the rest, only noise

Chapter 728
The Knicks' game intensity returned to the level of the Eastern Conference Finals.

At that intensity, the Celtics only lasted until the fifth game before losing. Except for the tragic division, the Lakers are not used to this intensity of the game.

In the first quarter, 29 to 16, the Knicks led the Lakers by 13 points.

"The Lakers probably wouldn't have scored more than 10 points in the first quarter without the tragedies."

Hubie Brown exaggerated.

Brown's crooked butt has the style of Tom Heinsohn back then, but he is not as serious as Heinsohn.

This sentence is also because the performance of the Lakers in the first quarter, except for the tragic master, is simply a mess.

Of the Lakers' 16 points in a single quarter, the Tragedy scored 12 points, and the others had 4 points.

No matter how strong the tragedy division is, it only stopped the momentum of the Knicks beating the Lakers 4-11 in the first 0 minutes, but if the follow-up teammates did not provide help, the point difference was only opened by 8 points in those 2 minutes, which was his limit.

"Except Patrick, the others performed very well in the first quarter." Louie said with satisfaction.

McHale asked, "What happened to Patrick?"

"Oh, I don't want to say it, and he's not happy if I do." It was as if Louis would take care of other people's mood when he messed with it.

Ewing raised his eyebrows coldly and ignored him.

Louis went on to say: "In my opinion, the Lakers can't break our pocket formation, so we have to stick to the current style of play. On the offensive end, except for Irving Johnson, everyone else can let them shoot. As for our offensive end, the Lakers will adopt a similar strategy to ours, but as long as our long-range shots don't feel as outrageous as in the first game, their plan will soon go bankrupt."

"So, the list for the second quarter is as follows."

Louis let Wilson, who took a 4-minute break in the first quarter, lead the second team with Hornacek, Rodman, Reggie Williams, and Sam Bowie.

After they all left, Ewing asked sullenly, "What happened to my performance?"

"Don't you care? Why are you asking now?" Louis laughed.

"Damn it! You're avenging yourself!" Ewing was clear about his statistics. "I scored 6 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks in the first quarter. What do you think I didn't play well?"

Louis's chat skills turned into Rufeng: "No, I remember that your draft template is Russell, why did you get the blight, Wilt Chamberlain's data-greedy heart is no good, Patrick."

"You are changing the subject!"

"You are really unreasonable." The most unreasonable professional basketball coach said solemnly, "The person who recorded these data is not me, but you, so I hope you give up thinking about data and think more about how to help your teammates in the game. This is Bill Russell's way of thinking. Guys who only think about data are worthless."

Ewing said angrily: "It seems that people who can't even lose weight are promising."

"Patrick Ewing, me! @#%@#%"

If it wasn't for Zhao Yuanzheng and the others to stop him, Louis would have been able to spray Ewing until the end of the first half.

Across from them, the coaching staff of the Lakers suddenly felt something when they saw this movement.

"Now I know why the Knicks and the Knicks can treat the game like dead men." Pat Riley watched Louis spit on Ewing, and Ewing didn't dare to even look at it, and he felt a little enlightenment in his heart. "Because Little Lu has absolute control over this team. Even if Ewing's performance is perfect, he will still be scolded by him. Look, he has been scolding Patrick for several minutes. I really can't imagine that young man is so strict."

Riley's chief assistant Bill Potka nodded: "Yes, Little Lu is undoubtedly one of the best coaches in the world. He dares to face problems, so he will criticize some of Ewing's mistakes in the game."

Gary Vitti, the Lakers trainer, said in surprise: "It's so fierce that the criticism is not over yet."

"Did Patrick Ewing make any mistakes in the first quarter?" The tragedian frowned, "No? That guy really overwhelms the sun in the paint and is difficult to deal with!"

It was not Louie's intention to misunderstand people.

But since he was misunderstood, let's misunderstand, anyway, he doesn't care.

It is the second team of the Lakers, which lacks a tragedy division and is led by KJ and Pippen. Although there are two ball holders, there is a clear quota of ball rights between them.

KJ and Pippen seem to know when to get the ball, so there has never been a conflict over the ball.

If the tragedian is present, will anyone be able to fight for the ball if he wants it?

This question is worth pondering.

Riley can't see that right now, and he's overwhelmed by what the Knicks are doing, off and on the court.

Louie was doing something he hardly ever did — spitting on his core players for 5-10 minutes.

It's not that he won't criticize the tragedian for his poor performance, but that he won't find fault with the tragedian.Even though Ewing played so perfectly, he was still criticized, which shows how much prestige Louis has in the Knicks.

As for the field, it is purely the difference in hard power between the two teams.

The Lakers mainly play an 8-man rotation. At this time, Tragedy and Mark Aguirre are off the court. Pippen, KJ, David Robinson, McKay and Divac are on the court.

When they were on offense, the Knicks' second team strictly enforced the pocket formation Louie demanded.

In the second team of the Lakers, which lacks a tragedian, the only reliable space on the field is McKay, but his shooting rate is only 33%, which can be emptied in the Knicks' strategy.

McKay was really emptied, too, as the Knicks expanded their pocket from the paint to the free-throw line.Leaving this position, the Lakers want to shoot casually, but if they approach or enter this position, there is a risk of being dumped.

Fortunately, KJ's athletic talent has been fully released after he freely controls the ball.

Hornacek, like Stockton, can't guard against a beast like KJ who flies into the sky and hides from the ground.

It was very easy for KJ to pass him, and Louie didn't ask anyone to switch defenses. He deliberately let KJ play casually.

During the period, Zhao Yuanzheng suggested switching Wilson, Rodman or Williams several times, but Louis did not adopt it.

"Strange." Zhao Yuanzheng said to Tomjanovich in puzzlement. "It stands to reason that Coach Lu should not fail to see this (Hornacek can't defend). Horney is more suitable for defending the second position with average speed or the first position with average explosive power."

Tomjanovich also couldn't see what Louis was thinking, but his trust in Louis was unlimited: "He must have his reasons for doing so. You can make suggestions, and let him decide the rest."

Because KJ holding the ball was too eye-catching, the quota of ball rights lasting 2 minutes in the second quarter was broken.

Pippen took the initiative to give up the ball to KJ and played off the ball himself.

KJ beat Hornacek on this point, and he scored 5 points in 12 minutes, leading the Lakers to catch up.

The last of his 12 points was a counter-attack Tomahawk dunk after stealing a pass from the Knicks, 34 to 41.

The 13-point gap became 7 points under his own efforts.

It was only then that Louis became anxious and asked for a timeout.

"Kevin Johnson is undoubtedly the most underrated player on the Lakers. So far in the playoffs, he has averaged 20 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists per game. As a substitute, can you expect him to contribute more?" Dick Stockton praised.

Hubie Brown pointed out the key point: "Even in the Knicks, he can start, but in the Lakers, he can't start, because they have two tall ball handlers in the starting lineup, one of them is not good at long-range shooting. If you let him start, the difficult situation like the first quarter will happen frequently in the Lakers."

"I think Erwin is coming back." Louie believed Riley would see KJ's attack as their opportunity.

Since it is an opportunity to chase points, of course the trump card must be exchanged for it.

Louis picked up the tactical board and said, "If Erwin comes back, Dennis, you guard him. Remember, no matter which direction he breaks through, as long as he breaks through, everyone must show the momentum of sleeping with four women. Come to these positions. I will make sure that every time he attacks, there will be two or three flankers!"

"Is he worth it?" Ewing asked.

Louis was upset when he saw the gorilla: "You are as rough as you, of course it's worth it!"

"Then, what about KJ?" Zhao Yuanzheng was still struggling, "Do you want to change the defense?"

Louis looked at Hornacek: "Honey, if you can't stand it, I can understand, we have many people who can help you."

A few seconds ago, Jeff Hornacek still had the expression of "I don't know if I can stand it" on the face of the third brother in "Shaolin Soccer".

After Louis finished those few words, Hornacek's face became more gloomy and gloomy: "I can do it!"

"Really? Don't force it."

"real!"

"Seriously, if you can't prevent it."

"Fuck it!" Hornacek raged, "I can guard against it!"

"Jeff, I think you are usually very intelligent, why do you like to fight like Patrick?" Louis finally said, "Don't force it."

"I never force it!"

Hornacek said to his teammates: "No one helps me defend!"

Wilson, Rodman, and Williams expressed admiration for his courage, but all of them turned to Louis with a firm expression of "he must be unable to defend" on their faces. They didn't speak, but asked Louis with their faces and eyes: Do you want to help defend?
"Why do you look at me? Since Huo Li won't let you help defend, then you don't want to help defend, but trust your teammates!"

Zhao Yuanzheng really can't fix this, "Lao Lu, Lao Lu, what are you planning?" (Mandarin)

"You little red guy, I'm not yet 30 years old, doesn't that make me old?" Louis glared dissatisfiedly.

(End of this chapter)