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Chapter 922 Kemp's Evolution

Overall, the Blazers' offense is unrestricted.

Their offensive configuration includes four cores with different styles plus a green leaf-like finishing blue-collar.

In the first half of the Christmas War, the game went on like this.

Jordan didn't come up with the "I've been waiting for this game for half a year" aggressiveness.

Jordan, by contrast, was patient.

In the first half of the quarter, except for the outside three-pointer, there were no other offensive scenes. Instead, the defensive end had an obvious effect on restricting Miller.

Jordan's role has been weakened, but the Blazers' offensive power has not declined at all.

That's what's scary about them.

Putting the offensive potential of the first ball-handling attacker in the past and present without developing, focusing on tapping the offensive capabilities of several other cores, it is still unstoppable.

Sabonis' shooting range is wider than Ewing's, and his ability to support is the first in the league. Even if there is no obvious threat to personal offense, as long as the ball is in his hands, the Knicks have to worry about other people running out of opportunities to cooperate with him.

And if there is really no chance to pass the ball, Sabonis' offensive ability can also become the end point of the Blazers' offensive end.

Just like other core players, he can use his personal ability to crack the defense in the case of tactical defeat.

Louis frowned on Thomas' naturalistic attitude toward Stockton.

Judging from the performance in the first half of the opening period, as long as Thomas is willing, he can pass Stockton as he wants in each round.

This is a far cry from Terry Porter, who was locked up in the Finals last season.

Porter's defensive performance against the Knicks was weak, and Thomas proved as early as when he was in the Celtics that no team's defense can trap him.

The Blazers used offense to lead defense, and played an offensive that caught people's attention.

The Knicks' response here mainly has three points--Wilson's natural misplacement of Barkley.

Riley's football tactics and the experience of the Dream Team gave Barkley the best body shape of his career.

He finally looks like a professional athlete, and there are two main benefits of getting in good shape, improving his form, which goes without saying.Another point is that Barkley has become a monster in the true sense, whose physical confrontation can be compared with the four and five positions, but the agility, speed and style of play are small forwards.

This is Riley's confidence in putting him in the third position.

However, there are too many examples to tell us that poor defense is not directly related to the physical condition of the players.

Although Barkley has acquired the athletic ability of his college days, his bad defense will never be changed. Matching up against Wilson is a dish that is delivered to his mouth.

And it's a big dish.

Wilson scored 16 points in a single quarter with the ball alone against Barkley.

Wilson's outstanding performance made the Knicks bite the score, and the Blazers could not use the starting four-core lineup to build an advantage as they wished.

"There has never been a team in history that can drive the whole team with the 'quad core'. Because every star has self-esteem." Doug Mo sighed, "The sacrifice of a game is a completely different concept from the sacrifice of a whole season."

Sadly, Louie doesn't expect the Blazers star to blow himself up.

Because Sabonis is a team-first center.

Although he is not young, he is still a rookie in the NBA.

As a newcomer, it should be a few years.

After a few years, he will not be too young, so what ambition can he have?
The real problem was Thomas...Louis had thought a lot about this incredibly complicated guy, but in the end, he couldn't see through Thomas's mind.

Perhaps the selfish devil and the selfless angel can indeed appear in the same person at the same time.

"Old Mo, Isiah no longer has the self-esteem of being a superstar." Even Tomjanovich can see it, "Just go to Portland and join Michael, and you can see that he no longer wants to be the protagonist, and his goal is to gain more glory."

"It's not that simple, is it?"

Old Mo asked back.

Louie and Tomjanovich are both on the idea.

Lao Mo put forward a hypothesis that seems to be closer to the truth: "Maybe he just wanted to prove that Boston was great because of him. After him, Boston fell into a trough; before him, Portland never won the championship under the leadership of MJ. If his arrival can help Portland win the championship, at least, he will become the ultimate winner among players of this generation."

Is Lao Mo's guess true?
Louie couldn't verify it, and Thomas wouldn't tell him the answer himself.

They just need to know that Thomas is very quiet and has a very low profile, and that's enough.

Eight minutes into the first quarter, the Blazers replaced Thomas.

He was replaced by tall guard Brian Shaw.

From this substitution, we can see how deep the Blazers' lineup is.

Louis is also unambiguous.

Riley one for one, he three for three.

Mohammad Rauf, Reggie Williams and Rodman replaced Stockton, Miller, Wilson.

Louie has always been bold when it comes to rotations.

Large-scale rotation adjustments require deep support from the lineup.

But the team's on-the-spot state in the game is different from game to game.

Changing 3 people at once is not a small risk in the stalemate stage, just like changing faces with AI.

No matter how realistic it is, there is always a sense of disobedience.

Louis is not afraid of risks, and he must let the players get used to the lineup changes.

After this substitution, the Knicks' style of play has become mainly inside.

In front of the Knicks, the Blazers who have strengthened Sabonis still cannot say that they have no disadvantages inside, because as long as the Knicks let Ewing, Kemp and Rodman play at the same time, they can still grab the Blazers' rebounds.

Rauf's shooting threat has taught the Blazers a lot in last season's finals.

Now that he has changed his name and surname, he is still the same person, and his strength seems to be stronger.

Xiao Kong has a height advantage, and the Knicks' pick-and-roll offense is basically useless on the defensive end.

Rodman's consecutive rebounds gave people the feeling that the Knicks played casually offensively. Anyway, they would have offensive rebounds if they didn't score.

Ewing frequently ran out to pick and roll Rauf, which effectively consumed Sabonis' physical strength.

Big men rarely have good physical strength, not to mention Sabonis is a big man among big men, with a height of [-] meters.

In addition to Sabonis, the Blazers do not have a second center who can play against the Knicks.

In addition, Kemp's advantage has been greatly underestimated.

Nance was able to stalemate with him last season.

Now only half a year has passed, and Kemp has evolved again. As long as he gets the ball, Nance can't defend it every time.

And Kemp's offense didn't use much skill.

It is nothing more than facing the basket and attacking with the ball. If you can make a breakthrough in one step, you will never do extra things.If you can't pass a step, take the initiative to find a physical confrontation.If the physical confrontation cannot be resolved, use the turning step to throw off the opponent's body after the physical confrontation occurs.

The latter two steps are usually what Kemp does with smaller switches.

Because small defenders can generally keep up with his footsteps, but they can't stand up to his confrontation.Even if some very rare, like Barkley, can keep up with his footsteps, but as long as he makes a turnaround pace, the Alabama fat boy can't do anything.

Kemp's matchup advantage is getting bigger and bigger.

Louie saw his progress.

This is not a phenomenon unique to playing the Blazers, because the Blazers' fourth position is not weak.

The only problem they have is at the fifth position, where there is only one Sabonis.

The fourth position is the strength of the Blazers.

Nance is a star player who has been famous for many years. Barkley is a superstar in the third and fourth positions. Anthony Mason and Clifford Robinson are also sitting on the bench.

The Blazers are strong at the four, very strong.

And as the most suitable starter among the four strong players, he has no power to fight back in front of Kemp.

This is why Kemp's agent dared to quote a high-priced contract extension.

Whether Louis admits it or not, Kemp is already a top five power forward in the league.

Even if Barkley is counted as the third position and Sampson is counted as the fifth position, except for Malone and Manning, Louis can't think of any fourth position that is stronger than Kemp.

It is already a routine operation of Kemp to blow up the opponent's fourth position.

Kemp let Louie discover that the Blazers are not invulnerable.

Ewing and Rodman's continuous strong output made him confirm that the inside is still the main advantage of the Knicks against the Trail Blazers.

After the first quarter, 28 to 27, the Blazers only led by 1 point.

Riley waved his hand, and Louie thought he was going to press for murder.

It turned out to be another lineup: Thomas, Jerome Cosey, Xavier McDaniel, Barkley, Mason.

The second team can also have two superstars to lead the team.

For the Knicks, the lineup is not bad.

Rauf, Miller, Wilson, Rodman, Yu Tiancan.

This is what separates the Knicks and the Blazers from other teams.

Terrifying lineup depth.

Louie designed how the Blazers' offense defended: "Isiah is too fast, so if he calls a pick-and-roll, the inside line should not choose to press and delay, but to switch defenses and step back to fight for space, mainly to interfere, and avoid being caught out of the ball or breaking through in the process."

"If Fatty launches an attack in the low post, the other four players on the Blazers field can be left open." Louie said seriously, "Of course, Jerome Cauchy deserves to be taken seriously, but other people's long shots should be let go when they have the opportunity. These guys' open long-range shots may be in the early 30s, while Fatty's one-on-one shooting rate in the low post is 70%."

At the beginning of the second quarter, Thomas dribbled the ball to the frontcourt. Facing Rauf, he sprayed trash talk: "Since you choose to be a football player, why don't you play with a headscarf? Then you will definitely become a legend."

Rauf has heard too many similar words.

His face didn't change.

Mason stepped up to the pick-and-roll, Thomas accelerated to pass the defense, and then ran into Rodman.

It's a predictable defense.

Thomas scored floaters under DPOY's coverage last season.

(End of this chapter)