After the Pacers players played, the Knicks players also played in turn.

Today's gunpowder smell is so strong, Li Wei will definitely not be able to make a cameo appearance, so the team's starting five tigers are: playmaking guard Charlie Ward, scoring guard Alan Houston, small forward Kevin Garnett, power forward Charles Oakley, and center Zajunas Ilgauskas.

Knicks fans were unhappy with the team's operation this summer, but they still gave their own team a round of applause.

The players were preparing on the court, and in the dugout, Larry Bird walked over to greet Dennis Johnson, KC Jones and others from Knicks management.

"Dennis, you're going to lose today!" After hugging his old friend, Bird turned his head to Li Wei and said, "Coach Li, tell your players to pose for abuse?" ”

Li Wei snorted coldly and said-for-tat: "Coach Bird, you can laugh a little longer, otherwise after the game, there will be no such opportunity!" ”

Bird said to Dennis Johnson: "Dennis, your Mr. Lee is so humorous! ”

Dennis Johnson said helplessly: "Larry, today I am firmly on the side of the Knicks!" ”

Larry Bird said, "I understand, dead duck has a hard mouth, in fact, I sympathize with your situation!" ”

Li Wei said: "After the game, it's Dennis's turn to sympathize with you!" ”

Larry Bird was joined by Rick Carlisle, the Pacers' offensive assistant coach and champion coach who led the Mavericks to a championship in his previous life.

"Chuck, I haven't seen you in a while, I really miss you!" Rick Carlisle hugs Chuck Daley.

Chuck Daly said to Li Wei: "David, come and get to know me, this is Rick!" Rick, this is David, our head coach of the Knicks! ”

Li Wei stretched out his hand and said, "It turned out to be Senior Brother Rick, fortunately, I will be lucky!" ”

"Senior brother?" Rick Carlisle raised an eyebrow.

Li Wei said: "I'm learning tactics with Chuck now, and we're all his students!" ”

Rick Carlisle was stunned.

When he debuted, he was an assistant to Bill Fitch, the head coach of a thousand defeats, but the two years when his level really improved were two years when he was an assistant to Chuck Daley, who was the person he respected the most.

Carlisle said, "So you're also studying with Chuck, that's great." David, there is no better mentor in the world than Chuck, my talent is low, I can't reach the level of a teacher, in case, you have to work hard to become a famous handsome! ”

Li Wei smiled: "Rick, you are too modest, I believe that you will become a famous handsome sooner or later, like our mentor Chuck." ”

A few coaches chatted for a while, and the game was about to start. Larry Bird returned to his bench and glanced at Li Wei with contempt.

Li Wei said: "You see that I'm useless, the Pacers should lose or have to lose!" ”

Bird said, "I've never seen you live in a dream like this!" ”

Jumping the ball in the middle circle, Big Z lost to the more experienced Rick Schmitz.

Pacers point guard Mark Jackson advanced with the ball, and after everyone was in position, he hoisted directly to center Schmitz.

In the eyes of the Pacers, the weakest point of the Knicks' starters is obviously the rookie Big Z. Schmitz, who is technically well-rounded, singles Big Z is theoretically stable.

Li Wei saw that the Pacers' starting style of play was a single center, and smiled lightly.

In fact, in this summer's summer league, D'Antoni's running and bombing did not achieve too desirable results, one is because the three points of Damon Jones and others are not as accurate as Li Wei expected, and the other is that the current rules are too favorable to the inside.

In the 90s, the NBA banned joint defense, and only one defense was possible. The defender can trap the ball carrier, but if the player without the ball is trapped, the referee will blow you for an illegal defensive foul.

This rule was so good for star singles that the Bulls took it to the limit in the late eighties.

When attacking, the Bulls always like to have four people on one side of the court and Jordan himself on the other side.

Due to the existence of "illegal defense", other teams can only defend one when Jordan doesn't get the ball, but once Jordan gets the ball, the other four players gathered on the other side of the court don't have time to rush over!

Jordan is the least afraid of one-on-one singles, no matter who the opponent is, he can score calmly!

The NBA looks at it, this can't be done, the five-person game is played by you as heads-up, and the ratings will drop!

As a result, in 1988, the league introduced the anti-isolation rule, which stated that if an attacking team placed three or more players outside the top of the circle or on the off-ball side, it should be declared a violation. The attacking team loses possession of the ball and the ball is awarded to the opponent to take a throw-in on the sideline of the top extension of the circle.

To put it bluntly, if the Bulls play alone in this way, Jordan will foul as soon as he gets the ball, because you have more than 3 players on the other side (outside the top of the circle or without the ball).

Can the anti-isolation rule limit Jordan?

Of course, it still can't, so Chuck Daley came up with another trick: let Thomas keep moving around on the perimeter, creating a situation where Jordan could be caught at any time.

Of course, this is a foul, the NBA does not allow joint defense, people haven't got the ball yet, you can't wrap it!

In order to prevent the referee from blowing a foul, Thomas had to keep doing a feint to move in the direction of the ball carrier - you see, I'm going to wrap the ball carrier, not Jordan!

In fact, where does he care about the ball carrier, it is Jordan who is the one who is in the bag. It's just that the rules don't allow the bag, he can only save the country with curves, play side balls, and try to make the referee not blow the whistle.

In the 21st century, after allowing joint defense, defensive stars don't have to be so troublesome at all, just go directly to two people in a crisis, regardless of whether you get the ball or not!

But in this era, this can't be done!

The superstar of the defensive perimeter can also confuse the referee by constantly moving towards the ball carrier through the feints of Thomas, causing a substantial joint defense, but there is no good way to defend the inside.

The ball is still outside, what kind of feints do you have to make to get inside?

Do you really think the referees are all fools?

So under the rules of this era, as long as any team has a monster that can score on the inside, it is incomprehensible!

Why did there be four centers in the 90s and become small balls in the 21st century?

It's not that everyone is a fool in this era, and there is no smart one, but the rules!

Hoard a strong inside line, you can blow up the opponent, so why bother thinking about the ball and engaging in those thankless attempts?

Isn't that sick?

Li Weixia and Dedong Ani also found that although running and bombing can score, it is a situation of mutual explosion when encountering a strong inside line.

Due to the restrictions of the rules, the tactics of the Suns and Warriors in the previous life who quickly packed and pressed when defending could not be used at all, because once you wrapped up someone else's center in advance, it would be a foul!

As long as the opponent's interior is strong enough, they can score before the Knicks complete the pack, and the result of playing small ball is often the players who win the stats but lose the game!

"This damn rule, no wonder the alliance is hoarding inside lines, no one is a fool!"

Sighing softly, Li Wei continued to look at the court.

The only heavy interior line with height in the Knicks now is Big Z, and only he can limit Rick Schmitz!

One is 2.21 meters and the other is 2.24 meters, it is really a chess opponent, and you will meet good materials!

Although Big Ben is a four-time best defensive player, the height disadvantage is too great, and he suffers a loss when defending alone, and it is easy to be blown up by a center forward like Rick Schmitz, who is a full twenty centimeters taller than Big Ben!

The difference of ten centimeters can also be fought hard and stubbornly, and 20 centimeters is really incomprehensible!

Needless to say, in this era when joint defense is not allowed, even in the era of joint defense, the Pistons have helped Da Yao defend Da Ben, and Da Yao still cut a double 20 (20 points + 20 rebounds) on Da Ben!

Big Z is different, the height difference of three centimeters makes Schmitz unable to take any advantage, and he didn't squeeze for a long time, and the second leader of the pacer had to come with a small hook!

Big Z clings to the defense, tries to interfere, hooks the hand a little off, and wipes out of the basket!

Oakley, the rebounding maniac, grabbed the defensive rebound and threw it to Charlie Ward. Charlie Ward was just about to make a quick attack, only to find that Mark Jackson was blocking in front of him!

Larry Bird, who is arrogant, is not a man of courage and strategy, and he watched the Knicks' summer league recordings in the summer.

According to Bird's idea, Li Wei invited Chuck Daley, which must be the old way to play the Pistons, iron-blooded defense, but after watching the video, he found out that the truth is not the same thing at all!

Li Wei and D'Antoni like Whirlwind Kombat, and they have no interest in defending at all!

While it's unclear why the Knicks in Summer League have such a different style than Chuck Daley, Larry Bird has a way to deal with it. Yesterday, the Pacers spent the whole day training on fast break delay!

There are many people in the world who love to pretend, but the strength of Larry Bird lies in the fact that every coercion he pretends to be realized!

He's not pretending, he's really awesome!

So he is adamant that he will not allow the Pacers to lose to the Knicks!

Mark Jackson, as an old point guard, has a strong tactical execution ability, and when he sees that the ball is lost, he delays the alignment as soon as possible to block Charlie Ward's fast down!

At the same time, Reggie Miller ran close to Alan Houston, and the aging Chris Mullin chased Kevin Garnett to death!

Charlie Ward hesitated, but gave up on the idea of passing the ball to Garnett, which is too easy to miss.

Li Wei frowned slightly. He thinks that if Charlie Ward chooses to break fast, Garnett has a good chance of receiving this ball, after all, Mullin is too short, and Nash may have passed it early.

However, as the brain of the team, Charlie Ward seeks stability, and theoretically it is not wrong, so let's play a round of positional warfare!

Rick Schmitz saw that the Knicks' fast break was delayed, and immediately dragged his 2.24-meter bulky body and happily ran back to his own half.

Big Z's speed is not faster than Schmitz, and what's even more excessive is that Schmitz ran to the basket, and Big Z is still outside the three-point line!

"This big man center, offensive awareness is not good, even an old guy like me can't run!"

Rick Schmitz complained in his heart, and then saw Charlie Ward throw the ball to Big Z, and Big Z jumped after receiving the ball!

Huh?

The whole team of the Pacers was a little dumbfounded!

What is the situation that the Knicks' 2.21-meter big center has to shoot three points?