The rest is just noise

Currently, the Celtics have 67 wins and 8 losses.

Only one win away from the best record in team history;

Only 2 wins away from the league’s best record in regular season history;

They are only 2 wins and 3 games away from breaking the best record in team history and the league record.

Although many media don't like Louis, his record is too good and he has basically locked up the position of the best coach of the year.

This made him very happy, because when he signed the contract with Auerbach, he made it clear that he needed to lead the team to the league's best record and win the championship in order to receive his full salary and activate the summer opt-out clause.

The finals of the NCAA National Championship gave the Celtics four days of rest.

Louis doesn't like the holiday to be extended for so long, because the Celtics have repeatedly overdone their performance.

They always perform poorly in the first game back from vacation.

The result was exactly as he expected.

On April 3, in an away game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Celtics were incredibly sluggish.

In terms of energy, only Bird and Thomas wanted to win, and everyone else played lifelessly. Laimbeer even suffered from anxiety and received five fouls in the first half.

The Cavaliers' all-around wing, "Big Tree" Cliff Robinson (Cliff RobinsonSF/PF/C) scored 30 points, 20 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks, leading the Cavaliers from the bottom in the Eastern Conference to defeating the weak and giving it to the Celtics.

Man's ninth defeat.

Louis was furious.

"Sorry, what I want to say now cannot be said in front of the camera. I have to go back to the locker room."

Louis hurried back to the locker room with a sullen face and roared at everyone.

"Did you see the reaction of people in Cleveland? These guys who only know how to soak themselves in wine jars are dancing all over the place because of your depression! You should be ashamed!" Louis roared, "This is the most disgusting thing I have seen this year.

game! If you bastards continue like this, we won’t even be able to get past the first round of the playoffs!”

No one dared to say anything, and it took almost five minutes for Louis' anger to subside.

When Louis finished venting his anger, he became calmer.

"The opponent in the next game is the Cavaliers. The difference is that this time it is played at our home court." Louis stared at the players, especially those guys who performed poorly. "You know the Garden allows spectators to bring alcohol into the stadium. If you

The behavior is as disgusting as tonight. I'm sure they will pour wine in your face. If this happens, even if the wine is poured on the ground, please lick it clean with your tongue.

You deserve this."

After that, Louis asked Bird and Thomas to attend the press conference together.

They made some regrettable remarks, such as not being able to tie the record tonight.

The next day, the Celtics returned to Boston from Cleveland.

In the afternoon, they trained as usual at the Greek Academy. Louis usually did not supervise the training, because apart from being able to shoot a few three-pointers, his other basketball skills were not enough to help them train.

But today, he was watching this group of people on the training ground.

This definitely brings pressure.

Bird was not used to his presence, so he would increase the frequency of trash talk.

All the players on the field were not immune to his trash talk, and he would trash talk anyone he saw.

The pressure he brings will increase the intensity of training, but it will also cause conflicts.

Thomas was different from others. When Bird mocked his shortness, he would in turn mock Bird for being as slow as a turtle.

"Larry, I can run faster than you even if I turn around."

"Really? I can score on your head with my eyes closed."

Conversations like this are not uncommon.

Louis had a bad expression the whole time, looking around, eager to catch a lazy guy on the training ground and establish his authority.

If you want to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, you have to find a disobedient chicken, otherwise it will be really difficult.

This is the reason why his face is always tense.

"Are you still angry?" Tomjanovich asked with a smile.

"No way? I'm in a very good mood." Louis replied without a smile.

Tomjanovich smiled lightly and said: "Really? But seeing how angry you are, why not drink some Coke to cool down?"

After saying that, Tomjanovich conjured up a bottle of iced Coke.

For now, there are only three things Louis can't refuse.

⑴: A woman more beautiful than Lorraine seduces Louis to cheat on him. There is no woman more beautiful than Lorraine in the world. Even if there is, there is a reason for his cheating. He has not been close to a woman for two months;

⑵: When he went home tonight, Lorraine suddenly informed him that the doctor said he could have sex;

⑶:Ice Coke.

Louis took the Coke, and Tomjanovich patted him on the shoulder, "Don't be too stressed. I'll look after it here. There is a stack of documents that have just been sorted out in the office."

"Then you're going to keep an eye on me?" Louis seemed to distrust Tomjanovich.

Tomjanovich said: "Don't worry, as long as I'm here, they won't dare to be lazy."

Louis didn't know how strict Tomjanovich was as a coach. He believed that good training quality could improve players' game performance, so as long as he was on the training ground, he would insist on players implementing his training indicators.

Laimbeer complained a lot about this. He was the person in the team who disliked training the least and was also the person least willing to sweat on the training ground.

Louis returned to the office and sat down, opened the Coke and took a long sip.

Miraculously, his mood actually improved.

Louis looked again at the stack of documents Tomjanovich had placed on his table.

"Scouting Report on Potential First-Round Playoff Opponents."

This year, the team with the top record no longer receives a bye in the first round.

The era of the eighth in the division beating the first in the division has arrived.

The Atlantic Division, to which the Celtics belong, is a highly competitive division.

The five teams in the division all have the potential to make the playoffs. The Washington Bullets, ranked fifth in the division, are the Celtics' potential first-round opponents.

They have already determined that it is impossible to win 40 games, and there are almost no teams competing with them for the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference.

The seventh-ranked Hawks are a few games ahead of them, and further up are the mid-level teams such as the Nets and Pistons.

The second-tier group includes the 76ers and Pistons.

The Celtics are unique in their record.

This reconnaissance report prepared by Tomjanovich is information about the Bullets.

This season, the Celtics and Bullets met four times and won all of them.

The so-called reconnaissance report is to analyze the opponent's strengths, find the opponent's shortcomings, and then set up a game plan to turn the opponent's strong points into shortcomings.

This is the "race eye".

If by chance, the other party's strengths are your weaknesses, and your strengths are the other party's weaknesses, it will be a tit-for-tat game.

The team that utilizes its strengths more thoroughly can often win the game.

The Bullets are third in the league in defensive rebounding rate, and you only need to look at their roster to find out.

All-star big man Jeff Luland, rebounding forward Greg Ballard (SF) and Rick Mahorn.

It would be strange for a team with these three players not to be strong in rebounding.

In addition, their acceptance of three-pointers is also higher than the league average, making the fifth most three-pointers in the league per game.

Finally, they have the worst schedule in the league.

This is a data put forward by Pat Riley, which takes into account factors such as opponent level, road trip, back-to-back, afternoon games, etc. No one knows what the specific formula is, but the Bullets’ schedule is so intense, which shows that they

The actual ranking may be a little higher than the existing position.

Louis circled players who needed attention, but didn't pay too much attention.

The Celtics are much better than the Bullets.

This is a game that he may be able to win without even calling a timeout. If he can lead the Celtics to lose this series, then his career will probably be over.

After rest and high-quality training, the Celtics finally returned to game form.

The Cavaliers, who came to Boston from Cleveland, were eager to beat the Celtics at home.

Unfortunately, they met another team.

The Celtics devoured Cleveland's flesh and blood like ogres, sending the game into garbage time at halftime. The intensity continued to increase in the third quarter, and they brutally scored 41 points in the fourth quarter.

In the end, the Cavaliers' dignity was shattered.

The Celtics defeated the Cavaliers 139-88 with a huge margin of 51 points, venting their grievances after losing in Cleveland.

Much of this resentment was brought about by Louis.

He tried every means to stimulate his players in the past two days and made the atmosphere at the training ground very tense, so before the game started, no one wanted to fail like the last game.

With 68 wins, in the first year of his coaching career, Louis led the team to the best record in Celtics history.

"He's a natural coach," Tom Heinsohn said.

With 68 wins and 9 losses, it can be said that the Celtics have a 100% chance of tying the NBA's historical record.

Because they have never lost in a row this season, it is impossible to expect them to suffer five consecutive losses and stop at 68 wins.

If 69 wins is a sure thing, what about 70 wins, 71 wins or even a perfect record to end the regular season and finally win 73 games?

"As long as the Celtics lose, they will start another winning streak. This has been a pattern since the beginning of the season. Therefore, it is very possible to win all the remaining games and advance to the playoffs with 73 wins.

What happened." Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe wrote on Saturday, April 7, 1984.