The rest is just noise

"We must fight for Louis!"

At the end of halftime of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Larry Bird told reporters.

Louis thanked him very much, but there was no need for him to cause trouble to Jack Madden not only because the other party used discriminatory language to humiliate him, but more importantly, he needed to have a sense of his own existence.

He doesn't want to be a puppet on the bench.

To have a sense of presence in the game, speaking out is a must. If a bastard like Madden doesn't let him speak out, he will have to choke to death. The other party insulting him with "Oriental" only got in his way.

Racial discrimination is a sensitive red line. Although it is not as exaggerated as it would be 40 years later, no one will touch it.

What's more, "Oriental" is already a "discriminatory term" that is explicitly prohibited from being used at the government level.

Celtic, determined to fight for Luigi, lost the first game.

96 to 94

They only lost by 2 points.

Bird was completely unafraid to face Dr. J. He scored 27 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists on 13 of 24 shots. Dr. J filled up the data column, scoring 29 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks on 13 of 19 shots.

"Louis, you have to control your temper!" Fitch said angrily after returning to the locker room.

"I have some thoughts about tonight's game." Louis didn't want to explain more. "The gap between us and Philadelphia is very small. Tonight, we only lost 5 rebounds to them in terms of rebounds that we are worried about, but our defense

9 fewer rebounds than them."

Fitch was confused, "What do you want to explain? We lost a lot of offensive rebounds?"

"No, we grabbed more offensive rebounds. What we really need to improve is the quality of defense."

What Louis sold was actually a simple answer: "Their overall shooting percentage was 48%, while our overall shooting percentage was only 41%. The 76ers are a strong defensive team, and I don't think we can win in the next game."

In order to improve our offensive efficiency, all we can do is to reduce their offensive efficiency."

There were many things Fitch didn't expect today.

He didn't expect that Louis suddenly turned into a pressing machine in the game; he didn't expect that he was warned by the referee because he was too good at pressing; he didn't expect that he was disgusted by the referee because he was dissatisfied with his pressing ability; he didn't expect that he was warned by the referee because he was too good at pressing;

Fitch did not expect to use inappropriate language to provoke him into a rage and directly blast the referee and bring the matter to the media.

What Fitch couldn't even imagine was that this young bastard who caused a big mess was still in the mood to pay attention to the game.

"What do you want to do?" Fitch asked.

Louis wasn't sure whether his method would work, or whether Fitch would be willing to go through with his plan.

"Adjusting the starting lineup, we have two or three players with poor defense in the entire starting lineup, which is not conducive to improving our defensive quality." Louis' suggestion stopped there.

Fitch should know better than he does who can guard and who can't.

Louis said that two or three players in the Celtics' starting lineup were not good at defending, which was a relatively modest statement.

Let’s start with the best defender, Bird. He has excellent defensive command, awareness and skills, but he does not have a good enough body. Unfortunately, he was also assigned by Fitch to play against him at the third position.

Dr. J is extremely capable.

This scene is so beautiful, that is to say, the doctor's offensive ability with the ball is not very good. If it were another person, Louis wouldn't know what kind of explosion Bird would have to end up with.

Next is Cowens, who was selected for the second defense.

Facing the 76ers, Cowens' defensive value is not as good as Bird's, even if he is selected as the second defense.

Because the 76ers' big men are all good at jumping and dunking. His height is too disadvantageous, and they won't play ground battles with him.

Maxwell has never been a good defender, and John Long's defense was just okay. He did his best to protect himself without caring about others. Then there was Archibald, the exclusive toilet pointed out by the 76ers' guards.

Under his defense, "L Train" Hollins and Henry Bibby PG, the father of Mike Bibby, both shot over 60%.

If we really want to improve the defensive quality, we must remove at least two original starters.

Louis also knew very well that Fitch would never easily tear down the starting lineup he had worked with for a whole season.

Things were quiet in the Celtics locker room, but the accusations made by Louis against Jack Madden caused an uproar.

Asians have always been the most honest immigrants of all ethnic groups in the United States, and they are also the group of people with the lowest social status. They always tolerate being bullied. Why did this suddenly happen?

Then everyone looked into Louis' origins in detail and found that he was not a native Asian, but an "Englishman" with British Territory citizenship. Everyone realized that this guy was not an Aboriginal, so no wonder he was so irritable.

Madden denied his racist attack on Louie and instead accused Louie of making a vicious personal attack on him.

But Louis quickly pulled out his teammate Bill Laimbeer, John Long, who was thousands of miles away from where the conflict broke out, and "Larry Bird, who wanted to vent his anger and lose the game" to prove⑵

, Madden did say "Oriental".

This incident was a big deal. Louis had witnesses, but Madden had no witnesses.

Forty years later, Madden would have been severely punished, but Larry O'Brien, then the league's commissioner, was a man who valued stability as everything. He only banned Madden from continuing to officiate in this series and nothing else.

Subsequent penalties.

Although the incident was downplayed, Louis' name was spread for the first time.

The scene of him and the referee scolding each other was photographed by many reporters.

Especially as an assistant coach, he did not enter the court wearing a suit like others. Instead, he looked like a handyman in short-sleeved shirts and cropped jeans, which really added a playful atmosphere to this serious, funny and dramatic scene.

"Always fight against the referee - from Reid, to Tommy, to Louis, this is the glorious inheritance of the Celtics!"

Louis stole the show and alarmed Auerbach.

Auerbach first learned about the situation from K.C, and then called Louis to his office the next day for careful questioning.

Louis took out a bottle of Coke from the refrigerator in Auerbach's office.

One of the most gratifying things after time travel is that there is no difference in taste between the Coke of today and the Coke of the future.

"You're really good at it!" Auerbach smashed the newspaper with Louis' headline on the table. "Look at the good things you've done!"

Louis read the newspaper and said dissatisfiedly: "You made me look ugly."

"Is this something you should care about?" Auerbach snapped. "Do you know what the fuck you're doing?"

Louis said shamelessly: "It's obvious that I'm trying to find a way to steal the spotlight. Even Bob Ryan (Globe reporter) can see it. Can't you see it?"

"FUCK!" Auerbach really didn't expect this kid to admit it to his face.

Auerbach pressed the newspaper with his hand: "Why did you do that?"

"I have my reasons, and Jack Madden did hurt me with 'that sentence'. Do you think I can laugh it off?"

Auerbach didn't expect this kid to admit so righteously that he was stealing the limelight, let alone that he had no regrets...

"You will disrupt our entire game plan!" Auerbach reminded him, "Don't forget who made the game plan!"

Louis said helplessly: "It is precisely because I am dispensable on the court that I will offend the referee without fear."

Auerbach heard other meanings in Louis' words.

"What do you want to say?"

"Bill, like many successful coaches, has a strong self-esteem. It is difficult for him to find a balance between self and admonishment, not to mention I am just a kid." Louis said very vaguely, and he had already grasped the answer.

I told Fitch the direction of improvement.

It's Fitch's business to accept or not accept it, and he needs to let Auerbach know that he did something.

When Auerbach heard his words, he snorted disdainfully: "How dare a coach who has never won a championship say he is successful?"

Louis felt he was being suspected of sowing discord, but it was no secret that Fitch and Auerbach were at odds.

"If only championships can be considered success, then the conditions are too harsh." Louis asked, "Haven't you heard of the Miracle of Ridgefield?"

Auerbach became even more dismissive.

"I heard," Auerbach said specifically, "that team was eliminated by us."

"Isn't it because the Cavaliers' best player has been reimbursed? Otherwise, it's not certain who will win or lose."

"Champions never make excuses." Auerbach sarcastically said, "Losers only have excuses."

"okay!"

Louis didn't have time to chat with this old guy, "This is the game plan I made for the first game. The original has been given to Bill. Here is a copy. You can take a look and pay attention to our second game.

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"gone!"

Before Louis left, he also took away two bottles of Coke.

"Close the refrigerator, boy!" Auerbach shouted.

⑴According to the information I found, Hong Kong people before the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration were free to choose the passports of Chinese nationality and British dependent (colonial) citizens (enjoying civil rights but not strictly speaking citizens). According to Zhihu

The answer given by some Hong Kong people is that most people will basically choose the status of territorial citizens. I am not completely correct here and gave Louis a more reasonable arrangement.

⑵ This is a plot that has not been written. In order to increase his witness, especially the influential witness, Louis kidnapped Bird morally because Bird said he would win the game for him. Although it was not written,

I note this paragraph here to indicate that it still exists in the text.

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