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Chapter 188 The Legend of the Legend
"Lu, in your opinion, how can this group of veterans play effectively?"

Auerbach has been away from the front line for a long time, and he doesn't mind handing over the command to Louis.

The legendary game is about to start, but Louis is a little bit troubled, and the celebrities all look at him.

"I want to know which one of you still maintains systematic training after retiring." Louie whispered, "I want to be honest."

Heinsohn said arrogantly: "At our level, we can fly them without training!"

"Okay, Tom, you substitute."

"Why!"

"You substitute!" Auerbach said fiercely, "I said so!"

Robertson said lightly, "You can tell me how to beat you."

Louie singled out the five guys who seemed to be in the best physical shape: Maravich, Robertson, Thurmond, Havlicek and Sam Jones.

"I don't think your physical strength is as good as when you were young, so it's better to take your time and don't fight fast with them." Louis only drew two tactics, "Oscar, this routine should not be a problem for you."

"I can hit with one hand," Robertson said proudly.

Then, when the game started, Louie's face was brilliant as he watched the paunchy Pettit beat Thurmond, who had a wingspan of more than [-] meters, in a jump ball.

Pettit made the ball high and Lou Hudson interspersed.

Louie had heard of Pettit's reputation, but when the opponent played, he didn't even count liquid.At this point, looking at Pettit's belly is like looking at Jokic.Pettit sent a low-level penetrating pass that Hudson didn't expect.

Hudson almost missed the catch, not because of poor quality, but because he didn't expect it.

Hudson, who got the ball, turned around and made a jumper, making contributions to the Western Legends.

The Eastern Legends followed Louie's plan and gave the ball to Thurmond in the low post.

In Louie's memory, when Thurmond came to the Cavaliers at the end of his career, he was already a pure blue-collar who only did defense and rebound protection. He didn't know what Thurmond's offensive level was, so he just let him support.

As a result, his level of support is average.

You can only rely on your teammates to move and then give the ball out.

There is no support point for independent offensive threats, just like Green who is dealt at a high position, it is not very useful.

As a result, those few people who Louis thought were in good physical condition played worse at the beginning of the game.

Maravich is too humble. He has only retired for a few years, and the game should feel good, but he keeps passing the ball to find teammates.

"Am I worse than them?" Heinsohn said dissatisfiedly. "Besides, even if I'm worse, I still have something that they don't have. I dare to risk my life on the court. Look at those old guys on the court. What kind of bullshit is it?"

Louis honestly handed over the command.

Coaching the legendary team is not fun at all, he can't figure out the state of these people.

After 1/3 of the game, Louis suddenly felt that it was meaningless to hold the Legendary Tournament.

"They were all great players when they were young, and it's understandable that they can't play now when they are old." Louis said to Auerbach, "But letting them play in this state will easily cause fans to misunderstand the older players."

Auerbach was very angry and didn't like to get angry. After all, it was a legend game, and there were a bunch of old people who had retired for many years. Wouldn't anyone really have expectations for their level?
But the Western Legend team played fiercely and fought desperately. Why did the old comrades bully the old comrades like this?
Seeing that the score was about to be drawn, Alex Hunnam, the head coach of the Western Legends and one of Auerbach's rivals in the coaching era, laughed complacently.

"GTMD!"

Auerbach called a timeout and lost his temper.

"Even if it's an exhibition match, don't act like a sissy!" During the entire timeout, Auerbach didn't arrange a single word of tactics.

Louis saw through the low-quality games during this period who was really keeping the Eastern Legends.

Maravich's game feels the best, Jones's shooting is the most accurate, Havlicek's physical strength is the strongest, and others, one counts as one, including the self-esteemed Robertson, are all rusty rotten fish and rotten shrimps.

"Peter, be tough!" Louie yelled at Maravich.

Maravich looked back at him. He almost became the assistant coach of the Celtics last year. Now that he rarely returns to the game, he needs to impress a new generation of fans.

Back in the game, Maravich made a backhand layup first.

Dolph Schayes, with a bigger belly than Pettit, could only bluff.

Then, he fired a long-range shot at a position one step inside the three-point line on the right.

Maravich consciously took over and West Legends' Connie Hawkins flew up on the counterattack.

He played an air pick game that only a flyer like Dr. J can play.

It's incredible considering his age.

Maravich fouled him, but that didn't stop the basketball from hitting the basket.

Maravich continued to shoot from a distance, and he could see that these legends of the player era, or their peers, could no longer affect his shooting now.

His long-range mid-range shot made it again.

At the beginning of the game, there was a taste of grievances. Lou Hudson, who was a teammate with Maravich in the player era, also scored a jumper from the free throw line.

Hudson envied Maravich's sky-high rookie contract and envied him being regarded as a savior by fans before he played an NBA game.The two sides had some unhappiness, and finally broke up unhappy.Hudson's jealousy is to blame for Maravich's frustrated journey in the NBA.

Maravich was heavily encircled by the Western legends.

This freed Sam Jones on the flank.

Maravich is not only an offensive player, but also an excellent organizer.

He intentionally uses his defensive gravity to create opportunities for teammates who can help.

Jones received his pass and hit a long-range mid-range shot no less than Maravich.

"This bastard is still so accurate!" From Auerbach's reaction, it can be seen that Jones was a player he relied on extremely in the player era.

In the second half, Auerbach played an extremely outrageous lineup.

Maravich, Jones, Heinsohn, Unseld, Thurmond.

Thurmond is now jumping the ball but not at Pettit's level;
Heinsohn is almost useless except for talking;

Unseld looked stout and mighty, but he was slow, defenseless and unable to attack, a cumbersome existence.

Louis looked down on Heinsohn extremely, and soon after, he was slapped in the face.

Heinsohn made a floor-flowing skyhook from the free throw line. When the ball went out, his body may be less than 10 centimeters from the ground.

He landed the skyhook and had no memorable moments after that.

In the second half of the game, the winning mentality of the legends appeared.

Although the level is not enough, but he is ruthless and dares to fight. The game is played like the final of a community basketball game.

The game became real. Although there was a certain element of respect for the elderly in the defense against some particularly old players, in this game, many future Hall of Fame players, including Barry and De Buschell, fought so hard that they had to go off the court to inhale oxygen.In the final moments of the game, both Auerbach and Hannum committed tactical fouls to scramble for the ball.

When Maravich pushed Barry out of bounds for the ball, the commentator yelled unkindly: "Look! Even Pete Maravich is seriously defending! God, I don't remember him ever defending seriously when he was in the game!"

At the last moment, the Eastern Legends trailed by 2 points.

They only have 6 seconds.

"Lu, draw a tactic for Pete!" Auerbach handed the tactic board to Louis.

Louis aimed at Thurmond and Unseld, one tall and one short, one strong and one thin, which were suitable for tactics.

"Nate, Wes, when Pete starts to run, I need you two to suddenly pull up a wall at a 45-degree angle to the left to help him block people." Louie said simply. "Peter, once your defender is blocked, all you have to do after receiving the ball is to aim well and kill them with a three-pointer!"

Auerbach's typical take-away doctrine: "This is a good way, just do what Louis said!"

The timeout is over, and in the last six seconds, this low-level but extremely intense legendary match is coming to an end.

The Legends Game and the All-Star Game fundamentally present two completely different styles: In the future, a group of players headed by Jordan will put more emphasis on individual performance, and play in the All-Star Game.The old comrades in the legendary game have a more classical style of play, with textbook-like pick-and-roll hand-to-hand layups, and the point guard shouts tactics before each ball advances. The attitude of these old men who have built the foundation of NBA legends towards the game is comparable to that of NCAA coaches.

Maravich started to run, and the Western Legends knew that the Eastern Legends would only assign the game-winner to Maravich or Jones.

Judging by Maravich's state, it must be him.

Old teammates, even old enemies.

Lou Hudson chased Maravich with all his strength, but in the end, his desire to guard Maravich was shattered by the extremely solid screen of Unseld and Thurmond.

Maravich received the ball smoothly and dribbled it to the top of the arc. No one came to defend because he couldn't keep up with the speed.

Within a few seconds, Maravich drew his gun and shot, a lore three-pointer at the top of the arc-shua! ! !

"Tonight, Pete Maravich is a legend among legends!"

Louis let out a sigh of relief, no matter who is the head coach next time, he will not come.

The state of these old guys is really like a roller coaster, there is no guarantee.

Satisfied, Auerbach lit his cigar and waved to Hannum who was not far away.

(End of this chapter)