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Chapter 709 People Don't Respect Your Defense At All
65 is better than 49
In Game 16 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics trailed the Knicks by [-] points at halftime.

"Hubby, can you talk about why the Knicks' full-court press is so good from a professional point of view?"

Dick Stockton handed the stage to Hubie Brown.

Brown is a person who likes to show off his knowledge. When he has the opportunity to show off his talents, he does his part, so he starts from the Knicks' murder pressing team.

"We all know that the reason why Coach Lu prepared this strategy was to deal with the Celtics who were in full swing at the time."

He doesn't need to go too deep, he only needs to vividly restore the origin of the murder like a storyteller, and the audience will be satisfied.

On the sidelines, Louie was interviewed again by Stockton's wife, Leslie Viser.

It took him two minutes to answer Visser's question before returning to the locker room.

When Louis entered the locker room, it was very quiet.

Because Ewing is a serious boss, Wilson was far less accommodating during the game than off the court. People who knew Garnett said he was as friendly as a boy next door off the court. It was completely invisible that he retreated from his boxing teammates on the court and praised his opponent's wife for being delicious and juicy.

Wilson is not as extreme as Garnett, but he is like an actor who enters the scene.

Before the game is over, the brow will not be stretched easily.

Without Kevin McHale, the atmosphere in the Knicks locker room during a Knicks game is like a hospital morgue.

"We played well in the first half. In the second half, apart from maintaining the current offensive efficiency, there are still a few points."

Louie reached out, and Tomjanovich handed over the tactical board.

Louis held the tactical board and said while drawing: "According to Boston's existing strategy, we can roughly guess their possible play style in the second half-if there is no accident, Isiah Thomas and Larry Bird's pick-and-roll offense will appear in large numbers. Because Larry has a global shooting threat when he comes outside the three-point line, so in order to take advantage of his offensive threat, the Celtics must make Ralph Sampson run a lot, so that the court space created by Larry can have its due effect."

Zhao Yuanzheng immediately brought over another document.

Louie opened the file and said: "According to the scouting of our coach Zhao and RC's scouting department, 70% of Ralph's offenses in the playoffs so far have been used as direct ends, and nearly 20% of his offenses have been catching and shooting in the middle and high positions. Therefore, we don't need to worry about him choosing to attack with the ball. This is not the Celtics' tactics. What we need to worry about is only his catching the ball. My idea is that the high post interferes, the paint area is closely contained, and many people in the penalty area are encircled. If it can't be stopped, then foul. "

"As for Larry and Isiah's pick-and-roll offense, I hope you all make it clear that the point is not to prevent anyone from dying, but to prevent them from forming a linkage in positional warfare. Let them fight on their own. As long as this is done, even if they all perform well, our defense will be successful."

Stockton said pragmatically, "But Larry can't limit it."

"That's right, so we're going to target Isiah." Louie pointed at the tactical board, "As long as Isiah is in the high post and Larry picks and rolls, our defensive focus must be on Isiah's side. As for Larry, he can go one-on-one, shoot three-pointers, and layups along the way. If he cooperates with Isiah and holds the ball in the high post as the axis to instigate the offense, absolutely not!"

Louie spends all his time defending the Celtics' offense.

The Knicks' own offense is fine, so he won't say it.

Even if there is a little problem, as long as it doesn't affect the overall situation, he can keep it silent.

This is Louis' habit. Some people think that details determine success or failure, but sometimes, when it comes to changes in the entire strategy, the details of the game cannot be 100% perfect.

There will always be mistakes in the details, and it is a good thing to avoid it. If it cannot be avoided, make sure the general direction is good.

Moreover, Louis also adjusted the starting lineup.

Rodman, who played full in the first half, sat on the bench in the second half.

Louie returned McHale to the starting lineup and replaced Rodman with Alex Stevens.

Stevens is the most special existence of the Knicks. He is regarded as the soul of the team by Louis, because he can be a substitute for anyone, as long as the team needs him, he can do anything.

At this time, instead of Rodman who fouled 3 times, he started against Bird, which is what he is best at doing.

In the second half, on the Celtics' first offense, Thomas didn't call a pick-and-roll and gave the ball directly to Bird on the outside.

Bird stepped up from the three-point line and put his back on Stevens. They fought fiercely, but Bird's attention was always in the paint.

When Bird is on his back, Stevens is most at ease, because Bird can't crush him with his body, and he doesn't have the explosive power to turn around and face the basket in one step. In addition, the Knicks players who are all around may come to double-team at any time, so he has to get rid of the ball quickly.

Byrd opts for the face-basket and stealthily elbows away Stevens.

Stevens stepped forward a little bit and touched the opponent's cylinder. Bird shot immediately and failed to go in, but the referee blew his body whistle.

Stevens was called for a foul.

"This is not Boston Garden. Is it necessary to favor that country bumpkin so much?" Louie shouted at the referee who blew his whistle.

The whistler was the old referee Wally Rooney (Wally Rooney). This person's qualifications are much deeper than tonight's referee Jack O'Donnell. He was poached by the ABA with a lot of money in the mid-to-late 60s.This year, the NBA announced the expansion of on-duty referees, which led to the influx of a large number of new referees and the return of old referees.

Rooney was one of them. Louie protested loudly at this time and wanted to go up and show off the style of the old referee, but was stopped by O'Donnell.

"We don't need to argue with him," O'Donnell said.

Afterwards, Bill Oakes, the night's other referee on duty, blew a balance whistle on Lambiel.

This move caused strong dissatisfaction among the Celtics, and Lambiel was so angry that he wanted to bite Oakes' nose off.

Louis saw real fear in Oakes. Lambiel had never been a good person. If he acted so angry, as if he wanted to eat people, it was normal for the referee to be afraid.

What's more, Oakes is a rookie referee, and he has not yet resisted the pressure.

The Celtics foul gave the Knicks another 14 seconds to attack, which ultimately began with a ridiculous dribble from Stevens.

Stevens' offensive skills are notoriously rough.It seems that his choice is a bit brainless, like an ADC flashing the opponent's A-man in the opponent's face in a key teamfight.

However, because the person defending Stevens was named Bird, such an outrageous offensive choice became understandable.

Looking at that Birdman, Louie couldn't believe he had been selected to the second defense three times.

Is there a mistake?
Stevens' explosive power is not very fast, but it only takes two steps to pass Bird.

Sampson's horrifying defense area made Stevens' throw look incredible, and successfully interfered with the latter's offense so that Louis couldn't see it.

"Shame!"

There were gains and losses. Sampson assisted Stevens to make his shot go too far. In the penalty area, Ewing grabbed the offensive rebound, yelled at Lambiel, turned around and took a step, grabbed the ball and suppressed the opponent's body, scoring a dunk.

67 is better than 51
Thomas called the pick-and-roll. According to past experience, the Knicks will focus on defending Bird.

But today, he enjoys Bird's treatment back then.

Even Stevens, who was defending Bird, came to flank, Stockton was delayed, and Wilson blocked the ball.

Bird went down without interference, as long as the ball can be passed, it is an easy scoring opportunity.

However, Thomas didn't dare to make a pass. Both Wilson and Stevens are long-legged Spidermen, and they are extremely good at blocking passing routes.

He saw another opportunity.

Reggie Lewis, his inside cut is as good as Cedric Maxwell back then.

By the time Wilson dropped him, he had come inside.

Thomas decided that was the best opportunity and raised his hand to pass the ball.

Lewis took the ball, faced Ewing's help defense, and gave it to Sampson.

Sampson played high and completely crushed McHale, 53 to 67.

Some points are lost, and defense cannot be prevented.

The three giants of the Celtics are the core of the team who can lead the team alone. It is an impossible task to defend the three of them at the same time.

Using a defensive strategy to make it difficult for Bird to receive the ball and difficult for Thomas to attack, and only giving Sampson, who is positioned as a tool man, room to play is a completely acceptable result for the Knicks.

And, not long after.

Wilson has the ball on the weak side, jumps from outside the paint, pulls the bar in the air, changes hands, and scores a layup.

69 is better than 53
With the same cooperation, the Celtics called the pick-and-roll again.

Thomas still looks for passes from Lewis, who has a better sense of space and is good at avoiding blocks in the air to find layup angles.

In this round, Ewing's defense was not successful, allowing him to pull the bar to score like Wilson did in the previous round.

"What did I say, people don't respect your defense at all!"

When Ewing passed by the sideline, he heard Louis say disgustedly.

(End of this chapter)