the rest, only noise

Chapter 619
Rick Pitino's full-court press strategy can really work in the lower leagues,

Just like the U.S. team in international competitions, they all like to use their unique physical pressure to cause opponents to make continuous mistakes, and then easily counterattack.

But in the NBA, the highest-level basketball league in the world, it is a bit naive to want to use the full-court press to get all the teams.

Was Pitino naive?not.

In fact, he doesn't blindly use full-court pressing to limit opponents. Full-court pressing is the big framework under his defensive system.

Under this general framework, many traps are used as details to improve the defense.

Defensive trapping requires careful study of the opponent's players.

Who can be abandoned and who should be treated with priority.

This is why, in the small ball era, there are almost no teams that regard full-court pressing as a routine method.

Because the role players in the small ball era do better in their special field (shooting), the whole court presses to set up traps, and some players who are not threatening to shoot must be selectively let go.

That's what Pitino's team did.

Unfortunately, he met the Knicks, a team that in many ways looked like the team of the future.

Therefore, Jordan completed two steals in the opening game, but it was difficult for the Knicks to make mistakes after that.

Moreover, after a high-intensity defensive confrontation, the Knicks were more comfortable, and they were not afraid of their opponents increasing the intensity of the game.

The Knicks' restrictions on the restricted area are beyond the imagination of Portlanders.

Jordan, Drexler, and Nance, they tried to attack the Knicks' penalty area in the first quarter, without exception, they were either fouled or knocked to the ground severely.

Pitino is also prepared for the Knicks' violent defense.

His preparation will make Blazers fans angry.

Pitino let the players ignore the Knicks' redundant actions and focus on the game, because once entangled in how to retaliate, it is difficult to focus on the game.

The truth is this, but it's too aggrieved.

Therefore, Billy Cunningham would express his confusion at the end of the first quarter: "I saw a lot of novel things in this game. The arrival of Coach Pitino did change Portland, but I found that they were missing one thing."

"what?"

"Blood," said Cunningham. "When New Yorkers make a fuss, they always walk away with their heads down, as if they're worried about making it big."

Cunningham is really puzzled by the Blazers' coaching staff.

In any case, conflict should not be avoided.

You can't forget your roots in life.

Have you forgotten how the Trail Blazers won their first championship?Maurice Lucas and Darryl Dawkins sparring in the Finals so easily over?

My ancestors had abundant martial arts virtues, how could they become such virtues now?
Cunningham sincerely felt sorry for Philadelphia.

In the second quarter, Louis used Angie, Hornacek, Dan Marley, Oakley, and McHale as the transitional lineup for the transition period.

"New York's biggest strength is their depth. Little Lu may be the most willing head coach ever to give rookies playing time."

As soon as Stockton finished praising Louie, Cunningham seemed to be triggered when someone praised Louie, and he would come out to sing the opposite.

"Ah, this matter, in fact, if the quality of rookies is high, all coaches are willing to use rookies." Cunningham used this to excuse those stubborn old coaches.

For the Blazers, the high-profile No. [-] pick Rick Schmitz made his debut.

"Is this the Dutch little Yao Huang?" Louis muttered.

"Coach, what did you say?" Zhao Yuanzheng asked.

"Uh, nothing." Louis asked with a smile, "How about that rookie's stats?"

赵远征道：“目前场均出场30分钟，得到11分6篮板2封盖，命中率52%。”

"not bad."

Tomjanovich said: "It's just a little lack of rebounding."

"A lot, look at his weight, not every [-]-foot-[-] guy is Ralph Sampson." In Louis' impression, Yao Huang didn't have many rebounds in the NBA.

Except for monsters like Sampson and Sabonis that violate the laws of physiology, all giants over [-] meters tall either have weak rebounds or few rebounds.

Sound contradictory?Isn't weak rebounds equal to fewer rebounds?No.

Like Yao Huang, he is effective in protecting defensive rebounds. The Rockets do not care about his average of 9-10 rebounds per game, but rely heavily on him to use his physique to block the position under the basket to help his teammates catch rebounds.Therefore, Yao Huang's rebounds are not too many compared to his height, but the Rockets' rebounds have never been weak.

Schmitz's problem was that he was too thin, and he didn't have the same big chassis as Yao Huang, so no matter how much he gained in the future, his weight would not be much larger.

Therefore, he is destined to be a type who is slightly inferior in rebounding and needs a muscular fourth position to help wipe his ass.

Pitino is not a coach who can use big centers, so Schmitz can average 11+6 per game under him, which is really a good performance.

After Schmitz played, Louis was horrified to find that Pitino seemed to have a problem with his mind.

A big man of [-] meters, he actually had someone press him in the middle circle?
"Are you crazy?"

Jordan, who had played 10 minutes in the first quarter, also started the second quarter.

Moreover, they believe that the Knicks' transition lineup will be a breakthrough.

The backcourt led by Angie and Hornacek was regarded as a persimmon.

"Danny, they seem to be trying to break your ball." Louie yelled jokingly.

Jordan's rough pressing action angered Ainge.

The villain who was famous in the league during the Celtics period was an iron elbow to the trapeze's stomach.

Jordan was furious and responded with a more intense physical confrontation.

Angie gave another elbow, and the two sides fought each other like this without making a move. Louis really admired their professionalism.

Asking Schmitz to press the ball is like asking Zhou Qi to serve.

Does he have that ability?
Schmitz, who came to meet Jordan, was disrupted by the Knicks' tactics without any effect.

He is too tall, although he has good athletic ability, but it is only relative to his height, compared with people like McHale and Oakley, he is far behind.

Louis deliberately made a tactical gesture of passing from the strong side to the weak side to increase the difficulty of the Blazers' defense.

Let the inside line serve as a response to the full-court press, and this kind of thing may only be done by Pitino.

Louie will also let Ewing respond to the murder press, but that is based on the fact that Ewing is [-] feet tall, has the athletic ability of a small forward, and is matched with Wilson, Stevens, Rodman and other good players.

Schmitz's speed at the [-]-meter level is considered fast, and he can't keep pace with his teammates who are participating in the tight press.

The consequence of not being able to synchronize is that the defense makes continuous mistakes, blocking the gap here and leaking there again.

In two rounds, the Knicks scored a three-pointer and a dunk with only passing and cutting.

After easily scoring 5 points, the Blazers requested a timeout.

Then Pitino realized that it was still too much to get Schmitz involved in the full-court press.

After confirming with Zhao Yuanzheng several times, Louis learned that Schmitz, as a full-court presser, did not appear in the Blazers' previous games.

That is to say, Pitino deliberately left this extraordinary skill to Louis and the Knicks.

"Now it is certain that their defense focuses on the top of the arc and breakthroughs in the middle, and the defense of the two wings outside the three-pointer is not careful."

Louis set the focus of the attack at a 45-degree angle between the left and right wings.

Few people now realize that good shooters are as sensitive to left and right 45-degree angles as the Huns are to cups.

The powerful Huns can tell whether it is genuine or silicone at a glance.

And Louie's opponents are limited by the era. They believe that the Knicks' Exchange Ricky (high-position dynamic offense) is concentrated in the high position. Because of the Dell Ellis era, the latter has a high shooting percentage at the top of the arc. They often make a fuss around the top of the arc.

"If they give an open shot, shoot as many as they give."

"Until they realize it can't be put here."

Louie looked at his shooters—Ainge, Hornacek, Marley, dangerous shooters by contemporary standards.

Especially Angie, after joining the Knicks, although he averaged only 8 points per game, but the 8 points included 2.1 three-pointers, and his shooting percentage was 38%.

Looking at his current outside shooting, Louie really can't believe that when he first went to Boston, let alone three-pointers, there was only a breakthrough threat on the offensive end, and there was no shooting at all.

Jordan's energy on both ends of the floor is impressive.

Pressing on the defensive end, taking the lead on the offensive end, singled out Marley, forcibly running over with his body, gliding and pulling the bar for a layup.

However, the Blazers' defense is brave and lacks wisdom.

Ainge received a pass from McHale from the center on the left wing, shook off the defending Drexler, started a three-pointer, and hit the net hollow-from this goal, the Knicks shooters began to swell their confidence.

They knew that the Blazers' defense on the left and right wings was indeed as bad as Louis said.

In just half a minute, the rookie Marley took the ball and made a willful shot without using a screen, without running without the ball, just after the frontcourt offense was settled, he pulled up his head and shot at the opponent-suddenly, the Knicks' offensive system no longer had the word "reasonable".

(End of this chapter)