the rest, only noise

Chapter 846 The Ultimate Attack

"Old Road, the list of referees for the game the day after tomorrow is out."

The next morning after losing Game 4, Zhao Yuanzheng brought good news to Louis.

The reason why this is good news is that the three referees in the next game are not as troublesome as last night's one.

The referee for Game 5 was Hugh Hollins, one of the notorious referees, with whom Louie had a bad relationship.But as far as Louis knows, there should be no coach who has a good relationship with him.

The two assistant referees are the highlights, one is Jess Kersey (Jess Kersey) who made a deal with Louis, and the other is Jake O'Donnell (Jake O'Donnell), also an old referee, his style is quite special.

Although Louis would ask him to relax the scale every time he saw him as the referee of the game, and the opponent would dismiss him every time, but in the real game, his whistle scale was so loose that Louis felt sorry for his opponent.

You said that he said no, he was honest about blowing the whistle, but he has a bad relationship with Louis, and there is no need to change for Louis, but every time he whistles the Knicks game, Louis is very comfortable.

Moreover, Louis wanted to thank him, but he still didn't buy it, and put on a haughty look, which no one would look down on.

These two are the deputy referees of the game, which is a good thing for the Knicks.

Hollins has always had a bad habit of deciding the trend of the game. This is not good news for the Knicks and the Trail Blazers.

Especially for those who want to hand over the game to players at critical moments, Hollins is a demonic existence.

If he makes good use of this bad habit, it can also benefit the team.

In the fifth game against the Trail Blazers, the Knicks are determined to win.

In the training that afternoon, the atmosphere in the Knicks team was quite active.

But they got the bad news that Reggie Miller, who injured his ankle, will be out indefinitely with a strained groin.

This means that not only will he not play Game [-], but Game [-] and Game [-] may be truces.

A position suddenly became vacant in the starting line-up, and Louis had two ideas.

One is to let Rodman play the starting three position, Wilson play the two position, and Kemp enter the starting lineup and play the four position.

If so, the Knicks' five players selected to the All-Defensive Team will all be in the starting lineup.

But if it does, the Knicks' second unit will lack a strong point.

Therefore, the idea of ​​putting Kemp in the starting lineup was shelved by Louis, and he still had to choose between Angie and Maxwell.

For the past two days, Louis has been wandering around the training ground every day.

Whenever he got the chance, he would give Angie or Maxwell a shot.

"Look at your virtue, no wonder Portland's eyes lit up when I replaced you!"

"Max, can you be tougher?!"

Louis was also rude to old comrades like Angie: "Danny, retire quickly, watching you play has become a pain."

Louis' high-intensity PUA made Angie and Maxwell's nerves highly tense.

Besides the two of them, there was another person who had a burden in his heart.

That man was Ewing, who held himself accountable for the Game [-] loss.

If he hadn't been impulsive in the second half and forced to replace Wilson into the murderous tight lineup, the trend of the game might have been completely different.

But Louis didn't scold him for that matter, and his teammates didn't mention it, which made him feel even more sorry.

Ewing didn't say anything, but actually cared more than anyone else.

Compared to this situation where no one is wrong, he hopes that Rodman will ridicule him, or Wilson will question his leadership, or let Louis scold him, he will feel more comfortable.

As a result, nothing happened.

The more he does this, the more he blames himself.

He looked at Louie, and every time the other looked at him, he chose not to avoid it, as if forcing Louie to remember how badly he played in the fourth game, and then come and scold him.

Louis didn't know what medicine he took wrongly, and all his attention was on Angie and Maxwell.

Ewing's sizing eyes finally caught Louis' attention.

He came over and asked, "Are you worried?"

"You see it?"

"I heard that there were three flesh and blood sleeping with you in your room last night. It doesn't look like you have something on your mind." Louis looked at him with disdain, "If you are in a hurry, go to the gym and lift weights. Don't be an eyesore here."

"You think I'm an eyesore? You really have a problem with me!"

Is this man mentally disturbed by Jordan's beating?
If he couldn't beat him, Louis really wanted to give him a kick.

"It's not been a day or two since I have a problem with you. Who in this team doesn't know that I have a problem with you? Get out of here, don't hang around here." Louis said angrily.

Louis didn't intend to walk into Ewing's heart, and he didn't care what he thought of last night's game.

In his opinion, the reason why they lost last night's game was that they couldn't guard against Jordan. For this reason, there was nothing else, and the other people were all blamed for the blame.

It is better to admit that the opponent played well than to find a bad guy to take the blame.

Wilson was seriously practicing one-on-one jumpers with the ball.

Guarding him is Stevens.

Jordan's performance yesterday must have stimulated him severely.

Wilson's combative nature is one of the reasons why Louis dared to pin the game to him, and his ability to learn after defeat is equally strong.

Yesterday's Jordan made Louis see the limit of offense with the ball in the big ball era.

But this limit is not the limit on the court.

When Louie saw Wilson facing Stevens' defense and repeatedly using step-back jumpers to end the offense, he suddenly thought of something.

If it is said that Jordan's offense with the ball represents the limit of the big ball era, then where is the limit of the offense with the ball in the small ball era?

With Louie's knowledge, he dare not say that he has seen the limit of offense with the ball in the small ball era.Because the small ball era has only started for a few years since he crossed over, maybe the person with the extreme ball-holding offensive ability in the small ball era has not yet appeared, but if Louis wants to name one person, this person should be Harden in the regular season from 2018 to 2020.

Due to a thorough understanding of the rules, Harden has mastered the technique of making fouls indiscriminately.He doesn't jump very much when he drives to the layup, let alone pull the lever to hide from the help defense like Jordan Kobe, he doesn't need to do that.

Harden has mastered how to make physical contact and how to make shooting fouls. As a fan, Louis doesn't like Harden.As a coach, he has to show respect to Harden. This is not a simple question of whether there is a call or not. There are so many people who imitate Harden to make fouls, and who can do it as well as him?
This may be crooked, but it is also a real skill.

Making fouls is Harden's most memorable characteristic, but what makes Louis regard him as the ultimate offense with the ball in the small ball era is his step-back three-point shooting with the ball.

Jordan created a genre that allowed the swingman to practice the backward jumper hard. This shooting method is difficult to be blocked when holding the ball with his back. It is a takeover method that can support the team with unlimited offense.

Harden does not practice this, because his era pays more attention to the efficiency of players. The fadeaway jumper is limited to the mid-range, and the mid-range jumper has a ceiling in efficiency statistics. Relying on this method to increase the number of shots infinitely will inevitably lead to a decline in efficiency.

After Curry's unanimous MVP season proved the infinite possibility of three-pointers, he immediately opened Pandora's box for the basketball world, brought about technical and tactical changes, and affected countless people, including Harden. Three-point hit rate, and at the same time, he also combined his personal style on this strange skill.

Not only is there no way to step back with the ball for a three-pointer, but he has also developed a variety of scalp-numbing three-point fouling postures, which is part of his indiscriminate fouling.Therefore, as long as he has the ball, he cannot defend.

In the regular season in those years, Harden was a god, there is no doubt about it.

Wilson's step-back shot made Louie think about that.

Can Benj develop a step-back three-pointer with the ball?
Louie didn't know, but he could get Wilson to try.

"Benj, can you try a step-back jumper from beyond the arc?"

As soon as Louis said it, Wilson started to try it.

At first, his trajectory was crooked and erratic.

Later, he found the aim, but to use this trick in actual combat, it still needs long-term training and tempering in actual combat.

The concept of stepping back and shooting three-pointers with the ball was too magical on the basketball court in the 20s.

Wilson is also crossing the river by feeling the stones. Moreover, he can't practice too much now, and there are still games to play.

Louis stared at them for a while and then left. With his level of basketball skills, he was not good enough to provide any valuable advice during their training. He could only give direction, and the rest was up to him.

He decided to go back to the office and take a rest.

As a result, I saw a self-blaming gorilla inside.

"Why is this?" Ewing's bitter face made Louis feel strange.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Ewing asked, "Don't you think my mistakes are insignificant?"

"What is there to say? If I don't agree, you can't make those mistakes. You really didn't play well, but I'm the one who makes the decision." Louie couldn't imagine that Ewing was still fighting over last night's game.

Ewing didn't seem to be able to accept this statement: "That's why you don't judge my performance? You act like my mistakes last night don't matter"

"You fucking want to be scolded, right?"

"Patrick, in addition to being arrogant and self-respecting, you have to learn to forget. No one can always behave well, but every day someone behaves badly."

Louie didn't want to come across as an asshole, and Ewing wasn't a no-brainer.

"When necessary, we have to forget the bad things. For example, last night's game, it's pointless for you to be obsessed with it, blame yourself in pain, and immerse yourself in it to reflect on how bad you are. It's not good for our preparations. Look at Benj, look at other people, we still have a few tough battles to fight, how can we have time to torture ourselves?"

(End of this chapter)