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Chapter 726 The Judge's Balance Technique

Stockton, Miller, Wilson, McHale, Ewing

When 2K releases the classic Knicks team of the 80s in the future, this lineup will definitely be a highlight.

It represents the strongest lineup in the early days of the Knicks dynasty.

Today, as Hornacek grows and McHale degenerates, Louie rotates between the one and four positions more and more frequently.

This season, McHale only started 40 games, and in the playoffs there were 2/3 of the games as a substitute, because Rodman's momentum was rapid, and Bowie often started as a twin tower.

In the future, there will be Sean Kemp, McHale's degeneration, but invisibly "helping" Louis.

If there is no accident, the transition between the new and the old at the fourth position will be smooth, and now he is more worried about whether Hornacek will have any ideas about starting.With his ability, he can start in teams other than the Knicks, Trail Blazers and Jazz.

But now is not the time to think about this, Louis looked at the Lakers' starting lineup.

Winning at MSG in the last game gave them a lot of confidence, otherwise Louis really doesn't know why Pat Riley sent: Kevin Johnson, Scottie Pippen, Derek McKay, Tragedy, David Robinson's starting lineup.

This lineup has three ball-holding points, and KJ needs a lot of ball-holding, and Pippen needs to deal cards at the top of the arc to maintain his state. Only the tragedian can do things with the ball and without the ball.

The Lakers can also understand with this lineup, these five players are the best in the game.

Their shooting performance is not better than the Knicks, and they won the first game entirely because of the high enough impact on the penalty area.The first game seemed to prove the right way to concentrate fire in the box, so in the second game they sent five players who can hit the box.

The question is, what is the basis for hitting the penalty area?
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In order to increase the threat to the restricted area, the Lakers used five attackers in the restricted area, but these five people's impact on the restricted area was fierce, but their ability to stretch space was more clumsy than one.

In addition to the tragic division, the other four players averaged 1.3 three-pointers per game. Among them, Pippen took the lead with an average of 29 goals per game with a shooting rate of 1.1%.

This kind of projected threat, if Louis didn't use the pocket array to make them sick, it would be a waste of time.

Others may not have felt it yet, but David Robinson discovered from the very beginning that the aura of the Knicks players was different from that in Game 1.

At that time, the Knicks were a bit frivolous, as if the victory was already in their hands, and they could win as long as they played casually.

The Knicks like that are not intimidating. What is really frightening is that the group of bandits smelled blood. Except for the head coach, everyone else's faces were tense, and there was a clear murderous intent in their eyes.

That's the team that scares the entire league.

It is probably this kind of mentality that caused the two sides to have a little problem with the opening jump ball.

Referee Darrell Garretson tossed the ball up, and neither Ewing nor Robinson took off.

As a result, the first jump ball failed, and Garretson needed to re-throw the ball.

"Patrick, what are you holding back, hit the ball for me!" Louie shouted dissatisfied.

For the second jump ball, Ewing decisively gave the racket to Stockton.

Game start.

On the first ball of the game, Ewing and McHale had a high double screen.

Ewing cut inside, and McHale opened up a distance to receive a pass from Stockton to score.

Typical N.UCLA system interior "2 High" offense.

2 is better than 0
"Come on, give them some color!"

Wilson improvised, clapping his hands for Stockton to join him in the upcourt pressure.

"That's Kevin Johnson!"

Louie doesn't think putting pressure on KJ up front is a good idea.

Just like in the future, not many teams will choose to press against the Thunder with Westbrook. Once he is rushed, it will be unstoppable.

Louis missed a few points. Compared with KJ, Westbrook is thicker, his acceleration ability and absolute explosive power are obviously better. Most importantly, he played in the illegal era of "Hand-checking".Since the league resumed the Hand-checking rule in the 70s, high-level executives have found that this rule really restricts players who play fancy.

So they restricted this rule bit by bit like cutting sausages, first prohibiting the use of hand-checking at the opponent's bottom line, and then expanding it to the opponent's three-point line, but after that, when the league wanted to further restrict it, it was unanimously opposed by other teams.

Another butterfly effect brought about by Louis—the league’s plan to restrict hand-checking was blocked, because the way the Knicks shook the Celtics dynasty showed people the right way for bottom teams to deal with super teams, so everyone wanted to do this. If the league made the rules dead, how would other teams survive?
Therefore, in the first year of the 90s, KJ encountered the brutal confrontation in the early 80s, and it was more targeted.

As a member of the best defensive team, Wilson knows how to put pressure on the opponent's ball-handler when the frontcourt is tight, even if it is a deadly ball-handler like KJ who can throw people away with a little chance.

Some people get stronger without knowing it, and the person around him is like a person who doesn't know that he is getting fat, without knowing it.

That's how Louis saw Wilson.

He knows Wilson has made huge strides this season, but by how much?This point is not obvious on the offensive end, but it is obvious on the defensive end.

Wilson is 203 cm tall with bare feet and has a wingspan of 224 cm. He has fast lateral movement and strong agility. Although his explosive power is not as good as monsters like Jordan and Wilkins, he is still at the top level of the league.With the blessing of this static and dynamic talent, he is destined to become a top defender as long as he is willing.

It took Wilson five years to go from a monster boy relying on natural defense to become a defensive gatekeeper today.

His full-court pressure on KJ showed Louie signs of Scottie Pippen and Kawhi Leonard.

His arm length and speed are enough to lead and guard all the ball holders in the league, but the secret that allows him to "stick" to this group of people is his pace.

Wilson has outstanding defensive strides and is willing to keep his center of gravity low all the way to ensure that he can move laterally at any time.

In this case, KJ almost failed to dribble the ball across half court.

Just as KJ passed halftime, Wilson stepped forward and pressed KJ's center of gravity with his body. The sudden physical confrontation made this thunder-like defender unable to protect the ball, and lost control even with the ball.

For the Lakers, it looked like Wilson knocked KJ over.

Pat Riley strongly disagrees: "If this is not a foul, the game of basketball should allow players to play in protective gear!"

"Come on!" Garretson looked at Riley in disgust. "He didn't foul!"

Only three seconds later, Wilson, who broke the KJ ball, rushed to the frontcourt, took two steps from the free throw line, and swung the windmill to pour the ball into the basket.

4 is better than 0
"Stealing is good stealing, be careful not to foul." Louis stretched out his hand, and Wilson clapped his hands, "Understood, coach."

KJ accelerated the breakthrough as if offended.

His reaction was justifiable. As a defender who was full of confidence in himself, he didn't bring the ball to the frontcourt but was cut off by the opponent one-on-one. No one can bear it.

In the next round, KJ took the risk of speeding up close to the sideline, barely bringing the ball to the frontcourt.

"That guy has a really bad temper." Tomjanovich was even more surprised by Wilson's performance, "Benj can keep up with his speed."

"Rudy, you should have said, 'Benj's going to keep up with him'," Louie corrected.

Tomjanovich didn't ask why, although there was only one word difference, the meaning was completely different.

Even in the frontcourt, Wilson did not rush to switch defenses with Stockton.

He guarded KJ for a few more seconds, and didn't complete the handover until Stockton got close.

Wilson goes to Pippen and the Lakers drive the ball to the hoop.

David Robinson tried to complete the attack against Ewing's body, but McHale's double-team, and Wilson's intention to give up Pippen's double-team attack inside, gave this elegant young center the idea of ​​​​passing the ball.

"What are you waiting for if you don't attack?" the tragedy teacher shouted from the outside.

Robinson immediately dropped the illusion and attacked a goal.

Didn't go in, but the referee called McHale for a defensive foul.

It was the young referee Jack Madden who blew the whistle.

Louie didn't react to it because it was an obvious balance whistle.Although Garretson expressed disgust at Riley's protest, he also knew that if he didn't give the Lakers a little sweetness, any subsequent penalty would provoke protest.

Blowing to McHale is an acceptable result for the Knicks.

Because he is the player with the most substitutes among the starting five.

Unexpectedly, the referee fed the meat into his mouth, but Robinson didn't eat it.

Two free throws, both missed from the same angle.

Ewing grabbed the rebound and threw it to Wilson beside him.

Wilson immediately threw a long throw, but in a blink of an eye, the ball had already flown into the hands of Miller in midfield.

Miller dribbled the ball and settled in the frontcourt with no one around him. He directly received the ball and chased for a three-pointer.

"Shh!"

7 is better than 0
"The Knicks announced their comeback with a fantastic offensive climax!"

(End of this chapter)