins' inexperienced pass, went to the frontcourt and dunked and detonated the Memorial Stadium.

42 is better than 36
"I now know why even Nicholson came to Portland to watch his game." Tomjanovich admired, "He is a natural focus."

Who can deny it?He has ushered in a new era for the Trail Blazers.

Phil Jackson said: "But, he doesn't have a good coach."

"Like Russell, they need Auerbach; Chamberlain and West, they need Sharman; Walton needs Dr. Ramsey." Jackson laughed, "Behind a great player is always a great coach."

Louie looked strange.

So, one more piece of evidence that LeBron James is the best in history.

He never played under a great coach, who's for and who's against?

Of course, the successful and famous Jackson also said that he would never coach a player like James who "both stats and honors".

Therefore, it is a question whether the emperor has no fate with the great coach, or whether he is the most all-round player in history who has everything from the player to the management to sign a premium contract, and the great coach with a strong self-personality is inherently repulsive.

On the court, the defensive package that Louie temporarily formulated for Jordan is working.

(End of this chapter)