The rest is just noise

Isiah Thomas scored 15 points in the second quarter. Later, he made the Lakers angry. They made more defensive moves against him. He was knocked to the ground almost every time he broke through, but his opponent just couldn't stop him.

He put the ball into the basket.

Louis could see that beyond the three-point line, Thomas was just an ordinary guy.

Within the three-point line, he is a killer who can score from any position.

Louis has coached so many games, and he has never seen any player who is more threatening with the ball than Thomas. In other words, the Celtics not only have the most lethal pitcher currently active, but also the strongest ball handler currently active.

More importantly, both of them have a selfless heart to suppress their own performance for the team.

The only thing that can separate them from working together is skin color and media bias.

62 to 54

At halftime, the Lakers trailed the Celtics by 8 points.

Their defense was very targeted, trying to control the penalty area and the three-point line, but unfortunately it was broken by Louis' five-point three-point lineup. After that, they relied on Thomas's individual combat ability to continuously rush into the formation.

This battle in the first half was enough for the Lakers coaching staff to correctly understand the strength of the Celtics.

For them, it is fantasy and unrealistic to use defense to limit the Celtics' performance.

"This is an encounter. We must fight face to face to know the strength of our opponent."

Pat Riley looked elegant and spoke easily into the microphone.

"Furthermore, I believe the Celtics still have some strength left, just like the Lakers in the first half, they are not the Lakers at full strength."

Unlike Riley, Louis was not cooperative at all.

"Of course we went all out, don't you think Isiah didn't go all out in the second quarter? If he can score 15 points in a single quarter without going all out, then does he have to go all out to score 30 points in a single quarter?

?We really tried our best." Louis said exaggeratedly, "There is not a drop of oil left."

After speaking, he greeted the audience and slowly walked to the players' tunnel.

The locker room smelled pungently of sweat and the mixed body odor of blacks and whites. The smell was no better than the toilets in the countryside.

"I've always known that Isiah can play well, but I didn't expect him to be so good at playing. Everyone, give him some applause," Louis said.

Ranbir took the lead, a bit mean and not sincere, but he clapped loudly.

Thomas' expression has become relaxed, not as tense as when he was killing everyone on the court.

"You must have also felt that the Lakers did not show their true intentions tonight. The man with the blind logo cried to the camera and complained about how he was beaten by the older generation of Celtics."

Louis' joke amused everyone.

"Although their offensive is very fierce, we have not seen No-Maj turning positional battles into fast attacks as frequently as before."

"Although their defensive intensity is high, they are not a very defensive team."

"Although Karim is the core attacker in positional battles, he got a little too much of the ball tonight."

Louis made several points clearly.

"This is all a performance of hidden tricks. Since our opponents don't take this game seriously, we should relax and do things we wouldn't do normally."

Louis took the tactical pen, asked Bird to stand in a high position, and then said to Sampson: "Ralph, I want you to get the ball at the free throw line, let Larry give you a pick-and-roll, and directly attack their basket."

"Such a tall man is directly attacking with the ball?" This was beyond M.L. Carr's knowledge.

Although Sampson has the tactical support of catching the ball in a high position, he often makes jump shots from the high position instead of attacking with the ball.

Today, Louis gave him a chance.

"MLC, stop using your impression to stereotype our Ralph." Louis said jokingly, "He is going to be the man who changes basketball!"

Thomas was a little surprised. After he played such a wonderful performance in a single quarter, Louis did not make any arrangements to deal with his threat with the ball.

"Larry, once Ralph's offense is frustrated, you take over the ball and you control the offense, play the second system, or L tactics, or if you see any bastard wearing a purple jersey is unhappy, just fuck him.

"

When the Celtics came out of the locker room, the Lakers had been warming up for more than a minute.

It seems that they made no other special arrangements.

Louis deliberately went to the midfield to greet Riley: "Pat, is it that the crowd in the Garden was too enthusiastic and your players were so scared that their legs were weak, so they only dared to pass the ball to Kareem?"

The way Louis "says hello" is always so impressive.

Riley looked at Louis' provocation calmly, "Coach Lu, stop chatting. There is never anything wrong with passing the ball to the person who is most confident."

Louis had heard about Riley's name for a long time and thought he must have great opinions, but he didn't expect to say such words as Tyronn Lue.

"Guess, will I let Isiah continue to attack in the second half?" Louis asked.

Riley said calmly: "This is your internal matter and has nothing to do with me."

"Well, since you don't want to know, then I have to tell you about it." Louis said secretly like a whistleblower, "Let Erwin and Johnson with the pockmark on his face rest assured that Isiah will not

Attack again."

The Celtics, who had the ball at the beginning of the third quarter, played according to Louis' arrangement as soon as they came up.

Sampson took the ball from the free throw line, and the Lakers asked Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Kurt Rambis to play inside. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar didn't like leaving the basket, so they asked Rambis to follow.

As a result, Bird came over and set a pick-and-roll for Sampson.

This blinded the eyes of the Lakers players. What they didn't expect was that Sampson used Bird's pick-and-roll to carry the ball into the paint like a small forward, and challenged Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's defense head-on with a floater.

.

Who can imagine a 7-foot-4 center dribbling and shooting?

This was originally a technique for a small man to challenge a big man. Sampson suddenly made this move, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was unable to guard against it. What was even more incredible was that his throw hit the high board and fell into the basket from the center.

"What the hell!" Cowens yelled, "how does he have this skill?"

Louis smiled and asked: "Dahong, haven't you heard the story about him playing from position 1 to position 5 in school?"

"Not a legend?"

"Not really."

Before the start of the season, Sampson complained to Louis about his low status in offensive tactics.

Louis told him at the time that it was not that he was not good enough, but that Bird and Thomas were better than him as offensive cores.

This sentence is still applicable today.

He is very aware of the value of Sampson's height, shooting ability, and incredible ball-handling offensive ability, but compared with Bird and Thomas, the fault tolerance rate of designing tactics for him is too low.

His shooting, finishing ability at the basket, and threat of attacking the basket with the ball are all trained for scoring. This is an amazing scoring machine, but if he is required to support a team's offense, his passing and support

There is a clear lack of ability.

Moreover, the taller the player, the greater the consumption during the game. If the offensive proportion is too large, the efficiency at critical moments cannot be guaranteed.

But if Sampson is placed on a weak team, there is nothing wrong with building an offensive system around him.

This is pure bliss for the Celtics.

Louis asked Sampson to demonstrate his ball-handling offense, firstly to confuse the Lakers, secondly to try out the effect of him beating Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and thirdly to let Thomas know that he is not the only one who makes sacrifices for the team.

Although he restrained his desire to attack for the sake of the team, Sampson has never had the opportunity to show his ball-handling offense to others since he joined the Celtics. At most, he only plays one-stop with the big man when rotating counterattacks.

Returning to the defensive end, Sampson took the initiative to guard Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Ranbir happily faced off against Rambis.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar slapped him hard on his back with a bad face, trying to teach Sampson a lesson.

Sampson held his breath and held his left shoulder tightly.

This forced Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to turn around and face the basket for a hook shot.

Sampson did not forget a word of Thurmond's instructions. He followed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's footsteps and violently destroyed the bald old comrade's center of gravity.

"B~~~~"

When the whistle blew, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was made to lose his center of gravity by Sampson's foul and sat down.

Sampson raised his hand and claimed his third foul.

"Don't touch me!" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar glared at Sampson dissatisfied.

Sampson was not a person who liked to quarrel. He looked at Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in silence. But Laimbeer couldn't help his desire to slander others and mocked: "How about every time you make a move from now on, Ralph and I will kneel down to see if it's okay."

good?"

"What did you say?" Jabbar said angrily.

Ranbir, on the other hand, is a vicious dog with "beat me up if you don't like it" written all over his face: "I say, if you don't like other people touching you so much, then you shouldn't play basketball. An old bastard like you who relies on his old age and is still here will lose all his hair."

Just pretend with me, believe it or not, I will break a few of your bones in the next round?"

Ranbir managed to turn a verbal spat into a conflict.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar rushed forward and pressed his chest against him, intending to curse.

Unexpectedly, Ranbir, a top beast, decisively pushed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar away: "If you don't dare to take action, then stop chirping!"

Then, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar punched out of anger.

"Why the hell did they start fighting again? Do you have any fucking qualities?" Louis was dumbfounded, "Who the hell is going to teach that evil dog how to be a quality dog?"

Tomjanovich was about to burst into tears. He felt that Lambir's behavior was closely related to Louis.

This elegant person who keeps his mouth shut about "fuck" actually has the nerve to say that others are of low quality...

If Louis knew that Tomjanovich was amusing him in this way, he would kill the bastard in a matter of minutes.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar punched Ranbir, but missed.

Laimbeer's ability to fight is the best in the league, and his instinct to avoid punches is also the best in the league. It's just that Sampson behind him suffered a lot. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's wingspan was too long, and he got punched inexplicably.

Teammates from both sides came over one after another, some aiding in the punches, some trying to break up the fight, and some helping out in the name of breaking up the fight.

When Pat Riley saw this scene, his first reaction was that Louis deliberately let the players cause trouble.

He looked at Louis angrily, just in time to see Louis yelling at Sampson: "Ralph, are you a fucking man who doesn't fight back after being beaten? Don't say I know you when you get out!"