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Chapter 429 The agency is too smart

Chapter 428 It's too smart to calculate all the tricks
"We're going to win tonight to see if you can keep 'this good form' until the end."

As soon as Louis' words came out, Tomjanovich felt bad.

"Larry can't listen to that." Tomjanovich knew how sensitive Bird was.

However, it's too late.

Louis' words had already been spoken, and Bird's face changed, as if he was going to kill someone.

He had been staying in the high position to cooperate with his teammates before, and he was constantly looking for the touch, and he began to go to the low position.

When Bird came to the low post, both Sampson and Lambiel would stand outside the three-point line.

In the Louis era, this was the Celtics' guarantee tactic.

In the No. [-] system, Bird plays with the ball as a low-post pivot.

The Celtics in the KC Jones era didn't play that much.

Only when the situation is the most dangerous, or when Bird wants to play, KC will let him play.And tonight, it was Bird himself who changed the way the team played.

Once Bird came to the low post to play Wilson, Sampson, Lambiel, Long and Thomas all stretched beyond the three-point line. In theory, there was nothing the Knicks could do about their defense.

Louie didn't signal the players to flank, he wanted Wilson to watch.

After all, there are only two moves in this situation-single defense and flanking, and the Knicks' strategy is also very simple, if you score, I will flank you.

Bird didn't make much effort. Using his weight, he easily crushed Wilson's body, turned around and made a throw, and scored easily.

The next round is about the same as the last round.

Bird, who came to the paint area, got the ball and turned around to shoot. Wilson couldn't defend.

The Knicks' offense was not going well, and the points they scored just now were scored back by Bird alone.

68 is better than 63
"Coach?" Stockton asked whether to flank.

Louis didn't answer him, he kept watching Wilson's reaction.

Sure enough, after Bird scored two goals in a row, Wilson's eyes changed.

Burning rage, that's what Louie saw in Wilson's eyes the first time he watched him play.

He is a person who refuses to admit defeat, as long as someone dares to break ground on his head, he will respond to everything.

That's why in the game against the Trail Blazers, he would go against Louie's arrangement and shoot the ball himself.

He didn't make the shot, Louis was very angry and scolded him severely.

But in retrospect, Louie understood what Wilson did.

That's why Wilson is Wilson.

This is why Louie originally believed that he was the reason why the Knicks could fight Bird, Magic, and Jordan head-on in the future.

If you want to fight against players at the level of the big devil, you naturally need the little devil.

You need a player who doesn't change his face when it's life and death and just wants to finish the offense by himself.

"Unless Benj asks," Louie replied to Stockton, "nobody else."

"But." Stockton doesn't think Wilson can be one-on-one with Bird now.

"John," Louis smiled like a spring breeze, "obedient."

"Yes, coach."

Stockton ran away wisely. If he had another opinion, he would be greeted with foul language from Louis.

Too many teammates have already experienced Louis' ability to change faces, and he didn't want to experience it himself.

After all, he was the only player on the team who hadn't been scolded by Louis pointing his nose.

He is very proud of this and hopes to keep this record forever.

Wilson got the ball, and unlike the Knicks, the Celtics would never let Bird guard him.In the early years, Bird was at the peak of his athletic ability, and Larry Legend, who has a defensive level, can still defend it.Now that Bird has passed the peak of his athletic ability, it will be difficult to defend against a talent like Wilson.

The man who came to defend was Ron Harper.

"Let your No. 33 guard me." Wilson dribbled the ball with his right hand and said to Harper. "If he doesn't have the guts, forget it."

Harper replied, "It doesn't take Larry to do it yourself."

A second later, it was Wilson's three-pointer that responded to his words.

Wilson's shooting posture is neither like single-action shooting nor double-action shooting. He has the process of double-action shooting, but it is very fast. It feels like a quick shot between single-action and double-action.

The combination of height, arm length and jumping ability makes it difficult for Harper to block shots.

"Shh!"

Next he did something that gave Louie goosebumps.

He stared at Byrd and made a neck-wiping gesture with his right hand.

"Larry will be completely pissed off now." Tomjanovich was worried about Wilson.

"Rudy, this is not a bad thing." Louis smiled, "We chose him at the beginning, didn't we hope that he would do this kind of thing?"

"But... it's too early, he's just a rookie!"

"Isn't that right? Think about it, how good was Larry when he was a rookie? He's so good now!"

Tomjanovich took a sneak peek at Louie. Why was the guy selectively ignoring the fact that Bird was 23 in his rookie season and Wilson was just 20?For a player of this level, the 3-year-old gap is no small matter.

The rivalry between Bird and Wilson came to a head in the fourth quarter.

Bird sat in the low post and Wilson attacked from the outside with the ball.

For several minutes, the game became a stage for the two of them.

But Wilson's peripheral singles have a limit, he can't keep scoring, and Bird's low-post attack hits every shot.

Wilson's body is too thin to withstand Bird's offense at all.

Even without Louis' hint, teammates couldn't see it.

The first person to attack was Ewing.

Sampson followed Ewing and cut into the penalty area, and all Bird had to do was throw the ball in the air.

Sampson lobbed in front of Ewing and Wilson.

The point difference was widened to 9 points.

At this time, the situation is extremely dangerous.

"Benj, that's enough!" Stockton yelled. "We're going to play a more reasonable offense!"

Wilson knew his iso efficiency was dropping fast because of Harper.At the beginning of the season, he defended Wilson for the first time. He was played around by the Knicks' N.UCLA system, but after one season, beside people like Bird, Sampson, and Thomas, his ball growth rate was very fast.

This time against Wilson again, he couldn't defend against him at first, and then he began to focus on Wilson's poor confrontation.

Wilson regained his sanity in time and did not continue to fight hard.

Ewing's perfect 2 High Rip/Run/Pick tactic was executed flawlessly, scoring 6 points in a row and closing the score again.

Bird was furious and yelled at Sampson.

Sampson immediately focused on intercepting Ewing's running and blocking his way.

The Knicks' offense couldn't open, no one could make enough three-pointers, and they were forced to play in singles.

If you want to ask where McHale is, he is sitting on the sidelines, because of the five fouls, he can't play.

Ewing's inside offensive skills have been well-rounded in Georgetown, but his offensive effects are slightly overestimated because of his formulaic, routine, and few flexibility.He can face the basket, back up, have fake moves and steps between Olajuwon and Sampson, shoot as far as one meter inside the three-point line, can run for fast breaks, and pass the ball well-as long as he can see his teammates.

But when he is in positional warfare, he lacks one specialty.His upper limbs are majestic but his lower body is not strong enough, and he still needs to work hard on his strength. Against Sampson, who is already a complete body, he is obviously at a disadvantage.

Although his reluctant turnaround jumper avoided the block by raising the arc of the shot, it was not the arc of the ball's flight.

boom!
At this time, with 4 minutes left in the game, the Celtics lead by 6 points. If they are allowed to counterattack, they may be taken away by a wave.

Oakley grabbed a key offensive rebound and went outside.

Stockton raised his hand for a three-pointer.

"Shh!"

KC decisively stopped the game.

The Celtics look a little tired, and the Knicks' defensive intensity has been high.

Seeing that both Sampson and Thomas were out of breath, Louis realized that KC only let them rest for a few minutes in order to maintain the intensity.

"KC, KC, it's not good to be too conservative."

Louis returned to the field and looked up at the crowd: "The next 2 minutes will be the time to decide the winner!"

"I'm going to make some changes in the lineup."

"The Knicks have adjusted their roster, which is unusual."

"At the critical moment of the game, the coaches knew which players could be used and which ones could not be used, but the Knicks changed three players."

When Tom Heinsohn saw the Knicks send Wilson, Rodman, Stevens, John Selley and Ewing, his heart sank.

Louie only plays Rodman, Stevens, and John Sely at the same time when he wants to do a murder press.

Last 4 minutes, murder pressing?
Wilson cameo number one.

The Celtics, who have realized what the Knicks want to do, decisively press the Knicks without a point guard.

This works just as well.

But the Knicks lineup has enough height. Although Wilson's dribbling is not as reliable as Stockton and other point guards, it is enough, and he can pass the ball with height.

The exhausted Celtics obviously couldn't come up with a high-intensity full-court press at this time.

Wasn't it a waste of energy that they went all over the court and caught Louis in the middle of the game?

Ewing catches a jumper in the frontcourt.

The Celtics' first full-court press failed, but then, Wilson and Ewing, two of the Knicks' wildest players, the No. 1985 picks in 1986 and [-], the team's inner and outer core took the lead in pressing the Celtics.

Rodman, Stevens, and John Sely have been recharging their energy off the court for a long time, and their energy and energy at the moment are extremely terrifying.

"The Celtics can't serve the ball!"

"Don't take the risk of serving the ball, it's really impossible to call a timeout!"

"Ralph sent a long pass!"

"Turnover! Dennis Rodman breaks the pass!"

In a suffocating moment, even in the presence of Isiah Thomas, Louie made a murderous press.

And this is the key to breaking the game.

Bird didn't feel good about his long shots tonight. Both Thomas and Sampson played too long, and lasted nearly 40 minutes under the Knicks' meat grinder-like defense.

The key changes, the Celtics' fearful press, almost instantly reversed the situation on the court.

The dynamics and defensive coverage of both Rodman and Stevens surpassed Bostonian expectations.

John Selley and Ewing, two extremely mobile elders set a pass in the midfield position.

For three consecutive rounds, the Celtics made mistakes.

KC Jones was a beat slower to react, and when he was about to call a timeout, Sampson struggled to dribble the ball upfield and finally sprained his foot and cramped the other under the pressure beyond the limit.

But no one cared about him at the time. The Knicks completed the fourth steal, dunked in the frontcourt, scored 10 points in a row, and turned defeat into victory.

Sampson was carried off the field on a stretcher. With less than 2 minutes left in the game, there seemed to be no oxygen in the air, and the Knicks' defense was suffocating.

This game is like a replica of the bloody battle at the Garden last season.

It's just that the Knicks today are far stronger than they were at the time.

The Celtics who lost Sampson are like a tiger with a broken canine tooth.

Louis replaced Ewing and replaced McHale with five criminals. It was originally a murderous press with 2 frontcourts and 3 midfielders, but it became 2 frontcourts, 2 midfielders and 1 backcourt.McHale is naturally the one at the back. Even with only 4 players in the frontcourt, it is difficult for the Celtics to dribble the ball across the half.

Thomas was too tired to run and catch the ball, and they gave it to Bird.

Bird, too tall to protect the ball, huddled the ball in his chest and tried to pass it, but looking around, the only person who could pass it was Jim Peterson.

He passed it on.

As soon as Peterson got the ball, he was fouled by the Knicks.

He needs to go to the front court to make free throws. He usually has a free throw percentage in the early 70s. At this time, he may not even have a [-]% free throw percentage.

"boom!"

Missed the first free throw.

"Nice!" Louie yelled, and Peterson definitely heard him.

"Looks like the Celtics really want us to win!" was also loud, and Peterson heard it too.

The fans booed Louie, but Peterson missed the second free throw.

Rodman has an extraordinary sense for the rebound, he defends the rebound, and throws it to the fast-down Wilson.

Wilson dunks in the frontcourt.

With less than 1 minute left, the Celtics requested a timeout. However, with a gap of 104 to 96 and 8 points, the Celtics had already lost the victory.

"Little Lu seized the weakness of the Celtics' lack of physical strength in the last 4 minutes and decisively used the full-court press. This was the turning point of the game. But in the last 90 seconds, he replaced Patrick Ewing and replaced Kevin McHale. It was his cleverness, because after Mr. One left the field, no player on this field could stop him from scoring!"

"Look, John Stockton is already standing on the sidelines, ready to play. The Knicks are going to end their full-court press and switch to normal positional warfare. The Celtics, who have lost their one and only man, cannot hold their positions. Larry's touch tonight also prevents the Celtics from gambling with three-pointers."

His partner Dick Stockton asked: "Do the Celtics still have a chance?"

"Unless a miracle happens," Heinsohn said desperately.

He despaired because we all know that miracles don't always happen.

(End of this chapter)