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Chapter 543 Are You Enough?
Scott Weidman, a player who was undervalued under both Louie and KC Jones.

He left his peak in the Kansas Kings. He was signed by the Cavaliers with a premium contract in 1981 and failed to show his worth, and was later picked up by the Celtics.

Although it was only a short year in the Louis era, it was the year with the strongest lineup for the Celtics. Weidman did not get playing time. In the KC era, under the influence of Louis, Weidmann was not used much.

Weidman is a player with a strong sense of honor. Even if he has no chance, he doesn't want to leave the Celtics. Therefore, he has been a substitute for many years and has four championship rings in his hand.

No one expected that KC's unintentional move turned out to be the key to breaking the 2-2-1 full-court press.

The arrangement of letting Sampson receive the serve in the backcourt is a highly targeted move. Factors such as the recovery of Thomas' state and the fact that the referee is no longer Dick Bavita have led to the decline of the Knicks' full-court pressing threat.

Louie kept the 2-2-1 line up for three rounds.

None of the rounds managed to keep Celtic in the backcourt, and they scored two goals in three rounds.

Instead, the Knicks put in too much effort on the defensive end and couldn't find the touch on the offensive end.

If you want to play a full-court press, you have to catch the opponent's mistakes, and the offensive state that falls into the positional battle will have huge ups and downs due to defensive reasons.

Therefore, in the three offenses, the Knicks scored a goal with McHale's dislocation.

In this way, the Knicks still suffer.

35 is better than 27
Behind by 8 points, Louie used hand gestures to remind the players to stop pressing.

Next, he turned and called Ewing.

Ewing came to Louis with a serious face and waited for his orders.

"When I finish speaking, if you understand it, say you understand it, and if you don't understand it, say you don't understand it. Don't pretend you don't understand."

Ewing nodded.

"I will replace you later. I want you to increase the intensity of the game from the first second on the field. The offensive end is also dominated by you."

"Lead by me?"

Ewing asked incredulously.

"Don't be too happy, listen to me." Louis said, "You can only catch the ball in one way. After the pick-and-roll, you run to a position of one or two steps inside the top of the arc. The Celtics usually don't care about you. How is your shooting percentage in this position?"

That's not Ewing's offensive zone.

Ewing said uncertainly: "Maybe about [-]%?"

"Then I'll assume that you only shoot [-]% of your long-distance mid-range shots in actual combat." Louie continued, "Once the opportunity arises, you just need to know that they don't care about you, so keep your center of gravity and shoot according to your rhythm. If you can make the ball and force them to guard you, that's when you dominate the offense. You have to do a lot of pick-and-roll cooperation with Benj. I need you two to dismember the Celtics defense at the free throw line!"

Ewing listened very seriously, and the expression on his face made it hard for Louis to believe that he really listened to what he said.

"Did you hear clearly?"

"Of course!" Ewing nodded heavily.

"Everyone says you are inferior to Ralph, even your best defense is inferior to him." Louis patted Ewing on the shoulder, "This is an opportunity for you to prove them all wrong."

When Louis told Ewing one-on-one, the game passed 2 minutes.

When the full-court press turned into a positional battle, the Knicks' defensive quality was also high, and Wilson's offense was very good, responding to the Celtics with McHale.

6 is better than 6
The two sides did not miss the ball in these 2 minutes.

41 is better than 33
The Celtics continued to maintain an 8-point lead, and Ainge allowed his teammates to open up space to single Wilson with the ball.

His tentative steps, accelerations, sudden stops and little retreats shook Wilson's center of gravity out of his cylinder.

"Shh!"

43 is better than 33
The Knicks called for a timeout, Louie asked Hornacek to replace Stockton, and Ewing replaced McHale.

"Little Lu made another large-scale substitution. I don't know if it can change the trend of this game."

Billy Cunningham is obviously much more low-key tonight, he knows this is the home of the Knicks.

At the end of the timeout, the Celtics replaced Weidman with Bird.

In the first round, the Knicks strictly implemented Louis' arrangement.

Hornacek called Ewing for a pick-and-roll. Sure enough, Ewing was standing at the top of the arc, and no one cared about him.

Sampson and Thomas pinched Hornacek together.

Hornacek passed the ball to Ewing, who was unattended at the top of the arc.

“他不可能在那个位置出手！”凯尔特人的助教吉米·罗杰斯说，“尤因的10-16英尺（3.048米-4.8米）的投篮命中率有46.7%，16英尺外的长两分命中率有32%。而那个位置距离三分线”

Rogers failed to tell all the data he had, and Ewing adjusted and shot.

"Shh!"

Immediately, Wilson put pressure on Bird, Rodman helped defend Thomas, and Ewing blocked the shot.

Coming to the frontcourt again, Ewing was emptied again.

Ewing's confidence came out, and when the ball was passed to him, his shot became more decisive.

Score another goal.

37 is better than 43
KC Jones couldn't watch anymore, and he asked to stop double-teaming the Knicks' ball handler.

Ewing's offense gained momentum, and the Knicks' defense also boosted their momentum.

Every time he scored, he clenched his fists, closed his eyes and roared loudly.

It's a pity that they are facing the Celtics, and they are no strangers to this kind of battle.

Bird pushed away Wilson in the fierce confrontation, and made a strong shot from the outside.

46 is better than 37
The Celtics, who no longer gave Ewing an open space, fell into the defensive trap arranged by Louie.

When Hornacek chose to break through the pick-and-roll instead of moving laterally, Sampson had to help defend the past. Thomas wanted to block the passing route, so he didn't choose to get close to Ewing.

As a result, the formation went wrong, Rodman cut from the left wing, Hornacek hit the pass.

Rodman scored with a dunk.

Ewing's defense began to appear dominant, he successfully blocked Sampson's offense, Bird grabbed the offensive rebound, but his shot was seriously interfered and missed.

The Celtics' quick retreat made the Knicks' fast break impossible.

This time, Hornacek did not call the pick-and-roll, and directly chose to pass the ball to Ewing at the free throw line.

Ewing used his body as a wall and made a hand-to-hand pass to Wilson.Wilson went in with the ball, and Ewing went down at the same time.The Celtics' attention was on Wilson, but King Kong behind him rushed up to the Empire State Building, grabbed the "plane" thrown by his teammates, and scored brutally with a bang.

41 is better than 46
"Little Lu is still the Little Lu!" Dick Stockton admired. "The full-court press is just one of his weapons. His tactics have changed too much."

Cunningham shook his head and said: "KC is a little restless. Judging from Patrick Ewing's shooting efficiency, I think it is the right choice to let Ralph and his teammates let him go to help defend the Knicks. The empty Celtics' interior creates an empty basket, so that the Knicks' mature offensive system can prevail."

"This is a chain (chain tactic)!" KC's chief assistant coach Rogers said, "Ewing's outside shooting is fake, and it is true to dismantle our defense. Once our inside man-marks Ewing, the inside is in a vacuum. Then, Benjamin Wilson will cooperate with Ewing to break our defense one by one!"

"And," said another Celtics assistant, Ed Badger, "Little Lu put Wilson's finisher on his 'SSS' (super sweet spot)!"

All the fears of the Celtics assistant coach have come true.

Louie watched with a sinking face as the player completed his plan.

Wilson is a ball-handler who doesn't take up space. He can shoot and score with quality and quantity under the defense of the opponent.

For Sampson, he chose to sway half a meter away;
For Lambiel, he didn't even look at it, and accelerated to break through and dunk;
Facing Bird was the most exciting time for him. He dribbled the ball continuously under the crotch, made a realistic Beverly to end Bird's ankle in place, and then used the connecting back dribble to set the best player in history in his defensive position, and scored;

The Celtics lost their minds, and when they flanked him, he passed the ball to the outside.

Hornacek hit a three-pointer.

Before the end of the second half, the Knicks tied the score.

54 is better than 54
In this game, Ewing understood clearly that Louis said that he was leading the game, but in fact he used him as a bait.The Celtics couldn't ignore him when he made long-range mid-range shots.Therefore, increase the intensity of his defense, and then use him as a defensive bait to help Wilson create excellent mid-range singles opportunities.

He is a tool man all the way, but he is indispensable, and the real protagonist is Wilson.

Ewing has no resentment in his heart. This is Louis' consistent style, and it is also the only way for him to become a contemporary Bill Russell.

11 seconds before the end of halftime, the ball was in the hands of the Celtics.

"Have you had enough trouble?"

Bird took the ball and said with a sullen face.

"That's where it is." Wilson's eyes were red.

"No, what I mean is." Byrd said coldly, "It's time to stop your monkey show."

Before halftime, Bird made a strong three-pointer against Wilson's defense.

"Shh!"

57 is better than 54
Bird gave the Celtics the lead going into the second half.

After scoring a three-pointer at the buzzer in the first half, Bird did not see the slightest joy on his face.

This goal, the Knicks supporters seem to be a pity, but in Louis' heart, it is a terrible warning.

Just like when he played against the provincial team in the quarter-finals of the 2013 Manila Asian Championships before crossing, the national basketball team led by a big score in the first half, was hit by a three-pointer at the buzzer by the provincial team defender Hong Zhishan before halftime.

Louis saw Bird's three-pointer's mood, just like at that time.

Something is going to happen.

It is this feeling.

(End of this chapter)