the rest, only noise

Chapter 668 The Tyrant is Coming
Some players belong in college basketball.

Some coaches, again, are only good for college basketball.

Rick Pitino is such a coach, and his culling system has obvious disciplinary problems.But this disciplinary problem is not caused by laxity or player inaction.

It's as if a director screwed up the co-starring of Akiho Yoshizawa and Yuma Asami. You can't blame these two superstar superstars for not working hard, because their business ability has been tested for a long time.

The only things that can screw it up are a bad script and incompetent supervision.

In fact, Pitino's culling system is the answer to the Knicks.However, he is negligent in controlling the details of defense changes, and often gives Porter defenses against Wilson, Porter defenses against Rodman, and even Porter defenses against John Sally, which makes people confused.

If you let a guard misplace Wilson and Rodman, who have overwhelming advantages in athletic ability and size, let alone switch to insiders like Bowie and Sely, wouldn't that be a fucking monkey, a baboon?
And Pitino's coaching style that focuses on defense and requires all players to cull the offensive side always sucks in the training of offense.

Fortunately, the Blazers have Jordan and Drexler.

It is indeed because of these two people that although the Blazers' positional defense has been penetrated, the offensive end has maintained a back and forth momentum.

Especially Drexler, who proved his ability last season, has greatly increased his possession of the ball this season, and is no longer a secondary role in the bottom corner smoking a cigarette and not being handed an ashtray.

Relying on these two, the Blazers were only 4 points behind in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Blazers replaced Jordan to rest, let Drexler play the point forward, and played the five wings with Anthony Mason, Clifford Robinson, Jerome Cosey and Blue Edwards (Blue Edwards SF), which was their norm last season.

In this lineup, Robinson and Mason are considered insiders.

But Robinson's main position is the third position, and Mason is the swingman at the third and fourth positions, that is to say, Pitino played a five-forward formation.

This scene seems familiar.

Marv Albert said: "If the Knicks choose five small forwards, we know what will happen on the court."

Louie knew Pitino wanted to take the Knicks under the knife to justify his strategy.

This five-forward formation is obviously intended to play a full-court press.

Just looking at the lineup, it can indeed scare people, but Mason's combat power is still very average at the moment, Robinson and Edwards are just rookies, and only Cauchy and Drexler have mature combat power.

Looking at it this way, isn't it much better?
Pitino's culling system is based on a 2-2-1 full-court press.

This kind of pressing method can bully other teams with uneven personnel quality in college with old students with strong body and strong combat ability. In NBA, unless all five players on the court have top athletic ability.Otherwise, it will be difficult to achieve the same effect.

Louie couldn't predict, he couldn't guess that Pitino was going to give him eye drops.

In a normal rotation, his eyes fell on the two rookies, eagerness written on their faces.

"Not counting the preseason, today is your real first show. I allow each of you to make three mistakes. If you exceed three times, you will just pass the water and towels off the court, understand?"

Both Kemp and West nodded vigorously.

Louis then set the Knicks lineup for the second quarter: Ainge, Doug West, Stevens, Rodman, Kemp.

Kevin McHale, who didn't start in the first quarter, still didn't start in the second quarter.

McHale sat firmly on the sidelines, and he didn't worry about his playing time.

Before Kemp played, Willis Reed came to him and put his hands on his shoulders: "A rookie must be conscious of a rookie, start with defense, start with all the things that everyone hates, and don't think about showing off!"

Kemp pursed his lips and nodded vigorously.

"Don't listen to Willis' nonsense, if you have a chance, just dunk, I just want to see you dunk, you just feel free to fly, Willis, then I will take care of it." Louis gave Kemp a completely different instruction.

Kemp knew who the coach was, and he knew who to listen to.

"Yes, coach, my coach!"

Stupid Kemp didn't know the stalk of Louie's disgust. Hearing him yell, half of Louie's love for him had disappeared.

Seeing that Louis' expression was wrong, Zhao Yuanzheng immediately hid away.

When Louie saw the Blazers lineup, he knew Pitino was going to be tough.

Unsurprisingly, Cauchy and Robinson were at the forefront.

Drexler and Edwards were at the back of midfield.

As a short power forward, Mason is actually the only guarantee in the backcourt.

The Knicks are also at risk, with Ainge as the only reliable ball handler, Stevens as the likely helper, and Kemp and West as backups.

Cosey wanted to force Angie to make a mistake. He and Robinson worked together to force the ball out of bounds.

But the ball still belongs to the Knicks.

This kind of defensive intensity and confrontation actually appeared in the opening game, which shows that the Blazers want to ruin the Knicks' celebration.

"Alex."

Louie reminds Stevens to give Angie some help.

Initially uncomfortable, after a period of actual combat testing, Angie has become much more calm in dealing with it.

Also, Stevens is a wing who can handle the ball.

The Blazers' full-court press is full of pressure, but it does not have intensity.

The Knicks' run-through of the Blazers led Brent Musberg to ask his partner, "Hubby, how do you think Portland's full-court press is different from New York's?"

Hubie Brown said meanly: "Portland's full-court press is like a college student's play. It's a bit of a joke. It often doesn't know the priority. Although the scene is very lively, it doesn't interfere much with the opponent; and New York's full-court press. I'm exaggerating. That kind of intensity is at the level of American football. Whenever the Knicks play a full-court press, the live broadcast of the game should immediately be marked with the label of 'Under the age of 16 must be accompanied by parents to watch'!"

The Knicks' lineup does not have a reliable offensive player.

In order to score, five people are required to cooperate.

Rodman is selfless, and Stevens is also selfless. Angie knows that he is the big brother on the field, so he is very loud and has extremely demanding requirements for the two rookies' running positions.

Once Kemp ran to the wrong place, Angie immediately yelled: "Damn not there!"

Even so, when Rodman and Stevens screened on the weak side at the same time, West ran and Kemp ran a fake pick-and-roll, Ainge took the opportunity.

He collects the ball and passes it with both hands.

A beautiful counter cut allows Kemp to get away from Drexler, he receives the ball, and in an instant, he completely explodes.

Other than Wilkins and his high school faux pas, no one abused baskets as violently as he did.

Except for Shaquille O'Neal in the NBA, no one can fight against his body like him without reducing his body's upward trend.

"God, this kid rules the restricted area like a Reign Man!"

"Wow~~~~" Louie shouted excitedly, "Pin Xiao, do it again! Do it again!"

The ball went in against Mason's body, it was amazing.

Louis has never coached such a powerful player. Compared with him, Bird Benj Ewing's dunks are nothing hot!

What, did he say something that shouldn't have been said?Tongyan Wuji, what is there to care about?
Willis Reed didn't know what expression to make. He told Kemp not to show off too much. As a result, the kid left a deep impression on the audience.

"Lu, under your control." Tomjanovich said helplessly, "I'm a bit out of control!"

"What a handsome kid!" Louie exclaimed triumphantly. "I'm going to design 100 alley-oops for him! Let Billy do it tonight!"

Not far away, Donovan's feet softened and he was almost intimidated.

"Isn't it okay for you to mess with Billy like this? He just became a full-time member not long ago." Tomjanovich had a compassionate heart.

Louis patted Tomjanovich on the shoulder: "Think about what I did under Coach Fitch. It is the head coach's duty to exploit every assistant coach. Only in this way, they will remember that it was not easy for them to climb up step by step, and then double exploit their assistant coaches. This is a great tradition, and I hope it will be passed on from generation to generation endlessly."

"You speak so boldly, but I'm horrified to hear it"

It was at this time that Kemp slapped a big cap while assisting in defense.

Then, following up the fast break, his speed is simply terrifying, not as fast as an insider.

He was too excited and wanted to make a big windmill dunk when he caught Angie's ball, but the dunk flew away.

Now Willis Reed was furious: "Damn high school student, did you fucking lose your mind! #￥@%"

Louie hurried over to put out the fire and excused the high school student: "Don't be angry, Willie, at least Pinshaw's dunk moves are quite stretched and handsome."

"Coach Lu, you are hurting that kid by pampering him like this!" Reed was serious, "He is still very young, and it is time to learn the court rules."

"Yes, yes, didn't I stop you from scolding him? Just now is purely my personal feeling. Please don't mind. If you scold him twice, I love him even more."

Reed was so angry that he couldn't speak, and Louie was already trying to get Kemp to win the top ten slam dunks of the year.

(End of this chapter)