The rest is just noise

The Lakers are having an unfortunate night.

The night included some of the things they hated about it, Michael Cooper suffered a suspected fracture/cramp/sprained foot and was simply not going to be able to play anymore.

When the Lakers' team doctor carried him off the court on a stretcher with a heavy look on his face, Jack Nicholson looked horrified: "Kah, don't do this!"

Even if they don't know much about football, they still know how important Cooper is to the Lakers.

Without him, the team's defense is doomed.

This is also one of the reasons why the Lakers performed weakly against the Celtics.

Of those three Celtic monsters, you don't want to restrict all of them, but at least one must be restricted and affect the other. The remaining one can do whatever he wants.

However, Cooper couldn't guard Bird, Thomas, Sampson, or anyone else, so the Lakers could only turn the game into a head-to-head battle.

Wilkins has made great progress this year, which is great news for the Lakers, but Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is too old.

At present, they haven't considered the Celtics yet. The Knicks are in full swing.

Cooper was injured, and Dale Ellis, whom he was guarding, seemed crazy tonight, taking 9 shots from beyond the three-point line and hitting 5 of them.

Except for the Knicks, no other team would let him shoot like this.

Other than Louis, no other coach accepts someone on his team taking 9 three-pointers in a game.

However, if he can really shoot 5-for-9, why not let him shoot?

Ellis's three-pointer was so accurate that Cooper was extremely nervous when he was defending, so he didn't pay attention to protecting himself. Now he is injured, and the Lakers are trailing the Knicks by two digits.

88 to 77

With an 11-point gap, the third quarter ended.

"Give it a try, Lakers!" Eddie Murphy howled, "Look at the Lakers girls working so hard, why are you here..."

Louis looked at Murphy with a smile: "Eddie, it seems that every time you support the Lakers in front of me, we always perform very well. This is definitely a credit to you, and I am very grateful."

Murphy turned red and began to object to Louis in a strange accent.

He has appeared in many comedy films, always playing the role of a 250-year-old black man, which pointed the way for the birth of countless 250-year-old black comedy movies in the future, but every role he played was no funnier than he is now.

Jennifer Beals was amused by the scene.

"Hey, Jennifer, I'm sorry, your Lakers are going to lose again tonight." After Louis finished speaking, he went back to lay out the tactics for the fourth quarter.

Jennifer laughed while defending her home team: “It’s not certain who will win and who will lose!”

"Damn it, don't flirt here!" Murphy misunderstood the relationship between Louis and Jennifer. "This is a battlefield. There is no friendship on the battlefield. He is our enemy!"

"Who is flirting? Things are not what you think at all!"

"I deny it! I feel guilty!" Murphy turned into a moral policeman, "You are indeed the number one undercover in the star area. No wonder you never scream when the Lakers perform well, wow!"

Louis saw the Lakers' star fans getting into trouble, but didn't pay much attention.

He returned to the bench and decided to implement a plan that had been born in his head inspired by a blood-soaked Alex Stevens.

"Rudy, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, will the Lakers let Maggie rest for a while?" Louis asked.

Tomjanovich nodded and said: "It's always been like this."

"good!"

Louis came to the team members and took out the roster, lest he call the wrong name.

"Starting the fourth quarter, I have a plan."

Everyone looked at Louis nervously.

Louis spoke slowly, Tomjanovich opened his eyes wide, and Phil Jackson adjusted his glasses. At first, they thought they heard wrong.

It turns out I heard it right.

Let’s look at the names that Louis called out again, and after careful tasting, we found that it’s not impossible.

Maybe there really is a chance?

Everyone's mental journey took a leap as Louis unfolded his plan.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Pat Riley decided to be conservative and let Magic continue to play.

This was unplanned. Louis looked at Tomjanovich immediately: "Rudy?"

"I swear in the name of Jesus Christ! This is the first time in 20 games that they didn't let Magic rest early in the fourth quarter!"

Louis saw that he was honest and didn't look like he was cheating, so he patted his shoulder lightly: "How could I not believe you, Rudy, you are my chief assistant coach and the person I trust most. I doubt that anyone can doubt it."

You, I just have a little doubt, did you get the wrong statistics or notebook..."

"No! Absolutely not!"

"Damn, does that mean Pat Riley made an exception for the first time in over a month at our game?"

"seems like it..."

"rough!"

"Lu, I've always wanted to know what 'cao' means."

"You can understand it as 'Fake' in Chinese." Louis walked up to the team members, "Although Ma Ji took control as soon as the fourth quarter started, our plan remains unchanged. Don't forget, he played in the third quarter.

After a whole quarter, our physical strength may not be that good, maybe this is our great opportunity!”

Lakers home commentator Keith Erickson looked at the Knicks' fourth quarter starter in confusion: "What is Little Lu doing?"

The Knicks' starting lineup is: Stockton, Gerald Wilkins, Tyrone Corbin, Stevens, Oakley.

There are only two regular starters, and the other three are regular rotations.

"It's a bit risky to do this." Zhao Yuanzheng said worriedly, "Once the control is not good, the magician's score will be like picking something out of a bag."

Sharif watched the game speechlessly and said nothing.

As everyone knows, Louis is an adventurous person.

The Knicks, who won the jump ball in the first quarter, had the right to kick off the fourth quarter.

Stockton happily called the pick-and-roll and passed Magic's defense. No one from the Lakers came to guard him.

Once Cooper was injured, even their basic assist defense was much weaker.

Stockton made a layup.

90 to 77

"Stuck..." Chamberlain discovered that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was resting, "Stuck? We can't go on like this. The Lakers need to be more serious."

When Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is not on the court, Chamberlain looks like a celebrity.

Surprisingly, the Knicks did not retreat!

"Full court press?!!!"

"Oh my God! All five Knicks players stay in the frontcourt!"

“Are New Yorkers crazy?”

The Lakers didn't have any expectations. Magic wanted to get the ball, but Stevens went around to defend like a mad dog. His wingspan became the biggest advantage in preventing the Lakers from serving to Magic.

Even if the magician wants to push away with some extreme moves, Stevens will come up to him as soon as possible as long as he doesn't fall.

Desperate, crazy, and clingy defense were Louis' initial impression of him.

Stevens has this era to thank.

Contemporary rules allow players to hand-check in any position. If holding the ball is dangerous, not holding the ball is not just hand-checking. Even if you are rough hand-checking, the referee will not care.

So in the future, Louis would advise Stevens to be polite to the officials who make the rules.

It is not an exaggeration for those people to say that it is his parents who provide him with food, clothing and clothing.

Lakers starter Wilkins took a risky pass.

The warm-hearted Tyrone Corbin, who was given away by the Spurs for free, grabbed the position with quick steps and intercepted the ball.

In the blink of an eye, the layup was successful.

92 to 77

"Good shot!" Louis cheered.

Just as Pat Riley was about to call a timeout, Magic quickly ran to the frontcourt: "Long pass! Throw a long pass!"

The magician is indeed a magician, and he immediately figured out how to prevent this.

The only thing he didn't expect was that Stevens would be so annoying, following him every step of the way. Even if Magic's teammates threw long passes, he would foul Magic to disrupt the ball even if he couldn't threaten the ball.

An option appeared that could easily lead to Louis suffering from PTSD.

Sideline ball, the Lakers have to serve the sideline ball.

At this moment, Kurt Rambis, who was in charge of serving, was not fighting alone. The souls of all the heroes who had buried their fame in this position traveled through time and space and attached themselves to his body.

"Kurt Rambis serves!"

this moment...

"Cut off!"

He is not fighting alone!

A great Lakers insider, he has inherited the glorious tradition of always serving for own goals at critical moments inside.

"How dare you make a mistake in beating your mother!" Louis' mind instantly went back to the career masterpiece of Polish naturalized foreign aid Zhou Qi in the 2019 World Cup.

Louis didn't know whether he should be happy or what, Stevens rushed forward like crazy.

With such a passionate player, any pastry chef would take care of him.

Stockton sent a long backhand pass for him to dunk.

94 to 77

A scene that made many Lakers fans tremble happened.

The Lakers were lagging behind the Knicks in the forum. Not long after the fourth quarter started, the Lakers actually called a timeout.

Because if a timeout was not called, the game might really be over.

With a 17-point gap, how can they limit the Knicks' scoring and how can they chase points without a defensive lock on the wings? This is really a huge problem.

After the timeout, the Lakers were stunned again.

Louis actually stopped the full-court press, which was very effective, and changed his lineup.

Ewing, Ball, Stevens, Campbell, Stockton.

"Which song is Little Lu singing again?"

Pat Riley was so angry that he smashed the water glass in his hand. He had already planned how to break the Knicks' full-court press, but now, well, they won't press anymore!

"Originally, I thought people in the circle said that there was a scheming young coach in New York who was a direct disciple of that old man Auerbach. I didn't believe it at first, but now I'm afraid I have to believe it even if I don't believe it. This guy is really insidious.

cunning!"

There is a way of praising in the world, which is called scolding and praising at the same time.

"The Knicks' full-court press tactic was not premeditated, but a temporary plan. They have not practiced it specifically, and there must be many flaws. Therefore, as long as the Lakers calm down, they can definitely break it, but this kid.

.." Chamberlain, who had stood firm as the Lakers as long as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was away, laughed angrily, "He gave up as soon as he was good and didn't give you a chance to take advantage of him!"

As long as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is not involved, Chamberlain's analysis is still down to earth.

The Lakers fans in front of the TV started to get angry just hearing what he said.