The rest is just noise

Just as Louis expected, the Knicks won all six preseason games.

In one of the games, Louis didn't come to the scene to coach, and Tomjanovich took over as the conductor.

That was against the Indiana Pacers.

The Pacers had the worst record in the league last season, but ended up repeating the ending of the Warriors in the 1984-85 season, and actually got the seventh pick in the first round, which is the worst in theory.

With the seventh pick, the Pacers selected Kenny Walker, who unexpectedly fell.

Walker's nickname is Sky, which coincides with the fact that his last name is Walker, which means SkyWalker. The reason why he is not as famous as the previous Skywalker is entirely because his NBA career was too unsuccessful.

Even so, under normal circumstances, his draft price would not fall out of the top three. This time he fell to seventh because in his last college season, he exposed a major flaw in Sora's rough physical skills against UCLA.

Therefore, only walkers can pick up the leaks.

Throughout the game, the Knicks defeated the Pacers by 40 points without a head coach. In the last quarter, Tomjanovich used a murderous press. In a few minutes, a wave of 16-2 offense overwhelmed the team.

Hoosier.

Where did Louis go?

He was in good health, and the reason why he left was because the first group of children from the Road School in the United States were about to enter school.

In order to facilitate their care, Louis arranged for them to be placed in a school in New York.

Louis believes that living in New York can allow these children who have not yet clear three-dimensional views to understand the real America.

This was his emotion a few years after arriving in New York.

This city, which even has the Statue of Liberty, was imported from Europe. Over the past two hundred years, it was first defined by cities around the world, and then defined as the capital of the world, eventually becoming a monster.

In a sense, there are only two things here: the things that New Yorkers are proud of are almost the best in the world, such as Central Park, Fifth Avenue and the Yankees baseball team; the things that New Yorkers are indifferent to are almost the best in the world

The worst, like the subway, the ghetto, and the Knicks. Before Louis came, the Knicks were so disrespected.

New York does not deliberately take care of or whitewash its dilapidated areas, but rather allows them to flourish and die without fear.

This is completely consistent with Louis' understanding of the city.

New York is a mixed place, with people of all ethnic groups flocking here. Racism is a sensitive issue, but due to the demographic structure of Apple City, no one dares to speak out about discrimination.

Louis enrolled all six of them into Abraham Lincoln High School.

Initially he wanted to separate them so that they could learn to be independent.

But rather than being independent, Louis hopes that they will help and support each other. There are many Chinese in the United States, but because they are too independent, they are indifferent to their classmates and fellow students, and some even directly deceive and abduct them.

From today on, there will be a steady stream of children coming out of the road yard in the future.

Louis hopes that this group of people can create a niche in the United States to enhance the overall competitiveness of the national basketball team in the world basketball world.

The Knicks won six consecutive games in the preseason and will enter the new season after a short break.

In the opening game, the Knicks' opponent was the Seattle SuperSonics.

The biggest dispute between the two sides still lies in the transaction last season.

The Knicks traded Louis Orr and acquired George Johnson, Alex Stevens and two future first-round picks from the SuperSonics.

The SuperSonics' record last season was eighth from the bottom in the league, and they worked for Boston.

A summer has passed, and the competitiveness has not improved, and there are almost no useful operations.

People can't help but think about whether they will send high draft picks to the Knicks in 1988 like the Cavaliers did this year and next year.

October 24, 1986, Madison Square Garden

The SuperSonics were here as a guest, and people from Madison Avenue flocked to MSG. They wanted to witness Benjamin Wilson's debut. They wanted to see the Knicks, who won 50 games last season. After strengthening in the offseason, they now

To what extent.

Louis appears in a gray suit.

When the reporter asked him to tell him what he needed to guard against to avoid losing, he thought about it for a long time and couldn't come up with a good reason.

"The SuperSonics are a good team, they have a group of good players, and we have to work hard to avoid losing the game."

"You are a good person" is a common saying.

At midfield, Louie met with SuperSonics coach Bernie Bickerstaff.

This man's name was a familiar one to Louis. He had heard it before, but he didn't know what his achievements were.

Bickerstaff had a long career, starting as an assistant to K.C. Jones in 1973 and taking the position until last year.

He takes over a bad team that must perform well. For any rookie coach, this is a critical moment of survival.

Fortunately, he "completed" the task above, used all his energy to lead the team to the eighth-worst result, and did not give Boston's 13% No. 1 pick rate in vain.

Although their first-round pick ended up going to the Celtics, they just felt inexplicably happy.

Louis shook hands with Bickerstaff on the midfield sideline.

"I hope your condition today will be worse than in the preseason." Bickerstaff is still self-aware.

With the Knicks' current momentum, whether they want to score more than 30 points from the Sonics depends entirely on Louis' mood.

"Be humble, coach." Louis said cautiously, "We are all young people, and it is possible to lose this game."

After the warm-up, both sides.

The Knicks are Stockton, Ellis, Wilson, McHale, and Ewing.

Sonics: Gerald Henderson, Jim Paxson, Louis Orr, Tom Chambers, Alton List.

A three-high lineup with two power forwards and a center on the court was something Louis never expected.

This can also be seen in the characteristics of the SuperSonics' team building, which is to learn from the most ambitious seniors of the Detroit Pistons in the East.

As a team that considers itself to be the mortal enemy of the Celtics, they have to put together a lineup that makes the Celtics uncomfortable.

The Pistons are currently far away from adding frontcourt depth.

The Knicks are close behind.

The ambition is admirable, but trying to get the best of the Knicks is simply asking for your own demise.

The Pistons have what they want in their frontcourt, but the Sonics' frontcourt probably only has the advantage of being thick and hard.

Although the Sonics won the jump ball in the opening game, Wilson saw through the passing route.

He stepped forward aggressively and knocked the ball away. In order to save the ball, Sonics knocked the ball out of bounds.

The opening possession of the ball belongs to the Knicks.

"'Benj' Wilson!" Marv Albert said excitedly, "This is his first moment at MSG. The energy burst out at that moment. A very good start!"

New Yorkers love Wilson more than Ewing.

Whether it's his public image or his appearance.

He just destroyed the opponent's possession of the ball, and the fans at the scene screamed as if someone had scored a buzzer-beater.

It was the Knicks' turn to attack, and they didn't give the Seattleites a chance to breathe.

Stockton called for tactics, and System A immediately unfolded, with Ewing covering and McHale opening the pick-and-roll.

Stockton broke through and hit the ground pass.

McHale caught the ball and shot a 15-foot jumper.

2 to 0

The fans screamed excitedly again, McHale waved his disproportionately long arms, and the dark armpit hair made Louis feel sick.

This is definitely one of McHale's most puzzling habits.

He seems to believe that showing his armpit hair to fans is an obligation written into his contract.

The Sonics' three frontcourt lineup is worthy of attention when attacking.

Both Chambers and Orr can shoot. Although Lister is a blue-collar player, he also has good finishing ability in the penalty area.

The Knicks deliberately left space in the penalty area for Lester to cut in.

Liszt cut in from the air, caught the ball and wanted to dunk.

Behind him, Ewing forced the ball down.

Referee Hugh Evans blows the whistle.

"Thug foul!"

“!@#%@%……”

Ewing looked at him dissatisfied, but Evans didn't give in.

"Okay Patrick!" Louis came to the midfield position and shouted loudly, "The golfer-one rule doesn't work here with Hugh. Why don't you just accept the penalty?"

Evans glanced at Louis unhappily.

"I didn't protest. I know your rules. There are only thugs, not golfers." Louis spread his hands and made disgusting moves.

In fact, every referee has his own characteristics. Some people specialize in blowing black whistles, and they are the kind of black whistles that harm others but not self-interest. Some people have a hobby, probably when playing ball, no one will pay attention to them when a thug commits a foul.

Seeing a player hit him, even just a little bit, was a foul in his eyes.

That's the kind of person Evans is.

As long as the thugs happened in front of him, no one could escape.

Fortunately, Liszt did not accept the referee's kindness.

Both free throws were missed.

On the next possession, Stockton deliberately passed the ball to Ewing and asked him to hit Lister with his back, and also let him hit in front of Evans.

When Ewing turned around to shoot, Lister did take action, and it did not escape Evans' notice. If a foul should be called, a foul must be called.

Louis still has no objection to this kind of penalty.

It doesn't matter how strict you are, as long as the standards are consistent and there are no double standards, he will do whatever you want.

If he was strict with only one side, it would still be his side that would suffer, and Louis would definitely jump up and down like a spanked monkey.

The game showed a sense of oppression from the beginning.

The Sonics' immediate combat effectiveness cannot be compared to the Knicks.

Ewing, who has gained 7 pounds more than last season, is more effective in screens, pick-and-rolls, and blocking positions.

McHale's role on the offensive end is also obvious.

Ellis has continued the rhythm of the bigger the problems off the field, the more explosive the situation on the field.

Wilson, on the other hand, was a little out of the system. Apart from destroying the SuperSonics pass in the opening game, he never entered the fans' main perspective.

He seemed to disappear from the court with his opponent.