Chapter 162 A long and terrifying road trip to New York 7

After laughing for a while, Luke quickly called a timeout.

"What's the matter?" Larry asked.

"I came up with a quick way to deal with them!" Luke said excitedly.

"What is it?" Larry asked.

"You can see what the players on the other side are doing right now, and you can see what we're going to do." Luke sells a small pass.

Larry looked at the New York Knicks bench and the New York Knicks players who were laying out their tactics over there, and didn't see anything wrong. "Nothing." Larry said.

"If you take a closer look and pay attention to each player, you will definitely find a problem!" Luke said.

"Oh......" Larry turned his head to look again. This time he looked closely: Marcus Camby was rubbing his legs, Larry Houston was icing his legs, Ewing was icing his wrists, and there were special people massaging his legs, even Alan Houston, who had always been an iron man, was being massaged by the team doctor. In other words, the New York Knicks' starting lineup, except for Sprewell and the new Charlie Ward, is receiving treatment.

Is this what Luke wants me to know? It's too easy, isn't it? Larry kept questioning himself.

Wait a minute! Larry seems to have something in mind, too! They are all massage, which means that their own injuries are somewhat serious, and they have to massage when the game is suspended to relieve the symptoms!

Damn it! How I didn't think of it in advance! Larry regretted a little, he didn't think of such a simple thing as a coach at the first time, it was really a mistake!

But now there's a chance to make amends!

"Guys! Hurry up, we're going to have a new tactic! Larry exclaimed.

Luke smiled at Larry's actions, knowing that Larry understood what he meant.

It's not unusual for the New York Knicks to have injuries on their players. It's about their head coach. And their head coach is Jeff Van Gundy, who is well known to the Chinese, and the Chinese affectionately call him Little Van Gundy.

Van Gundy was born in a "coaching family", his father Bill Van Gundy was a high school basketball team coach, Jeff Van Gundy became the head coach of the NBA New York Knicks on March 8, 1996, during which he led the Knicks to the NBA Finals in 1999 as the eighth in the East, creating the "Black Eight Miracle" that is only seen in NBA history. Every year in charge of the Knicks, the Knicks won more than 50 percent, and in 1999, the Knicks reached the Finals, losing 4-1 to the San Antonio Spurs. Prior to the 2000-01 season, Van Gundy had a 59.6 percent winning record of 190-129 wins, and was the fourth best player in Knicks history, behind Lepat Riley (223), Holzman (613) and Lapczyk (326). But that's not what makes the Chinese familiar with him. He really made Chinese know him because he coached the Houston Rockets since 2003. helped Yao Ming become a superstar.

But the people who played under him had a very bad thing, a lot of injuries. Later Rockets players such as Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady, and Bob Sula were hit by regular injuries during their tenure. It's the same with the current New York Knicks. Perik Ewing has wrist and leg injuries, Larry Johnson has a knee injury, Alan Houston has a leg injury, Marcus Camby also has an injury, and the only ones who are a little better are Spreville and Charlie Ward. But no matter in that era, the inside line was definitely the main force of the main force. There is no victory without the inside line, even if the outside line is the same. And the New York Knicks' interior line has almost been injured once, although the injury has not yet erupted collectively, but I believe that time is not far away.

Now all the 76ers have to do is force them all to injury, and the 76ers succeed. It's a bit insidious, but Larry knows it's the best thing to do right now.

Take your own strengths and attack the weaknesses of others. This method of warfare will not go out of style in that era.

So the 76ers seem to have only one way left - run and bomb.

This is the most traditional and effective way to deal with the New York Knicks now, and the most interesting thing is that the two masters who developed this tactic were both coaches of the New York Knicks, one was the previous coach, that is, the coach before Jeff Van Gundy took over, Don Nelson, and the other was D'Antoni in the future.

But the New York Knicks don't seem to have been blessed by these two masters, and now the 76ers are using this magical tactic to attack the New York Knicks' defense.

Back on the court, now that it's decided to play the bombardment strategy, the 76ers' lineup is different: McGee, Reed, Luke, Jumani Jones and others are responsible for scoring plus Big Ben to protect the rebound. This has become the current on-court configuration of the 76ers.

Originally, Jeff Van Gundy was very disdainful when he saw the configuration of the 76ers, and this small lineup was like beating the New York Knicks with a luxurious lineup, which was simply wishful thinking.

But when the 76ers launched their offensive tactics, Jeff Van Gundy was a little surprised, but felt that it was not much of a problem, because running and shooting is a well-known tactic and has well-known shortcomings.

Once you run, there is no defense, only offense. And once the wind is not smooth, the run-and-bomb tactics will lose very badly!

Jeff Van Gundy laughed when he thought about it, but regretted it when he saw the change on the court.

It is true that the artillery tactic is due to these shortcomings, but as well as its shortcomings, the advantages of the artillery tactic are also very significant.

Playing offense instead of defense first ensures tempo, especially against an aging team like the New York Knicks, which is the scariest thing about. In less than three minutes, the 76ers and the New York Knicks played several rounds of offensive and defensive battles, which made the veterans of the New York Knicks, who were already full of energy, a little out of breath.

Jeff Van Gundy rushed to get the players to slow down, but will the 76ers let them do that?

The 76ers led by Luke began to mark and close to the New York Knicks, forcing them to play fast break with the 76ers, even if the score starts to fall behind, it's nothing, just play fast break with you and break your body.

So by the end of the third quarter, the New York Knicks' frontcourt was so tired that they never played again in the fourth quarter, and the New York Knicks also put on the bench, so Sprewell was a starter to maintain offensive firepower on the court. The New York Knicks disarmed and surrendered!

And the 76ers also let the bench play. Theo Ratliffe is back on the pitch and brushing up the numbers. With few star players on the inside, Theo Ratliff went on a killing spree, whether it was a block or a rebound, he had it all.

And just like that, the 76ers won the game again.

In the private room of the New York Knicks' home court, a man sits smoking a cigar.

"David (David Falck) hasn't heard from there yet?" The man asked.

He said Luke would make a decision at the end of the season. Now there really is no way. The man behind him said.

"What about Los Angeles?" The man asked again.

"Bill said he wouldn't mind Luke's business, he was an adult and independent." The man behind him said.

"Damn it!" The man crushed the cigar in his hand.

"Huh?" The man turned his gaze back to the field. "That's a good player."

"Well, his name is Theo Ratliffe, and although he didn't make it to the All-Star, he has All-Star calibre, and now the 76ers are peddling him everywhere." The man behind him said.

"Alright, you go and do it right away, Ewing is still too old to use it, trade him away, and we'll have Theo Ratliff. Even without Luke, we're still the best in the East! The man said.

"Yes, Boss!" The man behind him said.

The man took out another cigar and lit it, silently exhaling the smoke ring.

"Even if you don't get Luke, it won't be bad to get Theo Ratliff!"

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