The rest is just noise

Trail Blazers fans all know that "Rip City" is the nickname of the team, which is translated into Chinese as "Rip City". This slogan was born in the 1970-1971 season, the first year of the Trail Blazers' founding.

Every new team sucks, and the Trail Blazers are no exception. When they faced the Los Angeles Lakers in the legendary Memorial Coliseum, everyone expected it to be a one-sided massacre, and that was the result. But the Trail Blazers

Not giving up, in the second half, guard Jim Barnett made an irrational long shot.

Bill Shenelli, who was already a Blazers commentator at the time, blurted out: "Rip City!"

The Trail Blazers eventually lost the game 133-136, but that moment was recorded in history and became a symbol of the team, symbolizing all the temperament of this team.

That night, McDaniel and Jordan were carried off the court on a stretcher. The Knicks resorted to violent confrontation to win the game, but the team did not give up.

They persisted until the last moment, allowing the Knicks to win with only a 3-point advantage.

At the end of the game, the fans shouted "Rip City" crazily.

For the first time, Louis felt that winning was more uncomfortable than losing. He didn't know what price Oakley and Ewing would pay for their actions.

During the on-site interview, Louis simply skipped the reporter's questions.

"My mind is still very confused. If you want me to comment on the conflict on the field, I'm sorry, I don't know." Louis shook his head helplessly, "I didn't expect it to happen like this."

"However, I assure everyone that Patrick's punch was unintentional. He and Michael are good friends..."

If it were released a few decades later, there would probably be a group of reporters who would have prepared game highlights and asked Louis, "Is he such a good friend?"

Tonight, Ewing did have a lot of physical collisions with Jordan, which is hard to deny.

When Louis walked into the tunnel, he thought about the game and felt that he was also responsible.

It was he who insisted on escalating the intensity of the game, making it difficult for the Blazers to adapt, and then used this to win the game.

The fight between Oakley and McDaniel, and Ewing's excitement when he turned around and punched Jordan after succeeding in a putback dunk, and unfortunately hit Jordan. This is how it all came about.

Louis entered the locker room and said to everyone: "I'm proud of your performance tonight."

"!@%#￥......"

Everyone cheered excitedly.

Louis didn't say anything else. He walked up to Ewing and said to him: "In the press conference later, you must solemnly apologize and go to the hospital to express condolences to MJ."

"Don't you want me to be friends with him?" Ewing asked.

Louis snorted: "I just hate you being friends with him on the court."

"What difference does it make?"

"You will have compassion for your friends, but not for your enemies." Louis said, "MJ made this very clear, and you have to do the same, keeping a clear distinction between public and private matters. I like every performance of yours in the second half, including giving...

That punch from MJ. It was that punch that convinced me that you regarded him as your enemy, but you still have to apologize to him."

Ewing discovered that Louis had misunderstood him.

He didn't mean to hit Jordan.

"I didn't mean to hit him, I..."

"I 'understand', Patrick, it was an 'accident.'" A smile of "I understand" spread across Louis' face, "Don't worry, no matter what the occasion, I will insist that it was an accident, and so will you.

, we must insist that it was an accident even if we die."

"That was really an accident!!!"

"Yes, 'accident'!"

Louis asked everyone: "Do you believe that the punch that Patrick gave MJ was an accident?"

"believe!"

"With quotation marks?"

"bring!"

Now Ewing may have to jump into the Ganges River to fight fire with fire to clear his grievances.

Different from the past, this time Louis received sufficient psychological counseling before taking them to the press conference, including how to answer questions and how to refuse to answer malicious questions.

The press publicist was listening nearby, and after Louis finished speaking, he asked him if he had missed anything.

"Coach Lu, if you're not a coach, you can definitely do well as a public relations officer!" the Knicks' public relations staff said sincerely.

Louis' main business before time travel was news and public relations, player discovery, and negotiation. He is relatively familiar with these things.

Since there was nothing missing, he took Stockton and the two people who had committed the crime to face the media.

Louis didn't expect that the first question was actually directed at him.

"Coach Lu, Trail Blazers head coach Rick Adelman strongly condemned your team for using violence to steal a victory," asked reporter Charles Berling of The Oregonian.

, what is your response to this?”

"We did have a lot of physical confrontations, and I don't think that was violence."

"Are you saying that the horrific things that Charles Oakley did to McDaniel and the punch that Patrick gave Michael were not acts of violence?"

Louis smiled.

"I don't deny that Oak and McDaniel had a fierce conflict, but I believe you also know that Xavier is not a good boy. Although he has only played a few professional basketball games, he has already had conflicts with many people. Before joining the professional team

Before basketball, he was known far and wide as a court thug."

"So, the relationship between Oak and him can only be regarded as fighting violence with violence."

"Then how do you explain Patrick's punch?"

"Accident."

"Accident?"

"Yes, an accident." Louis thought it was not an accident, but he insisted that it was an accident. "If you have played in a game and hit a key goal, wouldn't you celebrate? Everyone's way of celebrating.

They are all different. Patrick is from Jamaica, and punching is a custom in their hometown. It is an action for a man to express his toughness and defend his honor. He did that action to prove his desire to win the game, but he did not expect Michael to be behind him."

Louis kept a polite smile: "That was really an accident. I ask you to review that moment carefully. I believe you will get the same answer as me."

Now it's Ewing who has a problem.

Louis been to Jamaica?

What do you mean by saying that his fist-pumping action "is a custom in his hometown? Is it an action for a man to express his toughness and defend his honor?" Isn't this nonsense?

He found that he had greatly underestimated Louis, a man who didn't even blink when he talked nonsense.

Moreover, when Louis was talking at length just now about finding rationality and contingency for Ewing's punch, there was a firm power in his words that made people believe that he was telling the truth.

Just looking at his tone and expression when he spoke, that kind of calmness and firmness that was 100% impossible to make mistakes, it was difficult for people to question him.

Louis blocked all doubts.

Now, it's Ewing's turn.

Another reporter, Eddy Mitchell, a reporter for the Portland Mercury, asked seriously: "Patrick, do you also think that punch was an accident?"

Ewing's heartbeat quickened and he glanced furtively at Louis.

Louis nodded with a smile.

"Accident!" Ewing nodded affirmatively, his cheeks twitching guiltily, "It was an accident."

No, this was an accident in the first place. Why am I feeling guilty?

Ewing mentally cursed himself in Jamaican.

"So, will you apologize to Michael?"

"Yes, we are friends."

"Will you apologize for what you did in this game?"

"Y..." es didn't come out. Ewing thought of what Louis said before, treating Jordan as his enemy on the court. He was very happy that he could throw that punch.

Ewing believed that the only thing he needed to apologize for was that punch.

As for this fight? If that punch was included, he wouldn't apologize.

"No." Ewing's annoying indifferent expression disgusted the reporter. "Why should I apologize? My teammates and I strive to win. That's how we win. In the Eastern Conference, in the playoffs.

The intensity will be much greater than it was tonight, which is why the world champions in the past few years have been in the East."

Arrogant, rude, mean and indifferent.

This was the impression Portland reporters had of Ewing, who were so angry they wanted to get up and leave.

But, there is another thug here.

Oakley has been waiting a long time.

When reporters asked him about it, he was very candid.

"I did hit someone, but don't expect me to make any apology statement."

Oakley was unreasonable and arrogant. After all, McDaniel didn't trouble him. He just gave him a slap in the face.

The Portland reporter asked angrily: "Do you have a clear conscience about what you did on the court?"

"Of course, why should I feel guilty for beating up a bitch? Are you kidding me?" Oakley's unreasonable attitude finally made this press conference end in the most unfriendly way.

The reporters left without even interviewing Stockton.

Oakley didn't expect this reaction from reporters.

"Did I screw up, Coach?" Oakley asked.

"No," Louis couldn't be more satisfied, "You did a good job. This is the attitude we should express."

Louis also said: "Don't worry about the fine, I will help you handle it."

"coach..."

"If it weren't for me, you wouldn't fight him as soon as you go up. I believe you would kill him in a similar way to Patrick." Louis smiled, "You used a short and rough method, although

It messed up my game plan, but I'm relieved, thank you, Oak."

"This is what I should do, coach."

Ewing was the most wronged person. He said painfully: "I really didn't mean it. Why don't you believe me?"

"Yes, that was an accident. You did a good job. You have to insist on saying that even in front of me."

Louis patted Ewing's shoulder appreciatively.

"If you want people to believe that your punch was an accident, you have to make yourself believe that it was an accident. Patrick, keep it up."

"It's really an accident! Why don't you believe me!!?"

Ewing felt aggrieved and began to curse in Jamaican language.

But no one believed it was an accident. Ewing had already seen Jordan behind him, and that punch was intentional!

Everyone thinks so, except Ewing himself.