the rest, only noise

Chapter 828

"The walls of New York are tall and thick."

In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Pacers counterattacked all the way to the Knicks. After four games, they failed to create a miracle and lost 0-4.

This is also Danny Manning's emotion after being eliminated by the Knicks for three consecutive years.

The Knicks are to the Pacers what the Pacers are to the Heat.

Louis is expected to lead the team beyond the Celtic dynasty in the 80s and become the second head coach to lead the team to win five consecutive championships after the Celtics in the Auerbach era.

In the west, the dominance of Jordan and Barkley is obviously stronger than that of Pippen and Robinson.

系列赛相持到天王山的时候，乔丹单场52分7篮板12助攻，巴克利独揽41分22个篮板。

For the Lakers, although Pippen had a triple-double, his personal scoring was limited and he only scored 17 points. Although Robinson scored 30 points in a single game, it didn't help.

The Blazers are only one step away from advancing.

In the sixth game, without the tragic master in charge, the Lakers faced headwinds, their mentality was much worse, and they were suppressed by the Blazers throughout.

"A new era has ushered in the West."

"Since 1988, after four years, Michael Jordan once again led the team to the finals. This time, the opponent in front of him is still New York, but he is stronger than before."

The meeting between the Knicks and the Trail Blazers in the finals was a happy result for all.

Although the matchup between the Lakers and the Knicks is interesting, if it is exactly the same for four consecutive years, the audience will get tired of it.

As the number one star in the Mesozoic era, Jordan has everything but the championship title.

In the same way, his teammate Barkley is the same.

The Knicks have dominated the league for four years and are now heading for a fifth straight title.

1992/6/2

The Blazers arrived in New York, and the first game of the Finals will start today.

That afternoon, Louie had a disagreement with team reporter William Roden.

He has interviewed players too frequently recently, which has affected the Knicks' preparations.

Louis demanded that he must stop private interviews with players, while Roden insisted that this was a collaboration between the Times and the Knicks, and he had no right to interfere.

Roden seems to have forgotten that Louis is not only the coach, but also the president of the Knicks' basketball operations department.

This status gave Louis not only the right to interfere, but even to end his cooperation with the Times.

That afternoon, Louie called the Times headquarters and demanded that Roden be deported.

The people from the Times humbly and kindly talked to him for a long time before Louis changed his decision.

The premise is that Roden agrees not to conduct private interviews with Knicks players until the end of the finals.

Under the pressure of the headquarters, Roden agreed.

After eliminating the last off-court factor that may affect the finals, Louis devoted himself to the game.

Madison Square Garden

NBC Sports has carefully prepared the broadcasting team for the finals.

The main narrator is Marv Albert, and there are two analysts, one is Mike Fratello, a contracted commentator of NBC, and the other is an old friend of the fans, the recently retired tragedian Johnson.

After retiring from the court, he was regarded by the public as a tragic man who was about to die. As he said, he has not faded out of public view, and still appears in various places like a popular superstar.

It is also a coup for NBC Sports to invite a tragedy teacher to be an analyst for the finals this time.

Jordan, Wilson, and the tragedian, the most popular stars of the three age groups, the new, the old, and the old, gathered together. Everyone wanted to see the head-to-head confrontation between Qiao Wei, and also wanted to hear the tragedian gag and share some stories that the audience did not know.

Louie says hello to Riley.

He still keeps his hair polished and his well-chosen Armani suits.

As a coach, Louis didn't pay as much attention to his appearance, not to mention carefully choosing a suit, he didn't even take care of his hair.

"Coach Lu, I've dreamed about this scene countless times," Riley said.

"Oh? Did you dream about the result?"

"No, I didn't get results."

"I have a result." Louis said harshly, "You will still lose, and, in the end, your number of runners-up will surpass Irwin's."

"I don't think so," Riley said flatly.

"Let's see."

Louis returned to the players and emphasized: "Portland is a team that is fiercer than us in the regular stage. Their defensive strength is the league's first, the opponent's shooting percentage is the league's first, and the offensive rebounds are the league's first. Therefore, this round of the series is destined to be a tough battle. You must be prepared to face difficulties."

The Knicks' starters are Stockton, Reggie Williams, Wilson, Rodman and Ewing.

Miller was put on the bench because he played against the Trail Blazers twice in the regular season, and both were missed by the opponent's defensive intensity for three-pointers.

Instead of letting him continue to be taken care of by the opponent in the starting position, it is better to switch to a human sandbag to help him take some damage.

The Blazers' starting lineup was equally uncharacteristic: Terry Porter, Jordan, Barkley, Crawford Robinson, Anthony Mason.

There is no center, but there are three small forwards who can play power forwards. Jordan, who was a full-time point guard for a season, played the second position, and Porter, who was a substitute for a season, entered the starting lineup.

Riley's formation in this way clearly wants to use the depth of the flank to destroy the Knicks' flank.

The deeper intention is to limit the Knicks' signature Exchange Ricky (high dynamic offense).

At the same time, being able to play three three-four swings without appearing slow is also the secret of the Blazers' offensive rebounding rate that ranks first in the league.

There are three small forwards who can play the fourth position in a lineup, which is a major test for the defense's rebound protection pressure.

Seeing the lineup of the Trail Blazers, Louie held back Ewing who was about to play and said, "They may go all out to grab defensive rebounds in the first quarter."

Ewing rolled his eyes: "Do you think I'm air?"

"I'm glad you said that, but if our rebounds get blown later"

Ewing said decisively: "You just hang the poster of Coach Thompson on the training ground of the Blue Palace and scold him for a whole year!"

Louis nodded with relief: "Coach Thompson will be proud of you."

"Yes, he will."

Ewing, the bastard who deceived his teachers and destroyed his ancestors, has completely wiped away the strawberries that John Thompson planted on him.

It can be said that he is the "work" of Louis.

Louie has been in professional basketball for 14 years, and there are only two "works" in his full play.

One is Sampson and the other is Ewing.

But these two are completely different players.

Sampson is a perfect work in an ideal state, while Ewing is a flawed nine-point finished product.

In contrast, Louis prefers the "beauty of regret" in Ewing, and Sampson is too perfect.Of course, if Auerbach suddenly lost his mind and wanted to exchange Sampson and Ewing for one, he would send the gorilla away without hesitation but with tears in his eyes.

The Blazers let three swing forwards start, how to arrange the matchup is the problem.

Ewing won the jumper, starting with the regular matchups, Porter-Stockton and Wilson-Jordan.

After that, the style of painting changed, Crawford vs. Rodman, Barkley vs. Williams, Mason vs. Ewing.

First, a very fast-paced round of offense and defense.

Stockton calls the pick-and-roll and passes to Ewing, who cuts inside.Ewing made a layup and was interfered by Robinson who helped defend.

Barkley grabbed the defensive rebound and made a long pass to Jordan.

When Jordan launched the fast break, Wilson had already posted it.

Jordan, who was transformed by Riley into a tragic teacher, hurriedly distributed the ball to his teammates during the fast break, but underestimated the gold content of the Knicks' three first defenses.

Rodman elusively intercepted the pass, and another round of defensive counterattack was pushed up.

When the ball was passed to the frontcourt, Ewing received a pass from his teammate in the paint, pushed Mason, and was about to attack.

Barkley came up and gave him a tough confrontation.

Under the impact of that intensity, Ewing couldn't find the feeling of shooting, so he could only throw the ball casually.

"Don't you call fouls, Dick?" Louie asked.

Referee Dick Bavita ignored Louie and just stared at the pitch.

Ewing missed the shot, and the two sides broke out fierce physical confrontation for the rebound.

"This?"

Rudy Tomjanovich thinks the Knicks are brutal enough.

When they played against the Trail Blazers in the regular season, they were not like this.

Unexpectedly, in the finals, the strength of the Blazers can be upgraded, and this upgrade is not from the level of upgrading from level [-] to level [-], but directly from level [-] to level [-].

"I seem to be watching an NHL game." The tragedy teacher recalled the painful memories of the past. "This is not playing basketball at all."

Mike Fratello said: "This is Pat Riley's football strategy in Portland. They want to become a more hardcore team than the Knicks."

The two sides fought more and more fiercely for the ball, and the assistant referee Jack O'Donnell called a foul.

They blew the foul on Mason.

At this point, the Knicks feel like they're playing against an alter ego.

The difference is that the Blazers, who use the Knicks as their model, are a bloodthirsty team that has not yet won the championship and is full of desire for the championship.

That's one potential advantage they have against the Knicks.

With a timeout, Louie replaced Reggie Williams.

And let Rodman play the third position, and then replace Sean Kemp with the fourth position.

Since you want to fight hand-to-hand, you have to replace players who are suitable for hand-to-hand combat.

Although Reggie Williams is a member of the murder pressing team, the targets he usually uses to defend the murder are not the swing forwards of the Blazers.

Kemp is one of the Knicks' secret weapons.

Most people only think of him as a third-team parallel importer, but Louis knows that Kemp is really given enough opportunities, and he even has a chance to hit the second team.

He's a player who doesn't know how strong he really is.

The Trail Blazers' swing forwards are tough and tough, but except for Barkley, others are not in the eyes of Louis.

So, if you want to fight, come and have fun.

(End of this chapter)