the rest, only noise

Chapter 110 Intricate
(Where did 108 go? Answer: I accidentally skipped it when I coded.)
In the second overtime, the score ratio between the 76ers and the Celtics was 15 to 11.

After two overtime battles, the 76ers narrowly beat the Celtics by 4 points.

Four people from the 76ers team scored more than 20 points, and the ones with the strongest presence are obviously Malone and Andrew Tony.

Malone had 28 points and 20 rebounds, including an astonishing 10 offensive rebounds.

Seeing Malone ravaging the penalty area, Louis felt something. Either Russell Westbrook was born 20 years later, or Malone was born 20 years earlier.

One of them can take care of the data, take responsibility at critical moments, and especially like to help the inside get defensive rebounds; Malone is a famous one-hander, he can also grab offensive rebounds without defensive rebounds, and Westbrook can take over those offenses with the ball that he doesn't like.

It's a pity that this pair is a good match.

However, Louis didn't regret the result of tonight's game at all.

From the beginning to the end of the first overtime, they couldn't prevent the opponent's attack. Why did some people in the coaching staff think that they could prevent the opponent's attack in the second overtime?

"Perhaps our situation would be much better if Birken cooperated with you."

KC Jones could run for the most non-existent head assistant ever.

In this position, his role is not to help Fitch make suggestions, but to coerce all parties and keep the chemical reaction in the team at a harmonious balance.

"Don't say that, there are many people on our team who are more capable, smarter than me, and know more about basketball than me." Louie's modest look made KC sick, "I still have a lot to learn as a layman."

For example, study why some people would hope that the defense will work in overtime when they can't defend their opponents throughout the game;

Another example is what kind of person locks the players in the locker room for half an hour and scolds them for half an hour after a narrow loss in double overtime, completes a wave of mental and physical double blows and then releases them home, but requires them to go to the training hall to watch the video replay before nine o'clock the next day.

Fitch was far too professional when it came to torturing players.

Louie was also one of those who had to get up early the next day to get to the Greek Academy.

Louis took breakfast and came to the Greek Academy early.

Danny Ainge has arrived, and he's shooting.

Bird arrived too, jogging around the Greek Academy in a tank top and shorts.

"I hope that this year there will be a model player to vote for." Louis said while eating a steamed bun, "I will definitely tear my vote in half and distribute it to you fairly."

Bird stopped. "Bill won't allow us to eat here."

"And this rule?" For the first time in three years, Louis brought breakfast to the Greek Academy.

An Ji said with a sinister smile: "There are still many stinky rules that you don't know!"

Louis didn't care about this rule, but he still retreated outside the arena and finished eating the buns before going in.

At the review meeting, Fitch scolded everyone who could scold him.

He magnifies turnovers on individual possessions.

"We lost the game, we naturally take responsibility." Isiah Thomas said suddenly.

Fitch asked sullenly, "Isaiah, what do you want to say?"

"We made a mistake and should be scolded." Thomas's smile was harmless to humans and animals, but his words were too outrageous. "If the coaching staff makes a mistake in their decision-making, who will scold you?"

Fitch said in a deep voice, "You can try."

"I don't have the guts." Thomas said eccentrically, messing up the atmosphere of the review meeting.

"Don't be afraid, Bob Ryan (Globe reporter) will scold you for you." ML Carr booed.

Thomas's words eventually angered Fitch: "I don't want to be scolded in the newspaper by a white guy who can't play."

"Get out, Isiah!" Fitch yelled, "Get out of here!"

Thomas's smile immediately subsided: "I didn't sleep well all night, not because I came to listen to this shit early in the morning!"

A wave of unrest, a wave of up again.

Bird said coldly: "Isaiah, we didn't get up early to watch you play wild here."

Not only did he stand up, but he also blocked the door.

"What do you want to do?" Thomas asked.

"Apologize to coach," Bird said with a straight face.

Thomas and Byrd have a complicated relationship, both strong baby boomers, both raised in segregated backgrounds, both sensitive to the color of their skin, and both witnesses to how black and white confronted in the 70s.The area where Byrd grew up is also one of the main areas of activity of the Ku Klux Klan.

For these reasons, Thomas has a natural sense of alienation from Bird, even if they are teammates, it is difficult to get close.

But he also knew Bird's status on this team.

He can confront Fitch, but he can't openly confront Bird.

"Well, it's perfectly reasonable for a great white man to want to stand up and do justice for a great white coach." Thomas turned to Fitch and said, "I'm so sorry, Coach."

Throughout last year, Louie's time with the team was too short.

Not short enough for him to see the internal contradictions.

Skin color is an important point that is often overlooked by Louis, especially the generation of Byrd and Thomas. Their growth environment and the social background of the era in which they grew up determine how they perceive each other's skin color and how they communicate with each other.

No matter who the head coach is, this question always exists.

"Larry, can you please step aside now, let me follow the coach's instructions, get out of here, and return the wonderful review meeting to you?" Thomas asked with a smile.

Byrd returned to his place.

Thomas walked out.

For more than ten seconds after that, the room was so quiet that everyone's breathing could be heard.

It was the most embarrassing dozen seconds Louie had spent in Boston.

Coaching is never easy.

Louie put himself in Fitch's shoes, unsure if he could handle the Celtics' relationships.

Perhaps it was a wrong decision to choose Isiah Thomas?

Louis thinks back to this point, Thomas' achievements are beyond doubt, and his ability is beyond reproach, but he may not be so suitable for the Celtics.

Sampson's meek character of not fighting or grabbing is more suitable for Boston, and it is also more suitable for Bird.

Around Bird, Thomas was too sharp.

Louis chose to sit on the sidelines. This was Fitch's trouble, and he had no obligation and no mood to take care of it.He just asked himself over and over again, what should he do in his place.

The internal woes facing the Celtics pale in comparison to the league's current woes.

In these hopeless years, there are still some things that bring some light.

Before the start of the season, although the league was committed to wrangling with the union, the negotiations with CBS did not fall behind.

They negotiated a new contract again, at a price of 4 million in four years.

Moreover, CBS began to pay attention to the publicity value of the NBA. Before the start of the season, it released an eye-catching promotional video, which contained computer-generated stadium images, Brent Musberg's voice, silhouettes of old games, and an iconic hum-ha song.

For the NBA, in order to publicize and promote, Stern set about setting up the "NBA Entertainment" department.

The new division filmed a series of "NBA games yay. Really yum" commercials.

This is a successful commercial, which contains cheerful music from the 80s, dancing clips of hot cheerleaders at the Forum Arena, and countless bribed fans holding "NBA is really good" signs, plus a series of high-light shots - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's hook, Bird's dunk over Dr. J in Game 42 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Magician's famous [-]-point game. Hug with teammates, and Dr. J's dunk.

It succeeded in making the NBA cool for the younger generation and attracting more people to watch the games live.

In the end, an always-overlooked, but really shouldn't, role played the role of the unsung hero that actually saved the NBA over the next few years - cable television began to enter American homes.They have free channels and premium channels, and ESPN, one of the newly promoted sports premium channels, has signed a contract with the NBA. They broadcast sports events including NBA games 24 hours a day.

In this deepest darkness, no one realizes their value. The most professional people, like Stern, Fleischer, and O'Brien, at best regard them as a ray of light that returns to the light. Little do they know that this is the dawn of victory that brought the alliance back to life.

(End of this chapter)