the rest, only noise

Chapter 528 Do You Think I Came to Lose?

The Eastern Conference finals will be played on the third day after the semifinals.

Since both the Knicks and Celtics ended the series with sweeps, they will meet soon.

The next game day is not far away for the Knicks.

今天是5月17日，而东部决赛的Game1是5月19日。

Louis asked the players to arrive at the Blue Palace half an hour in advance, and he wanted to hold a detailed review meeting for the opponents in the Eastern Conference finals.

In order to beat the Celtics, Louie and his coaching staff put in a lot of effort.

They collected all the strengths and weaknesses of the Celtics' regular rotation front nine, hot spots and cold spots.

The warehouse of the Blue Palace has videos of all the Celtics games so far this season. The Knicks coaching staff replayed those game videos every game, and thus obtained all the data they needed.

"Although Larry Bird's shooting area is all red, the left bottom corner is a point where he is relatively inaccurate. If we can't do anything about him, we will force him to shoot there."

"Isaiah Thomas has increased his three-point shooting percentage to 30% since the start of the playoffs. We should not be afraid of his shooting because of this, but let him make long shots decisively. In addition, the strong side of the free throw line is his least favorite shooting point."

"Ralph Sampson has no flaws, and he has to keep fighting all the time, which consumes his physical strength."

There was a strange vibe in the room upon hearing that Sampson had no faults.

"What's wrong with you?" Louis asked.

McHale suppressed a smile and said, "Patrick said he was going to get Ralph on defense."

Louis was overjoyed: "Really?"

Ewing said with a stiff face: "I was just joking"

"Look at your talent, is it difficult to handle Ralph with defense? You are determined to set an example for the whole team!" Louis said disgustedly.

Ewing rolled his eyes, and he didn't know who said that Sampson had no shortcomings.

Louis spent half an hour introducing the data prepared by the coaching staff, and distributed the materials, asking them to remember every key point in the materials.

Afterwards, Louis asked Tomjanovich and Zhao Yuanzheng to organize confrontation training, and he went back to the office to watch the video.

This time, instead of a movie tape, he watched a Celtics game.

He's seen enough Celtics games, but he still has some doubts.

He wondered what exactly happened to Byrd's injury.

In his memory, Bird should have been affected by back injuries during this period. However, the butterfly effect caused by Louie changed the Celtics' personnel structure. Sampson and Thomas performed well this season, and Bird took 30 games in rotation.

Therefore, the Celtics' first record in the league was achieved when Bird only played 50 games.

It's scary to think about it.

The game video selected by Louis is Bird's best game so far. In the semifinals Game 1, he scored 30 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

6 rebounds and 4 assists?

In addition to scoring, the other two data are not like Bird.

Louie watched the game twice in fast-forward in his office.

He noticed some details, and in order to reduce the pressure on his back, Bird changed his running form.

The reason for the lack of rebounds is not that he can't grab them, but that he consciously reduces the number of inside positions and avoids using the back as much as possible.

Isn't that obvious enough?
So far, in the eight playoff games, Bird's average rebounds are only a pitiful 6.3, which is 1.5 fewer than his assists.

In the past eight seasons, he has not averaged double figures in rebounding per game in the playoffs in only two seasons.

In 1981, he grabbed an outrageous 14 rebounds per game.

In the Finals, he averaged only a few tenths less than the peak Moses Malone in rebounding per game.

The Celtics' opponent, the Milwaukee Bucks, is not a strong rebounding team. By all indications, Bird's back injury has not yet recovered.

Even so, he is still a big threat in the game.

Bird now looks like the Durant of the Warriors, a ruthless finishing machine.

However, compared with Durant, he lacks the latter's critical moment of taking over the ball, but he has more Jokic-like support than the latter.In the uninjured state, he has an enhanced Nowitzki-style offense with the ball, Jokic's organizational support, the league's top five rebound protection, and Pat Riley's shooting ability.

On this timeline, Bird has become the GOAT.

Thanks to Louis, many things have changed.

The only thing that hasn't changed is that Bird remains Louie's favorite player.

For Louie, Byrd wasn't just an arrogant, low-quality great white hope.

Little white boys today would rather grow up to be Michael Jordan or Dominique Wilkins because they were always flying.When kids imitate Larry Bird, most of what they do is pretty boring, just the basics on the basketball court.

Even though Larry Bird's last name needs a cool nickname (Larry Legend), Larry Bird is still just "Larry".He's just the quintessential collection of basketball concepts -- smarter, more focused, better shooting touch, better skills than anyone else... but there's certainly nothing like Jordan and Wilkins' extraordinary athleticism.

Louis has been watching this video, watching it in the Blue Palace and watching it at home.

He wanted to find something in it, but he couldn't find it.

Li Xuanbing asked him to help with housework and relax his mind. Usually he would find an excuse to slip away, but today he wants to try other things.

Louis rolled up his trouser legs, took off his shirt, and walked into the room that was the most difficult to clean without any hesitation.

He chose the bathroom voluntarily, like a man jumping on a grenade in a war movie.

This is the first time he cleans the bathroom, just like in the game, he chooses the hard mode when he comes up, and naturally he returns in a big defeat. In the end, he only has to call foreign aid/nanny/Rachel.

"Men nowadays are really getting worse and worse. They can't even clean the bathroom. Did you know that your father was the best houseworker in the community?" Li Xuanbing sneered.

Louis said with a wonderful expression: "I'm sure my dad is the only man in our community who can do housework."

"You have to do it too, inherit your father's legacy!"

"Aren't I doing this?" Louis was "cleaning" the refrigerator.

The specific cleaning method is to use his mouth to find food in the refrigerator, and eat whatever is available.

"Still eating, look at your belly!"

"Marlena, do you think my belly has changed from last week?"

Lorraine hesitated for a few seconds, "Uh, no."

"Mom, the eyes of the masses are discerning."

"That's because she doesn't want to hit you. You are definitely fatter than last year. Maybe the crotch stuff won't work anymore. Do you want to have no more children in the future?"

Lorraine sneered.

Louis complained mournfully: "You still don't believe me when I said that I was unfortunate in my childhood. You see, I can't hold my head up in front of my mother now. Can I have good fruit to eat when I was a child?"

"You must be too naughty." Lorraine seemed to know how to build a harmonious relationship with the Chinese-style mother-in-law.

That is to support mother-in-law unconditionally.

While Louie didn't get more enjoyment out of cleaning, at least he got Bird out of his head and relaxed.

May 5, a special day.

On this day, the Western Conference semifinals came to an end.

The magician who led the team with a single core averaged 34 points, 13 rebounds and 14 assists per game, led the Lakers to a 4-2 victory over the Phoenix Suns and advanced to the Western Conference Finals, joining forces with the Trail Blazers for four consecutive years.

There couldn't be a better playbook for the Blazers.

Just like in February this year, after Christian evangelist Jimmy Swaggart (Jimmy Swaggart) was exposed for buying sex, anti-Christians across the United States immediately became active.

Magic brought a rotten Lakers team to the Western Conference finals, met with the Blazers, and gave Jordan a chance to get revenge. This is the best story that can happen in the West.

If Louie had the right to vote, this year's MVP, he would give Magic a vote.

But alas, he didn't.

The regular season MVP of the 1987-88 season was won by Ralph Sampson of the Boston Celtics.

This is the first time Sampson has won the MVP since he entered the industry in 8 years.

He can finally claim with certainty that this year is his year.

On May 5, the Knicks arrived in Boston.

This is the game day of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. There are countless media, and many reporters are familiar faces.

Louie only answered Bob Ryan's questions.

Ryan asked: "Little Lu, you said at the end of the semifinals that you are sure to beat the Celtics, do you still think so?"

"Of course, do you think I'm here to lose?" Louis asked with a smile.

(End of this chapter)