Jordan is another concept.

The greatness of Bird and The Tragedian lies in the fact that they are great players that critics love to hear "can make their teammates as good as themselves."

Jordan is obviously not as good as them in this regard, because he pays more attention to personal strength.

People have never seen a person who won the scoring title as easily as drinking water, but was also selected to the All-Defensive Team and won the DPOY.

This is why when he created his own era in Louis' previous life, everyone agreed that he was the best in history.

He possesses both personal heroism and team honor.

Now, Louis lives in a world where 1992 Jordan still lacks a championship on his list of honors.

He has longed for this honor for too long. The failure of game 1 reminded him that if he does not use all his strength, he is likely to fail like in 1988.

Jordan beat Wilson's defense.

In front of superstars, no matter how good an individual defensive ability is, it is useless.

What's surprising is not that Wilson's defense is vulnerable to him, but that the Knicks' "laws" seem to be failing as well.

The Trail Blazers seem to have formed a one-star shooting lineup with Jordan as the mainstay, but the problem is that they do not have a shooter who can make three-pointers.

Terry Porter was watched to death.

James is the player who is best at combining attacking the basket and driving his teammates, but a one-star, four-shot style of attacking the basket with the ball, changing the formation, and relying on teammates to seize open three-pointers still has problems it cannot solve - players

The configuration must have four shots, and at the same time the four shots must be reliable, and the NBA's salary cap is doomed to make it difficult to collect qualified 3D players.

But the Blazers' "four shots" are not three-point shooters in the traditional sense.

Except for Porter, everyone else is a two-point shooter within the three-point line.

This is also a four-shot shot, but the shooting range is reduced, and the space opened is also smaller, so it seems that there is not much meaning in shooting four shots from one star.

Because if the space is small, a team that does an excellent defensive rotation can prevent and fill gaps through the enthusiasm of the players.

But, that's how Jordan played.

On the offensive end, neither Wilson nor Rodman could guard him.

He must be double-teamed. If he encounters a double-team, if he thinks the opportunity is good, he will choose to go one-on-two. If the opportunity is not good, he will pass the ball to his teammates.

The person receiving the ball might be Blair Shaw, it might be Porter, it might be Nance, or it might be Barkley.

Most of the time, it's Barkley who gets the ball.

As long as he catches the ball and chooses to break through instead of standing still, the Knicks' double-team will attack again.

Barkley usually doesn't pass the ball, he has the confidence to challenge double teams.

The Knicks have the best defensive quality in the league. Facing a monster like Barkley who broke through ten conferences at once, the effect they can produce is not great.

As a dpoy, Rodman couldn't guard against Jordan on the outside, and couldn't stand up to Barkley on the inside. This game was his Waterloo.

His most confident skills and proudest strengths were ruthlessly broken.

When Barkley hits hard against double teams, he still has a 50% success rate.

Moreover, even if he can't score, he still has the ability to take off twice to grab rebounds.

After Ewing was called for his fourth foul, the Knicks had the same problem inside as the Trail Blazers.

Louis put John Salley on top, leaving Salley, who was a murderous press, just an average backup center.

Over the years, in order to stay in the Murderous Press, he chose not to gain weight, resulting in light weight and poor strength. In addition, he changed to a vegetarian diet in the past two years, and his competitive level has dropped significantly.

The Knicks' biggest advantage over the Trail Blazers has been eliminated.

With 3 minutes left in the third quarter, 69 to 52, the Knicks trailed the Trail Blazers by 17 points.

"The Knicks in the little Lu era have never trailed by 17 points in a single game in the Finals."

Louis made up his mind and put together a five-small lineup of Chris Jackson, Miller, Wilson, Vernon Maxwell and Rodman.

This lineup relies on Wilson and Rodman's sweep on the defensive end. In terms of individual defense, Maxwell's single defense and assistance are balanced, but his size is limited; Miller's off-ball defense is good, but others have problems.

If it were an ordinary opponent, the Knicks would have no worries, but the Trail Blazers' wings are a bunch of beasts, and those who are not physically gifted can easily get trapped in them.

"Benj, I hope you can turn this game around!"

Before the timeout ended, Louis whispered.

Ewing couldn't tell what he felt when he saw this scene.

Louis trusted Wilson more than him.

This seems to make sense, because now the inside line is either expelled, or there are many fouls, or it is unable to prevent the Blazers' attacks, falling behind by a big score. If you want to have a chance of survival, you must let the wing players perform.

Wilson is the Knicks' outside ace, so it's right to put our hopes in his hands.

Ewing felt so sad and knew that the overall situation was the most important thing. It was reasonable to place his hopes on Wilson now.

After Wilson came on the court, he showed a leadership style that was completely different from Jordan's with a distinct Louis imprint.

Anyone who watched Wilson in his rookie season couldn't believe that this was Wilson's way of dealing with crises.

He's not like Bird, he's not like Jordan, he's not like any of them, taking over with the ball like a savior sent from heaven.

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No, he didn't have the ball, it was in Chris Jackson's hands.

He brought Miller with him to carry out 2 high tactics like the inside line. But what is different from the inside line is that when the outside players perform the 2 high series of tactics, they do not go inside. Instead, they must give full play to the skills and characteristics of the outside players.

Pull it open to the left and right sides.

Thanks to the help of Wilson and Miller, cj got a large open space, collected the ball from the left wing three-point line, and pulled it up, voila!

"Can this weirdo who was abandoned by Boston be New York's hope for a comeback?"

Wilson's performance always has the feeling of hearing thunder in silence.

He didn't hold the ball, and he wasn't the most eye-catching one, but he set up a pick-and-roll for CJ and stretched the defense. The defensive end double-teamed Barkley, and his fierce defensive actions forced the Flying Pigs to pass the ball and force mistakes.

Suddenly, there was a hand-to-hand cooperation with CJ. He received the ball but did not let the ball stay in his hands for a second. Taking advantage of the commotion in Portland's defense, he passed the ball to Miller in the bottom corner, allowing him to make a three-pointer.

point.

Only three players on the Knicks knew what Louis wanted them to do.

One is Stockton, one is Rodman, and one is Wilson.

But the only one who can successfully complete his mission is Wilson.

After the Knicks changed their lineup, they chased for 8 points in a row. Wilson failed to score a point and had only 2 assists and 1 steal.

Some effects cannot be reflected using data.

The Knicks' small lineup played for five minutes in a row, chasing the point difference to 7 points.

In the last 10 minutes of the fourth quarter, Louis replaced Rodman with Ewing and continued to play.

Ewing's arrival curbed the Blazers' strategy of increasing the frequency of attacking the basket to enhance offensive efficiency.

Wilson's performance in turning the tide and his leadership role in stabilizing the morale of the army gave Ewing a boost.

He always regards himself as the leader of the team, but tonight, his leadership value was almost nowhere to be seen.

After returning to the game, he made it his mission to limit Barkley.

Barkley repeatedly carried people to the basket and was intercepted by Ewing who jumped out from the wing. Ewing deliberately avoided physical contact with Barkley so that he could intercept the Flying Pigs' attack at the highest point.

Barkley is invincible. He crushed the Knicks' penalty area before and no one could check him. Now, when facing the Full Moon King Kong, even he has a hard time forcing the ball into the ball without knocking Ewing's body away.

basket.

Ewing's pin-point defense made Louis clench his fists.

This is ironclad evidence that Ewing is completely different from his previous life.

Even if the dpoy in recent years is not Ewing, in Louis' heart, Ewing is also the best defensive player in the league.

His defense caused Barkley's basket-rushing efficiency to plummet from a terrifying 60% to 40%, and the point difference continued to close.

The last five minutes were the decisive moment, and Louis once again used the "law" against Jordan.

But Jordan hit a three-pointer from the top of the arc first.

Then face to face, shake Wilson away, and make a sudden jump shot.

After the steal, he counterattacked with a one-stop dunk. 2 minutes before the end of the game, he started to dominate and once again opened the point difference to 10 points.

When Wilson continued to chase points by holding the ball and shooting like Jordan did, time was no longer on the Knicks' side.

This is a game dominated by superstars.

24 seconds before the end, Wilson attempted a three-pointer for the last time.

Barkley grabbed the rebound and the Knicks committed a tactical foul.

At this point, the suspense of the game is gone.

Neither side could call a timeout, and Barkley made both free throws, 106 to 99.
To be continued...