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Chapter 447 Irreplaceable
Stockton was strictly guarded by the Bucks and performed mediocrely;

Wilson was heavily marked by Moncrief and played hard.

The Bucks did a lot to pinch the Knicks' N. UCLA system, but they weren't ready for a murderous press.

This made their game unimaginably difficult.

In the remaining seven minutes of the second quarter, the Bucks recovered 4 points, but the Knicks still led.

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At the end of halftime, Louis and Nelson looked at each other as they walked through the halftime.

The other party gave him a look of "You are really good at surprising people".

Louis came to the reporter.

"Little Lu, you once again took the stage lead through full-court pressing. Is this your trump card?"

Louis said with a light smile: "The hole card should be unknown, but no one should know that the Knicks are good at full-court pressing. This is one of our winning strategies."

"So, what is the reason why your full-court press is so effective so often?"

"The reason is that we chose the right moment and the right opponent to press the whole court." Louie said nonsense, "I will only let the players do it if I am sure it will work for the opponent."

Back in the locker room, Louis first made the starting list for the second half.

"Honey (Hornacek), Tyrone, Dale, Kevin, and our old artist." Louis looked at Artis Gilmore one last time.

The artist is exactly the English meaning of Gilmour's name (Artis).

Artis froze for a few seconds, "Coach, did you talk to me?"

The locker room was filled with joy, and Gilmour was notoriously slow in his reflex arc. In his pre-draft workouts, he was a beat behind every link, which earned him the title of "Rigor Artis."

"It doesn't matter if you react slowly at the moment. If you react slowly when you play later, be careful of being dunked." Louis suddenly felt uneasy about having Gilmour start for Ewing in the playoffs.

"No coach." McHale said for Gilmour, "Because of his slow reaction, he is very suitable for defending against Shikma. Think about it, Artis can only react to one of Shikma's footwork."

McHale once again drew cheers from the Knicks locker room.

It must be said that McHale's joke made Louie take it seriously.

Because it sounds so reasonable.
In the second half, the Knicks' start shocked the scene.

Both Rick Barry and Bill Russell were intimidated.

There are only two regular starters, and Stockton, Wilson, and Ewing, who seem to be very critical, are all sitting on the sidelines.

"Coach Lu, what are you talking about, Coach Lu?"

Barry said puzzled.

Russell knew Louie, and he knew that Louie wasn't the kind of coach who would mess around.

"There must be some conspiracy hidden." Russell took advantage of this to blow Louis, "Little Lu is the coach in the league who likes to give people unexpected surprises. He is very similar to Reid back then."

Before the start of the second half, Louis told Hornacek; "Play more pick-and-rolls and use tactics flexibly. If they choose to bypass the pick-and-roll or squeeze through the pick-and-roll, you should seize the momentary gap and hit them."

As a defender, Hornacek's offensive ability is stronger than that of Stockton.

In terms of shooting, he has the ability to make an emergency stop while holding the ball. Since he came to the Knicks, Louis pays great attention to outside three-pointers, so he usually focuses on three-pointers.

Louie suddenly let him start in the second half. Hornacek was excited, but he dared not forget Louis' order.

The Knicks replaced three substitutes to start in the second half, and the Bucks decisively attacked their inside line.

Although there is still McHale, the core player of the Knicks this season, who was selected to the double team this year-but everyone knows that the core of New York's defense is Ewing who fell to the second defense.

Sure enough, McHale's defensive position is fine, and his wingspan is long enough, but his bullet speed and jumping ability are not good enough, and he can't jump up to cover the attacker.

John Lucas II draws a foul on McHale.

Louis took a serious look at Lucas II's face. If he guessed correctly, this guy will have a son named John Lucas III in the future, and he will come to CBA to play for the Fujian team after the age of 30. He happened to meet Zhou Qi, who had just entered the CBA in his rookie season, and Zhou Qi slapped him with a highly terrifying pegboard hat.

Well, Louis always has a good memory about things related to Zhou Qi.

Another point is that the father and son look very similar, and they are definitely biological.

Hornacek, who was still partial to the second position in college, strengthened his control training in his rookie season, and has successfully transformed to the first position, while retaining the characteristics of the second position.Compared with the other version of Hornacek, this one under Louie will undoubtedly become better.

Corbin screens for Ellis on the wing, and McHale and Gilmour run the high pick-and-roll at the same time.

Gilmour is very unfamiliar with the pick-and-roll in the N.UCLA system. He has to watch Hornacek's gestures all the time to know what to do next.McHale used a neat pick-and-roll to cut in, completed 2 High Rip's low-post dislocation, caught the ball and turned around for a jumper.

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Price treated Corbin as if liberated.

His dribbling skills are very good, which is why Nelson chose to transform him into a point forward.

He dribbled the ball against Corbin's glue defense. Although he couldn't dribble away, his pass was a chic hook pass, and he gave the ball to Shikma inside.

Hikma relied on hitting Gilmore and hit the board with his strength.

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Now is the time when the Knicks are starting to be weak. If you don't take advantage of this time to chase points, it will be even more difficult to chase after the other three starters come back.

This time, Hornacek dribbled the ball to the frontcourt without even calling tactics, and directly gave McHale a fast pass.

McHale catches the ball and turns around for a jumper.

Enter again.

As long as the opponent's defense is not in place, his turnaround jumper gives Louis the feeling that he won't miss it.

After that, there were two high-energy rounds, with Schick beating Gilmour on horseback.

Gilmour didn't react as McHale said because he was too slow to be shaken.

He was shaken.

However, Shikma's shot was a bit slow, and Gilmore, who still had enough energy, turned around and sent a big blood cap.

McHale saved the ball that almost went out of bounds.

Hornacek threw down the fast-break Ellis.

Ellis didn't want a 1-on-0 layup, and directly came a chasing three-pointer that made Barry and Russell very dissatisfied.

"boom!"

Because he didn't make a shot, Barry began to complain about Ellis' choice frantically.

"Why would he do this? There are no defenders in front of him, and he shoots 100% for layups, and he actually shoots three-pointers?" Barry sarcastically said, "I think Little Lu is still too young, and neglecting these people is simply nonsense!"

"Yes, if there was a three-point line in Reed's coaching era, whoever dared to do it during the fast break would definitely be replaced." Russell noticed Louis' expression.

He didn't respond, as if it was a matter of course.

Ellis missed a chance to counter and Louie just clapped his hands and encouraged them to go back and defend.

"This is too nonsense."

Even Phil Jackson on the Knicks couldn't take it.

The Bucks' lineup played its due advantages, relying on moving the ball, bullying Hornacek and Ellis' weak defensive awareness, and finding three-point opportunities on the right.

Moncrieff made a decisive shot.

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"Catch up to 2 points, does Little Lu want to call a timeout?"

"No, he looks relaxed."

Many people don't understand Louis' connivance with Ellis. It's like he caused so many troubles off the court, which seriously affected the Knicks' regular season games. He did the most 1-for-0 three-pointers in the frontcourt.

Louis is also troubled by things off the court, but Ellis currently has irreplaceable value in the Knicks.

Everyone else can find a spare tire, but Ellis can't play, and the Knicks' system will collapse in half.

Until Wilson becomes who Louie imagined him to be, or, until a replacement for Ellis is found.

McHale picks and rolls, rolls, changes lanes, and suddenly gives Ellis a back screen.

Ellis ran behind Hornacek on his screen, caught the ball, and shot the [-]-pointer.

Swish!
Wonderful Exchange Ricky (high dynamic offense).

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"Anyway, Dale Ellis is too unruly!" Barry was still blackmailing him.

"Yes, he is a very selfish player." Russell added output.

But Alice's performance is getting more and more vigorous.

(End of this chapter)