The rest is just noise

Louis returned to the locker room from the corridor, and many people were celebrating. They defeated the Lakers again.

If you include the two meetings in the regular season, the Celtics now have four consecutive victories against the Lakers.

For an opponent who has lost to them four times in a row, they believe that they will definitely lose to them the fifth time.

"If our regular season record could be counted as qualifying for the playoffs, we would have won the championship now." Laimbeer said arrogantly, "Los Angeles is mediocre!"

Louis smiled at him: "If the regular season record can be counted in the playoffs, we don't even have to play in the playoffs and just award awards directly."

"Yes, that's what I thought!"

"The playoffs are not challenging at all!"

He looked excited, as if the championship was already certain.

Most people in the locker room have similar thoughts to Laimbeer. Louis is not pouring cold water on them here. If he wants to pour cold water on them, there are conditions.

For example, the Celtics are showing signs of being defeated by the Lakers.

However, they won four consecutive games against the Lakers.

Even if Louis breaks the law and loses his temper to stop this group of people, they will not believe that they will be severely bitten when they go to Los Angeles in a few days.

So Louis simply said nothing.

He also noticed a low mood in Isiah Thomas, who had a conflict with Louis at midfield.

He is at an absolute disadvantage. If the Celtics lose because he didn't play in the second half, he can still say a few words. Now, the team can still win the game without him.

This made him miserable and gave him a feeling of being unwanted.

"Since you think the series is certain to be won, I allow you to celebrate tonight. After tonight, everyone must be ready to go to Los Angeles to end the Lakers."

"I hope BEATLA is not an empty talk."

Louis said calmly, and several stupid idiots led by Ranbir had already started shouting "Long live Louis."

This was something that refreshed the perceptions of K.C Jones, Cowens, Thurmond, and Tomjanovich.

Let the players put down the pressure and celebrate before the finals are over? This is too dangerous!

So after most of the players left, K.C, as the second in charge of the coaching team, took the initiative to communicate with Louis: "Lu, is it too much to ask them to celebrate now?"

"Where did it go?"

"The series is not over yet. Now is the time to adjust and recuperate." K.C said worriedly, "We still have two tough battles to fight."

"No, not two games."

Louis held out four fingers: "There are at least four tough games left. If the Lakers are tough enough, it is not impossible to play seven games."

"Then why are you"

"I don't understand why you think it's dangerous to let the players relax." Louis will never understand the imposition of martial law once the playoffs arrive, prohibiting players from venting their unfulfilled feelings at the end of the game, and criticizing anyone with

Be extremely vigilant about matters unrelated to the competition.

Louis has always felt that as long as players take part in training seriously and arrive at the game on time, it doesn't matter what they do in their free time.

But some coaches don't think so.

They feel that NBA players are a group of losers who seriously lack self-discipline and professionalism. They can no longer tense up as long as they relax.

is this real?

Without an exception, Louis might have believed this to be true.

But as far as he knew, there were at least two exceptions.

Exception one, in the 1993 Eastern Conference Finals, Jordan had decided to retire and play baseball after winning the championship that year, in order to get rid of the identity of "Michael Jordan" that kept him restless for 24 hours. However, Pat Lay

Riley's New York gang was bent on taking them down. After Riley injured Cooper and Magic in 1989, he was swept by the ruthless Pistons in the finals in four games.

His Lakers career came to an end, and he himself fell in love with the Pistons' style. So when he came to New York, he wisely gave up ShowTime because he knew that there would never, never, never be the next Magician.

.Without Magic, there is no ShowTime. Magic is ShowTime. So he can't expect ShowTime, which made him successful in the past, to succeed again.

In fact, just thinking about how Ewing will play ShowTime makes people shudder.

The introduction of flagrant fouls put some restrictions on the Pistons' iron-fisted defense, but Riley saw the core and focus of this defensive system. Muscular sticks, physical contact, ubiquitous physical combat, and a madman who was not afraid of Jordan. So a team

It took two years to round up the Bulls, especially the dark team that targeted Jordan. They played seven games with the Bulls in 1992, and lost to the Bulls in two straight home games in the 1993 Eastern Conference Finals. You have to know that losing two home games in a row can still

The only team that has slowed down is the 1969 Lakers.

Jordan was affected by the image crisis caused by the book "The Jordan Rules" and could not focus on the court. The Knicks' defense reminded him of the three years of torture by the Pistons. As a result, in the first three games of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Knicks led 2-1.

, Jordan never shot more than 40% in a game, and was found to have taken a private plane to Atlantic City to gamble and work hard during the game. Everyone thought the Bulls were doomed, but in Game 4, they faced the most rude opponent in history.

Defending the team, Jordan scored 54 points with a 60% shooting rate.

That was the only "I'm going to beat you all up" game that Louis had ever seen.

Another example is not so complicated. It comes from the Bulls. There is no way. This is the non-modern team that Louis knows best and the only team that has proved his concept. Rodman took the initiative to find him during the Finals.

Jackson explained that he was about to be driven crazy by the current situation and he needed to vent. Jackson surprisingly agreed, and Rodman appeared on the WWE stage.

Joining WWE during the Finals?

Imagine if Chaidanlu did this, Kumi would be so angry that he quit the network.

These two examples are enough to provide some help for Louie's approach tonight. The game they should lose will not be lost just because he let the players go crazy in the nightclub.

They shouldn't win the game just because these people went to the nightclub and went crazy.

"If you were a group of soldiers who had just fought two battles, would you be willing to stay nervous and prepare in advance for the next battle in three days? Wouldn't you try your best to go to the city and do some crazy things, because you are very

There is a possibility that they won't be able to come back alive for the next battle." Louis gave an inappropriate metaphor, "When they finish going crazy, they will still play seriously, and the martial law in the playoffs will only bring more pressure and troubles to them.

"

Louis is the head coach and whatever he says is what he says.

"If we lose"

"I know," Louis laughed, "the media will be on the line."

Tomjanovich asked in surprise: "Aren't you afraid?"

"If you are going to lead the team in this series, if we lose a few of these games, do you want the media to attack the players and bring unnecessary pressure to them, or do you want the media to attack you?" Louis asked.

Cowens asked doubtfully: "So you are doing it for them?"

"Don't be ridiculous! I don't plan to take it all by myself. Didn't they say we are sure to win? Since we are sure to win, let's relax. If we go to Los Angeles and lose, I will be scolded by the media, these dogs

Even the bastards won’t fare well!” Everyone around Louis knows about Louis’ ability to change faces, “Don’t think I’ll still be so easy to talk to!”

K.C, Cowens, Tomjanovich, Thurmond, they all can't understand Louis.

He has made many bold on-the-spot designs and surprising moves, which ultimately proved to be useful.

This time, it was another decision to challenge everyone's perception. During the finals, the players were allowed to use their energy. If word got out about this, given Louis' reputation, he might be criticized by the media.

Louis didn't care at all.

"Lu, I don't know whether I should admire you or scold you." K.C smiled bitterly, "You are definitely doing something very, very excessive."

Louis was about to leave, but found Thomas changing clothes behind them.

"Did you hear what we just said?" Cowens asked.

Thomas said without changing his face: "I heard it."

The coaching staff's whispers were overheard by the players, and everyone was inexplicably embarrassed.

Louis asked nonchalantly: "How is your foot?"

"Good."

"Can we play the next game?"

"Do you need me?" Thomas asked.

Louis didn't fall for his trap at all: "If you can fight, I will let you fight. If there is a risk, just continue to rest."

"So, do you need me?" Thomas insisted on one answer.

Louis' expression never changed, and his severity and harshness toward Thomas were always puzzling to others. They didn't know how good this man with a smile was at backstabbing.

"I don't need you, Isiah. I don't need your disgusting smile, nor your often inflated self-esteem, nor your everlasting jealousy," Louis said ruthlessly.

, "I don't need you to create disharmony in the locker room from time to time. You always don't understand what I need you to do. In the final analysis, you need me. You need me to give you a stage to perform. You need me to trust you.

You need me to give you a better role, but let me tell you the truth, your performance has never been as good as you thought, you are more selfish and an asshole than I thought, and I have no patience with you anymore."

Louis' words made the locker room as cold as ice. There was no gentle atmosphere at all, and no room for relaxation could be found.

He literally killed Thomas and made him into an ice sculpture.

Thomas sat there motionless.

Louis said to his colleagues: "See you tomorrow."

Then he left, and the rest of the coaching staff looked at each other, hoping someone could comfort Thomas.

But today, Louis' words were like Michael Tyson's KO punch, shattering all the illusions in Thomas's heart.

He never got Louis' approval, never.