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Chapter 428 The crystallization of wisdom spanning half a century

New York in this era seems to be very prosperous, because skyscrapers began to rise in the 80s in the United States. For example, the famous skyscraper Empire State Building in New York was completed in 1931.By the 70s, when you walked on the streets of New York and looked up, you could already see stretches of high-rise buildings.

If it weren't for the decoration style and the clothing of the characters, Tang Qian would even have the illusion of "being in the modern age".

The home of the New York Knicks, Madison Square Garden, has a long history.

From the first generation, it was built in 1879, that is, in the late 70s, but this is not the Madison Square Garden in front of you.The Madison Square Garden used by the Knicks home team should be counted from the "Garden Three Generations". The previous two generations of "Square Garden" have nothing to do with the history of the New York Knicks.However, the building in front of Tang Qian is the fourth-generation building in Madison Square Garden. It has only officially become the new home of the New York Knicks since 1968.

In fact, this "new garden" brought a lot of good luck to the Knicks, and it didn't take long for them to win two NBA championship titles.But since then, New Yorkers have had no harvest and have entered a complete "green leaf period".

But compared to the Lakers' home stadium, the Great Western Forum, this place is undoubtedly more complete and more luxurious.

It's not that the Lakers' home court is not good. In fact, around the 70s, the Great Western Forum Arena was definitely regarded as the "super arena" in the NBA.But compared to New York's Madison Square Garden, it is actually much "weaker".

So even though it was the "third time", Tang Qian couldn't help but look at the stadium a few more times.

"What's the matter, Wilt? Is this place so beautiful?" Jerry West seemed to have noticed the strangeness of "Tang Qian", so he asked. "Oh, it's nothing, I just think Madison is very different today." "Tang Qian" replied casually.

"It's very different? Why didn't I see it?" Jerry West couldn't help but glanced at the huge building in front of him, but he still didn't find anything special. "Tang Qian" shook his head, did not say any more, followed the team into this "familiar and unfamiliar" stadium.

Although it is the same Madison Square Garden as in 2013, it is obvious that the back has been renovated, and it is still "all" in the 70s decoration style.

"Damn it, Wilt, you know what, I hate it here! Hate the fans! Hate the spotlights! Hate the Nets! Hate the air! This is me except Boston Garden , The most hated home in the NBA!" Jerry West seems to be still brooding over what happened 2 years ago, because as a person who made it to the Finals 7 times with empty hands, this kind of resentment far exceeds that of ordinary players.And this year is his eighth trip to the Finals in his career.

If he loses again, Jerry West will immediately choose to undress and retire.

"Don't worry, Jerry, we will definitely win this round of the series." "Tang Qian" said while warming up.

"Well, if I can do it, it means I haven't worn the Los Angeles jersey for more than ten years." Jerry West said.

In fact, regardless of the fact that the Lakers had great glory in the 60s, reaching the NBA Finals 7 times, they were all in the limelight for a while.But those who really understand that period of history know that that period was actually the most "painful" time for Los Angeles people.Why do you say that?Because they are the real "number one loser" and "gold medal sparring partner".The glory of the Lakers seems to have stayed in Minneapolis. Since they moved to Los Angeles, Los Angeles, they have entered the finals frequently, but they have never got even an NBA championship ring.

This is the pain of Los Angeles people.

Even some New York media people directly claimed on TV and newspapers that Los Angeles will never have the luck of winning the championship, and they are destined to be the second in the millennium.

All this made the Lakers and the Los Angeles people angry and angry, but at the same time, they were helpless.

After all, basketball is a competitive sport, and it all depends on the results. If you can't get the NBA championship ring, then you can't refute it, and you can't stand up.Therefore, the burden and pressure on Jerry West has reached its peak this year.

Why did he play so poorly in the playoffs this time?The already overwhelmed external pressure brought him almost to the brink of collapse.If he loses again in this round of the series and becomes the "general runner-up", his 188cm body will be completely crushed without any delay.

Since the league has "modified the rules" again, it is impossible for "Tang Qian" to score frequent alley-oops. He just made two or three in the last game, but he was "taken care of" by the referees and frequently blown off His goal was scored.If the home game is moved to New York tonight, I am afraid that the restrictions on their "alley-oop" will be stricter and more demanding.

"Tang Qian" sometimes really wants to punch this stupid "Chairman Second Generation", but now is not the time to get angry and show off his anger. The "hidden rules" have been set, and if you want to change it, it will take after this round of the series. Within these 7 games, if you want the "League Office" to backtrack, it is undoubtedly a dream.

No wonder this J. Walter Kennedy was not "welcome" in history. It's strange that he can be "loved" with his f****g.

At the beginning of the game, the Knicks took the lead, making all 4 shots and 2 free throws at the beginning, and scored 10 points.And what about the Lakers?I didn't expect that the Knicks would attack so fiercely and have such strong firepower, and they suffered a big loss in the first place.After seeing this situation, Lakers head coach Bill Sharman immediately made a tactical gesture on the sidelines, and this new tactical gesture made the Lakers players walk around immediately.

"Jerry West of the Lakers has the ball in the distance. Wilt Chamberlain goes out of the paint and does a one-man pick and roll. West uses the pick and roll, moves immediately, and rushes toward the paint of the Knicks. But we had expected this move, Jerry quickly caught up, and completed the two-sided defense with Walter, West lost Walter in front of him, but had a taller and heavier Lucas, all of a sudden Los Angeles People are in a cocoon." But before the Knicks team's on-site commentator finished speaking, the Knicks' basket was severely looted, and "Tang Qian" had already hung high in Madison Square at some point above the garden basket.

"Beautiful pass~ Jerry~" "Tang Qian" said after landing.

West is indeed worthy of being a "legendary star" with outstanding basketball IQ. He quickly mastered this high pick-and-roll inside cut.Although it is not yet "satisfactory", but after all, it is "learning now and selling now", and it is already quite tyrannical to reach this level.After all, it was the first time for the opposing team to face this kind of "high pick-and-roll inside cut tactic", so in many places, they did extremely poorly.

Seeing this scene, Knicks head coach Reed Holzman frowned a little, because after the "pick-and-roll alley-oop" and "high pick-and-roll", the Lakers actually had a new offensive tactic.Is this Bill Salman really so smart?I have never seen the Lakers use it in the regular season, could it be...

Did you just come up with it? ? ?

As soon as this idea came out, Reed Holzman was startled. Everyone knows that developing and researching new tactics is an extremely time-consuming and brain-intensive task. 99% are self-inflicted boredom and self-inflicted humiliation. In the history of the NBA, it is not that there have been such "whimsical" people, but in the end, all of them "died poorly".

Could it be... this "newcomer" in his early forties is really "a rare tactical genius"?
No, it's impossible!Before you get a definite answer, you can't scare yourself!
After slightly calming down his emotions, Reed Holzman began to observe seriously, looking for a solution.

As long as it is a tactic, there must be a way to deal with it.

However, what really drove Reid Holzman crazy is just beginning now. When he finally figured out the way of "high pick-and-roll inside" and was about to formulate a cracking tactic, the Lakers offered a new one. something comes out.

"High pick-and-roll outside cut" is mainly used by the Lakers' No. 52, Happy Hairston, because compared with "Tang Qian" who has no mid-range and long-range shooting ability at all, he still has a certain mid-range and long-range jumper ability.Although it's just as bad when someone is defending, the opening situation is still a bit accurate. In this way, it gave the Knicks a chance to be caught off guard.

brush brush~
And tonight, his mid-range touch is very good. After "high pick-and-roll outside cut" with Jerry West, all three mid-range and long-range shots hit the New Yorker's basket accurately.In this way, the original shrinking strategy of the Knicks has been changed, and one person must be saved at any time to prevent the Lakers' No. 52 pick-and-roll from an open shot.

But when you did this, Happy Hairston stopped shooting, tapped with one hand, and passed the basketball in his hand again.

Brush ~ Jerry. West shot.

Brush ~ Gail. Goodrich shot.

Swipe ~ "Tang Qian" made an open cut and scored with a slip.

All of a sudden, No. 52 of the Lakers, who was not good at assisting and passing the ball, successfully scored 3 personal assists.

The "inner demon" in this game only weakened Tang Qian's competitive state by 10%, so with a little effort, he can still play a role.

After all, his opponent, Jerry Lucas, is much shorter than himself. As long as he uses his athletic ability to hit him, he will be difficult to defend.

Jerry Lucas is a typical white insider, and the training and medical conditions were relatively backward in that era. Once he passed the age of 30, he also entered a rapid decline.In fact, this season is the last peak season of Jerry Lucas. When he turns 33 next year, he will become an ordinary player. Whether it is scoring or rebounding, he has become a "poor" single digit.This is undoubtedly a cliff-like landslide for a "god man" who can average 20+20 per game at his peak.

However, this season, he can still cut personal data close to the average of 17+13+4 per game, and his shooting percentage has risen to more than 50%.As an inside player who mainly shoots, this shooting percentage is already quite high.What's more, Tang Qian felt a little unsure about rebounding with him, why?Because he has a "special function", that is, he has a super memory, and can easily remember everyone's shooting habits, shooting habits and shooting locations.Yes, you read that right, everything to everyone.

It may sound exaggerated and nonsensical to you, but as a short insider with a height of only 203, he is still a white insider. He can repeatedly achieve career averages of 20+20 per game, ranking second only to "Two Great Beasts" Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell, how could it be possible without two brushes?And his "assistance" is "superhuman memory".If you tell a real history, you will understand that he is definitely not bragging.

During a live television broadcast in the 19s, he recited all the phone numbers on the first 70 pages of the Yellow Pages in Manhattan.Yes, all of them, and none of them were wrong, and none of them were missed, and it was still in the live broadcast.This kind of ability, I am afraid, can already be regarded as a "golden finger" level, almost equivalent to the "photographic memory" of ancient China.

So he said that he can remember the playing habits of every league player, and that may be true.

Otherwise, it is really impossible to explain that a person who can't run fast, jump high, and has an average wingspan and height, can actually average rebounds per game for many seasons, second only to Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell.If he said that he didn't have any "plug-in" assistance, no one would believe him.

Therefore, Tang Qian felt great pressure to compete with him on rebounds. This was the first time since Dennis Rodman that he had such a short insider who could fight against him, and even faintly overwhelm him.Jerry Lucas's "memory rebound" is really extraordinary, far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

If this is still the first two games, after Tang Qian is held back by him, the Lakers are afraid that they will repeat the mistakes of the "first eight games" and suffer a crushing defeat.

But it's different now. Ever since Bill Salman started to implement the "high pick-and-roll tactics" in the Lakers team, Tang Qian's offensive pressure has been reduced a lot.And many things that I can't do by myself can be successfully used in the team.For example, the "high pick-and-roll outside cut" done by Happy Hairston and West is typical. If Tang Qian goes up, it won't work at all, because he doesn't have any long-range strike ability.

In this way, there will be fewer changes in the "high pick-and-roll tactics", and it will be easy to be targeted and defended.

But at this moment, the Knicks are the one that is really going crazy.

The Lakers' "high pick-and-roll tactics" have been changing endlessly. No matter how they formulate a defensive strategy, they will be stunned by the "new tactics" they have never seen before, and they will turn away with their heads covered.At this moment, Reed Holzman, the "core bone" of the Knicks, can't hold back anymore. Although he has strong coaching ability, he is also a proper Hall of Fame head coach in the future.But in the face of a "new tactical system" that he has never seen much, he can only be in a daze, and he can't keep up with the Lakers' offensive rhythm.

Because the "tactical system" is different from the "tactics", the latter is often single and fixed, with limited variability and flexibility, and it is easier to be targeted and come up with restraint methods.But the former is different, but when the word "system" is involved, it becomes an almost "omnipotent" thing.Compared with the latter, it is not fixed, changeable, and unpredictable. If you go to the left, I will go to the right. If you go to the front, I will go around to the back. Anyway, it is more difficult to restrain yourself than the latter More than ten times?
So even if the "tactical system" of the Lakers came just now, it has crossed too much in this era. Without a systematic multi-person research and long-term research, then don't even try to find its problems. and bugs.Reed Holzman is strong enough, "Zen Master" Phil Jackson respectfully calls him "teacher" in public, some of his tactical concepts and tactical views, and even some of his future are rubbed into the "Zen Master" Into the "triangle offense".

But facing a "brand new tactical system", he was still a little dumbfounded.

With a single tactic, he can think of a countermeasure in a short time, but a complete tactical system, let alone him, even "Zen Master" Jackson, Popovich, "Cardinal" Auerbach , combined, it is impossible to find countermeasures in a few games.

Because the entire future tactical system was moved over, this was originally a huge bug, a huge cheat.

The development of basketball over the past few decades is not for nothing. The crystallization of wisdom from countless people and countless games is of course close to harmony and perfection.At least from the perspective of the tactical system, it is like this, very complete and interlocking, without major mistakes and fatal loopholes

So throughout the entire game, the Knicks were in a state of "confused". Except for the opening moment, there was no more than one minute for them to take the initiative.In this way, losing by a big score became a matter of course.

第三场比赛，湖人队客场115-95，20分大胜主场作战的纽约尼克斯队，将系列赛大比分给改写成了2:1。单场助攻高达17次的杰里.韦斯特当选了今晚的最佳球员。

In the end, the Knicks left Madison Square Garden with their heads down and depressed.

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