The rest is just noise

Louie's public declaration of his love for Coca-Cola earned him some unexpected rewards.

The Coca-Cola Company offered him a four-year, RMB 1 million endorsement contract.

For Louis personally, this was a good thing, and then they defeated the Phoenix Suns at home, who have become increasingly confused recently.

While they handed the Suns their eighth consecutive loss at the start of the season, they also brought their record to third place in the Eastern Conference.

With 6 wins and 2 losses, no one expected that the Knicks, who sent out almost all their key players last season, would achieve their current results with a group of newcomers.

The next two games will still be the Knicks' home court.

One is an eagle and the other is a bullet.

Neither of them are strong teams. For them, the best result is to win these two games, and maybe their record can reach the top two in the Eastern Conference.

Louis does not feel that their record can be maintained forever. The biggest problem of the young team is instability.

Therefore, when you are in good condition and your morale is high, you must find a way to win the games you can win.

Unfortunately, after defeating the Hawks, they lost the game against the Bullets by 4 points.

Next, against the almost-reformed Pistons, the game turned into an ugly fight.

Just like two beasts biting each other in the Colosseum in ancient Rome.

Originally this was not the Pistons' style, but last season they were completely defeated by the Celtics, and the coaching staff and management learned the hard way.

Pistons general manager Jack McCloskey began to change the structure of the team.

First, he had a keen eye in the draft and selected Joe Dumars with the 18th overall pick in the first round, and then signed Rick Mahon in the free market at a price that the Bullets could not afford.

These changes are all part of the Pistons' reconstruction. While maintaining their competitiveness, they have consciously built the team into a steely defensive team.

The change of the piston alerted Louis.

In his previous life, it was this team that realized that it was impossible to fight the Celtics and Lakers with a normal lineup. To defeat them, they could only work hard defensively.

So, the bad boy army appeared.

Now this team does not have Thomas, Laimbeer, Worthy, Dumars, and Parish, who are obviously not related to bad boys.

Maybe under the leadership of these three people, the Pistons will be more like the 04 Pistons?

A defensive team with clean hands and feet, suffocating defense, fierce confrontation, and perfect rotation is scary.

It's a pity that Ewing's excellent touch tonight, he scored 30 points and 11 rebounds, but the Knicks were overwhelmed by the Pistons' intensity and lost by double digits in the end.

After that, they went to the away game to play the Bullets again, with the intention of fighting for a victory, but Tony Campbell selfishly only hit 6 goals in 24 shots, and Ewing was grabbed by his opponent for offensive rebounds, causing them to lose again.

bullet.

After the game, Louis blasted Ewing and Campbell.

"You're fucking jumping around under the basket all day long? You're like a monkey!" Louis's words were very dangerous.

Ewing retorted: "I did not play well, but I will not allow you to insult me!"

"Stop fucking talking to me about these useless things. You have the highest salary in the league, and then you were beaten by a group of players I can't even name. You blame me for insulting you? You actually took the fucking rebound

Protect me!"

Then for Campbell, Louis didn't put as much emotion into Ewing.

It's more about telling him what he didn't do well, and then threatening not to play if he continues to do so.

But Louis' threat never materialized on Campbell.

If one examines Campbell's performance and data carefully, one will find a strange fact.

Campbell has the lowest plus-minus among Knicks players.

But at the same time, he averaged 21 points per game, second only to Ewing, as well as 5 rebounds and 2 assists. He shot 47% from the field, 21% from the three-point range, and 74% from the free throw line.

Looking at statistics alone, he is the Knicks' second-leading player.

However, the Knicks' real second player is Stockton, who leads the assist list with 13 points and 13 assists per game.

Campbell has the most firing rights, and he has so many possessions that his teammates complain.

Wilkins, Ellis, and Webb all thought he was too selfish.

Therefore, Louis often scolded him.

The rookies who complained about him stopped talking, because this was their first year and they were originally focused on learning, so it was impossible to really have any conflicts with Campbell.

Louis carefully grasped the balance, and Campbell is now like a commodity with overflowing value.

From a distance, it seemed that he was worth $10,000, but if Louis were to buy it, he wouldn't even think it was worth $1,000.

When various statistics are not so detailed, brush players like Campbell are landmines in the trading market.

It looks good, but after using it, you will know where the problem is.

Unfortunately, the Knicks were unable to end their losing streak, because in their next game, they had to face the defending champion and league dominant Boston Celtics.

The Celtics are on the road to chasing three consecutive championships, but there is no sign of weakness.

Bird's competitive level has reached the peak of his career, Isiah Thomas has begun to enter his peak, and Sampson is still on the rise. Some people say that the Celtics have three of the top five players in the league, ranking first in the league and first in the league.

Second and third in the league.

John Long is considered a shortcoming in the Celtics lineup. He has declined greatly this year, but he is still a reliable three-point shooter, but defense is a weak link.

From the beginning to the end, Louis, who regarded the Celtics as his number one rival, decided to turn the game into a meat grinder battle.

However, the Celtics are much stronger.

Ewing was full of ugliness in this game. His habit of getting stuck was rubbed against the basket by Sampson. His defensive position was in front of the Celtics' Sampson + Bird + Walton combination.

In the lineup, he was often teased as if he had an insufficient IQ; his most proud defensive skill, the delayed defense of flying outwards, was successfully exploited by Sampson.

Sampson used outstanding ball-handling offense many times, making Ewing's defense look like a surrender ceremony of French soldiers.

The basic process is as follows: Sampson feinted and dribbled, but Ewing couldn't lift his center of gravity, so he had to raise his hands, and was passed by Sampson.

Ewing appeared to be doing the French military salute, and Sampson jumped up and dunked.

134 to 88

This is the heaviest defeat the Knicks have experienced so far this season.

At the end of the game, Louis' face was as cold as an ice cube freshly dug out of the North Pole.

He said to Tomjanovich with a dark face: "When I go back, edit every possession of Patrick on both offense and defense in this game. Remember, it's every possession."

Seeing Louis's face, Tomjanovich knew that Ewing was going to be in trouble.

He felt sorry for Ewing, and it wasn't his fault.

He was a rookie and met the Celtics who were at the top of their game.

Bird and the others obviously intended to target Ewing. Why? Because he has the league's largest salary. Therefore, they played many scenes that embarrassed Ewing.

Ewing's shortcomings, like those guards who can't shoot and are missed, are dazzlingly magnified under the deliberate targeting of the best offensive team in history.

Louis shakes hands with his old friend K.C.

"I'm not telling you, are you too harsh?" Louis said with a bitter smile.

K.C looked ashamed, "I really didn't instruct you. You know Larry. He can't stand certain people and will find ways to make them look embarrassed."

"That's right. You can't blame others for your lack of ability." Louis was open-minded. "However, with the way you guys are doing this year, it seems that three consecutive championships are within easy reach."

K.C said hurriedly: "Don't say that, there is still a long way to go!"

"Humble again?"

"This is not modesty!"

"Don't do this, K.C." Louis snorted, "The top three in the league are all in Boston. If you can't defend the title, stop doing it and let Reid replace you."

K.C smiled helplessly.

Louis turned to the reporters and praised the Celtics' performance, but expressed clear dissatisfaction with some people on the team: "When your best player on the team behaves like a fool, you want to end the game with dignity.

It’s very difficult.”