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Chapter 978 A World Without Survival Has Been Achieved

Chapter 981 A World Without Survival Has Been Achieved

Unlike the Blazers' self-binding adjustments, the Knicks rotate normally, it's time to rest, and it's time to play.

The audience gradually discovered that it seems that the gap between the two teams is not as obvious as in the legend?
"At halftime, 59 to 46, the Knicks lead the Trail Blazers by 13 points at home." Bob Costas said in surprise, "When everyone is not optimistic about the Knicks, they played a surprising start."

"Hubby, what do you think of this first half?"

"I have to take back all my predictions about the Finals. Although I am a Knicks supporter, I predicted before the game that the Blazers would win the championship."

"So you're changing your mind?"

"Yes." Brown said exaggeratedly, "I now have every reason to believe that the Knicks will beat the Trail Blazers to complete their six consecutive championships!"

"What made you change your mind?" Costas asked.

Brown said: "Of course it is their performance in this game. I have always emphasized that the Knicks are a team that can apply various game logics. They use a reasonable lineup, a reasonable system, and reasonable offensive and defensive decisions to dominate the league. This is a reasonable team."

"In six years, two teams have led to the collapse of the Knicks' rational philosophy. One was the Celtics in 1988 and the other was the Blazers in 1992."

"Their unparalleled personal ability led to the end of reason, forcing the Knicks to abandon the conventional way to win. Interestingly, they won these two matchups."

"This proves the hard power of the Knicks, and at the same time let us know that only teams like these two teams can beat the Knicks. Before the start of the Finals, the Trail Blazers were such a team. They crushed the West with talent, and Isiah Thomas and Adavis Sabonis provided unimaginable help. If they can play seven games against the Knicks with Michael and Charles last year, they have a chance to end the battle in six games this year."

"But……"

"The performance of the Knicks was unexpected, and the Blazers didn't seem to be as strong as we thought."

Brown's vacillating stance is befitting of who he is.

Fans like to watch commentators sit on the fence, and analysts make mistakes in their predictions and get slapped in the face.

When Louie and Riley were interviewed by NBC midfielder, they mentioned one thing in unison: "We will find a way to increase the intensity of the game."

The reason why the Trail Blazers are weak is that the Knicks are the ones who take the initiative to improve their strength.

This matter should have been done by the Blazers, but the flaws brought about by the starting lineup put them in a passive state.

Riley wants to increase the intensity, but he gave up seeking stability and no longer placing the starting lineup in a comfortable game rhythm. He must let them keep up with the intensity of the finals, otherwise he will be too passive.

Louie wants to increase the intensity precisely because he believes that the Blazers' starting lineup cannot withstand high-intensity games.

This is not to say that they are soft eggs, but that the Blazers' lineup structure is destined to make them unsuitable for high-intensity play.

Thomas and Nance are too old, Barkley is too poor defensively, and Sabonis is too slow.

The Blazers' starting lineup is extremely strong offensively and weakly defensively, while the Knicks are impeccable polygonal fighters.

No matter which point to play, they have cards available in their hand.

Louis listened to Zhao Yuanzheng report on Jordan's situation outside the locker room.

The result was beyond his expectation.

Jordan was not caught by the media because of gambling, but because he owed gambling debts and made news.

Moreover, the person who owes his gambling debts is also a dope dealer, which makes it hard not to think-does Jordan suck dope?

Although Jordan's public relations team has clarified that their connection started and ended at the poker table, the public's desire to know the dark side of celebrities is insatiable, and the media is willing to be the defender of the celebrity's true colors.

"I have to say, the jerks (media) can still help out occasionally."

Louis walked into the locker room after quickly reading the newspaper.

"cheer up!"

Louis stood in front of the tactical board and said loudly.

"If the Blazers stick to the existing strategy and do not waver, we have a good chance to win this game!"

"In the second half, we're going to stick with the 'law' on Mitch."

"If Isiah Thomas has the ball, let him shoot threes, tempt him to shoot long twos, ban him from mid-range shots, and if he comes to the basket, our inside will call him."

Not only did the Knicks take the lead in the first half, Louie also benefited from some matchups.

For example, Rodman is facing Thomas.

Rodman can just meet the tactical needs of "tangle Thomas + empty him for three points, and then go to rotate to supplement defense and double-team others".

Although Miller is a natural matchup weaker against Jordan, but with the blessing of Jordan's rules, the entire team standing behind Miller need not worry too much.

The matchup between Ewing and Sabonis is suppressed, because Sabonis' role in the Blazers is to allow them to have a big man who can confront super centers in the paint.The Blazers no longer have the tactical share to exploit Sabonis' offense.Therefore, he is weak against Ewing on the defensive end, and does not have enough tactical position to resist on the offensive end.

Barkley is to Wilson what Jordan is to Miller.

But the Knicks don't have Barkley's law, so Barkley should have a clear matchup advantage like last season.But on the defensive end, Barkley is not as impeccable as Jordan.

As long as he plays the three, Barkley has to face Wilson, and this is an opponent he can't defend against.

It can be said that Wilson playing Barkley on the offensive end is as simple as Barkley playing Wilson on the offensive end.

Whether this group is good or bad in the end depends on the arrangement of the coaching staff.

This is why Louis used Jordan's rules in the first half to lock in Jordan, who had a changed mentality, and let the players increase the intensity of the game and speed up the pace of the game to consume the Blazers.

Because there are natural flaws in the Blazers lineup, maybe for other teams, this flaw is not enough for them to beat the Blazers, but the Knicks are another team.

"Our strategy remains largely unchanged, but there is a little detail that needs attention."

At the end of the intermission, Louis made an extra arrangement, "If the fat boy asks for the ball in the low post, Benj, you immediately switch defenses with Sean, and Sean, don't choose a conventional defensive method."

"I want you to go straight up and guard the fat guy and keep him from getting the ball in the post."

"Similarly, if the Lithuanian also tries to get the ball in the low post, Patrick, you have to go forward and defend him!"

"Besides Isiah and Mitch, I don't want to see any other player in the Blazers become the third starter in the set-up offense."

In the second half, the Blazers launched a fierce attack with a 13-point deficit.

Jordan held the ball at the top of the arc, stepped past Miller, and entered the paint area. The Knicks' double-team had already formed.

But Jordan didn't have the slightest fear, and drifted to shoot.

He went in.

There is no reason to talk about this kind of ball, and Louis does not think that Jordan can lead the team to reverse in this way.

Because when it comes to the defensive end, the Blazers will have more trouble.

When the N.UCLA system is running, the Blazers will find that there are always one or two people they cannot take care of.

Thomas was pulled to the top of the arc by Stockton, and Barkley chased Wilson who was running without the ball-it is not an easy task to successfully limit the opponent while running without the ball.

Although Barkley, who has successfully lost weight, is unstoppable in the third position, his defense is simply not up to the standard of the third position.

Ewing appeared halfway.

Barkley wanted to bypass the screen, but he didn't expect that Wilson would not use Ewing's screen at all.

He stopped suddenly, turned around and returned to the original point.

Barkley had no choice but to bump into Ewing's body.

From the opponent's point of view, Wilson's dodge of the cover wall was a smart on-the-spot choice.

Only Knicks insiders know that Wilson has not forgiven Ewing's specific performance so far.

He didn't say anything, but it didn't mean everything was over.

Barkley missed someone, Wilson caught the ball from the outside, and scored a three-pointer straight into the center of the basket.

Feizhu was furious, and wanted to counterattack when he came back, but accidentally fell into Knicks' pocket array and missed the shot.

However, Sabonis grabbed an offensive rebound and caused Kemp to foul.

In this regard, Barkley was very angry.

"A bastard who only knows how to steal and play tricks!"

Wilson glanced back at him.

"Chuck, how do you think bastards like us got five rings?"

Wilson always likes to use championships to talk about opponents who have no championships.

This is true for Jordan, and it is even more true for Barkley.

"Even if you have a championship, the strongest player is MJ. Even if I don't have a championship, I am the number one power forward!"

"No, Charles." Distant Louis added a knife, "Karl Malone is the league's number one power forward."

"fart!"

"You are all wrong." Ewing smiled and stroked Kemp's head, "Our Sean is the number one power forward in the league."

Only Stockton is the only sober person: "What's there to argue about, aren't you playing small forward now? Does the position of power forward have a penny relationship with you?"

Barkley angrily pushed away Stockton's back scales: "You guy who can't even get into the dream team, why don't you stay cool!"

In this way, a world where no one survives is achieved.

(End of this chapter)