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Chapter 371 Great and Profound (10135)

At 3 minutes and 58 seconds, the Knicks had the ball.

Stockton was dribbling the ball, always calmly slamming Fang Qiu, and he was rarely nervous.

They really want to win this game, for the coach, for Oakley, for themselves, for an inexplicably exciting force.

All Antoine Kell could do on the field was attack, which is why Louie changed him.

So Stockton didn't hesitate, looked at him, passed the ball.

Kyle is good at posting up and can hit the distance from any position.

He was right on Bill Walton when the ball flew into his hands.

If the Knicks continue to play a full-court press, KC Jones may play Bird at power forward because Walton's speed can't keep up with the Knicks' intensity in the third quarter.

Kyle had the ball, and he was grateful to Louie for being another player he'd pulled from the depths of his home team's bench.

Compared with the Pistons, the Knicks are not a strong team, but here, he can realize his value.

Kyle shakes his shoulders and rolls to the left for a jump shot.

Everyone looked at the ball, swish!

3 minutes and 41 seconds, 112 to 106
"Come on, come on, my boys!"

Louie muttered.

"Good job, guard them!"

AC Green broke his heart, got up emotionally and shouted loudly.

"Watch that white man!" Pole yelled, pointing at Byrd.

At this time, Tony Campbell was defending. He was not Bird's opponent. As the Knicks' leading scorer, he was the key target of the Celtics.

In fact, he knows his own weight. The team's scoring champion is his own, but the team complains that he plays too many singles, and there is no other explanation.

At this moment, his teammates only need him to defend Bird, which is so difficult and so unattainable.

He stretched his hand forward as Bird jumped up, and slapped Larry Legend hard in the arm.

Snapped!
The blow was so hard that Bird couldn't throw the ball.

"Beep!"

"You fucking ￥%...#%..." Bird stepped forward angrily and pushed him away.

Campbell stepped back, holding up his hand expressionlessly.

This is his sixth personal foul. Tonight, he scored 16 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

"Coach, I'm rested." Alex Stevens put down his towel and went to Louie to apply for the game.

Louie nodded and said, "Okay, replace Tony. From now on, you will defend Larry Bird!"

With 3 minutes and 26 seconds left in the game, Bird went to the free throw line.

"Do you think this can stump me?" Bird used his left-handed free throw arrogantly.

The challenge that the Knicks posed tonight, like the Lakers in last year's Finals, pushed the Celtics to the brink.

It stands to reason that in a regular season, if you lose, you lose, so you don't have to work hard.

But the antagonism between the two sides, the feeling of hatred for each other, was accumulated after three quarters of the game.

The Knicks have to win no matter what, and the Celtics don't want to lose no matter what.

Bird decided to dominate the game in superstar fashion.

Two left-handed free throws were made, and they were all hit.

108 is better than 112
Stockton raised his hand, indicating to play the most sure airside tactics.

However, the Celtics are well aware of this tactic, and they will not allow any Knicks player to cut inside as they wish.

The Celtics' defense is full of aggressiveness.

The Knicks' airside tactic failed, and the ball came to Ewing's hands.

He couldn't handle it from beyond the three-point line, and saw Kyle kicking for the ball on the middle elbow.

In the last few seconds, Ewing passed the ball.

Kyle shot left, shot right, and the third move was to turn to the left and feint, and it was this one that shook the league's number one insider.

His fictitious tentative steps swayed Sampson behind along the time difference, but there was still a difficulty in front of him, and that was Wharton.

In the end, Kyle hit the board with a fadeaway jumper, causing his teammates to scream wildly.

114 is better than 108
3 minutes 02 seconds

In a fit of rage, Bird cut out a three-pointer at the top of the receiving arc, which seemed steady and ruthless, but the arc was a bit off and missed.

This time, it scared the hearts of many Knicks players out.

However, Sampson beat Ewing in the process of being blocked and grabbed the offensive rebound.

He's going to turn left!

Louis, who watched Sampson's growth all the way into the league, judged Sampson's offense. What about Ewing?Has he figured it out?

The situation was so fast that Louie couldn't make a sound to remind him. Sampson turned left and hooked, blocking the gap between Ewing and Sampson because they seized and wasted limited time.

Thankfully, Ewing still has time.

If it was him at the beginning of the season, he would not be able to grasp this moment.

Sampson's hook was supposed to be foolproof, and Ewing had to do three things to block his shot.Get close to your body, apply pressure to keep him from fully rising, and jump up with all your strength to block Sampson's hook.

He did everything, and Sampson's hook was blocked by him.

The ball was about to fly to the outside, and the Celtics still had a little time, but Stevens flew to save the ball and forcibly snatched the ball back.

2 minutes 40 seconds

The Knicks took another 18 seconds to run tactics. Ewing's catch and dunk after an air cut was also blocked by Sampson.

2 minutes 22 seconds

The more this is the case, the crazier it is. What Ewing lost on the offensive end will find a way to make up for it on the defensive end.

He doesn't look like he's been playing high-intensity games for 30 minutes.

Like a wild beast, he ran back and forth, attacking everywhere, which made the Celtics' plan to attack inside come to nothing.

They have to move the ball outward.

When Bird got the ball, he was flanked by three people.

He passed the ball to John Long and Ewing's rotation was in place.

Then, in the corner, Thomas receives the pass.

Time is running out, he has to do it.

He has never practiced a corner three-pointer, and he made a key three-pointer.

"Shh!"

"In a moment like this, Isiah Thomas did his job and hit the first corner three of the season!"

111 is better than 114
1 minutes 59 seconds

The Knicks didn't let the Celtics have the slightest chance to relax.

Twenty seconds after Thomas' miraculous 20-pointer from the corner, Dell Ellis, with the trust of the team, ran a flawless Exchange Ricky play that came out of the left-wing three-point line.

The Celtics' defensive defense was like a desperado, his ball was released half a second before, and the interference came half a second later.

"Shhh!!"

All emotions were turned on, the Garden crowd booing every second of Knicks possession and screaming for every Celtics goal.

117 is better than 111
1 minutes 39 seconds

You could say that time is on the Knicks' side.

When Bird ran from the backcourt to the frontcourt, he suddenly turned his head and shouted to Louis: "I will kill you myself!"

"Come on, Larry!" Louie yelled, laughing, "Come on!"

The first thing Bird has to solve is how to get rid of Stevens after his physical strength declines.

Stevens picked the moment wisely, doing the defensive moves that referees would normally call out.

It is a consensus to leave it to the players at the last moment.

Especially in a game that is bound to become a classic, the referees are all veterans, and they don't want to let themselves affect the progress of the legendary battle.

Bird, who claimed to kill the Knicks, cleverly used Sampson's cover 3 seconds before the offensive time ran out, and ran out of the left corner of the three-point line.

Thomas' ball was delivered just in time.

At the last second, Ewing's defense cannot be said to be untimely. He has already come in front of Bird. If Bird hadn't adjusted the shooting arc to the highest level, he would have been blocked.

With such a high arc, it feels like it will hit the garden roof.

However, it doesn't.

It rolled until the shot clock ran out, the red light on the rim came on, and it fell for the rim.

114 is better than 117
1 minutes 15 seconds

Ewing's dunk brought the Knicks to 119 points.

58 秒

114 is better than 119
Suddenly, Stockton took the liberty to press the Celtics up front at this moment.

It was a bold decision that surprised Louis.

He didn't interfere. There is not much the head coach can do at this time, and the players must be given freedom.

It turned out that this was a wrong decision. At this time, the Knicks had no physical strength to stop Isiah Thomas who was running at full speed.

Thomas ran wildly from the backcourt at a speed that no one could match.

When he catches the ball and goes to the frontcourt, he throws everyone at least three body distances away, faces an empty basket, jumps up and dunks with both hands.

The atmosphere in the garden is like someone dropped a bomb inside.

As a visitor here, Louis had an illusion similar to tinnitus.

116 is better than 119
53 秒

Louis requested a timeout.

"Patrick, you handle the ball," Louie said, "Spread Center."

Apart from this, Louis didn't say much more.

Let Ewing handle the ball, not let him complete the attack, but let him lead the attack.

Louis intends to train him to play key balls. In the Spread Center tactic, the center forward can get the ball at the high and low positions. In the low position, it is basically a back attack. Pay attention to the teammates who steal the back door, pass or attack at the center's thought.The high position is much more complicated. Louis just arranged for Ewing to get the ball in the high position.

Ewing, who is in the high position, can shoot by himself, pass the ball to the shooter and cover it, pass the ball to the teammate who cuts in, lob the ball inside, and hit the ball to the player who cuts in from the wing.There are so many changes, it all depends on the players themselves.

Sometimes, the process twists and turns, and the result is ironic.

The Celtics' defense was so tight that Ewing couldn't shoot, couldn't pass to teammates, couldn't give to shooters, and couldn't hang inside.They defended so many complicated moves, but missed Stevens' air cut.

Why is the result ironic?Because, when Ewing's flawless ground pass was sent to Stevens, his rough touch and handwork actually missed the layup when Sampson was unable to take off and could only bluff.

The moment the ball rolled out of the hoop, the fans in the garden seemed to have been given a successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Bird roared, making KC drop his plan to call a timeout.

33 seconds, 3 points difference.

The Celtics need a three-pointer.

"Let them break through, no three points! No three points!" Louie yelled.

The Celtics' extreme space comes into play at this time.

Thomas held the ball at the top of the arc, and Bird, Sampson, Lambiel, and Lang pulled away.

This is their No. [-] system, an offensive system tailor-made for Thomas that Louis had single-handedly decided.

However, the Celtics don't need 2 points.

So Thomas let his teammates cover nearby. Since the other four players except Thomas all have three-pointers, the threat of everyone's pick-and-roll is huge.

Multiple pick-and-rolls at critical moments were methodical, and the defending champion was determined to drag the game into overtime.

Once into overtime, with their experience and state, the Knicks will not be able to compete.

This is as complicated as an NCAA tactical movement. The Knicks players have done it to the extreme, rotating, changing positions, making up defenses, without missing a single one, and lasted for 11 seconds.

However, Sampson received a pass from Thomas, feinted, and lit Ewing.

His goal is not to shoot the ball, but to shake Ewing up and make a hand-to-hand pick-and-roll for Bird next to him.After receiving the ball, Bird jumped up one meter away from Sampson. Ewing tried to defend but it was too late.

The wildest storm, coming on,

Bird's three-pointer in desperation was shot from the outside.

"boom!"

"Rebound!!!"

"Grab the rebound!"

The long rebound that flew out was grabbed by Lambiel. He knew there was still time and saw John Long's open space.

He passes the ball to Long.

The bottom corner is the most accurate point of Lang.

His three-pointer flew out, and once again made the opponents feel like they were in an ice cave, not daring to breathe.

With two consecutive opportunities, luck seemed to be a bit worse than them, and the three-pointer popped out of the basket again.

However, when Ewing came outside to defend, Kyle was one of the worst rebounders in the league, and the Celtics played a dominant rebounding performance.

Bird flew for the second offensive rebound and dribbled out of the three-point line himself.

Only 25 seconds left.

They decided to press time to play to the end.

Louis grabbed Tomjanovich's arm with all his strength. He had never been so nervous after winning a championship. The Celtics passed the ball, moved, cooperated, and deliberately wasted time. They believed in themselves, and even if they missed two consecutive three-pointers, they were not afraid of taking the third three-pointer.

They have reasons to believe in themselves. This team has experienced a lot of tempering and has three of the best four players in the league. As long as they don't want to, they will not lose to any team.

They don't want to lose to Louie's team because they respect him but are angry that Louie dumped them for New York, and every time they play against the Knicks, they want to play their best.

It's now, when the attack time runs out to the last few seconds.

Bird throws an elbow to Stevens' face, knocking him out of the way. How can tonight's opponents expect the referee to call him an offensive foul?He took the ball from his teammate, turned around and shot it, and saw a crazy face with a nosebleed.

He adjusted his shooting gesture at that moment, and increased his strength at the moment of the shot.

The attack time reached 0 seconds, Bird's three-pointer flew over everyone's heads, hit the backboard, and bounced into the basket!
"@!#%@%#@￥......"

"Oh la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la!!!"

There was only one second left, or, to be more precise, it should be less than one second.

Because current timers cannot display decimal places.

"Rudy, give me that thing."

"That thing?"

Louis sullenly said, "You know what it is."

After all, he walked to the technical table and applied for the Knicks' last timeout tonight.

Louie was sweating like he was in a sauna.

His players all walked down, and the fans near them booed loudly, trying to interfere with Louie's winning goal.

Louis put the tactical board on the ground, "There is no time, we must take risks!"

"Next we will play this tactic. Although we haven't practiced it, since we are the Knicks, we should be able to play this tactic. This is the crystallization of wisdom left by the Knicks' great legends in team history. It is perfect for it to end this game."

Louis quickly drew out the tactics and told them how to play.

On this particular night, they were numb to shock at anything.

"Like I said, I'd love to beat the Celtics. I'm sure you're going to do it, and I want you to not just play with anger, but to be in awe of our opponents, who deserve our respect. Now, you've managed to turn the garden into a purgatory. I think you know that if it goes to overtime, we're going to lose. This game has to end in regulation."

"I saw the anger in you, I saw the wisdom in your game, I saw the desire in the four quarters, the countless possessions, and I have never been so proud of you. Now, Boston has us trapped in the center of the storm. If you want to be like them, great and deep. If you want to, do it for everyone to see."

For the final play of the game, Louie replaced Ewing, Stockton, Ellis, Mario Eli and Tyrone Corbin.

It was Corbin who was responsible for passing the ball.

But when the Knicks' four receivers huddled together, the fans in the field were confused.

"Starburst Tactics!?"

Tom Heinsohn called out.

"Rudy!" Louie yelled.

Tomjanovich reluctantly took out a Cuban cigar that had already been cut, and also took out the lighter that came with the humidor.

"Do you have to do this?"

"I have to!"

"Oh my god, what did I see, Little Lu standing on the sidelines, ready to light a cigar!"

Boo!Boo!Boos from all sides seemed to sweep over.

Louie didn't care if he humiliated the Celtics and Celtics supporters, he wanted to show New York's determination to win.

When Tomjanovich lit Louis' cigar with a lighter, the Knicks' starburst burst spread out in four directions at the moment the referee whistled.

Patrick Ewing pretended to run to his sweet spot, then suddenly reversed himself like a dribbler on a football field, swayed Sampson aside, and rushed to the Celtics basket at full speed, shouting: "Here I am!"

San Antonio's No. [-] giveaway, Tyrone Corbin, threw the ball into the Celtics' lane.

Ewing leapt, King Kong from Jamaica, the highest-level work of Georgetown Hoya's paranoia, catching his teammate's shells from the touchline with unyielding will.He roared with all his strength, with all his emotions and strength, and scored the last goal of the game in the most incredible way!
The Celtics players hugged their heads, and the audience in the garden howled angrily. The commentator's voice was covered by boos from the stadium. When Ewing landed, his teammates knocked him to the ground, and everyone rushed over.

With a cigar in his hand, Louis raised his head, looked at the flags of glory above, and spit out a circle of white mist.

⑴The creator of Starburst tactics is the godfather of the Knicks, one of the two Reids in the 60s, Reed Holzman, created it and was carried forward by the Zen master.

(End of this chapter)