the rest, only noise

Chapter 140 Young and vigorous (!!!)
(PS: You are mature book friends, so I don’t need to explain why there are exclamation marks, Wuhuhu)

The Celtics have won all seven preseason games, including an exhibition game.

On October 10, the Celtics will usher in the opening game of the new season at home.

Their opponent is the Detroit Pistons.

The night before the opening match, Louis came to Lorraine's apartment as usual.

She prepares an Italian dinner, one of which impresses Louis with a cheesecake called a Fontina.

It is said that this is not the most authentic. The most authentic Fontina Cheese can only be eaten in the Valle d'Aosta region of Italy, where people make it with fresh milk and have a wonderful fragrance.

"I feel that I don't need to go so far, it's enough to have you."

After Louis finished his dinner, he and Lorraine came to the top floor of the apartment. Here you can enjoy the wind, and it is also suitable for friends and couples to date-as long as it is not too shabby, you can do more things.

"Now, there are no annoying neighbors, and no boring language courses," Lorraine kissed Louis's face lightly, "just you and me"

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The next day, Louis took the breakfast prepared for him by Lorraine to work at the Greek Academy.

For tonight's game, he had to prepare early.

A few years ago, the Pistons missed opportunities to acquire Sampson and Isiah Thomas because of poor trades, and even Lambiel was cut off by Louis.

However, after just one bad year, they returned to the ranks of the playoffs.

The strength of James Worthy was underestimated by Louis. Perhaps the star-studded Lakers team affected his performance. In the Pistons, he was the core of the team. He averaged 20 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists per game in the first season. He is an existence that cannot be ignored.

The Pistons are an interesting team. Most of their statistics are mediocre, but two statistics stand out.

They're one of the best teams at limiting opponents' free throws, and they're also one of the teams that make the most free throws.

This is a data that can reflect their offensive and defensive strength.

The fewer free throws given to opponents is definitely not because of their good defense, because from the data point of view, the Pistons' defense can only be regarded as a mid-level team in the league.

The defense is not good, and at the same time the number of free throws by the opponent is not much, which shows that they do not pay enough attention to defense, or in other words, they do not give much strength to defense.

This is quite different from the "killer like hemp" piston in Louis' impression.

However, the new season has not played a game, and what the Pistons are now remains to be tested in the game.

Louis tried on a freshly made suit at home before going out.

He was an acting coach before, so it was justifiable not to wear a suit. Now that he has been in office for a few months, it is unreasonable not to wear a suit.

"How much did this dress cost?" Li Xuanbing was very concerned about this matter.

People rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles. In the first game of coaching the Celtics, can't you have a look that kills the audience?

"I made three suits, about $2000."

"2000 US dollars!!?" Li Xuan Bing called out in pain, "You really don't know how expensive the money is! Is it worth it?"

"Isn't this the first time I bought it?" Louis decided to blame, "Our general manager said that I represent the image of the team, and if I don't dress better, my salary will be deducted."

"Is it that old man who wears sunglasses all day long?"

"Yes, that's him!"

"Hmph, that old man smokes cigars all day long, and his mouth is so wicked, I think he will get oral cancer sooner or later!"

Louis didn't expect Auerbach to suffer so much malice by just throwing the pot away.

However, in the foreseeable future, Auerbach and Li Xuanbing will never meet, so letting him take the blame is a low-cost, high-return matter.

Lorraine is also at Louis's house, and she will also watch the game live in the garden.

And, with Louie's face, she could get the best seat.

Louis didn't want her to watch the game live, because as I said before, the garden is not a good competition venue, and watching the game there will not be such an interesting experience.

It's just that Lorraine insisted on going, and he couldn't refuse.

Although Li Xuanbing has a bad impression of Lorraine, she is still Louis' girlfriend. She has done a good job on the surface and successfully made Lorraine think that her aunt likes her very much.

That night, the opener of the 1983-84 season, arrived.

This is a special season, and it's the first season since the salary cap was introduced.

The league is coming out of a situation where everyone is shouting and fighting, and the teams are guaranteed to survive, and then it is their own image that needs to be changed.

The problem of unique products has obviously surpassed court violence and has become a cancer that must be eradicated.

Therefore, the league launched a "three strikes and you're out" drug policy. This policy is rare in history. Both labor and management agree to implement a policy that is unimpeded.The league wants to improve its image and increase its commercial value, and the players are tired of being treated as a potential "poisonous dog."

The policy of three strikes out is easy to understand. If it is a first-time offender and "turns himself in" voluntarily, he can participate in withdrawal treatment funded by the league (and still receive a salary).The same is true for second-time offenders. The league arranges withdrawal treatment, but the team has the right to choose to lay off the player and clear his salary space.A third offense is a lifetime ban, whether the player turns himself in or not.

In the end, Michael Ray Richardson, who had a chance to become a superstar of his generation, became the number one winning bidder for this policy.

This is something that must be remembered. Since the NBA has handled its own labor disputes well, it has not been shut down like the other two major leagues, making everyone a loser. This has made CBS executives pay more attention to the NBA; the popularity of cable TV has given thousands of American families more channels to watch games; the finalization of the salary cap has allowed small teams to survive;

Now, the NBA has solved all the troubles that prevented them from taking off, and the stage is set up. It is only a matter of a hunk from the sky to concentrate and explode all the energy, making the world realize that "the NBA is really beautiful."

Tonight, excited fans poured into the Boston Garden.

Louis took the initiative to greet today's referee.

The current NBA game still has only two referees. In previous years, they had added a third referee, but after only a few years, they were reduced to two due to manpower problems.

After all, the league at that time was about to fail. Whether the referee could notice the situation in the field was not that important, just make do with it.

Tonight's referee is a black man named Hue Hollins, a rare black high-achieving student with a double degree. He was the referee for the first time as a referee, and spent several years earning the reputation of "like to decide the game at critical moments".

It can be understood in this way.

Had he been the referee, Miller would have been called for a foul when he pushed Jordan away in 1998;
Jordan's lore of the century also has a certain probability of being messed up;
In 2013, the ball that James broke through to beat the Pacers may also be blown away.

So Louis hopes that he will not play at a critical moment tonight anyway, and that this kind of person cannot be given a chance to perform, otherwise it will be too disappointing for the fans, right?

Hollins' assistant and tonight's assistant referee is a white man named Jess Kersey. Unlike Hollins, Kersey's reputation is much better, and his games have almost zero negative reviews.

"Little Lu looks more mature than before in a formal suit."

Tonight's game is not televised by CBS, but by New England's WBZ-TV, a cable station in every home in the Massachusetts area.

The person who praised Louie's dress is familiar to everyone, but the best guard in Celtics history, Bob Cousy.

His partner was Tom Heinsohn, who had retired from the front for several years.

Louis walked to the middle and saw Chuck Daly, who claimed to only wear custom-made suits, and always had a well-glossed and gorgeously combed hair.

"It's an honor to meet you, Coach Lu." Daly said with a smile, "We will bring you some trouble tonight."

Louis responded indifferently: "Trouble is never too much, come on."

The first impression Louis gave Daly was that he was young and frivolous. After all, at his age and not from a player background, it was almost impossible to sit in that position.

But he just sat on it.

Like Louie, Daly worked as an assistant coach under Billy Cunningham for four years before becoming the head coach, but he has a wealth of professional basketball experience, and when he became the head coach, he was already 51 years old, which is considered "very young" for coaches.

But when you meet Louis, you really don't know whether you should be jealous, angry, or lament that people have different fates?

At least one thing is certain, many coaches, especially those who worked so hard to climb to the position of head coach, don't like Louis.

His age is too dazzling!

Louis came to the players with a smile and brought Daly's words to him: "Coach Daly said that he will cause us some trouble tonight. I hope you better not be caused by them, otherwise you will see what real trouble is in the training session tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)