the rest, only noise

Chapter 550
5 Fifty Chapters Get Up From Where You Fall
This is a strange game. The Knicks never thought of relying on the power of the referee to do their own offense.

From the first second of the game, they put their purpose on the table.

Defend, fight, bite, chase.

It's not about getting more points than you, it's about controlling your points for less than me.

It sounds like nonsense, but at the game level, getting more points and letting the opponent get fewer points than yourself represent two different meanings of the game.

The Knicks' defense made the Celtics' offense almost misfired across the board.

In the first quarter, 23 to 20.

The Knicks led by 3 points. At the beginning of the second quarter, when Stevens helped defend Sampson, he hit the opponent's shoulder.

The foul was so obvious that the referee sounded the whistle decisively.

Louis turned his head and looked at Wilson: "Benj, are you ready?"

The Knicks' ace, Benjamin Wilson, didn't play in the first quarter.

For a whole section, his heart was suffering, and Louis' call was like giving life to a dying person.

Wilson clenched his fists and stood up: "Yes, coach!"

Half a minute into the second quarter, the Knicks made a large-scale substitution.

Louie replaced Hornacek, Stevens and Ewing with Stockton, Wilson and Oakley.

The Knicks lineup is Stockton, Ellis, Wilson, McHale, Oakley.

There is no pure center, but the five positions are well balanced.

The Celtics replaced Bird at the beginning of the second quarter and faced Thomas, Danny Ainge, Harper, Jim Peterson and Sampson.

Sampson went to the free throw line and made two free throws.

22 is better than 23
Sampson led the Celtics to strengthen their defense. On the Knicks side, the biggest change was Louis' change to the ball holder.

Usually it is Stockton to hold the ball in series. Today, his duty is to take the ball across the half court.

After halftime, give the ball to Wilson and stand on the sidelines.

Wilson held the ball at the top of the arc and called for tactics.

McHale ran a wonderful 2 High Rip against the Celtics' two-tower lineup and got lucky on center Peterson.

Even though Peterson is a center, with his defensive ability, it will be difficult to guard McHale.

McHale falsely turned and tested, then rolled back.

25 is better than 22
Allowing Wilson to organize with the ball is to prevent the Celtics from ignoring the offensive threat of the ball holder.Unlike Stockton, Wilson is a player who gives him a chance to shoot and he will shoot decisively.

The Celtics counterattacked quickly.

Thomas suddenly points to Sampson.

Sampson used his own offensive threat to attract the Knicks to double-team and lob Peterson inside.

Peterson dunks, 24 to 25.

The Celtics once again implemented their strategy, giving the Knicks enough space to attack the ball to prevent being broken by the pick-and-roll.Without any hesitation, Wilson made a one-step shot from inside the three-point line.

"boom!"

He seemed to have sat on the bench for too long and felt cold.

But it doesn't matter, Sampson was taken out of the penalty area, Oakley swung his elbow away from Peterson, grabbed the offensive rebound and distributed it to Ellis on the outside.

"You can't let that person shoot!" Bird, who was sitting off the court, yelled.

Ellis stabilized his center of gravity, and when the defense came, the ball had already flown out of his palm.

"Shh!"

"Dale~~~Alice!!!" Marv Albert yelled, "He always appears at this moment!"

Suddenly, Wilson stayed in the frontcourt.

He was alone, making a full-court press on Isiah Thomas.

"You fucking seek death!"

Thomas lowered his weight, elbowed first, and accelerated.

Wilson's reflexes were terribly strong. He turned sideways full of anger, opened his hand, and stopped the accelerating Thomas, forcing the opponent to cross the half in a more conservative way.

Just when Thomas wanted to find someone else to pass the ball and launch an offense as soon as possible, McHale came to the outside.

His defensive strength and wingspan completely blocked Thomas' vision.

With Wilson, forcing out his turnovers.

Wilson who grabbed the ball.Like a cheetah rushing to its prey, it went to the frontcourt with an astonishing tomahawk dunk and hit a timeout for the Celtics.

27 is better than 22
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"KC Jones is very conservative. He doesn't want the Knicks to start. This timeout is called at the right time!" Billy Cunningham did not finish his sentence.

"Wait, what is Benjamin doing?"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Wilson challenged Larry Bird who was resting: "How long are you going to sit there?"

Tom Heinsohn's mentality suddenly changed, "This young man seems to have forgotten how embarrassed he was when he faced Larry in the past two games!"

"Coach, that person is coming." Wilson was referring to Bird.

Louis saw Byrd get up and wait for KC's orders, and Wilson's judgment was correct.

Louis snorted softly and turned to his team members, "Get up wherever you fall."

Everyone looked gloomy, just looking at Louis.

"If I say, I'm going to press them all over again, do you guys have the guts to carry out the plan?"

Louis believes that many people will remember how their murder press was cracked by the Celtics in Game3.

"Coach, just tell us what you want us to do!" Wilson said.

"Okay" Louis changed the lineup, "Benj, Honey, Alex, Michael (Cooper), Oak, I hope to see the most violent full-court press, don't care about the number of fouls I have, I only have one principle. The Celtics score free throws, yes;

The reverberations of the Knicks change caused riots in the garden.

"Little Lu is going to use the full-court press again?" Cunningham laughed in surprise, "Did he forget what happened in Game 3?"

Heinsohn's perception of Louis has been greatly reduced, but he doesn't think that Louis is a person who remembers to eat but not to fight.

"Perhaps it was because he remembered that he did it."

The Celtics rested Sampson, and Thomas, Ainge, Bird, Reggie Lewis, and Ron Harper formed an anti-full-court press five.

KC Jones is worthy of being Louie's old friend, and he knows how much Louis has vengeance.

The Green Army's lineup is very targeted. Four out of five people on the field can dribble. Conversely, only two people on the Knicks side can dribble.

The gap between ball handlers will profoundly affect the efficiency of breaking the full court press.

Louis knew that this would happen, but he still wanted to carry it out.

"This is going to turn into a war of attrition." Tomjanovich said worriedly, "Can it work?"

"Perhaps this is the purpose of Coach Lu."

Zhao Yuanzheng glanced at Louis who hadn't communicated with others.

"Coach Lu believes that the failure of Game 3 was just accidental. Once the two sides form a tug-of-war, the Celtics will be at a disadvantage."

The referee blew the whistle to restart the game.

From the first second, Bird decided to give Wilson a little flair.

When he used his body to lean on Wilson and the ball was sent to him.Wilson, who was behind him, suddenly slammed into his lumbar spine fiercely, causing him to lose his center of gravity.

Before the referee had time to blow the whistle, Bird got up and pushed Wilson away: "I'm going to kill you, you little bastard!"

Wilson's reaction was not as excited as it was in Game 3. He looked at Bird indifferently and did not expand the conflict. The referee called him a foul.

"Doesn't it count if Larry pushes people?" Louis asked.

It really doesn't count, this is the most difficult point for referees to deal with when a conflict occurs.Those who provoke should be punished, but what about those who respond?It was Systrom's habit to punish the one who took the initiative.

"It's okay, Coach."

Wilson clapped his hands to mobilize the emotions of his teammates.

"Keep defending! Just like the coach said, let them make free throws, okay! Do they want to score in other ways?" Wilson looked at Bird in front, "Fucking no!"

Wilson has reduced the collision that may be called a foul, increased confrontation, and used his vitality, physical fitness and athleticism. It is difficult for Bird to fix a certain position to receive the ball.

The Knicks-Celtics game turned into a horribly raw hand-to-hand fight.

Bird gets stuck first, and Wilson will grab the position with all his strength, and use any part of his body to withstand him.

Others are running and grabbing positions, Stevens has played the role of panacea, and Cooper still has the power of a first-level defense.

The Celtics sent the ball to Angie.

In the next second, Angie was flanked by Stevens and Cooper.

He only needs to pass the ball to Thomas to take care of the Celtics defense, but he's gotten into a situation where he's only successful if he can get the ball out.

It wasn't Thomas who caught the ball, it was Lewis.

Lewis was too nervous, his mind was empty, he forgot to return the ball to Thomas, and dribbled the ball by himself.

Hornacek, who appeared in front of him, reminded him of Thomas.

By the time he really wanted to pass the ball, it was too late.

The basketball was intercepted by the Knicks on its way to Thomas' palm.

That's why the Knicks' full-court press has been called murder.

They are indeed defending with the mentality of slaughtering their opponents.

The Celtics' pass was intercepted and quickly hit the frontcourt, and Wilson gave the ball to Hornacek at the top of the arc.

Hornacek attempted his third [-]-point attempt of the night.

This time, there is!
(End of this chapter)