Chapter 140: Data is created with both hands

The Pistons' starting lineup seems to be very strong. The point guard is Vinyl Johnson, Laimbeer's junior Kelly Tripka, James Worthy, Cliff Levingston and Bob Knight. Out of the famous works of Kent Benson C.

Although the quality of this team is far not as strong as the original Pistons team of "Thomas + John Long + Tripka + Levingston + Laimbeer (Vinnie Johnson and Benson are both substitutes)", But it already has the most basic combat power and should not be underestimated.

The Celtics' starting lineup is also relatively routine.

Composed of Thomas, Long, Byrd, Sampson and Laimbeer.

This is the most balanced lineup in theory, able to cope with various games, and is most suitable as a starter to test the depth of the opponent.

Louis reminded Bird: "Worsey is very fast, you have to be careful."

"Are you trying to say I'm slow?" Bird asked.

"Seeing that you are so self-aware," Louis smiled happily, "I feel very at ease."

Bird replied unhappily and gave Louis an F-mouth gesture.

Probably because of the young relationship, there is almost no hierarchy between coach and player between Louis and the players.

Louis' majesty will only be shown when players make mistakes or conflicts occur.

When he gets angry, no one dares to smile with him.

Under normal circumstances, if he engages in player mentality, players can respond naturally and legitimately to him.

Bird is a role model for everyone.

There was no suspense about the jump ball. Sampson easily handed the ball to Thomas.

Louis couldn't think of anyone who could beat Sampson on the jump ball.

He is tall enough, long enough, and has good bounce speed. As long as he doesn't make any major mistakes in prediction, he is simply an invincible jump ball player.

In the first round, Bird and Thomas cooperated in the high position.

What surprised Louis was that they started playing the second system. Normally, this system can only be fully activated when Thomas comes off the court.

Bird turned sideways to get the ball, and Thomas used his body to circle the post, shake off Vinyl Johnson's pursuit, and sneak to the bottom of the basket.

Bird successfully passed the ball to Thomas with a lob pass that made Louis feel like he was watching Jokic's game.

This kind of pass looks so comfortable that no flaws can be found.

The Pistons responded decisively, with Tripka shooting from the high post.

When Laimbeer was a senior, Tripka was only a sophomore, but he was already a core member of the team and had the tactical status that the former dreamed of.

However, due to his poor performance in his senior season and his off-court scandals, teams shunned him and gave the Pistons an advantage.

A player who uses shooting as a regular means of attack, he averaged 21 points per game and shot 49% from the field in his rookie season and was selected as an All-Star. After several years of development, he has become an important helper around Worthy.

In the first few rounds, Tripka made 3 of 4 shots, helping the Pistons turn the tables and lead 6-4.

Only by playing face-to-face can Louis understand why the Pistons appear to be so lacking in aggression statistically.

Because they are a real shooting team.

Not to mention Tripka, Vinyl Johnson also specializes in shooting. Although Worthy prefers breakthroughs, he also has a spot-up jump shot. Kent Benson is also an inside man who likes to shoot.

There is no doubt that the Pistons are a team that loves jump shots.

Therefore, reducing the intensity of the game, using the shooting ability of the shooters to create space for Worthy to attack in the middle is the optimal solution.

In addition, Worthy is an offensive point that is difficult for the Celtics to solve.

He is 2.05 meters tall and very fast. It is an exaggeration to say that his speed is twice as fast as that of players of the same height.

A more realistic statement is that he is as fast as the No. 2 players who are 1.95 meters tall.

This kind of speed determines his playing style to naturally restrain Bird.

Because Bird can't match him, and his speed is just right enough to match Bird, so unless Bird has a good touch and can kill him with shooting, it will be really difficult to deal with him.

Louis took a few glances, and Thomas wanted to break the game. He accelerated the pace of the attack, but his passing was too rough and he made many mistakes.

The mistakes in Louis' eyes are not just those that give away the ball.

Also, not executing the tactics, or playing the wrong tactics, or passing the ball to the wrong teammate, are all mistakes in Louis' eyes.

Louis looked at Thomas' slightly confused decision-making and already had other thoughts in his mind.

When Toma ran to the right corner, received Bird's pass and hit a mid-range shot, 8-7, he successfully allowed the Celtics to take the lead.

It was then that Louis asked for a timeout.

"Little Lu seemed dissatisfied with the team's performance."

Bob Cousy said strangely: "The team was gaining momentum, but the road interrupted the rhythm."

"I can only think that this is not the rhythm he wants," Heinsohn said.

Even Louis' opponent, Daly, expressed confusion about his choice.

"Bill, come down and take a rest."

Only three minutes into the game, Louis decided to disrupt the rotation.

"Ralph, you are the No. 5 from now on." Louis called to Maxwell who was doing nothing. "Cedric, I need you to play the No. 3 on the offensive end and the No. 4 on the defensive end. Larry

, you play the 4th position on the defensive end and the 3rd position on the offensive end."

The final focus is on Isiah Thomas.

"Isiah, how confident are you that you can defeat No. 15 (Vinnier)?" Louis asked.

Thomas replied firmly: "100% sure."

"Oh, did you hear that? This guy is so arrogant!" Louis laughed. At this time, the technical desk came to remind Louis, "Your timeout time is over!"

Louis threw the tactical board on the chair and said: "Always play the No. 3 system, I'm waiting to see you beat him!"

Louis doesn't plan to put too much effort on the defensive end because it's not necessary.

The Celtics are stronger than the Pistons, and their primary purpose is to ensure victory. Only teams with similar strengths and weaknesses will consider relative strengths and weaknesses. If the strength is obviously stronger than the opponent, all he has to do is test his own

Whether the tactics can be executed properly.

The Pistons wanted to use the Celtics' timeout to create a strategy.

They succeeded because they underestimated Sampson's defensive power.

Kent Benson, the famous bad guy, was about to catch the ball under the basket and dunk, but Sampson blocked the ball from behind.

The Pistons retreated very quickly. Even if Benson fell behind, it would be very difficult to take advantage of the situation and launch a counterattack.

Thomas stabilized his rhythm and stopped slightly in front of the LOGO.

He waited for his teammates to get into position and spread the four corners.

"Oh my God, are we going to attack from the four corners right from the start?" Cousy shouted.

Daley glared at Thomas evilly, Vinyl Johnson had no idea what was about to happen to him.

Thomas dribbled the ball forward. Suddenly, Johnson heard two bangs. His opponent, the smiling assassin, had penetrated his defense. Although he was 100% sure that Thomas was going to solve the offense himself. The Pistons' reaction speed was still a beat slower.

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Boom!

Thomas scored on a floater.

"Isiah, you can't do that!" M.L. Carr, the leader of the atmosphere team, jumped up in protest, "You didn't have to take so many steps when you passed me!"

Tomjanovich approached Louis and asked, "Is it feasible to play fast with the Pistons?"

"Don't worry, James Worthy broke his leg just because he was fast." Louis smiled, "The Pistons are a pseudo-fast break team."

At first, Tomjanovich did not understand the meaning of this sentence.

Soon he understood.

The Pistons' fast break is very strong because they have Worthy, but if Worthy does not appear at the arrow position of the fast break, their fast break threat will not be that great.

Instead, the Celtics focused on the third system, relying on Thomas's personal ability to break Vinyl Johnson's defense.

When the Pistons can't bear to be handled by Thomas alone, they will double-team, such as leaving Maxwell and Sampson who are not good at shooting three-pointers.

The essence of the four-corner offense has never been three-pointers shot by people spread out from all sides, just because Louis gave this tactic new meaning in the three-point line era.

However, when Louis took Laimbeer off the court and replaced Maxwell, it showed that what he wanted was not three-pointers, but Maxwell's all-pervasive cutting ability.

Thomas is not a player who can be flanked, and his ability to pass the ball and break double teams will never be hindered by his height.

The moment Maxwell cut in, Thomas' ball hit the ground and what awaited the Pistons was a slam dunk.

12 to 7

Bird, who came to the fourth position, showed the advantage of dimensionality reduction attack.

His opponent is Cliff Levingston, a famous bad guy. Three coaches fired him because of him during his high school career. Two teammates in college were suspended for one year for fighting over him. One season after entering the NBA, he continued to cause various problems.

Conflicts on the farm.
To be continued...