The rest is just noise

The next day, the alliance issued a handling announcement.

Isiah Thomas was suspended five games and fined $20,000.

Kenny Benson took a few heavy blows and was advised by the doctor to take a truce for more than two weeks. He refused and continued to participate in the game wearing a mask. After all, the Pistons cannot do without him now.

There was almost no time to rest. The next day, the Celtics faced the Cleveland Cavaliers back-to-back at home.

This is Louis' hometown team, and they have just gone through the darkest period in team history.

Whenever he saw the knight's current situation, Louis' hatred and gratitude for the rotten Jiba, whose name he could no longer remember, deepened.

He almost surrendered himself.

After several years of torture by Ted Steppi, the Cavaliers' average attendance last season was only 3,900. According to the league's optimistic estimates, they are definitely falsely reporting attendance data, and the average attendance per game should not exceed

2000 people.

Due to a series of poor operations, the Cavaliers lost $20 million in three seasons.

Steppi was hated by the people in Cleveland. He once wanted to move the team to Toronto, but the league did not want to lose the Cleveland market, so they forced Steppi to sell the team.

Forcing Stepi to sell the team is far from bringing them back to life, they still have to find a suitable buyer.

But who would want to take over the worst team that was in trouble and had no draft picks of its own before 1987?

A businessman named Gordon Gund appeared and asked the league to give the Cavaliers some facilities, otherwise he would not buy a team that would make him lose money in the long term.

The league is very clear that Gund is not deliberately bargaining, he is serious. The Cavaliers have no draft picks and are the worst in the league. If they don't find a way to remedy them, no one will want to take advantage of them.

So the league agreed to sell a first-round draft pick to the Cavaliers every year for the next four years.

In addition, the introduction of the salary cap made the cost of managing a team controllable, and Gund decided to buy the team.

Today's Cavaliers are undoubtedly a bad team. No matter where he comes from, Louis will not show mercy to his players.

From the start, the Celtics established an advantage.

Although Isiah Thomas is not here, Bird alone is enough to operate the No. 1 and No. 2 systems.

Even in the No. 3 system, he can help Gerard Henderson complete the offense with his off-ball threat.

"These guys make the game look beautiful," Heinsohn said intoxicatedly.

Louis reasonably arranged the players' playing time, and when the overall situation was decided in the third quarter, he let Bird rest.

Tonight, Bird only played 29 minutes and easily scored 26 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. The Celtics defeated the Cavaliers with 22 points.

Six Celtics players scored in double figures, scoring at least 130 points in two consecutive games.

Next, there is a three-day offseason.

The third opponent is the Milwaukee Bucks who eliminated them last season.

At the beginning of the new season, the Bucks were not in good shape. They played three games and had 1 win and 2 losses.

Bob Ryan of the "Boston Globe" gave a preview of this game, and he was not optimistic about the Celtics.

"Obviously, without Isiah Thomas, the Bucks have enough firepower at the back and the Celtics are unstoppable."

Judging from the results, he said that the Bucks' back line has sufficient firepower and the Celtics are unstoppable, so there is no big problem.

The Bucks' duo of Sidney Moncrief and "Torch" Bridgeman scored 56 points together. However, Louis continued his routine against the Bucks in the playoffs last season.

Except for Bridgeman, no one on the Bucks team has scored a three-pointer.

Bird remembered last season's failure, and Louis' post-game scolding seemed to be echoing in his ears. He vented all his dissatisfaction in the game, scoring 46 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists.

Louis' offensive system made him a fish in water.

Bird looked so strong that Don Nelson was unconvinced by the loss. He told reporters: "If you put Larry Bird on our team, we will win."

Louis doesn't mind at all when people say he won with Bird.

How else can a coach win if he doesn't rely on the players under him? Can't they just play in person?

"When you have a player like Larry, you only need to think about how to bring out his abilities." Louis said shamefully, "Because our tactical system is not yet complete, Larry's strength is actually only used to a certain extent.

Little by little, there is still room for improvement.”

The Celtics' momentum is very fierce, and no team seems to be able to stop them in the recent schedule.

Walkers were brutally murdered;

The bull was completely defeated;

Although the Washington Bullets were delayed until the last moment, they were defeated by Sampson's free throw line jumper.

Then, Thomas came back, and his first game back was against his hometown team, the Chicago Bulls. Louis deliberately reduced Bird's playing time to let him play to his fullest.

Thomas, who had been holding back his energy for many days, burst out and scored 39 points, personally beating his hometown team to death at the Chicago Stadium.

"The fans at the scene were booing Isiah because when the suspense of the game was lost, he still seemed very excited."

The Celtics started the season with nine consecutive wins and easily climbed to first place in the league.

In the tenth game, they need to go to Denver to challenge the Nuggets.

This is a special team.

"Babes, I heard that the Denverites don't play defense at all. This game is going to be fun!" M.L. Carr shouted excitedly.

"That suits you," Bird joked causticly. "They never defend and you never attack."

Karl said confidently: "Because I only shoot key shots!"

"Blow harder and we'll believe you," Louis shouted.

"Fuk! I'm serious. If you don't believe me, you can give me the key ball tonight!" Karl promised, "I'm absolutely amazing!"

The Nuggets are a strange team. This may be the only team in the history of the NBA that dares to invest a lot of effort on the offensive end. If they don't put in much effort on the defensive end, they will compete with you offensively.

Almost no team will try to force them to defend because it's not worth it.

So Karl said he could hit the buzzer-beater. Considering the Nuggets' defense, it wouldn't be unusual for him to actually hit the buzzer-beater, so he was booed unanimously by the entire team.

Ranbir, this prickly guy, likes to tease those unsociable guys.

This time, he chose Maxwell, a veteran player who had been silent for a long time.

"Cedric, why haven't you spoken recently?" Ranbir said rudely, "What did you say to me when I first came here? Dare to express yourself, why did you forget it yourself?"

Maxwell raised his eyes and said calmly: "Don't mess with me."

"Oh, I know!" Laimbeer teased knowingly, "You are unhappy! Because you can only play as a substitute now. You can't compete with Larry and you can't compete with Ralph. Don't be unhappy. If you think so, I will

I'll leave the position to you, can you play center?"

"Guys, can Cedric play center?" Laimbeer yelled, embarrassing Maxwell.

Maxwell said angrily: "I told you not to mess with me!"

"We're on a plane, please stay calm!" Louis shouted.

Ranbir is a complete villain, he always likes to do things that harm others and not benefit himself: "If I play with a correct attitude and play well, but suddenly lose my position, I will definitely be very angry, huh."

"Shutup!!!" Louis yelled.

Maxwell's problem exists, Ranbir just likes to open the wound.

But Louis had no way to solve Maxwell's mood, because he had to substitute Maxwell. This was not because the opponent's ability was not good, but because there must be a personal substitute between Sampson and Maxwell.

Maxwell can't play center. If he could, Louis would have let Laimbeer, a bad dog, move to the sixth man position.

Therefore, there is a competitive relationship between him and Sampson.

As early as two years ago, Fitch wanted to hire Sampson, but Maxwell objected fiercely. When Louis became the head coach, he had a chat with Maxwell. Surprisingly, Maxwell agreed this time.

Very happy.

So Louis didn't think much about other things.

Now the Celtics are on a winning streak and have good momentum, but Maxwell is the only one who is unhappy.

He is only 28 years old, in his prime, and can play the main role in almost any team except the Celtics. No one would be willing to take the bench when faced with a situation like his.

It's normal for him to have emotions, and Louis' approach is to give him about the same amount of playing time.

But what some people care about is that status.

Representing the status of the team, as the only remaining veteran from the Havlicek era, he thought his status was stable, but out of respect and trust for Louis, he accepted the substitute arrangement, but he couldn't cope with it psychologically.

During the trip, Louis thought about trading more than once.

Only by going to other teams can Maxwell get what he wants. By the way, the Celtics can also get as much immediate strength and assets as possible.

Unfortunately, trading a player of Maxwell's caliber cannot be decided by Louis alone.