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Chapter 483 The Strongest Enemy

Bird unexpectedly faced a difficult situation.

The Celtics' local coordination and small routines seem to be difficult to display in front of the Knicks.

There was a ball, and Bird was supposed to catch the ball outside the paint but he was spotted as soon as he got to the paint.When the ball came to his hands, he clung to Stevens and Miller on the flank like a mad dog, let go of John Long, and just flanked him.

Bird passes the ball to Long.

He made an open three-pointer. The pitcher Louis most trusted at the time is still reliable today.

However, this is disturbing.

Because the Knicks' pincer attack was not accidental, in Bird's view, there was a trap here.And he didn't realize the problem until he jumped in. The Knicks players knew he was coming, and they just followed orders.

Who could have foreseen his attack?

This question has no answer at all.

Bird looked at where Louis was sitting. He was sitting there with a smile on his face, looking kind and kind, making it hard to imagine him pointing at your nose and calling you a bastard.

Another round after that.

The cooperation between Lambiel and Bird, in the Louis era, this cooperation was outside the demolition, and Lambiel's three-point threat was used as much as possible.But after Louie left, the Celtics' style of play gradually returned to the traditional style. The three-point shots became less and less, and even the highly modern pick-and-roll was lost. KC believed that the efficiency of the outside roll was not high.

It is because they do not dismantle that small pockets are useful.

This time, Bird was caught by three people when he caught the ball.

No matter how good his ball protection is, in this situation, it is difficult to keep the ball safe.

Byrd, like the protagonist of almost every East Heat, has lost what is most important to him.

The ball was shot away and the Knicks completed the steal.

Miller quickly scored and shouted, "Larry, you can't do it. You're not as good as I imagined. I fucking thought you could score 50 points on us with your eyes closed, but the result is nothing more than that!"

Some young people need to be taught a lesson.

Bird had his eyes on Miller, but what he didn't know was that as long as the Celtics' offensive strategy remained the same, the same problem would continue to plague him.

How to attack?

As long as there are several people double-teaming as long as he gets the ball, it doesn't matter who comes, he can only pass the ball.

Fortunately, his teammates' ability to seize opportunities is not bad, and Bird's pass is effective.

If you continue to play like this, the situation will not be too bad for the Celtics.But Bird's own game experience is useless.

That's what Louie wanted, he wanted Byrd to be angry, anxious.

This is the story of the first 4 minutes of the second quarter.

The ending of the story is nothing new. Bird went off and replaced with Isiah Thomas and Sampson. The Celtics changed their style of play. Louie also replaced Stockton and the other three players except McHale, and replaced them with Wilson, Hornacek and Ewing.

Wilson and Miller let Louis taste the benefits of two-shooters.

On the offensive end, if there are two shooters with outstanding off-ball ability, the team's offense will be very smooth.

Hornacek is a new discovery.

Before Ellis came back, he would frequently swing between the first and second positions. Although his off-ball movement was not as good as a shooter, his three-pointer from the right corner was very accurate.

Therefore, Louis used him as John Long.

He has more functions than Long. After all, he can play point guard, control the ball when needed, and defend well. He is a rare comprehensive combo guard.

For the Celtics, they depend on the performance of their stars.

"I used to sit there and look at the crowd around me and say, I hope these people know what they saw," Heinsohn said. "'I want them to know that they'll never see it again.' I'm doing it again, looking at Isiah, and I want these people to understand that they'll never see another Isiah again."

Heinsohn touts Thomas.

Then, Thomas exploded suddenly and gracefully, so fast that Stockton couldn't react, and everyone saw his body spin rapidly, pass the ball to the open man, ask for a hand-off, pass the Knicks' three-man defense and roll his fingers for a layup.He exudes a commanding aura on the court, declaring that this game belongs to him.

On a night when Bird was targeted and Sampson stretched his hips, Thomas exploded from the second quarter.

In addition to putting two meters to force him to shoot, the Knicks don't have many ways to limit Thomas.

Louie has been joking that he is a poor man's version of Chris Paul, but Paul is not as aggressive as he is.

Once he decides to let go of his hands and feet, there is nothing that can stop him.

Except for the three-pointer, he is proficient in all offensive skills.Within the three-point line, he can score by any means.Whether it's a mid-range shot inside the three-point line, an emergency stop jump shot at various positions, or a drop shot inside the free throw line, or a consecutive pull-bar layup after a confrontation, or a pull-bar shot that often sees Louis confused, he can do it.

In the second quarter, Thomas' outburst pulled Sampson out of the hospital.

Even if Sampson pulls his hips to the end, it will work.

He brought impeccable screen quality every time he set Thomas in the pick-and-roll.

At halftime, the Celtics took advantage of the personal performance of their leading stars, 52 to 59, only 7 points behind.

"I've been told I'm the best defender ever, but I've always wanted to get to the next level. What's the next level? I don't know, but I know there's a higher place to go. That's the way to keep the competition going, I've been doing it my whole life, and there's so much more I want from the game."

Thomas talked like a preacher when he talked about his performance.

Louie looked at him, and Thomas had a complicated relationship with him.

The opponent is the player who has had the most conflicts with him, although he always sprays Thomas unilaterally.

After Louis came to the Knicks, he always believed that Thomas would become a hidden danger to the Celtics dynasty. As a result, he willingly served as a supporting role for four years.

Bird and Sampson always shine above him, and he's like the Havlicek of the Celtic dynasty in the 60s.

Almost all the time, he was one of the three best guys on the team, and sometimes, he was the best one.But the media didn't care about him.If Bird hadn't repeatedly emphasized his contribution in front of the media, and deliberately made Thomas the AMVP on a stage like the All-Star Game, his sense of presence would be even lower.

Louis didn't understand why this seemingly selfish person became so selfless after he left?

Did he misread Thomas?
He didn't know the answer, and with his relationship with Thomas, he probably never would.It was a mystery to him.

The only thing Louie knows is that if he doesn't pay more attention to Thomas, this smiling assassin might give them a fatal blow in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Everyone is thinking about how to deal with Bird and how to limit Sampson, but few people care about Thomas.Louie thinks one of the reasons the Lakers never pushed the Celtics to a corner is that he never saw Thomas give it all in the Finals.

Even the 1985 Finals, the closest the Lakers came to defeating the Celtics, was just Sampson's career masterpiece.

The most powerless advantage of the Celtics is that as long as they come to life and death, they have three super giants who can ignite themselves.

If it wasn't enough for Bird to ignite himself, it was up to Sampson.

Only when Sampson's performance is "not enough" will the Celtics enter a real desperate situation-their last insurance will be opened.

Unfortunately, the Lakers are strong, but the ceiling of this Celtics team has never been seen.

This is exactly the team Louie wants to beat.

They are the strongest team in history. If they can defeat this team and bring the Knicks back to the top, it must be the most noteworthy page in Louie's career.

"Guys, let's play a tough game!" Louie said dissatisfiedly, "We let the Celtics get too many easy scoring opportunities in the first half. That's not our style. Now, we have to find our own style."

How can the Knicks get back their style?The answer absolutely terrified the Celtics.

That is the start of the second half with a murderous tight lineup.

Moreover, the team of this murderous tight formation is Wilson, Cooper, Rodman, Stevens, and Ewing.

This is theoretically the strongest form of the Knicks' murder press, capable of taking into account all defensive needs.

Wilson can take over the offense with the ball.

Both Ewing and Cooper have played first-level performances this year.

Rodman is a potential defensive player.

One day in the future, Stevens will shock fans with a strange fact-why has he never been selected to the All-Defensive Team?This is unreasonable.

Thomas was fast, but he couldn't be so fast that people couldn't even touch him.

How to get the ball is one of his biggest problems, and once he does, his speed will cost the Knicks.

But the Knicks will not let him use his speed to overwhelm his defense.

If you can flank, then flank, if you can't flank, choose to foul.

When Wilson knocked Thomas' body out of bounds with a desire for revenge, Lambiel rushed forward.

Players on both sides swarmed up, and there was a fierce quarrel with each other, and there was a lot of pushing and shoving.

Heinsohn said slyly: "This is why I don't like the Knicks' full-court press. They are fouling every second, but the referee will only call this blatant violent foul."

"Benj has a conflict with Isiah, this one is completely intentional, he is taking revenge on Isiah!"

As long as it is a game between the Knicks and the Celtics, it will always evolve to this point.

They played with a genuine distaste for each other.

And fans love this.

(End of this chapter)