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There are various types of professional basketball coaches. Many are ex-professionals who either love basketball or coach because they have nothing else to do. This isn't to discredit anyone's credentials, or to suggest that the NBA coach's role isn't important to a team's success. But most retired players get their jobs because they're famous, or when the time is right, or both (Gene Shue of the Bullets, Kevin Logley of the Hawks, Dungeons Doug Moe of the Kings, Billy Cunningham of the Sixers, Paul Ceruso of the Clippers, Pat Riley of the Lakers).

Still others choose to coach in their twilight years, perhaps to gain some of the recognition they feel they deserve but don't get as players (Sonics' Lenny Wilkens, Nets' puller Lee Brown, Don Nelson of the Bucks. Some of them climbed up in college (Dick Motta of the Mavericks, Bill Fitch of the Celtics, Hubby Brown of the Knicks , the Suns' John McLeod. Others have long been low-paid assistants (Spurs' Stan Albeck, Rockets' Dale Harris).

That's what makes Louie's opponent today, Jack Ramsay, so special.

He has the nickname of Rotten Street, Doctor.

There are already too many Ph.Ds in the league, but most of the "PhDs" are fancy names, except "Dr. Ramsay", and Ramsay is called a Ph.D. because he got it in school. Doctorate degree.

Unlike many coaches, other coaches may not really know what to do if they don't coach, and he can teach in school, or he can be in politics, and he can go to various cities to give speeches. He can.

Louie respects him because of the rights he has won for coaches.

Before 1977, the coaches were very powerful but poorly paid, and Ramsay was the first coach to stand up to it.

After negotiation, Ramsay received $100,000 per coach on behalf of the coaching union.

For that alone, he deserves to be remembered.

Ramsay's contribution off the field, as for the field, he is also an outstanding coach.

From the data point of view, the Blazers are a team with few dead ends. With four elements of offense and defense, they rank in the top ten in the league in six statistics.

At this time, Louis looked at the starter of the Blazers, and there were many unfamiliar faces.

Mychalthompson (mychalthompsonc/pf), Darnell Valentine (darnellvalentinepg), Jim Paxson (jimpaxsonsg), Calvin Knight (calvinnattsf), Wayne Cooper (waynecooperpf).

Of these names, only Thompson was known to Louis. He was the No. 1 pick in Bird's draft. His real name was Michael. He was an unconventional guy. In order to increase his draft market, he actually claimed that he was the cousin of "Skywalker" David Thompson. Brother Xidang's Skywalker didn't know him, and before the rumor was broken, he changed his name to "Mychal".

Regardless, Thompson's efforts paid off, and he was selected as the No. 1 overall pick in 1978.

It was one of three amazing things in his life, the other being having a son named Klay Thompson seven years later.

The Celtics' starting lineup has not changed from normal, and it is still the same five people.

The opening jump ball, Sampson easily defeated Thompson.

In the first round, Thomas dribbled the ball to pick up Sampson's pick-and-roll, drove straight in, and scored with a throw in the paint.

Louie stood on the sidelines and nodded in satisfaction. The most important thing is not which system the players use to score, the most important thing is that they can activate any system tacitly.

If they need the coaching staff to remind them what routine to play every time they attack, then these four systems are the same as they are without them.

The Blazers run the ball very fast. Of all their stats, Louie's most important is their effective field goal percentage, which ranks fourth in the league.

What's interesting about the effective field goal percentage is that he counts his 3-pointers as two 1.5 points. But the Blazers are not a team that likes to shoot 3-pointers. Ramsey is a conservative and doesn't like 3-pointers.

As such, this is a team that pays attention to detail on the offensive end, and almost no one has the ball-and-ones strategy.

Thompson showed his characteristics.

At a height of close to 210 cm, it has outstanding agility and athletic ability, and the speed of cutting in the middle of the high-level pick-and-roll is very fast.

Calvin Knight lobs the ball, Thompson catches the ball and dunks.

2 to 2

The two rounds back and forth at the beginning can be regarded as a test for both sides.

The real trick is just beginning.

The Blazers made the move first, and Ramsey had Valentine run a full court press on Isiah Thomas.

Valentine was never a star player, but he had two traits that Ramsey liked, playing hard and fast.

The pitch synonyms for these two characteristics are "willingness to defend hard" and "not easy to get rid of by faster players".

Thomas was under no pressure after halftime, and as soon as the positional battle unfolded, the Blazers took out Ramsey's most iconic defensive formation.

The inside line is placed outside the paint, and the players are concentrated in the high post near the free throw line.

Before Louie's pockets, the first coach to lead the defensive lineup was Ramsay, whose zone-pressing, famous "l-s-k" line snuffed out the aba rulers in the 1977 Finals, at a time when Julius Owen at his peak.

Louis has seen the video of that year's game, and it can even be said that the inspiration for the pocket array came from "l-s-k", because Louis is from the future, he knows the purpose of the pocket array, but to remind him of the pocket array, it is Ramsey's. "l-s-k".

The core purpose of the "l-s-k" line is to press the ball-handler, strengthen the high-post defense to consolidate the penalty area, and go after the opponent's off-ball like a mad dog.

Louie found that today's Trail Blazers did not consolidate the penalty area. Ramsey knew that the Celtics' uniqueness was the three-point threat, so the strategic intent of consolidating the penalty area was converted to protecting the three-point line.

Since the new season, for the first time, a team has come up with a systematic defensive routine to deal with the Celtics.

John Long's three-point shot is disrupted.

Valentin received a pass from his teammate and rushed to the frontcourt like lightning to score.

4 to 2

"It's Dr. Ramsay," said Tomjanovich, who was next to Louie. "They were the first team to strictly control the three-point line in a game against us."

"such a pity."

"pity?"

Louie smiled at Thompson, "It's a pity they don't have Bill Wharton anymore."

For a time, Tomjanovich could not understand the deep meaning of Louis's words.

Louie didn't immediately point out the Blazers' problems, either. He wanted to see how the players on the court handled the situation.

The result is not surprising. This group has penetrated countless teams on offense so far this season. They believe in their own style of play and their own system - which makes Louie flattered - they will continue to break the Blazers according to the original offensive system. defense.

Trust in the system can be equated with trust in coaches.

Bird gave Thomas an off-ball screen from a high post and dismantled it.

Thomas tore the defense and passed back to Bird. Bird made an illusory fake with the ball. Cooper, who was opposite him, had advantages in height and weight, but his brain capacity was insufficient.

Bird's feint easily took the bait on him.

He could only respond by following Bird's actions, and in the end he could only be teased.

"Shh!"

Bird got tired of Cooper and passed back to Laimbeer in the high post, who scored on a jumper.

4 to 4

"Do you mean that the Blazers' defense can't take care of the jumper that pulls high from the inside?" Tomjanovich didn't want Louie to answer.

He wanted to find out for himself.

"No, it was just an isolated case. Dr. Ramsay asked Portland to select Mychal because he was fast enough to build a defensive system around him." Louie shook his head.

Tomjanovich was lost in thought again, wondering what was wrong with the Blazers.

They make complex passes, and Walton's value is in that. If Walton is still around, they don't need much of a complicated pass, who can play 60 percent of his Jokic-esque games from the post.

Without Walton, they have more complicated passes.

But the end result is good~www.wuxiahere.com~ They have a systematic tactical transmission to create opportunities.

Jim Paxson made a jumper, 6-4.

The Blazers' "l-s-k" challenged the Celtics' tactical run.

After Sampson completed the high screen, he found that although there was room for his straight down, Thomas, who was holding the ball, was already surrounded and could not pass the ball.

All Thomas can do is pass the ball to a nearby teammate.

And Sampson found that there was a gap in the "l-s-k" line of defense that was obsessed with high control.

The short corners on the left and right are, in modern basketball parlance, the "back door" of the defense.

He decisively cut into the back door from the flank, and sure enough, seeing his opportunity, Laimbeer, who had the ball high, sent a botched pass.

Although the idea is good, the technique is bad. After being cut off, Bird tactically fouled.

The two sides were evenly matched, but Louis went to the technical station to call a timeout.