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Chapter 966 No more, no less, exactly 58
"I just want to know, where is Larry Johnson's retirement ceremony?"

Louis, this is the standard, which pot is not opened and which pot is lifted.

"This, we don't know."

Facts have proved that all bets that are unimaginable and impossible are ultimately unrealizable.

After the game, Larry Johnson apologized to the fans: "I'm sorry for letting the fans see such a game. We didn't perform as we should."

"Larry, you said before that if you lose 50 points to the Knicks tonight, you will retire. What are you going to do now?"

The aunt said sadly: "To be honest, I really don't want to play anymore. This game has taken away my enthusiasm for the game. However, I am still young. In theory, I can still play for many years, and I need to support my family, so I can't retire yet."

Larry Johnson's statement is reasonable, even if he really wants to retire, the Hornets cannot agree.

After a lot of trouble, he got an inside core, how could he just retire when he was playing.

Louis did not forget to make up the knife: "I only know that if it is another Larry, he will do what he says. LJ made me understand that not every Larry will follow his word like Bird."

"So, will you really break the Hornets' single-game loss record again in the next game?"

The question itself is problematic.

Journalists are known as the fourth estate in the United States and must stand on an absolutely neutral point of view.

But when they asked this, it was tacitly acquiescing that Charlotte, a group of rotten fish and rotten shrimp, could not win the fourth game.

Moreover, except for some Hornets fans who are still ashamed, no one will come out to question the professionalism of the reporter.

In this regard, Louis said straightly: "Yes, I said that every remaining game of this series will set the Hornets' single-game loss record. Tonight we will achieve this goal again. In the next game, our goal will remain the same."

"To beat the Hornets by 58 points?"

"Yes, I like the number."

"why?"

"It's like Al Pacino is to "The Godfather" and Bruce Willis is to "Die Hard." I think the number 58 is a number that Charlotte is destined for."

Why is it predestined, Louis didn't say.

In the East during the same period, the Heat and the Celtics tied 2-1.

The Heat led by 1 point. In the game they lost, the Green Army relied on the unstoppable explosion of Sampson and Bird to fight the next game.

These two teams are obviously not on the same level.

Because the two games the Celtics lost were disastrous.

In the west, the situation is even more chaotic.

The Trail Blazers are 2 to 1 with the Lakers, and the Clippers are 1 to 2 behind the Suns.

From the perspective of the semifinals alone, the Knicks are the best team.

However, the semifinals between the Knicks and the Hornets can no longer truly reflect the strength gap between the two teams.

Because the reason why the Hornets were beaten and smashed in a row was not that the strength gap reached that point, but that the coaching staff could not make a correct response, and the Knicks' outside shooters were in a hot state.

If Alan Bristow's coaching ability is half of his off-court recruiting ability, the Hornets can at least win a game in the hands of the Knicks.

It was the Hornets coaching staff's poor response from game to game that caused the players' mentality to gradually change.

This change is irreversible.

If the mentality isn't turned around before it blows up completely, the team's performance will only get worse.

If you want to know how bad this state is, you can look at S11's FPX.

As it turned out, Bristol was incapable of turning players around.

He could only watch helplessly as the team collapsed.

Game4
The hopeless Hornets need to find a reason to fight for it.

dignity?

Not lose 50 points?
This reason is possible, but not strong enough.

Because it's an outrageous thing for you to make such a goal in the playoffs.

The teams that can make it to the playoffs are all strong teams, even if they are weak, they can still bleed their opponents.

Not to mention that you have reached the semi-finals, and the goal before the start of the game is to not lose more than 50 points after the game?
This outrageous mentality allowed the game to unfold outrageously.

The Knicks have two players who are brutal and aggressive.

One is Mohammad Rauf and the other is Miller.

So Louie started Rauf for the third time in the series.

As soon as Rauf came up, he made a three-pointer after shaking;
Then there is a chasing three-pointer that grabs the rebounds in the backcourt and transports them all the way to the frontcourt;

There is also the nine-meter ultra-long three-pointer that throws the ball regardless of rationality when the head is hot.

His few shots set a solid tone for Game4.

The Knicks don't want the Hornets to live.

The Hornets are obsessed with man-to-man, but they don't have enough capital to maintain this tactic.

Facing the Knicks' offensive style where each positional battle involves a lot of pick-and-rolls and screens, in order to ensure the quality and continuity of man-to-man marking, the defensive players must have flexible defensive attributes.

The Hornets do not meet the requirements in terms of defensive configuration.

Forcibly promoting a defensive method that cannot meet its own conditions will naturally result in defeat.

The Hornets are also unlucky. In this round of the series, the Knicks' outside touch is stronger than the game.

Especially starting from Game 2, Bristow's off-court tricks were intended to let the Knicks encounter external difficulties and affect their status.

As a result, the Knicks took advantage of this off-court turmoil that was likely to cause the team to completely split, and unified their thinking.

The Knicks' problems persist.

At their root there is an irresolvable contradiction, it's like the elephant in the room, everyone sees it but just doesn't touch it.

Today, this elephant has grown into a giant, and it seems that there is no possibility of resolving the conflict except for disintegration and reorganization.

But there's one truth in all team-first sports: Winning solves everything.

Putting this sentence on the Knicks, perhaps it should be interpreted as: winning can cover up all problems.

The question was hidden, and Knicks was left with all his muscles and anger.

The Charlotte people were unfortunately reduced to ashes under the wrath of the Knicks.

At the last moment of the game, the Knicks led by 55 points.

Louis deliberately called a timeout and used a 5OUT lineup, demanding that the Hornets lead by 58 points at the end of the game.

"Who can make this three-pointer?"

With Louis' seriousness in this matter, no one really wants to stand up and take on this important task.

Just as the air froze, Wilson looked around and asked, "Why don't I come?"

"Of course you have to come, you are the coach's baby." Miller said with a hippie smile.

In the last 12 seconds, the Knicks sent a sideline kick.

Wilson took the ball from the outside, and judging by his posture, he definitely didn't mean to run out of time.

The remaining thousands of Charlotte people booed dissatisfiedly, because there was no suspense about the outcome, and the other teams would not play 100% of the time, but the Knicks called a timeout to carefully arrange tactics, and then handed the ball to the ace player for the final attack.

The Knicks, already leading by 55 points, treated this offense that had no effect on the result like a lore in the last ten seconds.

"This is Little Lu's revenge!"

"He wants to humiliate Charlotte in this way!"

Nobody knew Louie was just doing it for his own wicked taste.

Even the famous road blower Hubie Brown thinks this is a bit too much: "The Knicks don't intend to leave half of the face for the opponent, and it is actually not appropriate to do so."

"It can only be said that Alan Bristow provoked someone who shouldn't be provoked." Mav Albert said as he pressed the microphone.

Wilson pressed the clock with confidence.

In the last 3 seconds, he took a strong step to the right, stopped suddenly, dribbled the ball under his crotch to stabilize the rhythm, combined his hands with the ball, and pulled directly.

From moving to static, from receiving to starting, this process only took 2.4 seconds. When the ball flew out of his palm, there was only 0.1 second left in the game.

Time runs out when the basketball is flying.

Wilson didn't even look at it, and turned around directly.

"Shh!"

The Conqueror shrugged and asked, "Is there really anyone who thinks I can't make the shot?"

In the next second, the teammates around him jumped on him as if they had won the championship.

Ewing wanted to go there too, but stopped halfway through the run.

"You just want to stand there and not celebrate with them?" Louie asked.

Ewing said hypocritically: "Isn't it just a three-pointer, what's there to celebrate?"

Then, Louis no longer cared about this hypocritical idiot, and just glanced at the scorer above the midfield.

139 is better than 81
No more, no less, exactly 58.

(End of this chapter)