the rest, only noise

Chapter 491 This Is A Joke

Eight minutes into the first quarter, the Blazers replaced Jordan.

Next, Louie saw a different side of the team.

Looking at the lineup alone, the Blazers are definitely not bad, but they often perform unsatisfactorily.Their coaching staff hasn't developed the versatility of this roster, even though they have the league's deepest wing.

Jordan is an omnipotent forward and guard swingman, Drexler is like Scotty Pippen whose defense is weakened and the rest is strengthened, Xavier McDaniel is a thug with an average of 20 points per game + a big lock, Jerome Cosey is one of the best 3D in the West, and Larry Nance is the best sweeping wing in the league.

There are five worthy wings in a team, but the strength displayed in the end is less than 70% of the book.

After Jordan went down, Adelman often replaced Terry Porter together, and then let the glider hold the ball a lot, with Cosey, McDaniel, Kevin Duckworth and Maurice Lucas who returned to Portland.

Louie has rotated accordingly.

Hornacek and Miller played on the flanks, and also let McHale and Song Tao partner inside.

Without Ewing and Wilson, the Knicks must match their shooting skills against the Blazers' strong second unit.

The premise is that Miller and Hornacek must play out under the N.UCLA system.In other words, they have to gain space to shoot when they are screened, and do follow-up articles on this basis, and what the Blazers' luxurious wing line does best is use their athleticism to kill the pick-and-roll system.

In the absence of internal and external cores, the Knicks need to believe in their own system.

If it works, the Blazers have their own problems.

This is a strange team. They are invincible all the way, but they can’t play well, or they can’t come up with a way to break the opponent’s strategy. There are not many positional battles.

Louie never doubted his players or the Knicks' offensive system. Before the game, he deliberately asked Ellis to sit next to him.

"Dell, watch Honey and Reggie run off the ball carefully."

Although Louis has already moved his mind to trade Ellis, if there is a chance to keep the best shooter in the league in New York, he will do it without hesitation.

Ellis's biggest headache for Louis is his incompatible specificity with other off-ball players.

He is proving the old saying all the time - peers are enemies.

Ellis listened to Louie's words and silently observed the off-ball offense on the field.

The Blazers' defense is no joke, and Cauchy defended very fiercely.

McDaniel chased Miller like a hunter.

However, off-ball defense is only part of the story.

What the Blazers need to watch out for is the Knicks' screens.

McHale and Song Tao began to frequently leave the paint to cover for their teammates.

The most special point is that between the shooters Hornacek and Miller, they can also cover each other.That's something Ellis never had, an orphan shooter with no connection to other off-ball shooters.

"see it?"

That's the tactic Ellis is most familiar with -- Exchange Ricky (high dynamic offense) -- and it's with this tactic that he becomes the most feared shooter in the league.

He saw what Louie wanted him to see.

However, fans of the authorities, he can't see any difference between himself and Miller and Hornacek on the court.

"How am I different from them?" he asked bluntly.

At this time, Hornacek had already run out of the opportunity at the bottom corner.

At the same time, Miller received the ball from a 45-degree angle in the same area and had a chance to shoot.

In order to prevent Miller's three-pointer, Cauchy, who should have rotated to defend Hornacek, ran towards Miller.

Miller deliberately waited for him to get close, and then returned the ball to Hornacek in the corner, because, according to the Knicks' statistics, Hornacek's open three-pointers in both left and right corners exceeded 50%.

There's literally no reason not to pass him the ball.

Such a ball is also not seen in Ellis.

He is an extremely confident shooter, even if his running chance is not the best, as long as he thinks he can shoot, he can shoot.

Didn't Louis like him like this?No, on the contrary, Louis believes that top shooters should have the confidence of "even though there is only a 1% chance of hitting, I still have to shoot resolutely".

However, Miller made a more selfless choice.

Hornacek received the ball for a three-pointer and made a hollow hit.

"You may not believe it, but there are really many differences." Louis told Ellis, "When you are with them, although your performance is normal, the performance of others has declined to varying degrees."

Ellis asked, "Can you prove it was me?"

"There is no direct evidence."

"But..." Louie laughed, "I took the control variables method. Since you came back, I tried to play you and several other shooters on the court separately, and the results were amazing."

"Whoever you're playing with, they're going to be uncomfortable and their performance will go down. It doesn't affect you."

Louie wasn't criticizing Ellis.

He was admiring Ellis' ability on the court that made his peers look inferior, but if other people looked like this, he wouldn't worry about it.

The problem is that this happens whenever Ellis plays with other off-ball shooters.

Ellis doesn't see this as a major problem: "It means I'm not in tune with them."

How loud is it?

Was he out of tune with Hornacek?The opponent is one of the best combo guards in the 90s;

Was he and Miller out of tune?This guy is a rare off-ball shooter in history who can build an offense around him, and he played very well in a Pacers jersey in another dimension that Louie is familiar with.He can be said to be the greatest shooter of all time before Ray Allen, Curry, and Thompson.Is Ellis out of tune with him?

Wilson's versatility is difficult to define as a shooter, but Louie's positioning for him is Durant with the ball and McGrady without the ball.So he was an off-ball attacker without the ball in his hands most of the time in the Knicks system.

A rescued shooting star is destined to burst into brilliance, and Louis believes that Wilson's future is limitless.

And then Ellis doesn't get along with him either?
One or two can be said to be other people's problems, but if everyone has problems with you.Whose problem is that?
Louis knew the answer, and he hoped Ellis knew it too.

The Blazers' second team then showed its true strength.

This is the secret of their invincibility in the West.

When Jordan rested, they concentrated on Drexler.But what Adelman prepared for the glider was not an off-ball shooter, but a secondary attacker. McDaniel and Cauchy were not Tucker who squatted in the corner and shot three-pointers.

McDaniel punished Miller with his size. Cauchy is a 3D in name, but he can actually hold the ball and play misplaced. They did not let the glider habitually feel lonely when the transition breaks out. As long as the ball comes to their hands, they can provide help and bring performance. ——They made their own contributions when the glider needed it most.

This is the most unusual thing about this team.

It looked good enough, but Louie knew they could be even better.

Phil Jackson stared at the Blazers deeply, as if he had something on his mind.

When the Blazers were playing their best performance, Louie called a timeout, and with 2 minutes left in the first quarter, he replaced Song Tao, who couldn't keep up with the rhythm, and replaced Brad Rohaus, who annoyed the Memorial Stadium fans.

"As we all know, when the 'Vanilla Gorilla' appears, it is often when the Knicks' overall situation is settled. Does Coach Lu want to announce their victory in this way?"

With Rohaus replacing Song Tao and McHale who can extend his shooting range beyond the free throw line, the Knicks' lineup has become 3.5-OUT.

Wilson and Ewing are not there, the Knicks' mental outlook is still the same, and the replacement teammates have filled the vacancy. What the Blazers have to face is a 3.5-out lineup that makes them uncomfortable, and the Blazers did not follow the Knicks to adjust the space.

This is the characteristic of Adelman, he has the flexibility to make adjustments, but he never takes the initiative.That's it, their game logic has not been modified, so after Jordan is off the field, the substitute explodes, and after the strong period, it is easy to show the impression that they are getting weaker and weaker.

"The most frustrating thing is that the Blazers did not establish an advantage when they should have established an advantage. The Knicks put on a lineup without defense, but they covered up their deficiencies on the defensive end with their strong firepower." Barry wanted to know how Russell viewed the game during this period, "Russell, what do you think is the problem?"

Russell always believes in the value of defense. At this time, he just said: "When an advantage should be established, it is not established. Of course, this is a problem with the coaching staff. If they do their job well and the team still does not establish an advantage, it means that the advantage they imagined may not exist at all."

In the first quarter, 34 to 28.

The Knicks entered the second quarter with a 6-point lead.

The Blazers' coaching staff and dubious mates in the commentary thought Louie would use a murderous press to extend the advantage.

As a result, Louis stood still.

Switch back to Ewing to enhance the inside advantage, replace Stockton, Hornacek swings to the first position, Miller returns to the second position-the real high energy is... Rohaus plays the third position, and the position is...Glider.

When the glider offensively met Rohaus, he couldn't help saying contemptuously: "Hehe, this is a joke."

(End of this chapter)