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Chapter 170 Little Friction
Another victory.

When the referee blew the final whistle, Louie sat there uninterested.

He didn't taste the meaning of victory, because winning is a matter of course.Unless the state is too bad, it is impossible for them to lose to the Trail Blazers.

Is this what it feels like to hit the full level number right from the start?

Since the Celtics' configuration is strong enough, it has become Louie's mission to lead them to win. Once he can't do it, he should get out like Fitch.

Balancing the needs of all parties and carefully touching each other's self-esteem is a difficult task.

In order to maintain his authority, Louis needs to do something every day to consolidate his position.

He got to his feet and, as is the post-match protocol, he had to shake hands with Jack Ramsey.

Dr. Ramsay walked to the center of the field, and Louis adjusted his clothes, hoping to look decent.

When you are facing a peer, and a respected peer, you must be cautious.

Louie had heard a lot of legends about Ramsey, who before his death in 2014 served as a consultant for the Heat and devised a play that increased the Heat's scoring average by four points per game.His passion is boundless and provocative to players, just like Kevin Garnett as a head coach.

Ramsey often does boxing stances in the locker room to heighten players' focus, and when he loses a game, like tonight, he'll walk outside on foot to take all the negativity out of his head before heading home.

He is 57 years old this year, and he can still complete the triathlon, which can be described as amazing physique.

If Louie's team and Ramsey's team are swapped, the result will not change. The result of this game itself is not the difference in coaching ability, but the difference in hard power between the two sides.

Louie just didn't use the player's personal ability to beat the Blazers simply and rudely.

"You can often see news about you on the news." When Ramsay and Louis shook hands, his face was soft. "Unfortunately, more than 95% of the news is fake."

"Wrong, Jack." Louie laughed, "100% false news."

"Including compliments?"

"Yes." Louis said confidently, "Only those who know and understand me can praise me correctly. The Little Lu seen by the media is just a phantom I specially showed them."

Ramsey had no complaints about tonight's defeat.

"If we had a Bill Walton center, it would have ended differently," Ramsey said later.

Louie couldn't imagine that Ramsay hadn't put Wharton down yet.

Just like when the Blazers boss Larry Weinberg saw Louis, he also talked about the "big red-haired man".

He doesn't watch much of Walton's videos. He is not the kind of player with a strong sense of presence, but he is the kind of player who serves the team wholeheartedly and is willing to sacrifice himself to help his teammates.

Looking at his data and resume, you will see that he has missed a lot of games, has been injured, and his data is not very impressive.

Those stats hurt fans' opinion of him.

It's not fair to judge Walton with statistics and imagine that he is just an ancient player who has been overblown, just like fans in 2020 pointing at Duncan's career average of 19+10 per game to ridicule.

"No, we'll still win."

Despite Walton's magic, Louie still doesn't believe his team will lose.

It was the first official meeting between Louie and Ramsay, and they made a good impression on each other.

Louis finds that Ramsay's Wharton has an unusually deep demon.

He will stop at nothing to find the next Wharton.

Because only Walton can bring back the team in memory, but there is only one Walton, and there will be no more players like Walton.

Now, Louis knows why they missed Michael Jordan.

If they got the No. [-] pick, they'd go for Olajuwon, a decision they won't regret.

However, if they were not the No. [-] pick, they would have taken Sam Bowie.

Because Bowie is widely seen as Wharton II.

Even if he had only a 1 percent chance of becoming Walton, Ramsey would demand that management do whatever it takes to get him.

From this point of view, maybe Wharton should take the blame for this matter?

No, the team doctor who advised Walton to take painkillers and persist in the game should be blamed.

It was his stupid suggestion that caused Wharton's injury to worsen and eventually left the team, which planted Ramsey's demons. The desire for a second Wharton continued until the 1984 draft.

Louie gave a short live interview.

Back in the locker room, with Bird and Thomas at the press conference.

Bird, as usual, was questioned by many.

Counting tonight's game, the Celtics are currently averaging 121 points per game, second only to the Spurs and Nuggets.

而在其中，伯德场均29分12篮板6助攻2抢断1.2盖帽。

Because Louie creatively played Bird at the [-] for long periods of time, his inability to defend quick small forwards was overshadowed.

When he played against the orthodox four, his defense was quite impressive.

Keep it up, not to mention the second defense, even the first defense can be expected.

Although Thomas is not as comprehensive as Bird, his personal statistics also averaged 22 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists per game, and the division of labor with Bird is clear.

A reporter from The Oregonian asked Louie, "How do you balance internal conflicts?"

His question is quite interesting. If Louie does not correct his question, it is tantamount to admitting that there is a contradiction within the Celtics.

Louis really didn't correct him.

"Even family members with blood ties will have conflicts. Therefore, the size of the conflicts and how to transfer them are actually important topics for me."

Louis faced the reporter's question directly, without hiding it.

"So do you have a recipe?"

"Of course!" Louie said triumphantly, "Whenever I want to establish authority, I will take Larry on the knife. You may feel incredible, but Larry is scolded by me every day. He is used to growing up in the abuse. He is our number one player. If even he is scolded obediently, others will have nothing to say."

The other party didn't believe what Louis said at the beginning, so he asked Bird to verify it on the spot.

"Little Lu lied, he didn't scold me." Bird paused, and everyone was about to see Louie's joke, "He just humiliated me in different ways every day, making fun of my origin, accent, shape and cautious expenses."

Because Bird's answer was too explosive, the headlines of the "Oregonian" on the second day were directly occupied by the Celtics.

"The generals of the Boston Celtics are at odds, and Larry Legend bluntly said that he was ravaged by Little Lu every day."

When this headline came out, it became buzzing and provided strong evidence for the "Larry Bird is underrated" movement.

This movement and origin will be mentioned later.

But after the press conference was held that day, Louis couldn't believe Bird would say that in front of reporters.

"Thanks to you, from tomorrow onwards, the media all over the United States will report on the little friction between you and me with exaggeration!"

"You exposed our affairs, and now you still blame me for restoring the truth?" Bird asked dissatisfiedly, "Who bothers me every day? Who calls me a redneck every day? Who makes fun of my hometown every day? Who makes a fuss because I don't want to drink $10 wine?"

Thomas has a big head, the two won't be arguing in the corridor, will they?
"Okay, if you think it's humiliating you, then it's humiliating you." Louis smiled, "Do you know how I will answer the next time a reporter asks me how to humiliate you?"

"I will say, I just told you what you did, and I was taken as humiliating you." Louis sneered eccentrically, "As expected of the legend of Larry from the town of Frankilik, if you dare to do it, don't let it be said."

"Who stopped you from talking? Don't you talk every day?"

"Why tell reporters I'm humiliating you when you can accept what I say every day?" Louie said angrily. "You're fucking redefining the word humiliation!"

"Cough cough."

Thomas interrupted: "Although I would like to see you continue to argue, we have already reached the door of the locker room."

In the last second, Louis's face was full of anger, his eyebrows were rolled up, as if he was alive, and his eyes were spitting fire, intending to burn Byrd.

Suddenly, the anger disappeared.

He pushed open the locker room door with a smile.

"Won't you control your expression, Larry?" Thomas thought Bird would change his face too.

Bird wanted to, but how could he be as professional as Louis?He forced himself to laugh but couldn't get his mind off of it, twisting his face like he was constipated.

"Larry, are you sick?"

Some teammates greet Bird.

Louis used just a few seconds to make his smile bright like a summer flower. Perhaps he is more qualified than Nicolas Cage to star in "Face Changing". In this way, he can not only break into the showbiz with this film, but also tongue/kiss with actresses for free. By the way, it proves that his ability to change faces is not just for nothing, it can completely outperform professional actors.

(End of this chapter)