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Chapter 202: Respect to Karim

"Thank you, Karim."

Tom Heinsohn was watching it from the commentary box.

"Look! Cedric Maxwell continued the Celtic tradition. He showed an extraordinary sense of humor and stepped forward to thank Kareem after he spoke up for him!"

Heinsohn's words gradually became outrageous.

"Only at Celtic can you see this!"

"We respect our opponents, just like when Jerry West lost the game in 1969, John stepped forward to comfort him immediately."

Dick Stockton smiles from ear to ear

Soon, they saw something even more amazing.

"Look! Little Lou of the Celtics is calling on his players to express their gratitude to Kareem!"

"Oh my God! Larry's gone!"

"Ralph is coming too!"

"Everyone passed by, including people off the pitch, and they lined up to say thank you to Karim."

If you don't know what a disgusting person is, this is it.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar would never have imagined that the results he would get after becoming a demon addict would be so heartwarming.

He accepted the Celtics' thanks, left his teammates, and exited the game alone.

The Lakers coaching staff couldn't believe what just happened. They didn't know why Kareem Abdul-Jabbar suddenly went crazy.

This definitely dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Lakers. Their boss suddenly turned his arm outward, just because the referee called a technical foul for a black man and not a technical foul for a white man.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar suddenly became a monster, and Louis was not surprised.

This fits his impression of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

In the mid-to-late 1970s, Jerry West worked as a coach for several years after retiring. That was when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's condition was at its most serious.

West behaves like a poor wife who has been domestically abused but dare not divorce.

When he was drunk, he cried to his friends about what a bastard Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was. When he sobered up, he told the media that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best leader and we loved him.

Louis thought that after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became a monster, the Lakers would never recover.

Unexpectedly, Magic shouted a few times and regained the hearts of the people with his sunny smile. Without Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the Lakers' offense seemed to be even more powerful.

The negative impact Kareem had on the entire team has not gone away.

The Lakers have Magic to boost their morale, but overall, they still don't want to win as much as the Celtics.

Louis could tell that the Lakers' coaching staff no longer cared about the outcome of the game.

They just wanted to return to the locker room to learn about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's condition as soon as possible.

Magic is the engine of the team, but Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is also an important offensive core. Nothing can happen to either of them.

The Lakers held on until halfway through the fourth quarter, trailing the Celtics by 14 points.

Subsequently, Bird went 2+1 in the low post and hit Kurt Rambis' sixth foul.

The Lakers, who were invincible in the Western Conference, fell.

In the end, the Celtics defeated the Lakers 116-101.

The Big Three, Bird, Thomas and Sampson, all scored 20+ points.

On the opposite side of the Lakers, Magic scored a triple-double of 22 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists. If Kareem Abdul-Jabbar hadn't acted like a monster, the game would have gone to the last moment.

However, at least the beams on both sides are left behind.

Half a month later, they will face off again at the Forum Arena in Los Angeles.

The Lakers lost, but Riley's demeanor remained elegant.

"I think the Celtics should control their passion. No team clashes with other teams as often as they do."

When Riley was asked about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, he avoided it.

"I don't know what happened. I'll figure it out."

Louis is much more open-minded than Riley. Regarding frequent conflicts on the court, it is impossible for his arms to turn outwards like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: "I don't know why every time there is a conflict, some people think it is our fault. Is it our fault?"

Do we look like villains?”

"Not all conflicts are initiated by us. I admit that Bill is very aggressive, but he never takes the initiative to fight with others. If you don't believe it, you can review every conflict we have this season."

"There is an old saying in China that a gentleman talks with his words but never with his hands. Bill's words are dirty at best, but some people have dirty hands. I think the league will give a fair evaluation of who is right or wrong."

The Celtics won this focus battle in an unexpected way.

Louis wanted to know what Kareem did after he left the court.

But the first thing he needs to do now is to return to the locker room and make a summary of this game.

On the way back, he was thinking, is it necessary to summarize?

If you really want to sum it up, it should be the same sentence.

Karim, thank you.

In such a focused battle, the historical relationship between the Lakers and Celtics has been publicized countless times by the media. The two sides should have bared their teeth and wanted to kill each other, but what happened? What did Kareem Abdul-Jabbar do?

His performance is admirable.

Laimbeer provoked him, and he violently fought back and was called for a technical foul.

Maxwell's attempt to step on his teammate failed, his teammate failed to counterattack, and the former was called for a technical foul.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's thought was not "this group of people is really bad, I have to stand with my teammates", but "the dog referee only calls us black people T and not white people."

It would be understandable if he just thought so. The problem is that he said what he was thinking.

In front of the referee, in front of his teammates.

At that moment, Louis saw Rambis's expression change dramatically. He was confused, isn't Kareem Abdul-Jabbar my teammate, why would he say such a thing?

Rambis must have had such doubts.

He is the backup center for the Lakers and usually does the dirty work for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Even if Kareem Abdul-Jabbar doesn't like him, he should respect his work, but Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's arm turned outward?

Louis met Tomjanovich outside the dressing room.

"How do you feel about Karim?" Louis asked.

"I can't tell you," Tomjanovich tried to describe his true thoughts on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. "Disgusted? Yes, I kind of hate him."

Louis smiled, who wouldn't?

This kind of monster who dominates heaven and earth should not be liked by many people.

It's like Durant will use the trumpet to scold his teammates, but when he comes to the public, he will still praise his teammates as flowers, which the cats and dogs will happily accept.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a freak. He says whatever he wants and only plays the truth.

"Do you know who our opponent was when I was beaten in 1978?" Tomjanovich asked.

Louis smirked and said: "It's not the damn Los Angeles Lakers, is it?"

"Yes, Kermit was playing for the Lakers at the time. He was the Kurt Rambis of 1978," Tomjanovich said. "Kareem always needs a guy like that around him."

It is not difficult to understand that it is now popular to assign a thug to the star player.

"So, Karim was a witness to the accident?"

"Well, he watched me being beaten and described what happened to me very realistically."

"Furthermore, he gave a very damaging confession to Kermit after the game."

This surprised Louis. He thought that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar only targeted white people. Did he not even spare black people?

"What did he say?" Louis asked.

Tomjanovich didn't want to look back on this past incident, but the atmosphere was so heightened that it was inappropriate to pique Louis' curiosity.

"He said that if a white player knocked down a black player, there would never be such a big commotion." Tomjanovich laughed miserably. "He said that Kermit was not wrong, but the world was wrong."

Louis took a deep breath.

To be fair, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's words were definitely from Washington's side, but at that time, if he wanted to protect Washington, he should have committed perjury instead of venting his dissatisfaction with white people there.

His words not only put Washington in an embarrassing predicament, but also hurt Tomjanovich a second time.

Such a vicious tongue kills two birds with one stone, bringing negative effects to the two parties involved, but not bringing any benefits to himself. This idea of ​​harming others and not benefiting oneself just to disgust white people is the motivation behind what Kareem did today.

To get this result, you can only sigh with Louis.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is such an idiot, the one without quotation marks.

"How do you feel now?" Louis asked.

Tomjanovich thought of the sad past. He had already let it go, but when he suddenly thought about it, he still felt a little uncomfortable. That punch was a turning point in his career.

"It's all over," Tomjanovich said.

"Yes, you have come out of 1978, but poor Kareem seems to have been living in the 1950s." Louis did not sympathize with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

The anger of black people stems from their history of slavery, unfair social status, educational resources and room for advancement, but Louis has no sympathy for this at all. Being discriminated against does not affect your struggle. Regarding discrimination, all foreigners who come to the United States to pursue their dreams

Everyone will be discriminated against, especially Asians.

Nothing can stop you from striving to improve your life, except laziness.

Louis opened the door to the locker room. The guys inside were very excited. They had defeated their biggest competitor, and the victory came very strangely.

It felt like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar himself had given victory to them.

"Coach, how is Karim?" They thought there was news about Louis.

"I don't know, I care about him as much as you do." Louis took out a bottle of Coke from the ice bucket and opened it. "There is nothing to summarize in this game, here's to Karim!"