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Chapter 525 Still at the top
Chuck Daly picks up the game ball.

It is normal that the air pick-up fails in 0.2 seconds.

The difficulty is too high, and it is a tactic that does not necessarily succeed once 10 times.

Daly held the basketball in his hand, thinking about the future of the Pistons.

Is it possible for this game to end the Pistons' current system?

A comeback is no longer possible. No team can complete a 0-3 reversal when all opponents are healthy.

Even without adding the premise of "all opponents are healthy", a 0-3 reversal is unprecedented.

Tonight's winner, Louis tidied up his clothes, greeted the referee, and greeted the technical stage.

He is the kind of smart person who will complain wildly about the referees and complain about the substandard statistics of the technical table, but after a game, he will still face them with the most sincere smile.

"I wish the semi-finals were best-of-five."

Daly is not looking forward to the next game.

"Don't be discouraged, Chuck." Louis said playfully, "Maybe you can really win four games in a row."

"Don't make me happy, Lu, I can see the gap." Daly saw not only the gap between the Knicks and the Pistons, but also the gap between the coaching staff.

Age is no longer a "short board" for Louis, and everyone who underestimates him will pay the price.

His coaching style is unpredictable, and he makes decisions decisively, probably due to his youthful relationship, he is particularly daring to take risks.

The kind of old coach who thinks twice before acting, and he always ignores the risk of failure and pushes hard.

In tonight's game, he insisted on killing James Worthy and letting Dumars and Iloh shoot from the outside, so that the Pistons could not give any countermeasures.

Generally speaking, Louis knows the power of three-pointers. He is the coach with the highest acceptance of three-pointers, and he should also be the coach who is most afraid of three-pointers.

But he just ignored it and blocked Worthy, allowing the Knicks' advantage to last until the end.

Daly asked himself that he had tried his best to change the outcome of the game, but he still lost.

"Your path is too extreme." Louis looked at the frontcourt players of the Pistons. They are definitely the most luxurious in the league, but they only have thickness and no "width".

What is width?

Comparing the Knicks will tell you all. McHale is a regular four, but Louie will let him play the small five, and he will also let him play the big three;

Swing, this is the most special and rare attribute in basketball games.

This represents the flexibility of the lineup, allowing Louis to make Brad Rohaus play the second position against the sky.

On the other hand, the Pistons have a strong and deep frontcourt, but Moses Malone, Parish, and Mahon are all single-position insiders with poor shooting ability.

They belong to the type that looks strong when put together, but is prone to problems when put in a game.

James Worthy, the only swingman of the Pistons, can play from the second position to the fourth position, so Louis focused on him in Game2 and Game3.

Worthy was guarded to death, Dumars and Illo's three-pointers were undead, Adrian Dantley hurt the enemy 250, and self-damaged 580. The only thing the Pistons can do is to increase the intensity of the game on a large scale.

With their super high game intensity, they maintained the suspense to the end.

Daly looked at the Knicks players and said with a wry smile: "Dennis Rodman and John Sely are both players that Jack likes. If you didn't start too fast, they would all play for the Pistons."

Louis smiled meaningfully.

In Daly's view, Louie's smile had no other meaning.

But Louie himself knows how much he's costing the Pistons.

The Bad Boys no longer exist, Thomas and Lambiel play for the Celtics, Rod Mancelli plays for the Knicks, and the Pistons are still on the old road of defense and athleticism, but the taste is different.

Just like Coca-Cola and Pepsi, both bear the name of Coke, one makes Louis fascinated, and the other flushes the toilet, and the toilet feels disgusting.

Louis, indirectly caused the Pistons to lose 10 years of glory, two championship flags, head-on against the magic bird god.
So he smiled, a little ashamed.

When he came to the reporter, he talked about tonight’s game and the final lore. He said vividly: “Benj’s shot helped me relax some parts of my body. Do you understand what I mean? I asked for a timeout at the most critical moment. It's saying, 'Coach, I got it,' and he's saved us time and time again this season."

Wilson got more attention.

As a sophomore, he was already a superstar, like "Dr. K" Dwight Gooden ([-]) and "Mr. October" Reggie Jackson.

"The coach has been talking to me about leadership and execution. We know that the game can be physical. Every round of the series we have experienced is full of emotions. In a key game, this kind of moment will always come. The coach trusts me, and I have to repay him."

Wilson's answer was spotless and formulaic.

When asked about his opponents in the Eastern Conference Finals, Wilson's answer was modest.

"The semifinals are not over yet, and I haven't considered my opponent for the next round." Wilson paused. "If we are lucky enough to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals, I hope our opponent is Boston. We have a score to settle."

After the meeting, the Knicks team returned to the hotel by bus.

Louis strictly ordered the players not to go out. Recently, the public security situation in Detroit is not good, and it is in the playoffs. If something happens, it will be too bad to affect the follow-up series.

Everyone knows who the main target of this regulation of Louis is.

"Why are you looking at me?" Dale Ellis asked innocently.

Stockton kindly reminded: "You better be honest."

Ellis said confidently: "I have quit drinking for two months."

"Oh, this is really a great thing." Louie joked, "I have also started to lose weight for two months, 'the effect is outstanding'!"

Ewing said angrily: "It's impossible to lose weight with such a weak will, you might as well pray to God to give you a body that won't gain weight in your next life."

"What do you mean? Do you think I need to ask God to dispatch such a trivial matter as losing weight?" Louis asked, "Who do you look down on?"

Ewing immediately showed an arrogant look of not listening to Louis.

Good guy, but it pissed off Louie.

"I swear, I will lose weight after the season!" Louie stood up and announced.

Ewing said almost immediately: "I bet $5000, he won't be able to reduce it."

"I think so." McHale cooed. "I also bet $1000 on the coach's failure to lose weight."

"You two bastards really made the wrong bet!"

Louie stared and asked, "Doesn't anyone believe that I can lose weight?"

"You guys are too much, how can you not trust the coach?" Wilson was indeed Louie's loyal dog, "I saw the coach's determination, so I will stand with him, coach, I bet $100 to support you."

Louie grabbed Wilson's clothes angrily: "What do you mean, my determination is worth a fucking $100?"

The bus suddenly fell into a cheerful atmosphere.

In order to implement his rules, after the Knicks' bus arrived at the hotel, Louis announced that he and several other teaching assistants would pick a time to check the room. Therefore, those guys who were going to go outside to fool around outside gave up their minds early.

Entering the hotel, Louis called all the teaching assistants—Tomjanovich, Zhao Yuanzheng, Phil Jackson, Sheriff, Dennis Dillon, and Truke Robinson—to his room.

Louie and the players said that the rounds were picked at random times, but the execution was not so random.

The six people were divided into six batches, with one-hour intervals between each time.

In the first half of the night, Sharif, Dillon, and Robinson came, and in the second half of the night, Tomjanovich, Zhao Yuanzheng, and Zen Master came.

Where is Louis?As a coach, you still have the right to sleep on time
That night, no players went out, but a woman appeared in someone's room.This, the coaching staff doesn't care, as long as you don't leave the hotel.

The next day, the Knicks practiced normally.

Louis did not go to the training ground, and stayed in the hotel with Zhao Yuanzheng to study the Celtics game video.

The Celtics, like the Knicks, have not lost a game in the playoffs so far.

Both sides are likely to reach the Eastern Conference Finals with unbeaten records.

What worried Louie was that the Celtics' semifinal opponents frequently used full-court press against them, and they took the opportunity to practice how to break the full-court press.

Although the full-court press of their semifinal opponent, the Bucks, was no better than that of the Knicks, it can be seen that the Celtics broke the press routine and prepared it for the Knicks.

"Larry's body seems to be well maintained. Since the start of the semifinals, he has performed extremely well." Zhao Yuanzheng talked about the current situation of the Celtics with a gloomy face. "Ralph is still at the MVP level, and Isiah is often the most overlooked, but also the most dangerous one."

"Ron Harper, Bill Lambiel, Reggie Lewis, Danny Ainge and others are all in good shape."

"Except for Larry, the rest of the Celtics are in their prime."

This is the opponent the Knicks are about to face. After winning four consecutive championships, the Celtics are still at the top.

⑴ Gooden is a contemporary New York Mets (MLB) superstar.Kind of like David Thompson.

(End of this chapter)