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After two overtime bloody battles, the Celtics finally defeated the Suns thanks to Lu Wuxia's magical performance and won this crucial battle at Tianwang Mountain.

"Wish took the Celtics' last 5 points, as if giving Robert Horry a priceless shot!"

"You couldn't see the impact of the injury on him at all. At that moment, he dominated the game like a god!"

Louis let go of his hand, his palms already sweating.

In his career, this game was just an ordinary Tianwangshan game, even with two overtimes.

But due to the flawless existence, this game was the most worrying game for him in so many years.

Now, the game is over, Wu Xia is the hero, and everything looks great.

After celebrating with his teammates, Lu Wuxia walked up to his father. Before he could speak, Louis asked, "Does your foot still hurt?"

"A little bit." Wu Xia said truthfully.

Louis called the team doctor and asked him to take Wuxia for examination.

Lu Wuxia, who scored 33 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists, missed the post-game press conference.

Regarding this matter, Louis explained truthfully: "Wish originally played with an injury tonight. This fierce game aggravated his injury. He is now in the hospital for examination."

Later, some reporters asked about various details of the game.

Veteran reporters like Bob Ryan, who expertly compared this game to Game 5 of the 1976 Finals, wanted to know what Louie thought.

"I don't want to compare with the team 30 years ago, that's meaningless." Louis said, "I prefer to compare this game with the last one. I think we performed better than the last game, which

That’s why we won the game.”

Moreover, Louis also mentioned that Lu Wuxia's performance just proved his importance to the team.

The team still cannot get rid of its dependence on him.

This may not be a bad thing, but if the Celtics want to secure the championship, they must play a better game when Lu Wuxia is absent due to injury.

The reporter asked: "Does this mean that Wish will miss Game 6 of the Finals?"

"I don't know," Louis said. "If this does happen, I want other people to be prepared."

As for the Suns, overall morale is very low.

Only Kevin Garnett is still saying that he must win the next game.

Although the Suns have young players such as Milicic and Yingodala, the team's theme is still dominated by veterans.

Losing such a life-and-death battle would be an irreversible blow to the team's morale.

That night, Lu Wuxia's test results came out.

The old injury on his foot did not get worse, but there was a scratch on his ankle. Although it was not serious, even if it only affected him for a few days, it was enough to make him exempt from the next game.

When she woke up the next day, Lu Wuxia found that her ankle was swollen again.

When he reported the situation to the team, Louis made the decision to sit out the sixth game.

Lu Wuxia has different opinions.

"Don't tell me that you want to persist through injury, I tell you, as long as I am still the head coach, this will not happen!"

"No, that's not what I meant..." Lu Wuxia had a compromise plan, "Maybe I won't be able to play with the team tomorrow night, but at least, I can be like Willis Reed back then.

I run out of the tunnel like a warrior. I can go out there and play a few minutes, I can make a few shots with one foot, and I believe that performance can motivate them... and give them enough motivation to win a championship for me.

"

Louis is not interested in replicating "Reed Returns", but Wu Xia's words make sense and the suggestion is feasible.

He looked at his son and asked with a smile: "Is this what you thought of yourself, or was it taught to you by others?"

"I thought about it myself..."

"I agree with your suggestion." Louis said, "However, you have to keep it a secret. Before that, you must first let others think that you will not play in the sixth game. Since you want to act, you must do the whole thing."

"I see."

"Go ahead."

Immaculately left the office.

Louis leaned back on his chair and had many thoughts.

Since the start of the finals, Lu Wuxia has been surprising his old father every day.

He grew more during the Finals than he did in the four years he entered the league.

He no longer has Magic's "happy basketball" style of absolute optimism, nor is he a humble and restrained gentleman.

He now has a strategy, knows how to advance and retreat, and knows how to use all available factors to increase his chances of winning. As long as he can win, even the love of his teammates can be used.

This is good.

If Wu Xia's goal is to beat James, then he must be good at calculation. If he only knows how to play without long-term planning, he will not be able to beat James.

James is not only the superstar with the longest peak period in NBA history, but also the most calculating player.

Especially in this era, Benj started player empowerment in advance, and Manning and others took the blame for the peak team in advance to rationalize it.

For James, this is the best era.

If Lu Wuxia did not have enough tenacity and scheming, even if he left James far behind in the first five years of his career, the other side would still have 15 years to catch up. This would be a 20-year competition.

That's fine now.

Afterwards, Louis walked out of the locker room and walked around the training base.

In the assistant coach's office, Pat Riley was reviewing last night's game.

Lailey said, "Wish finally started to play like Benj, but the Celtics are not the Knicks after all."

Louis smiled, "The Celtics will never be the Knicks. The Knicks are the Knicks, and the Celtics are the Celtics."

"Why? You once had such a perfect team. Have you never thought about having it again?"

Louis' smile slowly faded.

"Did you know that before the 1984 draft, the Trail Blazers planned to select Sam Bowie with the second overall pick?"

To Louis' surprise, Laili nodded and said: "I know that an Oregon writer once wrote a best-selling book exposing the inside story of that year's draft. They originally wanted to choose Bowie, but team owner Larry Wynn

Berg prefers MJ."

Louis didn't tell Leigh that he was the one who suggested Weinberg interfere in the draft. He just used it to explain why he never wanted to rebuild a team like the 1993 Knicks: "Even in 1984, skipping

It is also unimaginable that MJ would select Bowie. But without Mr. Weinberg’s intervention, the Blazers would really do this, because Dr. Jack Ramsey wants to rebuild the Blazers in the Bill Walton era. Although MJ did not

Let the Trail Blazers win the championship, but keep the team in contention for the next dozen years, which is something Bowie will never be able to do. If the Trail Blazers had not chosen MJ, they would have been like other uncompetitive teams.

The team also withered quietly in the NBA's heyday."

"I know that the best always belongs to the past, so I never want to own a team from the past. Pat, you should turn the page." Louis' eyes turned to the training ground downstairs, where the players were actively preparing for the game.

, "If you only have eyes for the 1993 Knicks, then you will also miss the golden moment of this Celtics team that will leave its name in history. Just look forward."

Laili was silent for more than ten seconds. Maybe he thought of that night more than ten years ago, that series in which he never knew why the Blazers lost...

The stinging feeling made him shake his head, "No, I can't get through it."

Louis didn't like chatting with Laili because the other party would always have this kind of stress reaction.

This will increase Louis' already small sense of guilt.

After all, the therapy failed again.

Boss Lu left helplessly.