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Chapter 698 O'Henry Ending, Right?
Is coaching difficult?

In the past and in the future, countless people have asked Louis this question, is it difficult to coach?Of course, whether it is out of respect for my own work or the complexity of coaching itself.Coaching is hard, and that's the answer.

Where is the difficulty?Technique and tactics?When to pause?Game tempo control?For Louis, the difficulty lies in the unfathomable human heart.

Before his coaching, he witnessed the fall of many great teams.There are many reasons for this, and most teams ignore the most immediate problems -- or, they don't think those problems are important.

But it is this kind of problem that many people seem to be unimportant, which is the most important.

Taking the Celtics as an example, if Thomas didn't get what he wanted after a fierce internal struggle, or if Sampson lived in Shaq O'Neal's arrogant and arrogant soul because of his strength, would he back down?Will it be sacrificed?Will it be his turn now that Thomas has sacrificed for them for so many years?
The answer is obvious, you can't take great players for granted.

This is where Sampson made Louie feel emotional.

Although Louis contributed to the flames, he finally changed his destiny with his own efforts and understanding. He stood on the top of the mountain for a long time. Even though Bird was dazzling, no one would belittle him because of it.Because he is the one and only Mr.This nickname came from the "Voice of the Celtics" John Mostert. Louis only thought it was cool back then. Now look at the things Sampson has done along the way.

He is such a perfect player, with a Bill Russell, Tim Duncan, and Stephen Curry-like noble soul hidden under his great body. As the Big Three of the Green Army, he is currently the most powerful and influential. The person who should take over Bird's scepter.

Now Louis looks at Sampson's role positioning again, but thinks that Jimmy Rogers may not be stupid. He is like Steve Kerr, who knows the selfless quality of Sampson/Curry's dedication, so they will let their top players make sacrifices.

That's why Louis was moved, and it wasn't hypocritical. Sampson was indeed Mr. Only, and he certified it.

For the first time, he regretted leaving Boston in 1984, not being able to coach Sampson for a few more years.

This regret is even stronger than not being able to coach Bird for a few more years.

However, this kind of emotion only lasted for a while, and the past should be turned over. Who can live without regrets?

The Celtics' offense revolves around the Big Three, so the Knicks have to give up on defense.

In terms of targeting, the Knicks can target more points.

Louie set the Celtics' targetable points on their big three.

He made the pick-and-rolls of Stockton and Ewing/McHale the main attack point, supplemented by Wilson's strong attack, focusing on Bird's defensive position and Thomas, the two defensive weak links that the Celtics couldn't hide.

Stockton broke through ferociously, and Ewing and McHale developed a strong dislocation attack ability under the N.UCLA system.

Wilson showed his desire to attack for the first time today, after Bird switched defenses in front of him.

Usually, Wilson often picks and rolls for Stockton, and Louis intends to let him play against Bird tonight.

Now Bird has become the Celtics' weak link on the defensive end, but Reggie Lewis will always choose to squeeze through the screen to protect Bird when encountering a pick-and-roll or a screen.

But Bird doesn't have the movement speed to fill Miller's void.

So, as long as Lewis doesn't switch, Miller will always get the open.

Wilson doesn't need to hold the ball to force Lewis, just pass the ball out.

Miller's current three-point threat may only be slightly inferior to Dell Ellis.

In the first half, Miller made 8 of 5 three-pointers from the outside and scored 19 points, the highest of the Knicks in the first half.

He shot with this hand, and the Celtics were frightened. In the second half, Jimmy Rogers did not dare to let Lewis chase him to the end.

He chose to switch defenses, that is, the Celtics decided to expose Bird to the threat of Wilson's powerful firepower.

In the second half, Wilson's first score was a strong play against Bird in transition, and finally completed 2+1.

Immediately afterwards, although Bird returned his words, he returned to the position and was forced to face Wilson by the Knicks' pick-and-roll tactics.

Wilson first accelerated past his defense, went to the basket to attract Sampson's help defense, and forced the Green Army's defense to retreat to the basket by the way.Turn the ball out to Miller, who pretends to run another pick-and-roll with Ewing, as Wilson rushes from the basket to the perimeter to catch the ball.

As for Byrd, he has been left far behind.

Wilson received the ball and hit a three-pointer, scoring 6 points in a row.

Midway through the third quarter, Sam Bowie came up.

He replaced Ewing, who was fouled four times by the Celtics.

Bowie, who was hailed by Louis as the Knicks version of the old Walton, is only 29 years old. He can provide the Knicks with great energy, vitality, rebounding, defense, and shooting in any area within the three-point line.

Relying on these, even if Ewing rested from the 7th minute of the third quarter to the last 7 minutes of the fourth quarter, the Celtics could not use Ewing to leave the game and let Sampson kill all sides in the paint.

The Knicks withstood 10 minutes without Ewing.

Although Bowie was blown away by Sampson, in these 10 minutes, he still contributed 4 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block.

Even during this period of time when the Celtics plan should establish an advantage, the Knicks instead relied on the matchup advantage established by Wilson on Bird, as well as the amazing shooting touch of substitutes such as Hornacek and Reggie Williams. On the contrary, the Knicks extended their lead to 7 points.

Without Ewing, Bowie took on the Knicks' restricted area.

This made the Celtics exhausted, and they couldn't let the Big Three rest.

Throughout the second half, the Celtics could play anyone, but the Big Three could not.

Relying on his excellent golf quotient, Bird tried his best to deal with Wilson, but the situation became more and more urgent.

Wilson has evolved beyond his imagination.

The first is defense. Wilson has lived up to his physical talent, and now there are no minor problems in the past. He is a gatekeeper with no weaknesses on the defensive end.

When this kind of height, arm length, quick jump, high explosive power and all the skills and strength that a defensive elite should possess, all he lacks is experience.

As for his offense, Bird has been unstoppable.

Wilson averaged 30 points per game against the Celtics in his rookie season, and now he is playing against the 34-year-old Bird, no matter how he plays.

Bird can no longer establish the overwhelming advantage over Wilson that he did a few years ago.

The problems caused by Sampson's low tactical status began to backfire on the Celtics.

Jimmy Rogers, who used Sampson as a Greek monster, had to accept this result—or, in other words, the vicious circle of the Greek monster: Once the defensive transition failed, Sampson looked at the Knicks' "pocket formation" without taking over the offense, and he could naturally see that his roll would not have good results

But if he doesn't attack the Knicks' pocket array, the Celtics' outside shooters won't get good shots.At this time, there are only two choices in front of Mr. Only, pull out to shoot a three-pointer, or give the ball to Thomas and Bird or other people with assault ability.

Sadly, Jimmy Rodgers doesn't like seeing centers shoot threes.

So Sampson contributed the lowest average number of three-pointers per game (1984 goals) since 0.3 under Rodgers.

In the era of KC Jones, Sampson averaged 1.5 three-pointers per game, and his shooting percentage was 37%.

Unable to shoot three-pointers, there is only one choice left for Sampson.

——Let teammate C.

Jimmy Rogers is like Doctor Strange who signaled to Iron Man in Avengers [-]: It's the only way.

Seeing the Celtics firmly heading towards a dead end gave Louis a lot of new feelings.

The fact that Sampson was used as a tool man caused Louis's views to undergo a triple reversal.

The first level is disgust and nausea; the second level is perception, understanding, and acceptance; and now the third level is funny.

Although Sampson's sacrifice brought harmony within the Celtics and a benign change in the chemical reaction, doing so could not lead the Celtics to the road to victory.

Because they sealed the most powerful Sampson for the sake of superficial harmony.

Is this a good thing?
How can this be a good thing?

The immediate combat power of the Big Three determines that if the Celtics want to achieve results, they must play around Sampson, but they don't.

Of course, Jimmy Rogers knew the right answer from the start, but after the Thomas Palace fight, he changed his mind.

Sampson doesn't know whether he figured it out by himself or was persuaded. In short, he also accepted this position.

So now there is such a spectacle.

The entire Celtics team appears to be united and harmonious. Sampson's selflessness is admirable, and the strength of Thomas and Bird will not let him down too much. As long as they don't beat the Knicks and Lakers (and maybe the Trail Blazers), the Celtics can handle the rest of the teams.

So, isn't this a joke?
If it is not based on leveraging the Knicks' dominance, are the Celtics performing a happy reunion after busy work?

If Thomas has an opinion, he should let him have no opinion, and try to make him shut up, and if he can’t, he should trade. Is he irreplaceable?Now that this is the case, what is the role of the Celtics coaching staff?
How could Auerbach allow this to happen?
It's been six years since Louie left Boston. He doesn't know what happened there, what Thomas did with the Celtics, but it seems so ironic to him.

Going the wrong way with the right approach, an O'Henry-like ending, right?

Louis never imagined that Lu Kai would be so unnatural in his whole life.

They are against the sky because they did the right thing, but they turned out to be wrong.When you look back, you will find that a group of people who chose the right way together did a wrong thing.

　Thanks to @基水军’s million rewards—it will take a few more days to restore the third shift, and I have to find the rhythm of code words from years ago

　　
　
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