the rest, only noise

Chapter 535 Small mistakes under the big framework
The chain reaction triggered by the fight is almost always unfavorable to the Knicks.

The players' mentality fluctuated, the referee's scale was tightened, and Ewing fouled too much.

Some unexpected points, affecting the whole game.

109 is better than 100
The Knicks fought hard for four quarters, as if being pressed into the water with their hands.

The Celtics finally choked them to death

Lambiel is undoubtedly their stealth MVP. The attack on Wilson at the beginning and the assassination of Cooper in the second quarter, which led to the conflict between the two sides, were all operations that changed the course of the game.

At the end of the game, Lambiel came to Louis and laughed and said, "Coach, your people are too weak. It is impossible to beat us with this ability alone."

Louie admitted they were immature tonight in dealing with Lambiel's attack.

As for saying that these people are weak?Louis smiled and said, "Don't act as if you have already won the Eastern Conference finals. This is only the first game. If you continue to play like this, I can't say who will win or lose, but you will definitely go to the hospital."

"Is this a threat, Coach?"

"No, this is advice." After Louis finished speaking, he walked towards KC Jones.

Although Jones is a triple crown coach, he coaches in the shadow of Auerbach and Louis.

The coaches of other teams have the right to suggest signings and decide the draft, but he does not.All he has is the command during the season. If the command makes a mistake, it is a matter of minutes.

The credit for signings is all Auerbach's, and the team's system has to be traced back to Louis.

KC is like picking up off the shelf, his professionalism and achievements are not respected.

This is why he is very focused every time he plays the Knicks, and the various arrangements are well balanced.

He really wanted to prove himself to everyone in front of Louis.

"KC, I just have one question." Louis asked, "Are you instigated by that vicious dog to do these things?"

What Louie wanted to know was whether Lambiel's behavior was ordered or improvised.

KC smiled wryly and said, "Lu, you should know that guy better than me. How can I manipulate him?"

"That is to say, that guy made his own decisions?"

"Yes."

Louis patted KC on the back and said, "Tell that vicious dog, I can't spare him!"

"I'll definitely bring you the message."

The Knicks-Celtics relationship, after years of rivalry, media hype, and fan involvement, has been shaped into a regional rivalry between New England and the Atlantic.

This external rendering makes players enemies.

But the relationship between Louis and KC Jones was not affected.In any case, KC is the guide of Louie's professional basketball.

Tom Heinsohn was happy to see Louie chatting and laughing with his former colleagues: "Many people thought that Boston and Little Lun were dead, but that was just the wishful thinking of the fans and the media. To this day, Louis and the Celtics' coaching staff and management still maintain a good relationship."

"This kind of relationship is not necessarily healthy. If you are looking for something in your position, if you are not in that position, you should look forward, otherwise it will affect your work. Just like Russell and Wilt, under normal circumstances, Wilt can tear Russell apart, but Russell and Wilt have such a good relationship in private. Even his mother is a Wilt fan, which affects Wilt's performance against Russell."

Billy Cunningham was in a good mood seeing the Knicks lose, and it was his habit to step on Louie.

"Haha, it's not surprising that a guy who can't tell the difference between work and personal relationship can't win the game, but Louis and KC are not such people. They achieve each other, and they are willing to use high-level confrontation to achieve each other."

Heinsohn held back the subject of being about to be diverted by Cunningham.

Cunningham was content to see the Knicks lose, and Heinsohn could say what he wanted, and he didn't care.

Louis was interviewed by the reporters at the scene, and then went back to the locker room to ask Ewing to go to the scene with him for the interview.

Before meeting the reporters, Louie said a few things about Ewing's foul tonight.

During the regular season, the depth of the Knicks' roster, and Ewing's own steady play, masked the biggest problem with their roster.

The personnel reserve at the center position.

Louis from modern times knows that it is impossible for light to become the winner of this era with advanced concepts.But when he matched the lineup, he was still affected.

Subconsciously, with Ewing, he thinks that the center position is safe, and instead of reserving people in this position, it is better to stock up on the flanks to fight and press.

So the Knicks' backup centers are Song Tao and Brad Rohaus.

Louis overlooked one point. If Ewing gets blown up by Sampson, or there are too many fouls like tonight, who will the Knicks let to defend Sampson and protect the rim?
"It's my fault, I shouldn't have defended so aggressively with two fouls on me."

Ewing admitted his mistakes, and Louis also admitted his mistakes, but Ewing's mistakes can still be made up for, and his mistakes will have to wait until the offseason if he wants to correct them.

"As long as you know."

They went to meet the reporter together and said some innocuous words.

Louie is in focus.

"Coach Lu, you said that you didn't come here to play. You have a chance to beat the Celtics. What do you think now?"

"Coach Lu, some people have always said that the Knicks' full-court press is because of the referee's deliberate indulgence that makes your defense so powerful. Is this why you almost gave up the full-court press tonight?"

"Coach Lu..."

Reporters in Boston launched a group charge on Louie.

Strangely, Louis had only two answers.

For example, people asked him if he still had the confidence to beat the Celtics.

His response: "Yes, we have."

Then, people questioned whether the Knicks' murder press relied on the referees.

His answer: "Nothing, that's a bad question."

Suddenly, the humorous Louis becomes Ewing, a leper who is indifferent, can't take jokes, and doesn't even give you a smile.

The "Boston Herald" sarcastically joked on the headline of the newspaper the next day: "The greatest achievement the Celtics have ever made is not to win four consecutive championships in the 80s, but to turn little Lu, who always puts a smile on his face, into Kareem Kareem."

The next day, Louis took the Herald newspaper and yelled angrily: "This group of pigs with their brains full of shit! They say I look like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? Isn't that a curse!?"

Tomjanovich comforted: "Calm down, Kareem is the scoring leader in NBA history."

"Fuck the scorer!"

After the magician became a tragedian, Abdul-Jabbar's deserved championships were also reduced from the original six to four.But he is still a top ten player in history, but he can't rank in the top four in history like another timeline, competing for the first center in history.

Louis doesn't like the Globe's comparison of him to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the simple reason that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a double-edged version of Durant.

No one doubts his strength, but his thinking and off-court behavior are all too bad.

"Okay, instead of being angry about this, it's better to think about what to do next."

said Tomjanovich anxiously.

"The worst thing is that we don't look like we have enough strength to challenge the Celtics." This is Tomjanovich's thoughts.

Not to blame for his senses, the Knicks waited a year to challenge the Celtics again.

This kind of thing that has been waiting for a long time, if it happens suddenly, but it does not proceed as expected, it will cause a sense of powerlessness.

The Celtics also regard the Knicks as their archenemy, but they don't look forward to playing against them every day. Seeing that the Knicks have a better record than their own, they don't think about food or tea.

They defeated the Lakers and were the biggest winners of the 80s.

In contrast to the Knicks, they are obviously haunted by demons.

What Louis really wants to avoid is like last year, because the coaching staff made mistakes, or the players were under-prepared, or even over-prepared, so that his mind was burdened.

Like last year, the Celtics lost two games in a row and then felt a sense of crisis. The plot of winning two games and being eliminated in four consecutive games is the last thing Louis wants to see.

"As far as this game is concerned, we are not without gains." Zhao Yuanzheng said optimistically, "At least John proved that his breakthrough can disrupt the Celtics' defense and distribute the ball. Moreover, there are obvious problems with the Celtics' defensive arrangement. They rely too much on Ralph's defense."

"Yes, we only have Patrick, but strictly speaking, they only have Ralph."

Louis asked with a smile, "Where do you place Bill Lambiel?"

Even though he had worked with Lambiel, Tomjanovich had lost all affection for him.

As an opponent, he is a hateful bastard!

"He only engages in those small methods that are not on the table, don't worry!"

What Tomjanovich didn't know was that what Louis was most worried about was Lambiel's small tricks that would affect the morale of the Knicks.

Under the premise that the Knicks have never won against the Celtics, Lambiel's offensive tactics can always have unexpected effects.

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(End of this chapter)