the rest, only noise

Chapter 748 Enjoy every minute
1990/6/14

Game [-] of the NBA Finals was held at Madison Square Garden in New York.

On the afternoon of the game day, Louis caused waves because of a sentence.

A few days ago, Burger King announced that they would use Newman's salad dressing as their main side dish sauce. Then, after trying Newman's salad dressing, Louie made a "pertinent" evaluation of his colleagues; "Is this for people to eat?"

It was never Louie's intention to attract public attention.

But their series with the Lakers has continued to this day, and they have continuously broken the NBA's single-game ratings record.It is estimated that there will be 3000 million Americans watching the sixth game.

3000 million Americans watched a single game. Although it can't compare with MLB's record of 1980 million viewers set in 4100, let alone NFL's Super Bowl, it is still more than enough to kill the NHL.

This record-setting series will give the league a strong position in upcoming television contract negotiations.

They can raise prices as much as they want.

Madison Square Garden, which owns the Knicks, put on a memorable pregame show for the game.

Judging from the facial expressions, the Lakers played cautiously.

It doesn't seem like this should happen to them.

Because they are Show Time, they are synonymous with gorgeousness, and they are the team that most thoroughly interprets the four words of entertaining fans in professional sports.

However, in the face of the entertainment shown by Nix, they didn't keep up with the pace at all, and even the signature sunny smile could not be seen on the face of the tragedian.

The commentary lineup for this game is also very luxurious.

Because this may be the last NBA game that CBS will broadcast live, they will use Brent Musberg as the commentator, Hubie Brown as the commentator, and the special guest will be Lakers legend Wilt Chamberlain.

Chamberlain is different from another great Lakers center on the TV show, he always talks, can say anything, dare to say anything.

Regarding the Lakers' current situation of 2-3 behind, Chamberlain criticized Admiral Ronaldinho: "David seems to be suffering from Kareem's big scene phobia. I am very disappointed with his performance in the finals. He should rule everything like Ralph Sampson, but from the scene point of view, he is more like his predecessor."

It's ironic to hear the most notorious dropout in NBA history slam the center with the most clutch shots in history as suffering from "big scene phobia."

But this is live TV, and Chamberlain knew the audience wanted to hear what he had to say.

Interestingly, Hubie Brown was more talkative than Chamberlain.

One of them leans toward the Lakers, the other toward the Knicks, each expressing their opinions.

In Game 6 of the finals, the Lakers' Show Time was difficult to start in MSG.

Because the Knicks prefer to turn their home court into their own show.

After the opening, the Knicks' defense made the Lakers' offense fruitless for three consecutive rounds.

Then, their own offense relied on the flexibility of the N. UCLA system to gain success on the outside.

Pat Riley has a strategy that has remained unchanged throughout the six games, that is, he would rather give up three-point defense than let the Knicks penetrate the basket.

In the sixth game, the disengaged Lakers decided to continue to implement this strategy.

Louie didn't want to target the opponent too thoroughly, and tried to create opportunities through high pass and cut. After one pass, he found that the Lakers' defense was unmoved and didn't bother to respond at all. They were not affected by the pass and cut at all.

Therefore, Louis could only replace Hornacek with a serious face but a smile in his heart. He came from the small ball era and knew very well how to accept the game when the opponent let you shoot a three-pointer casually-of course, he made a damn three-pointer.

This is the easiest way to win. In the small ball era, if a team defends the Warriors like this, the game will often be very boring, so Cole's many showy operations have become understandable.

The most painful shooter for the Lakers is Miller.

This guy, likes to play with Wilson and play their UCLA pick and roll.

Originally, UCLA's offensive system came from the same division as N.UCLA's system. He was like a duck to water in the Knicks, scoring three three-pointers in a row, helping the Knicks lead by 14 points, and successfully attracted Riley's attention.

Riley lost his sanity and demanded that players pinch the Knicks' ballhandler as much as possible, switching when they could.

However, his players did not implement his tactical intentions.

Only then did Louis discover that Riley seemed to have lost control of the team.

Not many people are willing to listen to him.

When he temporarily took over the coaching whip from Paul Westhead in 1982, no one thought that he could lead the Lakers to win the championship and let the tragedy be wiped out. Since then, he has been the coach of the Lakers until today.

But that was his peak, and his only peak so far.

Riley, who should have won four championships in the 80s, now has only one.

For the youngsters on the Lakers team, the championship may have had an element of luck, and it did not prove Riley's strength.Especially after Riley held a small training camp last year, causing the Lakers to be swept away by the Knicks, his prestige in the team declined rapidly.

At this time, the morale of the Lakers was low, and no matter how much Riley yelled, he could not restore the morale of the army.

This game has completely become an exhibition game for the Knicks.

Wilson intends to collect assists. He doesn't know where he got the bad idea, and he actually wants to get more assists than the tragic master in a certain game in the finals.

When the N.UCLA system is running to the extreme, even ordinary fans can see the beauty of dynamic offense.

Ewing made a high pick-and-roll cut, Wilson cut in from the wing with an off-ball screen, received a pass from Stockton, attracted the defense, and hit the ground to the gorilla who came to the basket.

The gorilla naturally did not hesitate to slam dunk.

For another goal, Stockton broke through to the basket and gave it to Ewing, who then made a pass.

Wilson at the top of the arc caught the ball with one hand and slammed the bottom corner.

The Lakers' defense was pierced, and Miller hit his fifth three-pointer before the end of the first half.

Is there anything complicated about these offenses?No, it's just that Ewing's blocking and cutting timing is good. Even if Wilson is not ready to receive the ball when he cuts without the ball, the ball holder does not have the idea of ​​monopolizing the shot. Everyone likes to pass the ball.

The Lakers can't handle just ordinary pass balls - they are not the Celtics, not other strong defensive teams in the East, and they don't have so much enthusiasm to study how to defend against these fancy things, because they themselves are the most fancy teams, who dares to play tricks in front of them?

But the head coach of the Knicks is a man with a bad taste, and his team will always go this far-beating you in your field of expertise.

At this time, the Lakers must either be shown by the Knicks for one night, or they must show extreme defensive discipline and mobility, and they must make no mistakes in the process before they can save the situation.

Of course, even if the whole world gave up, the tragedian would not give up.

Even if the Lakers were hit in the head, the performance of the tragedian was perfect.

His three-pointers, low-post shots, high-post misplacements with the ball, and double-team shots are all unparalleled. However, the Lakers forgot one important thing-they made it to the Finals and eliminated two very competitive Western Conference teams one after another.

The first two rounds relied on all the Lakers, and the Western Conference Finals played against the Trail Blazers. David Robinson ruled everything in the penalty area. It must also be considered that the Portlanders have fallen into the same civil strife as them.But these secrets that finally allowed the Lakers to rush out of the West have been completely forgotten by themselves-even if the tragedy master performed extremely well, it would not help without the help of his teammates.

David Robinson is the only young man who can share the pressure, but he always shows an uncomfortable demeanor under the high-pressure Knicks defense.

As for Scottie Pippen, migraines hampered his performance.

The Lakers have no room for adjustment, and the series has reached the final stage.

4 minutes before the end of the game, the Lakers trailed by 18 points.

Musberg said reassuringly: "I don't think there will be a seventh game."

The Lakers still refused to replace the tragic division.

This doesn't mean they don't admit defeat, on the contrary, if there is only the main player on the field, it proves Riley's attitude towards this round of the series.

In his opinion, the tragedian has brought out his own extreme performance, and others have not.

Therefore, they are not worthy to fight with the tragedy division until the end of the game.

Louie discovers that his opponent has lost his mind, and Riley doesn't seem to know that doing so will create a wedge between the tragedian and his teammates.

But no matter what you do, the result will not change.

To show respect for the Lakers, Louis kept Wilson on the court and paired him with Ainge, Stevens, Reggie Williams and Sam Bowie as teammates.

This is a symbolic substitution.

Stevens is hailed as the soul of the Knicks by Louis. Bowie and Williams are both capable players who defected to the Knicks this season. At this time, they are less than a minute and a half away from fulfilling their dreams.

Louie wants them to enjoy every minute of the game.

(End of this chapter)