the rest, only noise

chapter 145
距离比赛结束还有半节的时间，伯德拿下了39分20篮板10助攻5抢断，凯尔特人领先活塞32分。

He should have rested, Louie disagreed.

He asked Bird to make free throws.

Louie would replace him only if he scored with free throws.

When Byrd caused a kill, Louis shouted: "How about two free throws and one hit, Qiu Lijiao!"

Bird satisfied Louis' request with a disgusted face.

Finally changed his data to 40+20+10+5, Louis let out a sigh of relief: "It's comfortable."

In order to prevent Bird from stealing extra data and destroying the data of a perfectly rhythmic three-level film, Louis took the initiative to call for a timeout and substitutions.

"Anyone who underestimates Little Lu because of his age will end up suffering just like me."

In the end, the Celtics beat the Pistons by 35 points at home.

Chuck Daly's speech to reporters was thought-provoking.

"Coach Daly, what do you think is the reason for your disastrous defeat?" The reporter continued to ask.

Daly replied helplessly: "It's hard for me to tell you the answer. The gap in hard power is the key reason, but what disappoints me even more is that Little Lu seems to allow his players to provoke trouble on the court. I have no other meaning, and I don't want to make excuses for our failure, but as a stronger side, is it necessary for them to do this? Benny (Kenny Benson's nickname) is currently undergoing an examination in the hospital. I hope he is okay."

What Daly reported to reporters also appeared in the Celtics' press conference.

"Weekly Sun" reporter Paul Hardy asked: "Is the conflict between Kenny Benson and Isiah an accident?"

Louis smiled lightly and asked: "Of course it was an accident. Do you think I have the ability to remotely control the game?"

The reporters laughed tacitly.

Isn't the coach's job to remote control the game?

Then came Boston Herald reporter Kate O'Keeffe, the Herald's most recent reporter, who they wanted to make O'Keeffe their Bob Ryan.

Sadly, few female journalists are as interested in sports as their male counterparts.

O'Keeffe was a bit of a grinder: "Coach Lu, this is your first regular season game, how does it feel to win?"

"It's not as good as when we won the playoffs last season." Louis said confidently and frivolously, "This is an expected victory."

He has crazy capital, and he also hopes to be labeled as crazy.

All people who are labeled will bring surprises, because people are the most unreliable thing.

Unlike the media meeting in the training camp, today the Celtics won very well, so the questions asked by the reporters are relatively easy to answer.

Louis knew very well that the really important thing was the locker room.

So after Bird finished answering the reporter's questions, they walked into the player tunnel together.

Here they met Chuck Daly and James Worthy.

They also just finished the interview.

"Coach Lu, congratulations." Daly said with a smile.

"Where, I also congratulate you," Louis said as if the Pistons had won the game. "Failure is the mother of success. I'm glad that you have found the 'mother of success'. I hope we will have the opportunity to see this mother who has never met."

Bird couldn't help laughing, Daly was so embarrassed that he didn't know how to answer, and Worthy was even more hurt.

"This man is such a jerk!"

After Louis and Byrd left, Worthy spit dirty water angrily.

"Don't underestimate him." Daly was not angry, "This is just an image he deliberately displayed, and he just wanted to make us angry."

"Why did he do this?"

"Because he's smart."

Some people say that a real wise man should think like a wise man and talk like a normal person.

What about the very smart ones?They may prefer to be treated as fools, so as to have more opportunities to take advantage of.

"You played well today, keep it up."

Before entering the locker room, Louie encouraged Bird by the way.

"Does a guy who's playing well make one of two free throws at the free throw line?" Bird remembers Louie telling him to miss free throws on purpose.

Louis didn't expect this country bumpkin to be so small-minded, so he couldn't help asking: "Your contract doesn't have a clause that deducts money if you don't hit the free throw percentage, right?"

"No."

"Why don't you care about it? Although you lost 1 point for no reason, you made all obsessive-compulsive patients, including me, very comfortable."

Talking, Louis pushed open the door of the locker room.

He walked in, and the atmosphere in the locker room was weird. Although they fought together for a common enemy on the court, they didn't know how to express their gratitude off the court, especially between Thomas and Lambiel.

Louis closed the locker room door.

"Just like you, I don't like coaches who go on and on after the game, but I have something to say today."

"First of all, I am very satisfied with the result of this game. Thank you for winning the first regular season of my coaching career and starting a good start for the new season."

Louis had a bit of an official tone at the beginning, but later he became down-to-earth.

"What satisfies me the most is not the result, but the process. When I see you conflict with each other, I am very happy to see that everyone on the field stands up for their teammates."

Louie highlighted, "Bill, you created a good 'offensive' opportunity for Isiah."

"But a certain person didn't appreciate me, and even gave me the middle finger before the end of the game." Lambiel said eccentrically.

Thomas retorted: "Because you're pretending to be nice and say don't fight, but you're the one who fights the most!"

"Idiot, can I not say that?" Lambiel explained, "Do you fucking know what you are doing? I didn't hug Kenny Benson, you think you are big enough for him to beat? I deliberately caught him and let you do it. He couldn't do anything and he was beaten for nothing. You don't think I really said that to stop you, do you? I thought we played well together."

Thomas was very clear about Lambiel's intentions in hugging Benson, and he reciprocated with his actions.

Saying this at this time is just for the sake of face, and by the way lie to myself "you don't have to be grateful to him".

"Okay, after this incident, I think, Isaiah, you should also see clearly." Louis took the opportunity to speak, "Whether you hate Bill or not, whether Bill hates you or not, as long as you still wear this jersey, you are teammates on the court. I don't want you to affect the game on the court because of personal conflicts."

"You don't like Bill, but who in this room likes him?" Louis asked.

Lambiel said aggrievedly: "Coach, don't you like me?"

"Fuck you!"

Louis wished he could seal the vicious dog's mouth with tape, it would spoil the atmosphere too much.

"You have a bad relationship. This shouldn't be a stumbling block to your cooperation. I think you can see that when you were in trouble, Bill took the right approach to help you at the first time. I wonder if you would do the same in the same situation. Answer me, Isaiah." Louis asked directly.

Thomas looked down at Lambiel, then back at Louis.

His lips moved, as if to express his determination.

Then he swallowed the words back and said stiffly, "I'm not a lip service."

"Okay, I'll wait to see how you respond to me on the field!" Louie cleared his throat, "What are you going to do now? When there is no game, I have no other special requirements for you. You can play whatever you want, whether it's at home or away. I want you to remember three things. When you should appear in front of me, show up on time. When I let you play, play tactics obediently. When I prohibit you from doing something, you'd better not have any chances to try."

After that, Louis opened the locker room, "See you tomorrow, you bastards."

"Can I understand that" ML Carr asked heartily, "we won't have a curfew in the away game?"

The player who correctly comprehended the meaning of Louis' words, instantly, ghosts and wolves howled in the locker room.

"What a perfect performance, Lou."

KC Jones followed.

"What a performance, KC, what I say comes from the heart." Louie said helplessly.

"Come on, didn't you instigate the conflict between MLC and Benson? Without this conflict, Isiah and Bill wouldn't have resolved their differences so quickly." KC said admiringly, "You are such a crazy genius."

This flattering Louis is very troubled.

"Stop it, whether the grudge is eliminated or not depends on the effect in the game."

Louie is less confident in Thomas.

After all, this is the most thorough and absolute superstar in history. If he has one thing on the surface and another on the other side, what can Louis say?

"You don't seem to have much confidence in Isiah." KC said.

"No, I have no confidence in proven human nature."

Louie doesn't expect Thomas to change his mind, just as he never considered Boston and the Celtics as his home.

He has only one goal, which is to control the thorns including Thomas during his tenure, and let them exert their strength for his own use.

As for the future, he can't control it.

(End of this chapter)