The Rest, Only Noise: Chapter 365 Invisible Cap 5/135
After the Knicks made it 36-31, K.C. Jones felt the fan's displeasure from the boos in the garden.
He called for a timeout, replaced Thomas, put Ainge at the 1, and turned the frontcourt into Bird, Sampson and Bill Walton.
When Louie decided to play offense, he also won over Walton from the Clippers. But he couldn't make a better offer than the Celtics, so it failed.
Looking at it now, no trade is right, and while Walton is having a second spring with the Celtics, he's down too much in every way.
When the Celtics played Bird, Sampson and Walton, with Ainge and John Long on the perimeter, it was the team's highest offensive ceiling.
In order to match this strength, Louis is also very particular about the selection of the lineup.
Stockton vs Angie, dirty vs dirty;
Alex Stevens swayed to the second position, struggling to compete with the complacent Buddhist players;
A.C. Green is to Bird, ascetic is to megalomaniac;
Ewing and Sampson are successful if they are not completely bombed;
Oakley to Wharton, Chainsaw Massacre to Crippled Savage.
From the point of view of the match, the Knicks are inferior in all aspects, and some points can only be targeted, not suppressed.
On the other hand, the Celtics, Bird and Sampson have obvious match-up advantages.
Sure enough, as soon as this lineup came up, Bird and Walton's low post handed over.
Walton got the ball low, Bird cut in, and the former passed the ball to Bird from behind his head without even looking.
Bird will never miss such an opportunity.
33 to 36
Ewing went down at full speed, not realizing that the Knicks would force the positional battle into a fast break like ShowTime did, the Greens still slowly retreated.
By the time Stockton threw a lob from beyond the arc, it was too late to think about it.
38 to 33
"The Celtics really slack off tonight, they gave the opponent too many easy scoring opportunities." Heinsohn said dissatisfied.
Next, still Bird.
A.C. Green's pace is a little short of defending him.
Bird suddenly withdrew from the inside confrontation. Walton's off-the-ball screening was the best, and Oakley's defense awareness was not good, so he didn't follow Bird.
So from the left three-point line, Bird received the ball for a three-pointer.
36 to 38
In the frontcourt, Sampson cut off the Knicks' serve and distributed it to the outside.
Angie made a three-pointer.
Again!
39 to 38
The Celtics actually overtook in a blink of an eye, and the atmosphere in the garden was like a steamer.
Suddenly being pressed by the opponent all over the court, the Knicks were a little overwhelmed.
Both Tomjanovich and Phil Jackson advised Louie to take a timeout, but Louie wanted to see how the group would respond to the sudden situation.
Suddenly, the serve became Stockton.
He swung the ball forward hard and it was a long pass.
In the midfield position, Ewing received the ball and then threw an open three-pointer to Stevens.
Stevens, who was useless on the offensive end, missed a three-pointer, but Ewing grabbed the offensive rebound.
Sampson's help arrived to guard against Ewing's second offense, but Oakley still grabbed the offensive rebound.
The Knicks' two inside starters took turns brushing offensive rebounds. Sampson sent two blocks in one round, but it was difficult to ensure that the penalty area was penetrated.
40 to 39
What about Bill Wharton? The old man just ran to the backcourt beyond the three-point line.
This is a problem he has to face now. Game awareness, skills, and positional defense are all fine.
However, the athletic ability of youth has completely disappeared.
He's like a scaled-down version of the late Sabonis who can't shoot far.
"Don't be impatient, be defensive!" Louie shouted, "Pay attention to the pockets!"
Louis did not deliberately not say some tactical instructions when he arranged on the spot, because the opponent did not know what he was referring to when he said it, and it would also make the opponent hesitate when attacking.
The Celtics pass the ball to Walton.
Bird cut in again, and A.C still couldn't catch up.
Stevens switched his defense immediately, and he chased after him from farther, and A.C hurriedly rotated in front of John Long.
Walton passed the ball to Long before then.
Long rushes to score again before the defense arrives.
The ball returned to Ainge's hands, and the Celtics failed in the first round of tactics, with less than 8 seconds remaining on the offensive time.
"The defense in this round is incredible!" Zhao Yuanzheng said in surprise, "their opponent is the defending champion!"
Ainge didn't dare to take the risk of shooting a three-pointer, because if the three-pointer is not made, there will be a long rebound. If the long rebound is obtained by the Knicks, it will be a counterattack opportunity.
Stockton's ability to push back, the Celtics have already come to a conclusion.
He is definitely not to be underestimated.
Angie's choice to break through was a worse decision from the results.
Ewing judged that he would choose to break through when he came, and even predicted where he would stop, so he lay in ambush on the flank, attacked suddenly, and gave Angie a volleyball cap.
The blocked ball allowed Stevens to catch up and pass to Stockton.
Stockton pushed the counter-attack with Stevens behind him and Ewing on the fast break on the left. His movements made the opponent suspect that he was going to give Ewing a lob, and he couldn't help but gravitate towards Ewing's side.
In the end, Stockton made an easy layup.
42 to 42
"These young people played really well!" Zhao Yuanzheng really didn't expect to be in a stalemate with the Celtics' lineup with the highest offensive ceiling.
Louis smiled: "Don't be too happy."
Ralph Sampson's top three-pointer calmed the Knicks off the court.
45 to 42
At 25 years and 9 months, Sampson has more and more the feeling of a big boss in the Celtics.
He's a little over half a year older than Thomas, and Byrd Jr. 4 years old, but all in all, he's the most influential person on the Celtics. Because he not only has 24 points per game output, but also DPOY level defense.
A non-pie-eating DPOY insider who averages 24 points per game, if he is given a little more ball power, can't he be the scoring leader and Defensive Player of the Year like Olajuwon in 94-95?
And the potential of this invisible upper limit is the most terrifying.
Bird does his best every game, Sampson rarely does his best, not because he doesn't want to, but because he doesn't need to.
The Celtics' opponents always fell before Sampson could exert his strength.
Although the Celtics often lose to weak teams, there has never been a second team other than the Lakers to force Bird and Sampson to their fullest.
Considering how terrible the upper limit of these two people's full strength is, think about what kind of scene it would be if Isaiah Thomas, who is often marginalized in Celtic's existence, also exerts his full strength.
Louie didn't dare to be careless. He couldn't be relieved until the game was over and the Knicks won.
Fortunately, the players on the field were not frightened. In the next round of Sampson's three-pointer, Oakley also completed an EmptyLob tactic under the command of Stockton.
Stockton's airside lob is much more sophisticated than Webber's, and it has something to do with the team. Stockton on the weak side directed Ewing on the strong side to screen for Oakley.
First, the Celtics did not expect the inside to cover the inside. Second, Ewing's screen quality was too high.
The Celtics seem to be intentional. The Knicks play tactics, and they also play tactics.
Walton's off-ball screen gave Bird another chance.
On the right high, Bird catches the ball and makes a jumper.
47 to 44
"It seems that A.C really can't keep up." Louis shook his head.
Tomjanovich asked: "Substitution?"
"Yeah." Louie looked at the people off the court. Wilkins and Campbell were both passed by Bird one by one. Now that abstinence men like Iceman are all flushed and heartbroken by him, who else can they find? Woolen cloth?
At this point, Louie saw how Stevens used his body and entanglement ability to make John Long disappear from the field.
The basic configuration of defending a player like Bird must be long hands and feet + physical monster + glue defense.
Looking at it this way, Stevens is really the only one the Knicks currently meet the requirements.
"Tony." Louie called Campbell. "You go and replace A.C. Then, tell Alex he's going to guard Bird from now on."
The Knicks failed to complete the tactic this time, and the cooperation was seen by Walton, and the pass was wrong.
But the Celtics' counterattack also failed, and the Knicks committed a tactical foul in time.
It just so happened that Louie wanted to make a substitution, and A.C. Green was replaced.
Stevens was called for a defensive foul on his first possession against Bird for being too aggressive.
"Don't touch me with your dirty hands!" Bird shouted.
Louis watched the fun and was not afraid of the big thing, and shouted loudly: "Alex, continue to touch him, do you know how to touch him? You usually touch your girlfriend as you normally would, and then touch him later, Larry is my best friend. Friends, you have to let him experience the fun of the game!"
"QNMD!" Bird cursed from a distance.
Stevens' defense still lacks a lot of skills, but the effect he brings is also obvious. It is difficult for Bird to run and find opportunities. But the Celtics have other ways to score, and Bird is just a point.
Louis sighed at the inside coordination between Walton and Sampson.
Walton raised the ball with both hands, and Sampson actually played Oakley as a cerebral palsy at the free throw line and played a clumsy back run, and it was successful.
Oakley was swayed by him, Sampson received the ball in the middle and dunked with both hands.
49 to 44
The Celtics' defensive IQ has gradually been reflected, and the Knicks have used tactics several times, and they can find a way to crack.
All the attacks leading to the end of the inside line are likely to be blocked by Sampson.
This round, Stockton wanted to use the same back-run tactics to help Stevens score.
As a result, Sampson noticed that he jumped up and gave a pegboard hat~www.mtlnovel.com~Wharton picked up the ball, and the Hand of God from the 70s threw a wonderful hand to the owner of the Hand of God in the 80s. long pass.
Bird catches the ball with one hand and then makes a point from behind, and the holding time may be less than 0.5 seconds.
The sweltering, stinking, religious fervor of the garden is playing basketball more brilliantly than ShowTime in Los Angeles.
In the 1970s and 1980s, the two passing masters teamed up to offer a beautiful combination, and then Danny Ainge made a layup.
51 to 44
"Let\'s GoCel-tics!!"
The audience roared and shouted "Let\'s GoCeltics". Bird and Sampson's efforts allowed the Celtics to take the initiative in an instant and widened the difference to 7 points.
Louie walked over to the tech desk and asked for a time-out.
If it is 1 minute later, the difference of 7 points may become 10 points, 12 points, or even 15 points.
1 minute late, the loss may be the whole game, and the Celtics who are going crazy must stop.
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