the rest, only noise

Chapter 982

Within a few rounds, the changes made by the Blazers were fully displayed in front of everyone.

Riley previously let the starter control the intensity in order to smooth the offense, which is a reasonable idea.But it is too reasonable, but the playoffs are often an unreasonable place.

The more reasonable you are, the harder it is to adapt to the difficulties your opponent points out to you.

So they changed their game tonight.

Since the Knicks like intensity, they will accompany the Knicks to the end.

The five-star formation of the Blazers spontaneously exerted pressure.

As a result, they found that in high-intensity games, although their offense would be affected, they were obviously stronger than the Knicks.

In order to break Louie's approach, Riley chose to let Sabonis get the ball in a high position.

This arrangement sacrificed Isiah Thomas' possession of the ball, but it also opened a new door for the Blazers.

Ewing's ability to beat Sabonis in the first game has something to do with him being in his comfort zone.

Letting Sabonis hold the ball in the high post is unfamiliar territory for many people.

Even Sabonis himself is familiar with this new position.

The Lithuanian knows very well that if he can't satisfy Riley with the current possession of the ball, it will be difficult to get the possession of the ball later.

For his own tactical status, Sabonis has to fight no matter what.

As a result, his performance surprised Riley.

Facing Ewing in a high position, he feinted first, then dribbled, and made a sudden stop to shoot.

From the description, this set of moves looks like a striker's offensive moves, but Sabonis does not have any sense of violation.

2 is better than 0
"Beautiful shot!"

Jordan yelled like chicken blood: "Guard them!"

The Knicks' tactics hit Wilson.

It just so happened that the man defending him was Nance.

Wilson was confident, but no one hits even the best chances.

Nance's defense was swayed by him. Except for the finisher, Wilson's performance can get full marks.

Only the final end has gone awry.

The shot went out of the basket, Barkley protected the backboard, and Jordan went off quickly.

Kemp returned to defense quickly, but Jordan also had no fear of returning to defense.

Even if he was facing Kemp, he forcibly ran into him with a fighting spirit that could only advance and never retreat, had a fierce confrontation with Kemp, and then searched for the center of gravity temporarily and hit the board.

The referee seemed to like the ball very much. After Jordan succeeded, he did not forget to make up a body hair that Louis could not understand.

The referee who blew the whistle was Dan Clifford. Although he was also called Clifford, he was black. Naturally, he had nothing to do with Joe Clifford, who was allergic to all "laughing at life" behaviors.

"You tell me what kind of foul it is!"

Louie growled at him like a tiger guarding its cubs.

Clifford was deaf.

On the Knicks side, the problems encountered were more serious than Louis imagined.

Wilson didn't feel good in the opening game, Kemp was exhausted on the defensive end, and the ball couldn't be given to Miller. Stockton's offensive ability was once again put on the table by the opponent's strategy.

As early as the end of the 80s, Don Nelson, who was still teaching the Bucks at the time, found the problem with the Knicks' offensive system beyond the times.

Tactics can transcend the times, but how many players can surpass the times?

Nelson saw through one point: As the team's only pure point guard, Stockton is a barometer of the offensive end for the Knicks. If there is a problem with him, the Knicks' offensive firepower will be greatly reduced.

The Knicks modernized the pick-and-roll system, so limiting them had to be done in a modern way too.

Riley thought of infinite switching defenses.

However, Nelson directly drew his salary from the bottom of the pot, seeing through the technical limitations of "Even if Stockton gets an open position through the pick-and-roll, he can't make a quick shot and score".

Now, these two methods against the Knicks have appeared in the Finals, and Stockton's response to Riley did not "disappoint" them.

Whether encountering a misplaced switch or being given space to shoot, Stockton's technical characteristics and his consistent style of play prevent him from being a game-breaker.

Sabonis' performance in the high position has inspired the Portlanders.

He can shoot the ball, he can handle it, and he can take a shot or two with the ball in one-on-one situations.

He looked like a sluggish version of Sampson with no athleticism.

Except for the Celtics in 1988, the Knicks have never met such an opponent.

It's not that they haven't seen a player of Sampson's type, but that apart from the Celtics, there is no second team that makes them helpless on defense.

Last year's Blazers fought to the seventh game with the personal abilities of Jordan and Barkley, but that was only limited to the scope of personal abilities.

Today's Blazers' unsolvable offensive performance is based on logical tactics.

This is the scariest place.

In all confrontational team sports, once a team abandons the team and chooses individual ability to fight for victory, it means that they have reached the end of the road, and there is no other way.

People like the Blazers, as long as they are matched properly, even if they only play tactics, it is difficult to resist on the offensive end.

The start was 21 to 14, 7 minutes passed, and the Blazers led by 7 points.

The Knicks requested a timeout.

Louis must call this timeout, because the lineup on the field alone is not enough to fight Portland, even if this is their dynasty lineup.

"John, come down and rest."

Stockton sat down. He knew that he had a problem with his game, but he couldn't solve it. It was reasonable to be replaced.

Whenever Louie uses ideas beyond the times to deal with contemporary coaches, it often produces good results. However, once they meet opponents like Riley, they will learn his ideas in turn.

The ideas beyond the times will soon be caught up, and then they will treat the Knicks with modern ideas.

The coach's concept has caught up, but what about the player's execution ability?
This is why Stockton was repeatedly abandoned by Louis at critical moments.

For the Knicks, his value is irreplaceable, but in the current situation, if Louis wants to break the game, he has to change the ball holder.

Moreover, it is necessary to change a ball holder who has the role of threatening the opponent's strategy.

This is the value of Mohammad Rauf.

When Louis' eyes fell on Rauf, he stood up voluntarily.

"You have to take advantage of Patrick's pick and roll. If you need to pass the ball, try to pass to the two corners. Benj and Reggie will be ready."

Rauf's tandem ability cannot be compared with that of Stockton, so when Louis arranges tactics, he is also concise and to the point.

He can't implement complicated tactics. Anyway, he doesn't need to play too complicated to fight the Blazers, so he can do as simple as possible.

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