the rest, only noise

Chapter 857 Knowing Mistakes Can Change
Louis was stuck in a sad mood all night.

When he woke up the next day, he had to withdraw himself from the emotions of last night.

The future is left to time to give the answer, he is a person who lives in the present.

Tomorrow's tiebreaker with the Blazers, there are many things that need to be prepared.

Now they can at least rest assured about Ewing's status.No matter what the purpose is, Ewing will adjust his state back.

As long as he stays away from his demons for a while, the Knicks can regain their inside advantage.

Since the start of the series, the Knicks and the Blazers have battled wits and courage, and both sides have sealed part of each other's advantages.

With the Knicks' strong overall defense, the Blazers Megatron Alliance's wing group can only play a role in defense.

Clifford Robinson, Anthony Mason, Blue Edwards, all lost offensively under extraordinary defensive pressure.

Terry Porter is not a wing, but he is the third giant on the offensive end of the Blazers. His misfire is also a reflection of the Knicks' defensive ability.

If the Blazers are like in the past, only Jordan can stand up and score, then this round of the series may have ended in the fifth or sixth game.The bonus that Barkley brought to them is not only a superstar in the literal sense, but also an offensive point that is difficult to completely limit under any defensive system.

There are many kinds of superstars on the basketball court. Jordan and Barkley are exactly the kind of monsters that cannot be restricted as long as there is no problem with their own state.

In the six games of the finals, Jordan averaged 40 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists per game, and Barkley averaged 30 points, 17 rebounds and 4 assists per game. The two were missing one, and the Blazers were already buried.

Now the Knicks have to usher in the most passive situation, playing a life-and-death tiebreaker with the Trail Blazers who have the strongest inside and outside offensive players.

In the morning, Louis went to the Blue Palace after eating the breakfast made by Lorraine.

At this point in time, there are generally no players in the Blue Palace.

But not necessarily.

Players like Chris Jackson belong to the kind of players who live in the training ground.

The reason why he was able to change in New York was not only because of the correct guidance from Louis, but also because of his own hard work and hard work.

He is an active religious man who believes that hard work will pay off.

The Knicks' strength trainer Kaminsky gave him a training plan one after another, as well as a long-term plan including diet and weight gain.

He can become a hero in the battle of Tianwangshan, which is a story of God rewarding hard work. Unfortunately, that is not the final battle of the series.

Therefore, the Blazers can countermeasures in time according to his characteristics.

Louis is a little pessimistic. Before Jackson's strength and stature can be improved to another level, the Blazers' butcher-style team will make him struggle.

"Good morning, Coach."

Jackson and Louie greeted each other.

Louis nodded with a smile, without affecting his training, and went straight to his office.

It's not training time now, except for Jackson, no players are playing downstairs, and even his assistants are gone.

Louis came over early just to reflect on the mistakes he made in this round of the series in an environment where no one is disturbed.

If there are a large number of sports writers in the contemporary era like in the future, there will be a question that has been repeatedly mentioned in Louie's command in the past six games-why doesn't Coach Lu let his players hit the basket aggressively?
In this matter, Louis has no excuses.

Maybe it was arrogance, or maybe it was overconfidence in the Knicks' strength. From the very beginning, Louis regarded the inside line as the Blazers' dead spot and said he wanted to hit the basket.

But Ewing's downturn, coupled with the offensive firepower of outside shooters, made Louis give up his original strategy in the game.

A large number of attacks on the basket can make it easier for the Knicks to score, but the team has stronger firepower on the outside. Those winning games are all won by fierce outside firepower.

The five-year winning model made Louie lose his respect for the logic of the game.

Now is the time to take this issue seriously.

You must hit the inside line, if you don’t play it, you can’t do it. Just imagine, if you are a shooter, no matter how accurate your shots are on the outside line.Therefore, it is necessary to rely on playing inside to clear the outside, and a game that combines inside and outside is a good game.

Due to Ewing's sluggish state, the Knicks paid less attention to the inside line than usual, which can be regarded as a foreshadowing.

Pat Riley might think the Knicks' lack of offense in the paint is because they're good defensively, but that's not true.Although the Blazers' "no layup principle" is scary, this kind of intimidation can only frighten softies, and it is impossible to deter real warriors.

In order to study the Blazers' inside defense, Louis called his assistants and asked them to come to the Blue Palace to gather.

The NBA's coaching staff is one of the few workers in the United States who will not make trouble because they work more than eight hours a day.

Leaving aside the generous remuneration brought by this job, most people choose this job because they love it at first.

Being able to earn money and support the family by relying on what one loves, let alone working eight hours a day, it is estimated that someone can do it even sixteen hours a day.

In less than half an hour, except for Doug Mo, Louie's coaching staff gathered together.

On the one hand, Lao Mo needed more rest because he was old, on the other hand, his strength was offense and not defense, so it was useless to ask him to come, so Louis didn't inform him.

"In the past few games, we made some mistakes, and one of them was the biggest mistake." Louis began to play the game video, and for several consecutive rounds, the Knicks chose long-range shots.

The Knicks' high-post dynamic offense is well-known in the league, but facing the Blazers, the most sensible way to play should be to hit the ball inside after the outside shot is opened.

But the Knicks did the opposite.

They are obsessed with outside shooting, and the more they shoot, the more accurate they are. It's cool to play like this, but they don't maximize the threat of COSCO shots.

Not to mention the Achilles heel of the Blazers.

"The Blazers' inside line is very empty. Although Larry Nance is an excellent defender, we have five defenders selected to the best defensive team, but we were still blown up by Mitch and Fat Boy." Louis said sharply, "If we are determined to play inside, Nance's defense is nothing at all."

Louis suspended the game and said to everyone: "Let's discuss it, and prepare for the afternoon training and tomorrow's game."

On this point, two teaching assistants have already had ideas.

Billy Donovan first expressed his opinion: "I counted all the rounds in which Nance was on the court in six games and found a pattern. Under normal circumstances, his defensive area will not go beyond the paint area. Once our inside line comes to a high position and we give the outside player a pick-and-roll, Nance usually hides on the edge of the paint area and waits for our inside player to roll down. In this case, if our inside player rolls down, the position will be stuck. Take the outside shot."

Donovan also pulled out another stat.

"This is the short-range shooting point that Patrick and Sean are best at. As long as they are adjusted to this position and are not strongly interfered by defenders, they will have a high shooting rate."

Louis nodded. Donovan has only been a teaching assistant for a few years, and his professional ability has improved extremely fast, and he has already locked his direction.He wants to be a coach who relies on defense to build his system, the way Louie did in New York.

"Billy's plan is good, do you have any other ideas?"

An advantage of an excellent coaching staff is that Louis does not need to handle everything by himself as he did back then.

If the head coach still has to do everything himself, what will the assistant coach do?

Another assistant coach, Jeff Van Gundy, who also regards defense as a coaching philosophy, mentioned a phenomenon that caught everyone's eyes: "Nance has a poor sense of position."

Van Gundy has dark circles under his eyes, and it seems that he hasn't had a good rest recently.

"I counted his defensive positions in every round last night. To be honest, in terms of defensive positions alone, he is more amateur than Brad Rohaus, and almost all positions are not the best positions." Van Gundy prepared a densely written notebook.

For each time period clearly marked above, Nance's defensive positioning, and actually the best defensive positioning, and the Knicks' offensive options.

Although Nance's defensive positioning is not good, the Knicks' offensive direction is also wrong.

Both parties are wrong on top of each other.

Van Gundy said: "I also made detailed statistics on Nance's defensive positions in the previous five games. From the statistical results, he is a very rough rim protector in details, but his athletic ability is superb, even if he stands in a bad position. He can also play a defensive effect. But this is on the premise that our offensive focus is not on the inside. If we focus our offense on the inside, I think his flaws will lead to the collapse of Portland's inside defense."

Louie's impression of Van Gundy has never been good. When the opponent was the head coach, he left him with a stereotyped and inflexible impression.

But today, he handed over a heavyweight game report.

"Jeff, why didn't you take out this observation report earlier?" Louis asked.

Van Gundy said helplessly: "No one thought that Portland could rely on two stars to reach the seventh game. This is my mistake in judgment. Please forgive me, Coach Lu."

Didn't Louis make a wrong judgment?
"No, it wasn't your mistake, it was my mistake. We should have worked on Portland's penalty zone long ago."

Louie holds Van Gundy's notebook.

"Everyone, tomorrow is the decisive battle. I believe that there are still many problems in Portland's interior that have not been exposed. We don't eat or sleep today, and we have to replay these games."

(End of this chapter)