The rest is just noise

Louis finished his Coke before walking to the locker room.

The atmosphere after today's game was very strange. At the end of the game, less than 1/5 of the fans were left. After all, it was so humiliating for the home team to be beaten like this.

The local media deliberately avoided Louis and even canceled post-match interviews.

Moreover, they made it look like Louis was not interviewed by them.

Louis was not in a hurry to rub salt into the wound. This kind of thing had to be well-worded. After all, it was an 81-point killing, which had never been seen before in history.

He wanted to know if Dick Motta would resign, how the Mavericks viewed the game internally, and who else would dare to gossip about him again.

Motta will be their "role model".

Louis threw the empty bottle into the trash can and entered the locker room. The water stains on the floor showed that the group of people splashed water on each other.

It is understandable that there are championships every year, but I don’t know how many years we will have to wait to see a game in which the opponent was slaughtered by 81 points.

"Although we still have many problems to solve, I have almost no dissatisfaction with tonight's game." Louis thanked him, "Thank you for taking the piss out of me."

Ranbir said happily: "But only Larry has the bonus."

"It hurts your feelings to talk about money. Isn't this victory more meaningful than money?" Louis habitually teased Bird. "Don't always compare yourself with Lalali. Although he got the bonus, you still have to consider it.

He is a country bumpkin from a remote rural area. He has never seen much money since he was a child, so he regards wealth as his life, even if his salary is four times that of mine."

"QNMD!"

"Look, this country bumpkin is greedy for money, stingy and of low quality." Louis laughed, "He is very suitable to go with me to meet the media!"

Everyone knows that Bird is stingy and Louis is a tough guy who doesn't pluck his feathers easily.

Louis glanced at Thomas and asked: "Isiah, will you come with us?"

The team scored 160 points, and Thomas' performance could only be described as average.

He scored 19 points and 10 assists. Although it was a double-double, there was a gap between Bird's 46+14+11 triple-double and Sampson's 36+18 double-double.

Louis has a habit of bringing the Big Three to press conferences.

In the visiting team's media room today, the only local media in Dallas are the famous "Dallas Morning News" and "Dallas Observer".

According to etiquette, reporters with "home field advantage" can take the lead in asking questions.

But today, the media in Dallas didn't know what to ask.

Are you asking about how it felt when Louis led the team to a record-breaking 81-point victory over the Mavericks, or about how Bird felt about scoring a big triple-double in a game that beat his opponent by 81 points?

Fuk! No matter what, you can’t avoid getting 81 points of abuse!

"Coach Lu, did the off-court conflict between you and Coach Motta bring additional emotions to this game?" a reporter from the "Dallas Observer" was the first to ask.

He avoided the 81-point thing and was very smart.

Louis said with a smile: "Coach Motta is my senior, no matter what he says about me, I will not be angry."

Bird felt that the corners of his mouth were cramping, and he had to work very hard not to laugh.

"I'm not saying this just because I'm in front of you. You can ask Coach Motta. I expressed my 'respect' immediately after the game. I believe he has felt my 'respect'.

"The more Louis talked, the more outrageous he became, "He is not only my senior, but also my close friend. Like me, he had no professional basketball experience before becoming a professional basketball coach. In fact, like me, he never went to college.

We have been selected for the school team and we have too many similarities, how could I be angry because of his criticism?"

Louis patted the table gently: "This is a slander against me."

"puff!"

Sampson bit his lip tightly. He could hardly bear it any longer. He could hardly bear it anymore.

"Ralph, are you feeling uncomfortable?" Louis looked over, with a malicious look in his eyes that said, "Don't laugh."

Sampson said sadly: "Yes, coach, I have a stomachache."

"Oh my god, everyone, can you let Ralph take a break?" Louis asked Sampson to take medicine after asking for the reporter's permission.

Sampson walked out of the interview room, and within a few seconds, everyone heard hearty laughter coming from the corridor.

With people from the "Dallas Observer" setting an example, the "Dallas Morning News" also knew how to ask.

"Since there is no emotion in it, why did you not relax at all in the second half after leading by 40 points in the first half?" This sounds like accusing the Celtics of being unethical in garbage time.

Louis looked at the other person, he seemed to want to know the answer.

"If we relax after leading 40 points, we are likely to be reversed by our opponents. The Mavericks under Coach Motta are a well-trained and resilient team that can put tremendous pressure on us on both offense and defense. I

Players are required to keep a tight string in their heads at all times, never relax, and fight hard until the end." Louis said harmlessly, "As for the final result, I didn't expect it."

A team that leads by 40 points increases its efforts to lead by 81 points because it is worried about being reversed by its opponent?

Louie's gangster logic succeeded in setting two Dallas media outlets on fire.

Then came reporters from out of town.

For example, ESPN, a new player recently, asked Louis: "Coach Lu, we heard a little story."

"I like listening to stories the most."

"It's about you, Coach Lu."

Louis laughed at himself: "I actually have a story to tell."

"Yes, some fans at the scene reported that in order to motivate the players to take over the ball at the last moment of the first half, you did not hesitate to give $3,000 as a bonus. Is this true?"

Louis asked cautiously: "If I do this, will it violate the relevant regulations of the league?"

"As far as I know, no rules were broken."

"you sure?"

"Well"

"If I end up being fined, will you pay the fine for me?"

"Well"

The other party's hesitation made Louis decide to be a ruthless male dog that beats Dick.

"I haven't done it. I don't know about it. If I don't believe the rumors, I won't spread them. I hope the relevant people won't mention it again."

After Louis, it was Bird who was intensively interviewed by the media.

Thomas is as coldly received as ever. He is not as eye-catching as Bird, whether it is his performance tonight or the color of his skin.

Although his smile is sweet and he looks harmless, the most reporters are willing to ask him is: "What is the greatest feeling of playing with Larry Bird?"

Thomas joked to himself: "People can't see me."

Bird's most interesting answer that day was asked by the ESPN reporter.

Louis felt uneasy when he saw him.

The reporter's name was Aaron Johnson, and he once again asked Bird to confirm whether Louis offered $3,000 to encourage them to grab the ball.

Since Louis had denied it before, it was difficult for Bird to dismantle him.

But thinking about how this bitch Louis treated him on weekdays, if he didn't take this opportunity to take revenge, wouldn't he be bullying him in vain?

So Bird's response was this: "I don't remember, but someone did give me a check for $3,000."

Unlike the Celtics, the Mavericks' press conference turned into a multilateral interview in which Dick Motta unilaterally attacked Louis.

Motta blasted Louis for using money to lure players to increase the intensity of the game;

Motta also blasted Louis for asking Bird to play center, which would increase his injury risk;

In the end, Motta lacked confidence and bombarded Louis, allowing the team to lead 40 points and still not leave a way for the opponent to escape, greatly increasing the proportion of three-pointers.

For the Mavericks, whose morale was low at the time, this decision really broke the main artery at once, and the trend of losing points was completely unstoppable.

However, no matter how eloquent Motta is, he cannot see directly why the Mavericks only scored 79 points last night and what went wrong with his strategy.

Although the Mavericks are not the league's top offensive team, they still average 110 points per game.

If they had played normally last night, they would have lost "at most" to the Celtics by 50 points.

But yesterday, they not only allowed the Celtics' offense to perform beyond their normal capabilities, but their own offense also performed "supernormally", resulting in an 81-point defeat.

To this heart-wrenching question, Mota had only three choices to answer.

Blame yourself, admit that Louis' formation skills are superior, blame the players.

The first one may jeopardize his future, the second one is equivalent to putting his face in front of Louis and getting slapped, and the third one will still affect his future.

So Mota could only ignore this problem.

But if he doesn't say it, someone will always say it, such as Louis. He is eager for reporters to come to him and tell the story of why the Mavericks only scored 79 points last night.

He is so cute and tells stories.