the rest, only noise

Chapter 146 The momentum is in full swing, and the shadow is still there

The next day, the alliance issued a handling announcement.

Isiah Thomas was suspended for five games and fined $20000.

Kenny Benson took a few heavy punches and was advised by the doctor to rest for more than 2 weeks. He refused and had to wear a mask to continue participating in the game. After all, the Pistons cannot do without him now.

With little time to rest, the next day, the Celtics played back-to-back games against the Cleveland Cavaliers at home.

This is Louis' hometown team, and they have just gone through one of the darkest periods in team history.

Every time he saw the current situation of the knight, Louis' hatred and gratitude towards the Lan Jiba whose name he could not remember became more intense.

He almost cast himself in a trap.

After years of torment by Ted Steppy, the Cavaliers averaged just 3900 last season.According to the league's optimistic estimate, they are absolutely falsely reporting the attendance data, and the average number of attendance per game should not exceed 2000 at most.

Due to a series of bad operations, the Cavaliers lost $2000 million in three seasons.

Stoppy was hated by Cleveland people. He once wanted to move the team to Toronto, but the league didn't want to lose the Cleveland market, so they forced Steppy to sell the team.

Forcing Steppy to sell the team is far from bringing them back from the dead, the right buyer has to be found.

But who wants to take over the worst team with a mess of bad debts and no draft picks of its own before 1987?
A businessman named Gordon Gund appeared, and he asked the league to give the Cavaliers some convenience, otherwise he would not buy a team that would make him lose money for a long time.

The league is very clear that Gund is not intentionally bargaining, he is serious, the Cavaliers have no draft picks, and their strength is the worst in the league. If they don't find a way to remedy them, no one will want to be taken advantage of.

So the league agreed to sell a first-round pick to the Cavaliers every year for the next four years.

In addition, the introduction of the salary cap made the cost of managing a team controllable, so Gund decided to buy the team.

Today's Cavaliers are undoubtedly a bad team. No matter where he comes from, Louis will not let his players show mercy.

At the beginning, the Celtics established an advantage.

Although Isiah Thomas is not there, Bird alone is enough to manage the No. [-] and No. [-] systems.

Even in the No. [-] system, he can use his own off-ball threat to help Gerald Henderson complete the offense.

"These guys make the game look beautiful," Heinsohn said enthralled.

Louie reasonably arranged the playing time of the players, and when the overall situation was decided in the third quarter, he let Bird rest.

Tonight, Bird played only 29 minutes and easily scored 26 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. The Celtics beat the Cavaliers with 22 points.

Six Celtics scored in double figures, scoring at least 6 points in two consecutive games.

Next, there is a three-day offseason.

The third opponent is the Milwaukee Bucks who eliminated them last season.

At the beginning of the new season, the Bucks are not in a good state. They have played three games and have 1 win and 2 losses.

"Boston Globe" Bob Ryan made a preview of this game, he is not optimistic about the Celtics.

"Obviously, without Isiah Thomas, the Bucks have enough firepower at the back line, and the Celtics are unstoppable."

Judging from the results, he said that the Bucks' back line has sufficient firepower and the Celtics are unstoppable, so there is no big problem.

The Bucks' double guns, Sidney Moncrief and "Torch" Bridgeman scored 56 points together, but Louis continued the routine against the Bucks in the playoffs last season.

Except for Bridgeman, no one in the Bucks team has scored a three-pointer.

Bird remembered the failure of last season, and Louie's reprimand after the game seemed to echo in his ears. He vented all his dissatisfaction in the game, blasting 46 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists in the game.

Louie's offensive system makes him a duck to water.

Bird looked so strong that Don Nelson was unconvinced by the loss. He told reporters: "Take Larry Bird to our team and we will win."

Louie doesn't mind if people say he wins on Bird.

What else can a coach rely on if he doesn't rely on the players under his hands to win?Could it be that they can play in person?

"When you have a player like Larry under you, you only need to think about how to bring out his abilities." Louie said shamefully, "Because our tactical system is not perfect, Larry's strength has actually only been played a little bit and needs to be improved."

The momentum of the Celtics is very fierce, and no team seems to be able to stop them in the recent schedule.

Pacers were massacred;

The bulls are completely defeated;

Although the Washington Bullets dragged on until the last moment, they were killed by a jumper from the free throw line by Sampson.

Then, Thomas came back, and in his first game back against his hometown Chicago Bulls, Louie went out of his way to cut Bird's minutes so he could get the most out of it.

Thomas held back his energy for many days, and broke out directly, scoring 39 points and kicking his hometown team to death at the Chicago Stadium.

"The fans were booing Isiah because he looked very excited when the game lost its suspense."

The Celtics started the season with nine consecutive victories and easily climbed to the top of the league.

In the tenth game, they need to go to Denver to challenge the Nuggets.

This is a special team.

"Baby, I heard that the Denver people don't defend at all, this game can be played!" ML Carr exclaimed excitedly.

"It suits you," Bird joked tartly. "They never defend, and you never attack."

Carl said confidently: "Because I only shoot key shots!"

"If you blow harder, we'll believe you," Louie shouted.

"Fuck! I'm serious. If you don't believe me, you can give me the key ball tonight!" Carl promised, "I'm absolutely amazing!"

The Nuggets are a strange team. It may be the only team in NBA history that dares to put in a lot of effort on the offensive end. If it doesn't work hard on the defensive end, it will compete with you on offense.

Almost no team will find a way to force them to defend, because it's not worth it.

So Karl said he could make a lore. Considering the Nuggets' defense, it's not uncommon for him to make a lore, so he was unanimously booed by the team.

Lambiel, a prickly man, likes to make fun of those who don't fit in.

This time, he chose Maxwell, an old player who had been silent for a long time.

"Cedric, why haven't you spoken recently?" Lambiel said meanly, "What did you tell me when I first came here? Dare to express yourself, why did you forget?"

Maxwell raised his eyes and said calmly, "Don't mess with me."

"Oh, I see!" Lambiel teased knowingly, "You are not happy! Because you can only play as a substitute now, you can't compete with Larry and Ralph, don't be unhappy, you want to start so much, I will give you the position, can you play center?"

"Guys, can Cedric play center?" Lambiel yelled, embarrassing Maxwell.

Maxwell was furious: "I told my mother not to mess with me!"

"We're on the plane, so be quiet!" Louie yelled.

Lambiel is a complete villain, and he always likes to do things that hurt others and benefit himself: "If I have a good attitude and play well, and suddenly lose the starting position, I must be very angry, huh."

"Shut up!!!" Louie roared.

Maxwell's problems exist, Lambiel just likes to leave the wounds open.

But Louis has no solution to Maxwell's emotions, because he has to substitute Maxwell. This is not because the opponent's ability is not good, but there must be a personal substitute between Sampson and Maxwell.

Maxwell can't play center. If he could play, Louis would have let Lambir, a vicious dog, go to the sixth man position.

Therefore, between him and Sampson, it is a competitive relationship between the two.

As early as two years ago, Fitch wanted Sampson to start, and Maxwell strongly opposed it.And when Louis became the head coach, he had a chat with Maxwell.Surprisingly, Maxwell agreed very happily this time.

So Louis didn't think too much about other places.

Now the Celtics are winning streak, good momentum, Maxwell is the only unhappy person.

He is only 28 years old, and he is in his prime. He can play the main force in almost all teams except the Celtics. Anyone who encounters him in this situation is unwilling to be a substitute.

It's normal for him to have emotions. Louis' approach is to give him the same playing time as the starter.

But what some people care about is the starting title.

The starting lineup represents the status of the team. As the only surviving veteran from the Havlicek era, he thought his status was stable, but out of respect and trust for Louis, he accepted the arrangement as a substitute, but he couldn't make it through psychologically.

During the trip, more than once Louis thought of trading.

Only by going to other teams can Maxwell get what he wants. By the way, the Celtics can also get some immediate combat power and assets as much as possible.

It's a pity that it's not something that Louis alone can decide to trade a player of Maxwell's level.

(End of this chapter)