the rest, only noise

Chapter 732
April 6

The Knicks fly to Los Angeles.

The media in California is on the alert. In recent days, the "KJ expresses dissatisfaction with MJ" promoted by the New York media has made the Lakers' preparations encounter many problems.

They also prepared a bunch of questions.

Many of them are digging holes for the Knicks, because the Knicks also have the same contradictions.

So when Louis and the others got off the plane, they specifically told the players: "Everyone of you will be questioned later, I hope you control your mouths, say what you should say, and don't say a single letter that shouldn't be said, especially you, Patrick."

Ewing asked unhappily; "Why do you have so little confidence in me?"

"Do you want me to help you review your glorious case in front of the media?" Louis said angrily, "Don't you know that you are a friend of the neutral media?"

In this way, Ewing was cleaned up by Louis with a few words.

In front of the media in California, Ewing's expression was indifferent, and his eyes conveyed a murderous look, like a general about to set foot on the battlefield.

Los Angeles Daily News sports editor and writer Joe Jares took it upon himself to pry exploitable information out of Ewing's mouth.

"Patrick, what do you think are the shortcomings of this year's Benj compared to last year's you?"

Ewing didn't hear the danger, and responded with a self-righteous joke: "His rebounds and blocks are not enough."

"So, you don't think he deserves to be the MVP?"

What is the logic?Even a rough man like Ewing could easily detect the maliciousness hidden in it.

"What do you expect me to say when you ask this question? Don't you think I will agree with what you said? Benj is this year's MVP. From today, it is undisputed." Ewing stared at the chief writer of the Daily News with dissatisfaction, "If I had the right to vote, I would vote for him, not myself."

"Why is it indisputable? Many people think that without you, there would be no Knicks today, and you are the MVP."

"This is your opinion. I will not try to change your opinion. As for the others, I have no comment."

Ewing got his teammates off to a good start.

Others withstood the bombardment of questions from reporters in California.

They are determined to find Louis.

In a way, Louie is also a headliner.

Many words he said do not require special analysis, as long as they are put in the news intact, they can make headlines.

For example, before he won Game2, he said "I'm already thinking about Game3".Thanks to the Knicks winning, if the Knicks lose that game, the California media can repeat this and mention the finals.

"Come on, don't try to get anything valuable out of my mouth."

"I don't want to say anything until Game3 is over."

"Coach Lu, haven't you always been confident? Why don't you say it now? Could it be that you just pretended to be confident?"

"how to say?"

Louis frowned, as if he had encountered a question that was difficult to answer.

Immediately, the corner of his mouth loosened, revealing a confident smile common in the media: "My confidence comes from leading the Celtics to defeat the Lakers in the 1984 Finals. I know that the Celtics team that led the Celtics to defeat the Lakers in a row was KC, but it was me who started the Celtics' record of defeating the Lakers in the Finals for four consecutive years."

"Oh no, if you count the record in the 60s, you guys have lost to the Celtics in the Finals 11 times in a row, you know? About losing, you guys have more experience than Susan Lucci⑴, why do I have so much confidence in front of you? That's a good question. Why? Because it only took me four years to beat the Celtics that you couldn't beat in 31 years. That's all I've said about the source of my confidence, please excuse me. "

Louie slammed the lungs of the Lakers and their supporters for a speech, which made the reporters on the scene feel ashamed and angry.

They eventually left on the team's exclusive bus.

Along the way, fans who are hostile to them can be seen everywhere to make various demonstrations that will not endanger their personal health.

The matchup between the Knicks and the Lakers is not as representative of the NBA as the matchup between the Lakers and the Lakers. However, as the ultimate matchup between the two cities with the most commercial value, the most topicality, and the most developed media, the promotion of public opinion by the media can make the heat of the game surpass the battle between the Lakers and the Kaiser, and reach another peak.

Game 1's game ratings have already reached the average ratings of the peak period of the Hukai battle.

Game2, the game between the Knicks and the Lakers broke the league's historical ratings record, with 2400 million Americans watching the game.

Now coming to Game3, driven by KJ's remarks, more people pay attention to the series.

When he came to the hotel, Louis issued a rare curfew order.

"You should know that I have no objection to you going outside to relax at the end of the game, but not this time. You have seen it all the way. This is a city with strong hostility to the East Coast. The Lakers have lost 6 times in a row in the finals. They turned all the painful emotions accumulated from all previous failures into hatred on us. At this time, we cannot guarantee the safety of going out."

"So, as long as we're in Los Angeles for one day, except for playing games, you all stay in the hotel honestly. Even if you want to hold a **** party, you have to do it in the hotel!"

Rodman asked, "Coach, can we actually have that kind of party in a hotel?"

Louis's smile was as cold as the winter wind: "Dennis, what do you think?"

"Understood, whoever dares to mess around in the hotel, I don't need a coach, I will kill him directly!" Rodman shouted.

The Knicks rectified internal discipline and clarified some irreversible regulations.

Then, after an intense training session, it was game time.

The loss of Game 2 is enough to make the Lakers understand that they have no fault tolerance in front of the Knicks.

If you make a mistake, you must correct it in a timely manner, and you cannot slowly find the problem.

Otherwise, the Knicks would have caught their mistake and knocked it out.

In order to prove the Lakers' heart of defending the home court, the tragedian played preemptively on behalf of the whole team after playing.

The Lakers' first goal today: Tragedy catches the ball from the waist and turns to face the basket, changing direction and breaking through McHale.He knew that Ewing would assist the defense immediately, so he speeded up his shot and threw the ball to the basket against the defense of the two.

If the referee blows the whistle, that's great; if it doesn't, David Robinson can get the offensive rebound and complete the second attack.

The result was just as he wished, the goal was scored, the whistle blew, and at home, the tragedian had everything.

This is the advantage that the Lakers make Western opponents feel at a loss, that is, offensive aggressiveness.

The Blazers are infighting, and other teams don't have the right staffing to play against them.

The Lakers' offense went smoothly, but the defensive end had a major test.

They have to crack the Knicks' "Jamaica pick-and-roll."

Pat Riley said he'll crack the Jamaican pick-and-roll in this game.

Louie believed he wasn't bragging.

Because the greatness of the Knicks' Jamaican pick-and-roll is not in the pick-and-roll itself, but after the pick-and-roll, one more person executes the screen to help the inside line go down.At the same time, the player who helped the inside line down also has the space tearing ability to take apart the ball and shoot a three-pointer after blocking the man. This makes the entire offense as precise as a machine and has no gaps.

With one more guy involved in the pick-and-roll, the variables to consider when setting up a defense are multiplied.Originally, the most basic content of our defensive pick-and-roll only needed to pay attention to whether the ball holder broke through, shot, passed the ball, and whether the screener went down or rolled out.

Because of this, the Lakers maintained the deployment of the tragic division's starting No. [-] position, and also let Aguirre, Pippen and others partner with him.

Aguirre is an offensive wing. Needless to say, Pippen, McKay is special. He played the [-]rd position in college and transformed into the [-]th position in the NBA.Because the two of them can seamlessly swing between the third and fourth positions.

Now, Riley has Aguirre on Miller, Pippen on Stockton, and McKay on Wilson.

In the case of partial defense, stick to one-on-one, and switch two players with similar positions and sizes.Because the Knicks are in charge of the pick-and-roll is Ewing, so the Lakers will let Robinson and McKay switch defenses, the former defends Wilson and is responsible for sticking to Ewing.

If the Knicks' second screen is a shooter like Miller, McKay will be responsible for squeezing through the screen, and Aguirre, who marks Miller, will immediately go after Miller after interfering with Ewing.

In just three days, facing the Knicks' immature Jamaican pick-and-roll offensive system, Riley and his coaching staff delivered an excellent report card.

But in Roadshow's view, this is just one of the necessary foundations for them to win the game.

Jamaica's pick-and-roll offense itself is a derivative of the N.UCLA system. It is a targeted play launched by Louie to disgust the Lakers' large lineup. They usually have no special practice.

Now, in order to limit the Knicks' Jamaican pick-and-roll offense, they frequently mobilized David Robinson outside. Because the tragic division's defense is vulnerable, the person who came out must be Robinson.

As a result, the Lakers will face more serious problems.

Robinson will make up for the leaks on the outside, but who will plug the leaks at the basket?
⑴Susan Lucci (Susan Lucci) was nominated for the Morning Emmy Award for 1980 consecutive times during the period 1998-18, but none of them won the award. It was not until 1999 that she successfully won the award.In the book, her record has just reached the tenth time, so Coach Chips said that "the Lakers have more experience than Susan".

(End of this chapter)