the rest, only noise

Chapter 346 Challenge the Overlord
1985/11/29

Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Garden
Because the Knicks and the Celtics belong to the Atlantic Division, they have to play five regular season games a season.

Today's Atlantic Division is still good, the 76ers' combat power has degraded greatly, and the Washington Bullets and New Jersey Nets have their own problems.

In the past few years, the five teams in the Atlantic Division are all playoff teams, and they have to play 25 games a year with each other.

The impact of this kind of internal friction on the record is obvious, and this is one of the few impacts of the team.

Tonight's game is not only the second time the Knicks have challenged the Celtics this season, but also the first time that the two new aids involved in Louis Orr's transaction have represented the Knicks.

Although Louie never expected much from these two, he will still give them a bit of playing time tonight.

"I'm sure you all remember how they humiliated us at MSG some time ago."

In the locker room, Louis lectured plainly.

He didn't plan to give chicken blood, nor did he plan to pour chicken soup.

The Knicks and the Celtics played games, and the gap between the two sides was too large. If they played 100 games, the Knicks would win at most one game.

Given the huge gap in strength, no amount of chicken soup or blood would work.

What Louis has to do now is to find out the "odds" little by little. If one game is not enough, then two games, if two games are not enough, three games, and then slowly accumulate strength. It won't take long for them to become challengers to the throne from rising stars.

"I remember."

Ewing said angrily.

"are you mad?"

"angry."

"why?"

"They can't take offense at me because I make a lot of money!"

Louis smiled, "But you played very ugly last time."

"This time it will definitely not happen!"

"Okay!" Louie yelled, "Then let's have a non-ugly game!"

Louie led the players into the garden, and the excited audience first booed them and then cheered for Louis.

As long as Louie's team is not enough to pose a threat to the Celtics, fans will not boo him.

After all, he laid the foundation for the Celtics' brilliant appearance today.

Before the game started, many people from the Celtics came to say hello to Louis.

Bird came over and spammed: "We're going to win by 30 tonight."

"Don't mind me, last time we almost won by 50 points at home, now it's your home game, winning by 60 points is not too much." Louis said sarcastically.

Bird looked as though winning by 60 points was not out of the question.

"Always give you some face."

"I'm touched, really." Louis hugged him, "You are such a country bumpkin who values ​​love and righteousness!"

Afterwards, Sampson came to say hello with Lambiel and John Long.

And finally Danny Ainge.

Isiah Thomas hadn't come, and Louis believed he wouldn't.Thomas never liked him, just as he didn't like Thomas either.

After the warm-up, Louie said to their starters tonight: "Just now Larry came over and said that he will beat us by 30 points tonight."

"He's farting," Oakley said angrily. "I'll be the first to hit him!"

"We're not here to fight!" Louis stopped his thoughts, "Unless they strike first, we'll just play honestly."

In terms of fighting ability, Louis completely trusted Oakley.

It is no problem for him to single out the Celtics team, but if he is penalized, Ewing's rebounding problem will be publicly punished by the Celtics.

The starting lineup for the Celtics is still the five people Louis is most familiar with.

But the Knicks' starting lineup was different.

Tonight, the Knicks' starters are Spot Webber, Ellis, Campbell, Oakley and Ewing.

"It's unbelievable, Little Lu actually took John Stockton, who averaged 13 points and 12 assists per game, out of the starting list!"

"It put Webber, who is 5-foot-6, into the starting roster instead."

"What is the purpose of doing this?"

Louis specially called Weber to his side and told him earnestly: "The opponent is only Isiah who can keep up with your speed. As long as you use our pick-and-roll system, you will be an 'impossible countermeasure' under the Celtics' defensive system."

What Louis said encouraged 168, the strongest on the surface.

"Coach, I will."

Before his rhetoric was spoken, he was pushed onto the stage by Louis.

"Don't tell me those useless things, get ready to fight!"

Starting Webber in place of Stockton, Tomjanovich and Phil Jackson is a concern.

"Can Spot run the system?" Tomjanovich asked.

"It does not matter."

"Not important?" Tomjanovich wondered what was important.

Louis said: "There is a big gap between us and Boston. It doesn't matter if the system is not systematic. Compared with this, I want to see how they restrict Spot."

Jump ball, Sampson took the lead.

After landing, looking at the positioning of the Celtics, Louis found that KC Jones had given up his high and low positions, and instead adopted a formation of two inside and three outside.

This change shows that KC is an aspiring coach, and he doesn't want to live in the shadow of his predecessor.

In the first round, John Long widened the space on the wing, Lambiel covered the paint area on the right, and Bird ran to the high post on the left to catch the ball and shoot.

It was a smooth match, but Bird didn't make a shot.

Oakley received the rebound, gave the ball to Webber, and Gao Neng came.

The strongest 168 on the surface didn't look at his teammates, and advanced at full speed, so fast that even the smiling assassin struggled to keep up with him.

If it wasn't for Sampson's early retreat, Weber's attack would have been successful.

Even with Sampson, he can only cover Weber alone.

Seeing that the attack was not going to work, Webb turned around and passed the ball back, and Tony Campbell caught the ball and made a jumper.

2 is better than 0
"Sport is extremely fast!"

"Yes, maybe that's why Little Lu started him. His speed can change the rhythm of the game!"

The Celtics' counterattack came, and Thomas' eyes were full of anger, as if he wanted to fight Webb back in person.

However, Weber had already received Louis' instructions to let Thomas go two meters short.

"Isaiah, it's been two years, have you practiced your three-pointer? Let me see!"

Louis shouted from a distance.

Thomas turned a deaf ear and passed the ball to Sampson.

Sampson was facing Ewing, and was about to dribble suddenly, when he suddenly found that the opponent's center of gravity had dropped drastically today.

There is still a lot of offensive time, Sampson does not intend to play hard, and the ball is handed over again.

In the end, Lambiel made a three-pointer casually.

"boom!"

The rebound flew to a place where he couldn't control the inside. Bird flew to grab the offensive rebound with superhuman consciousness, turned around at a 45-degree angle, hit the rebound and made a shot.

2 is better than 2
"Tony, don't let him grab the rebound so easily, didn't you see that even Patrick was stuck?" Louie shouted.

The Bostonians are very strange. In their impression, Louis is at most "guiding" on the sidelines when the team is attacking. Why did he go to New York and his personality changed?

When he was in Boston, he didn't interact with players so intensely and frequently.

Weber dribbled over, saw Louie's gesture, and understood.

I saw Weber raised his left hand and hooked the two insiders in the team.

Suddenly, Ewing and Oakley went to the high position at the same time, and the two most animal-like in the Knicks' famous 85 animal class made a double pick-and-roll for Webber.

This pick-and-roll is also called a slide screen in the Knicks, because the layering of the screen spreads downward like a slide.

Webber's intention was not to attack the penalty area. He tore open the Knicks' defense through the pick-and-roll, and Sampson bit him like a hyena.

Sampson's body, speed, and athletic ability all threaten the safety of the ball.

Webb scrambles the pass.

Campbell catches the ball and transfers it again.

In the high position, the moment Ewing took the ball, he immediately passed it to Ellis who was emptied outside the left three-point line.

Ellis made a three-pointer.

5 is better than 2
"This is our silent assassin. His three-pointer is not a joke. Don't miss it next time." Louis provocatively said.

He was provocative on the surface, but he was still nervous about Sampson's close defense of Weber just now.

Sampson proved that under the current rules, he can entangle Webber.

The Celtics have maintained the pocket style of the Louis period, so this inside line is not easy to advance.Weber, who is of such a strong stature, will be surrounded and killed if he enters the inside lane. Therefore, Sampson must have used his consciousness to judge that Weber is going to take the ball to the side.

Fortunately, Weber played the ball in time, and his teammates moved the ball fast enough, otherwise the tactics would be useless.

This was Ralph Sampson, the monster Louis had raised.

His defense is stronger than last season.

It's no wonder that he beat the Lakers to hell in the Finals last season, and even snatched the FMVP from Bird and Thomas. His personal ability has reached another level.

His influence tonight is still on the defensive end, and the offensive end has not yet exerted strength.

When Sampson starts to hold the ball, it means that the Celtics have officially entered the state.

Bird is the ace of the Celtics, and Sampson is the barometer of both offense and defense.

The Celtics' pace is fast, with Sampson and Bird in both low positions.

Lambiel lobs Bird.

Sampson lifted the position, and Ewing just relaxed a little. Suddenly, his opponent smashed his body and rushed to the basket. Bird only needed to throw the ball into the sky.

"boom!"

Louie didn't scold Ewing for not resisting Sampson, because the impact was a foul.

Why didn't the referee blow the whistle?Of course he doesn't blow the whistle.

Louie just stared at Ewing, wondering if the guy would respond.

Sure enough, Ewing has a dull personality, a bit boring. He has the temper and self-esteem of a superstar, and he must respond when he is beaten.

It's just that his response to the ball is not solid.

Back to Sampson, Webber passed the ball, Ewing turned around and hooked, and was blocked by the opponent.

The ball fell back into Ewing's hands, and he tried to hit it again, and Louie yelled.

"Don't worry!"

Ewing calmed down and handed the ball to Oakley.

Oakley swayed, thick and thin, and actually played a back pass, and the ball was transferred to Ellis's hands.

His three-point threat has aroused the vigilance of the Celtics, causing the Celtics to expand their defense.

This is the value of space points.

A good shooter can bring comfortable offensive space.

Ewing made another slide screen with Oakley, rolled down himself, caught the ball, and challenged Sampson again.

Even if he is the league's No. [-] center, it is impossible to prevent Ewing from hitting the basket and scoring high.

(End of this chapter)