Miami Arena is full of people.

Pat Riley, who had been planning for a long time, had a faint smile on his face, and on the court, the Heat also led by a large margin.

Li Wei frowned on the sidelines and didn't say a word.

There was only one thing the Heat did this time, and that was to limit Garnett.

Dan Marley has been setting defensive traps and not letting go. Once Garnett burst in, the pass route was choked, and the Heat's two interior gates couldn't put him to the basket for a dunk, so they had to rely on a pull-up jump shot to solve the problem.

Garnett's static jumpers on the spot and turnaround jumpers are very accurate, but his pull-up jumpers after rushing up are not very good, so the shooting rate is not high.

What's more, the Knicks' main tactic is to organize forward tactics, and when Garnett doesn't work well, the whole team will be at a stalemate.

"That's amazing!" Li Wei sighed secretly.

In fact, every team wanted to strangle Garnett, but they couldn't.

Garnett is seven feet tall, but he has the speed of a defender, and he can shoot suddenly, and ordinary players will definitely not be able to defend themselves. Once a multi-player package is used, he can pass the ball again. With a long height and long arms, a wide field of vision, and a sense of strategy that is not inferior to that of a point guard, such a person passes the ball, which is simply terrible!

But the Heat were stunned to limit Garnett's passing, forcing him into an embarrassing situation where he could only play alone!

Why is that?

Why are their old-fashioned ways of coping so effective?

After careful observation, Li Wei found that the movement of Mourning and PJ Brown in the paint area was carefully choreographed, and it was the Knicks' tactical line.

The well-choreographed, clever positioning predicted the direction of Garnett's pass in advance, thus limiting the impossible man to be restricted!

Glancing to the sidelines, Li Wei found a Knicks' playbook on Pat Riley's seat.

The Knicks' playbook is available to every player, and there are many in the training hall for players to memorize at any time. Pat Riley has worked in New York for so many years, and it is not difficult to find a random employee who knows him to steal a copy.

This is a new edition that was revised just last month, which means that Pat Riley has been in his hands for a month at most, but he is very old. Li Wei found that every page in it was densely marked by a red pen!

"Good fellow, sure enough, one success can be a fluke, but there is no chance of a fluke with a success. Pat Riley can become the top coach in the NBA, and there is a reason for him! ”

Sighing at Pat Riley's hard work, Li Wei looked at the running positions of Mourning and PJ Brown on the court, and there were more complicated looks in his eyes.

In the eyes of ordinary audiences, the positions of these two people are no different from usual, at most, they sometimes move forward, sometimes move left, and then move a foot and a half.

But Li Wei understands that the knowledge in this foot and half a foot is deep, and if it is a little worse, Garnett can pass the ball out!

This is the mastery of details!

If someone else is changed, even if he knows that he can limit the Knicks like this, he can't make Mourning and Brown work together so perfectly!

"See the doorway?" Chuck Daly asked in a low voice.

Li Wei sighed: "Mourning and Brown's moves are too well controlled, and we are being targeted. ”

Chuck Daley said: "Looking at the tacit understanding of their tactics, they can't practice it in three or four days." It seems that Riley thinks very highly of us, and this little time before the playoffs is spent on us! ”

Li Wei said: "Yes, we are only in seventh place, and if we can get the second place, we can be regarded as dead without regrets!" ”

"What, you want to give up?" Chuck Daly asked.

Li Wei said: "How is it possible, the more such opponents the more interesting!" ”

Chuck Daly said: "But we didn't have time to practice the new tactics, and the second game was only a day apart from this one. The first round is a best-of-five system, and once both away games are lost, it is almost impossible to turn the tables around. ”

Li Wei frowned.

Before 02, the first round of the playoffs was a best-of-five system, first playing two games at the home of the team with a good record, then two games at the home of the team with a bad record, and if there was a fifth game, then returning to the home court of the team with a good record to fight it out.

Once the side with a bad record loses two away games, it is impossible to expect three consecutive defeats!

But with a short one-day break between the two away games, what can be arranged? The Knicks now have to borrow from the Heat where they practice!

"I've got a crazy idea, I'll talk to you later." Li Weidao.

"Okay." Chuck Daley smiled.

He was curious to see what kind of idea this disciple who always surprised him came up with. Li Wei's usual tactics are crazy enough, if he himself thinks crazy, it is really unimaginable!

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the score was 85:104, and the Heat won the first game.

At the post-game press conference, Pat Riley solemnly stated that the Heat must sweep the Knicks 3-0 to free up more rest time for the second round.

The Heat team will also say: They will seriously implement the head coach's words and not give the Knicks any chance!

When asked by the New York media about Riley's opinion on Li Wei, Riley said indifferently: "I said a long time ago, he is a puppet doll, and when the Knicks are behind, he doesn't know how to win!" ”

On the other side, the Knicks are being interviewed.

A reporter from the South Florida Sun Sentinel asked, "Coach Lee, you seem to have no power to resist this time, are you ready to go out in the first round?" ”

Li Weidao: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and winning or losing a game does not mean anything. I think you've forgotten that just a week ago, we beat the Heat twice! ”

A reporter from the Miami Herald asked, "Coach Lee, Coach Riley calls you a puppet doll, and you do have less experience in coaching. Excuse me, what do you personally think is the biggest gap between you and Coach Riley? ”

"The biggest gap?" Li Wei frowned.

This reporter's question is also tricky enough, don't ask if there is a gap, just ask where the biggest gap is, no matter how Li Wei answers, it can only show that he is not as good as Riley!

After thinking about it, Li Wei said: "The biggest gap between me and Coach Riley is that I don't play for as many teams as him. As we all know, Coach Riley was trained by the Lakers, relying on Magic and Skyhook Abdul-Jabbar to win four championships, and then he went to New York, got nothing, his contract didn't expire, and he came to Miami in a hurry, which I will never be as good as him.

Like Coach Riley, I didn't lead New York to any success, but I'm not going to think about changing jobs, I'm just going to do my best to win the championship trophy for the Knicks! ”

The media in New York applauded Li Wei's words, while the media in Florida turned dark.

The Herald reporter asked again: "Coach Lee, if the Knicks are swept out of the game 3-0, how will you rate this series?" ”

Li Wei said coldly: "The Knicks will never be swept out, instead of worrying about us being out, you should think about how to write your report after the Miami Heat is out!" The Knicks will be the winner! ”