the rest, only noise

Chapter 620 Reaching the Limit
It was a joy to watch Jordan being tortured on the court.

Thanks to Rick Pitino, he poured Jordan's ecstasy soup, making the potentially best kid in history play the game in the wrong way.

All-out defense, all-out attack.

After Louie brought Ewing back on the court, Jordan's impact on the penalty area was reduced, but if he couldn't make a goal, he still had to go inside.

Ewing gave him a big hat for this.

That closure knocked the noise down a few notches in Memorial Coliseum.

Surprisingly, Danny Ainge's counterattack advanced too slowly, and Jordan caught up later.

Dan Marley catches the ball and wants to dunk, but Jordan catches up with lightning and blocks it.

"!@￥#..."

The stadium was buzzing with fans raving about Jordan like he was unique.

He is indeed unique, in the 80s, like "The Cosby Show" (The Cosby Show 1984-1992)⑴.Before Jordan, the league had great Skywalker, and in comedy, he was as dominant as his contemporary "Army Field Hospital" (M*A*S*H 1972-1983).

But in the 80s, "Army Field Hospital" ended, Skywalker self-destructed, Bird and Tragedy were good, but they couldn't satisfy fans' imagination of the limits of the sport.

Pitino believes that Louis replaced Ewing early in the second quarter in order to use his inside advantage to beat Portland's restricted area.

They were dead wrong, and Ewing knew it was a shooter's game.

The Blazers' defense indulged the Knicks' shooters too much, and Pitino, like any coach who underestimates outside shooting, puts the high post and post pressure at the top of the list.

As for the three-point line, they just want to hold the top of the arc to be successful.

Since the beginning of the game, Ewing has sent 5 assists. He is willing to make a wedding dress for his teammates, and he found that as long as he gets the ball in the low post, as Louie said, the Blazers will not treat the Knicks shooter as a human being, and decisively pinch him and release the shooter.

Ewing's assist came easily. With just a flick of his hand, Dan Marley easily got a shot.

Even if he doesn't have enough confidence in his shooting, he can hold the ball in that position to attract the Blazers' defense, and then make a pick-and-roll with McHale, and pass the ball to McHale who cuts inside.

McHale went down to attract Drexler, who was chasing Angie, and Angie, who fell to the open, easily caught the ball, leaving him with a wide open.

Angie made a three-pointer without hesitation.

"Shh!"

42 is better than 30
Up front, Jordan assisted Drexler with a jumper in return.

32 is better than 42
The Blazers suddenly gave up double-teaming Ewing.

This brought a certain test to Ewing, he had to prove that he could force Rick Schmitz.

In the four years since he entered the league, Louis has never honed Ewing's offense. It can be said that his low-post singles are still at the college level.

Starting this season, Ewing's chances have increased.

Whenever the time is right, Louie will let him hit back.

Like this ball, his body completely pushes away from Schmitz, turns around and rushes to the line, and after taking three big steps, he pulls up a backward bunny jump shot.

Schmitz's hand flicked over his.

The referee whistled and Ewing made a shot.

"And One!"

Louie said to Jordan, who was at a loss as to whether to pinch Ewing or not: "It's okay to defend without help. You don't really think that Dutchman can defend Patrick, do you? Although Patrick is a bit strong, it's okay to play a rookie."

Ewing looked over with displeasure: "Who are you saying is strong but capable?"

Louis didn't expect this guy to have such good ears.

Louis immediately argued: "Can't you see that I'm paralyzing them? That way they won't double-up you and let you continue to be one-on-one with him. You can't see my good intentions?"

Ewing inexplicably felt that Louie's so-called "good intentions" were not particularly intentional, because he said those words in front of Jordan.

Shouldn't this be said in private?

If you say you are showing weakness in front of people, will they still give you a chance to play singles?

Ewing finally had a good time, and was also disturbed by Louis. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Louis was not a thing, and he was so angry that he missed the free throw.

"See? Fouls are also one of the ways to restrict Patrick. Next time he takes the ball and directly fouls!"

Louis' kind reminder was exchanged for Jordan's silent response.

"Hey!"

When the Blazers' offense advanced to the frontcourt, Louis uttered a voice, prompting the subsequent defense.

The man against Jordan is Angie.

Whether it's height or weight, Jordan crushes Angie. Give him the ball, and it is inevitable to blow Angie.

What Drexler is afraid of is Ewing behind Angie. He is like a ghost, ready to approach Jordan at any time.

Jordan knew there was a problem behind him when he saw that the glider wasn't passing the ball.

He couldn't get the ball, so he simply lifted his position. Obviously, Ainge, Hornacek, and Marley were not the Knicks' best defensive perimeter and flanks, but they brought huge troubles to the Blazers' tactical operation.

The strong pocket array, with Ewing as the pillar, blooms in the center and puts pressure on the four sides.

Drexler's ball went to white guard Jerry Sichting PG.

Hitting was unable to solve the predicament faced by the Blazers. He could only wait until Jordan got out of the defense before passing the ball.

Jordan received the ball from the outside, regardless of Angie or anyone else, as long as he saw him taking the ball from the outside, he would step back a few meters to prevent a breakthrough.

When Jordan chooses to dribble inside, Angie, Marley on the weak side and Hornacek on the strong side instantly form a three-man iron bucket formation with him.

They forced Jordan to pass the ball to the tallest player in the game, Schmitz.

Schmitz didn't have time to handle the ball and had to release it right away.

Therefore, Ewing predicted his attack and successfully blocked it.

beep!
The Blazers were charged with a 24-second violation.

Rick Pitino was dumbfounded. He knew that relying on intensity alone to implement a full-court press in the NBA had a low success rate.

Therefore, he will design many defensive traps to assist players to complete the defense.

But he never imagined that his own defensive trap was not effective against the Knicks, but the Knicks' defensive trap was effective against them.

This has to mention the strength of the special attributes of the role players, which determines the extent to which they will be ignored on the offensive end.

Opponents won't be able to do much against your core if role players can guarantee open shot threats.

Man marking is the only proper form of defense.

If the shooting of role players is unreliable, such as the Trail Blazers, which are full of a group of players who are fine on the perimeter, and Jordan himself is a three-pointer, how could Louie not design a lot of disgusting tactics of "secondary catch and it's over" around this point?

This is actually the spiritual core of Jordan's law.

Whether the implementation of Jordan's rules is smooth depends on how much help Jordan's teammates can provide.

Only, after the Blazers hired Pitino as their head coach, Louie was pessimistic about the future of the franchise.

Pitino's approach has overdrawn Jordan and other key players.

During the regular season, everyone will not try their best, because they all know that the playoffs are the real stage.

If you choose to play the regular season as a playoff, you will naturally have an advantage. As long as you can improve to a greater intensity in the playoffs, you can play no matter how you play.

But Pitino's approach is clearly over the top.

Even Jordan, Louis does not believe that he can last a season.

Jordan, who was forced to be impatient, began to try to do some things that seemed out of the ordinary.

He made a bold incursion into the paint and got caught in the Knicks' pocket.

The New Yorkers ruthlessly knocked him to the ground.

That's what he's been taught in the Finals.

Sometimes the referee will give a foul, sometimes not.

He scored 6 points in six minutes this way, seven of which came from free throws.

Like a killer who wanted to kill, Jordan harvested the game frantically, chasing the point difference to 4 points by himself.

Louie was convinced that no one on the Knicks could match him at this intensity except Wilson.

Even Wilson was a notch short.

He's an executioner who has raised his knife, like Hannibal telling someone how he can eat someone's body part.

The moment was bloody.

The soul can't help but tremble.

The reign of the best basketball player will likely last until the end of the first half, and fans at the Memorial Stadium are already cheering.

However, they never thought about why Jordan would fight to such an extent for a regular season.

The last attack before the end of the first half.

Jordan held the ball from the outside, dragging time, and rushed in in the last few seconds.

Louie had envisioned that Jordan might break down in a few months, telling Pitino he couldn't keep up that intensity.

Or, he'll get injured before collapsing.

Either outcome is possible.

Louis never thought that Jordan's body would cross that line in this game.

He rushed into the Knicks' pocket for the team and just wanted to score.

Jordan's lever movement was as beautiful as Bob Dylan singing on stage, even Louie was drunk watching it, and at the same time warned Ewing in his heart: If he scores this goal, I will kill you!

Ewing's block missed Jordan's ball, but he upset Jordan's balance.

Jordan's ball flew off the fingertips in a perfect parabola.

"Shh!"

The fans cheered for this, but their hero fell down.

Louie reprimanded Ewing loudly. For more than ten seconds, no one in the audience noticed that Jordan was injured.

Until Bill Sheneri said, "My God, Michael can't seem to get up!"

⑴ If "Grand Enemies" is the Game of Thrones in the 80s, "The Cosby Family" is "Modern Family" in the 80s.Unlike the latter, when "The Cosby Family" came out, it was the trough of American sitcoms. This work redefined the category and saved NBC's precarious ratings, giving them money to snatch the NBA's TV broadcast contract from CBS in 1989. One of the biggest differences between the NBA in the NBC era and CBS is that they are willing to broadcast the games of those ordinary teams live, which largely promotes those low-popular teams.

(End of this chapter)