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Chapter 965 Larry Johnson's Retirement Ceremony

"I admit that New York has the advantage in the matchup of the series. It is a shame to lose 47 points in a single game, but they want to have another game and even win more than tonight?"

"Hehe, I can tell you clearly, it's impossible, absolutely impossible!"

The next day, Hornets coach Alan Bristow responded to Louie's claim that he would continue to refresh the Hornets' record for most points lost in a single game.

In addition to him, the Hornets have others to respond.

For example, Larry Johnson, a strong man who does not look simple, said slightly angrily: "Coach Lu's words not only insulted us, but also insulted Charlotte. If they can beat us by 50 points, I will retire!"

Since the next two games were played at the Hornets' home court, the two sides had already turned against each other. Louis' words would inevitably lead to the Knicks being full of malice in the away game.

It's just that Louis couldn't help but laugh when Larry Johnson said he would retire after losing.

He remembered RNG's top laner Xiaohu's remarks before a certain regular season in the summer of the S10 Summer Split.

The general meaning is the same as Larry Johnson, if you lose, you will retire.

In the end, RNG really lost, but Xiaohu did not retire, so there is no need to consider whether Larry Johnson's ruthless words of retiring as a bet will come true.

In the words of the Hornets to refute Louis, it is impossible, absolutely impossible.

Instead, it was Larry Johnson's words that brought more attention to the game.

Hornets players have expressed their determination.

Glenn Rice said that he will play the next game as the most important game of his career.

Rex Chapman believes that their strength may not be as good as the Knicks, but as long as they are united, it is not impossible to win, let alone lose by 50 points.

Only veteran Dale Ellis did not support Larry Johnson.

It is not news that Ellis and the young people of the Hornets are not dealing with each other. For this storm, his view is: "Unless I feel good and take 30 shots, we can't stop New York."

Moreover, Ellis is the famous Louie Blowjob.

"Although many people don't believe that we will lose 3 points in Game50-including myself don't believe it-but historically, Coach Lu will always get what he wants."

This is similar to Durant's famous phrase "From the perspective of history, courage always loses".

It's just that no one takes his words seriously.

Before the start of Game3, the league first announced the winners of the major awards of the regular season.

The first is the best team: Jordan, Drexler, Wilson, Manning, Sampson.

The second team of the best team: Petrovic, Pippen, Barkley, Malone, Olajuwon.

All-NBA Third Team: Price, Dumars, (Larry) Johnson, Gaithers, Ewing.

Best Defensive Team: Dumars, Jordan, Wilson, Rodman, Olajuwon.

All-Defensive Team Second Team: Pippen, Marley, Kemp, Robinson, Ewing.

DPOY: Rodman.

Sixth Man of the Year: Clifford Robinson.

Head Coach of the Year: Billy Donovan.

General Manager of the Year: Lewis Shafier.

Louie hasn't seen a more competitive season than this one since he entered the pros in 1978.

Although Sampson's sword is not old, but apart from occupying a hole for a while, his defense is no longer comparable to Olajuwon and Ewing, and even Mutombo is better than him.

Even though Sampson still averages 2.8 blocks per game, except for protecting the rim, his sweeping area has dropped significantly.

In the playoffs, Sampson is still the first center with both offense and defense, but his physical fitness is no longer enough to support him through the long regular season.

Therefore, if you want to survive the regular season smoothly, you have to make trade-offs on both offense and defense.

Just like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar back then, Sampson degenerated first in defense, followed by rebounding.

It can be seen from the shortlist of the best team how introverted the Eastern Conference is.

Three best lineups, 15 players, 10 in the East.

However, even though the league has taken care of everyone as much as possible, there are still voices of dissatisfaction.

The media that made this sound came from New York.

They have two complaints.

Ewing isn't double-strike?Why does that old bastard Sampson occupy a hole?

How is Olajuwon better than Ewing?
Ewing fell to the third team and the New York media was outraged.

But it makes sense for the league to arrange this way.

Thanks to the joining of new stars such as Yu Tiancan and Kemp's growth, Rodman has another rebounding season-Ewing's average per game this season has dropped to 20.4 points and 9.6 rebounds.

Based on this data, being able to enter the third team depends on the Knicks ranking second in the league and the geographical advantages of New York City.

Otherwise, the Suns' Doherty and the Magic's super rookie O'Neal are all eligible to replace Ewing.

Therefore, it is unreasonable for the New York media to call Ewing overly protective of the calf.

In addition to complaining for Ewing, they also complained for Kemp.

They think that Kemp can at least make it to the third team. Why does Larry Johnson, a rascal, make it to the third team?Both head-to-head confrontations in the semifinals were crushed by Kemp.

The alliance has always ignored this kind of afterthought.

After all, apart from FMVP, other awards in the NBA are judged based on their performance in the regular season. If someone has to be awarded because of his outstanding performance in the playoffs, what about some MVPs who were crushed in the first round?
The unreasonable thing about this matter is that the NBA only has awards for the regular season, not the playoffs.

There is the best team in the regular season, and there should be one in the playoffs, and the best team in the playoffs should be more valuable than the regular season, just as the performance in the playoffs is far more valuable in the eyes of fans than in the regular season.

However, half a century later, the league never touched the idea.

What's interesting is that, not counting the media's shouting, Kemp, the rightful owner, also thinks that Larry Johnson has taken his place.

Before Game 3, the Knicks were on the road, but they were not low-key at all.

Charlotte's media wanted to give Louis a chance to reform. After the fans demonstrated strongly, they asked Louis again, asking if he still wanted to win the Hornets by 50 points in an away game.

"I want to congratulate the Hornets, you have a group of loyal fans, so I will look forward to tonight's game even more. I don't know if these fans will be as loyal as they are now after seeing the Hornets lose 50 points at home."

Taking advantage of Louie's east wind, Kemp said to reporters: "I will prove that I am more worthy of the best team than some people."

The Charlottes were rightfully outraged.

They don't know where the Knicks' confidence lies.

For the Hornets and their supporters, Game 2 was a surprise.

Just like Paul fans would not take the 58 tragedy as a big deal, if it weren't for signing a maximum salary with the highly popular Inferno team and not playing the performance of a maximum salary player after the contract took effect, 58 would not become "XX is a success" in the basketball circle.

That night, after the game started, Charlotte, full of anger, wanted to forcefully block the Knicks.

However, Louis started the 5OUT lineup of Rauf, Angie, Miller, Wilson, and Kemp tonight.

Although the Hornets' plan is to reduce the Knicks' shooting rate through the traditional art (hand-to-hand combat) of the strong Eastern teams.

But 5OUT specializes in all kinds of low-energy defenses.

Pointless hand-to-hand combat will only make holes in the defense line.

This night, every time the Knicks launched a tactic, the Hornets' wings would miss out.

Miller felt hot, scored 4 three-pointers in a single quarter, scored 7 three-pointers in the half, and scored 11 three-pointers in the game. He scored a game-high 46 points in front of the former world's top scorer Dell Ellis.

At the same time, this is also a new high for Miller in a single game in the playoffs.

During the game, after the Hornets' melee defense failed, they wanted to put pressure on the Knicks through their inside advantage.

As long as the inside can establish a dominant advantage, the Knicks will have to give up the 5OUT lineup.

As a result, Wilson and Kemp proved to be worthy of the All-Defensive Team selection.

Especially Kemp, as the center of the 5OUT lineup, he not only defended Song Tao to death, but also built an insurmountable no-fly zone on the defensive end.

The effect of Wilson's cameo at the fourth position of the small ball is also unexpected.

Whether it's grabbing rebounds or sweeping high positions, he has played no less than Kemp and Rodman's performance in the fourth position.

Larry Johnson, who claimed to retire tonight if he lost 50 points, scored 23 points and 15 rebounds in garbage time, but it didn't work.

The Hornets are humiliating.

Because not only can they not decide their own life and death, they can't even control the loss.

When the point difference came to 51 points, the Knicks would score a three-pointer to lead to 52 points, and then let the Hornets easily score a two-pointer, so the point difference came to 50 points.

Remember how in the well-known Japanese fantasy sports animation "Kuroko and His Harem", how Teiko humiliated his opponent in the final battle in junior high school?In order to keep the score at the number they wanted, they took the initiative to help their opponents score.

Louie is a man of quality, he will not let players deliberately shoot at their own basket in order to control 50 points, that would be too degrading.

But it is precisely because they don't shoot at their own basket that the process of controlling points is more humiliating to Charlotte than losing 50 points.

Before the end of the game, the Hornets' home audience was completely empty.

By the time the final whistle blew, less than 5 percent of fans had seen the result.

132 is better than 82
The Knicks defeated the Hornets by 50 points, once again breaking the opponent's single-game loss record.

At the end of the game, the Hornets were in a trance.

Only Ellis had a face of "I knew it would happen", he disdainfully rejected the reporter's application for an interview and left alone.

Alan Bristow didn't expect Louis' revenge method to be so fierce, and he didn't show any mercy at all, he just stomped his foot on their faces.

"I just want to know," Louie asked the reporter with a smothered smile, "where did Larry Johnson's retirement ceremony take place?"

(End of this chapter)