the rest, only noise

Chapter 646 There are only tears left

1989/6/6

Even if it has been confirmed that the Knicks will win this year's championship, there are still not a few people watching the live broadcast of the game.

The first game of the finals was held in New York.

Pat Riley is like wearing a grim mask, and he is lucky. He believes that even without the tragic division and Pippen, the Lakers still have the power to fight against the Knicks.

The Lakers have Tyrone Corbin, a veteran Knicks player; Kevin Johnson, who is ready to prove himself as a supernova after the tragedy and Pippen's reimbursement;

Despite the many injuries, the Lakers still have a good lineup, but compared with the Knicks, it is too thin.

"The best thing about the Finals for Kareem is that it's the last two stops in New York and Los Angeles, where there are a lot of people who love him."

Abdul-Jabbar clearly didn't want to give up.

In the game, he worked very hard, but Ewing firmly believed that he could completely abuse the 42-year-old Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

This is a fact. If the current Ewing can't abuse Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, then he doesn't have to mess around and return the MVP to the league. The NBA can't afford to lose this person.

The only one in history who can't abuse Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in this age group on the offensive end may only be Wes Unseld⑴.

Ewing easily dominated the basket without any mercy.

If Kareem had the physical strength, he could use the skyhook to save some face on Ewing, but his physical strength declined rapidly.

The Lakers' inside line is a serious problem. In addition to giving Kareem Abdul-Jabbar a pension, they are waiting for David Robinson to join.

Now that Robinson has confirmed that he will join the Lakers in the new season, this is a great thing for Los Angeles. Sending away a legendary insider with team history and ushering in another legendary insider with team history. The tragic master is still at his peak. If Pippen further evolves, the rebuilding of the Lakers may be completed in an instant.

But in the finals, they still have to endure torture.

In the first half, the Knicks led by 17 points, and in the second half, the point difference widened to 30 points.

In the end, 128 to 94, the Lakers lost by 34 points.

Ewing dominated the penalty area, scoring 34 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks, blasting Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to death.

"It's not that I like to slander him, I've always been very good at this kind of abuse." Mr. Louis Heiyou didn't know how to slander him.

Mr. You's ears trembled, and he looked over angrily: "You think Karim is a dish?"

"Although the height of Kareem's career is enough for you to look up to, it doesn't affect the fact that he is a piece of cake in front of you now. Do you want to say that you had a hard time playing against him? Come on, you played so hard, did you want to win the FMVP?" Louis teased, "I don't think you need to be so serious at all. No matter who wins the FMVP this year, it is the most worthless in history."

"Go to hell you!"

The reason why Ewing has a good mentality is that he has a coach who messes with his mentality every day.

The trend of the series can be seen from the first game of the finals.

As expected, the Lakers had no resistance.

Kevin Johnson's impact is good, but he brings the rhythm very badly, completely ignoring the fact that Xiao Jia inside is 42 years old.

Although he had a few astonishing dunks on the scene, Kareem only scored 6 points and was dragged down without much offensive strength.

Game2
Louis' wife, Monica Bellucci, well known to the general public, arrived at the scene in a red dress.

She attracted everyone's attention.

It's hard for men to take their eyes off her, and women will find ways to find flaws in her.

If she had any flaws, it was that she was impeccably beautiful.

Even France, which is prolific in beauties, does not dare to rank any French flower in front of her when selecting the beauties of the century.

In addition to Louis' wife, there is also his 5-year-old son Lu Wuxia, who as a "relationship household" got the chance to play one-on-one with Wilson.

Unlike some low-quality players who gave him a "QNM's basketball dream" hot pot, Wilson deliberately put water on him, let him score under his own defense, and then lifted him up, "Little Mike, you are great. You are so good at the game that you don't look like Coach Road's son."

"Benj, you're going too far." Louie gritted his teeth and laughed.

In addition to these episodes, when MSG's DJ introduced the names of the starting players of both sides, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was deliberately left for the end.

When he was about to say Kareem's name, MSG turned off the lights for him like his home stadium.

The DJ called out his name in a booming voice.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the number one scorer in NBA history, got up, and the audience cheered for him. This was a game that surpassed victory and glory. If the tragedian and Pippen hadn’t been reimbursed, the two sides would be at war.

Abdul-Jabbar has been on tour for six months, starting from Los Angeles, and no matter which city he comes to, there are gifts prepared for him in those places.

"It's been a long goodbye, maybe it's going to be our last handshake, maybe it's going to be our last game, but whatever happens, I thank you from the bottom of my heart Kareem, you've meant everything to pro basketball for the last 20 years," Mav Albert said as Kareem accepted the ovation from the crowd.

Then, the two sides have to compete.

It's still a ruthless contest, and fans hope the Lakers hold out for longer.

But the suspense never existed.

Ewing is dominant in all directions, and he is in such a good state that the 42-year-old Kareem Abdul-Jabbar cannot bring him any interference or pressure.

Tonight, Ewing still maintained an FMVP-level performance.

A perfect insider performance of 26+13+5+5 continued to maintain his momentum.

Not surprisingly, he will complete the double first team + double MVP package this year.

Louis didn't know if Ewing had noticed that the person who gave him the most passes was Wilson, the person who gave him the most assists was also Wilson, and the person who was most likely to compete with him for the FMVP was also Wilson.

But Wilson gave up the competition and passed the ball to Ewing, indicating that he hoped that the opponent would win the trophy that best represented the player's dominance on the highest stage.

This is what Louis hopes to see. For Wilson, it is a pity to give up competing for the FMVP, but for the Lakers, the most advantageous point is Ewing.

Competing, but not competing, has a different meaning from voluntarily giving up the competition and fully supporting Ewing to win the FMVP.

This requires great determination and an absolutely selfless character, as well as a mind that is difficult for ordinary people to reach.

If Louie was a player himself, he would not necessarily be able to be as selfless as Wilson.

A team that wants to maintain dominance for a long time needs someone to sacrifice. If Russell is not willing to be the fifth scoring point in the team, but chooses to pursue statistics like Chamberlain; if Thomas refuses to stand behind Bird and Sampson as a shadow assassin; If Iguodala was so moved to tell the media, "I will give everything to protect his honor," NBA history would have been very different.

Building a championship team is very simple, but how to maintain the relationship between players is a difficult communication science.

Louie is glad he picked Wilson and no one else.

The Knicks played two home games before heading away.

Everyone knew the game wouldn't go back to New York and the Knicks would end the fight in Los Angeles.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has played all the road games of his career, and now he will perform the last dance in Los Angeles.

In Game3, the performance of the Knicks fluctuated.

It was mainly Marley and Hornacek who tried to make shots and disrupted the rhythm of the game.

Louis just wanted to scold a few words, but Wilson's anger was one step ahead of him: "If you don't play tactics well, get out and sit on the bench!"

Marly was too scared to speak, Hornacek raised his hand to indicate that he didn't play well just now.

Ewing still has Wilson's backing.

The gorilla sensed Wilson's kindness, and he began to give back to his teammates.

Although the two didn't communicate much, the influence of selflessness gradually spread to the whole team.

In the fourth quarter, the Knicks played their best offense of the playoffs.

With 44 points in a single quarter, the Lakers lost confidence.

3 is better than 0
The Knicks' sweep has taken shape, and the Lakers can't stop it anyway.

On June 6, Los Angeles is full of sadness, and the Lakers will be eliminated tonight.

Jerry Buss knew that this was an opportunity to enhance the team's cohesion. Since he couldn't win the Knicks, he no longer regarded the finals as the focus.

That night, Game [-] of the Finals will be held in the Forum, but the Lakers are advertising the game as "Kareem-Jabbar Night."

The Lakers invited Dr. J, invited Reed Auerbach, and David Stern, who had to come if he didn't invite, and many big names that are hard to see at other teams' home courts.

Dr. J called Abdul-Jabbar the best player ever.

Auerbach, as a regular guest on the retirement night of such famous players, would always say: "The biggest regret in my life is that I didn't coach Kareem (this name can be changed to any big-name player)."

Abdul-Jabbar accepted the applause and occasionally exuded emotion, then played the final game of his career.

There was no miracle. The Lakers lost to the Knicks at home, with a big score of 0 to 4. They became the runner-up again, watched the Knicks defend the champion, and became the last championship team in professional basketball in the 80s.

After this, what awaits the fans is an unknown era.

That would be a golden age in which Kareem, Dr. J, Bird, Tragedian, etc. faded away, and another group of big names stepped into the foreground and became the protagonists.

While the Knicks were defending their championship titles, Louie didn't hear the deafening noise that he did at Memorial Coliseum last year.

On the contrary, in Inglewood's forum, there were only tears left.

(13.8) Averaged 18 points and 48 rebounds per game, shooting 57% from the field, and the team won 22 games.In the same season, Willis Reid averaged 14+52 per game as the more impactful player in New York, shooting 54 percent from the field, and the team won 28 times.Unseld's MVP has more than twice as many votes as Reed, how do you think that makes sense?The two also met in the playoffs. You can imagine how angry Reed was. He led the team to sweep the Bullets in four games, averaging 15+[-] per game.

(End of this chapter)