the rest, only noise

Chapter 723 The Negative Coaching Louie Is a Scrap

"If you have faith in the Lakers, let me warn you. They haven't won a Finals since 1983. Irvin Johnson has been one of the best players in the league, but he's never been a Finals-changing weapon like Larry Bird or Ralph Sampson.

He's good, but how good is a guy who lost five straight Finals?
Looking at the Knicks, we can't find a reason why they would lose to the Lakers.This is a team that can win any type of game, no matter what you're going to play them, they can find five guys on the roster to knock you down.

John Wooden, Bob Knight, Adolph Rupp, Reed Auerbach, Reed Holzman. Many, many great coaches have watched the Knicks game and agreed that this is the greatest team in the history of professional basketball.

For the Lakers, this news may make them feel better.

The team they are about to lose is the best team in history. - Jake McCallum, Sports Illustrated, June 1990, 6.

There was a smell in the air that disgusted Louis.

This breath is called arrogance, called arrogance.

He believes that his players are sober, but if people all over the world are advocating that the Knicks will crush the Lakers, then his mouth alone will not be able to influence everyone.

Louis saw that the training ground was full of laughter, and they didn't take the Lakers seriously.

Even Ewing relaxed.

The only one standing in awe of the Finals was Alex Stevens.

Benjamin Wilson, who is usually serious, also exposed his 23-year-old mind at this time.

"You all think the Lakers are easy to beat?"

Louis asked with a smile on his face.

"Of course, coach, don't you think so?" Miller asked conceitedly.

"Ha ha."

Louis immediately looked at Ewing: "Patrick, do you think so?"

"I think excessive modesty is inferiority." Ewing does not think that such thoughts are wrong.

"Ok."

Louis turned to Wilson again, "Benj, what about you?"

"Coach, we know the Lakers are strong, but"

"Since everyone thinks the Lakers are not our opponents."

"Okay, I understand your thoughts."

Louis asked them one by one.

Except for Stevens, the answers given to him by others all have the attitude of "I don't care about the Lakers".

This inflated gesture made Louis think of the RNG sentient beings who watched the knockout draw in S8.

How proud you are today, how disappointed you will be tomorrow.

Louis didn't intend to wake them up here, he didn't expect Knicks' hyperphagia to appear in the form of "the world's blowing".

If the whole world recognizes you, except for a cynical freak like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, it is difficult to have the idea of ​​​​against the whole world.

The mentality of "it's the world that's wrong" will only appear when the world recognizes that the result is not in your favor.

Louis is not in a hurry, he has already asked these people about their attitudes.

Except for Stevens, everyone else is full of confidence.

Since you are so confident, just take a look.

If the Lakers are really chickens and dogs, they will break at the touch of a touch, then he will not say anything. If the Lakers are a hard stubble with good strength and let the Knicks lose the game, then don't blame him for his mouth.

Louis returned to the office with a stomach full of dissatisfaction.

"Coach, you don't look very good-looking." Zhao Yuanzheng typically picked up which pot he didn't open.

Louis gave him a blank look: "Don't be naughty, are you ready for the game plan for the Lakers?"

"It's almost there." Zhao Yuanzheng took out the game plan.

Zhao Yuanzheng's thoughts coincided with Louis's.

Because the tragedy master's technique has no dead ends, it is impossible to prevent him.

Zhao Yuanzheng's suggestion is not to double-team him.

No matter what happens, no matter how many points Tragedy scores, no matter how great his matchup advantage is, no matter how brutal his dislocation attack is, in short, let him play alone.

No matter how good the scoring ability is, it is impossible for one person to kill a team.

This is Zhao Yuanzheng's strategy to play the tragedies solo and concentrate on dealing with the rest of the Lakers.

This is also Louis' idea. The future NBA team's defensive Cavaliers version 2.0 is basically this way.

"Ugh"

Even if there is a good strategy, what is the use of the players with such a mentality now?

"Is the coach worried about the mental state of the players?" Zhao Yuanzheng asked.

Louis smiled, "Yuanzheng, why do you understand me better than Malena?"

"Don't dare, I'm just guessing."

"Then you're a fucking little clever guy." Louis asked, "What do you think about this?"

Zhao Yuanzheng said: "In fact, they can't be blamed. This argument is all over the world now. No matter how humble the players are, they can't change the world's point of view. If they deny this point of view, they are tantamount to denying the fact that the Knicks have an advantage over the Lakers. So, they choose to accept this point of view, but gradually, the outside world will make them lose themselves and thus lose their judgment."

Zhao Yuanzheng explained the whole situation clearly, that's what happened.

"You say, how to solve this matter?"

"It's not difficult." Zhao Yuanzheng said affirmatively, "As long as they lose one game, they won't be able to hold their heads up in front of you, coach."

"Say it as if I could do anything to them."

"You'll probably throw their self-esteem and pride to the ground and step on it a hundred times."

In an instant, Louis was like Gao Mingyuan in "Operation Anti-crime": "How do you talk? Am I that kind of person?"

"Absolutely not. I'll just guess. If I guess wrong, don't take it to heart."

Zhao Yuanzheng went to supervise the training, and Louis watched the first part of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in the office because he was bored.

It has been 10 years since the film was released. Although it created a genre, everything in it is nothing new to Louie. He is just looking for something to pass the time.

Reaching the finals means that the season is coming to an end, but Louie's schedule is not easy at all, and a large part of his schedule in the future is already full.

The few days before the finals may be the most idle, but Lorraine is not at home.

Lorraine took over a new film, and it was officially launched recently. Although the studio is in New York, she returns home every day after filming at 8-9 pm. If the filming does not go well, it may be midnight.

Therefore, even if Louis wants to go home and find his wife to enjoy the world of two people, he has no chance.

There are only two troubled children left in the family and an old mother who doesn't like him no matter what.

1990/6/5

Game 1 of the NBA Finals started at Madison Gardens in New York.

The Knicks' victory over the Lakers in the regular season, as well as their victory over the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals, make people believe that they have enough strength to defeat the Lakers.

The touts around the world make the Knicks smug. They don't attach as much importance to the Finals as the Lakers.

Louie deliberately left this unchecked.

The poor quality of training is reflected in the competition, which is the decline of most people's competitive state.

Except for Wilson and John Selley, the players in the core rotation members of the Knicks all showed a situation of falling off the mountain.

Especially the three of Ewing, Miller and Hornacek made Louie furious. Ewing's mid-range shooting percentage was further reduced from the already low base. Miller turned into an ice shooter and made 9 of 0 three-pointers in the audience. Although Hornacek's drop is not large, his three-point shooting percentage has not been normal since the playoffs, and has always been below 30%.

The decline in three-point shooting percentage is due to the defense brought by the Lakers. It is not easy to judge, because in this era, most players get excellent three-point shooting opportunities.

The problem is, the Knicks had a good three-point shooting percentage in the previous rounds of the series, so why did they lose against the Lakers in the first game?

Moreover, the Lakers are not accurate in simply comparing COS shots. The average COS shot rate is 32%, but if the Knicks can't make COS shots, it seems that they can't play, but the Lakers are not affected in any way.

Because the secret of the Lakers' strength is not COSCO, but the end of their restricted area.The Lakers are second in the league in penalty area shot percentage, third in the league in penalty area shooting percentage, and first in the playoffs. Of course, they don't mind fluctuations in shooting sights so much, because no matter what era they are, offense in the penalty area is the most efficient and safest way to score.

That's another problem for the Knicks.

It doesn't matter if you can't make a shot, but what about the defense you depend on for a living?What about the dreaded high press?How about defending the Celtics' Big Three from double-teaming?
All gone!
Louis does not adjust, just frequent substitutions.

Pat Riley was puzzled by Louie's approach. He didn't know what the other party was thinking.

Louis worried that he would scare Riley to death by speaking out, so he didn't say anything at all.

He's going to lose this game, hee hee.

If Riley found out about this, he would either think Louie was joking, or he would think he was being insulted, but he wouldn't take it seriously.

But Louie is really trying to lose this game, and then he has a fair reason to severely scold this group of bastards who have swollen to the point of forgetting who they are.

(End of this chapter)