basketball never sleeps

Chapter 49 Coach Larry Brown’s life is worth it

The night before the finals, Stern frowned in his office and looked helplessly at the ratings in front of him, 11.5% (lowest)/20.5% (highest). Compared with last year's Spurs-Nets game, which lost suspense early,

Said that this year, both the ratings and the number of viewers have almost doubled.

But this year's finals were really ugly, and compared with the 20% average ratings of the Lakers and Pistons in 1988, this is still far behind.

Stern didn't like the Pistons, but the "Big Four" Lakers weren't his cup of tea either. A grouping of superstars would destroy the NBA's ecology, which he didn't advocate. Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, he chose not to bother.

The "no handcheck" rule that has been planned for a long time within the league is ready to be implemented next season. I think the Pistons' blue-collar workers will no longer be so tortured after being cut like that.

Stern closed his eyes and entered fantasy time.

At the same time, Mo Wen opened his eyes in the copy.

He was quite lucky. The [Hell Copy] he picked tonight turned out to be the Pistons' 2004-05 Finals copy.

After regretting not hitting the old man that time, it was a bit hasty when he met Larry Brown in the subsequent dungeon and beat him up. Apart from anything else, it was a pity that he didn't collect information on the old man's ability to withstand blows.

He wanted to teach the old man a lesson in reality, but he didn't want to trade with him to save the old man from the pain of old age. At the same time, he thought it would be a loss to think about what he was involved in.

Mo Wen got an idea and started playing around. When there was only one minute left in each dungeon match, Mo Wen would take the initiative to hug Larry Brown to test the old man's resistance to beating and squeezing.

The NPC has no memory, so Mo Wen tried it for 7 games, and he became more and more accurate in the strength.

"Coach, are you okay, coach?"

Mo Wen, assuming Hamilton's identity, called Larry Brown "affectionately".

"Stop hitting, stop strangling, let me take a breath, I can't breathe! Haha..."

Mo Wen, who let go of Larry Brown and saw that he was still breathing, smiled sincerely.

"Coach, it's great that you didn't die!"

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On June 15, in Game 5 of the Finals, the Pistons' home court was filled with excitement.

81-year-old Pistons owner Bill Davis came to the sidelines with two large trophies behind him at the Palace of Auburn Hills. These two trophies were not the O'Brien Cup before the Pistons, but under his banner.

Championship trophies won by WNBA and NHL (Hockey League) clubs.

As long as Detroit wins the NBA championship, it will become the "Triple Crown" of an unprecedented sports league in the history of the United States.

The Los Angeles fans in front of the TV were sore, but it was hard to say anything. If it were to compare to the NBA championship trophy, only the Celtics in the entire league could stand tall in front of the Lakers, but it was better than other wins like this in the same year.

The league championship, Los Angeles' best result is to wrap up the NBA and WNBA championships.

When Cleveland fans more than 200 kilometers away saw this scene, they even shed tears. Cleveland has maintained a record of 107 seasons in the four major sports leagues in the country and has not won a championship for 37 consecutive years.

Detroit might have to get 3 a year, what the hell is that.

Pistons legends Isiah and Laimbeer were both invited to TNT's studio. It is said that TNT also invited Magic and Sky Hook, but the two hung up before even finishing the call.

Looking at the Pistons' championship banner at home and the various cheering signs held up by the fans on the sidelines to celebrate the Pistons' three championships, Mo Wen felt like he was seeing half-open champagne.

The night in Istanbul hasn't happened yet, and the sports world doesn't have that many worries at the moment.

Although I know that this will definitely stimulate the Lakers players, most of the Lakers players, including them, do not believe that the Lakers can win this year's finals. After G4 of the finals, the Lakers have entered a "death delay" state.

When Malone was confirmed to miss the game, Jackson also tried to encourage the players whose morale was low, but in the quiet away locker room, Jackson couldn't help but give up the chicken soup in the end.

After the game started, it showed what it means to be strong all at once, then to fail again, and to be exhausted in three attempts.

In the first quarter, the Lakers could barely keep up with the relaxed Pistons, with the Pistons 25:24 Lakers.

In the second quarter, except for Kobe who was still fighting hard, everyone else was running out of energy on both ends of the offense and defense. After O'Neal played 4 games in the front, his physical reserves dropped sharply, coupled with the impact on his mentality.

In the 9 minutes played in the quarter, he only managed 1 of 3 field goals, 1 of 4 free throws, 3 points and 0 rebounds.

The Pistons easily beat them by 10 points when facing the Lakers, who had a faint tendency to open up. In the case of low defensive intensity, every Pistons player had a chance to score. Rasheed had 7 points and Hamilton had 6 points.

Lupus had 4 points, Okur had 6 points, Prince had 3 points, and Ben had 3 points. Mo Wen came on as a substitute for 8 minutes and scored 4 points and 2 assists. He didn’t score much, but he won because he played easily.

During the halftime break, the away locker room was so cold that Jackson didn't want to say anything, and the Lakers players didn't have any ideas either.

O'Neal no longer wants to think about the championship. He is more concerned about his arrangements for next season. The Lakers management and owner have made it clear before that they do not want to renew his contract in advance.

Kobe was biting his jersey unwillingly in another corner. In G3 of the Finals, he was still thinking about how to compete with O'Neal for FMVP and how to use O'Neal's involvement to help him score more points. Who would have thought of G4?

After it was over, everything changed.

"A united whole can always defeat a group of stragglers. We became a group of stragglers at an inappropriate time." Veteran Fox said quietly in the locker room, shaking his head. Fed up with the Lakers' internal farce of the team, he was ready to join the team.

He announced his retirement after this game.

In the third quarter, the situation was completely one-sided. The Lakers were so bad that Pistons fans were too lazy to boo them. Except for O'Neal and Kobe, no one from the Lakers scored in this quarter. The Pistons once led the Lakers by 27 points.

After Mo Wen came on as a substitute, he held the ball outside the three-point line, and Devin George didn't even come up to defend immediately.

The entire Lakers team feels like a girl who has lost the light in her eyes, lying there and saying, "Move on your own, and it'll be over quickly."

In the fourth quarter, for the sake of face, Kobe and O'Neal played for another half of the quarter to bring the point difference to within 20. Then the two teams put on substitute players and waited for the end of the game.

Mo Wen came on the court and pushed his score to 16 points, and sat back on the bench happily.

When the game whistle sounded, the Pistons players rushed onto the court with roars and hugged each other.

Mo Wen and Milicic ran in front of Larry Brown.

"Thank you, Coach Larry."

Mo Wen hugged Larry Brown before he could react, and then slapped him hard on the back several times.

Milicic then arrived and double-teamed Larry Brown, with men on the left and right.

"Let... let go..., let go... uh, cough cough."

Larry Brown's eyes were almost bulging out due to being squeezed, but Mo Wenyou pressed his shoulder against his neck, making it impossible for him to speak. And his arms held by Mo Wen made him want to push Mo Wen away.

Can't even smell it.

Herb Brown, whose view was blocked by Milicic, was immediately stunned. Didn't it mean that the relationship between these two children and Larry was not good? Why are they hugging each other so tightly now?

Sure enough, victory is the magic weapon for a coach to secure his position.

Mo Wen and Milicic carried Larry Brown and walked toward the Pistons players on the court. The Pistons players were now excited to hug everyone they saw. It would not be a pity to see Larry Brown coming.

"Wait...wait...stop...stop...!"

Ben, who was regarded most highly by Larry Brown, gave him the deepest hug at this moment. This undrafted man never dreamed that he would one day become a championship. One can imagine his gratitude to Brown.

"Uh... um... help...!"

Larry Brown, who had been out of breath from just now until now, was almost sent away in a hug from Big Ben.

Fortunately, the considerate Mo Wen rescued Larry Brown from Big Ben's embrace.

Before Larry Brown could take a breath, he felt his body being laid flat.

Mo Wen hugged his head, Milicic lifted Larry Brown's legs, Collis lifted Larry Brown's butt with eyes, Okur and Mike James seemed to understand what was going on and started to support him.

The upper and lower body of Larry Brown.

The stupid Ben didn't think too much and came over. Several of the Pistons' starters seemed to understand something, but they hesitated and followed suit. After playing for a season, no one had any personal hatred against Brown.

ah.

"Long live Coach Larry Brown!"

As Mo Wen shouted, Larry Brown was thrown into the sky by a group of players.

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

Larry Brown, who had just regained consciousness, felt dizzy, but his glasses had already been knocked off by Mo Wen during the hug. At this moment, he could only look at the surrounding scenes in a daze.

Zen Master, who was waiting to shake hands, stared blankly at the scene in front of him. For a moment, he suddenly felt that the Lakers players were actually quite cute.

"How great. Larry Brown is such a good coach who is loved by his players."

A reporter nearby recorded this scene with a camera.

"Isn't it? This is the first time I've seen players like a coach so much. I don't know who said that the relationship between Larry Brown and the players is tense. It's all rumors!"

"Coach Larry Brown's life is worth it!"

After flying in the sky three or four times, Larry Brown finally came to his senses and shouted. Mo Wen and Milicic looked at each other.

The two of them had a perfect understanding and used their elbows to block the outstretched arms of the players on both sides of them.

Although everyone seemed to want to catch the old coach, except for Ben's arm that blocked Larry Brown's head, no one else could even delay Larry Brown's whereabouts.

peng——

There was a muffled sound from the Pistons' court.

Realizing that they seemed to have done something wrong, the Pistons players quickly distanced themselves, looked around, and then focused their attention on their boss Davidson.

Looking at Larry Brown grunting and moaning on the ground, Davidson, who originally wanted to go on the court to celebrate, swallowed his saliva.

"Well, I have something else to do. I won't interrupt you. You continue."

Made it up

(End of chapter)