the rest, only noise

Chapter 964 The Pre-Announced Massacre
Chapter 967 The massacre announced in advance
At the end of the first half, the Hornets trailed the Knicks by 29 points.

At this point in the game, it can be said that there is no suspense.

The only thing that makes people curious is how much the Hornets will lose in the end.

"Leader Lu once beat his opponent by 81 points in a game. Considering what happened off the court, Charlotte will be very sad tonight."

Many Dallasites in front of the TV swore and switched channels.

In the second half, the Knicks' strategic direction remained unchanged, and they wanted to continue to expand their lead and take the opportunity to test new tactics.

In addition to testing roll call tactics, Louis also observed some interesting details.

Like Stockton, he was very dissatisfied with being substituted, but Mohamed Rauf played well in the first half. The Knicks led the Hornets by 29 points at halftime.

As a [-]st guard, the only thing Rauf is better than Stockton is his shooting ability.

But if it's just an understatement of "shooting ability", it doesn't seem to be enough to explain anything.

Only Louis knows how valuable Rauf's technical features and superiority are in this era.

Stockton won't understand, and neither will anyone else.

But as long as Rauf maintains this performance, Louie's approach will be understood sooner or later.

Rauf was replaced by Stockton, and the Knicks' offense became smoother visible to the naked eye.

With Wilson and Rauf in possession, the Knicks are limited in what they can play each possession.

This is why Louis chose to experiment with roll call tactics.

Because the principle of this tactic is very simple, but it has high requirements for users.

Stimulated by Rauf, Stockton deliberately increased his shots.

It just so happens that his touch today is very accurate, so standing on the outside can be regarded as an excellent space point, and the Hornets dare not ignore him.

This allowed Wilson to continue to implement roll call tactics.

Although this was the first time Wilson played this tactic in a game, he felt from the bottom of his heart that this tactic was tailor-made for him.

In this tactical system, he only needs to hold the ball to attack the opponent's defensive weak points, force the opponent to double-team and then pass the ball to the open teammate.

It was also when Wilson was enjoying the dividends of the roll call tactics, Louis noticed that Ewing spared no effort to screen without the ball.

Especially the cover for Wilson, that posture, every time he is so angry that he can't wait for Wilson's defender to hit him to death.

If Ewing only pays 8-9 points of attention to other people's screens, for Wilson, it is 10 distractions plus 10 points of effort.

In the past, he gave Wilson a cover, not to mention putting on a show, but at most six to seven points of effort, as long as the cover effect was achieved, he would not work as hard as he is now.

The impact of the "Eden Incident" on the Knicks cannot be overstated.

John Sely has been sitting on the bench so far, unless the inside is tight, Louis doesn't want to see him on the court.

Ewing, who had a direct conflict with Wilson because of the "Garden of Eden Incident", realized that he had misunderstood the other party in some matters, although he apologized, he did not immediately change his posture.

It wasn't until Louie's heartbreaking "we all screwed up" words in the corridor that day that Ewing understood that he didn't just hurt Wilson, but also Louis.

He entered the game with a sense of indebtedness, just like the security officer who became a traitor in "Bright Sword".

Everything Ewing does around Wilson gives Louie an "I owe him" hint.

Louis has no way of knowing what Wilson thinks about this. He only knows that the coordination of the Knicks' internal and external core has returned to the state before the 90s.

At that time, even if Ewing and Wilson had conflicts, it was limited to their behind-the-scenes team.Just like JKL and Knight, although fans on both sides are eager for each other's sudden death, it does not prevent them from playing brothers LOL.

What really deteriorated the relationship between Ewing and Wilson was the former's narrow-mindedness and the latter's rapid rise.

1989-90赛季，威尔逊场均26分8篮板6.6助攻2.9抢断1.5盖帽，拿下了那年的双一阵和双MVP，由此开启了三连FMVP的征程。

The former little brother can actually keep pace with him?

No, he is going to surpass me!
It was this feeling that made Ewing's behavior radical.

His chemistry with Wilson ends there, too.

Louie looked at them like he was looking at a pair of improved OKs. Ewing was not as dominant as O'Neill (suppressing Kobe), and Wilson lacked Kobe's "he can replace him" dominance.

Louis had secretly swore that if OK's shackles appeared in his team, he would take OK apart.

As it turned out, even he couldn't do it.

The Knicks can't afford to lose Ewing or Wilson.

Seeing that the relationship between the two was going to deteriorate completely, towards an OK-style break, Louis, who could not change the result, collapsed and exported his dissatisfaction accumulated for many years to Ewing.

Unexpectedly, Ewing seems to have changed a bit after the turn of events?

Louie's relief lasted only a few minutes.

Because emotions work both ways.

Even if Ewing knew he was wrong, would Wilson forgive him?

That day Wilson said it was over, but no one believed it.

Because he slapped Ewing firmly.

Wilson's smile has decreased a lot since then, and no one knows what he is thinking. Louis once asked him to talk, but he behaved flatly and his words were tight.

If Wilson did let that go, Louie would be on edge.

Because that shows that Wilson has really fallen into the personality he built for himself. If a man can ignore his face and just want to maintain his own image, is this state healthy?

If Wilson didn't let it go, but pretended to let it go, Louis would be in a state of panic.

Because Louie knew what Wilson's nature was like.

The problem now was that Louie couldn't see what Wilson was thinking.

Because of these things, Louie was distracted.

But the Knicks successfully completed the plan and defeated the Hornets by 47 points, causing the opponent to swallow the worst loss in team history.

After the game, Alan Bristow complained to the media: "Little Lu has no sportsmanship. He asked the players to increase the intensity of the game at the last moment of the game, just to win more points!"

Regarding Bristow's accusation, Louis smiled and said: "He said it as if I didn't replace the starter in garbage time. If I wanted to win more points, I should let the starter play more, but I didn't. This already shows the problem. As for increasing the intensity of the game, that is the personal behavior of the players. We are more used to playing under high-intensity confrontation."

At the same time, a reporter asked Louis for confirmation on a rumor: "Coach Lu, some people say that you will break the Hornets' single-game loss record in every subsequent game. Is this true?"

"I can tell you with certainty that there is such a thing." Louie admitted frankly, "The Hornets coaching staff used a low-level method to influence our preparations during the offseason. I think he did it not just to make us feel sick, but also to win the series. But at the same time, they should also know that doing so will get us anger and hatred."

"So, I'll repeat it here." Louie said seriously, "We won by 47 points tonight, but that's not enough. We will win by 50 points in the next game, the last game."

When Louis said this, his mind seemed to be in chaos, and many messages popped up.

Charlotte Hornets?
New Orleans Hornets?

Paul?

58?

Isn't this Charlotte Hornets the predecessor of New Orleans Hornets?
Louis laughed. He didn't expect that this team, which he thought could prepare for the offseason in advance, had such a connection.

"The last game," Louie laughed, "we'll beat the Hornets by 58."

Now that things have become like this, if the Hornets are not allowed to experience the 58-point tragedy in advance, Louis feels that something is missing.

Louie's words shocked the audience.

The reporter from Charlotte has endured it for a long time, and it is even more unbearable to hear his wild words: "Little Lu, do you think the Hornets will be slaughtered by you?"

"I didn't think about it that way, but you can see from tonight's performance that the Hornets are really powerless in front of us like sheep waiting to be slaughtered." Louis paused, and then blurted out with a crit, "I don't even feel that I need to be there in person. I can sleep at home. Even if the Knicks don't have a coach, we can beat the Hornets by double digits without even calling a timeout."

(End of this chapter)