the rest, only noise

Chapter 1144 A 57-year-old innocent man
Jerry West sat in the forum, carefully reviewing the Lakers' two losses in four consecutive away games.

Among them, there was a double-digit loss, and there was a narrow loss with only 1 point.

Big losses are usually nothing to study, and West focused on the narrow loss to the Pacers.

West noticed something on the stat sheet.

The Lakers took a 15-point lead in the first three quarters.

But in the fourth quarter, they were beaten by the Pacers with a 36-20 offensive wave.

What is more noteworthy is that the Lakers made 11 turnovers in the first three quarters and 9 turnovers in the fourth quarter.

In terms of big data, the Lakers averaged 20.2 turnovers per game this season, ranking first in the league, 1.8 more than the Dallas Mavericks who averaged the second most turnovers per game.

The Mavericks rank last in the West and belong to the Tank Corps.

The Lakers belong to the No. [-] team in the Western Conference. They are still close to competing for the championship, but they are definitely the top team.

It is unreasonable to have so many mistakes.

Moreover, the average turnovers per game of the teams that Louis coached in the past are generally at the middle level of the league.

Neither high nor low, how could the mistakes be uncontrollable after coming to the Lakers?
This can be regarded as West's first replay of the Lakers game this season.

Everything was normal in the first three quarters. If they played at that pace, the Pacers should not be able to beat the Lakers.

But the fourth quarter.
Wilson's counterattacked long pass was thrown out of bounds, which opened the nightmare of the Lakers' 9 turnovers in a single quarter and the Pacers' complete reversal.

In hindsight, Wilson's mistake turned out to be the most normal mistake for the Lakers in the fourth quarter.

Other mistakes gave West a strange feeling of "wrong?"

First of all, the tactics played by the Lakers in the fourth quarter are completely different from the first three quarters.

Somehow, they abandoned the usual tactics that allowed them to establish an advantage in favor of new, high-risk tactics.

Each play in the fourth quarter involves five players.

Moreover, this tactic is actually played from the beginning to the end?
After he made a mistake, Louis didn't respond and just let the players continue to play.

For the second time, there was obviously a problem with the handover of the ball.

For the third time, the tactics finally came to fruition.

Also this time, West felt the mystery of the new tactics.

Wilson's cut is beautiful;
After Garnett completed the screen, he moved to the high position on the right wing to get an open space, which is even more exciting;
Ellis flashed out of the bottom corner;

Laettner appeared at the top of the arc;

The tragedy division had four scoring opportunities at a glance, and the Pacers' defense was completely messed up.

The Pacers' defense was dizzy, and the tragic division gave the ball to Wilson who cut in for stability.The moment Wilson caught the ball, he threw it from behind to Ellis in the bottom corner, who also helped the Lakers score with a solid open three-pointer.

"Beautiful." West said with emotion, "If we can control the mistakes and make the offense as smooth as this one every round, I really don't know any team that can guard us."

Mitch Kupchak said with a serious face: "The problem is, the mistakes can't be controlled."

"This is Leader Lu's new system. He named it 'Beautiful Basketball'. There are four tactics in this system. Currently, the players have only learned the first and most basic tactics."

West asked unexpectedly: "Such a complicated tactic, is it just the foundation?"

"Yeah, and, I don't think players can master it. Even someone as smart as Irvine is making mistakes because of this new tactic. He's now averaging more turnovers than his career peak."

West fell silent.

He continued to watch game tape.

Halfway through the fourth quarter, the Pacers had caught up.

But West has discovered that Louis doesn't care about winning or losing this game.

Louis made up his mind to use this game to test whether the team can play the new tactics for a full quarter.

The result must have hit him hard, with nine turnovers in a single quarter, and while it doesn't make sense to convert that to 9 turnovers, there aren't many teams that can win that many turnovers in a single quarter.

In order to test the new tactics, the Lakers squandered the lead established in the first three quarters, and were eventually defeated by the Pacers.

Does that count as a failure?

Rather, this is just the beginning.

West did not stay in the office to continue discussing with Kupchak whether the new tactic would work for the Lakers.

Because whether it fits or not, Louis will stick to it.

Instead of discussing the compatibility of the new tactics and the team, it is better to see how you can help.

West walked out of his office, intending to visit the president's office.

West walked to the door of the office, found the door open, and walked in.

It turned out that Louis was not inside, but that dude Jim Bass was sitting on the throne of the president and put his feet on the table.

Seeing someone coming, Jim almost fell off his chair.

"Jejri!" Jim asked respectfully after getting up, "Who are you looking for?"

West asked wonderingly: "Isn't this the president's office?"

"Ah, yes, yes, it's the president's office. The president is not here. I'll help you watch it."

So you just look at his office in the ugliest pose in the world?
Unbeknownst to West, that was exactly the position Louie used most in the office, and Jim was just learning it.Even if Louis bumped into him, at most he would just blame the dude for sitting on his chair without a cushion.

"What about others?"

"Go down to supervise the training, you don't know, Jerry, Coach Lu is working hard!"

"Then you continue to look at his office here."

"Of course, this is my duty!"

West shook his head in disgust.

As long as he thinks that this son-in-law is likely to sit in Louis' position in the future, he will feel restless.

Of course, by then he may have retired.

But it is also possible that he chose to retire because he did not want to see that scene happen.

West prefers Jenny to Jim.

Unlike the dandy, Jenny was promoted by her own performance. Although she may not have much talent, she is definitely much better than this dandy who is strong on the outside but capable in the middle.

West saw where Louis was at a glance.

It was Court Three, and Garnett was working one-on-one with Bird.

They were practicing in full swing, but they heard West say, "Does this have a training effect?"

"Yo, Jerry, why are you here?"

"Come and see." West asked with a weird smile that Louis had never seen before, "You won't be welcome?"

"How can it be, I wish for it, and you can also give me some advice." Louis pointed his eyes directly at Garnett, "Do you think there is anything that needs to be improved in that kid's technique?"

West said the obvious.

"If he's in position three or two, I'd say he's playing the basics very well." West shook his head, "It's a pity he's too tall."

Louis smiled and said, "So, I asked Larry to help get rid of some of his bad habits."

"Haven't you thought about Kevin playing like a small forward like Danny Manning?"

"There is only one Danny Manning." Louie said, "And Jasmine is nearly 10 centimeters taller than Manning. This is a different concept. Basketball is a very realistic sport. What you can do is completely different if you are 10 centimeters taller and 10 centimeters shorter. Jasmine can't be Manning, but Manning can't be Jasmine either."

After talking about Garnett, West got down to business.

"Is there anything you can tell me about 'Beautiful Basketball'?"

Louie laughed and said, "You can go to my office to find Jim and ask him to give you the tactical blueprint of 'Beautiful Basketball'."

"Just right, I also need some advice from you. Our recent actual combat experiments have not worked well, and the number of players' mistakes remains high."

Hearing this, West left directly.

He came to the president's office.

This time, Jim's sitting posture was much more correct.

"Jerry, haven't you found the president?"

"I found it, but what I want is in the office, the blueprint for some tactics, do you know where it is?"

"I know, Coach Lu said that you will have to intervene sooner or later, and let me keep it."

West took over the tactical blueprint of "Beautiful Basketball" from the dude, "Then you continue to look at the office."

"This is my duty!"

Does he feel like it's a big job looking at an office that's barely any valuable papers and valuables?
West brought back the "Beautiful Basketball" playbook and emptied his office before watching it.

He requires absolute silence in the office.

When West turned the first page, he was attracted by the "Zihuatanejo" described by Louis. After that, he was like a 57-year-old innocent man in his first love, addicted to it and unable to extricate himself.

(End of this chapter)