the rest, only noise

Chapter 231
The failure of the 76ers is so outrageous that it is too unimaginable.

It's like the 10/1 knockout match of S4. If TES didn't win the third game and was sent away happily by FNC, as a bystander, how would you feel?If you are not a fan, but a neutral party, and you have no intention of "boiling water", you must want to know what happened.

The 76ers, who won the championship last season, were just out of the game.

Their exit has made sports observers have a single view of the East.

"Now, the divisional civil war between the East and the West has entered a substantial 'garbage time'. We need to wait for Los Angeles and Boston to finish two rounds of suspenseless series before going to the finals for the greatest matchup in NBA history!"

The Celtics' opponent in the semifinals is the Detroit Pistons, ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference.

They are one of only four 50-win teams in the Eastern Conference this season. During the season, they traded with the Warriors to introduce Robert Parish.

Louie no longer treats pistons as rashly as he treats bullets.

"James Worthy has grown a lot offensively this year."

Tomjanovich showed Louie a video compilation.

If it was in the Lakers, Worthy would not have to do so many things, just play hard and fast in the game, and the positional battle can become the second end point besides Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

But in the Pistons, as a child of a poor family, he took on the heavy responsibility early.

Therefore, Worthy's potential has been fully developed.

He has become a lightning-fast, high-strength forward with comprehensive offensive skills. After the All-Star Weekend, he averaged 26 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists per game. This data is already at the level of the league's first-line stars.

Coupled with the arrival of Parish, sharing the pressure of rebounding, defense and scoring, he and Tripka were liberated.

"Looks like Larry can't guard him."

Seeing Worthy's current offensive ability, Tomjanovich said uncertainly.

"It's too euphemistic for you to say that, and he's not here." Louis laughed, "It's absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely impossible to guard against him."

The Pistons' offensive firepower is good, their rebounds are also guaranteed, and their offense and defense are very comprehensive. They are a team with few shortcomings.

Louis didn't want to limit their offense, but worried that Worthy would blow Bird with his speed advantage.

No, even if he and Byrd exploded each other, Louis didn't want to see it.

If the players in Detroit find that Worthy is as easy as drinking water to score on Bird, I am afraid that everyone will fight desperately.

Louis wants to avoid this from happening.

He arranged two matchups, with Sampson defending him first, and if Sampson couldn't defend him, Maxwell would be replaced.If you still can't prevent it, then Louis won't talk about martial arts.One or two people who let go of the Pistons wait for him in a pocket formation. If he wants to shoot, let Sampson interfere.

Only truly incomprehensible players can guarantee offensive efficiency under this kind of integrated defense of sea, land and air.

Worthy is not yet that level of player.

April 4

In the first game of the semifinals, the Celtics played against the Pistons.

"I hope you will show mercy, Coach Lu." Chuck Daly smiled kindly.

Louis couldn't believe that the other party's smiling face was really kind. This man was a ruthless character who gave the order "defend Jordan in the next round, I want to see blood".

"I should be the one who said this to you." Louis was as humble as if he didn't know how many of the Celtics were notorious garbage people.

Louis said: "My players are generous, virtuous, and honest people. They don't know how to fight or quarrel. It really gives me a headache."

Daly heard a funny joke, and he laughed it off.

The two finished the meeting politely.

After Louis turned around, he called Sampson to his side and told him: "I think you are the best defensive player of the year, but when you defend Worthy, you should have a realistic attitude."

"Understood!" Sampson's eyes flashed with a light of sudden understanding, "First defend against his breakthrough, and then interfere with his shooting. If you can't prevent it, you must remind your teammates to double-team, I know!"

"Especially the last one!" Louis pointed to Worthy.

Embarrassingly, Worthy was watching him.

But Louis didn't notice that Worthy was looking at him, "As long as you feel that you can't defend yourself, call a flank attack immediately. We don't need to tell them the morality of man-to-man. Victory is justice!"

"Understood!"

Louie slapped Sampson's butt hard: "Go!"

With the opening jump ball, Sampson easily beat Parish.

This scene is eye-catching, Parish wearing a Pistons jersey, and Sampson wearing a Celtics jersey. Fortunately, Louis did not study much about NBA history in his previous life, otherwise he must have felt awkward.

After the opening, the Pistons made their first move.

They imitated the Lakers and emptied Bird to flank Thomas.

Since the Lakers' strategy of emptying Bird has achieved certain results, the scouts of each team have reported to the coaching staff in time.

When many teams play against the Celtics, they will scratch Bird like this.

Bird tends to respond with steady, open three-pointers.

Once he puts in, the opponent will stop the strategy of shorting.

However, the pistons are different, they are more flexible.

Worthy's speed is amazing, he can flank Thomas, force him to stop the ball, and then quickly run back to Bird.Even though Thomas passed the ball quickly, with Bird's shooting speed, he couldn't throw the ball before Worthy arrived.

"You think this is fun?" Byrd asked coldly.

"It's more fun if you miss," Worthy laughed.

The conversation between the two ended here, and Bird took the ball with both hands and tried it out.As long as Worthy's defense faltered, he would throw the ball decisively.

In an instant, Worthy stepped back and Bird shot.

"Shh!"

3 is better than 0
"Isn't it fun?" Byrd was a bastard who only allowed him to make fun of others, but didn't allow others to make fun of him.

Especially when the opponent made fun of his shooting, he often couldn't control his temper.

Worthy was also following orders, and he didn't want to chat with Byrd.

The Pistons didn't respond decisively, and the ball turned around a few times before passing it to Parish to hit Sampson on the back.

Parish is not a rough collar, nor can he be called a brilliant offensive player.He is a well-balanced All-Star insider who can defend, attack and rebound, but don't expect any of him to reach the top level.

Sampson's defense beautifully blocks his vision.

Parish turned around and shot, but missed.

The Celtics got the rebound and passed the ball to Thomas. Just as he was about to launch a counterattack, the Pistons guard, a white guard who was familiar to Louie, fouled Thomas hard.

"Craig Ehlo SG/SF/PG fouled Isiah!"

Johnny Most yelled.

Sure enough, Yi Luo made a rough foul, causing blood to reflect in Thomas' eyes, and he stared at the strange white guy.

Yilo?Yilo?Yilo?

Louis recalled the name, first he thought of the Cavaliers, then he thought of Jordan, and then he thought of "The Shot" that No. 23 of the Red Bulls in Ridgefield Stadium pressed the pause button for time.

The sad thing is that the only person who is stagnant in the air is Jordan, and the others, especially Yi Luo, who rushed to try to block him, are all mortals, and they cannot overcome gravity.

Louis remembered everything about that person's identity.

However, there is only so much.

Ilo, like Sam Bowie and Byron Bryan, will be remembered by fans for Jordan.

"Who is that?" Louis wanted to ask Tomjanovich for some information about Ilo.

Tomjanovich quickly found out that the Celtics coaching staff is no more serious about the study of opponents than him. KC Jones is often a peacemaker and a mascot, playing the role of stabilizing the locker room.

But Louie never blows up the locker room, and KC's role is more reflected in when Louis spouts players.

He will persuade Louis in time.

Tomjanovich found Ilo's data: "He was a third-round pick last year and was selected by Houston. Chuck Daly liked his hard-working spirit, so Detroit bought him with cash on the trade deadline. On that day, in addition to buying Ilo, they also got Robert Parish."

"What about his characteristics?"

"Tough, aggressive, and a stat-filling player in college," Tomjanovich said quickly.

Louis took a look at the Pistons' position arrangement tonight, and Daly put Ilo in the first position.

"Coach Daly is planning to stack height and muscles to make up for the lack of talent and athletic ability." Louis put down the information and saw Thomas' anger.

He came to the sidelines, waited for Thomas to dribble the ball, and said, "If you are angry, let it out, don't hold it in."

Thomas is a hypocrite in private, but on the court, he never hides his character.

If someone bites him, he will bite back.

Hearing Louie's encouragement, Thomas asked Bird to pick and roll, but instead of going in the direction of the pick and roll, he forced Ilo head-on, leaving Worthy, who was about to pinch, too late to react.

Louis found that Ilo's straight-line speed and lateral speed are very fast, which ensures that he will not easily lose his position when defending.

Before Thomas could make a shot, he knocked him to the ground with the force of his hand, and stopped his shot.

"Beep!"

His hand movements were so obvious that the referee decisively called an offensive foul.

"I have plenty of time to kill you!" Thomas said fiercely.

Louie scratched his cheek out of habit, which he always did when he saw something interesting.

Now, not only is the Celtics completely changed because of his arrival, even the Pistons are completely changed.

Worthy + Parrish + Yiluo, what is this all about?

Yiluo's current strength is not enough to start. Daly values ​​​​his defense, but in a few years, he will be able to become a player who fills the data column like he did in college.

Looking at it this way, the Pistons are also a team that is very likely to rise in the future.

The difference between them is a superstar who is one level better than Worthy.

(End of this chapter)