In the ten years since leaving the Lakers, Pat Riley's strength has been explained - I did nothing wrong, but I was the one who lost the most.
He made the right choice when choosing the team. In 1990 and 1991, the Knicks won 45 and 39 wins, both of which were destined to enter the playoffs. He joined in the summer of 1991 to provide support to Ewing, who was at his peak. Bringing a suitable system, two years later in the 1993-94 season, the Knicks set a record that was considered terrifying at the time - averaging 91.4 points per game.
Before that, any team that averaged less than 100 points per game was a bad offensive team, and at least half of the teams averaged more than 100 points per game every year.
The turning point came in 1988, when the league introduced the "anti-isolation rule" and at the same time narrowed the scope of the "early double attack violation".
This clause stipulates that there are two situations where a violation will be called and the ball will be lost.
Inside and outside the free throw line and the extended line, a team's players cannot stand in a 1:4 ratio; on both sides of the three-second zone, a team's players cannot stand in a 1:4 ratio.
Because NBA regulations do not allow double-teaming of players without the ball, the most they can do is 'predictive movement in advance'. Just like O'Neal was beaten so badly by Duncan and O'Neal, Li Ao or Odom can only approach in advance and wait until Duncan or O'Neal pick up the ball. Only when you reach the ball can you double attack.
Jordan's performance in the 1987-1988 season was outrageous. He averaged 35 points per game with a 53.5% shooting rate. His efficiency was significantly higher than the previous season when he averaged 37.1 points with a 48% shooting rate.
His three-point shooting percentage that season was only 13.2%, and he only made more than 40 three-pointers in a season. His opponents took a big step back to prevent Jordan from breaking through.
Before the emergence of the anti-isolation law, Jordan first stood in the top arc. His teammates dribbled the ball on both sides of the line and passed it to him. He broke through and his opponents were too late to attack.
The effect of this rule is obvious. In the 1988-89 season, Jordan's scoring was obviously limited, falling to 32.5 points per game. This forced Jordan to develop a fairly capable three-pointer in the summer of 1989. After entering the 1990s, Jordan would throw it in every game. Two or three open three-pointers.
In the eyes of others, this rule only targets Jordan. For example, the Pistons relied on this rule to extend their 'bullying' against Jordan.
But in Pat Riley's eyes, this is the beginning of a new era.
Originally, he wanted to trade Magic for Jordan, the best defensive player, to serve as the core of perimeter defense, and add AC Green, Michael Thompson, James Worthy and others to create the most terrifying defensive team... In the end, he was Fired.
After going to the Knicks, he successfully verified his vision. He chose the right way to build the team, built the Knicks into the top team, rushed all the way to the Finals... and then lost to Olajuwon. .
It's not a crime of war, it's just that the enemy is too strong.
Later he came to the Heat, and he once again made the Heat a top team. However, he was first beaten by Jordan, and then found that the Knicks he built just restrained him, and finally got the first place in the Eastern Conference and was beaten by his old club. .
Now, he finally convinced the boss to spend money to recruit soldiers. The signings seem to be very correct so far. All of them are suitable for iron-blooded warfare. It was supposed to be a glorious year... but Mourning's hereditary kidney failure broke out, and he was also accompanied by Causes potentially fatal nephritis.
Now, Pat Riley looks at the team's record of 15 wins and 9 losses, and his heart is bleeding.
Without Mourning, they would have achieved this record.
But without Mourning, is this record useless?
Ding Tian is a playoff spoiler.
Pat Riley looked at Li Ao, who was sizing up Brian Grant.
What does this rookie mean?
Are you mocking him for giving him a garbage contract?
Originally he was quite optimistic about Li Ao, but he clapped his hands and applauded the 'one against seven incident'.
However, he saw the news last night that Li Ao broke Jordan's ribs.
No matter what the truth is, he, who has been looking for various ways to divert his emotions this year, believes that this is the case.
This newbie broke the ribs of his dream girl!
Now the rookie is mocking him for signing Brian Grant for the same price he paid to sign T-Mac.
unforgivable!
Adjust your tactics to target Spider-Man!
…
"The host broke the ribs of the God of Basketball and mocked Pat Riley with his eyes, arousing Pat Riley's strong hostility... Mission: Triggered by the gaze of the fortune teller."
"The gaze of the divine fortune teller:
Goal 1: The hosts need to score more than 20 points tonight.
Reward: 1 level 2 skill upgrade card.
Goal 2: The host needs to lead the team to defeat the Heat.
Reward: 1 basic attribute point. "
Li Ao: [_?]
What did he do?
Why was he targeted by the fortune teller?
In the last game, he was targeted by Duncan and got slapped twice. There was a reason for that. He got a wig that made Duncan envious and jealous.
Let's call this an 'unexpected disaster'!
Forget it, let's just go with it. There's nothing you can do about being handsome, but you're easily jealous.
He re-read the task, and considering the Heat's style of play, it was easy to guess how the opponent would target him.
Calling his teammates together, Li Ao said: "The opponent will definitely focus on guarding me tonight. You should seize the opportunity to score."
Gentry, who joined the team members to watch, asked: "Why did you make such a judgment?"
"Pat Riley thought I broke Jordan's ribs."
His teammates and the onlookers Gentry turned to look at the opposite bench. The Heat players were surrounding the magician, and the magician was spitting...
Spider-Man's guess makes sense!
The team coached by Pat Riley played against Jordan three times in the playoffs, and was beaten and defeated all three times, becoming the number one "god".
In the past two years, he has been calling on the league to retire No. 23, but no one has listened to him.
At 7:28, the starting lineups of the two teams came to the court.
The Heat sent out a starting lineup of Tim Hardaway, Eddie Jones, Bruce Bowen, Anthony Mason Jr. and Brian Grant.
For the Clippers, Big Q suddenly disappeared. Gentry submitted a new starting list to the technical desk. Maggette replaced Big Q and started with Greg Anthony, Li Ao, Odom, and O'Neal Jr.
Two minutes later, the referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air.
O'Neal Jr. beat Brian Grant to win the jump ball. When Li Ao turned around, he used an elbow to push away Bowen who was sticking to him and rushed to the opposite side. Anthony Mason Jr. was blocked by the extended three-point line. Bowen turned around and "switched defense" Odom just ran out of the three-point line on the opposite side.
On the other side, Maggette went straight to the basket, crushed Tim Hardaway who was filling in, received a long pass from Odom, flew and dunked the ball into the basket.
This fast break... the Heat players felt like their opponents had predicted their predictions.
When the head coach was setting up tactics just now, someone from the other team came over to eavesdrop?
That must be it, so despicable!
In the transition from offense to defense, Tim Hardaway saw Eddie Jones start to run, and he also started to play in singles.
Tim Hardaway is currently the strongest singles three-point player. With a fake move to collect the ball, he deceived Greg Anthony into pressing him.
The ball was like a part of Tim Hardaway's body. He moved the ball with his fingers, changed the ball to a horizontal pull, flexibly moved laterally to avoid Greg Anthony, started to accelerate, and broke into the three-point line!
The 34-year-old crossover king is still top-notch in speed!
Tim Hardaway burst into the paint...awkward.
No one shrinks to cover him!
O'Neal just took a step upward and stepped on the arc of the reasonable collision zone.
Tim Hardaway missed the shot and retreated, but was caught by Greg Anthony who was catching up.
He is looking for teammates to respond. Where is Jones?
At this moment, Eddie Jones was standing on the left baseline panting, and Li Ao was standing between him and Tim Hardaway. Not to mention that Tim Hardaway couldn't see him, he couldn't even see Tim Hardaway. , the whole thing was covered.
He had just sprinted around with all his strength, but could not get rid of the big spider on the opposite side.
This rookie has great awareness of pursuing defense without the ball and positioning himself in front of the ball!
Tim Hardaway's search was fruitless. Fortunately, Anthony Mason Jr. went around the baseline and leaned on Odom to ask for the ball. He quickly passed it over.
When Anthony Mason Jr. received the ball, he turned around and rushed inside, facing O'Neal Jr.'s pull-rod throw...missed!
Brian Grant made a tip-in... As soon as he touched the ball, before it could be pushed out, he slapped the ball down with a big slap. O'Neal turned around and blocked Anthony Mason Jr. to keep the ball.
Seeing that his teammates were not in a good position to grab the board, Li Ao actively retracted and picked up a block.
O'Neal Jr. passed to Maggette, and the Clippers tried to start a fast break but failed.
The Heat's tallest player on the court, Brian Grant, is only 206 centimeters tall. The lineup is short and compact, but fast.
Falling into a positional battle, Li Ao began to move. Looking at the opponent's position movement, he judged that the opponent would also make unlimited defense changes.
He took the initiative to find Maggette in the pick-and-roll and got rid of the clinging Bowen.
It was Eddie Jones who switched to guard Li Ao. Li Ao began to take the initiative to move and get the ball, and drilled in the direction of someone.
Odom held the ball in the top arc and passed the ball in a tacit understanding when Li Ao ran to the top corner on the right side of the free throw line and made an emergency stop.
Li Ao caught the ball and turned around, took off, and little Anthony Mason pounced on him as he expected.
Li Ao jumped up and passed the ball back to Odom who cut from the middle. Odom received the ball and faced Brian Grant's defense. He took a step to the left, then a step to the right, and came to Brian Grant. Side jump layup...hit!
Li Ao added an assist to his data sheet!
He didn't expect that Odom actually used the European step! What skills are there that this guy can't do?
It’s true that I haven’t seen Odom use the Eurostep this season. Is it possible that he has learned so many techniques that he has forgotten how many techniques he knows?
In the transition between offense and defense, Tim Hardaway continued to play singles, easily passing Greg Anthony and entering the three-point line.
There was still no one to defend, Li Ao stared at Eddie Jones, and Maggette guarded Bowen on the wing.
Odom and O'Neal Jr. guarded the basket. Whichever one of Brian Grant or Anthony Mason Jr. moved to the bottom line in the mid-range, Odom went to make up for it. Both of them were separated, and one of them was left empty.
Tim Hardaway had already predicted this. He rushed to the free throw line and made an emergency jump shot... but missed!
O'Neal Jr. blocked Brian Grant, and Odom protected the defensive rebound.
Tim Hardaway turned around and retreated in frustration. If the ball went in, it might affect the opponent's defense, but if it didn't go in, the opponent would definitely defend more firmly.
He and his teammates looked down upon the Clippers and didn't take them seriously at all.
Otherwise, even if Pat Riley arranges for them to flank a rookie who mainly focuses on catching and shooting, some of them will question that there is no shortage of strong players in their team.
Although the Clippers only conceded 87 points per game in the 7 games after Li Ao was released from the ban, and they have gained a certain reputation for defense, their record is only 3 wins and 4 losses.
Moreover, when it comes to defense, the Heat have nothing to fear!
The Knicks' defense collapsed after they fired Van Gundy Jr. Now, just in terms of defense, their Heat team is No. 1 in the world.
But the Clippers' defensive strategy and execution far exceeded Tim Hardaway's expectations!
Just looking at defense, they must be better than the Clippers, much better.
But their offense is also poor, even worse than the Knicks.
The Clippers' defense is enough to deal with them!
Moreover, the other party seemed to predict that they would target that Spider-Man...
However, Tim Hardaway was wary, but his teammates were not.
When the Clippers attacked, Li Ao passed the ball on the right side of the three-second zone from the baseline. Brian Grant moved in advance to make up for it, but Li Ao caught the ball and threw it to the basket...Little O'Neal pressed and defended to the basket. Anthony Mason Jr. dunked with both hands and scored two points!
In the transition between offense and defense, Tim Hardaway not only played alone, he looked for Brian Grant to pick and roll, and used the screen to hit a three-pointer, chasing the score to 3-6 and stopping the bleeding.
But looking back, Li Ao gave Odom a wing three-point assist. 9-3, the Clippers once again led by 6 points!
When the Heat attacked, Tim Hardaway wanted to follow the same pattern and score another three-pointer, but this time it was the more impulsive Maggette who expanded to defend the pick-and-roll. Odom followed Spider-Man's instructions and went to the corner. Shou Bowen went.
Maggette moved forward directly in a pick-and-roll, and Tim Hardaway had no choice but to break into the paint and pass the ball to Brian Grant, who was on the left side of the three-second zone.
Brian Grant's mid-range shot... is solid!
After continuous strikes, the rest of the Heat team finally felt something was wrong, their mentality was affected, and some people retreated and defended in a mess.
Odom, who got the rebound, took the opportunity to instigate a counterattack. Maggette caught the ball in the frontcourt and split the ball to the right. He made a two-point stop on the right side of the free throw line and made a mid-range shot... but was knocked down by Eddie Jones.
At the same time as the referee's whistle sounded, the ball hit the frame!
The referee signaled that Li Ao's goal was valid and he received an additional penalty!
The score was 11 to 3, Li Ao started with 2 points and 3 assists!
Counting the fast break containment at the beginning, all the Clippers' scores so far have been related to him.
Moreover, there is an additional penalty!
Amid the crazy cheers of the fans, Pat Riley called a timeout!
The fortune teller pinched both temples with one hand, feeling careless.
Tonight, I might have to take off my clothes!
He feels that since Mourning is gone, this record is useless, but that doesn't mean he doesn't care about the record.
After he confirmed that Mourning would never be able to return to his prime, and that he might not even be able to play again, he thought about it for several months and came up with the idea of potentially destroying high school talent in the next three years.
But it must not be now!
This year he just raised his salary to $73 million, second only to the Knicks. If he fails to perform well at this time, the boss will kill him.
At least he has to play well this season to prove that the two seven-year, $80 million-plus contracts he gave Brian Grant and Eddie Jones are useful.
We have to wait until the end of this season, when the contracts of Tim Hardaway, Anthony Mason Jr., and Dan Marley, who add up to more than 20 million US dollars, expire.
The players returned to the bench, and Pat Riley put away his frustrations and adjusted his defense as if nothing had happened.
His godfather face played a big role at this time. When the team members saw him, their restlessness quickly calmed down...
…
In the box on the second floor, Jordan, AJ, several heads of Nike, James Worthy, Magic and others were watching the game.
Magic heard that Jordan's ribs were broken by Li Ao, and asked James Worthy to help Li Ao train to see the excitement.
After entering the timeout, Magic said with a smile: "Do you still want to watch the game? The result is no longer in suspense, the Heat will definitely lose."
James Worthy responded: "That's not true, right? The game has just begun. The Heat just made a fool of themselves and made the wrong decision to double attack. They will definitely be able to defend against it later."
Jordan said: "I believe the Heat can defend well, but at most they can defend the Clippers' offense to the same level as them. They can't catch up with the 9-point difference. They don't have the skills like Spider-Man and Odom." Players, and the Heat are only good at regular defense. They don’t have anyone who can guard key balls. Jones... Mourning is reimbursed. Jones can only serve as the first scoring point for a team whose offensive tactics are not suitable for him. On the offensive end He invested too much and failed to take care of the defense, so his defensive efficiency plummeted. It's a pity that he defended me well once before, but I only scored 17 points."
James Worthy grabbed the key point and asked: "Michael, you seem to appreciate the current Clippers team."
Jordan pouted, noncommittal.
Magic smiled and said: "In these rounds, it seems that the Clippers are very good. Their defensive cooperation around Spider-Man and mini Shark is very good, their discipline is very strong, each player trusts each other, and they have the potential to become a strong team. ...and they have Spider-Man, God, Jerry was forced to submit his resignation as it should be. Not having Spider-Man is the biggest mistake we made since we moved to Los Angeles. The OK combination plus Spider-Man, just put in two pitchers, we We can all become stronger than we are now.”
Jordan sarcastically said: "Every good thing has to be taken advantage of by you Lakers? You're right. Failing to catch Halleo is the biggest mistake in your team's history. Maybe because of this, the Los Angeles basketball world will change its name to the Clippers in the future."
The magician laughed and said, "Wow, Michael, I'm looking forward to the situation you mentioned happening. I'm waiting for that day to come."
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