the rest, only noise

Chapter 540 Historic Victory

The existence of Dick Bavita prevents Isiah Thomas from being able to maximize his speed.

Originally, Thomas was the optimal solution to break the press.

Now the Celtics don't know what to do.

Bavita allowed Knicks players to make big plays on Thomas.

For a player with no advantage in size, this is simply a disaster.

Moreover, even though Thomas was strong-willed and full of fighting spirit, faced with the most intense physical contact and defensive intensity in the history of basketball, he was still strong after thousands of blows and fell into a positional battle. The Knicks' defense did not weaken because of this.

Instead, the Celtics' offense has to guarantee the hit rate.

Because if you miss the shot, the Knicks lineup will rush up.

Regardless of whether Thomas is defending the penalty area in the face of Ewing, or encountering murder and pressing team members to switch defenses, it is an inevitable choice to make some shots under confrontation or high-pressure defense.

In the Celtics lineup, only Sampson and Harper can block the defense, but they often have to rush to the offensive rebound, so there is a trade-off problem.

The Knicks counterattacked with rhythm when they missed the shot. Did they rush to the rebound or retreat?
There is a certain probability of success in rebounding.

Retreat, the Knicks' fast break is always four people acting together, the difficulty is too high.

So the Celtics made the right call at the wrong time.

The correct reason is to keep the lineup unchanged, and rebounding to reduce the Knicks' counterattack is the only way.Sampson's 4 rebounds in a single quarter were all converted into second offensive points.

The reason why this time period is wrong is because Ellis' touch suddenly exploded.

It was an obvious mistake to let Ellis shoot.

Coaches often encounter a very tangled thing in the playoffs, that is, whether they should follow up when the opponent's rotation method is relatively special.

KC chose not to follow up, betting that Sampson's rebound control and Ellis wouldn't be consistent.

Unfortunately, Ellis has been accurate, accurate enough to make the Celtics desperate.

At the end of the half, the point difference reached 33 points.

The game lost its suspense.

Dick Stockton grinned and asked his partner, "Billy, what do you think of the second half of the second quarter?"

Cunningham said with a livid face: "I am very disappointed in Coach Jones. He didn't do what he should do."

"He shouldn't continue to let the main players rest when they are behind by a big score. He should let Larry and the others come up to attack when the suspense has not disappeared."

"Does it make sense? Their biggest problem seems to be their inability to effectively stop the Knicks' counter-attacks."

"That's the problem. If you want to reduce the opponent's counterattack, in addition to reducing the opponent's speed and defensive quality, you have to improve your own positional success rate. What did we see? He sat Larry in the second quarter, with his hands on his waist, and did nothing."

"He requested three timeouts."

"He obviously wasted three timeouts because we didn't see any effect after those timeouts ended."

Cunningham's exasperated incarnation as KC's biggest black fan is quite comical.

Stockton didn't bother to go back to his prediction that Sampson would lead the Celtics to a big comeback.

Although that was only ten minutes ago.

After all, no one would have imagined that the Celtics were only 15 points behind ten minutes ago, and after ten minutes, this number became 33 points.

Stockton asked in fear of chaos: "Billy, do you think the Celtics have a chance to come back in the second half?"

Cunningham didn't dig himself any more.

He said bluntly: "The chance is very small. Tonight's referee has a very tough style and will not call those ordinary physical contact. This situation is not conducive to the Celtics chasing points."

In an interview with the midfielder, Louis vowed that he would not let the water go, and that he would do his best to play well in the second half.

"I don't know if there is any team in history that led by 33 points in the first half, but was overtaken and lost in the second half. If not, we will try our best to avoid being the first team to be reversed."

In the second half, the Celtics briefly set up a 5-OUT lineup - Ainge, Harper, Bird, Lewis and Sampson.

This lineup is really strong offensively, but it is only a temporary usage. Louis saw that the Celtics' change was completely temporary, and there was no continuity at all.

At the back, in order to increase the rhythm of the game, KC, like Louie, tried all the possibilities of the lineup, including a lineup without a center for 4 consecutive minutes.

In addition to defending Ewing with a small lineup, it is also difficult to defend against McHale and Song Tao. Louis did this. The Celtics used a small lineup, and he played in a large lineup to slow down the game and suppress them with offensive rebounds.

The Celtics, who had no clue and were not ready, were crazily blasted for rebounds-the Knicks' inside impact is already very strong, and no matter how the lineup lacks inside, it will be blasted for rebounds.

Four minutes before the whistle, the Celtics trailed by 4 points.

A failed attempt at small lineups meant they had lost all avenues for losing games with dignity.

Every time KC changes, Louie responds immediately.

Moreover, his response is like those shrews who like to tell short stories when they quarrel, always hitting the key point accurately and effectively, leaving you helpless.

The Celtics replaced all the main players, declaring the complete defeat of Game2.

Louis immediately replaced the main force and played the rest of the game with a substitute lineup.

116 is better than 88
At the end of the game, the Celtics lost to the Knicks by 28 points at home.

Heinsohn called it the worst loss in Celtics history.

"I always thought we earned the respect of the league for the past four years, but tonight I found out that I was wrong. We didn't earn the respect of the Knicks. They didn't relent when they were leading, and all Little Lu's improvisations were to prevent the Celtics from shrinking the score. You should understand that the opponent will only do it when they don't respect you and want to humiliate you."

Heinsohn takes the rhythm of the Knicks.

Auerbach takes the rhythm of the referee.

"The Knicks had at least 30 free fouls tonight."

"Although there are two referees on the field, they are missing four eyes."

"I can't imagine that this kind of penalty scale will appear in the garden. The referees should be ashamed of themselves. They have tarnished the sport."

Winner on the refereeing side, Louie did not respond to Celtic's complaints.

He replied about the Knicks deliberately humiliating the Celtics.

"When I first came to New York, every time I played against the Celtics, they would beat us by 20 or 30 points. At that time, I didn't see the word respect in them. For me, the greatest respect on the court is to give the opponent a heavy blow. So, this game is my respect for Boston." Louis laughed, "When you beat the opponent by dozens of points at will, you should think that one day, the same thing will happen to you. Maybe this day is too late for the Celtics. It's too early, they're not used to it."

"If this is the case, then I have no choice but to advise them to get used to it as soon as possible." Louis' words angered the Boston media, "because this kind of thing will only increase."

After this press conference, Louie basically lost his popularity in Boston.

He seemed too arrogant and didn't care how the fans felt.

Louis didn't have time to care about the feelings of these people, he still had a lot of things to deal with.

Back at the hotel, have something to eat, get a good night's sleep, and head home.

Being able to leave Boston with a big score of 1 to 1 is the best result for them.

Game2's big victory was made up of many accidental factors, and this kind of victory cannot be copied.

After Auerbach's pressure, the name Dick Bavita should not appear in the Eastern Conference Finals again.

This is not for the league to take care of the Celtics, but for the fairness of the competition.

Louie admitted they took advantage of the referee tonight.

Bavita gave them the freedom to foul Thomas at will, and Auerbach said the referees missed 30 fouls they called probably an exaggeration... but well, 29 should have been.

If it was Louie, he would never have stayed on the field to the end.

He would be ejected by the referee for endless swearing and intimidation before the end of the game.

That way he at least doesn't have to watch the team get slaughtered.And it can be used as an excuse to say that they lost the game because he was ejected by the referee early.

Three birds with one stone!
But KC didn't understand this truth. His choice was to advance and retreat with the team.

Well, it's pretty good, but after a fight, I was so angry that my liver hurts and my stomach hurts.

So there's nothing wrong with choosing to swear. You don't have to be aggrieved, and you can vent your chest suffocation. The dirtier the mouth, the better the experience.

(End of this chapter)