The Rest, Only Noise: Chapter 474 Piston buster
Before Dale Ellis returns, Hornacek will appear more at the two position.
A player who is destined to become a talent like him, as long as he doesn't let him play a role beyond his ability, he will not disappoint.
In the Knicks, Hornacek mainly served as Stockton's substitute most of the time. When the second position was in a hurry, he could swing flexibly with his shooting skills and smart moves.
That's why Louie likes swingers.
The Knicks' requirements for guards are only two points, to be able to play tactics with the ball, or catch the ball and hit an open three-pointer.
This is what Hornacek is good at, making his debut in the Knicks, allowing his three-pointers to reach an extremely high level earlier than another version of him.
In scrims, Hornacek's wide-open corner 3s to the left and right are notable—almost never missed.
The lineup of Stockton, Hornacek, Stevens, McHale and Oakley is a typical 4OUT formation. If Oakley can extend his range beyond the free throw line, he can also go 5OUT. But after all, it was the 1980s. Louis would ask players to expand their shooting range, but he would not force them to go against the trend of the times and force them to shoot three-pointers.
Just let it be.
Hornacek was ignored by the Pistons' defense. He used 2 of 3 three-pointers to make Daly point out: "Who the **** is defending that white guy in the bottom corner? Don't miss it again!"
Without Wilson on the court, the Knicks lacked a ball-handling core who could call out the opponent's defensive loopholes or play misplaced at any time, but the core of the 45OUT lineup is the ultimate space.
Four or five players all stuck in high positions and used shooting threats to call out everyone, and then used tactics to create shooting or breakthrough opportunities.
When Stockton faced Dumars, Louis thought he would suffer a big loss, but the result was very unexpected.
Dumars didn't show much of an advantage against Stockton.
Even if there is no pick-and-roll, it will not be easy for Dumars to prevent Stockton's breakthrough.
Stockton rarely broke through with the Knicks because Louie didn't need him to. Only in the team match, Louis can see Stockton boldly break through with the ball.
His breakthrough has two characteristics. There is no super explosive start-up speed, nor a complex and changeable rhythm, but every step is solid and steady. Once his breakthrough takes away the defensive position, it will be difficult to regain it. , which is related to his second breakthrough feature.
His breakthrough is accompanied by a lot of hand movements, and he really likes to raise his elbow to hit any part of the opponent when confronting the defender.
Against Dumars today, his approach is to use his feet as a supplement and mainly elbows.
He is a player with a very dirty style of play.
Stockton took the trouble to dribble and pass to Hornacek, and Hornacek executed a second dribble and passed again.
Space is constantly being pulled.
Stevens finds his way through the chaos, cuts, catches, dunks.
The Knicks have a different finisher every possession, and all five players on the court can become scorers.
The same tactical core, also concentrated players in high positions to force the Pistons to leave the basket to create a vacuum in the penalty area. The 45OUT with Wilson as the core and the 45OUT with the Stocktons as the core played two games with completely different concepts.
After 4 minutes in the second quarter, it was 45 to 30.
The situation was critical, and Daly requested a timeout.
The progress of the Knicks is beyond imagination. This team still had an immature feeling in every way last season, even though they had the league's first record. But if they meet in the playoffs, Daly is sure to win.
However, it is different now.
The growth rate of young people is faster than he expected. Whether it is the starting five or the second team, the Knicks simply have no dead ends.
At this moment, Louis began to work.
He chose to play this lineup: Stockton, Hornacek, Miller, Wilson, Brad Rohaus.
You can only see this kind of start in the small ball era.
"The Knicks now have only one insider, and Brad Rohaus is just a rookie, inexperienced and soft!" Ernie Harvey, the home announcer of the Pistons, said optimistically.
However, the Knicks' opponents are not optimistic at all.
Daly said to Dumars: "Give the ball to Adrian! Let him open the game!"
Dumars has doubts: "Will AD (Dantley) pass the ball?"
The Knicks actually want to use such a lineup, so when they encounter the Pistons' strong offense, double-teaming must be their only way to stop the offense.
Dumars' death question -- will Dantley pass the ball?
Daly had an answer in his heart, but he didn't say it.
"Ignore this for now!" Daly said, "It's important to stabilize the situation first!"
Everyone on earth knows that it is impossible for Dantley to pass the ball.
His obsession with offense is like some stars' obsession with the finale position.
Dantley is really invincible in the low post, and no one in the Knicks can guard him.
Moreover, he is not as independent as Daly imagined. If the Pistons dispatch more than two double teams, he will still pass the ball.
The question seems to be no longer whether Dantley passes or not, but whether his teammates can grasp Dantley's pass.
In the second half of the second quarter, Dantley had a few possessions when he was flanked and went directly to his teammates in the corner. Daly would be happy if the guy in the corner was Ilo. But unfortunately not, the person standing there is Dumas.
Dumars has three-point ability, but the corner three-pointer is exactly his cold zone.
Daly looked at the Knicks' defense and felt that there was some conspiracy.
Dantley always receives the ball in the same spot, and Dumars has to go to the corner to cover him. But Dumars' corner three-pointer was inaccurate, so Stockton didn't hesitate when he flanked.
Daly couldn't believe that the Knicks could do this, just right enough for Dantley to receive the ball in a special position, just right enough to hold Dumars in the corner, and just right enough to know that Dumars couldn't move. The 3-pointer from that position... Daly panics, if there are so many "just right" are they all coincidences? How many consecutive rounds are exactly the same?
Dantley made mistakes one after another, and they didn't appear when he was flanked-Dantley's ability to protect the ball and basic ability to play the ball were fine. But the Knicks definitely did a study on the Pistons' offensive positioning, and Miller and Hornacek would always be in a **** position to cut the pass.
After all, Dantley is not a magician, and it is unrealistic to always expect him to pass the safe ball when he is flanked.
It's so weird.
Just like two people playing cards, one of them is playing a bright card without knowing it. Daly feels that every move of the Pistons is under the control of Louis.
Especially Dantley's weird offense.
The Knicks can't defend Dantley every time they defend. Sometimes their flanking will fail, and sometimes they can't even guard Dantley. This kind of round is like rewarding candy for children.
Invisibly, they gave Dantley some hints.
Be good, just fight like this, you are the best.
When Daly reacted, the Pistons lost by 20 points.
Dantley managed to slip into a contrived situation.
"It's not because I didn't perform well, it's because my teammates are too rubbish."
After all, he attracted so many defenses alone, and he also created open shots for his teammates. He also passed the ball. You all know that he doesn't like passing the ball, but so what if he passed it this time, did it have a good result? Don't these bad results just show that he was right not to pass the ball before.
Daly asked for a timeout in a panic.
54 to 34
For the Knicks, Hornacek admired Louie's scheduling: "Coach, they really did what you said, they only give Dantley singles, and Dumars always stands in the bottom corner."
Louis smiled, this is nothing to be proud of.
It's just some detailed research on the Pistons, combined with the targeted defense of the opponent's lineup.
And this is not the idea of Louis alone. Zhao Yuanzheng believes that the Pistons will strengthen the low-post offense. Phil Jackson provided a set of key statistics: Dumars' corner three-pointer rate is only 18%.
Combined with the suggestions they gave, Louis launched a bold lineup. On the surface, it seemed that he was leading too much and got carried away. In fact, he was asking the king to let the Pistons bury themselves.
Now that the Pistons are 20 points behind, it is not certain whether they will lose, but the next game is definitely not easy to play.
Louie replaced Hornacek and replaced Ewing to provide rebounding and defensive protection.
At this point, there is not much room left for the piston to adjust.
Their next play style is nothing more than that-the timeout ended, and as expected, Daly decided to drown the Knicks' offense with Dumars, Worthy, Mahon, Parish, and Malone. and defense.
This kind of lineup is only possible in the big ball era.
Because there are not many three-pointers at this time, each team does not have enough shooters to punish the Pistons' inside group~www.mtlnovel.com~ Therefore, their frontcourt lineup will bring considerable court pressure.
But this kind of unreasonable brainless physical suppression can only deal with teams that have no shots and no inside.
The Knicks, a team with a combination of sudden shots, a mature offensive system, a balanced shot distribution and a highly modern concept, is the nemesis of the Pistons.
It didn't take long for Chuck Daly and the Pistons to figure out that it might not be wise to focus on the Celtics.
In addition to the Celtics, there are Knicks.
They focused on dealing with the Celtics, forming an amazing frontcourt lineup-the general direction was wrong-but looking back, there was another emerging superteam in the East.
The style of play and style of play just restrain the Pistons.
Before the end of the second quarter, the Knicks' shooting rained down, and Ewing's defense and rebounding kept the team from being blown out of the rebound-at halftime, the Pistons trailed by 26 points.
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