MTL - The Rest, Only Noise-Chapter 31 instinct
As a historical blind in the NBA, when Louie saw that Bill Fitch was deeply jealous of Moses Malone, what he thought was, is Malone that strong?
No wonder Louis had this idea. Judging from the team's record, he was not that strong.
Malone led the Rockets to 47 wins last season, but became the regular season MVP. Look at this, how wrong is Westbrook? They are all 47-win MVPs, and they were swept by their opponents in the first round of the playoffs. Why is he so criticized?
Also, in previous years there were MVPs who didn't make the playoffs. As long as he doesn't make the playoffs, he will never be swept in the first round, and Master West is even more wronged.
Louie realized that Malone was strong when he was working on his game plan against the Rockets. Fitch didn't let him do the game plan, that's his habit. He'd study his opponent first, and if Fitch needed his help, he'd certainly be willing to help, and if he didn't, it was classwork.
Fitch regarded him as Auerbach's eyeliner in the team. After all, he was only 19 years old and had never even played on the school team in Ohio. What insights can he have on basketball? Fitch thinks Louie is an embroidered pillow.
Louie has never cared about what others think of him. When he studied the Rockets, he found that Malone's rebounding ability was terrible.
He rebounded on 38.6 percent of the team last season.
What does this number mean? That means Chamberlain and Russell, two career 20-rebound monsters, have never reached territory.
As far as offense is concerned, Malone really has no place to stand out.
No threat to leave the paint, he can't shoot;
The low-position offense is very rough, with one move horizontally and vertically, leaning on someone and turning around to force the basket, and the hit rate is very low;
Defense, although good, but no honor.
That is to say, he has become a superstar completely relying on rebounding that cannot be ignored.
At Fitch's request, Louie didn't sit under the bench with the team. He was placed in the front row of the audience, which was naturally a contempt for him, but it also allowed Louie to concentrate on studying the Rockets.
Malone is neither very tall nor particularly strong. It is said that his hands are still small, but after the opening, he had several performances of picking off the board with one hand.
It shows that although his palm is small, it does not cause him any inconvenience. Although the stability of grasping the ball with one hand is closely related to the size of the palm, it also varies from person to person. Some people with small hands can still grasp the ball firmly.
Fitch's lineup is the most powerful lineup: Archibald, Long, Bird, Maxwell, Cowens.
It's a small lineup, small enough to make Malone the No. 1 player on the field.
As a result, Malone had 8 rebounds and 4 offensive rebounds in a single quarter, and his poor finishing ability at the basket made Louis feel that a single trick can really eat up the sky.
The Celtics followed Fitch's request to play ball handlers and pick-and-roll passes in the high post.
It was rare to see such tactics in the 1980s.
But it is a pity that only mature shooters have a foothold in the NBA, and this seemingly operational tactic can exert its power.
All pick-and-rolls are about pulling the opponent's defense, and pulling the defense is about space, and nothing creates space more than a troublesome shooter from beyond the arc.
Therefore, although Fitch's tactics are beyond the times to a certain extent, they are not tolerated by the times, because the space is too small.
So Cowens can only hit the ball to Bird's hands.
Bird turned around and squeezed away the opponent to score.
Very reluctant, if you play like this every round, there is no chance of winning this game.
Near the end of the first half, the first 3-pointer in NBA history was made.
Rick Barry was the first player to embrace the 3-pointer in his final season from Golden State in a controversial compensation deal.
On several offenses before halftime, he shot a three-pointer.
"Shh!"
The Garden applauded him when the ball came in.
What a good time, when fans were more excited to see someone make a 3-pointer than Moses Malone repeatedly grabbed offensive rebounds and ravaged Cowens.
Fitch requires a lot of high pick-and-rolls, which limits Maxwell's offense and doesn't design a special play for Bird.
It's the first game and it's not unacceptable to make mistakes.
After halftime, Houston led by 9 points.
Malone had 19 points and 13 rebounds in the half, and an exaggerated 7 offensive rebounds.
He clearly gives people a rough sense on the court, but he has a strong sense of presence, especially when the Rockets miss the attack, he will move quickly, if the position is not good, change positions, even behind others, he can With a beautiful card position, Cowens and Maxwell and whoever is in front of him can't take off.
His card position ability is extremely amazing.
At the end of the first half, Louie went to the side to stop K.C Jones.
"Lu, you should sit with us," K.C said.
"This is Bill's arrangement. He asked me to observe the game here." Louis said modestly, "I'm a layman."
K.C said unhappily, "Why are you being modest with me?"
"I have an idea." Louie handed his observation notes to K.C. "If you can, please tell Bill that most of the Rockets' offense is started by Calvin Murphy PG, who always starts from the right side. Tear up our defense, and Dave and Cedric were always too focused on Moses' position, but he wasn't much of an offensive threat."
"This is my record for Calvin's breakthrough route," Louie said. "His breakthrough is very direct, there are not many tricks, our guards can't stop it, but the inside can help."
Louie laughed: "Finally, if you tell him my advice, it's better not to say it was me."
"Why?" K.C didn't understand.
"Because I'm just a kid." Louie walked away from the aisle and out into the garden, which was full of junk food and beer vendors.
He bought fried chicken and coke, and in the second half he decided to let himself go.
Do not record, do not observe, watch the game like a spectator.
K.C no doubt passed on Louie's advice to Fitch, and the Celtics' defense changed from the second half.
What convinced Louie that Fitch listened to his advice was that Archibald was benched.
Although "Genie" was a superstar in the 1970s, it is now in the 1980s. He is just an ordinary starter who averaged 10 points per game, and his defense is still very problematic. And Gerald Henderson, who the team dug up from the minor leagues, was a mad dog guard.
Coupled with M-L · Karl's starter, the Celtics' defensive quality came up all of a sudden.
Murphy's offense began to be contained, so that there were no assists in the second half.
In the fourth quarter, the Celtics overtook, and the Rockets made a desperate attempt to let Barry take over with the ball. uukanshu.com They perform the famous "Looks like there's no chance, let's just throw a ball and let Moses grab the rebound".
Malone's rebounding can certainly blow up the Celtics' interior, but he can't grab every offensive rebound.
In the end, Malone scored 24 points and 20 rebounds, but the Rockets were reversed at home by the Celtics.
In the case that Bird did not play much (14 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists), he lost to the Celtics by 7 points.
Although Luiz convinced himself to enjoy the game in the second half, he did. But the more the game goes on, the more he discovers things that are easily overlooked.
Barry is unhappy on the court;
Rudy Tomjanovic is doing nothing on the field, he seems to be forgotten by his teammates;
Malone plays hard, but a superstar who has no independent offensive ability and cannot take over the game at critical moments, no matter how hard he works, he needs a strong second-in-command;
This team is riddled with holes, but has a couple of good backcourt players who can beat any team if they're in good shape. If you are targeted in the second half like today, you can't come up with any countermeasures, and if Tomjanovich, a key ball-holding point on the outside, turns into Tetsuya Kuroko, a loss is inevitable.
Louie wrote the script in his head, and when he got home, he would still record his observations in the second half.
It's just instinct.
He doesn't know if this is Louis' talent, or if he shouldn't have been a full-time behind-the-scenes helmsman in his previous life, maybe a godfather like Popovich, Riley, and Auerbach in charge of everything should be his ultimate goal?
The thought just flashed by, and Louie drank a Coke and hiccupped.
As an assistant coach, who doesn't even have his own place on the bench off the court, do you still want to be the godfather?
