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Chapter 1058 Since Unpredictable, Don't Predict
Chapter 69 Since Unpredictable, Don't Predict
The OJ Simpson case shocked the nation.

On June 6, when the police reported the case to the outside world, many media followed up.

The Knicks' Game 2100 against the Blazers was watched by [-] million people.

The news of the Simpson case attracted 1.3 million people to watch.

It's not a level of heat.

Basketball games can be watched at any time, but few celebrities can cause such shocking scandals.

The case was so high profile that New Yorkers included were numb to the Knicks' two-game losing streak in Portland.

For them, being chased by the Blazers to a 2-2 tie seems acceptable.

They care more about the progress of the Simpson case than whether the Knicks can complete their seven consecutive championships.

But Louie and his colleagues have no such leisurely intentions.

Right now, Louie is considering whether to go to Portland to watch the game live.

At present, it has been tied 2 to 2. Jordan, Barkley and Thomas are all playing their best.

The fourth game was a collective explosion of the Blazers, just like their fourth game against the Warriors, completely unstoppable.

In order to understand the situation ahead, Louis let Zhao Yuanzheng pass by.

After Zhao Yuanzheng participated in a training session, the message he gave back to Louis was: "Everything is as usual."

What is business as usual?It's just that after these people were won by the Blazers for two consecutive games, the atmosphere in the team did not fluctuate, and the training was the same as usual.

This news reassured Louis a lot.

He felt that he cared a little too much. This team has experienced enough things, and being tied with a big score is not enough to shake the morale of the army.

The only one to worry about is Rudy.

He's never coached under that kind of pressure, and his resilience has never been tested.

On the eve of the Battle of Tianwangshan, Louis really felt the pressure from Rudy.

It was 02:30 in the morning, and Louis, who was also insomnia and replaying Game 3 and Game 4 of the finals in a small room, received a call from Tomjanovich.

"When we were 1-3 behind, could you sleep?"

1988-1 behind the Celtics in 3?

Although "only" six years have passed, it seems like a lifetime ago to Louis.

"I guess I can't sleep."

"estimate?"

"I was 28 and had a lot of energy."

"You're not old now. Bah, don't change the subject!"

Louis asked with a smile, "Do you feel that the situation is out of control?"

"Yeah, I wasn't prepared for what might happen in the next game."

"This shows that you have finally begun to become an excellent head coach." Louis said, "A real good coach should have this sense of crisis that is unpredictable about the development of the situation. We are not gods, Rudy. Sometimes, we can't do anything. We can only make changes according to changes in things. If you want to ask me what to do in this situation, I can only say nothing, because no matter how much we prepare, the changes on the field will exceed our expectations."

Tomjanovich carefully read Louis' words, and suddenly asked, "Do you think we can win the fifth game?"

"I never worried about it."

This is of course a lie, but sometimes a lie is a hundred times more useful than the truth.

Those who don't know when to tell the truth and when to tell the lie can't get things done.

Louis and Rudy chatted for more than half an hour, and he could hear strong anxiety from the other party's tone.

This kind of thing is really normal, Louis has had it too.

And it happened not so long ago.

In the 1993 Finals, when Louis decided to "take a gamble", he lost the initiative, and like Rudy, he was unsure of what happened next.

Whether the Knicks can win Game [-] in Portland, Louis doesn't know.

But he can't say that he is also very worried. Rudy's pressure is already great. If he also behaves nervously, the whole team will fall into uneasiness.

Louie stayed up until the next morning.

"My dear, did you not sleep last night?"

"You don't believe your husband can get up earlier than you, Marina?"

"Yes, the only thing that can wake you up is the alarm clock."

"Well, I really didn't sleep." Louis managed to find the culprit before Lorraine scolded himself. "It's all Rudy's fault. I was planning to go to sleep last night, but he called me suddenly. We chatted for hours. He was under a lot of pressure, and I was also under a lot of pressure."

Lorraine acted as if he didn't watch the news at all: "Has Rudy been in trouble recently?"

Well, very realistic performance.

When Louis stopped coaching, Lorraine seldom went to watch the game. She was really not interested in basketball, and only followed Louis because of Louis.

If Louis is not on the front line, she will get out of the pit in minutes.

"He should be in less trouble than OJ," Louie joked.

Speaking of "OJ", Lorraine showed great interest: "Do you think he killed someone?"

"Uh, I don't know."

Although the gossip effect fermented by Simpson has reached the level of Kobe's chicness in Eagle County⑴, Louis knows nothing about it.

Before time travel, the only Simpson he knew was the cartoon "The Simpsons".

So when the murder of Simpson's wife broke out, Louis was in a daze.

Suddenly, this matter took over his life. Even if he was not interested and didn't want to pay attention, the media would play tricks to put relevant information in his ears.

The last time he had this feeling was Kobe's retirement in 2016, and the ubiquitous presence was really exaggerated.

"It's horrible, I've seen OJ in person and I can't believe he would do something like this."

Lorraine then begins to analyze the character of the man Simpson and how likely he is to be the murderer.

Louie was forced to participate in the discussion, acting as if he cared about it.

In fact, he didn't care whether Simpson killed or not.

His Knicks are in jeopardy, how can he pay attention to those messy things in Los Angeles, when will this group of people who like to catch heat and drain people die?

The game that night proved how accurate Louie's words were.

Some things are indeed unpredictable.

For example, Sabonis' injury.

The Blazers, who were planning to win three games in a row at home, were hit hard at the beginning of the game.

Sabonis failed to stabilize his body in the process of protecting the rebound, directly sprained his knee, was carried off the court, and withdrew from the game.

In the first minute of losing Sabonis, the Blazers began to say goodbye to the Lithuanian.

When he was there, he didn't feel much, and the Knicks still had a great inside advantage.

But he was gone, and Ewing and Kemp immediately let the Blazers know what cruelty was.

Wilson and Miller shot at will from the perimeter, and Ewing and Kemp dominated the rebounds.

Miller shot without any burden, finally found the feeling of scoring, and became unstoppable. He hit 10 three-pointers and scored a team-high 34 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

But the man of the match was Kemp.

He overwhelmed Barkley with 26 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks, thus proving that he has the strength of the league's top insiders.

The Optimus Prime inside suddenly fell, and the Blazers were caught off guard and were taken away by the Knicks.

With a big score of 3 to 2, the Knicks are only one game away from seven consecutive championships.

⑴In fact, what is closer to the enthusiasm of the Simpson murder case is the day Kobe crashed, but I really don’t want to use this analogy.

(End of this chapter)