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Chapter 253 Nonviolent Noncooperation
Chapter 252 Nonviolent Noncooperation

After the Magician was replaced, the Lakers replaced Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who had recovered a little, and teamed up with Dennis Johnson, Byron Scott, Cooper and Kurt Rambis to launch a second wave of offensive storm.

For the past few minutes, Kareem was unresolved.

His skyhook ignored the boundaries of the paint area, and as long as he got the ball, he shot it immediately, and he didn't even have time to pinch.

If the Celtics flank arrived, he would pass the ball to Cooper.

The ruthless player who has the Lakers' biggest three-point threat does not want to miss a chance.

Playing low and shooting from the outside, the Lakers opened up the situation and overtook the score before the end of the first half, 54 to 52.

In the final attack, Louis drew an unconventional L tactic.

The general L tactics are based on Bird as the core. The teammates in several other positions either open up space, cut in, use Bird's body to run, or give Bird a pick-and-roll.

Ever-changing, hard to guard against.

This time, Louis made Sampson the core of the L tactics, allowing him to hold the ball in a high position like a small forward. Bird's pick-and-roll threat was too great, and the Lakers' defense couldn't take care of it.

The buzzer attack in the first half was a perfect goal.

54 is better than 54
"Little Lu is Little Lu. Regardless of his young age, he has more tactics hidden in his belly than we imagined."

"Except for the Celtics, it is impossible for us to see any other team that can complete the tactical offense with such ease."

Dick Stockton asked: "Tom, what do you think is the biggest difference between the Celtics' offense and the Lakers' Show Time?"

This question is like throwing the bouquet to Heinsohn.

Heinsohn is someone who will blow the Celtics' skin at every opportunity.

"Good question, Dick," Heinsohn said vividly. "The Lakers are a luxury car, but as long as it's a car, it can't drive without an engine. Elvin Johnson is their engine."

People of the older generation don't like the nicknames of the younger generation, such as Dr. J, Magician, and Skywalker, they don't buy it, they always call them by their first names, which looks formal.

"The Celtics are different. This is a whole fleet. Even if the most luxurious car is missing, others can drive their own cars on the road."

It's probably the best metaphor Heinsohn has said this year, and one that even someone who doesn't know anything about basketball gets it.

However, compared with the tactics of the two sides, what fans can understand more easily is the confrontation.

Against a weaker team, it will be very embarrassing on the court.

As far as this game is concerned, the Lakers are more daring to confront, and the Celtics are a bit passive.They didn't go all out to wrestle the Lakers because they haven't gotten there yet.

Generally, the teams that are fighting with all their strength on the field are always the ones who have nothing to do.

Only when you don't know what to do, you will find a way to fight hand-to-hand.

As the Lakers team in the Western Conference, the Show Time that fans have been thinking about, suddenly did this kind of thing. The fans couldn't think of it, and his opponents couldn't even think of it.

The Lakers fought desperately, which not only limited the Celtics' scoring rate in the penalty area and outside touch, but also made Thomas cramp.

Although Thomas said that he could continue to fight, Louis thought of those injuries whose body sent out an alarm but was ignored by the owner of the body, which eventually led to catastrophe.

Durant in the 2019 Finals;

Space Yi in the 2020 CBA Finals;

Going forward, Kobe suffered two injuries before rupturing his Achilles tendon.

Now that the body has given the alarm, its wishes should be respected.

"No, Isaiah, you don't need to call again tonight." Louis said as soon as he said this.

"Fuck you!" Thomas cursed out of control, "No one can stop me from playing!"

Louis said indifferently: "I can."

"I'm not allowed to fight just because of cramps? I've never heard of such a thing!" Thomas sensitively thought of some possibilities. "Or, are you worried that I will perform too well and steal someone's FMVP?"

When he said this, the temperature in the humid and stuffy locker room dropped ten degrees in vain.

Just one second after Thomas finished speaking, Louis grabbed his collar and pushed Thomas back, hitting the wardrobe heavily: "Let me hear a piece of nonsense from your stinky mouth that ate shit again, and you won't be able to play in the next game!"

The thought of rebellion only appeared in Thomas's mind for a moment.

Louis's face was ferocious as if he wanted to eat people, and his facial features were connected like a ghost responsible for scaring people to death.

"Understand?"

Thomas' tongue seemed to be tied, and he thought about Louis' words, but he was too scared to speak.

"Drafting you bastard, answer me!"

Louie shouted angrily.

Thomas had seen such scenes.

Bob Knight did it a lot when he was at Indiana, but never to him.

When he saw Nate angry, he was not afraid at all, because he had never let Nate down, so he would not treat him harshly.

Louie is different.

Thomas was so tense that he couldn't breathe through his nose, he gasped through his mouth, and finally the pressure that kept him from speaking subsided.

"I see. Coach."

"What a bitch, I have to get angry!"

Louis snorted coldly, and when he looked back at the others, the stern expression that made Thomas' internal organs shudder had disappeared.

"Isaiah can't play in the second half. Others have to take responsibility and carry his share."

Louie calmly arranged his style of play in the second half, mainly targeting Wilkins and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Everyone has almost forgotten what it was like when Louis went berserk last time.

What happened to Thomas just now reminded them.

After losing to the Bucks last season, Louis was so angry.

That time, his anger was directed at all Celtics players.

Today, just as Thomas wanted to make a gesture of resistance, he was burned to ashes by his rage.

This kind of Louis is the most authoritative person in the locker room. No one will say no to his orders, even the teaching assistants who usually like to be peacemakers dare not say a word.

"The intention of the Lakers today is very clear, which is to use intensity to defeat us. I also know that you are not prepared for this intensity of physical confrontation."

"So, I don't ask you to fight them with the same intensity. This is unwise. Only by preparing in advance can you cope with such intensity."

Louis hung up the tactical board and said loudly: "In the second half, I will prepare five offensive waves for the Lakers."

The most shocking than Tomjanovich.

It turns out that the Celtics have developed so many offensive routines without knowing it.

These routines are so rich that Louie can attack the Lakers in five stages in the second half.

The Lakers want to use the intensity of the game to suppress the Celtics and bring them into submission.

Firstly, Louis did not confront the Lakers head-on, and secondly, he did not choose to back down, but used a higher-level offense to resolve their intensity.

In order to arrange the offensive routine in the second half in detail, the Celtics didn't even have time to return to the scene to shoot and warm up.

After Louis finished setting up, let them run back to the game site.

The run from the locker room to the court is considered a warm-up.

Everyone ran out, leaving only Thomas who would not play in the second half.

Louis didn't look at him, didn't speak to anyone, and walked out of the locker room.

KC Jones was in charge of reassuring Thomas: "Never mind, Isiah, Louis does this to everyone."

This was a fact that Thomas could not refute, nor could he hate Louis for it.

Louis really doesn't treat people differently, he has this temper with everyone.

I talked nicely to you a second ago, and once you have objections, you will turn your face and deny anyone.

"I should be used to it by now, shouldn't I?" Thomas asked sarcastically.

"If you mean disobeying his orders and then being scolded, I don't think you should get used to it. I mean, you shouldn't refuse his orders," KC said.

Thomas's grievances finally had someone to confide in: "Who am I doing this for? KC, am I doing it for myself? I just have a cramp, not a broken bone. Why can't I continue to play? Isn't it the Celtics' tradition to not go to the line of fire with minor injuries?"

"If it were me, I wouldn't stop you, but Louie would. You play for him, not for the Celtics tradition," KC said. "You have to listen to him."

What aggrieved Thomas the most was that he didn't listen to Louis for a day.

However, as long as he makes any mistakes, Louis will trouble him immediately.

With Louis, he has no fault tolerance rate at all.

At this time, Thomas did not expect that Bird had no fault tolerance in Louis.

Things like fault tolerance rate belong to role players, and the core has to complete their duties flawlessly.

This is Louie's philosophy. If there is any principle in his coaching, it is zero tolerance for mistakes made by stars.

In this regard, he is very similar to Du Fengdu's guidance after 2019. The team leads by a big score, but if you make a mistake, they will scold you head-on and face you, and then continue to let you play.

The only difference is that Du Feng will only greet young people such as Ari, Hu Mingxuan, Xu Jie, etc., while Louis will greet core players such as Bird and Thomas.

On the contrary, it is a substitute player, he doesn't care how many mistakes they make on the court.

"Were you really angry just now?"

Coming outside, Tomjanovich asked Louis.

"I've already done it, do you think I'm angry?" Louis was naturally angry.

He was mad at that bastard Thomas for taking his kindness for a donkey, and he was even more angry at that bastard for saying that sentence that might cause problems in the locker room.

So he had to use extreme means to shut Thomas up.

This has been proven to work, some people are just mean, non-violent non-cooperative.

"I'm fine with others, you, I really don't know." Tomjanovich had known Louis for so long, but he still couldn't tell whether Louis was really angry or fake just now.

The mask has been worn for a long time, and even the closest colleagues can't figure it out.

(End of this chapter)