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Chapter 402 The Wrath of the Flying Man

A major problem for the Blazers at present is how to balance the possession of Jordan, Drexler, and Terry Porter.

Adelman has tried to let Jordan play point guard since last season, but Drexler, who has lost the ball, has no daunting shooting threat, and his role is better than that of the Warriors Green, but limited.

Let Jordan play the one position, you can play his full ability, the price is to characterize Drexler.

As the two most important players for the Trail Blazers to hit the championship, whoever becomes a role is a price they can't afford.

So, Jordan himself began to change.Even playing point guard, he pays attention to Drexler's position.

Louis's approach to this is very simple.

No matter how the Blazers play, they always use the three tricks. The Knicks' defensive strategy is to put pressure on the whole court.

Put pressure on Jordan, and put pressure on Drexler.

Because after Porter goes down, only two of the Blazers can hold the ball steadily.

Except for Jordan, no matter which Trail Blazers player gets the ball, he must immediately perform partial double-teaming.

There are two reasons why Louie dared to arrange this way. The Knicks have two players with unlimited range of motion on the court.

Rodman and McHale.

Needless to say, the former's ability to switch defenses is the predecessor of Chasing Dream Green, but he has an epic level of enhancement in rebounding. Compared with the peak Green, his shooting is a bankrupt version, and his support is also weakened.

Essentially, they are the same player.

McHale, his size combined with his style of play is already grotesque, even more grotesque is his agility.In his previous life, Louis, who didn't know much about basketball in the old days, wondered why the Celtics' Big Three in the frontcourt could succeed. Wouldn't Bird's speed be targeted?The answer is yes, but the Celtics found a way.

Put Bird on the four and McHale on the three.

This point, as mentioned earlier, McHale's defense is not just as simple as being able to defend the third position. To be precise, he is flexible enough to defend against various styles of the third position.The only three position that can beat him is Wilkins's flying beast with speed and overwhelming physical fitness.

The Knicks defensive system constructed by Louis is full of traps, and pays attention to the defensive strength of oppression and suffocation.

Internally, this defensive system was nicknamed "I can't breathe" by Louis.

Now facing the best individual offense in the league, the Knicks' lineup is not the best defensive lineup.

In the first round, Wilson led the defense against Jordan, and Rodman and McHale each performed their duties.On the Blazers side, Jordan dribbled the ball over, let Drexler take the ball, and looked for an open teammate, but he couldn't find it, and Rodman interfered with his strong shot.

McHale grabbed the defensive rebound, and Wilson countered, chasing and hitting the Blazers' bench bandit Jerome Cosey.

29 is better than 28
The Blazers completed the overtake.

Announcer Bill Sheneri of the Memorial Stadium said helplessly: "As usual, Little Lu is always one move ahead of his opponent. The Knicks have already dispatched 10 players tonight, while Portland only has seven players."

In the next round, Drexler made a strong breakthrough with the ball and was interfered again.

His layup touch tonight is really bad, and there are almost no rounds where he scored smoothly.

Fortunately, Jordan grabbed the offensive rebound, swayed his shoulders to deceive Wilson, turned over and shot a jumper, and regained the lead.

30 is better than 29
With McHale on the court, Hornacek played 2 High Rip as a matter of course, giving McHale the best singles chance.

Facing Nance with his back, McHale made his signature up and down steps and scored easily.

31 is better than 30
Jordan decided to play a pick-and-roll, but the Knicks' defensive strategy was in place—the biggest difference between Adelman's Jordan and Louie's cognition was that he learned to use the pick-and-roll to break the opponent's defense early on—but before Jordan developed a fearsome three-point shot, his pick-and-roll could not exert the full power of the pick-and-roll system.

Wilson immediately gave up defending Jordan, and Rodman switched over.

Don't pinch, don't go up to the ball, keep your distance.

The Knicks players executed Louie's setup perfectly.

Almost every step is implying Jordan, you don’t want to dredge your joints and have fun with your teammates. If you are capable, beat me to death in singles. Don’t you see the fat guy in Chicago slashing 50+20 and turning me into the Big Apple city?

Rodman's size, combined with speed, energy, explosiveness and continuous jumping ability, make him a natural defensive expert.

It's just that he lacks self-confidence extremely now.

He didn't even dare to look into the opponent's eyes when defending, let alone a killer like Jordan who wanted to kill with his eyes every night.

Jordan dribbled the ball and took a sharp step forward, definitely the fastest in the league.

Louis thought Benj was similar to him before, but looking at it now, there is a gap in grade.

Because Jordan seldom bursts out at full speed, just that moment, it has surpassed Benj's limit burst, and this, Louis is not sure whether it is Jordan's fastest start.

Rodman lost his defensive position first, but fortunately McHale could make up for it.

Coupled with Oakley's rough flanking attack, suddenly, Jordan had the opportunity to pass the ball to his teammate. Just as he was about to pass the ball, Oakley's savage defense shot him down from the air.

In an instant, Jordan's second bodyguard, James Edwards, quit and was about to fight.

The advantage of McHale's long arms is reflected. He separates the two sides and does not mix any positions.

Jordan was on the ground for more than ten seconds before standing up. He was fine.

Memorial Coliseum fans, thinking about what happened last year when the Knicks came.

She Nili asked angrily, "New Yorkers, is this a relapse?"

Jordan, who was hit hard, stood on the free throw line and scored two goals in a row without saying a word.

This actually made Louis on the sidelines uneasy.

"Not very well," said Tomjanovich.

"You don't think it's a good idea to piss MJ off like this?" Louie asked.

Tomjanovich shook his head and said, "No, I mean, it's not good if he didn't get rid of him in one go."

Worse, it would bring out the most intrusive presence on the basketball court in Louie's memory: an angry Jordan.

James is seldom angry, Duncan is almost never angry, O’Neal will be cut because of free throws, so he often doesn’t get angry, Kobe is angry every day but he plays unreasonably, and his angry opponents are also angry with himself. The shooting choices that make people brain hemorrhage will probably drive their fans crazy when they lead the team to collapse. There are so many hall-level superstars, only Jordan, when he is angry, he will play with a Hannibal-like bloodthirsty rage.

The Knicks' positional battle is very stable. With McHale, they play 2 High Rip each time, and the success rate is over 70%.

Once again, 2 High Rip created a low-post singles opportunity, and Edwards, who was defended by a misplaced defense, could not prevent McHale's terrifying low-post attack.

33 is better than 32
In recent possessions, the Knicks and Blazers have given themselves the lead every time they score.

Then something is different.

Louie saw Jordan dribble in the backcourt and gave Drexler a "get out of your way" sign.

Seeing Wilson, Jordan thrust out with his right hand, the speed was too fast. Now, Louis was sure it was Jordan's limit speed.

Even Wilson couldn't react.

By the time he realized that his defense was overwhelmed, Jordan had already taken his defensive position, one meter inside the three-point line, pulled up.

34 is better than 33
When the Knicks scored three times and wanted McHale to go low.

The Blazers' defense finally had some IQ. The insiders blocked the route and prevented McHale from getting to the position smoothly.

The ball was running on the perimeter, trying to play another play, only to be forced into a turnover by Jordan and Drexler's weak side pressure.

Jordan then rushed forward at full speed.

36 is better than 33
Rodman's wonderful cut inside, but forgot that their opponents are also amazingly athletic.

Nance returned to defense quickly, Rodman suffered a loss in experience and was blocked when attacking the basket.

McHale grabbed the offensive rebound and scored the second offense.

Louie signaled that the audience was pressing, even if he made a foul, he would destroy Jordan's rhythm.

If the process is reversed based on the results, this is considered a mistake by Louis, which means adding fuel to the fire.

The Knicks put pressure on the whole court, Rodman and McHale plus Oakley, three frontcourt players of suitable size are enough to bring suffocating defensive strength.

This is the essence of "choke defense".

The Blazers let Drexler have the ball, and he was forced to stop and take a risky pass.

Jordan jumped up in the midfield position to catch the ball with one hand, Wilson was on the top, and Rodman caught up and pinched.However, it was an open area, and the two obviously couldn't control Jordan's advance.

Jordan's sense of the ball is amazing. He passed Wilson, dribbled the ball behind his back to deceive Rodman's center of gravity, stopped suddenly and pulled up, and made a drift jumper at a 45-degree angle on the right.

38 is better than 35
"The Knicks can just go with the defense because that's what Michael likes the most because he's always playing in the crowd!"

She Nili cheered for Jordan excitedly.

Louie told the players with gestures to stop the press.

For the Lakers, they can press. Although it is dangerous for Magic to hold the ball, he is too tall. The taller the ball holder, the more likely problems will occur when encountering intense full-court pressing.Even in trouble, the Knicks can also foul.

Moreover, apart from Magic, the Lakers do not have a second reliable ball-handler.

Against the Celtics, the Knicks tried a full-court press for an entire quarter.

When they sent the ball to Thomas, they defended if they could, and fouled if they couldn't.

But when it comes to the Blazers, if you want to press the whole court, you need to go through research and target. The play just now was a test of the water, and it was confirmed that it was not easy to use, so I accepted it.

(End of this chapter)