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Chapter 712 The Greatest New York King of All Time

"Jimmy Rogers, Leader Lu's motivational method is not something you can master", "Patrick can bear whipping, but Ralph can't bear the slightest grievance".

The next day, the New York media played their role and used their influence to magnify the contradictions of the Celtics.

Under the guidance of an expert, the "New York Post" sharply pointed out that Sampson's dissatisfaction had nothing to do with his teammates, but because Jimmy Rogers suddenly bit like a mad dog.

There is nothing wrong with motivating players. All managers motivate players. Louie's method of motivating players is famous, or notorious, because he targets his core players.

It stands to reason that the core players will get privileges and more tolerance.

On the contrary, role players are often blamed and scolded.

It's completely reversed here for Louis. He gives the role players the greatest tolerance, and is extremely strict and strict with the core, especially Ewing and Wilson.

Some people have counted that Louie "swears" players on the sidelines every two rounds, and Ewing bears 2% of it.

Later, when Isiah Thomas participated in the show, he was asked who was the toughest coach he had ever encountered in his career.

Everyone expected him to say Bob Knight, but he didn't even think about it and replied, "Coach Road in New York."

He also used several stories from the period when Louie coached the Celtics to support it.

And that was Louie's first year in charge.

Just imagine that he was like this in the first year, wouldn't it be even more terrifying after he came to New York?
Louis is notorious for this, but the Knicks under his command are a ferocious iron army. Even if some people don't agree with his way and attitude towards core players, they have nothing to say in front of the Knicks' results.

Now someone has done the same thing as him and got the right result-the core players can't stand it.

Therefore, the Post took this opportunity to take the rhythm, and belittled Rogers, promoted Louis, and helped Louis to whitewash in the article.

The article about Ewing stepping on Sampson came from the New York Times, and they didn't have "experts" to guide them, so the entry point of the article was not as accurate as the post, but it was enough to arouse a wave of vicious public opinion.

Ewing was suddenly blown to a height above Sampson.

He lived up to his reputation as a contemporary Bill Russell.

On the other hand, Ralph Sampson, he is as arrogant as Chamberlain, isn't he just scolded by the coach?What are you wronged?Flies don't drill seamless eggs. If you are fine, why would the coach scold you?There must be a reason for scolding you. You don't find the reason from yourself, and you are still acting weird at the press conference. Alas, the Green Army is unfortunate.

The power of the media is strong, and the Celtics' internal problems and Sampson's mentality became the focus of the next few days.

The off-court rhythm in the East has attracted a lot of attention, but the confrontation in the West is just as fierce.

The Lakers and Trail Blazers went to overtime in the first game, and the low-post singles of the tragic division faced Jordan's defense and used a beautiful little sky hook to kill the buzzer.

The tragedian's sky hook lore earned him a feature article in "Sports Illustrated".

But at the end of the article, the pictorial is extremely disrespectful to the Lakers.

They used a euphemism to say that no matter who rushes out in the West, they are not opponents of the Knicks.

Fortunately, both sides are focused.

The East focuses on the off-court rhythm, and the West focuses on the on-court confrontation. Everyone has something to do.

Even Louis is very busy.

In the days leading up to Game 2, he was mostly involved in the civil rights movement off the field.

He is not a social activist, but as an Asian who has achieved great success in the United States, he cannot ignore it when encountering related matters.

He didn't want to leave it either.

The cause of this incident lies in a passage by Jimmy Breslin, a columnist for the New York Daily News.

He said that his nephew is getting married next week, but unfortunately, his wife is Korean, so he may not attend his nephew's wedding.

Forget it, he also scolded the Korean female reporter on "News Day" as a "yellow dog" and "squinted eyes", which aroused the outrage of the Asian community in New York.

Koreans are originally the kind of Asian Americans who are more active in social movements, and now they naturally unite with other Asians to complain against Breslin.

Louis, as a representative of Asians in the New York area and even the entire Midwest, of course he has to stand up and speak out.

Louie marched for Asians, spoke in Times Square as a representative, and pressured the New York Daily News through friends in the news media.

Eventually, Breslin couldn't stand the pressure and came out to apologize to Louie in person.

This is quite funny, Louis is not the person involved, nor is he Korean, he is just one of the Asians who participated, and Breslin apologized to him, in a way of giving in to Louis' personal power, rather than feeling that he had done something wrong.

Louis refused to accept it, demanding that he make a public apology to all Asians.

The Daily News announced the termination of Breslin's contract in order to calm the boiling public grievances.

For Breslin, he would definitely not be able to survive in New York. It was too late for him to apologize. Even if he apologized, few people would accept it. Moreover, the personal damage to him had already been done.

After this matter is over, Louis has to focus back on the Eastern Conference Finals.

April 5

Eastern Finals Game2
Louie wondered how Jimmy Rodgers' influence on the Celtics, especially on Sampson personally, would play out.

Louis originally thought that Sampson would be passive and sabotage. Unexpectedly, not only did he not treat him negatively, but he also showed extraordinary motivation.

Did Sampson forgive Rodgers?

No, he was angry, disgusted and disgusted by Rogers' psychotic mood swings.

A variable brought about by these emotions is that Sampson is no longer willing to be a green leaf as Rogers said.

Because the Knicks did not prevent Sampson from suddenly holding a large number of balls, the first goal scored by the latter was like this.

Sampson sped straight up the halfway line, received a pass from Thomas on the way and headed for the rim.It was Wilson from 45 degrees who helped Ewing to defend, but the two really couldn't hold back the only gentleman who rushed up.

Stockton and Rodman standing in the two bottom corners should shrink to help defend, but neither of them moved.

This has nothing to do with attitude or golf quotient, it's just unexpected.

Four minutes into the first quarter, the Knicks were beaten 4-12 by the Celtics, but Louis did not rush to request a timeout.

Because, judging from the scene, the problem is not very big.

Since Sampson wants to hold the ball, there is naturally a way to prevent him from holding the ball.

What the Knicks do is that the moment he picks up the ball, the defenders at 45 degrees to the left and right will follow him. Sometimes, these people will directly assist in the defense, and sometimes, they are just bluffing and falsely assisting in the defense.

However, Sampson opened up his posture and rushed, and the Knicks encountered a lot of trouble in defense.

In the first half, everyone saw the upper limit of Sampson's offensive end and how strong he was on the opponent's defense when he got the ball.

Letting such a person play as a support is like letting Curry play to death off the ball, and the waste is not so wasteful.

In the first half, the Celtics were forced to use Sampson as the centerpiece, outscored 58-54.

For the first time since the start of the series, the Knicks were suppressed.

Jimmy Rodgers didn't look happy with the result.

Because the game was out of control and the process was out of his control, it was Sampson who led his teammates against the Knicks.

"Is this what honest people look like when they are angry? It's terrible."

Louis seemed to have lingering fears, and he was glad that he didn't choose the wrong attitude to treat Sampson back then.

"Coach, aren't you worried that Patrick will do this in the future?" Zhao Yuanzheng asked with a smile.

"It's just him, has the guts? This ability?" Louis overwhelmed Ewing, "Give him another 100 years and he won't be able to do it!"

Louis returned to the locker room and adopted another plan according to Sampson's changes.

The defensive strategy remains largely the same, but the focus is different.

Sampson was a tool man before, so he had to make Thomas misfire and hit Bird casually, because he couldn't beat the Knicks alone.

Now it's Sampson's turn to lead the offense, which is naturally very different.

Sampson and Bird, neither of them can be completely restricted through defensive strategies. Even Thomas, who has a fatal perimeter weakness, as long as he lets go and chooses to use mid-range shots to sanction the Knicks' release tactics, it is difficult to guard against.

Therefore, to deal with the Celtics' Big Three, Louis' strategy has always been to compress Sampson's room for movement and give Bird a physical confrontation.

In the end, the three lines may fall, but as long as the three lines are not connected together to cause greater damage, it is acceptable.

Once Sampson wants to hold the ball, then it doesn't make much sense to design tactics on the defensive end.

Louie's focus shifted to the offensive end.

In the second half, the Knicks focused on the mid-range and direct hits to the basket after borrowing screens, and the outside players made more resolute three-pointers, as well as Wilson's flaming aggressiveness.

The Celtics' defensive posture at the beginning was to switch defenses every screen and try not to give the Knicks the chance to open shots. Therefore, the first two offenses of the Knicks were Wilson's misplaced singles against Lambiel and Thomas.

Then Jimmy Rodgers played a little role, requiring players to circle around the screen, so Wilson, Miller and Stockton all made shots from the screen in the second half.

The person who finally affected the whole game was the regular season MVP Benjamin Wilson.

Sampson was proactive, and Wilson also switched from the Durant mode of catching and shooting to the McGrady mode of attacking with the ball.Moreover, he intentionally created physical contact and pushed many Celtics insiders out of foul crisis.

In the face of Wilson's unstoppable impact, Bird seems to be unable to parry at this stage.

His speed and athletic ability are inferior to Wilson, and Rodgers firmly put him in the third position.

The reason is simple, his back is not good, and playing the fourth position consumes a lot of energy, so he plays the third position.

The consequence of placing the third position is to make Bird feel more and more old, weak and weak, and was beaten by Wilson in two consecutive games.

Especially in the second game, Wilson scored only 12 points in the first half, scored 36 points in the second half, and led the Knicks to a 48-point victory over the Celtics with 10 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. The Knicks led 2-0.

"Benj~~~"

"Benj~~~~"

"Benj~~~!!!"

The audience chanted his name.

Mav Albert exaggerated: "As long as Benj opens his mouth, thousands of people will die for him. He is a combination of Willis Reed, Walter Fraser, Dave Debusschere, the greatest King of New York ever!"

(End of this chapter)