The Rest, Only Noise

The Knicks and Bucks' Ga4 ended in the former's dominant mode.

After being replaced by a full bench lineup, the Knicks' strength dropped a lot, and the Bucks recovered a few points, but they still lost more than 20 points in the end.

Don Nelson has Moncrief's heart, but he knows they're gone.

"I should have been prepared." Nelson immersed himself in the study of how to beat the Celtics.

Completely unaware that the Knicks have grown into a behemoth.

The Bucks were murdered and dismembered today, ending the Milwaukee's season and ending the Bucks' Nelson era.

"Do you still think that there is no way out for defense?" Louis asked.

Nelson didn't answer immediately, he thought for a while: "I have to watch the game between you and the Celtics before I can draw a conclusion."

This is a bit frustrating to say, because the Bucks have not been eliminated.

They need at least one more game.

But in Nelson's eyes, they seem to have been eliminated.

The funny thing is that Nelson didn't coach Ga5, and the Bucks announced that Nelson would resign as head coach due to family reasons.

At the same time, Moncrief was out for the ACL season.

In this day and age, the ACL is career-ending.

Even if it is not terminated, the level of competition will drop significantly.

And Moncrief is no longer young, has been plagued by injuries for several years, and this time is like a big collection of injuries.

The Bucks claimed to the public that after Nielsen was dismissed, their current coach selection process was to identify candidates, and they had not contacted any candidate yet, and this process would take several weeks.

Therefore, Nelson's chief assistant, Del Harris, will take over as a temporary coach.

Regarding his departure, Nelson did not whitewash the peace like the Bucks executives. He claimed that he had discussed the future of the team through a meeting with the team's top management. At the meeting, both sides believed that the current status of the team is difficult to move forward and needs to be changed. , and the best decision is to separate. At the same time, the sooner a team fires him, the sooner he can compete for the vacant head coaching job in the league.

This time is undoubtedly hitting the Bucks in the face, Nelson doesn't care.

The Bucks did not respond further to the matter.

To be sure, this team is already broken, and Harris is taking over a team that is more complex, tired, weaker and worse than the Celtics that Louie took over in 1983.

Unexpectedly, Nelson personally kicked Fitch out of class.

Today, Louie indirectly avenged Fitch and fired Nelson from the get out of class. Moreover, all assistant coaches took over. If Harris performs well, maybe the Bucks don't need to find a new coach. It's good to let Harris continue. it is good.

Louie knows what Harris has accomplished in the future.

Before Nelson was hired as an assistant, he spent four years as an underachiever with the Rockets. What impressed Louie about him was that in his previous life, Harris, as the Lakers coach, kept rookie Kobe Bryant in the playoffs for three consecutive seasons and buried the Lakers.

But what impressed him most about Harris was when he coached the national team in the early 2000s. It was the first time the national basketball team hired a foreign teacher. According to estimates at the time, hiring a famous coach like Harris as a coach would have at least an annual salary of 1.5 million. How could the basketball association have this kind of money.

As a result, Harris, who was in his 60s at the time, was really willing to help Chinese basketball for free, and reached a free coaching agreement with the Chinese men's basketball team. The Basketball Association only needs to pay for Harris' round-trip airfare to China and the United States. In addition, the Basketball Association only paid Harris a total of $20,000 in bonuses and allowances.

In this case, Harris has repeatedly purchased various video editing equipment for the Chinese men's basketball team at his own expense.

For him, Louis only has respect, although this is more than ten years later, and I don't know if Harris will coach the national basketball team as Louis remembered, but in any case, this is a basketball man worthy of respect. .

Therefore, for the Ga5 game, Louis will prepare carefully.

The other Eastern Conference semifinal, a series between the Celtics and the Pistons, was intense but dismal.

The Pistons' frontcourt lineup is guaranteed to have an absolute advantage on the boards every game, but they're missing a full-bodied superstar.

Adrian Dantley's shooting efficiency is unparalleled, but too selfish.

Because John Salley was on the Knicks, he didn't even get the sassy nickname of "mentor" with such a strong sense of contrast. Although the average points per game in the series were comparable to Bird's, he was unanimously criticized by Detroit people.

The Celtics didn't give the Pistons a chance. In four games, they won no more than 12 points in each game.

That night, Louie replayed the Celtics-Pistons semifinal alone in his hotel room in Milwaukee.

Bird is in excellent shape, Thomas, Sampson, and Laimbeer are all in the best shape. Harper was placed in the sixth man position due to poor offense, but his defense is what the Greens need.

This is the most incredible place. The Green Army, who has won three consecutive championships, is almost unstoppable.

In the absence of injuries, the four-peat is a sure thing.

Louie replays while fast-forwarding, and he finds that the replay value of this game is pitifully low.

The way the Pistons played the frontcourt did pay off, but at the critical moment, Dantley was obviously unreliable, and Worthy was not Bird's opponent. It was strange to watch Dumars and Thomas fight, but they were not the same. level player.

Sampson faced Moses Malone, Parish, Rick Mahone, and James Worthy, averaging 28 points, 16 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, and 5.4 blocks in four games.

Louie is no longer aggrieved by Ewing. Perhaps when the Celtics played against the Knicks in the regular season, Sampson had reservations.

Louie doesn't feel that his defense is better than Ewing, but he averaged 16 rebounds and 7.4 blocks per game against the Pistons' frontcourt?

Mr. You, you still need to work hard.

Louie sighed, Ewing has made great progress, but Sampson is still making progress.

And become smarter, know how to play in the regular season.

Well, the regular-season average of nearly 26+13+4+3 blocks per game was actually collected.

No matter how optimistic Louie is, with the current strength of the Knicks, it is a complete result to be able to play the sixth game with this fully-formed Celtics.

Alas, Louis scratched his hair.

Louie went to the bathroom to wash his face, even if he couldn't beat him, he wouldn't lie down.

The next day, the Knicks returned to New York.

At this time in New York, the media are building momentum for Kevin McHale's MVP.

There are also some tabloids expect the Knicks to beat the Celtics to take over the scepter.

After all, in the huge state of New York, there are seven of the four major sports league clubs in North America (Knicks, Jets, Giants, Yankees, Metropolis, Rangers, Islanders), except for the Knicks and Jets, all the other top contenders .

From the 1980s to the present, the NHL has the Islanders' four-peat dynasty, the MLB has last year's Mets, and the NFL has this year's Giants to break the spell of team history and win the Super Bowl.

The Knicks are also rejuvenated. It is better to be in a hurry. Why not win the championship together and make the city a little more glorious.

The vision is good, but Louie never mentions the title race on the outside.

If they and the Celtics are 46, he will be in the championship, if it is 55, he will boast, if it is 73, you can recall how arrogant he was when he took the Celtics in 1984.

All manifestations of vanity and arrogance must be supported by strength.

Now he is still honestly finishing Game 5 of the semifinals, killing the Bucks first.

May 12

New York, Madison Square Garden

Del Harris came to MSG with a failing team and delivered a powerful combo to the Knicks.

Harris surprisingly turned the corner and pressed the Knicks.

At the beginning of the game, the Knicks were obviously stunned and were beaten 8-0.

After Louie called a timeout, the team regained its composure.

The second position was replaced by Hornacek to increase the ball point and let Wilson midfielder respond.

The Bucks' full-court press was normal, but they were aggressive, and they wanted to win a game for Moncrief and Nelson.

But it was easily resolved by the Knicks.

The Knicks use the points left by Moncrief's absence as a breakthrough to strengthen their flank offense.

Wilson had nothing to lose, putting up his best performance in the semifinals.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Louie once again sent a murder press to the Bucks.

This time ~www.novelmt.com~ The Bucks are a little more used to it than before, but without a second guard to dribble the ball, it's still a dead end.

This time, Louie took advantage of the rotation to increase the time of the murder press to 8 points, commit 7 fouls, and beat the Bucks with a stunning 22-8.

The game has since fallen into the hands of the Knicks.

Harris tried to change the game with changes, but the Bucks were running out of energy and potential to pursue.

Moncrief's absence has affected them more than expected.

Wilson couldn't score 40 points in a single game in this game if Moncrief was around.

In the fourth quarter of the game, Louis did what he said and replaced Song Tao to set the tone for the game.

118 to 102

Ga5, the Bucks lost by 16 points.

Thirteen years later, the Knicks are back in the Eastern Conference finals…