the rest, only noise

Chapter 524 Detroit at the end of the road

Game1 exposed the Pistons' lack of shooting threats except for Dumars and Craig Iloh.

That gives the Knicks more confidence to run through their strategy and promises not to reveal too much before meeting the Celtics.

In the second game against the Pistons, the Knicks' strategy can be simply summarized as blocking the inside line, shrinking the defense line, and testing jumpers.

Louis held down Ewing, who was often impatient with loneliness tonight, so that he could not attack frequently to press the opponent's offensive players.

Moreover, every time the Pistons have a frontcourt player who wants to use their size advantage to attack with the ball and find some confrontation, the Knicks' sharply shrinking penalty area and Ewing's amazing defensive power make them desperate.

Throughout the first half, James Worthy, the main offensive player of the Pistons, did not score a single point until the beginning of the second half when he used the Knicks' offense to miss the basket and steal two goals with a high dribble error.

Throughout the game, the Knicks always let the guards delay Worthy's advance in the counterattack, and then the wing players and inside players quickly came to the paint area to form a siege.

This is thanks to the depth of the Knicks' lineup, which can be called the league's first.

They have enough athletic players, like Wilson, Rodman, Cooper, Stevens, and Sely, who are fast-footed players who can return to the defense and guard the defense zone.

The Pistons' fast break is constipated, and the positional battle is more difficult.

The Knicks' defensive restrictions on the Pistons are mainly to limit Worthy.

In Game 1, Worthy's ball-handling face-up performance was excellent, and he played vigorously in misalignment. If he didn't make trouble for him, it would not be Louie's style.

In order to deal with Worthy, Louis started with the regular inside combination of Ewing and McHale. Salley, who is an excellent rim protector in the rotation lineup, got more playing time than usual like in the first game. Most of the time on the court, there were two big men on the court.

Louis did not let the faster-footed small forwards defend Worthy like other teams, but directly let the height and confrontation match Worthy's mobile insider to use brute force and hard steel-by the way, Worthy took two steps to test his shooting.

The advantage of this is that it prevents the small forward from being overwhelmed by Worthy, and even if Worthy breaks through to the basket forcibly, the height of Ewing or Sely can still interfere with Worthy's layup.

Since McHale is a freak with a normal center-level reach, even if Worthy goes to the basket and encounters two top inside help defenses, even if he is a genius, it will be difficult to do more.

In order to completely misfire Worthy, Louis worked hard.

He creatively built a trinity of double-teams on the edge of the basket and in the center of the paint.

Every time Worthy bursts in with the ball, there will be at least two people pinching.

If a third person shows up, he's finished.

The passing lane will be completely blocked, and you can only try your luck with strong shots.

In this game, Worthy showed the quality that a star should have. Since his teammates couldn't break the three-pointer, he couldn't break the Knicks' Trinity double-team. Therefore, he accepted the bait thrown by Louis-high mid-range shooting.

Worthy in North Carolina was an omnipotent striker. During his seven years in the Pistons, he played power forward for a while, small forward for a while, and the second position from time to time. All skills have improved, except for his shooting. Significant degradation.

Degradation is regression, and his mid-range still has a certain aim. In this campaign, Worthy made 15 of 7 shots from the free throw line, which is not too bad, but for the Knicks, this is completely acceptable.

All night, the Pistons failed to find a way to free Worthy.

While Louie tormented Worthy, the team won the game.

While kneeling and licking Daly, Billy Cunningham, who was brainless and slandering Louis, really couldn't stand it this time.

He couldn't stand the man he valued being raped by Louis.

The failure of Game2 was purely a result of Louie's leadership in coaching.

He made Worthy extremely embarrassed. It is a shame that a 2-meter-08 small forward is forced to shoot high to make a living.

The Pistons couldn't do anything about it.

Cunningham could not continue to explain this round of the series and could only resign from CBS.

The New York Post called it "Little Lu's staged victory against bad reviews."

Before leaving, Chuck Daly told reporters in New York: "We will not be caught at home. If the Knicks want to reach the Eastern Conference Finals, they still have to pass us first."

Back in the Motor City, Daly and the teaching assistants held meetings for days to discuss how to get Worthy out of the siege.

The results were disappointing.

The Knicks aimed at Worthy, focusing on controlling the penalty area.

Why can they control the restricted area?Because the Pistons have no long-range threat.

If Parish goes to shoot, they welcome them. Malone has no basket, and Worthy has some. But some baskets are not enough. Only abnormally accurate baskets will attract the attention of the opponent.

If you just have a basket and you want to shoot, the Knicks really welcome you to shoot with open hands.

The inside line is the most competitive position on the field. If you shoot from a high position, you will give up the fight for rebounds. If you can ignore the ups and downs caused by the confrontation and throw the ball in, you will naturally be considered as good.

However, most insiders don't have such a touch.

Game3
The Pistons have set their own general direction, and they still have to use the traditional art skills of the Eastern Conference teams to fight hand-to-hand.

In addition to hand-to-hand combat, it took them a few days to come up with a solution to the siege.

Parrish doesn't have enough baskets, Malone doesn't have a basket, Worthy has a basket but doesn't kill.

Daly's brain circuit turned to outside players. Why can't outside players pick and roll for wing players?
When Dumars and Illo gave Worthy a pick-and-roll, Louie admitted he was intimidated.

The small man picks and rolls for the flanks. This is the way of playing in the small ball era.

The purpose is to create misalignment.

Because in the small ball era, the average shooting skills of players are too terrifying, and there are too many pick-and-rolls, so switching defenses is the main defensive method.Let the small man pick and roll, and naturally the small man will switch defenses to the ball holder, thus forming a dislocation.

Daly can think clearly about this, which shows that he is a person who really uses his brain to coach.

He will try everything to turn his team back into victory.

To achieve this step, it is not in vain that Louis regards him as one of the coaches with the highest level of coaching in the league.

However, it is impossible to use this set of changes to save Worthy, revitalize the Pistons' positional warfare, or even break the game with dislocation.

A few rounds later, Louie called a timeout.

The timeout ended, and Daly saw Louie's wrist again.

Louis' attitude is that he would rather be shot through by the Pistons' outside line than resolutely pinch Worthy.

In this way, the consequence of Worthy calling the pick-and-roll is to attract two Knicks players to double-team.

He has enough vision to get the ball out.

The Knicks' defense rotated quickly, but Dumars got enough space to shoot.

Not in.

As one of the biggest starting three-point threats for the Pistons, Dumars made 23% of his three-pointers in the regular season.

Louie is ready to be shot through when he makes people flank, but this is something that only the outside line in the small ball era can do.

At this stage, Dumars can't do it yet. He tried to throw a ball, but it didn't work, so he replaced it with Craig Illo.

Illo is much better than Dumars. He made 34% of his three-pointers in the regular season and increased to 38% in the playoffs. The first opportunity Worthy created was made by him.

The Knicks are determined to limit Worthy, and the Pistons are also determined to use Worthy to gain an advantage.

After Ilo made a three-pointer, the Pistons found the feeling.

Start to implement real strategic intent and initiate physical confrontation like a beast.

Chuck Daly was ruthless, the man who created the Jordan Law, now created something called the Knicks Law.

This rule is very simple. In a nutshell, in the game against the Knicks, someone must fall every round to show the team's determination to fight.

The Pistons approach works for weak teams.

But the Knicks themselves are a defensive-based team. Doing so will instead arouse their bloodiness and adapt to the game against the Celtics in advance.

Although the Knicks showed more confrontation than the Pistons coaching staff envisioned, they still achieved their goals.

Regardless of whether the Knicks are afraid of confrontation, the Pistons will not suffer.

The Knicks are afraid, and they can use this to gain an advantage; the Knicks are not afraid, and if they dare to confront them, they will backfire on their own touch.

In the second half of the game, the Knicks' shooting touch plummeted, and the Pistons successfully turned the game into an ugly one. The two sides began to feel like a penalty shootout in a football game.

At the critical moment, Joe Dumars showed his killer qualities and made a three-point shot that he was not good at, helping the Pistons to overtake.

Louis glanced at the crowd, not knowing who to give the ball to for a moment.

It can be seen that many people want to vote, but no one speaks out.

Only Benjamin Wilson dared to say what he really wanted at that time: "Coach, let me vote."

Louis originally wanted Wilson to execute the key ball. Since he is willing, it is the best.

Louie drew a simple tactic for Wilson: "Use tactical running to catch the ball, and give priority to tactics. If you can use tactics to create open spaces, use tactics to end them; if tactics don't work, it's up to you to decide."

At the end of the timeout, Wilson handed in a perfect score.

His movement is extremely spiritual and he catches the ball beautifully.

In the last few seconds of the game, the Knicks' classic Exchange Ricky (high dynamic offense) tactics were still disciplined under his command.

Instead, their opponent, the Pistons, failed to hold on.

Efforts to follow people, running positions, Ewing's high-quality pick-and-roll, knocked Yi Luo, who was focused on following Wilson, to the ground.

A perfect pick and roll can always kill the defender cleanly!
Wilson got a wide open space, he didn't hesitate, he didn't drag his feet, he took a step outside the three-point line and pulled it out, his body rose straight to a height of more than half a meter, and he shot.

"Yes." Louis said.

"Shh!"

A hollow three-pointer shot through the net that made the Detroit people yell, leaving only 0.2 seconds for the Pistons.

The result has no suspense!

Afterwards, the Pistons failed to serve the ball and the game ended. Wilson beat the Pistons and the Knicks led 3-0.

(End of this chapter)