readytorunbook Chapter 1004 The Truth
Chapter 1004 The Truth
Chapter 1004 The Truth
Louie asked Wilson to use his brain, intending for him to find his teammates.
Wilson is no longer alone. His whole style of play is like Fairy Han's "Overtime Undelivered". Although he tried his best to be sensational, it finally revealed that the entertainment industry has long been divorced from the public and does not understand the suffering of all beings⑴.
For Wilson, it's not that he's out of touch with his teammates, he's just not the team he used to be.
Some balls that should be passed, he often chooses not to pass;
Some balls that he would pass before, he will definitely not pass now;
Teammates no longer expect him to pass some balls that can be passed or not.
But these problems can only be seen through the details, but there is no change in the data.
Wilson still averaged nearly 7 assists per game in the Finals, higher than Jordan and only less than Stockton.
If he is selfish, he will definitely not agree.
But some changes are not reflected in the data.
Just like Kobe in 2008 averaged only 2007 fewer shots per game than Kobe in 2, but everyone said that Kobe became a team and was willing to trust his teammates, but this change cannot be proved statistically.
The same is true of Wilson's change.
If you think of the Knicks as a car, Wilson is the engine that provides extra fuel. If he chooses to isolate himself, it will have an impact on the entire team's style of play.
Louis indulged him for five games, and now this is a battle of kings that is about who wins the match point, and both teams want to win.
If things go on like this, even if Ewing can really consecrate and wake up Wilson, will Wilson be able to adjust himself?
So he has to set some restrictions on Wilson, but he still has determination and confidence in the whole plan.
Wilson began to take the initiative to pass the ball, which shows that Louis still has the former status in his heart.
He is still obedient.
This made Louis slightly relieved. It was just Wilson's pass, which was more like a move for a trade.
Teammates got the ball, and the Knicks' offense spread out, but the effect wasn't what Louie wanted to see.
On the other hand, the Trail Blazers, taking advantage of the troubles brought by the Knicks, began to passively improve the chemical reaction in the team.
Jordan gave up the ball to make this team's offensive and defensive intensity reach the highest level since the 80s.
When the Knicks couldn't match the Blazers on the offensive end, Louie wanted to limit them with the strongest defense.
So Wilson, Stevens, Rodman, Kemp, and Ewing, four players at the defensive level, a legacy that will be mentioned repeatedly because they have not been selected for the defensive team in the future, formed the most powerful defensive lineup in basketball history.
But what is waiting for the Knicks is not a battle between offense and defense, but the "truth".
In other words, that was the truth in Louis' eyes.
The five Knicks can almost be regarded as the best defensive players in various positions in active service, and the only one who can change is Stevens.If he can be replaced by Jordan, it will be a lore, but it is a pity that he cannot be replaced.
But even Stevens isn't a drag on this lineup.
This lineup combines strength, stiffness, height and flexibility.
Single defense, assist defense, switch defense, double-team, block three-pointers, lock inside, no matter what kind of defense Louis wants, they can do it.
But the Blazers' offense has surpassed the limit that basketball logic can explain.
Jordan and Barkley are both invincible one-on-one.
Last year, the Trail Blazers were able to reach the final goal of Game [-] by relying on the two alone.
Invincibility is tantamount to being unreasonable.
What's more, the Trail Blazers have two, and they can push all teams except the Knicks in an unreasonable way.
But the strength of the Knicks made them understand that when they are away from home, they have to be reasonable.
In order to turn them into a "reasonable" team, Riley also spent a season, and it was not fully formed until Game [-] of the Finals.
This moment is not too late, at least the Knicks can fight a bloody battle with a super team that surpassed the peak Green Kai.
Thomas found a three-pointer in the second half, Nance continued to come off the bench, Clifford Robinson provided value in all aspects, and and Sabonis became the only pair of insiders in the league who could protect the basket and pull outside to shoot three-pointers.
Sabonis's high-post support has become arbitrary. His body is an excellent tool for high-post hand-offs. His height provides excellent vision, coupled with dexterous handwork and amazing ball quotient.
Jordan three points, Thomas three points, Robinson three points, Barkley three points, Sabonis three points.
That's one of the biggest butterfly effects Louie has ever had -- he pushed the three-pointer away two generations early.
Because you can't beat the Knicks without a three-pointer.
The Blazers are determined to end the Knicks dynasty, and the three-pointer is a skill that must be mastered. Now even Thomas has practiced the three-pointer at the top of the arc. Barkley already has a three-pointer that is not timely.
The Blazers played the 1993 game in 2022.
This is a span of nearly 30 years.
Compared with the team in 2022, they did not have the help of rules such as defensive three seconds, body whistle, NO Hand-checking, etc., but they played a magnificent offense with rare talents and unparalleled chemical reactions in ancient times.
That was the "truth" in Louie's eyes.
Before the 80s, what the NBA did was make offense difficult.
This allowed Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. BUG in the 60s, to dare to say that the league introduced rules to limit him. This trend of restricting offense gradually reached its peak after the recovery of Hand-checking defense in the early 70s.
Later, because Louis brought the pocket array to the league, the NBA entered the era of pseudo defense 10 years ahead of schedule.
And then there's the long road of restrictions.
The first is to narrow the use area of Hand-checking from the entire court to outside the backcourt—outside the midfield—it is very likely that in a few years, NBA teams will only be able to use Hand-checking in the frontcourt.
The second is to increase the No.3 referee, which greatly reduces the operating space for players to use small movements on the court.
Then there was a malicious foul, which is very bad news for some teams that did not learn from the Knicks.
The Knicks brought the NBA to the era of national defense.
But this era itself is not conducive to the league's promotion of the game. If the team that has dominated the league for a long time is not the Knicks, maybe the NBA office has already turned into a designer and changed the version.
Defense can only focus on the present, and offensive basketball belongs to the future.
This may be what Riley wants to do in Portland.
Although Louis always joked in private that Riley was the most outstanding among his many "students", this does not mean that Riley is willing to live in Louie's shadow.
Louis introduced the pocket formation in the 80s, blew the horn of the defensive era, and finally succeeded in using five consecutive championships in the Knicks to make other teams follow the path of imitation.
Riley also started from imitation in the Trail Blazers, but he soon realized that he would not be able to get ahead of the Knicks anyway.
The arrival of Thomas and Sabonis gave him a chance to change.
They have been working together for a year. I don't know whether it was Riley's subjective control or accidental discovery. The Blazers' offensive potential is visible and can be tapped.
Since the core players are still in their prime, as long as they work together properly, they have every chance to create their own championship basketball for the Blazers.
Louis brought the league into the era of national defense, and Riley will bring the league into the era of national offense.
And Riley's goal is exactly in line with the future that Louis knows.
So, this is the "truth" hidden in this game.
The Blazers destroyed the Knicks with a perfect offensive, waving the flag in this battle of Kings, as if sounding the death knell for New Yorkers.
"Is this the eve of a new era?"
Bill Sheneri said.
"If you asked me that question, my answer would be a resolute 'yes'!"
⑴This short film tells the story of an ordinary delivery man living in a large single room with a single guard in Shanghai. The accommodation and the furniture are very luxurious. The only ordinary part of the whole story is that this character is forcibly set as an ordinary person.
(End of this chapter)