the rest, only noise

Chapter 414 This is the number one center in the league?

On May 11, the Knicks played against the Celtics at home.

As long as the game is played between the Knicks and the Celtics, there will be no less attention. The two teams also dedicated a game last season that will be loaded on the ESPN classic channel in the future.

Because they are playing against the Celtics, Sampson may blow up the Knicks inside, so Song Tao entered the 13-man roster tonight.

Manute Ball also returned from injury.

The person who was DNP was Dell Curry, and probably only the Knicks would encounter such entanglements.

Louis has the trouble of too many players in every game. In terms of playing time, he has tried his best to let everyone have the ball to play.

But over time, there will always be people who are dissatisfied.

Larry Bird did not appear on the scene, which shows that the Celtics will not play in full body.

Before the game started, as before, Sampson, Lambiel and others came to say hello to Louis.

"Be merciful, Ralph." Louis praised Sampson in front of Ewing, "You are the number one center in the league, and three Patricks can't beat you."

Sampson said modestly: "Coach, I have experienced your strength last season."

After saying hello, Sampson and Lambiel left.

Ewing said dissatisfiedly: "He is indeed better than me now, but you say I can't beat him with three?"

"I don't understand, I'm an arrogant strategy." Louis has always had a way of talking, "If you have read the art of war, you won't question me."

Stockton was dumbfounded, isn't it just a basketball game, and the art of war is involved, is it that complicated?
The two sides are still warming up, and the CBS commentary booth is already in place.

Dick Stockton and Tom Heinsohn are considered to be the classic combination of CBS during this period.

Although Heinsohn has been complained by many for being disgustingly biased when commenting on Celtics games, he is still firmly in the commentator's position.

Speaking of tonight's game, Heinsohn naturally thought of the last battle between the two teams last season.

"That was one of the most anxious games I've ever seen." Heinsohn hated the Knicks and had a deep memory of that game. "It was also the only game in the past few years that the Celtics tried their best to win, but failed to win."

"Tonight, Larry decided to truce. If the Celtics want to win the game, they must play to the advantages of Isiah and Ralph."

Stockton asked: "So, what are the Knicks' odds?"

"I think the Knicks have a great advantage in MSG." Heinsohn said angrily, "It's well known that they have an advantage at home."

One piece of evidence that the Knicks have an advantage at home is that they average 8 more free throws per game at home than away.

Although Louis didn't feel how much they took advantage of, but if the data showed this, then he would be reluctant to admit it.

Any team has home court advantage, it's strange not to have it.

Tonight, the Celtics had an interesting start.

Isiah Thomas, Danny Ainge, Ron Harper, Sampson, Lambiel.

As always, he has double highs inside, but there is no real small forward on the outside.

Harper is the successor of John Long. Tonight, he will be promoted to play three. Angie will start at the second position and partner with Thomas in the backcourt.

The Knicks started a bit strangely.

"Little General" Stockton did not start, and his replacement was rookie Jeff Hornacek.

The other four positions are Ellis, Wilson, Oakley and Ewing.

Not only did Stockton not start, McHale also came off the bench.

"I don't know what medicine is sold in Little Lu's gourd, but the Celtics have to be careful."

After starting the game, Louis came to Stockton’s side to remind: “From now on, you have to watch the game from an overall perspective, find the dead corners of the Celtics’ defense, and when you play, use these dead corners to score quickly.”

Stockton nodded in agreement, he is Louie's most assured player.

In fact, in the face of high-intensity games, Stockton's performance is also the most insecure among the starters.

He often reminded Louis of Zhao Jiwei. There is a big difference between the Liaoning team with Zhao and without Zhao. Guo Ailun is too reckless.But Zhao Jiwei has never proved himself in high-intensity competitions.

The higher the intensity of the game, the more his performance fell off a cliff.

This seems to be the shackles of a pure point guard.

Because these people's physical talents are generally not strong, they rely on their golf quotient and overall situation to gain a foothold in the game, and once the game exceeds the normal intensity and becomes a barbarian battle, their role will also be reduced accordingly.

Because at that time, it was difficult for the golf quotient to come in handy. You had to survive the primitive jungle-like struggle before you could take advantage of the golf quotient.

So Louis made Stockton a substitute tonight, mainly to let him observe the game, think clearly before playing.

McHale's backup is routine.

He has said long ago that either Oakley or him may start, and either may substitute, it all depends on who the opponent is.

He started Oakley tonight in order to wear down the Celtics' inside line, which is a waste. After this wave passes, if the Celtics replace the bench, let McHale go up. This is Tian Ji's horse race.

If KC Jones dies as the main force, then McHale can also face the exhausted Sampson and Lambiel at full strength.

No matter what, it must be right to keep back.

Because Oakley's first move will not affect the intensity of the game.

jump ball
Both Ewing and Sampson jumped early and missed the ball.

But after landing, Ewing dialed it down and gave the racket to Hornacek.

The game started with the Knicks holding the offensive ball. Whether it was Hornacek or Stockton, the Knicks' first attack in every game was 2 High Rip.

This habit has been seen by the Celtics.

So when Ewing made a high pick-and-roll, leaned down to Harper to form a dislocation, and when the ball was passed, Lambiel and Sampson suddenly attacked, forming a three-sided attack in the low post.

If it was McHale who was caught, Louis would have nothing to worry about.

Ewing is much less experienced with the ball, and although they haven't been slapped off by them, the quality of the pass is ridiculously low.

The ball was passed outward, but Ellis, who was in charge of catching the ball, couldn't reach out to catch the ball. He needed to run, but failed to catch up with the ball, so he could only chase the ball out of bounds and make a mistake.

"Don't worry, start with defense."

Louis didn't blame Ewing, and the opponent dispatched three people to attack, and Ewing was not trained as a low-level killer under Louis.

The main purpose of 2 High Rip is to hit misalignment.

This was designed for McHale. His one-on-one success rate is amazing. Ewing can play occasionally, but it was designed by the Celtics tonight.

It's a bit like a first-tier team in League of Legends. It's a disadvantage in the game if it's done like this, but it doesn't matter in a basketball game. It's just a round of ball possession. Louis asked them to use defense to snatch the opportunity back.

The Celtics are in position and the Knicks are man-marking.

But it just looks like man-to-man, but it's actually a pocket formation, with everyone around the free throw line.

Go up to the free throw line, go down to the paint area, and go farther away.

Sampson hit Ewing in the low post, Oakley flanked.

He played the ball unhurriedly to Lambiel, and Wilson took turns.

Lambiel passed Harper again, and Ewing took turns.

Harper returned to Sampson.

The Celtics' dog-walking moves showed the Knicks' horrendous rotation defense.

"There's no way the Bostonians will get open with this defense!"

The Celtics, with only 7 seconds of attack time left, gave the ball to Sampson.

Sampson was right against Oakley this time. He saw that the Knicks' pocket lineup might be tightened at any time.

Oakley's height of 203 cm is unlikely to threaten his offense.

After thinking about this, the "Mr. One" of the Celtics collected the ball, shook his shoulders, turned around and made a shot.

bang!

"The damn nigger is so fucking tall!" Oakley grumbled.

The Knicks' coaching staff complained from a different angle.

"Is there anything else he can't do now?" Louis asked, "This turning over is too smooth."

The league's No. [-] insider and the No. [-] player in the league below Bird, he deserves his name.

Moreover, considering Bird's back injury, if Sampson remains healthy, he may reach the height of No.1 in the league in the future.

Ewing still has a temper, and Louie's sentence "Three Patricks can't beat you" brought more excitement than expected.

Again, 2 High Rip?No, this time it's 2 High Run.

This is a variant of 2 High Rip. The former is to create confusion in the high post defense and follow the low post to get the ball out of place.The latter also creates chaos in the high-position defense line, but the goal of cutting into the opponent's penalty area is mainly to run out of easy opportunities to eat cakes.

Ewing dissatisfied with Sampson on the face, but there is still some force in action, and he no longer insists on playing with the ball.

The Knicks' good tactical qualities are also reflected.

The Celtics' defense was disrupted. Ewing caught the ball from the basket and dunked with a backhand. Lambiel couldn't defend.

2 is better than 2
McHale booed: "This is the number one center in the league? Patrick, I think you can handle him alone!"

Ewing replied loudly: "I think so too!"

(End of this chapter)