The rest is just noise

Boston Garden, with its retro old tones, makes it look like a battlefield.

In fact, this is the battlefield where many famous matches have taken place.

It's just that this generation of fans hasn't been as bloody as the older generation of Lakers.

The game hasn't even started yet, but all the spectators are already in their seats.

Louis dressed up carefully before going out. Usually he doesn't pay so much attention to his personal image, but today, he couldn't lose.

The opponent is Pat Riley, the Al Pacino of the NBA, a trendy man who makes his crisp suit and slicked back hair look like a successful person.

"is this okay?"

Every time Louis came up with a new look, he would ask Lorraine to take a look at it.

Italians are born with artistic talent. When Louis went to Italy, he was often stared at with contempt by the people there because of his attire.

It turns out that not every Italian has artistic talent.

At least Lorraine didn't, she had innate beauty.

This kind of beauty allows her to attract everyone's attention without having to dress up seriously.

But today, she will not go to the scene because she is pregnant and is extremely sensitive and does not want to affect the fetus for anything.

Louis thought this was a wise decision because the interior of the garden was so terrible.

That night, Louis took the team bus to the Garden.

They arrived almost at the same time as the Lakers.

When we got off the bus, a reporter took photos.

The magician came over with a big smile and said hello: "Hey Coach!"

"Hello." Louis greeted kindly.

"Because you are leading the record, it hurts all of us. Pat uses this to motivate us every day. Can you do a good job tonight and let us win?" Magic drove a comfortable car.

joke.

Compared with Bird, Magic is a more comfortable existence.

He is approachable and approachable, and the sunny smile he has had since childhood can break through all defenses except for creatures like Bird once he meets him.

"I'm very willing to satisfy you, but you know, Larry has reasons why he can't lose." Louis decided to leave, "See you later."

“Okay Coach!”

Louis has been paying attention to Magic's performance since the year he entered the league, and he knows that it has not been easy for this young man to get to where he is today.

He is a luckier Kobe, but he is different from Kobe.

In the early days, Kobe's image of a perfect genius to the outside world was the result of team marketing and the product of his own deliberate performance.

At best, the magician can only follow the trajectory of Dr. J. He almost became the next Dr. J, until Paul Westhead burned his own head, until Jerry Buss gave him a copy

25 million contract.

It can be said that a magician is a born superstar. He has an outgoing performance personality and likes to make everyone happy. But the question is, when the whole society is torturing you and pointing fingers at your mistakes, can you still do it?

Keep to yourself.

Kobe also wanted to continue acting, but after being so cool in Eagle County, he was bitten back and staged the ultimate self-destruction.

Although James has maintained a perfect image most of the time, his career is too long. If he played for 20 years and was a good guy for 18 of them, you would certainly not remember that he won the award in 2 years.

It's a villain script.

And Durant, do you think he doesn’t want to maintain his schoolbag boy image? When Oklahoma’s NT reporters blatantly backstab and advocate that Wes is better than him, it’s all over. Durant’s

The tears flowing on the night of the MVP speech, those sincere thanks, except praising my mother for being the real MVP, all other emotions were transformed into a kind of indescribable anger after being betrayed. In the end, those teammates became the trumpet.

A cat and a dog.

It's hard to maintain your own perfect persona, and it's even harder to always be yourself.

Magic did this in a special era. The era of print media did not provide players with confrontation as much as the era of social media, so they would not drive Magic crazy.

So everyone remembers the magician as one who can make people happy, pass good shots, experience show time together, and think of his iconic smile.

Your memory is correct, this is the most fidelity impression flow in NBA history.

"You and Mr. Magic had a great time chatting," Bird said suddenly.

"Of course, he is a good man." Louis seemed not to know that he had never issued a good man card to Bird. "With him, I can't feel the passage of time. How could there be such a guy in the world? I am too

Enjoyed the time chatting with him.”

Bird asked harshly: "Then why don't you become a coach with the Lakers?"

"Because I don't want to coach that idiot Kareem." Louis was the ultimate change of subject.

The players entered the locker room and Louis mentioned the focus of tonight.

"Tonight's opponent is different from before. I won't say much else. The Lakers and us each have our own advantages."

"In many statistical rankings, both of our teams are at the top."

"The game is very simple. When we don't let the Lakers do what they are good at and amplify our strengths, we can win." Louis paused and said, "There is another way to win, if we use our own shortcomings to attack

Even though they are better than each other, they can do better than them, and they can also win the game for us."

"In turn, we must do our best to prevent them from doing the same thing."

Louis began to mention the important point: "Magic is a great player. He is unprecedented. You can't find anyone similar to him in history."

"Oscar?" Cowens asked tentatively.

"We all saw Oscar's heroic appearance in the Legends Game." Louis said with a smile, "No-Maj would never be able to fight like that even if he is 100 years old."

Everyone wanted to name another name, but there really wasn't any.

The magician is truly unprecedented.

The problem is, Bird is also an unprecedented player.

But Louis just didn't say anything.

"Under the leadership of No. 1, the Lakers have played a great offense. They have the league's first effective field goal percentage, the league's first game rhythm, and the league's first transition offense."

Louis has said these things before, and now they are just deepening the players' impression.

"In the beginning, what we have to do is very simple. John, you are responsible for guarding No-Majs."

"Isiah, you're facing Dennis Johnson."

"Everyone else is in their position. No matter who they pass the ball to, they just need to get into the paint and attack boldly."

"Especially Kareem, you can believe that the rooster lays eggs, but you can't believe that Bill can guard Kareem. He can only withstand Kareem for two steps at most. After that, it all depends on God's will and the speed of your flanking attack."

Although Sampson and Thurmond learned a few tricks, Louis didn't intend to reveal his secret weapon right away.

After a simple arrangement, Louis let the players go to the garden to warm up.

"You blew the magician into a flower." Bird stayed behind to say to Louis.

Louis asked strangely: "Isn't he?"

"He may be, but it's not as good as you said." Bird had a murderous look on his face, "I will prove it to you!"

"Then work hard, great white hope."

K.C. Jones smiled bitterly: "Do you have to be so angry with him?"

Louis said calmly: "Some people perform better when they are angry. Unfortunately, the country bumpkin belongs to this type of person, which means I have to make him angry often."

"Sigh, this kind of thing is not easy for a highly qualified person like me."

Even Thurmond doesn't believe that this comparison is of higher quality.

If he is a high-quality person, then the world will be filled with fragrance everywhere.

Arriving at the Garden, CBS's frontline reporters were preparing to interview the head coaches and core players of both sides.

Riley is already being interviewed.

Louis walked easily to the reporters.

"Coach Lu, is this game you have been waiting for?"

"No, I'm not looking forward to it at all," Louis said truthfully.

"Why?"

"Because if we win, it's just an ordinary regular season game." Louis said vividly, "Once we lose, the pain it brings is greater than losing ten regular season games. The losses are simply not proportional to the gains.

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On the other side, Riley's words when facing reporters were much more interesting.

"Many people think that the Lakers are a flashy team, while the Celtics often mean solid, steady, simple and hard-working. For those who hold these arguments, I welcome them to come to our training. Tonight, we

Fight like a warrior."

CBS' commentary team consists of Dick Stockton and commentator Tom Heinsohn.

Heinsohn was very dissatisfied with Louis' substitution of him in the Legends Game.

"Coach Lu is bad, look at Pat Riley's attitude." Of course Heinsohn wanted to take the opportunity to retaliate against Louis, "I'm a little worried about the Celtics' state today."

The game is about to start, and Louis is in no mood to take care of the beer-bellied celebrity in the commentary box.

Each side sent a starting lineup.

Celtics: Thomas, Long, Bird, Sampson, Laimbeer.

Lakers: Magic, Dennis Johnson, Wilkins, Wilkes, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.