the rest, only noise

Chapter 729 Erwin is not the only Johnson

"Coach Lu, why didn't you target KJ?"

Zhao Yuanzheng once suspected that Louis and Kevin Johnson had some ulterior deal in private, but after thinking about it, it was impossible.

Obviously KJ has shown the ability to destroy Hornacek and Stockton, but the defenders are still the same, and they deliberately stimulated Hornacek, forcing him to say the stupid "don't help me defend".

Do you have that ability? Don't help you defend?
"Because, I like to watch him play." Louis looked at the court, and the Lakers changed back to the tragedian as expected.

The tragedian has a habit after returning from a timeout, which is to play a few rounds with the ball to find the feeling.

The Lakers are very dependent on him. It is understandable that he has this habit, because his performance is actually the weathervane of the Lakers team.

The Tragedy played well, and the Lakers were like a pile of stinky, smooth and straight down. The scene couldn't be summed up in mere words.

"Like watching him play?"

Zhao Yuanzheng was full of doubts, did KJ really have a deal with Coach Lu?
The tragic master took control of the ball and easily dribbled the ball to the paint area. The Knicks' double-teaming was not timely enough, and he turned and leaned back and scored a half-block.

36 is better than 41
"Evan, KJ played so well before you came on the court, don't you want to give him a few more shots?"

When the tragic master retreated back, Louis asked seemingly casually.

The faces of KJ, the tragedy teacher, and Zhao Yuanzheng all changed.

KJ was stunned, Zhao Yuanzheng opened his eyes wide, as if he knew something, and the tragic teacher looked the most natural, just like when he won the FMVP as a rookie and was favored by Bass and the media, and then signed the famous 20-year contract, which made his teammates jealous.

Ironically, the tragedian couldn't seem to understand why his teammates were unhappy with his boss getting close to him, let alone why they were angry that Bass gave him an unprecedented contract.

To this day, he doesn't necessarily understand it, because his way of solving the problem is to force the team to kick out the head coach by publicly applying for a trade, and then work together with Pat Riley to win the 1982 championship.

The classic solution in professional sports: Winning overshadows everything.

However, what was thought to be the beginning turned out to be the peak of Show Time in 1982. After that, the Lakers lost seven finals in eight years.

Problems blew up, Wilkins was gone, Kareem was old, the Lakers were broken and rebuilt, and now he was surrounded by people who only knew that the Lakers had never had much success since the tragic master became the leader.

This night, KJ's suppression of the Knicks' backcourt is impressive.

Even if he plays so well, the Lakers are still a tragic team.

The tragedian habitually took the ball to find his status, and KJ's status quickly cooled down.

Louie's words seemed to come out of KJ's heart.

KJ silently gave Coach Lu a "confidant is hard to find, I'm very grateful" look.

What about the tragedian?How could he not see that Louis was so obviously provoking dissension?

He smiled and patted KJ on the shoulder: "K, don't care what Little Lu said, you know that all these things I do are just to make us fight better."

"I understand, captain." KJ replied calmly.

"Coach, if you want to cause civil strife in the Lakers, that's fine." Zhao Yuanzheng tried to find a euphemistic word, "It's too deliberate."

"You think too badly of me."

Louie said without changing his face: "My idea is very simple. KJ played very well. He should continue the style of play just now. They can't let KJ's performance just because of the tragedy. Erwin is not the only Johnson."

Zhao Yuanzheng noticed that Louis called Elvin Johnson a "tragedy teacher", which seemed to be nothing wrong.

Because this nickname has replaced the "magician" who was popular in the United States five years ago, and has become the most eye-catching label on "Irwin is the only Johnson".

However, Louis has a close personal relationship with the tragedy teacher, so when he usually calls the tragedy teacher, he does not call him "the tragedy teacher". He is the friend of the other party, so he will use the more intimate "Evan" to call the tragedy teacher.

But just now, he called the other party a "tragedy teacher", as if he was fighting for KJ.

"But in the Lakers, Irwin is the only Johnson." Zhao Yuanzheng said.

"So, KJ ​​is about to fall into the 'Isiah Dilemma.'" Louie laughed, "But I believe that on a team that can't win the championship, he can't last as long as Isiah."

"Isaiah's Dilemma" is a scenario proposed by Louis based on the encounter of the smiling assassin in the 80s.

A certain star who can stand on his own can't stand out because there is a better and more comprehensive star in his team. The team is strong and has the ability to compete for the championship. He himself is not willing to be small, but he is willing to make sacrifices for the team.But as long as his grades are stable, he is willing to make sacrifices.

This is the "Isiah Dilemma".

The tragedian has the function of holding the ball, and KJ has nothing to say about this.

In those 2 minutes, Travis easily scored 5 points and 1 assist, helping the Lakers catch up to only 3 points.

The situation did get better, but KJ's offensive firepower that used Hornacek as a meat gun also went out.

Hornacek's teammates were surprised to find that he had successfully "defended" KJ, who had a tendency to go berserk.

"Good defense, Jeff!"

Louis didn't care about the close score. Seeing KJ's situation, he just wanted to add some fuel to this unsolvable contradiction.

When KJ got the ball before the end of the first half, it was no longer Hornacek, but Stockton.

Louie's order to the other players is still not to double-team KJ, so Stockton has to face KJ alone.

As the most unstoppable offensive guard in the 90s, as long as he is given enough space, he pulls the ball in front of his body and changes direction, increases his explosive starting speed, and has everything to play against Stockton, but he has no body, no explosive power, and a white guard who does not move fast enough is the same as playing.

KJ blasted Stockton's defense like a bomb, went to the basket, and dunked through Ewing, who was helping to defend.

Even picky New York fans were speechless about the shot.

fantastic!

The Lakers caught up to 1 point.

The more dazzling KJ is at this moment, the bigger the shadow behind the Lakers will be, and Louie is the only one who can capture that darkness.

The anger on KJ's face is like the long-distance three-pointer killing the Cavaliers' Kevin Durant at the last moment of Game2018 in 3.

Just looking at Durant's expression after the ball was scored, you can't even feel that he made the top ten goals of his career.

It makes people feel like a good person who has been wrongly imprisoned.

In Louie's eyes, this is a factor that will destroy the Lakers from within.

In addition, there is another ominous sign that the Lakers ignored.

Two seconds before the end of the first half, Reggie Miller randomly threw a ball in the backcourt and hit the buzzer.

MSG was boiling because of this, and Miller rubbed his hands in confusion, as if he didn't know what happened.

His lucky goal helped the Knicks regain the lead to 4 points.

At the end of the first half, the game seemed to have to be played.

Louis told reporters: "I'm already thinking about Game3."

(End of this chapter)