the rest, only noise

Chapter 548 Bottoming out... or slipping into the abyss

Game5 night, just like last year, the Knicks were cornered again.

However, any fan who watched last year's game will not be satisfied with the Knicks' performance.

Last year's Knicks were the challengers to the throne. Although their strength was poor, they played a very beautiful series, which made people see their potential.

However, this year is different.

Last year, no one expected them, even they themselves didn't think they could beat the Celtics, so they could play lightly in every game, even if they were blown up, they would try their best in the next game, so they won everyone's respect and the future that the media expected.

This year, the Knicks, which introduced Michael Cooper, should have performed better, but in the Eastern Conference Finals, the three players selected for the second team in the team all performed less than expected.

Especially Game3 and Game4, it is not an exaggeration to say that they were repeatedly ravaged by the Celtics.

"Tonight, the Celtics have a chance to end the series at home!"

"What do you two think?"

Dick Stockton gave the stage to Billy Cunningham and Tom Heinsohn.

"So far, I don't see any signs of the Celtics losing in Game [-]." Cunningham laughed. "The Knicks are different from last year. Their morale is already very low. Therefore, tonight is likely to be the end of the series."

Heinsohn has no opinion on the game, he will win anyway.

He had this idea in mind.

As for the stage, he criticized Louie for not shaking hands with KC Jones at the end of the Game4 game: "I can understand other things, but this one, I can't understand. Litter Lu obviously forgot who brought him into this line. I am very disappointed in him!"

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Louis has been burdened with similar public opinion for two days.

What he did, it's not authentic, but he needs to draw a line with Boston in this way, because if they want to beat the Celtics, the intensity of the game must reach another level.

Hate, disgust, all negative emotions have to come out.

A Louie who is shoulder to shoulder with an old friend of the Celtics, his Knicks cannot become such a team.

Louie stood in front of five players who were the Knicks' starters tonight.

Louis said that the starter of this game will be the hardest-working person in the match in the last two days.

"First of all, I would like to congratulate you five. You have proved yourself in the fierce competition in two days."

"However, I also feel sorry for you, because you will carry the hopes of the whole team against the Celtics who are in full swing. They are the strongest team ever."

"Fuck the strongest in history!" Oakley yelled, "If you want to do it, be the strongest in history!"

Oakley was one of the starters for this game.

"That's right, if we beat them, we are the strongest in history!" Rodman echoed Oakley's words.

He's also one of five starters tonight.

"Okay, I hope you are not just shouting slogans. When the game starts, I want to see real intense physical contact!" Louis said heavily, "In the past few days, the outside world has become more and more suspicious of us, and I am as angry as you. But anger can't solve the problem, because in the third and fourth games, we really couldn't respond to the Celtics like a bitch."

Louis' eyes swept over the starter.

"For losers, there is a perfect excuse for every defeat. They often use various ways to justify themselves, but no matter how many excuses they have, they can only comfort themselves and cannot convince others. Even if you have won the respect of your opponent like Jerry West, you will lose if you lose.

So, if we don't want to repeat the same mistakes, we have to redeem ourselves tonight, it doesn't look like a perfect moment, we are at the bottom, and the Celtics are at the top; they only need to win one more game to advance, but we need three! Louis said loudly, "To change all this, you have to create opportunities to win at all costs. No matter what we do, the opposite of victory is salvation. History will only remember the winners!" "

Louie's speech was incited, and the Knicks starters walked onto the court.

After two days of competition, the players who won the starting position were Hornacek, Ellis, Rodman, Oakley and Ewing.

If Ellis, the player who temporarily replaced Miller as the starter in the Eastern Conference finals, is also regarded as a substitute, it means that there are a total of four substitute players who replaced the original starter.

For the Celtics, there are still five iron-clad starters.

Before the game started, Louie came to KC.

"Are you going to shake hands today?" KC asked.

Louie just wants to win now, and repairing the relationship is something after the game.

"Since the atmosphere has already reached this point, we might as well not shake hands and make the two sides more hostile."

"What's the point?"

"The meaning is that I will really treat you as a sworn enemy that I want to get rid of quickly."

After all, Louis really didn't shake hands with KC, and this move caused Heinsohn's dissatisfaction again.

"It seems that Little Lu is really as rumored, he can't afford to lose!"

"That's right, if I remember correctly, he signed a five-year contract with New York. If he can't make a breakthrough today, he might be dismissed. After all, the Knicks already have the strength to challenge the Celtics, but there has been no hope under him." Cunningham and Heinsohn suddenly reached a unified camp against Louis. "If I were the team director, I would also consider making changes."

The referees tonight are Earl Strom and Bill Thrall.

Thrall is a mediocre referee. Louis has coached hundreds of games and is not very impressed with him.Systrom is known for disgusting home teams, and it seems that his penalty is not good news for the Celtics.

But Louis doesn't think so. The reason why the home team's winning percentage is low in the games where Systrom calls the penalty is that its scale is very loose, and he doesn't blow the home whistle very much. This is to encourage players to increase physical confrontation.

Those players who are used to winning at home will naturally find it difficult to adapt to games presided over by him.But whether the Celtics have home court advantage is not so important to the Knicks.

What really matters is how the referee allows them to play physically.

Therefore, Systrom is the referee, which is definitely a good thing.

The two sides jumped the ball and the Knicks got the ball.

Oakley slammed into Sampson's body roughly.

Hornacek passes the ball.

Now that many of the Knicks' main players are not on the court, it is a bit difficult to ask them to play the N.UCLA offense like the main players.

Therefore, Louis does not require much in this area, as long as he plays reasonably.

Then he discovered that Oakley had a problem with the word "reasonable."

Doesn't he think that as long as he wants to go to the low post for a one-on-one opportunity, it is a reasonable offense?
Louie stood on the sidelines watching him hug the ball and yell.

"To be hated." Louis predicted.

Unexpectedly, Oakley's iron elbow skills were so profound, and he swung back and hit Sampson's chest, making Mr. Only One lose his jumping ability, and he leaned on Sampson's chest to make a strong shot.

At least two offensive fouls were ignored by Systrom. Who called him a home killer?Is there such a thing as wronging someone?
He should be called away angel!
However, the referee gave the opportunity, but Oakley didn't grasp it.

Even if Sampson can only use his chest to interfere, it allows him to throw a three-point shot.

"Larry!"

Isiah Thomas picked up the out-of-control basketball and threw it to Bird for a fast break.

Bird's speed is limited and he can't surprise the fast break.

Rodman chased after him like a mad dog.

This kind of arrogant defensive arrogance, the posture of never giving up until the opponent is caught, is exactly what Louis appreciates.

Rodman slapped Bird's racket hard.

Harper, who followed, picked up the ball and was just about to make a layup. Behind him, Jamaica King Kong flew to save and dribbled the ball out of bounds.

"Beep!!!!"

The referee blew Ewing's defensive foul.

Louis and Ewing had nothing to say about this kind of foul.

The smell of the garden suddenly changed.

Celtics fans booed a lot like beasts smelling blood.

This scene convinced the Knicks' opponents that their opponents had not given up.

Louis turned around and looked at Wilson and the others: "I don't think those guys can play the whole game. When I let you play later, I don't have any other requirements. Just defend like this, okay?"

"No problem." McHale replied affirmatively.

Louis suddenly turned his face: "You didn't fucking eat, did you? Answer me loudly, you freak!"

"Yes!"

Louis snorted and looked back at the game.

Harper made one of two free throws.

1 is better than 0
"Although the game has just started, the Knicks have no intention of giving up." Stockton said, "Little Lu's change has worked again."

Now that the Knicks are in decline, it is very likely that they will not survive tonight, and Cunningham will not play.

"Indeed, but Knicks fans still can't be too optimistic. Their starting mentality has been broken by the Celtics. That's why they need to start so many substitutes. When the physical strength of the substitutes declines or encounters foul problems, the original starters still have to play. At that time, will they be ready?"

The Knicks are playing positional warfare, and the Celtics are chasing Ellis.

I saw that Ellis got the cover of Hornacek from the outside and tried to cut into the penalty area, which confused Lambiel.

Suddenly, he ran back and fell outside the three-point line at the top of the arc.

Catch the ball, shoot.

A horribly quick three-pointer, and Harper's help defense didn't keep up at all.

"Shh!"

Ellis rubbed his fingers and said to Louie, "I feel good, Coach."

Louis smiled and said, "Then keep voting."

"Yes, coach."

(End of this chapter)