the rest, only noise

Chapter 920 Extreme Jordan
"Fans and friends, welcome to New York City, there's an important game tonight at Madison Square Garden—"

Whether it is NBC or TNT, the game was broadcast live across the United States.

On NBC, the commentator was Bob Costas and the analyst was Hubie Brown.

For TNT, the narrator is Tim Brando and the analyst is Doug Collins.

"Since last year, the matchup between New York and Portland has become the most important game in the NBA." Costas said, "They are the Lakers and Celtics of this generation. If you are tired of the competition between the Los Angeles and the Bostonians, then this matchup will also not let you down. The stars they have in their lineup are rare in history."

"Michael Jordan, Benjamin Wilson, Patrick Ewing, Charles Barkley, Isiah Thomas, John Stockton. The Knicks vs. Portland Trail Blazers, like two All-Star teams."

Hubie Brown compared it: "It's like the dream team playing in Monte Carlo."

Many people are nostalgic for the seven games between the Knicks and the Trail Blazers in the Finals last season.

For them, today is not the Christmas fight.

It was Game8 in the finals.

The Blazers' starting lineup is amazing: Thomas, Jordan, Barkley, Nance, Sabonis.

Compared with last year, their No. [-] position was upgraded from the All-Star Porter to the superstar Thomas. Nance can finally return to the most familiar No. [-] position and use his athletic talent to clear obstacles for Sabonis.

"Coach Lu, long time no see."

In Louis' impression, Thomas seldom greeted him proactively.

Therefore, he did not regard Thomas' visit as a gesture of favor.

"Isaiah, your choice always surprises me." Louis habitually engages in the opponent's mentality, "After I left Boston, you didn't continue to hold that rebellious spirit, but chose to be a conscientious person behind Larry and Ralph. If you die in Boston, I will at least look at you higher than before, but you gave up loyalty; if you go to Charlotte, if you can lead those young people out of the predicament, you may also create your own legend; I really didn't expect that your final choice is to find another pair Larry and Ralph. Between loyalty and legend, you chose the third - save your life. You seem to want to tell everyone that you are born to be a champion, and you will die without a champion. Well done, Isiah, I am so proud of you."

Thomas kept an incomprehensible smile: "No matter what you say, it will not change my determination."

"Your determination?" Louis really wanted to know that the smiling assassin's career has come to this day, what other determination can he make?
"Yes, my determination." Thomas slowly put away his smile, "Kill you and New York, this is my determination."

When Thomas said that, Louis had no rebuttal words in his mind.

On the contrary, he sweated for Stockton.

Thomas hated him without a doubt, and that hatred was complex, made up of many emotions.But Louis is not a player, so Thomas' hatred for him can only be vented on other Knicks players.

Who is the first to bear the brunt?
Of course it was John Stockton who played against him.

To say Stockton is a star qualifier might be a bit of a stretch, since he's often outflanked by non-star ones.

However, he can also guard some less athletic star guards.

So, Stockton should be an offensive star guard detector.

All the offensive star guards who have never blown him up have either gone to the "offensive" or the "star".

Therefore, before the game started, Louis stood on the sidelines and patted the players on the shoulders as usual.

Only when Stockton passed by, he slapped each other's ass.

He knew Stockton would turn and look at him in bewilderment.

"I just want you to be mentally prepared for what's ahead," Louie said.

Stockton replied calmly: "No matter what it is, I can face it calmly-after losing the Dream Team, there is nothing I can't accept."

"This hurdle can't be passed, right?"

Tomjanovich quipped: "If I'm not mistaken, is John blaming you for not being drafted to the Dream Team?"

"Rudy, you must have scored full marks in reading comprehension when you were young, right?"

Tomjanovich saw that Louis was upset, so he shut his mouth wisely.

Louis found that few of the things he encountered recently went well.

Is this the seven-year itch?
Although this year is his eighth year in New York, that's what it means.

Pat Riley told him when they met just now that the Knicks should be mentally prepared.

Perhaps he meant to prepare the Knicks for an unprecedented opponent.

Louie holds the highest regard for a team that has lost just one game so far.

However, how strong they are really needs a game to judge.

Players from both sides appear on the stage and stand in their established positions.

Opening the jump ball, today's Sabonis is no longer the monster that could challenge David Robinson in terms of athletic ability.

Ewing easily won the ball with bounce speed.

The Blazers quickly settled down.

Although they have five star players to start, but against the Knicks, this starting set is not easy to defend.

Sabonis can't defend, Thomas has a physical defect, and Barkley has to face Wilson to defend the sinkhole.

Jordan chased Miller, Nance on Kemp.

As far as the defensive end is concerned, except for Sabonis, who has not seen the truth, only Jordan has some advantages in the other four points.

However, most teams won't let their offensive ace go after the opponent's off-ball shooter.

This is one of the defensive difficulties of the Blazers. If Jordan is not allowed to defend Miller, who will be allowed?
Thomas?impossible.

Buckley?joke.

Nance?Is having a power forward chasing an off-ball shooter a matchup that the human brain conjures up?

So it really depends on Jordan to make this choice, which means that the Blazers have no idea about the defensive ability of the starting lineup.

Their strength is offense. They start with five players and four core players. Everyone has an offensive threat when they get the ball.

This kind of combination, at worst, is "how to play with one ball?", at best, it is the ultimate upgraded version of the 14 Spurs.

Ewing gets the ball in the low post first.

Facing Sabonis, he used his shoulders to push away the defense of the roof of the world, collected the ball and turned around, and made a jumper and made a hollow hit.

2 is better than 0
"Patrick Ewing came up and hit a good shot!"

"It looks like the Knicks are determined to win tonight!"

"Yes, they beat the Blazers, and now they have to prove that even if Portland introduces strong reinforcements, nothing will change."

Stockton's defense may not have caught Thomas' attention as he dribbled forward.

A contemptuous smile appeared on his face.

When the Dream Team practiced, every time Stockton played against Thomas, he would be ruthlessly blown away.

The weakest player in the dream team is not the college student Laettner, but Stockton.

This is a sad fact for Stockton, which is why he wants to be selected for the final roster to prove himself.

However, an untimely injury not only ruined his plan to be selected for the Dream Team, but also made Louis, who wanted to open the back door for him, unable to start.

Now he still blames Louis for this incident, do you think Louis can't be angry?
Thomas chose not to drive past Stockton, but passed the ball to Barkley in the low post.

The Blazers are in an odd position.

Thomas stands at the top of the arc, and Sabonis pulls the corner away-letting the center corner pull away?Louis frowned.

Sabonis is indeed a center who can shoot three-pointers, but the point he pulls away is usually outside the top of the arc.

Corner three?

Ewing's order was not to shoot three-pointers for Sabonis, but the corner three-pointers were obviously the point where the opponent shot the least and had the lowest shooting percentage.

Ewing wondered whether to stick to Sabonis.

He was waiting for Louis's order.

Before Ewing got the order, Wilson had let go of Jordan, who was outside the three-point line on the left wing, to double-team Barkley.

"MJ in that position is not happy!" Zhao Yuanzheng muttered.

Barkley reacted quickly, and the ball left before Wilson double-teamed.

Jordan caught the ball and made a decisive three-pointer.

The moment the trapeze shot, Louis could feel an unprecedented smoothness.

In the past, watching Jordan shoot three-pointers was like watching him shoot mid-range shots, and there was no difference in rhythm.

It's comfortable to shoot mid-range shots at that rhythm, but it's not so good to shoot three-pointers.

Now, Jordan has a comfortable three-point shooting rhythm.

"Shh!"

3 is better than 2
Jordan blew on the ball-pick finger and said, "Let me try again?"

"The impact of the dream team on Michael is not just the addition of an Olympic champion on his resume."

"His outside shooting has changed too much compared to the past!"

This is what Louis could have foreseen after Wilson killed the Blazers with five incredible three-pointers-Jordan recovered his three-pointer feeling and broke through himself on the original basis.

Louie must now forget about Jordan, who averaged 40 points in seven games last season.

Because that Jordan's three-pointer is extremely unstable.

From now on, what they have to face is Jordan, who has stabilized his three-pointers and may continue to evolve as the season progresses.

An extreme Jordan that had never been seen in Louis's previous life.

　Chapter 2 is late for the same reason

　　
　
(End of this chapter)