the rest, only noise

Chapter 289

"You went from Boston to New York, the worst transfer I've ever seen."

Louie said without embarrassment: "Compared to continuing to lead that team, I hope to lead a rebuilding team to rise and beat them."

Daly laughed heartily as if he had heard something funny.

"That's how Dave Debusschere convinced you?"

"No, I actually comforted myself that way."

"Did you make it?"

"General effect."

Daly laughed again, probably Louis was a joke in his eyes.

"However, I'm surprised that you haven't adjusted the team's lineup much." Louis said before breaking up with Daly, "This group of people can't do it."

Daly didn't ask Louis what happened to his group of people, but Louis turned around.

Daly thought to himself at the time, no matter how bad this group of people is, it shouldn't be a problem to win the Knicks by 20 points.

Louis didn't have as many ideas as he did. The Knicks were going to be a mess. If they lost, they got what they wanted.

Before the game started, Louis said hello to tonight's referee.

There was old acquaintance Hugh Evans.

Louis praised him as the best home referee in the league, because he always knew how to take care of the home team, as long as he was at his own home, Louis liked him.

Evans grimly said, "I'm not going to take it easy on you."

"Of course you won't, who told you to be the best home referee?" Louis said insincerely, with the excitement of "you will, you will definitely" on his face.

Evans' second-in-command was a faceless man named Bill Saar, who always smiled peacefully and seemed like a very easy referee.

After the warm-up before the opening game, Louie assembled his starting lineup.

Roy Sparrow, Trenk Tucker, Bernard King, Pat Cummings, Ken Bannister.

Seeing these five people, how is it possible to have any expectations for the Knicks' season prospects?Especially after coaching the starters of Thomas, Long, Bird, Sampson, and Lambiel, there is only one thought when seeing this lineup.

What am I here to draw?

Louie said at the end of training camp that the Knicks will not have a regular starter this season.

Except for Bernard King and Cummings, no one is secure.

Some people thought their starting position was like a dog, and they fell out.

So they showed obvious dissatisfaction, such as Darnell Walker.

As a 193 cm shooting guard, Louis doesn't value his talent.Because he is a breakthrough-oriented guard who is not good at long-range shooting and plays like a superstar, but his efficiency is too low.

Moreover, his draft pick was the 12th pick in the first round, not the 13th pick in the first round.

Louis didn't even have a chance to be superstitious.

On the other hand, the paper lineup put out by the Pistons is much stronger than that of the Knicks.

Their roster hasn't changed much in the offseason.

Louis didn't know what the Pistons were thinking. Today, the Celtics and Lakers are two super teams, and if they want to compete with them, they must be armed to the teeth.

Even if the staffing is not comparable, it is better to find a group of thugs to grind the skin than to maintain the status quo.

But I have to say that this lineup is strong enough for the Knicks.

In the opening jump ball, neither side has an absolutely dominant inside line.

Cummings' and Parish's hands hit the ball at the same time.

Parish did a better job of throwing the ball back to his teammate.

In an instant, Vinier Johnson dribbled the ball to the undefended basket, and scored with a left-handed right-handed pick in the air.

"The Knicks defense seems to lack the ruthlessness to uproot opponents."

Knicks home commentator Butch Beard said.

His partner and commentator Marv Albert followed up: "It seems that even Little Lu can't find motivation for a team with a bad defense."

The Knicks came up with a position of two inside and three outside.

Cartwright is out for the season, and his replacement at the low post is Pat Cummings.

Tonight, Cummings is strong.

Just judging from his position and momentum, he is much stronger than the team boss Bernard King.

If Louie is the ball holder, he will definitely not pass the gold.

Limp and no temper at all.

Jin's weakness is understandable. If Louis knows that he will have to work for others for the next year, he will not be able to get any motivation.

Cummings showed a master mentality when he got the ball, striding into the basket.

He was really fierce. After making a lot of physical contact, he fell to the ground and screamed, and the referee Evans gave the whistle.

"As expected of Xio, I did not misread him!" Louis said happily, "One dares to shout, the other dares to brag!"

Tomjanovich joked: "It's called milk for crying babies."

Cummings was very excited at the beginning of the game today. Seeing his momentum towards the basket, he felt that he didn't pay attention to the inside of the Pistons.

The Pistons probably didn't pay attention to the Knicks, and played very loosely, even the lob pass from the outside, and the cooperation of Worthy catching the ball and picking the basket came.

It is not impossible to play tricks, but the success rate must be guaranteed.

Flashy is taboo.

Worthy missed the basket, and Bannister grabbed the rebound and passed it to Sparrow.

The Knicks, a group of unknown people, played a brilliant counterattack.

The Pistons' scoring basically depends on Vinier Johnson.

He was the only one in the Pistons who found his form, holding the ball in the high post and scoring against Sparrow's defense.

He's called a microwave for a reason, and he gets hot to the touch quickly after the opening scene.

For the Knicks, Cummings undertook the first four offenses of the game.

This white man with soaring self-confidence made achievements in almost every shot, which made the Pistons headed by Parish lose their temper.

A simple low post attack actually made the Pistons fall behind.

7 is better than 4
The Pistons didn't score with anyone other than Vinier.

Except for Cummings and Sparrow, the Knicks have no third person who has touched the ball on the offensive end.

"If it was Bernard who played this kind of performance, I would be even happier." Berrod's words revealed the most fundamental point, "Pat is very good, but he is not Bernard's level after all."

To the disappointment of the two narrators, King made no sign of waking up.

Halfway through the first quarter, he didn't make any shots.

14 is better than 10
With the Knicks leading by 4 points, Louie replaced King with Louis Orr.

Before the timeout ended, he called the players to emphasize one point: "James' state tonight is about the same as Bernard's. This is a rare opportunity. If we want to win this game, this will be a key factor."

"If he catches the ball on the perimeter, don't worry about him, your job is to prevent them from breaking through, regardless of their shots, as long as they keep their shooting percentage below 40% from the free throw line, we can win!"

"Coach, do you want to win that much?" Cummings asked.

"Say it like you don't want to win," Louie said.

The scary thing is that Cummings didn't give Louis a clear answer: "I can do anything."

Cummings is the most mercenary-like person in this team. He has no sense of belonging or honor, and is not interested in winning or losing. As long as he can play games to collect statistics and not affect his salary, he doesn't care about other things.

He is like a scumbag, not proactive, not responsible, not active.

The enthusiasm tonight is rare, but his enthusiasm is mainly reflected in the offensive end, and the defense is much worse.

The timeout ended, and Louis did not move except for the defense.

Bernard King sat bored, he played half a quarter, missed a shot and scored 0 points.

"When was the last time you scored 0 points in a half quarter?" Louie asked.

King couldn't remember, and even if he could, he didn't want to share it with Louie.

So, he closed his eyes and didn't answer.

"I understand you. If I were you, I wouldn't want to play." Louis felt aggrieved for Bernard King just by thinking about it.

It's fine to play under the coach he hates the most. For the next whole year, his salary will be sent to the other party's account.

It means that he works for the person he hates the most, and he is still working for nothing after the end. What is the reason?
Through on-the-spot observation, Louis gradually discovered that several players of the Pistons were in a painful transition period.

Worthy is eager to become the core of the magician and Bird who can lead the team with the ball, so he will deliberately find opportunities for his teammates.

His teammates really think of him as a Bird/Magician, so they pass him the balls that don't have a chance.

As a result, he lacks unreasonable means of attacking.

So he looks really struggling.

Parish and Vinier supported the Pistons' internal and external lines, but Tripka, the main firepower on the outside, did not perform well.

Fortunately, the Knicks have Cummings playing chicken blood today, and his offense offsets Parish's defense.

But Vernier's activeness has highlighted an embarrassment that no one in the Knicks can guard against.

Sparrow is not as good in all aspects. When changing defenses in other positions, he is always beaten by small players. Sometimes Vinier is too lazy to break through, so he pulls up and shoots and it's done.

29 is better than 24
After one quarter, the Pistons reversed the situation and Vinier scored 15 points in a single quarter.

"This guy is really extraordinary."

Louis is staring at Vinier Johnson. Apart from him, the Pistons only have Worthy and Parish, who are qualified to become the main force against super teams such as Purple, Gold and Green Kai.

There was a timeout between quarters, and Louis re-arranged the tactical board.

The Chinese all have a good start complex. Tonight is his first regular season coaching the Knicks. He just wants to win, not lose.

(End of this chapter)