the rest, only noise

Chapter 123 Throwing away your country sentiment
This scene made many Milwaukee people unacceptable.

They are fully expecting the Bucks to sweep the powerful Celtics 4-0 to create the biggest upset of the season.

Even the Celtics' champion coach Bill Fitch dismissed get out of class early. A 23-year-old rookie coach with no professional league experience obviously came up to take the blame. How could he change the result of being swept away?

There are only a few seconds left on the timer, 126 to 108, the Celtics have swallowed a humiliating defeat to the Bucks, who have never allowed their opponents to score more than 95 points in the playoffs so far.

Losing is not unacceptable.

It is unacceptable to lose in this way.

The Bucks' defense was shattered, and that's what they were built on.

What Nelson worries about is that the Celtics are likely to continue to use tonight's strategy.

If they still can't handle Louis' strategy in the future, let alone end the series in five games, it is possible to play in the sixth or seventh game, and they will win four games in a row and be thrown into the pillar of shame.

Nelson walks over to Louie.

Louis is a layman in everyone's eyes. Many people have forgotten that Auerbach praised him at the Celtics' championship celebration in 1981.

Looking at it now, that may not be a joke.

This young coach, dressed like a high school student, has a talent that Nelson has never seen before in the coaching industry.

"Why has Coach Fitch never coached with such a strategy?"

Nelson was puzzled. Louie had been Fitch's assistant coach for three years, and even in the 1981 playoffs, it was Louis' strategy that rewrote the situation in the Eastern Conference Finals. Why was Louie suddenly not used?
"Because Coach Fitch has more professional assistant coaches than me, I can't help." Louie said modestly.

But the fact is that Fitch left before the end of the series with a professional and experienced teaching assistant team.

Louis, a layman in the eyes of everyone, allowed the Celtics to break the semi-final winning drought and save them from being swept.

Nelson heard Louie's teasing, and knew that there were some problems within the Celtics' coaching staff, so Louis was not reused.

"In the next game, you won't have such luck again." Nelson said seriously.

"I'm content to win one game."

After speaking, Louis walked to the CBS live reporter who had been waiting for him for a long time.

In this campaign, Byrd stole the limelight.

Scoring 45 points, 15 rebounds and 9 assists alone, 45 points is his personal scoring high in the playoffs, and the luxurious large quasi-triple-double data fully demonstrates his dominance.

Isiah Thomas and Ralph Sampson also performed well.

Although Thomas is not the core of the tactics, the second half and Bird's pick-and-roll offense gave Louis firm confidence in building another offensive system with these two.

Sampson became the player with the greatest influence on the game tonight with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 5 blocks.

The reporter asked Sampson, "What's the difference between playing under Coach Road and coach Fitch?"

"I'm the kite in Coach Fitch's hands," Sampson said figuratively, "the eagle on Coach Road's shoulders."

Sampson explained the difference between Fitch and Louie with two clever metaphors.

Fitch would hold the kite and control its flight, while Louie allowed the player to use his talents and soar like an eagle.

Louie brought Bird, Thomas and Sampson to the press conference.

Seeing these two guys next to Bird, Louie realized for the first time that he had completely changed the Celtics.

The Big Three are still the Big Three, but their potential, combat power and ability to sustain development far exceed the original Big Three.

Since Louis dressed like a high school student and looked very serious, Bird also dressed casually, trying to match Louis, while Thomas and Sampson paid more attention to dressing themselves.

In the media interview room of the visiting team, dozens of media companies crowded the small room.

"Coach Lu, first of all congratulations on your victory."

"Thank you."

A reporter from The Washington Post asked, "What do you think is the difference between you and Coach Fitch?"

"Coach Fitch has rich experience and is a rare and good coach, but I am a novice. There is a saying in China that a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger, and I was very lucky to 'beat the old master to death' tonight."

The reporter was dumbfounded by Louis' demonstration of ancient Chinese sayings.

"Fist what?"

"Another old Chinese saying, because novices make moves without rules, some experienced people will fall into misunderstandings and lose, so it is said to kill the old master with random punches." Louis easily let the press conference have a relaxed start.

Then Louie saw an acquaintance, Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe.

This person has always regarded himself as the watchdog of the NBA, and likes to dictate the league's policies and team changes. He can be called the king of the generation before the Internet age.

"The Celtics are full of energy tonight. Obviously, you guys have been able to play this kind of game a long time ago. Why did the Celtics always walk on the court in a daze in the previous few games, but tonight they are full of energy?" Ryan asked sharply.

"This is a bad question." Louie laughed jokingly. "Many people always despise coaching work, thinking that coaches can take all issues into consideration, but that's not the case. We also make mistakes and sum up in mistakes. As for what you think our players are walking stupidly on the field, this is purely your subjective opinion. I can't agree with it and firmly oppose it."

Ryan deliberately dug a hole for Louis and asked sensitive questions, wondering if the Celtics deliberately gave up on themselves in the first few games to force Fitch to leave get out of class.

He even wondered why Louie didn't tell Fitch the strategy tonight, let him use such a strategy to win.

Louis knew his calculations, and he also knew Ryan's power in Boston's media circle, so he couldn't give this person a chance to bite him, refuted it rudely, and named the next person.

The first five questions were all answered by Louie. After that, the reporters began to ask the players.

It was still Bob Ryan, who asked Bird: "Larry, you've expressed your disappointment with your teammates before, how are you feeling tonight?"

"I couldn't be more satisfied that we got back to ourselves," Bird said lightly.

And then again Bird, from the New York Post in New York.

They asked, "Larry, you single-handedly took down the Bucks tonight."

When he emphasized "single-handedly", the complexions of Thomas and Sampson changed to varying degrees.

Bird is indeed the dominant player in this game, but the performance of others is also indispensable.

Without Sampson's defense, the Celtics' defense against the Bucks would be incomplete and would be left with a big gap;

Without Thomas holding the ball as the main attacker in the second half and letting Bird play in the low post for the entire game, he would be exhausted.

Louis found that more than 95% of the reporters on the scene were white, and people of color accounted for about 5%, but none of them were black, and no one was interested in the performance of Thomas and Sampson.

When "The Crow" Billy Vincent of the "Boston Globe" was about to ask Bird again, Louis couldn't help but interrupted: "Larry~ Larry~ It's Larry again, let Larry drink, don't forget that there are four of us here."

Vincent gave Louis an unhappy look.

Then he asked Thomas in an impatient tone: "How do you cooperate with Larry on the field?"

Louis was so angry that he wanted to overturn the table, obviously he was asking Thomas a question, and this damn crow involved "Larry" again.

Larry is your father!

Thomas was not very interested. Like Bird, he contributed a lot to the victory of Game4, but the reporters only knew Bird.

Even asking questions is about Bird.

"We do this for a living. If you don't know how to cooperate in the professional league, you should change your job." Thomas' tone was very aggressive, and his smile remained.

His smile didn't buy him more opportunities to ask questions, because of Bird's presence, both he and Sampson were covered.

The press conference lasted nearly 20 minutes, and Thomas and Sampson were as uncaring as followers.

When the press conference was over, they went back to the locker room together.

There were people inside celebrating tonight's win, avoiding the ignominy of being swept away.

When Louis came to the door of the locker room, he signaled Bird to wait with his eyes.

After Thomas and Sampson went in, Bird asked, "What's the matter?"

"It's not fair to Isiah and Ralph," Louie said.

Byrd asked helplessly and mockingly: "What can I do? Dying my complexion black and being a great black hope?"

"You know where the problem is. I don't want you to solve the reporter's skin color discrimination. I just want you to pay more attention to the feelings of your teammates."

"What do you mean?"

"If a reporter praises you, you should praise your teammates ten words; if a reporter praises your performance, you have to thank your teammates for their support; if someone makes a mistake and caused us to lose the game, you have to help him take responsibility; if we win a game because of your bravery, you also have to mention your mediocre teammates to let the media know their value."

Bird was silent for a few seconds, staring at Louis.

"I never play for fame, and I don't care about the evaluation of the outside world."

"Damn bumpkin, don't show off your country sentiment to me here!" Louis blocked the doorway, "I don't care if you care or not, even if you use a machine gun to shoot those reporters in line, I don't care, but when they ignore your teammates and focus on you, you must take the initiative to correct their mistakes!"

After speaking, Louis turned and opened the door of the dressing room.

The moment he entered the locker room, his scowl turned into joy.

"I will give you all 100 points for your performance!"

"Thank you for successfully keeping my job!" Louis looked as if he had gotten out of trouble, "To be honest, I don't care if Game5 wins or not, because I have already completed the goal that Reid gave me, and the rest is up to you. Whether you can get them another game or not depends on whether you want to win or not."

ML Karl shouted arrogantly: "We're going to crush them at home!"

(End of this chapter)