the rest, only noise

Chapter 338 "Accident"

Blazers fans know that "Rip City" is the name of the team, and it translates into the city of tearing in Chinese.And this slogan was born in the 1970-1971 season, the first year the Trail Blazers team was founded.

Every new team sucks, and the Trail Blazers are no exception. When they played against the Los Angeles Lakers at the legendary Memorial Coliseum, everyone predicted that this would be a one-sided carnage, and it turned out to be the same.But the Blazers did not give up. In the second half, guard Jim Barnett made an irrational long-range shot.

Bill Sheneri, who was already a Trail Blazers commentator at that time, blurted out: "Rip City!"

The Blazers eventually lost the game 133 to 136, but that moment was recorded in history and became a symbol of the team, symbolizing all the temperament of this team.

That night, McDaniel and Jordan were carried out on stretchers one after another. The Knicks resorted to violent confrontation to turn defeat into victory, but the team did not give up.

They persisted until the last moment, allowing the Knicks to win with only 3 points.

Fans chanted "Rip City" wildly at the end of the game.

For the first time, Louis felt that winning was worse than losing. He didn't know what price Oakley and Ewing would pay for their actions.

During the on-site interview, Louis simply skipped the reporters' questions.

"My mind is still in a mess. If you want me to comment on the conflict on the field, I'm sorry, I don't know." Louis shook his head helplessly, "I didn't expect it to become like this."

"However, I assure everyone that Patrick's punch was unintentional and he and Michael are good friends."

If it is released decades later, it is estimated that a group of reporters has prepared the game highlights and asked Louis "Is he such a good friend?"
Tonight, Ewing did a lot of physical confrontation with Jordan, which is hard to deny.

As Louie walked into the tunnel, thinking back on the game, he felt himself responsible.

It was he who insisted on upgrading the intensity of the game, which made the Blazers unable to adapt, and then used this to win the game.

The fight between Oakley and McDaniel, Ewing was too emotional after he succeeded in the dunk, turned around and punched Jordan, unfortunately, all came from this.

Louie entered the locker room and said to the crowd: "I'm so proud of what you did tonight."

"!@%#￥......"

Everyone cheered excitedly.

Louis didn't say anything else. He walked up to Ewing and said to him, "At the press conference later, you must solemnly apologize and go to the hospital to condolences to MJ."

"Don't you want me to be friends with him?" Ewing asked.

Louie snorted softly, "I just hate that you are friends with him on the field."

"What's the difference?"

"You will have compassion for your friends, but not for your enemies." Louis said, "MJ made this matter very clear, and you have to do the same. You have to distinguish between public and private. I liked every performance you made in the second half, including the punch you gave MJ. It was that punch that convinced me that you regarded him as an enemy, but you still have to apologize to him."

Ewing found that Louis had misunderstood himself.

He didn't mean to hit Jordan.

"I didn't mean to hit him, I..."

"I 'understand', Patrick, it was an 'accident'." Louis had a "knowledgeable" smile on his face, "Don't worry, no matter what the occasion, I will insist that it was an accident, and you will do the same. Even if we die, we must insist that it was an accident."

"That was really an accident!!!"

"Yeah, 'accident'!"

Louie asked everyone, "Do you believe that Patrick's punch to MJ was an accident?"

"Believe!"

"With quotation marks?"

"bring!"

Ewing probably had to jump into the Ganges River to clear up his grievances with fire against fire.

Unlike in the past, before Louis took them to the press conference this time, he did enough psychological counseling, including how to answer questions and how to refuse to answer questions with malicious intentions.

The news publicist was listening, and after Louis finished speaking, he asked him if he missed anything.

"Coach Lu, if you don't become a coach, you can definitely do well as a publicist!" The Knicks' publicist said sincerely.

Louis's main business before traveling was news public relations, player discovery, and negotiation, which he was relatively familiar with.

Since there was no omission, he took Stockton and the two people who committed the crime to face the media.

Louis didn't expect that the first question was actually aimed at him.

"Coach Lu, coach Rick Adelman of the Trail Blazers strongly condemned your team for stealing a victory in a violent way. What's your response?" Oregon Candide reporter Charles Berling asked.

"We did have a lot of physical confrontation, I don't think it was violence."

"You mean the horrible things that Charles Oakley did to McDaniel and that punch that Patrick gave Michael were not acts of violence?"

Louie smiled.

"I don't deny that Oak and McDaniel had fierce conflicts, but I believe you also know that Xavier is not a good boy. Although he only played a few professional basketball games, he has already had conflicts with many people. Before he joined professional basketball, he was well-known as a court thug."

"So, between Oak and him, it can only be regarded as using violence to control violence."

"So how do you explain Patrick's punch?"

"Accident."

"Accident?"

"Yes, an accident." Louis thought it was not an accident, but he insisted that it was an accident. "If you played a game and hit a key ball, wouldn't you celebrate? Everyone celebrates in a different way. Patrick is from Jamaica. Punching is a custom in their hometown. It is a man's gesture of toughness and defense of honor. He did that gesture to prove his appeal for winning the game, but he didn't expect Michael to be behind him."

Louis maintained a polite smile: "That was really an accident, I ask you to review that moment carefully, I believe you will get the same answer as me."

Now it was Ewing who had the problem.

Louis has been to Jamaica?
What does it mean that his punching action is "the custom of their hometown? It is a man's expression of toughness and defense of honor?" What is this nonsense?
He found himself greatly underestimating Louie, the man who never batted an eye when he was talking nonsense.

Moreover, when Louis made a long speech just now to find the rationality and contingency of Ewing's punching, there was a firm force in his words, which made people believe that he was telling the truth.

Judging by his tone and expression when he speaks, the calmness and firmness that is 100% impossible to be wrong makes it difficult for people to question him.

Louis rejected all doubts.

Now, it's Ewing's turn.

Another reporter, Eddy Mitchell of the Portland Mercury News, asked sternly, "Patrick, do you think that punch was an accident too?"

Ewing's heart beat faster, and he glanced at Louis furtively.

Louis nodded with a smile.

"Accident!" Ewing nodded affirmatively, his cheeks twitched guiltyly, "It was an accident."

No, this was an accident. What am I guilty of?
Ewing scolded himself in Jamaican in his heart.

"So, will you apologize to Michael?"

"Yes, we are friends."

"Are you going to apologize for what you did in this game?"

The "Y"es didn't come out, Ewing thought of what Louis said before, he regarded Jordan as an enemy on the court, and he was very happy that he could throw that punch.

Ewing thought the only thing he needed to apologize for was that punch.

As for this game?If that punch was included, he wouldn't even apologize.

"No." Ewing's disgusting indifference disgusted the reporter. "Why should I apologize? My teammates and I will try our best to win. That's how we win. In the East, the intensity of the playoffs will be much greater than tonight. That's why the world champions in the past few years belong to the East."

Arrogant, mean and indifferent.

This is the Portland reporter's impression of Ewing. They were so angry that they wanted to get up and leave.

But here's another thug.

Oakley has been waiting a long time.

When the reporter asked him, he was very frank.

"I did hit someone, but don't expect any apology from me."

Oakley was unreasonable and strong. After all, McDaniel didn't trouble him. He was the one who slapped him when he came up.

The reporter in Portland asked angrily: "Don't you have a clear conscience about what you did on the court?"

"Of course, why should I feel guilty for beating up a bitch? Are you kidding?" Oakley's unreasonable attitude finally made the press conference end in the most unfriendly way.

The reporters left without even interviewing Stockton.

Oakley didn't expect the reaction from the reporters.

"Did I screw up, Coach?" Oakley asked.

"No," Louis couldn't be more satisfied, "You've done a good job, and that's the attitude we should show."

Louie also said: "You don't have to worry about the fine, I will take care of it for you."

"coach."

"If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't fight him as soon as you go up. I believe you will kill him in a similar way to Patrick." Louis smiled, "You used a short and rough method. Although it disrupted my game plan, I am very relieved. Thank you, Oak."

"That's what I should do, coach."

Ewing was the most wronged person, he said painfully: "I really didn't mean it, why do you just refuse to believe me?"

"Yes, it was an accident. You did a good job. You must insist on saying that even in front of me."

Louis patted Ewing's shoulder appreciatively.

"To convince others that your punch was an accident, you have to convince yourself that it was an accident. Keep it up, Patrick."

"It's really an accident! Why don't you believe me!!?"

Aggrieved, Ewing began to swear in Jamaican.

But still no one believed that it was an accident. Ewing had seen Jordan behind him a long time ago, and that punch was intentional!
Everyone thought so, except Ewing himself.

(End of this chapter)