The rest is just noise

Soon, Bill Fitch announced that he would no longer serve as the Celtics head coach due to family and physical reasons.

Four assistant coaches he recruited from college will also leave the team.

Fitch's departure represents the end of an era. He arrived when the Celtics were in their decline and, like he did in Cleveland, turned a bad team back into a strong one.

His dismissal represents the end of the Celtics' dark history in the late 1970s, which ended in the early 1980s when they were struggling between top teams and championship contenders.

Everyone knows that the reason for his resignation is an excuse that cannot withstand scrutiny.

Soon after, he got a brand new job in Houston.

There are always bad teams in the league that need him to save.

His bad relationship with the Celtics ended here, but his journey as a head coach had just begun.

What the media didn't expect was that the Celtics' acting coach candidate was not the highly anticipated K.C. Jones, but one who had kept an unusually low profile in the past two years. The only news that came out was that he spoke out for Asians during the All-Star Weekend due to the league's improper arrangements.

of Louis.

However, considering the current predicament of the Celtics, falling behind 3-0, the media only regarded Louis as a firefighting coach, because the season was over.

Louis was not in a relaxed mood at all, because Auerbach had set a goal for him.

Whether he can continue in this position depends on whether he can accomplish Auerbach's goal.

His goal is simple, to win against the Bucks.

No matter what, the series needs to be brought back to the Boston Garden.

Louis contacted his friends at Oracle and calculated the data he needed according to the formula he gave.

Louis wants accurate data. This is his philosophy. Although the data may not be correct, accurate data can definitely reflect the team's problems in certain aspects.

Therefore, he called these data offensive and defensive factors.

For example, the effective field goal percentage/the opponent's effective field goal percentage under the team's defense is used to understand the scoring efficiency of a team's (defensive) sports goals; the turnover rate/the opponent's turnover rate under the team's defense is used to understand a team's control of mistakes/

The ability to create turnovers; offensive/defensive rebound rate, to understand a team's ability to grab offensive rebounds/protect backcourt rebounds; free throw shooting ratio, to understand a team's ability to create damage/control opponents to create damage;

These seemingly trivial points are enough to formulate a highly targeted strategy.

On May 2, 1983, at the Milwaukee Marriott Hotel, Louie was about to conduct his first pregame preparation as acting coach.

If we don't win tonight, our dream of becoming a real head coach may be over.

Louis appeared in sports short-sleeves and jeans, which made players accustomed to Bill Fitch's serious attire laugh.

"You look like a college student who has nothing to do at home." Isiah Thomas mocked.

"Compared with what I'm wearing, shouldn't you be more concerned about tonight's game?"

Louis pushed Thomas back with one word, letting him understand that the current situation did not allow him to smile playfully.

"Actually, I'm surprised that you guys can turn the game like this."

Louis looked at the members of this team, including Larry Bird, Sampson, Maxwell, Laimbeer, Thomas, Ainge, M.L. Carr, John Long, three All-Stars of the season, in their prime.

, there are four future All-Stars and quasi-All-Stars, all in their prime years, how come they were disgraced by the Bucks?

Louis emphasized: "In terms of controlling turnovers, they ranked sixth in the league in the regular season and fourth in the playoffs. We also controlled it well in the regular season, but in the playoffs, we were all

The second-worst team in the playoffs at controlling turnovers."

"I don't want to say more about the specific reasons. Since Coach Fitch has become a thing of the past, I ask you to play tactics step by step, take passing seriously, and reduce unnecessary mistakes."

The biggest difference between Louis and Fitch is that he is very pragmatic.

He will never dwell on things that are irreversible. He will directly point out the problem and let you find ways to correct it.

"Rebounding should have been our advantage, but in the three games we lost against the Bucks, they were the better interior contenders in each game. I don't know if you are afraid of Bob Lanier's pre-historic greatness.

Feet, I was still scared to death by Dave Cowens sitting under their court. If it was the former, I can understand it, but if it was the latter, it is simply inexcusable!"

"Of course, we don't rule out that there are problems with our lineup, so I want to adjust the starting lineup."

Louis has been chattering for more than ten minutes, and it's not over yet, as if everything has just begun.

Now he has to adjust the starting lineup, which is also a sensitive matter.

He looked at Cedric Maxwell: "I want better height advantage and athleticism at the four."

Last season, Bill Fitch had an issue with Maxwell over the starting lineup.

This season, due to dissatisfaction with Sampson's increasingly outside playing style, the relationship between the two deteriorated, and they no longer mentioned Sampson as the starter.

As a result, Sampson's performance was limited. Maxwell was repeatedly criticized by the media. Almost everyone believed that Sampson was more suitable to start than him.

Maxwell was silent for a few seconds.

"If I can win, I can be a substitute." Maxwell doesn't want to be regarded as a selfish person.

"Okay!" Louis smiled with satisfaction, "This is a good start."

Ranbir was frightened: "Just the beginning?"

"Yes, we still have a lot of mistakes to correct." Louis said calmly.

Fifteen minutes passed, and Louis just started.