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Chapter 578 Louis is a ghost

Players clashed on the field and Louie sat casually.

He kind of enjoyed the atmosphere. Jordan swung his fist, which showed that he was a real man with blood, but it also showed that his mentality was not controlled well enough.

He didn't expect the Knicks to treat him like this.

Not to mention that Wilson dared to attack him one after another.

Defeating opponents mentally and keeping them in a chaotic mode is one of the secrets to the Celtics' superiority over other teams.

The Knicks, who defeated the Celtics head-on, changed from a boy bravely fighting a dragon to another dragon.

As a result of this fight, Wilson was called for the second foul, Jordan got a T, and the scuffle of others was not counted.

In the first quarter, the Blazers took a 27-24 lead.

In the second quarter, Louie rested Wilson and formed the second team led by Stockton, Miller, Rodman, McHale, and John Sely.

Jordan was in a killing state, and the Blazers weren't going to let him rest.

He himself didn't want to rest, so the game continued.

Jordan maintains a large number of shots, and his shooting percentage is always above 50%. Following this trend, it is not impossible for Jordan to score [-] points in a single game in the finals.

But, there is a problem.

None of his teammates scored in double figures from the first quarter to the end of the second quarter.

Jordan scored 30 points in the half, and the Trail Blazers who allowed him to play the full half did not get the advantage he wanted before halftime.

On the Knicks side, Stockton continued to feel hot, and the Blazers, who continued to adopt a short-selling strategy, gave Miller a chance to flex his muscles. McHale blasted the Blazers' inside line from a low post, and Rodman's defense suffocated the opponent's flank.

Jordan, who scored 13 points in a single quarter, watched them go from leading to falling behind.

59 to 52 at halftime, the Knicks led by 7 points.

"MJ is the best player on the court, but we have a lot of historical records that the best players don't always win the game. You have to believe in the teammates around you. Like Drexler in Portland, he didn't play the level that an All-Star player should have."

Louie wasn't sure if his words had reached the Blazers.

How stupid would Adelman be to take his opponent's advice?But what if you don't accept it?A very realistic situation lies ahead.

Jordan scored 30 points in the half, and they were still 7 points behind. What does this mean?
It shows that even if Jordan shoots 30% of the shots and [-] points in the half, it is difficult to beat the Knicks.

Therefore, the law of "one cannot win" still exists.

Ever since, in the second half, Louis saw that Jordan was placed on the weak side as an assaulter, and the ball was concentrated in the hands of the glider.

"I know they're in a hurry, but this is outrageous."

Zhao Yuanzheng thought that Adelman had really adopted Louis' suggestion.

In terms of three-point accuracy, the Knicks' ranking is Ellis-Wilson=Miller-Hornacek-others.

Although Miller was a rookie, Louis knew the height he would reach in the future, so he was designated as the team's starting No. [-].

Since the Eastern Conference Finals, Miller has been unable to score due to lack of confrontation.

The Blazers seem to have misunderstood something.

They seemed to think that doing nothing would allow Miller to shoot at the three-point rate of the Eastern Conference Finals.
This situation led to the Blazers always being short of breath in the second half.

Jordan tried hard to score, blasting all the Knicks who defended him, and he probably hit every shot from mid-range, scoring 56 points in the audience.

You must know that the Trail Blazers only scored 100 points.

These 56 points are more than half of the team, not to mention his 54% shooting rate, which is only lower than the pie-eating machine Larry Nance.

112 is better than 100
In Game 2, the Knicks defended their home court with a 12-point advantage.

In this battle, eight Knicks scored in double figures.

It wasn't Wilson or Ewing who scored the most points.

The player with the most points was Reggie Miller, who averaged only 6 points per game in the Eastern Conference Finals and shot just over 30%.

In the game against the Trail Blazers, he made 7 of 5 three-pointers and scored a team-high 15 points.

On the opposite side there is a monster who scored 56 points, and the Knicks' team-high 15 points, judging from the score, should be overwhelmed.

As a result, the Blazers also lost to the Knicks by 12 points.

Ewing had another great game.

He scored a triple-double of 13 points, 19 rebounds and 11 assists, the first triple-double of his career.

And the first time, it was actually done in the finals.

After the game, Ewing's call for FMVP became louder.

2 is better than 0
New York held two home games and headed to the away game with an advantage that made Portlanders terrified.

Game3
The Memorial Coliseum was filled with Trail Blazers fans, 11 years since their last trip to the Finals.

Many old Portland fans will smile when they think back to the Finals 11 years ago. It was a sweet memory.

In what may be the most competitive season in the history of the league, the Blazers came out on top.

11 years later, no one is left.

Dr. Jack Ramsey's successor, Rick Adelman, is in doubt.

Louie met Blazers owner Larry Weinberg as he entered the Memorial Coliseum.With him, there is also Paul Allen, the future owner of the Blazers who is sure.

"Lu, it seems that you don't need my introduction." Weinberg didn't know that Louis and Alan knew each other.

Louis and Allen had only a few face-to-face acquaintances. At the beginning, he bought a $90 stake in Microsoft's IPO through Sonny Webling.Microsoft holds a general meeting of shareholders every year, and Louis, a small shareholder, naturally also attended, and he also got to know the big boss inside.

"I don't know basketball, but I know Louis is one of the best investors in New York." Allen looked at Louis, "Louis, what do you think of the future of the Blazers?"

Louis smiled bitterly: "Do you want me to say it? It's not appropriate."

"I think you are the most suitable person to comment, because you just beat them at home." Allen's rude speech made Weinberg very helpless.

Due to the shortage of funds, Weinberg knew that the NBA was a piece of fat, but he couldn't continue to operate it.

Back then, he cooperated with others and pooled 300 million US dollars to create the Trail Blazers. Now he is the sole owner of the team, but he may sell the team for hundreds of millions of dollars. Even if the inflation rate is taken into account, this is also the most profitable transaction he has ever done in his life.

But there is a question. The market value of the Blazers is now hundreds of millions of dollars. How much will it be worth in the future?
"The Blazers have MJ, they have a bright future." It's a pity that they met me, so there is a high probability that the future will not be bright, um.

Allen said with a smile: "I may ask you more about related issues in the future, so you should not hesitate to advise."

Unless Louie was sick, why would he help his biggest rival?

Of course, if Allen offered an undeniable price, he would help more or less.No matter how you help, there is a limit. The Blazers must not surpass the Knicks. This is his bottom line.

He also has the confidence to get it done.

That night, the Blazers played the most beautiful game since the start of the finals.

It's a pity that it was also the most serious of Adelman's illnesses.

The fact that Jordan scored 56 points and couldn't win the game gave them a strong psychological message: Others need to step up, especially Drexler.

Anyway, Jordan only needs the right to shoot, so let Drexler control the ball and let Jordan shoot casually.

In the first round, Louis could see what they were thinking.

His first reaction at the time was that there was fraud, and Adelman could not have resorted to such a stupid move.

But as they played, Drexler's card-handling posture at the top of the arc became more and more wild and unscrupulous. Louis began to think seriously, they didn't really think that giving the ball to Drexler to deal cards at the top of the arc would solve the problem of lack of spark between him and Jordan, right?
As a result, the two sides fought like this for a whole quarter, and Louis slowly adjusted like peeling garlic, and finally decided——This fucking pioneer is really a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

In the first quarter, the rhythm was very slow, Drexler was a good player in dealing cards, and Jordan continued the fiery touch of Game2.

Louis didn't intend to continue like this.

When Adelman first came to power, he tried to let Drexler take the lead and Jordan play the main output.

It was later discovered that there is no good tactical system for such a fight, and it is easy to be strangled to death.

Where does a good tactical system come from?Anyway, Adelman's teaching assistants couldn't afford it.

After being cleaned up by the Lakers, he learned from the pain and changed to Jordan as the master.As a result, he was beaten again, and he continued to change his method.

His adjustment direction is not tactical, but "arrangement and combination".Use this one, use that one, continue if it works well, change another method if it doesn’t work well.

In the end, after trying it out, he found that it would be better not to think about creating a chemical reaction between the star players. If the athletic talent is so strong, whoever gets the ball will be able to play, and arrange some small tactics without an overall big framework.

The Blazers' style of play highlights a reckless and fierce, but lacks coaching wisdom.

Now, the Knicks clearly told Adelman that Jordan can't kill us alone, so you have to work together.

Therefore, Adelman actually thought that they would cram their feet in the finals, let Drexler handle the ball, and Jordan would be able to play the effect by feeling hot.

There is only one possibility for the Blazers to win in this way-when Louis is the insider.

(End of this chapter)