the rest, only noise

Chapter 249 The big bird is sharp, the magician hesitates
Twelve million Americans tuned in to watch the game.

Considering that cable TV is just getting popular, this figure means that 2/3 of Americans with cable TV watched the game.

For those who cannot watch it on TV, they can listen to the radio.

In the 1984 NBA Finals, officially known as the World Championship Series, the Celtics beat the Lakers 118-104.

Big score 1 to 0 lead.

"Just three games away from a perfect season, are you confident?"

The CBS reporter interviewed Louie affectionately.

Louis doesn't like these reporters very much. They smile at you one day, but they don't know how to hack you on the news the next day.

Although he hated this group of people, he couldn't really turn his back on them.

Louis smiled lightly: "The Lakers haven't used their full strength yet, so the top priority is to prepare for the next game."

Louis' rare humility surprised the reporters.

At the press conference, it can be called a wonderful reporter award.

Louie had thought Bob Ryan's question was weird enough.

Ryan asked him, "Does the Celtics have a game philosophy of creating conflict on the court for profit?"

Is this the question the Boston media should be asking?
"No, next one." Louis didn't even give him a good face.

Ryan prides himself on being an NBA prosecutor with a selfless style, but Louis just doesn't like this kind of neutral party that seems likely to kill relatives at any time.

The "New York Times", which was dissed 100 million times by Louis, also sent a reporter.

They have always focused on discrediting Louis before.

Even if their mouths are tougher than Da Sima's, facing Louis' record of 84 wins and 11 losses, they can only brag along with other media.

Ryan is weird enough, and the reporter representing the Times today is even weirder.

"Little Lu, are you an egalitarian?"

"Excuse me???"

"According to our observation, the Celtics' games always distribute the ball evenly to everyone. Does this mean that the Celtics are playing egalitarian basketball?"

This made Louie laugh.

Is this a question that carbon-based organisms can think of?
"John Wooden, Adolph Rupp, Reed Auerbach, Bob Knight. All successful coaches, mark my words. I'm talking about all successful coaches, including the venerable Reed Holzman (Godfather of the Knicks). What does it mean to get 50 points? It means that one person cannot win. To win, you have to spread the ball and let everyone play."

Louis looked at the Times questioner like an idiot: "According to your point of view, the coaches I mentioned are probably egalitarians. Before I spread egalitarianism to the Celtics, they had already spread the same concept into the league. So, I can only be regarded as standing on the shoulders of giants."

There will only be more and more weird reporters.

They are not stupid, and they know that their problems are easy to be sprayed.

But they will ask anyway, because it will attract attention and attract attention, which will give them a second life, comparable to reborn parents.

For the Lakers, Pat Riley vehemently criticized the team's style of play.

"Not hard enough!"

"Not decisive enough!"

"Not hard enough!"

"Not enough faith to compete with the Celtics!"

He criticized the team from four aspects, but he did his best to protect the magician who played poorly in the second half.

When a reporter in Boston asked him what he thought of the Magic scoring only four points in the second half, Riley laughed: "Ervin never needs to use scoring to reflect his value."

So the reporter went on to ask: "But the basketball game still has to count points in the end."

"Yeah, is there anyone better than him at helping his teammates score?"

"Larry Bird?"

"Larry might be able to, but if you look at the assists, Irvine wins handily."

Avoid the important ones, ignore the core issues at all, and only talk about the value of the magician on the offensive end.

The problem is that the magician was repeatedly missed shots today. His shots could punish the Celtics in the first half, but not in the second half.

Moreover, he knows he can't do it, so he passes the ball more.

This kind of irresponsible dumping behavior was beautified by Riley.

He knew he had to protect the magician, and he didn't want to be the second Westhead.

When seeing the weird reporters not only making things difficult for himself, but also making things difficult for others, Louis' mood improved.

It may be difficult for human beings to communicate with each other, but the science of gloating is not that complicated.

As long as it is your opponent, you will be happy to see him unlucky.

That night, everyone in the Lakers got another gift.

In the middle of the night, while they were sleeping, a fire alarm suddenly sounded outside the hotel.

All the Lakers players were woken up and forced to go outside the hotel in a state of drowsiness that turned out to be a prank.

The magician watched Riley sleepily, trying to figure out what was going on.

"That old bastard!" Riley scolded, livid. "Auerbach must have done it!"

Abdul-Jabbar said indifferently: "I don't like the Celtics for a reason."

Wilkins seemed even more angry. He didn't play well today, he didn't show his characteristics, and he let Bird penetrate, and the problem of poor defense was once again exposed.

The Lakers covet Wilkins' offensive prowess, but when he's on the court with Magic, defense becomes a thorny issue.

The Celtics would be happy if he played power forward.

Because Bird can go to the fourth position at any time, let him face Bird, as long as the space cannot be opened, Bird's defense is enough to deal with him at this stage.

The Lakers can only use Wilkins' talent at present, but they cannot use tactics to guide him to use his own skills.

The magician rubbed his eyes, saw the bluffing fire alarm, and felt that Auerbach was so powerful that he could even hire such an organization.

"They really know how to play!" the magician smiled wryly.

Someone asked: "Can we 'entertain' them like this when we return to the home court?"

The answer is no, the Lakers don't have such a strong relationship with the Celtics in Los Angeles.

This off-site market is one of Auerbach's methods.

He wants the Lakers to rest badly, and the fire alarm is just a warning.

Anyway, they knew where the Lakers' hotel was, it was in Boston, and they had no secrets from Auerbach.So, this time it's a fire alarm, and next time it's all kinds of fake delivery boys entering the hotel and knocking on the door.

They don't need to poison Jordan's pizza like the Utah delivery man did in 1998, they just have to piss off the Lakers.

The night Game 1 ended, Louie and his players didn't know that the Lakers would have to fight Auerbach for wits when they returned to the hotel.

They won the first game, they were happy, and they wanted to win the second game.

In this way, there will be no psychological burden to go to the away game to play the third game with a 2-0 advantage.

Louis drove home from the garden.

There are basically fans around the community, they are drinking and celebrating, and some directly send flowers to Louis' door for this victory.

All kinds of gifts are piled up outside the door, as if they have won the finals.

When Louis arrived home, Li Xuanbing was going to bed.

She also watched tonight's game. You must know that she knows nothing about basketball, and she followed the game because she was driven by her neighbors.

She didn't want to talk about the game last night when she went out tomorrow to talk about family affairs, but she didn't know anything about it.

So Louie told her a few ways to watch the game without being shy in front of the neighbors.

Watch the score, pay attention to the performance of Bird and Magic, and remember to treat Magic as a spoiled black man in front of Bostonians, and Bird is God.In fact, as long as you remember the third point, you can basically go wrong.

"No. 32 of the Lakers looks so-so tonight." Li Xuanbing is blind to the ball, but he hit the nail on the head when he provoked the problem. "He dare not shoot."

Louis found the dumplings made by his mother in the kitchen, and he happened to be hungry.

"What else did you find?" Louis asked.

Li Xuanbing thought about it seriously.

"Bird is more confident and more daring to express himself. The number 32 named Magician is very hesitant." Li Xuanbing said with compassion, "It's like I hesitated whether to wrap leeks or shiitake mushrooms when making dumplings."

"Mom, dogs don't even eat dumplings made with mushrooms."

"How did the brat talk?" Li Xuanbing glared at him, "I just like to eat stuffed mushrooms!"

Louis smiled awkwardly: "I'm sorry. Mom, you know what I mean. I just wanted to express my distaste for stuffed mushrooms."

"You better keep your mouth shut outside!"

Louis no longer knew how many elders were complaining about him.

"I know." Louis was about to heat up the dumplings when he suddenly remembered an important thing, "Mom, what's the stuffing for the dumplings tonight?"

"It's specially reserved for you, what do you think it is?"

"I'm going to bed!"

The child will probably forget the taste of the mother, but in turn, the mother will never forget what the child likes to eat.

Louie has now fully accepted his new identity.

He was Louie and no one else.

Because Louis was often beaten by his mother when he was a child, he was still a little afraid of Li Xuanbing, but as long as the conversation started, Louis' nature would be suppressed by him.At this time, he will find that Li Xuanbing is not that scary.

She's just a single mother who has to arm herself to survive in America.

Having said that, her old man's evaluation of the magician is really sharp and accurate.

Indecision, no confidence in long-range shots, so he disappeared from the field.

Does this description sound familiar?

Well, it's been six or seven years since Louie heard the story of Mr. Zhan's disappearance in the last few games of the 2011 Finals.

Invisibility, it's nothing, the magician was invisible in the finals long before Mr. Zhan was invisible.

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