The rest is just noise

Chapter 428: The agency is too clever

"If we want to win tonight, it depends on whether you can continue your 'good state' until the end."

As soon as Louis' words came out, Tomjanovich felt bad.

"Larry wouldn't listen to that." Tomjanovich knew how sensitive Bird was.

But, it's too late.

Louis' words had already been spoken, and Bird's expression changed, as if he wanted to kill someone.

Previously, he had been staying in the high post to cooperate with his teammates and constantly looking for touch, so he began to move to the low post.

When Bird comes to the low post, Sampson and Laimbeer will stand outside the three-point line.

In the Louis era, this was the Celtics' bottom-line tactic.

In the No. 4 system, Bird plays as a low-post pivot with the ball.

The Celtics in the K.C. Jones era didn't play like this often.

Only when the situation is most dangerous, or when Bird wants to play, K.C will let him play. And tonight, it was Bird himself who completely changed the team's style of play.

Once Bird comes to the low post to post up Wilson, Sampson, Laimbeer, Long and Thomas are all stretched beyond the three-point line, theoretically, there is nothing the Knicks' defense can do.

Louis didn't signal the players to double attack, he wanted Wilson to guard him.

After all, there are only two tactics in this situation - single defense and flanking attack, and the Knicks' strategy is also very simple, if you score, I will flank you.

Bird didn't exert much effort, used his weight to easily crush Wilson's body, turned and threw, and scored easily.

The next round will be similar to the previous round.

Bird came to the paint area, got the ball, turned around and shot, leaving Wilson unable to defend.

The Knicks' offense was not going well, and the points they had just scored back were scored by Bird alone.

68 to 63

"Coach?" Stockton asked whether to double attack.

Louis didn't reply to him, he kept watching Wilson's reaction.

Sure enough, Wilson's eyes changed after Bird scored two goals in a row.

Hot anger, that's what Louis saw in Wilson's eyes when he first watched him play.

He is a person who refuses to admit defeat. As long as someone dares to make trouble on his head, he will respond to whatever they say.

This is why in the game against the Trail Blazers, he disobeyed Louis's arrangement and took the shot himself.

He missed the shot, and Louis was very angry and scolded him severely.

But in retrospect, Louis understood what Wilson did.

That's why Wilson is Wilson.

This is why Louis originally believed that he was the Knicks who could compete head-on with Bird, Magic, and Jordan in the future.

If you want to fight against players at the level of big devils, you naturally need little devils.

You need a player who doesn't change his face in life-or-death situations and just wants to complete the offense himself.

"Unless Benj asks," Louis replied to Stockton, "no one should interfere."

"But..." Stockton doesn't think the current Wilson can go one-on-one with Bird.

"John," Louis smiled like a spring breeze, "obey me."

"Yes, coach."

Stockton ran away wisely. If he had any objections again, he would be greeted by Louis' foul language.

Too many teammates have experienced Louis' face-changing ability, and he doesn't want to experience it himself.

After all, he is the only player on the team who has not been pointed at and scolded by Louis.

He is very proud of this and hopes to keep this record forever.

When Wilson gets the ball, unlike the Knicks, the Celtics will never let Bird guard him. Bird in the early years was at the peak of his athletic ability, and Larry Legend, who has defensive skills, can still guard him.

Now that Bird has passed the peak of his athletic ability, it will be difficult to guard against a monster like Wilson.

The person who came to defend him was Ron Harper.

"Let your No. 33 guard me." Wilson dribbled the ball with his right hand and said to Harper, "If he doesn't have the guts, forget it."

Harper replied: "Larry doesn't need to do it himself to deal with you."

A second later, Wilson responded to his words with a pull-up three-pointer.

Wilson's shooting posture is neither single-action shooting nor double-action shooting. He has the process of double-action shooting, but it is very fast. It feels like a quick shot between single-action and double-action.

The combination of height, long arms and jumping ability makes it difficult for Harper to block shots.

"Whoosh!"

Next he did something that made Louie's skin crawl.

He stared at Bird and made a wiping neck gesture with his right hand.

"Larry is going to be totally pissed off now..." Tomjanovich worried about Wilson.

"Rudy, this is not a bad thing." Louis smiled, "Didn't we just want him to do this kind of thing when we elected him?"

"But... it's too early, he's just a rookie!"

"Isn't this just right? Think about it, how good Larry was as a rookie? How good is he now!"

Tomjanovich glanced at Louis. Why did this guy selectively ignore the fact that Bird was already 23 years old when he played his rookie season, and Wilson was just 20 years old? For players of this level, the 3-year gap is not trivial.

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The competition between Bird and Wilson reached a fever pitch in the fourth quarter.

Bird sat in the low post and Wilson attacked with the ball from the outside.

For several minutes, the game became a stage for the two of them.

But Wilson's outside singles have limits, and he can't score all the time, while Bird's low-post offense always hits the mark.

Wilson's body was too thin and could not withstand Bird's attack.

Even without Louis' prompting, his teammates couldn't see through it.

The first person to attack was Ewing.

Sampson followed Ewing into the penalty area. All Bird had to do was throw the ball into the air.

Sampson lobbed in front of Ewing and Wilson.

The score difference widened to 9 points.

At this time, the situation was extremely dangerous.

"Benj, that's enough!" Stockton shouted, "We need to play a more reasonable offense!"

Wilson knew that his singles efficiency was declining rapidly, because Harper guarded Wilson for the first time at the beginning of the season, and he was tossed around by the Knicks' N.UCLA system. But after one season, under Bird, Sampson, and Thomas,

With so many people around him, he can get the ball up very quickly, and he has selected the technology tree where the Celtics need it most, so his defense is already very good.

This time against Wilson again, he couldn't guard him at first, but then he began to target Wilson's poor confrontation.

Wilson regained his senses in time and did not continue to fight.

Ewing's 2 High Rip/Run/Pick strategy was perfectly executed and he scored 6 points in a row to close the score again.

Bird was furious and yelled at Sampson.

Sampson immediately concentrated on intercepting Ewing's running and blocking his way.

The Knicks' offense couldn't open up, no one could make a three-pointer, and they were forced to fight in isolation.

If you want to ask where McHale is, he's sitting on the sidelines because he has five fouls and can't play.

Ewing's inside offensive skills were thoroughly honed in Georgetown, but his playing was formulaic and routine-based without much flexibility, which made his offensive effect slightly overestimated. He can face the basket and post up, which is something between Olaju and Olaju.

The fake moves and pace between Wang and Sampson, his shooting range is as far as one meter inside the three-point line, he can also run for fast breaks, and his passing skills are passable - as long as he can see his teammates.

But in positional battles, he lacks one of his special skills. His upper body is majestic but his lower body is not strong enough, and his strength needs to be worked hard. He is obviously at a disadvantage against Sampson, who is already a complete body.

Although he reluctantly avoided the block by elevating the arc of his jump shot, the flight arc of the ball failed.

boom!

At this time, with 4 minutes left in the game, the Celtics led by 6 points. If they were allowed to counterattack, they might be taken away in a wave.

Oakley grabbed the key offensive rebound and passed out to the outside.

Stockton made a three-pointer.

"Whoosh!"

K.C decisively stopped the game.

The Celtics look a little tired, and the Knicks' defensive intensity has always been high.

Seeing that both Sampson and Thomas were out of breath, Louis realized that K.C only allowed the two to rest for a few minutes in order to maintain intensity.

"K.C, K.C, it's not good to be too conservative."

Louis returned to the court and looked up at everyone: "The next two minutes will determine the winner!"

"I'm going to make some changes in the lineup."

"The Knicks have adjusted their lineup, which is unusual."

"At the critical moment of the game, the coaches already knew which players could be used and which ones could not be used, but the Knicks changed three players."

Tom Heinsohn's heart sank when he saw the Knicks sending out Wilson, Rodman, Stevens, John Salley and Ewing.

Louie would only play Rodman, Stevens, and John Salley at the same time when he wanted a murderous press.

Last four minutes, murder press?

Wilson guest-starred at No. 1.

The Celtics, who had realized what the Knicks wanted to do, decisively pressed the entire court against the Knicks, who had no point guard.

This works equally well.

But the Knicks' lineup has enough height. Although Wilson's dribbling is not as reliable as Stockton and other point guards, it is enough, and he can pass the ball with height.

The exhausted Celtics were obviously unable to produce a high-intensity full-court press at this time.

Their full-court press played into Louis' hands... wasn't this a waste of energy?

Ewing caught the ball in the frontcourt and made a jump shot.

The Celtics' first full-court press failed, but then Wilson and Ewing, two of the Knicks' wildest players, the No. 1 pick in 1985 and 1986, the team's core inside and outside, took the lead in the press.

Celtic.

Rodman, Stevens, and John Salley have been recharging their energy off the court for a long time. Their energy and energy at this moment is extremely terrifying.

"The Celtics can't serve the ball!"

"Don't risk serving. If you really can't do it, call a timeout!"

"Ralph sent a long pass!"

"Turnover! Dennis Rodman intercepted the pass!"

At the suffocating critical moment, even with Isiah Thomas present, Louis resorted to a murderous press.

And this is the key to breaking the situation.

Bird didn't feel good shooting from distance tonight. Thomas and Sampson both played too long and lasted nearly 40 minutes against the Knicks' meat-grinder-like defense.

A key change of formation, a full-court press that terrified the Celtics, almost instantly reversed the situation on the court.

The energy and defensive coverage of Rodman and Stevens exceeded Boston's imagination.

John Salley and Ewing, two long and mobile men, set up a barrier in the midfield.

For three consecutive rounds, the Celtics made mistakes.

K.C Jones's reaction was a beat slow. When he was about to call a timeout, Sampson reluctantly dribbled the ball in order to bring the ball to the front court. Finally, he sprained his foot and the other foot under the pressure that exceeded the limit.

I also had cramps.

But no one cared about him at the time. The Knicks completed their fourth pass, went to the frontcourt and dunked, scoring 10 points in a row and turning defeat into victory.

Sampson was carried off the court on a stretcher. There were less than two minutes left in the game. There seemed to be no oxygen in the air. The Knicks' defense was suffocating.

This game was like a replica of the bloody battle in the Garden last season.

It's just that the Knicks today are far better than they were back then.

The Celtics who lost Sampson were like a tiger with a broken canine tooth.

Louis replaced Ewing and replaced McHale, who had five fouls. What was originally a murderous press with 2 frontcourt and 3 midfielders became 2 frontcourt, 2 midfielders and 1 backcourt. McHale was naturally the one in the backcourt.

Even with only 4 players in the frontcourt, it was difficult for the Celtics to dribble the ball past half court.

Thomas was too tired to run and had no chance to catch the ball, so they gave the ball to Bird.

Bird was too tall to protect the ball, so he kept the ball in his chest and tried to pass it, but looking around, the only person who could pass the ball was Jim Peterson.

He passed it on.

As soon as Peterson got the ball, he was fouled by the Knicks.

He needs to go to the frontcourt and shoot free throws. He usually has a free throw rate of over 70%, but at this time, he may not even have a 60% free throw rate.

"boom!"

Missed the first free throw.

"Nice!" Louie yelled, and Peterson definitely heard it.

"It seems that the Celtics really want us to win!" It was also loud and Peterson heard it.

The fans booed Louis wildly, but Peterson missed the second free throw.

Rodman had an extraordinary sense for rebounds. He protected the defensive rebound and threw it to Wilson who was about to leave.

Wilson dunked in the frontcourt.

With less than a minute left, the Celtics requested a timeout. However, with an 8-point gap of 104 to 96, the Celtics had already lost the victory.

"Little Lu took advantage of the Celtics' lack of physical strength in the last four minutes and decisively used a full-court press. This was the turning point of the game. However, in the last 90 seconds, Patrick Ewing was replaced and replaced by Kevin

McHale is what makes him smart, because after Mr. Only left the field, no player on this field can stop him from scoring!"

"Look, John Stockton is already standing on the sidelines, ready to play. The Knicks are going to end their full-court press and switch to a normal positional battle. The Celtics, who have lost their only man, can't hold on to them.

position. Larry's touch tonight also prevented the Celtics from gambling with three-pointers."

His partner Dick Stockton asked: "Do Celtic have any chance of winning?"

"Unless a miracle happens," Heinsohn said desperately.

The reason why he is desperate is because everyone knows that miracles do not always happen.