The Rest, Only Noise

"Jimmy Rogers, LeaderLu-style incentives are not within your grasp", "Patrick can stand whipping, but Ralph can't stand the slightest grievance".

The next day, the New York media played their part, using their influence to magnify the Celtics' conflict.

The "New York Post" pointed out sharply that the reason why Sampson was dissatisfied had nothing to do with his teammates, just because Jimmy Rogers suddenly bit people like a mad dog.

There is nothing wrong with motivating players. All coaches motivate players, and Louie's way of motivating players is famous, or notorious, because he targets his core players.

It stands to reason that the core players will be privileged and more forgiving.

Instead, role players are often blamed and scolded.

In Louie, it's the complete opposite. He gives the role players the greatest tolerance, and is extremely strict and strict with the core, especially Ewing and Wilson. .

According to some statistics, Louis would "scold" players on the sidelines every 2 rounds, and Ewing took 50% of it.

Later, when Isaiah Thomas was on the show, he was asked who was the toughest coach he's ever faced in his career.

Everyone thought he would say Bob Knight, but he didn't even think about it, and answered directly: "Coach Road in New York."

He also cites several stories from Louie's time coaching the Celtics.

And that was Louie's first year as a coach.

Just imagine that he was like this in the first year. After coming to New York, wouldn't it be more scary?

Louie is notorious for this, but the Knicks under him are a fierce iron army. Even if some people do not agree with his way and attitude towards the core players, they have nothing to say in front of the Knicks' achievements.

Now someone has done the same thing he did and got the right result - the core players can't stand it.

So, The Post took this opportunity to set the pace, belittle Rogers, elevate Louis, and help Louis clean up in the article.

The article about Ewing stepping on Sampson came from the New York Times. They didn’t have any “high-level” guidance, so the entry point of the article was not as accurate as the Post, but it was enough to bring about a wave of vicious public opinion.

Ewing was suddenly blown to a height above Sampson.

As a contemporary Bill Russell, he lives up to his reputation.

On the other hand, Ralph Sampson, he is as arrogant as Chamberlain, isn't he just being scolded by the coach? What is wronged? Flies don't drill seamless eggs, if you're fine, why would the coach scold you? There must be a reason for scolding you. You don't look for the reason from yourself, and you are still angry at the press conference. Alas, the green army is unfortunate.

The power of the media was strong, and the Celtics' internal issues, and Sampson's mentality, became the focus of the next few days.

The off-court rhythm in the East attracted a lot of attention, but the rivalry in the West was just as intense.

The Lakers and the Trail Blazers hit overtime in the first game. The Tragic division's low-post singles, facing Jordan's defense, used a graceful Xiaotian hook to beat the whistle for a lore.

The tragic master's sky-hook lore earned him a Sports Illustrated feature article.

But at the end of the article, the pictorial is extremely disrespectful to the Lakers.

They use euphemisms to say that no matter who rushes out in the West, they are not the opponents of the Knicks.

Fortunately, both sides are focused.

The East focuses on off-court rhythm, and the West focuses on on-court confrontation. Everyone has something to do.

Even Louis was very busy.

In the days leading up to Game 2, he was mostly involved in the civil rights movement on the sidelines.

He is not a social activist, but as an Asian who has achieved great success in the United States, when he encounters relevant things, he cannot leave it alone.

He didn't even want to leave.

The reason for this is a paragraph by columnist Jimmy Breslin of the "New York Daily News".

He said that his nephew is getting married next week, but unfortunately, his wife is Korean, and he may not attend his nephew's wedding.

Forget it, he also scolded the Korean female reporters of "News Day" as "yellow dogs" and "squint eyes", which aroused the anger of Asian groups in the New York area.

Koreans were originally the type who were more active in social movements among Asian Americans, and now they naturally unite with other Asians to complain about Breslin.

As a representative of Asian Americans in the New York region and even the entire Midwest region, Louis, of course, has to stand up and speak.

Louie participated in the Asian-American march, spoke in Times Square as a representative, and pressured the New York Daily News through friends in the news media.

In the end, Breslin couldn't stand the pressure and came out to apologize to Louis in person.

It's funny. Louie is not the person involved, nor is he of Korean descent. He is just one of the Asians involved. Breslin apologized to him.

Louie refused, demanding a public apology to all Asians.

The Daily News announced the termination of the contract with Breslin in order to quell the boiling public grievances.

For Breslin, he would definitely not be able to get along in New York. He was too late to apologize. Even if he apologized, few people would accept it. Moreover, the personal damage to him had already been done.

After the matter is over, Louie has to focus on returning to the Eastern Conference finals.

May 22

Eastern Conference Finals Game2

Louie wants to know how the impact of Jimmy Rodgers' prank on the Celtics, especially Sampson personally, will play out.

Louis originally thought that Sampson would be passive, but unexpectedly, he not only did not treat it negatively, but also showed extraordinary motivation.

Did Sampson forgive Rogers?

No, he carried an angry, neurotic mood shift at Rogers, showing disgust and nausea.

One of the variables brought about by these emotions is that Sampson is no longer willing to be a green leaf, as Rogers said.

Because the Knicks didn't prevent Sampson from suddenly holding the ball a lot, the latter's first goal was like this.

Sampson accelerated directly on the midline, and on the way received a pass from Thomas and ran to the basket. It was Wilson who came from 45 degrees to help Ewing defend, but the two people really couldn't hold the only gentleman who rushed up.

Stockton and Rodman, who were standing in the corners, should have shrunk to help, but neither of them moved.

This has nothing to do with attitude and football quotient, it is simply unexpected.

Four minutes into the first quarter, the Knicks were beaten 12-4 by the Celtics, but Louis did not rush to request a timeout.

Because, from the scene, the problem is not very big.

Since Sampson wants to hold the ball, there are naturally ways to prevent him from holding the ball.

The Knicks' approach is that at the moment when he takes the ball and starts to speed, the defenders at 45 degrees left and right should move with him. Sometimes, these people will directly assist in defense, and sometimes, it is just a bluffing false help defense.

However, Sampson opened the stance and rushed, and the Knicks defense encountered a lot of trouble.

In the first half, everyone saw the upper limit of Sampson's offensive end and how strong he pressed the opponent's defense when he got the ball.

Putting someone like that in support is like having Curry play off the ball to his death, and it's not such a waste.

In the first half, the Celtics were forced to take Sampson as the core and scored 58 to 54.

For the first time since the start of the series, the Knicks were suppressed.

Jimmy Rogers didn't look happy with the result.

Because the game was out of control and the process was out of his control, it was Sampson who led his teammates against the Knicks.

"Is this what an honest man looks like when he's angry? It's scary."

Louie seemed to have lingering fears, thankful that he did not choose the wrong attitude towards Sampson.

"Coach, aren't you worried that Patrick will fix this in the future?" Zhao Yuanzheng asked with a smile.

"Just him, have the courage? This ability?" Louie ate Ewing to his death, "I can't do it for another 100 years!"

Louie went back to the locker room and, based on Sampson's changes, adopted another set of plans.

The defensive strategy is largely the same, just with a different focus.

Sampson was a tool man before, so he had to make Thomas misfire and beat Bird casually, because he couldn't kill the Knicks by himself.

Now it's Sampson's turn to dominate the offense, which is of course very different.

Neither Sampson nor Bird can be completely restrained by defensive strategies. Even Thomas, who has a fatal perimeter shortcoming, is difficult to guard against as long as he lets go of his hands and feet and chooses to use the mid-range shot to sanction the Knicks' release tactics. .

Therefore, to deal with the Celtics Big Three, Louie's strategy has always been to compress Sampson's activity space and give Bird a physical confrontation.

In the end, three lines may fall, but as long as the three lines are not connected to cause more damage, it is acceptable.

Once Sampson has the ball, it doesn't make much sense to design tactics on the defensive end.

Louie's focus shifted to the offensive end.

In the second half, the Knicks focused on mid-range and direct rushing to the basket after taking screens, and the perimeter players were more determined to shoot three-pointers, as well as Wilson's flaming aggression.

The Celtics’ defensive posture when they came up was to switch defenses at screens and try not to give the Knicks the opportunity to shoot open shots, so the Knicks’ first two offenses were Wilson’s dislocation singles against Laimbeer and Thomas.

Then Jimmy Rodgers played a bit of a role and asked players to go around screens, so Wilson, Miller and Stockton made all the shots in the second half through screens.

The person who ultimately influenced the game was regular season MVP Benjamin Wilson.

Sampson was proactive, and Wilson also switched from the Durant mode, which is mainly catching and shooting, to the McGrady mode, which is a lot of ball-attacking. Moreover, he intentionally created physical contact and fouled many Celtics insiders.

In the face of Wilson's unstoppable impact, Bird at this stage seems unstoppable.

He can't match Wilson's speed and athleticism~www.novelmt.com~ Rodgers has put him firmly at the 3 again.

The reason is very simple, his back is not good, and playing at the 4th position consumes a lot, so he plays at the 3rd position.

The consequence of playing the No. 3 position is to make Bird feel more and more old and weak, and he was beaten by Wilson for two consecutive games.

Especially in this second game, Wilson only scored 12 points in the first half, scored 36 points in the second half, and scored 48 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, leading the Knicks to defeat the Celtics by 4 points, defending the home court and making the The Knicks lead 2-0.

“Benj~~~”

“Benj~~~~”

"Benj~~~!!"

The audience shouted his name.

Marv Albert exaggerated: "When Benj speaks, thousands of people will die for him, he's a collection of Willis Reed, Walter Fraser, Dave Debusschere Body, the greatest New York King ever!"