The Rest, Only Noise

May 6, 1984

In Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Pistons were defeated by the Celtics in three straight games, and in the fourth game, they were eager to defend their dignity at their home.

Daly gave them the strongest chicken soup.

Otherwise, it is hard to imagine that there will be a team that has only one minute left in the game and is 15 points behind, but still works hard and abruptly narrows the point difference to 11 points before giving up.

They stopped fighting because time was over, not accepting defeat.

If you think of this Pistons team as the Celtics' long-term rivals, they are undoubtedly formidable.

No one wants to continue fighting against such an unwilling opponent.

It can be seen that even though the personnel structure of this team is completely different from the Pistons that Louis knows, they still have the unique temperament of that Pistons.

Even if Thomas and Laimbeer, the core players of that Pistons team, are now part of the Celtics, the Pistons are still the Pistons.

Daly brought to them a certain belief in never giving up, never giving up.

Also 4 to 0, pistons deserve more respect than bullets.

When Louis came to the midfield to shake hands with Daly, he made a joke with him: "Although it is 4-0, the game is like 4-3. You are the best opponents."

Da Lilio said with some regret: "Until the end, I still didn't see you let Larry go low and ask for the ball to attack."

Hearing this, the corners of Louis' mouth twitched.

Allowing Bird to catch the ball low and attack is the Celtics' bottom-line tactic, and it is also a trump card when the team is at a dead end and has nothing to do.

When Louis took over the team temporarily last season, he relied on Bird to play the low post and won two games.

I didn't expect Daley to know about this.

"If it wasn't for being forced, no one would be willing to bet the success or failure of the game on a certain player." Louis told the truth.

Daly looked even more melancholy.

"Alas, my players have worked so hard, but they haven't pushed you to a 'helpless' situation."

Daly's words were absolutely sincere, and he felt it.

The gap between the Pistons and the Celtics is bigger than he thought.

Not only after four games, none of them had a gap below double digits, but also because they didn't play the Celtics' hole cards.

When Daly wanted to play a few small plans to deflate the Celts, he was turned against the generals by Louis.

This team is top notch from staffing to coaching.

Daly was one of the first coaches in the league to recognize Louie.

"Your performance is good enough." Louis did not expect that he would have to comfort Daly.

Daly chuckled, like some kind of "Don't bully the poor" declaration: "Give me three years and the Pistons will replace the Celtics as the strongest in the East!"

"I look forward to that day."

Louie doesn't even know if he's still with the Celtics three years from now.

Whether he is there or not, it is best to have a team in the East that can play the role of the 76ers in previous years. A dominant team can easily make other teams in the same district lose their competitive desire.

Once you accept the setting of "can't beat them no matter what", there is no better way than to wait for the super team to disintegrate on its own.

Sweeping the Pistons, the Celtics advance to the Eastern Conference finals.

Their final opponent has yet to come out.

The winner between the Bucks and the Nets is their opponent in the Eastern Conference finals.

The first four games were tied.

Daryl Dawkins, the 76ers' abandonment, played an amazing performance, averaging 22+12 per game, completely suppressing the Bucks' inside line.

Louie didn't care about the result of this round.

As soon as the semi-finals ended, he asked Auerbach for public funds for a business trip.

The total was a check for $10,000.

He will go to Indiana with his girlfriend Lorraine on a "vacation", during which time, he will also visit the training camp of the Olympic selection team.

As the most famous professional basketball coach of the year, Louie's arrival has attracted the attention of many people.

"I heard that there is a lot of corn here. If they all grew up eating corn, how could there be so many muscular men?"

Lorraine said something that would be misunderstood by many.

"You are suspected of geographical discrimination..." Louis paused, "Indiana people also eat meat."

"Oh...really?" Lorraine said innocently and confidently. "I thought they only had corn on the cob...don't look at me like that, the local station in Boston told me."

Louis explained speechlessly: "As long as you are in the United States, you can only believe half of the news on TV, and then doubt the other half, unless it is a celebrity scandal, a politician's black material, and a shooting case. You can choose to believe these news, because there is no The media will spread this type of fake news.”

"So..." Lorraine looked straight at Louie, "Is it true that Cleveland is the greatest city in the world?"

"Cough cough cough~~~"

Cleveland as his second hometown, he will not go to say too many bad things about that place.

The deteriorating economy, the increasingly confused residents, the first to embrace the fitness trend and then the emergence of a large number of strong men who have trained their muscles in their heads, cursed professional sports... In every way, Cleveland is the same as the greatest The word insulation.

Even at its peak, it wasn't the greatest.

"It doesn't matter whether it's great or not, what matters is what the people there think." Louis had to interrupt Lorraine's attention.

When they arrived at their destination, Lorraine was surprised: "Is this really Indiana? Why does it seem to be more prosperous than Boston?"

"Don't worry about that, let's go to the hotel first."

In order to avoid suspicion, Louis will have to enter the selection camp with Lorraine.

The league under David Stern is very different from the one under Larry O'Brien.

Stern didn't like the relationship between professional teams and campus basketball, so a blocking clause was set up to prohibit people in the NBA from interacting with students.

This provision was introduced just last month.

Therefore, Louis must "bring his family and bring his own family", and in the name of guiding his work, can he logically approach the players in the selection camp.

Many teams that have been eliminated have their sights set on the Olympic selection team, and their general managers and coaches have been here for many days.

Nice hotel near Indiana University filled with clients from the Union.

Louie eventually secured a spot with Bird's signature.

In the afternoon, they came to the church gymnasium of Indiana University.

Usually, this is where Indiana University trains, but now, it is the training camp for the US national team.

74 young talents from all over the United States were invited, and 72 people finally showed up.

Among these 72 talents, 4 have been locked in the national team's roster early, they are Ewing, Jordan, Perkins and Tisdale.

This means that there are only 8 seats left in the 12-man roster of the US men's basketball national team.

In addition to the elites from various universities, there are also two talented high school students.

Danny Ferry "Little Bird" and Walter Berry "The Next Elgin Baylor".

Ferry's name sounded familiar to Louie, and Berry was a complete stranger.

Just because Louie was completely unfamiliar with his name, he dared to conclude that it was a "scarred Zhongyong". Even if the opponent hadn't played a game in college yet, he could be sure that this guy would be completely out of control when he went to college. If you lose your market, you may still be able to enter the NBA, but it is absolutely mediocre.

Because a player his age, if he is really talented, should be able to reach the All-Star level in the 1990s.

The fringe All-Stars of the 1990s were far more famous to future fans than the players of the 1990s.

"LittleLu, I didn't expect you to come too."

Blazers general manager Stu Inman greeted Louie.

Louie joked: "I'm on vacation, just like you."

Inman smiled awkwardly. The Blazers also made the playoffs, but were sent away in the first round.

"Anything new?" Louis asked.

"Alas... we actually know enough about the players in training camp that the only reason I'm here is to see Sam Bowie," Inman said disappointedly, "but Bob just told me that Sam Wanting to focus on preparing for the draft, he has no intention of going to training camp because that would add extra risk."

Bowie was one of two players who turned down a call-up to the national team.

"Ha, he must have no confidence in himself~www.novelmt.com~ Lorraine wanted to appear professional, but she said something very unpleasant, "You must not choose him. "

These words sounded harsh to Inman, but they were very much in line with Louis.

Inman smiled and said, "Are you Lu's girlfriend?"

"Yes, am I as professional as him?" Lorraine didn't know how rash she just said.

Inman did not deny her directly, but asked Louis, "Lu, what do you think?"

"If I were you, I would seriously consider Sam." Louie knows that the Blazers' coaching staff and management are very willing to choose Bowie, "He doesn't even come to the selection camp, which is not a positive Signal, only people who are not optimistic about their physical condition will give up such a good opportunity for exposure."

At this time, Lorraine saw a sturdy young black man on the court taking off from the free throw line and dunking.

"How about choosing him?" Lorraine pointed to the black flying eagle.