The rest is just noise

After Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Gilbert Arenas' 40-game suspension ended.

Will Arenas return for Game 3?

Do his teammates welcome his return?

Will his return be a good or bad thing for the Heat?

Billy Donoch put out a smoke bomb: "GA has been participating in five-on-five confrontation training for some time. We think he is in good condition, but whether he can return needs more training to test."

Duncan stated on behalf of the Heat team: "Gilbert is an important member of the team. He has proven his strength on various stages. No matter what, we are already ready for this."

The reason why Duncan needs to express this attitude for the team is because there have been rumors that the Heat are dissatisfied with Arenas.

Because the inside story of the gun scandal is not transparent.

It is unclear whether Arenas carried a gun with him when traveling with the team to away games.

Arenas himself does not admit it, and the league has no definite evidence, but no one will believe Arenas' words about this matter.

Regardless of how much impact Arenas' gun-toting incident has had on the team, or how much interference Arenas' 40-game suspension has caused to the Heat's preparations, the fact that he carries a gun when he goes to an away game has made many teammates unhappy.

This is unacceptable.

Duncan said that, but Arenas' negative impact has not gone away.

However, this incident is enough for the Celtics coaching staff to confirm one thing, that is, Arenas will come back when he can, just as Donovan said.

The 40-game suspension period has expired, and the Heat, who are trailing 2-0, must defend their home court.

Without Arenas, the Heat don't have enough ceiling potential.

Therefore, even if he has to take risks, Arenas must come back.

Before the start of the Eastern Conference Finals, Louis was a little worried that Arenas' comeback would turn the Heat into a terrifying entity. Now, he has the completely opposite view.

This is also true of Pat Riley: "If Miami chooses to let Arenas start in the third game, it will ruin their entire season's efforts in one fell swoop."

"Yeah, if they were smart, they would have benched Arenas," Mike Budenholzer said.

"If it were me, I would not let Arenas come back in the third game." Louis said shockingly, "This is not considering his unresolved off-court problems, this is a complete basketball problem. In my opinion,

Come on, if the Heat players can't prove they can win in the Eastern Conference Finals without Arenas, even if Arenas comes back it won't change anything."

Steve Kerr listens.

The Celtics coaching staff meeting is a learning opportunity for a rookie coach like him.

Not only Louis, but also Leley and Bird sometimes come to meetings. Budenholzer is an excellent coach with many years of assistant coaching experience. Their thoughts and ways of understanding the game are very important for Cole to transform from a player mindset to a coach as soon as possible.

Thinking helps a lot.

After Louis finished speaking, Cole asked: "Is this because Arenas does not have the ability to reverse the outcome of the series?"

According to Cole's understanding, if the Heat replace Arenas in the third game, it means that they feel that without Arenas, they will not even have a chance to win. With the strength of the Heat, their expectations for the series should not be

That's all.

But Cole felt that there were some deeper reasons that he had not considered.

He needs answers from Louis.

Louis smiled and said: "It's not just that."

Sure enough... Cole took out a paper and pen, preparing to write down what Louis was going to say next.

"There is also a psychological issue involved here." Louis said, "Gilbert Arenas should feel guilty towards the team and teammates. If the Heat let him play as soon as the suspension period expires, it will not only alleviate this mentality

, will also amplify his arrogance. In this way, he will feel that he is irreplaceable, fight for his teammates, and his desire to make up for his own mistakes will be significantly reduced, prove his own value, and put individuals above the team.

The motivation has also increased significantly. With one increase and one subtraction, one positive and one negative, Miami people will not be able to get the kind of return they want from Arenas."

Cole discovered that this matter is actually related to psychology.

Laili thought about the series many years ago that made him think so hard but couldn't get an answer - that series in retrospect, no matter how you look at it, the Knicks should not have won, why did they still win.

Did the Knicks go through a similar psychological construction back then?

Laili knew he might never get an answer.

But next to Louis, he can capture clues of those years. What Louis did shows one thing. He is extremely sensitive to people's hearts. He can capture Arenas' psychology today. Perhaps, he also captured Arenas' psychology back then.

To the psyche of everyone in the Knicks and Trail Blazers.

Including his (to benefit himself) psychology.

Thinking of this, Laili found that he regarded Louis as a god.

This is obviously not something humans can do.

However, if Louis didn't see through everyone in that series, how could he accurately grasp the players' psychology?

Laili didn't answer this question.

This was the reason why he accepted Louis' invitation to come to Boston to be an ordinary assistant coach, but to this day, he still has not answered.

However, when Louis analyzed the Heat, he felt that he was getting closer to the answer.

After the coaching meeting, Louis walked out of the office and came to the court to watch the players train.

Today's tactics class, led by Oakley and Sampson, has ended, and the next step is special training for the players.

Special training, also known as personal training, is mainly used to train players' special skills.

Under normal circumstances, these trainings are completed independently by the players themselves.

Therefore, there is room for laziness.

For example, Zaza Pachulia is a master of laziness.

During the two-hour training sessions, except for the tactics class, he would be lazy whenever he could.

Today, while Pachulia was sitting and eating a banana, someone asked him: "Zaza, are you done training?"

Pachulia rolled her eyes at the man, "Even if I become the most diligent person on the team, I still won't be able to make the starting lineup. Why do I work so hard?"

Unfortunately, Georgians don't have eyes in the back of their heads, otherwise he would not have said this to Louis' face.

"Ahem..." Louis made a little sound.

Pachulyarik, who was extremely sensitive to this voice, stood up and shouted: "Who...Vasilis, where are my fucking sneakers? I said I don't like these sneakers, what's wrong with you, a damn rookie?"

A business person?!"

Spanoulis was furious because Pachulia mistook him for a caddy.

Then, Louis smiled kindly and said: "Zaza, I don't think you need sneakers, as long as you have enough bananas."

Pachulia was wrong but argued hard: "Coach, you misunderstood. I was actually...replenishing my physical strength just now! Yes, replenishing my physical strength! Bananas can replenish my lost electrolytes..."

"Really? How are you recovering now?" Louis asked.

Knowing that this sentence was a trap, Pachulia stepped forward without fear: "I have fully recovered, even if I have another training session, it will be no problem."

"Okay, then go run laps. Let me see how much your physical strength has recovered. Just run 20 laps. Vasilis, you will supervise. If Zaza runs less than one lap, you will dig a hole.

Buried it myself."

"Okay, coach!"

Spanoulis' heart was filled with the pleasure of revenge.

Louis walked away with a smile. It was great. What he liked most was such a united and friendly team.

Time passed quickly, and one day later, the Celtics set off for Miami.

They will have two matchups with the Heat here.

If they are lucky, they can win tickets to the finals in the away game. If they are not lucky, the series may return to the starting point (the big score is tied) in the away game. Most of the teams that come to the away game just hope that they can win one game.

He has a successful mentality, but despite his loyalty and honesty, Louis is actually a man who is not easily satisfied. He wants to sweep away.

Then, on the day of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Miami Heat spread the news through the media like a kid in the lake: Gilbert Arenas was doubtful for Game 3 due to poor running-in.

After reading the news, Louis didn't know whether Donovan regarded others as fools or whether the Heat liked to deceive themselves. Anyway, all the Celtics' preparations were based on Arenas' comeback in the third game.

He believed that the Heat, who were pushed to the edge of the cliff, would be in urgent need of medical attention.

Then heal yourself.