The rest is just noise

The Celtics didn't have a convincing enough reason to explain their defeat, because they really shouldn't have lost to the Bucks.

The way they lost in the first and second games made people despair of this team.

Bird, who did not want his team to be swept, went all out in the away game. He scored 30 points and 14 rebounds. However, the other teammates basically just walked on the court, and no one could change the outcome of the game.

Later, M.L. Carr admitted that this was how they wanted to get Fitch out.

It just hurt Bird's desire to win. He got furious in the locker room and denounced the performance of his teammates, especially the most intense sentence, "You lot of sissies should be traded."

In contrast, Bill Fitch was disheartened.

His relationship with his players has broken down, and even Bird has no common language with him.

Auerbach doesn't like him, the players hate him, the fans boo him, and even his former partner Louis is no longer willing to provide help and support for him. He only has himself and four professional but incompetent players in the Celtics.

Teaching assistant.

The role of a coach determines that, unless you are a player-coach, if someone does not want to play for you, even if you are the best coach in the world, you will not be able to direct a disloyal team to perform well.

Fitch knew his path with the Celtics was dead.

In four years, he helped the team achieve the league's best record for three consecutive years and a championship. He has nothing to regret.

After losing Game 3, Fitch made a phone call to Auerbach, during which Auerbach resigned citing health reasons.

Auerbach hypocritically pushed the envelope a few times, saying that the team still needed Fitch to lead them through the final stretch.

"If it continues, it will be torture for me and them." Fitch said, "This team is very talented. Even if there is no coach and the players decide the course of the game, the result will not be the same."

It will be worse than it is now.”

In the end, Auerbach expressed his gratitude to Fitch on behalf of the team.

Although they had a lot of dissatisfaction, Fitch brought a team that was at the bottom back to shore, and his transformation of the team was no less than what he did in Cleveland.

Fitch is a coach with obvious strengths and weaknesses.

Now, Auerbach must consider who will replace Fitch.

The Celtics' current pursuit is no longer to win the championship, but to exit with dignity. Even if they win a game, it is better than being swept.

Auerbach lit his cigar. He knew very well that the best candidate to succeed him was Louis, who knew the contradictions of this team and the characteristics of the players.

But Louie has Louie problems.

He is too young, only 23 years old, and has no previous coaching experience.

The youngest head coach in NBA history is the current Knicks general manager and team legend Dave DeBusschere. He was still playing in Detroit when he was 24 years old. At that time, the team's financial situation was very bad. Please

If you can't afford a good coach, let him be a player-coach.

That team's record also justified their decision to hire DeBusschere as their coach.

Moreover, for the media, if the head coach suddenly resigned, the ideal successor should be chief assistant K.C. Jones.

K.C has a very high reputation in the team. At the same time, he has also taught in other teams and achieved good results. It is most suitable for him to inherit Fitch's job.

Auerbach put down his cigar and decided to call K.C.

"Hello."

He answered the phone.

"it's me."

"Reed?"

"I'll get right to the point," Auerbach said, "Bill resigned."

Is this the Bill I’m thinking of?”

"Apart from him, which Bill needs me to call to resign?" Auerbach said directly, "The morale of the team is very low now. I want you to take this responsibility. There are no other requirements. At least win the Bucks."

One game.”

On the other end of the phone, K.C fell into a long silence.

"Are you bastard dead?" Auerbach said impatiently, "Speak!"

K.C said depressedly: "Don't bother me, I'm having a fierce battle with my own desires."

"Damn, when did you become so stubborn? Come on!" Auerbach knew what K.C was thinking, and he was very happy that K.C had this idea.

If he directly agrees and accepts the coaching job, Auerbach can only follow his wishes and let his own family put out the fire in accordance with Celtic tradition.

Although Louis came from Boston, K.C is the authentic Celtic.

"I know how good the team's roster is and no coach can refuse to coach them, but..."

"Hurry up!" Auerbach said anxiously.

K.C said disappointedly: "I'm not sure I can handle the intricate relationships within the team. Reid, if Bill can't handle it, can I handle it? I couldn't balance the relationship between Wes and Big E when I was in Washington.

, I did not do my job well and allowed a championship team that was far stronger than its opponents to lose the final in a very disgraceful manner.”⑴

Auerbach listened.

"The team's current problems are more serious than that team's. I can only mediate their conflicts and resolve their quarrels, because I am an assistant coach and I have no interest relationship with any of them. Once I become the head coach

, they are eager to get something from me, and if I can’t give it to them, they will no longer listen to me.”

"I have to admit, I don't have the confidence to coach this team."

"What are you talking about?" Auerbach could understand K.C's mentality. On the surface, he was still pretending, "The situation is urgent now. Bill has resigned. He will not return to his post. Do you understand? You are the team member."

The hero here, you are an old man, you must stand up and lead the team out of the quagmire."

K.C said in disbelief: "I can't do it."

"Are you going to let me down at this critical moment?"

"I raise soldiers for a thousand days but only for a moment. You can give me some use, K.C. If you don't do it, where will I find a useful bastard?"

K.C suddenly said: "I have someone..."

"What bastard!?" Auerbach seemed to be furious, and no matter who he was, he would use his catchphrase.

Louis."

"Too young?"

"To this day, do you still look down on him because of his age, Reed?"

"Can he convince the crowd?"

"Yes, in the 1981 Eastern Conference Finals, didn't we rely on his strategy to turn defeat into victory? Many veteran players recognized his ability."

Auerbach never expected that K.C would turn his army against him.

He hadn't even mentioned this yet, but K.C actually took the initiative to mention it.

"Isn't it too unfair to you?" Auerbach looked worried for him, "You are the old man in the team. I dare say that no one is more suitable to be the head coach of this team than you. You

You have countless championships and a dazzling coaching resume, but now you have to be an assistant coach to a person who has no qualifications in the professional basketball circle. Can you really accept it?"

"Reed, we are the Celtics."

K.C proudly said: "We don't look at age, only talent; we don't look at resume, only results; I'm sure that no one is more suitable to command this team than Louis, because there are many people in this team who he has been with since.

They were unearthed in college, and he knows their strengths and weaknesses better than anyone else on the coaching staff. If Bill had worked well with him, we wouldn't be where we are today."

"If the head coach was Louis, I would never have any objections."

K.C said definitely.

"Then let's do it," Auerbach said in a difficult tone with a satisfied expression, "let's treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor."

In the Milwaukee Marriott Hotel, Louis was eating the freshly delivered fried noodles.

Ralph Sampson is a Chinese food insulator. He doesn't like greasy Chinese food.

But Louis was very satisfied. He ate fried noodles with added ingredients, which were cheap, delicious, and had an authentic Chinese taste.

Thanks to Tongyuanhui, he knows almost all the reliable Chinese restaurants in away games. He has established good connections with the owners of these Chinese restaurants to ensure that he can eat authentic Chinese food when he comes to away games.

"I just don't understand, what's the benefit to the coach of messing up everyone's relationship?" Sampson complained about Fitch's brutal rule.

Louis believes that the way Sampson complained about Fitch was the mildest among players.

"If you are upset, just eat a dumpling. I guarantee you will be cured immediately."

Sampson smelled the fragrance, but still refused Louis.

Even if Louis eats very well, it's like the first part of "Infernal Affairs", Eric Tsang eating lunch in the police station.

Louis didn't notice that he was able to whet other people's appetites when he was eating, which showed that he had the potential to be a mukbang. Although his appetite was not as large as others, the essence of mukbang was to eat the food deliciously, causing

It is simply contrary to other people's appetite to eat and drink indiscriminately.

Suddenly, the phone in Louis' room rang.

He went to answer the phone. Sampson looked at the dumplings in the lunch box, as if Louis was enjoying them before, and he couldn't help but have evil thoughts.

"Oh, that's right, I understand."

Sampson could not tell how Louis' mood had changed from his few words.

He had already stretched out his hand to attack the dumplings in the lunch box.

"Are you Indian? Put your hands down!" Louis roared before hanging up the phone.

Sampson said aggrievedly: "I don't know how to use chopsticks."

"I asked you to eat it just now and you didn't want to eat it. Now you have changed your mind? It's too late!" Louis said arrogantly.

Sampson said disappointedly: "What a cheapskate."

"Who are you calling a stingy person?" Louis' tone changed, "Also, call me your head coach!"

⑴ In 1974-75, the Warriors won their first championship in history and had only 48 wins in the regular season, while their final opponent at the time, KC Jones' Bullets, had 60 wins.