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Chapter 576 Why is it like this?
"The Knicks showed more maturity than us, and that's why we lost games."

Losing Game [-] of the Finals was no surprise to the Blazers.

Before the game started, the Knicks were considered to be a more competitive team than the Trail Blazers.Is it shameful to lose to a team that is more competitive than yourself?No.Shame on the Blazers head coach Rick Adelman.

His on-the-spot command caused great controversy.

As early as when the Blazers were trapped by the Lakers for four consecutive years, Adelman was questioned about his lack of ability.

After the first game, the criticism against him became more and more.

As much criticism as Adelman got, Louie got as much praise.

"Coach Lu, this should be familiar to you, right?"

The New York media joked.

"Yes, I played here when I was in Boston." Louie said lightly, "We have the experience of winning, so whatever happens will not affect my attitude towards the finals."

"What do you think is the biggest advantage of the Knicks?"

Louie said confidently: "Mentality. After beating the Celtics, we believe this year belongs to us."

"However, the Blazers also defeated the Lakers. Do you think this incident has not improved their mentality?"

"I didn't say that."

Louis didn't want to be inexplicably left with something to talk about.

"I mean, beating the defending champs was a psychological boost for the young guys on our team, it got them all excited. Maybe beating the Lakers would give the Blazers a similar boost, but I think the Celtics are better than the Lakers, that's for sure."

Louie didn't even mention that the Lakers' roster was split down to only Magic and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Facts speak louder than words.

That night, the Knicks played best was Ewing. He didn't score as many as Wilson, but his data was more comprehensive. He scored 20 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks.According to the Knicks' team data, Ewing still has 5 screen assists and 2 indirect assists-the so-called indirect assist is to send a pass through his hands, and then the person who receives the pass directly assists and scores.

In contrast, Wilson scored 26 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, which looks more like the core data of holding the ball, but if you want to judge FMVP, Ewing must be in the leading position.

That night, Louis came home and had something to eat.

He has a habit during the playoffs of not eating dinner on game days.

Because digesting things will slow down the operation of the brain, Louis forgot where he saw it, anyway, it meant that, and he didn't want his reaction to be too slow in the game because of what he ate.Therefore, I would rather be hungry than wait until the game is over.

If you win the game, you will be twice as happy when you go home for supper.

If he loses, he may not have the appetite to make up for this meal, so he will lose weight.

Anyway, he is not at a loss.

Louis ate supper, and took advantage of the time to digest food to fast-forward and review tonight's game in the small room.

This is a game that does not require a replay.

The failure of the pioneers.

Adelman was the culprit.

If Adelman is dismissed because of this, Louis must be the "principal culprit."His on-the-spot decision made the opponent too ugly.Due to the disparity in the performance of the head coaches of the two sides, any commentator who explains the game will point out the gap between the coaching staff.

Therefore, even those who don't understand the game know that Louis has blown up his opponent tactically.

The reason why Louis wants to review this game is mainly to think in another way.

From the perspective of the Blazers, what room for improvement is there in this game?
If he is Adelman, what room for improvement?

The more Louis watched, the more he could feel the "strangeness" of the Blazers and the inevitable victory of the Knicks' "don't know how to lose if they want to lose".

As two teams meeting in the Finals, Louie has rarely seen such restraint in mutual style.

As I said before, the basic offensive form of the Blazers is to use the body of a wing player to attack.

There are basically three positions in positional warfare.

Jordan/Glider/McDaniel plays with the ball, Nance or someone else runs a pick-and-roll and Jordan catches and shoots.

Since the Knicks have the striker to deal with the strength of the Blazers' flanks, their strong play style is destined to suffer.

If you don't count Ewing, the Knicks' personnel structure is quite similar to that of the Blazers, mainly based on the personnel reserves on the flanks.But the difference is the style of play on both sides.

The Blazers are simple and rude, and the Knicks are N. UCLA carefully built by Louis.The difference is that the Blazers have nothing to do when they encounter teams with similar styles, while the Knicks can use tactics to solve problems at any time.

Another problem, when the opponent has a strong center inside, the Blazers often suffer.As luck would have it, the Knicks happen to have an Ewing that Sampson has just kneaded into his shape.

The Blazers' outside threat is very low, so they basically can't open up space. Even if it is called a pick-and-roll, it is not very useful.The greatest value of pick-and-rolls lies in finding dislocations. The greater the difference in size between the offensive ball-handler and the screener, the easier it is to find opportunities for mis-positioned attacks. Unfortunately, Jordan and Glider, as the core ball-handlers of the Blazers, do not have threatening long-range shots. Therefore, whenever they call for a pick-and-roll, their opponents will retreat and avoid.

If they creatively put smaller guys in the pick-and-roll, it's useless.Not to mention whether Adelman can think of this method, even if he does, in front of the Knicks who have a similar personnel reserve as the Blazers, even if they use a small pick-and-roll to force a switch, the Blazers' size advantage is not great.

The game has entered the field that Louie is most familiar with—the small ball era’s gameplay—it is almost 100% sure that Adelman will not think of this method, but if someone gives credit to the Blazers’ coaching staff and asks their ball handlers to reverse the pick-and-roll to call the little man (Curry: You don’t come here), it belongs to the small ball era’s method, and it will also be backlashed by the small ball era’s gameplay.

The reason why James' roll call tactic has been tried and tested is because in the late Cavaliers, no matter how bad the teammates around them are, they can at least put on a lineup with all stars.

Therefore, as long as James is willing to call the shots, playing is like choosing a concubine. He can hit whoever he wants.

And the Blazers, because the quality of the shooter is too low, it is easy to be delayed, so they can't use the roll call tactics.Forcibly using this tactic in this environment may put the ball holder in a dangerous situation.

What should we do when the Blazers' strong flow can't get a clear size advantage, and the pick-and-roll can't easily find a dislocation, and they have to use shots to sanction the Knicks' inside line?
That's why Louie rewatched the game all over again.

He also wants to know how the Blazers can change this situation.

In the end, he found a way to change his formation.

On the Blazers' bench, there is a player named Richard Anderson (Richard Anderson PF/C).This person was a second-round pick in 1982. He is nearly 2 meters tall, but he is different from other insiders of the same era.

He is a fan of Sampson. Although he wants to play like Sampson, his ability is limited.So he can only develop one of Sampson's offensive methods.

What he developed was the three-pointer.

It can be clearly seen that Anderson is talented as a shooter, and he may be the contemporary Mamba.The first time he touched the NBA three-point line in his rookie season, he was able to score 30 three-pointers with an average 0.3% shooting rate per game.Although there was no improvement in the next few years, in this season, he seemed to have suddenly made up his mind, and his outside production has grown by leaps and bounds. He averaged 0.5 three-pointers per game in the regular season, quadrupled in the playoffs, and averaged two three-pointers per game with a 40% shooting rate.

If Louie takes over the Blazers temporarily, he will start Porter, Jordan, McDaniel, Anderson and Nance -- yes, the Glider bench.

Why put him on the bench?It's too simple. Since the Blazers still can't figure out how to make him and Jordan coexist and produce a chemical reaction of 1+1>2, it is better to let him lead the second team as a substitute.

In this way, both Jordan and him can play with peace of mind.

Although McDaniel is not a very reliable shooter, he also has a 34% three-pointer rate. In this way, the Blazers have three outside shooters who are at least average, and there is room for any tactics they want to play.

So, has Adelman found the current optimal solution?

It doesn't seem to be, so Louis really doesn't know if they have a chance to use Jordan's law.

If Adelman is not strong enough, whether to use the Jordan Law or not depends entirely on how unreasonable ways Mr. Joe can influence the situation as a superstar.

Louis took out the video tape, rubbed his trigeminal nerve, and almost digested the supper.

He decided to take a shower before going to bed.

After taking a shower, Louis returned to his room wrapped in a towel, and Lorraine was already sound asleep.Louie was about to go to bed when he nearly collapsed from the crying in the baby's room.

"wocao!! Why is this the time?"

(End of this chapter)