the rest, only noise

Chapter 373 French Times
In the eyes of the Boston media, Louis looked like he was going to break with the Celtics.

Since he didn't intend to admit his mistakes for today's matter, it would be pointless to ask further questions.

Finally, it was the turn of reporters from other places to ask questions.

A reporter from the Brooklyn Star, a New York media that likes to report on sports, asked: "Coach Lu, you used to be in charge of the defending champion, and now you have been in New York for two years. Do you regret this decision?"

"I don't regret it at all."

"Especially today, when the fans who once supported me booed me for a purple suit, I feel very grateful." Since the matter is irreversible, and Louis, who regards the Celtics as his biggest opponent, will break with the fans and the media in this city sooner or later, why can't it be today?
Could there be a better time than today?
His team and the Celtics battled to the last moment, and Ewing ran out the Knicks' ancestral starburst tactic for an alley-oop lore, a perfect script.

Now he is a winner, and a winner should be proud.

"Why?"

"I made some contributions, but they can still hate me for a piece of clothing, which reminds me of Bill Russell. He won 13 championships for the Celtics in 11 years. When he retired, he didn't notify anyone. His jersey retirement ceremony was also held under closed conditions. He didn't need fans. He didn't like the fans here. I didn't understand it in the past, but now, I understand him." Louie angered every Bostonian present with one sentence, "This city doesn't deserve it Such a good player is not worthy of such a good coach like me."

Louis made the corners of his mouth tremble with the excitement of Boston.

"Now that I'm the coach of the Knicks, my goals have been clear from the day I took the helm of this team."

Louis looked at the Starlight reporter.

"I hope that the Knicks will be respected by fans like the Lakers and Celtics in the future. I hope that when people mention this team, they think of strong competitiveness and countless glory."

"I want to turn the Knicks into a respectable team, like the Knicks were in the early '70s."

He expressed his feelings frankly, which made the reporter of Starlight very excited.

Since then, the Boston media has turned black on Louis fans, and Stockton, as Louis said, was ignored by reporters.

Except for a few reporters who asked him a few symbolic questions, the others were mainly besieging Louis.

When Louis and Stockton returned to the locker room, everyone else had basically packed up and waited for them to come back.

Ewing, Oakley and Stevens are out.

The remaining 8 people looked at Louis together.

"I believe that some of you will always remember tonight's game." Louie said proudly, "You should also remember this game. This is the memory shared by all of us. It's not just that we ended the losing streak against the Celtics, nor did we end the Celtics' 39-game winning streak at home. It's that we worked together and united to defeat the invincible team."

"Be proud and proud of yourself!"

The victory over the Celtics changed the Knicks' record to 49 wins.

With 3 games left in the regular season, they have a chance to win 50.

But it's not that easy either.

Injury reports for the three injured players were released the next day.

Oakley suffered a second-degree sprain to his right ankle and a first-degree sprain to his left knee.About 7-10 weeks of truce is required.

Ewing is sidelined indefinitely with a knee injury.

Stevens suffered a facial fracture and is expected to be sidelined for 6-9 weeks.

Ewing's injury looked the scariest, but the Knicks internally believed that his injury was not serious.

Desperate Saburo like Stevens wanted to come back wearing a mask, but Louis vetoed it.

Louie insisted that they heal their injuries before returning.

Because the Knicks have already determined that they can make the playoffs this year, even if they lose the remaining three regular season games, it doesn't matter.

Moreover, if Ewing cannot recover in the playoffs, Louis will not let him play.

He can't be a hero at this time, he needs to be more realistic.

The reality is that even if all the Knicks are healthy, the most ideal state is to break through the first round and go to the semifinals against the Celtics.

After yesterday's game, the team the Celtics want to play most now is definitely the Knicks.

If they meet again, the tricks the Knicks tried before may not be effective.

Like the full-court pressing in the third quarter, if it didn't happen suddenly, and the players were in good condition, the referee allowed the confrontation, and the body whistle was not blown, it would not have that effect.

Various reasons are destined to make this Knicks' performance last night only a swan song.

If they meet again, they will definitely be sent away happily by the Celtics.

Since they can't beat the Celtics anyway, the possibility of winning is 0.

Well, it doesn't matter to the Knicks whether Ewing and the others come back or not.

The goal set at the beginning of the season to return to the playoffs has been achieved.

Moreover, the Cleveland Cavaliers rank fifth in the league this season.

The Knicks have the right to swap first-round picks with them, so they can make it to the playoffs while seeing if the Cavaliers' luck in signing can be better.

When Ewing and Stevens proposed to play with injuries and set an example for the whole team, Louis cursed on the spot.

"You two, give me as far as you can! I don't need you to be an example. I want to be an example for the wounded. The only thing you can help me is to lie on the injured list and recover from the injury. Don't fucking want to fight with injuries. I won't allow it. It's useless if you kneel down and beg me. I'd rather lose all the games than let my players come out with fucking injuries!"

Louie's temper and his status in the team made Ewing and Stevens instantly lose the idea of ​​playing with injuries.

Sometimes Louie relished the time when it was an honorable tradition for everyone to stay alive.

Once that happens to his team, he doesn't like it.

Bernard King is still lying down. He was still in his prime, but he suffered from ACL. How much more can he do when he comes out?
Louie wouldn't allow his young men to take that kind of risk.

Therefore, the status of Ewing, Oakley, and Stevens were all changed by him to be reimbursed for the season.

April 1986, 4 Madison Square Garden

The Knicks played the 80th regular season game of the season. Although Ewing, Oakley and Stevens, who became the most popular player in the team, were reimbursed for the season, MSG was still full of fans.

Because, this game may allow the Knicks to win 50 wins.

In the past 12 years, the Knicks only won 1980 games in the 81-50 season.

That was Michael Ray Richardson's prime season, and then there was nothing after that, and the bastards who touched drugs just didn't end well.

Fans love this team more than the 50-win Knicks with many regrets.

The Knicks, who lost two inside starters, will start with AC Green and Manute Ball tonight.

The Pacers didn't want to lose, and went all out with the Knicks.

The two sides played in the last few minutes of the fourth quarter. The Knicks relied on Ball's performance of defending the rim, and Tony Campbell's certainty of stealing points quickly through defensive counterattacks. They beat the Pacers 108 to 104.

So, they got 50 wins.

Stockton had a double-double of 10 points and 14 assists, and Campbell scored 36 points and 4 rebounds.

In terms of statistics, the most eye-catching person is Ball.

He only played 28 minutes, scored 6 points, 7 rebounds and 9 blocks.

It looks like Bol and AC can fill in for Ewing and Oakley.

The idea only lasted three days in the minds of fans and the New York media.

The 81st game of this season is still at home, and the opponent is the Pistons who are destined to meet in the first round of the playoffs.

里克·马洪单场18分20篮板，罗伯特·帕里什暴砍30分11篮板，沃西35分6篮板5助攻。

It was a bloody massacre.

"Now think about how many games the Knicks can last in the playoffs to be considered a success." No New York newspaper can compare with the "New York Times" when it comes to riding the wind.

When the Knicks have a good momentum, they will still blow.

Some sensational and outrageous headlines are all from their hands.

After losing their character, they are also the first to withdraw when the situation is not good, and then pretend to be objective to analyze the reasons for the Knicks' loss.

This kind of virtue of winning together and losing alone makes Louis very suspicious of whether the editor-in-chief of the sports section of the Times has French ancestry.

(End of this chapter)