freeallnovels Chapter 979 The Trailblazer whose Underpants Are Seen Through
Chapter 979 The Trailblazer whose Underpants Are Seen Through
Chapter 979 The Trailblazer whose Underpants Are Seen Through
Riley made adjustments as much as possible without changing the starting lineup.
The Knicks can misposition Rodman on Thomas, and the Blazers can also misposition Nance on Wilson, and then let Barkley match up Kemp.
This forms the classic dislocation of attacking three and defending four and defending three and attacking four.
But doing so is a bit like change for change's sake.
Putting Barkley on Kemp can indeed minimize the impact of him being blown up every round, but Nance guarding Wilson is not a good mismatch.
The young Nance is a power forward with outstanding athletic ability. Now that he is old, he has outstanding defensive skills and experience, but he just lacks the speed of the past and is unable to defend against Wilson.
Riley did this for several reasons. The first is that the Blazers' rim protection efficiency and rebounding rate have not improved when Nance is on the court-because the Blazers' rim protection and rebound protection have improved this season because of the team's emphasis.
There are more mid-range shots, and with a center like Sabonis under the basket, the Blazers' defensive formation does not have to shrink too much, so they have achieved strong basket protection + top-level defensive protection.
But if the opponent is the Knicks, Sabonis can't sit in the penalty area to protect the basket with peace of mind, and Nance must also move outside. When Nance is with the defensive line, Barkley can still provide rebound protection.
Jordan chased and defended Miller, and Nance, who was facing Wilson, also took care of the defense.
With such targeting, it can only be said that Riley's strategy ends here.
Although all kinds of adverse effects have been minimized, the Blazers cannot be expected to prevent the Knicks with this set of starters.
Because the Blazers' starting lineup is strong on offense, but now they are struggling with defense.
On the offensive end, Louis has prepared a big gift for them.
The first is Jordan facing the torment of "the power of the law".
In the finals of last season, the Jordan Rule also played a very important role. Although the Fliggy team successfully broke the rule, as long as the Blazers' personnel structure does not undergo major changes, Louis' version of the Jordan Rule will always be a sharp sword hanging over the head of the trapeze.
At 4 minutes into the third quarter, Kemp pressed the bottom corner, Ewing rushed out to make up for it, Miller jumped and blocked Thomas from responding, after Wilson successfully matched Jordan, the others returned, Kemp always stood in the bottom corner, and Rodman responded from the weak side.
Jordan's head was unbelievable, and he insisted on attacking with the ball.
Then, Ewing stepped up and flanked Jordan with Wilson.
Kemp blocked the corner and denied Jordan the opportunity to pass the ball to his teammate for a three-pointer.
Rodman stuck in a very deadly corner, virtually threatening Jordan-I may double-team you at any time-while not giving up the matchup on Thomas.
Such a partial defense of one defense and two defenses cannot be completed by a defensive master such as Rodman.
Jordan had to pass the ball to Sabonis.
The Knicks had an empty basket, and Sabonis wanted to go straight to the basket, but Kemp's return to defense forced him to pass the ball to Barkley.
Barkley chose a jumper and missed.
But the Knicks with no one in the penalty area could protect the rebound. Sabonis grabbed the offensive rebound and scored a slam dunk.
The Knicks' tight-fitting Jordan rules come at the expense of pampering the rest of the Blazers.
Barkley's shot and Sabonis grabbed an offensive rebound and scored a second offense, both within their expectations.
This is an acceptable loss.
No matter how well Jordan adjusts his mentality, it will be difficult to adjust his state back tonight.
Because all of Louie's strategies point to him.
It can be said that the power of the Blazers is limited.
The Knicks aren't the easy-to-beat opponents they've faced in the West.
They should have known this, but the one-sided public opinion against them, as well as the off-court incidents encountered by the Knicks themselves, made Portland's coronation a recognized and imminent fact.
The Knicks are here tonight to let them know that's not true.
As the game progressed, Louie's defensive details became more and more on the spot.
Defend Jordan and deal with him according to the law. High-intensity games, dense traps and the situation of being double-teamed as long as he takes the ball into the three-point line will make him anxious.
Isiah Thomas practiced a three-pointer at the top of the arc, but Louie still didn't respect his outside shot.
If he wants to vote, let him vote.
Once he breaks through and Rodman is in position, Miller or Wilson on the flank will hold back in the shortest possible time.
The purpose of the delay is not to force his turnovers, but to keep him from seeing the rim.
Except for Jordan, the mid-range and long-range shots of the Blazers were all targeted according to their shooting hot spots.
How detailed is the Knicks' shorting strategy?
Louie made the players remember the Blazers' starting shooting hot spots, so as long as the Blazers players receive the ball, fans can completely judge whether it is his sweet spot by the reaction of the Knicks players.
If Jordan and Barkley want to blast on a single point like last year, if Jordan breaks the "law" in a certain round, the Knicks are also not afraid.The Blazers are improving, and so are the Knicks.
Unlike an extremely disciplined team like the Trail Blazers, a hexagonal fighter like the Knicks, as long as they improve, they must improve in all directions and will not leave any shortcomings.
Therefore, after the rules are cracked, the players participating in the rules will be dismantled on the spot, one of them will obstruct Jordan, and the others will not be in a hurry to carry out a second attack, but will place people in the middle of his breakthrough route.If he wants to rush, he will block forward and chase after him.This kind of card-style defense along the way made Jordan even more irritable.
Not only is his shooting percentage on the decline, but he's also finishing below average in the paint.
What best reflects Louie's insidious intentions is the Knicks' defense of the Trail Blazers inside.
After Jordan and Thomas were disgusted, they wanted to change their style of play, such as letting the inside attack.
As a result, Barkley was defended around the front. Although he was strong enough, but his body was limited, it was just right for Kemp to go around and defend him.
Although Sabonis is a giant tower of [-] meters, his lower limbs cannot be trained with weight due to the unscientific training of the Soviet Union, and his upper limbs are not as good as Ewing, who has been trained as a devil muscular man.Therefore, even though he looks taller than Ewing, he can't take advantage of being in the position with his back.
Ewing is the unsung hero of the Knicks. He doesn't score much, but he is full of pick-and-roll screens, blocking, hand-to-hand combat, and the cornerstone role as a transfer station for the ball.
Against him, Sabonis looks like a smug bastard.
The offense of Jordan and Thomas with the ball is the Blazers' positional battle starting style, but today, both of these starting styles were pinched by the Knicks.
So they need to change, and they have to.
Barkley and Sabonis are both capable of serving as the core of the team's offense. As a result, the Knicks' move forward killed the third starting style.
Barkley is not allowed to get the ball in the low post because he does not want him to use his personal ability to break the game.If he catches the ball in the high post, the Knicks have many ways to deal with it, let him shoot, or let him rush in and tighten the pocket.
The reason why Sabonis was not allowed to receive the ball was because Louie knew very well that the opponent was the rare support core of the fifth position. If he really gained the tactical position of coordinating the whole team, it might turn the Blazers into an unprecedented form.
Ewing successfully defended around the front and prevented Sabonis from receiving the ball. This not only destroyed the Blazers' offensive starting style, causing the tactics to be replayed, but also consumed the opponent's time to organize the offense.
Although such rounds are not many, it can also be seen that Louis' ability to judge the situation.
As a coach, Louis's strength is not in daily team training, not in building a team system, but in anticipating the situation, grasping weaknesses to fight to the end, and responding on the spot.
Louie had been prepared for this moment before the game ended in this situation.
To put it bluntly, Riley could see through the color of his underpants.
Riley is a real "coaching" coach. His strength is coaching and controlling all aspects of the team. In such a situation, he has no choice but to do anything. Louis completely destroyed the Blazers' tactics.
If the Knicks just implement the rules as before to achieve the goal of "force Jordan to play and have the ability to let other players beat me", the Blazers at this stage are really not afraid.
Because other players other than Jordan really have the strength to beat the Knicks, the key is that getting Jordan's mentality is just a part of Louie's whole plan. He uncovered the deepest flaws of the Blazers' five-star formation and showed Riley.
The result of this game was caused by Jordan.
He had a bad mentality at the beginning, and Louis saw this in just a few rounds, so he used the "law" early.
Afterwards, the "law" caused Jordan to fail to create high-quality opportunities and a competitive environment for his teammates.After Jordan was fucked, Louis went on to mess with Thomas, Barkley, Sabonis, and Nance.
The game reminded Riley of their second game against the Knicks during the regular season.
Louie pinpointed the Blazers' five-star formation problem and exposed Alvin Robertson's running-in problem. Finally, a false screen destroyed the foundation of the Blazers' attempt to switch defenses infinitely through athletic ability.
It took the Blazers a while to recover.
Looking back now, Louie didn't do anything, he just exposed the Blazers' wounds for others to see.
Just like today.
He's the kind of guy who doesn't leave any room for his opponents to retreat.
In Game 1, the Knicks defeated the Trail Blazers 118-102, taking the lead in the finals.
"This game proved that those who said that there is no suspense in the finals are clowns." Riley said after the game, "The finals not only have suspense, but also a lot of suspense. The Knicks made a beautiful move. The next step is to see our response. I believe that Game 2 will be even more exciting."
(End of this chapter)