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Chapter 719 Born to be an Eagle
Ralph Sampson was dubbed "Mr. One" by Johnny Mostert because of his unique style of play and size, because "there are only two types of players in the NBA, one is Ralph and the other is the other".

Now, Dick Stockton borrows this sentence to take the Knicks-Celtics matchup to the extreme: "There are only two playoff games in NBA history, one is the Knicks-Celtics matchup, and the other is the other."

In the first half, in order to exercise Sean Kemp, Louis did not take advantage of the 12-point advantage to expand the lead.

The Celtics seized the opportunity, at the end of the first half, the two sides tied 64 to 63.

The Knicks still lead by 1 point.

"I assure the fans that we will bring the game back to the Garden." Chris Ford said confidently, "I'm not talking about Boston Garden, but Madison Garden."

If you understand it literally, Ford said that he wanted to drag the series to the tiebreaker.

This is a situation that Louis firmly cannot accept.

At the beginning of the second half, the murderous pressing group composed of Wilson, Stevens, Rodman, Saley, and Reggie Williams gave the Celtics a blow.

"Leader Lu is a person who doesn't play cards according to common sense." Dick Stockton can only say this, otherwise there is no way to explain why the third quarter started with a full-court press.

Generally, the Knicks' full-court press is to wait until the game starts for a period of time, and everyone is tired, so they suddenly use it to reap the miraculous effect.

But Louis did it differently.

He had the guys pressing the whole court from the beginning of the third quarter, which wasn't a good time.

At this time, the two sides had just passed the timeout at halftime and took a good rest. Moreover, the main players of the Celtics were all there, so it was a thankless task to press them all the way.

Wilson didn't play much in the second quarter, and Louis intentionally kept him in the second half.

In terms of his physical fitness, he does not need to be so carefully protected, but Louis is a little sensitive because of Bowie's injury. If the momentum in the second quarter is good, he will not rush to replace Wilson.

Just in time for him to devote himself to both offense and defense in the second half.

After several seasons of experience, Wilson has developed from a transfer student in the murder pressing group to a monitor.

He leads the murder press.

On the contrary, Ewing, who often joined the murder pressing group with him, now basically doesn't patronize this group that does nothing but dirty work.

Murder loomed, with Wilson leading the way, leading Isiah Thomas.

Because Thomas froze Wilson in a narrow-minded way back then, the latter still has no good looks towards the former.

After a round of intense physical contact, Thomas sped up.

Wilson's defense has clearly taken a toll on him.

Evidence is that he was forced to switch from his right-handed to his left-handed drive.

Because Wilson adopted a defensive strategy of defending against the right and laying the left, forcing Thomas to go left. As long as he goes this way, his speed will not be able to start to the fastest. What is waiting for him is Stevens' tacit double-teaming.

From the perspective of the Knicks' murder tight defense, Wilson is only the first difficulty at the murder scene.

The second hurdle was Stevens.

Wilson is the foreplay finger, Stevens the orgasm.

Once he shows up, he's running for the ball.

Thomas reacted quickly enough to collect the ball before it was clipped and passed it to Reggie Lewis.

Lewis on the field can indeed hold the ball, but it is difficult to bring the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt in front of the best defensive player of the year.

Rodman's defense vividly and vividly demonstrates why the Knicks' press is a murder press.

He first used his body to withstand Lewis's deliberately advancing body, and then sent a confrontation, causing the opponent to lose his balance.

Lewis can't care about the ball anymore, but Rodman's goal is only the ball.

With his hand, he roughly slapped the ball off Lewis's hands.

Stevens, who was still embarrassing Thomas a second ago, picked up the ball, and the Knicks completed a round of murder under tight pressure.

Wilson sprints to the hoop, his hand pointed high at the hoop.

Lambiel, who was in charge of serving, couldn't foresee that his teammates would be intercepted in this way. He wanted to stop Wilson.

He can't do it by pure court means.

In addition to his skills, he also has a reputation for being intimidating.

But Wilson is a stunned young man, he is not afraid of Lambiel's so-called notoriety.He jumped up grimly, pushed his knees away from Lambiel's chest, caught the incoming pass with one hand, faced the body of the number one villain of the 80s, and smashed his hand and the ball into the basket like a tomahawk.

"!￥@%..."

"BenjBenjBenjBenj~~~~~~!~"

The people in the arena are fanatical like religious believers.

They shouted in unison: "We Will~~~ We Will~~~ Rock You!!!" (We will crush you)

66 is better than 63
Louie crossed his arms and showed no emotion at the success of the first round by the players of the Murder Press.

It's not enough to defend for one round, and the scene just now is not uncommon for Louis.

Chris Ford yelled from behind: "A few more people to help!"

Originally, the Celtics only had Lambiel serving in the backcourt, Thomas catching the ball and Lewis on the side, but now there are Bird in the midfield and Sampson not far from the midfield.

That's what it takes to get through halftime safely under the pressure of murder: five of them have to go together.

Because Sampson came out, John Sely, who was in charge of defending the basket, also left the penalty area.

This is a rare scene on the court. Ten players from both sides gather in the backcourt of the other team with the logo as the boundary.

The violent body collision caused the first person to fall to the ground.

This man is Reggie Lewis.

He was knocked down by Wilson while trying to cover for Thomas.

His fall put Thomas in a more dangerous situation, and Stevens came over to attack with confidence.

Thomas was forced to the sideline. Fortunately, Bird responded, otherwise it would be another mistake.

Bird took the ball and stepped across the midfield with Rodman in front of him. He spread his hands like a spider waiting for its prey to enter the web, and once again forced the Celtics to stop.

Bird stayed one step ahead of the LOGO, and if he retreated, it would be a return violation, and he could not retreat.

Even if they didn't steal the Celtics' ball, their defense made the opponent impeccable.

The last person to make the move was Lambir.

His outside three-pointer failed to find the sight, and he made a three-point shot under Sely's interference.

"Great defense! With the Knicks defending, the Celtics can't score at all!"

The Celtics tried to limit the Knicks' offense with a counter-court press.

This routine could still be used a few years ago, but it doesn't work now.

Because Wilson has strengthened his control ability in the past two years, his current dribbling skills are no different from ordinary point guards. This is an important step for him to evolve the ball-handling threat to McGrady's level.In Louis' view, the only difference between him and McGrady may be the indiscriminate sense of the ball between the left and right hands.

Even if the Celtics use pincers to stop Wilson, he is not Thomas's traditional point guard who is restricted by height and can't find his teammates when he encounters pincers.

Standing 203cm barefoot, he passed the ball to Reggie Williams as soon as the Celtics pinched.

The genius of Georgetown, before Allen Iverson, the highest masterpiece among the perimeter players trained by John Thompson.

His ball-handling ability is good enough to play point guard, and his shooting ability is strong enough to play the second position. His height of 201 cm + explosive physical fitness and strong athletic ability plus the attributes of total attack and total defense make him the ace of the Hoya team at the third position.

In the murder press team, Louie only needs his number one skills.

Williams easily defuses Lewis' interference and takes the ball steadily across the half.

A comparison of the intensity of the full-court press on both sides can tell the difference.

Williams dribbled the ball, passed Lewis, and met Sampson's help defense in front.

His eyes were full of murderous intent, he was once the pride of heaven, and injuries ruined him.He was abandoned by his parent team after only two seasons, and now he came to New York to join his seniors, but he didn't want to win the championship lying down, he wanted to prove himself.

"Reggie Williams confronts Ralph!"

"Mr. One has caught him!"

"Oh no! He dribbled behind Ralph and went straight to the hoop!"

"Reggie! Reggie! Reggie!" Marv Albert yelled. "Reggie Williams made a wonderful dunk in the penalty area. The man was born an eagle and he flew again!"

Williams threw a punch in the air as he landed, and countless kids will imitate his dunk celebration in the future.

This action can even represent black anger on the court.

"Reggie," Louie held out his hand, "this is you."

Williams excitedly high-fived Louie before entertaining the Celtics with a stronger defense.

On this possession, the Knicks' defense was no longer a murder scene.

This looks more like a Lingchi scene!
Bloody, violent, relentless, brutal—Wilson, Rodman, Stevens, Williams, that's the sight when four explosively athletic wing Spidermen show up in the opposition's half determined to let their opponent die under their own defense.

"This defense... should be the best in history." Billy Donovan was intoxicated watching, "Can the Celtics hold it up?"

Zhao Yuanzheng smiled and said, "I don't think so."

"Why?" Donovan asked.

"Look at Coach Lu." Zhao Yuanzheng said, "He has already sat down. This is a significant detail."

Even if he is not a colleague who has been with him for many years, he only needs to watch a few more Knicks games to see some of Louie's habits.

When the outcome is not decided, he will stand on the sidelines to command and remind the players at any time.

If there is no suspense, he will sit down regardless of victory or defeat.

Mistakes, three non-sticks, mistakes, out of bounds, mistakes, mistakes.

Five possessions, four turnovers, and three direct Knicks scores.

Everyone knows that the murder press is killing the Celts.

Sitting down, Louis seemed to have sentenced his opponent to death.

　The other two chapters will be updated at night, because the typos have not been corrected yet

　　
　
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