The Rest, Only Noise: Chapter 517 Spiritual evolution
The Bulls ended the season in a disgraceful way.
Halfway through the third quarter, the Knicks led by 30 points.
Louie tentatively replaced four main players. If Doug Collins was smart, he should have replaced the main players like him.
However, Collins saw the Knicks' substitution as an opportunity for them to shrink the score.
Not only did he not replace the main force, but he also made the players increase the intensity of the game.
Since the opponent toasted and refused to eat, Louis offered a fine wine.
Originally, the Knicks could keep the point difference within 30 points. Now, if they don't win by 40 points, it can only be regarded as a bad feeling for the Knicks.
Louie put his team through the fourth quarter, 131-90.
With a huge advantage of 41 points, the Knicks swept the Bulls out of the playoffs.
Game 3 was like a live broadcast of purgatory torture for Chicagoans who supported the Bulls.
They can't see the hope of winning, and they can't imagine how this team will get better.
Barkley was outstanding, with 26 points and 19 rebounds, the only Bulls player with a shooting percentage of more than 50%.
Under the Knicks' amazing game intensity, being able to play such an offensive efficiency shows his strength.
However, this kind of short and stocky flank with outstanding offensive ability and unparalleled one-on-one has a characteristic.
Anyone who has seen Zion struggling with the Pelicans should understand.
To build a team around him, it is not enough to simply prepare a group of shooters from the outside. What he needs is an inside partner who is tall enough to defend well without taking up too much space.
This kind of insider is a baby bump in any era.
Even with such a partner, it is not enough to compete for the championship.
He also needs a ballhandler who delivers ammo, and a shooter who can really stretch the floor.
He can play without a shooter, but it's difficult for others.
Simply put, a player of Barkley's type will lead the team to play a strong performance if he has a suitable team, but if he is placed on a weak team, he will not bring more than abnormal explosive data. s things.
The Bulls used their resources to build a team as much as possible, and let them come to the playoffs to meet the Knicks. As a result, the first game was the best game. level of performance.
In the Barkley series, he averaged 25+18+4 assists per game, and his shooting percentage was 55%.
He used the offensive efficiency of Adrian Dantley level, grabbed the number of rebounds like a super center, and still couldn't win the game.
And this year is only Barkley's third year. He can ignore the fact that two students at the same level like Jordan and Stockton have already led their teams to win in the playoffs.
Moreover, both Jordan and Stockton have reached the level of the division finals, and he is still in the first round of the playoffs.
From a management point of view, the Bulls have achieved their goal of making the playoffs, and they are not cheap for the Knicks.
The seventh record in the Eastern Conference can only be exchanged for a pick in the middle and late stages of the first round. This year, there are not as many talents as in previous drafts. Therefore, Klaus believes that Louis has no way to do anything with their picks. .
That's what Krause thought, ignoring Louie's stellar draft record.
Barkley is still optimistic, as he thinks, "I'm still young."
This is the first time in his career that he has entered the playoffs. He performed well. In future generations, his fans can stand tall and say "the Bulls lost and Barkley didn't lose". Taking too much responsibility for the loss, the gap between the Bulls and the Knicks is well known. However, if Louis is the coach of the Bulls, he will ask Barkley to take responsibility and find ways to carve out his skills instead of ruining his perfect body in the summer.
He's still young, that's right, but it will change in a few years.
Collins obviously will not ask Barkley to do more, he is very satisfied with Barkley's performance: "Chuck deserves everyone's applause, he was tenacious and unyielding in the confrontation with the Knicks."
If Louis treated Ewing like this, their relationship would be far better than it is now, but Ewing may not be what it is now.
So, there are gains and losses, either you are a good person, let the players like you, but at the cost of slowing down their progress; or you are a villain, let the players love and hate you, in order to avoid being scolded He is always looking for ways to improve himself.
Fortunately, Louis has found a balance in this matter. He can scold Ewing while building a friendly and harmonious relationship with Ewing, which is very rare.
After the Knicks eliminated the Bulls, other series came to fruition.
The Celtics, No. 1 in the East, swept the "Philadelphia Knicks" 3-0.
The process was extremely brutal. The Celtics beat Philadelphia by an average of 36 points per game when Bird completely rested in the first round.
Ralph Sampson had perhaps the best series of his career.
In three games, he averaged 42 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks in 37 minutes per game, shooting 71% from the field, 48% from the three-point range, and 100% from the free throw line.
Louie now desperately wants to see the semi-final team give Sampson a hard punch. This state is too frightening.
The West is in an era where heroes are rising together, the Lakers fell, but the magician reached the peak of his career, leading the Lakers to the third record in the West, and eliminated the sixth Nuggets in the West in four games in the first round; the Suns, the second in the West, also advanced to the No. The second round; the Blazers used their talents to play the Celtics-level dominance; Karl Malone's Jazz is the second dark horse in the West this year, and Matt Price's growth can be called dramatic. Fourth in the Western Conference, defeated opponents in four games and advanced to the semifinals.
Compared with the west, the east does not have so many strong teams.
The only ones that can be counted are the Celtics, Knicks and Pistons.
None of the other teams are competitive enough, and the Pistons, which were specially formed to deal with the Celtics, will meet the Knicks in the semifinals.
The advantage of the Celtics playing the first record in the league is that they can avoid facing the Pistons and Knicks in the semifinals and Eastern Conference finals respectively.
They have the confidence to beat these two teams, but these two teams are too strong, and they are the kind of teams that don't want to play even if they know they can play.
Unfortunately, after two seasons of testing, the Pistons struggled in the regular season and were no match for the Celtics in the playoffs. The strategy of piling up the frontcourt to overwhelm the Celtics has basically failed.
Against the Knicks, their only advantage is the frontcourt.
But the Knicks' frontcourt is not bad, not as good as the Pistons. The victory lies in balance and strong chemical reaction.
May 10, 1988
In the playoff semifinals, the ratings of the NBA have not been impressive recently. The adultery of the ZT candidate made Clinton win the general election like the chosen one. People are paying close attention to the follow-up of Adulterygate, and the aftermath of Irangate created by the former ZT Carter is still circulating among the media.
Politics-related gossip and scandals arouse curiosity at all times.
Compared to that, it's not uncommon for people not to be interested in the "who puts their **** in front of the Celtics and makes them hit a home run" NBA playoffs.
Unless there is a team that can shake the Celtics' throne, otherwise, the league can't find an entry point if they want to hype their rivals.
"I really don't want to meet you here."
Pistons head coach Chuck Daly is also the most beautiful man in the audience today, wearing an Armani suit, his black and gray hair is always combed in an orderly manner, and the seams are clear and straight, just like the geological boundaries on a geological map.
"So do we." Louis held Daly's hand.
The relationship between the Knicks and the Pistons is strange, they are supposed to compete with each other, but neither of them see the other as their worst enemy.
The Celtics are their expected opponents, but the two teams have embarked on the same path.
The Knicks decided to use defense to end the Celtics' dominance. Therefore, their defensive rebounds and offensive rebounds are the first in the league and the third in the league. They are all number one in the league.
The Pistons lineup is not as flexible as the Knicks, so they rank second in the league in defensive rebound rate, first in the league in offensive rebound rate, third in the league in restricting opponents' effective field goal percentage, and force opponents to make turnovers. Instead, they are not as strong as the Knicks, ranking only in the league twelfth.
"According to our plan, use defense to limit their shooting percentage, protect the rebounds in the backcourt, and create counterattack opportunities as much as possible!"
Louie put together a very special lineup.
Stockton, Miller, Wilson, Rodman, Ewing~www.mtlnovel.com~ Rodman is rarely placed in the fourth position, and the two powerful power forwards, McHale and Oakley, are actually substitutes up.
"Dennis Rodman can play power forward?" Chuck Daly asked his assistant coach Dick Versace (Dick Versace).
Versace said seriously: "This may be the first time LittleLu has put Dennis Rodman in the fourth position for a long time. Dennis' rebounding ability is very outstanding. Maybe he wants to use this to improve the rhythm of the game."
"Excellent rebounding ability?" Daly asked. "Compared to us?"
Versace affirmed: "Far less."
"Then let them pay the price!"
With a big wave of Daly's hand, the Pistons' starters are Dumars, Craig Illo, Adrian Dantley, James Worthy, and Moses Malone.
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