The rest is just noise

Louis wondered if he was the only one who felt this way.

His sixth sense on the court is always accurate.

Whether it was the humiliating battle between the national basketball team and the provincial team in 2013 before time travel, or the premonition that the Warriors might be overturned after Green was suspended in 2016, or the 2019 battle against Poland that broke Louis the most

the last moment.

The most painful thing in the world is when something you pray not to happen finally happens before your eyes, and you have nothing to do about it.

Louis is fully aware of the strength of the Celtics. This team brings together three of the top six teams in the league. Once the game reaches the limit of the team, no one can be their opponent.

Bird's expression at the end of the first half reminded Louis of the moment when James opened his eyes of death, Durant's ferocious expression after hitting the Cavaliers with a super long three-pointer in Game 3 of the 2018 Finals, and Kobe Bryant's fist-bumping double win against the Suns.

Bare teeth, Jordan's stern look after beating the Jazz at the buzzer in Game 1 of the 1997 Finals.

In order to prevent what might happen, Louis decided to use the murder press in the first second of the second half.

The players responsible for the murderous press were Wilson, Cooper, Rodman, Stevens, and Oakley.

"Everyone, cheer up!" Louis said solemnly, "You are facing the strongest team in history."

The players agreed, but Louis still couldn't be reassured.

"Lu, what are you worried about?" Tomjanovich asked.

Logically speaking, Louis shouldn't show worry. They tied the score before halftime, maintained the momentum, and had a lot to do in the second half. Bird's three-pointer at the buzzer was just an accident.

Louie's ugly expression would make people mistakenly think that the Knicks were 20 points behind.

"I hope I'm just overthinking it." Louis didn't say much, "Let the game answer it."

The Knicks' second half made fans all over the world guess what they wanted to do.

"Little Lou is really a crazy guy. He actually wants to use a full-court press to stop the Celtics in this situation?"

"No," Cunningham said with a heavy face, "this is not the same as the full-court press in the first half."

Compared to the murder press, the 2-2-1 full-court press is like playing house.

The core of the murder press is composed of five wings with outstanding athletic ability, fast movement, good physical strength, and strong defense to fully suppress the opponent's ball carrier.

In the entire league, only the Knicks and Trail Blazers can gather enough manpower.

The referee tonight is not Dick Bavetta, who has a problem with the Celtics, so the Knicks' probability of fouling will greatly increase.

And this is the price of launching a full-court press. Louis doesn't care about the number of fouls.

The Celtics' lineup is dominated by Thomas, Ainge, Bird, Laimbeer and Sampson.

The game became bloody from then on. Bird acted as if he was not injured and fought against the Knicks players. He pushed Wilson and Rodman away, caught the ball, advanced a few steps, passed it to his teammates, and scored in the first round.

The ball is safely delivered to the frontcourt.

Falling into a positional battle, Sampson dunked on Oakley.

59 to 54

Just when the Knicks were about to push forward, the Celtics gave their response.

"Is it also a full-court press?"

"Celtics crazy?"

Bird asked coldly: "Do you think the full-court press is your patent?"

"That's impossible," Louis murmured, "Larry should still be injured. How could he defend like that?"

What is the biggest problem with murdering the press? In order to gather five players with outstanding athletic talents, Louis rarely puts a point guard into it. Therefore, Wilson is usually the point guard in this lineup.

His ability to hold the ball is passable, even if the Celtics have someone leading the defense, there will be no problem.

An average team would do their best just to deal with the Knicks' murderous press. How can they counterattack the Knicks?

The Celtics' full-court press may not be half as strong as the Knicks', but the lack of reliable ball handlers in the Knicks' murderous press has been magnified.

Just when Louis was shocked, the Celtics coaching staff was also in chaos.

"What is Larry doing?" K.C asked, "Didn't I already reject his suggestion?"

Responding to the Knicks' murderous press with a full-court press was not K.C's idea, it was Bird's idea. He wanted to retaliate in kind, but K.C did not agree because of Bird's back injury.

"K.C, don't you understand who Larry is?" Jimmie Rogers sighed helplessly.

K.C's lips twitched, "But his back is injured"

Chris Ford, a former Celtics player who turned into an assistant coach after retiring, said: "For Larry, there are more important things on the court than health. We must make a quick decision. Once we are defeated by the Knicks,

It will be more dangerous for him to drag Sri Lanka into a protracted war."

"I know, I know, I fucking know, but I can't fucking risk him!" K.C wanted to call a timeout, but at the same time, Bird led his teammates to press like a mad dog.

The Knicks, who had no one except Wilson to control the ball, made mistakes.

The ball fell to the ground, Wilson hit the ground first, he caught the ball, and the next second, Bird rushed over and knocked him over.

The referee's whistle blows.

Wilson and Bird, who had lost their minds, pushed and cursed each other.

The two sides almost staged a fight, and the referee separated the players in time. Bird pointed at Wilson's nose and spat out: "I will destroy you tonight, you stupid Chicago dog!"

He was called for a technical foul.

Wilson lost all reason. If his teammates didn't hold him back, he would definitely rush to hit Bird.

The biggest difference between K.C. and Louis is that he comes from the past, an era when everyone except Chamberlain endured injuries until the end.

"Sports Illustrated" called Bird the best in history, but he disagreed. He believed that Bird had not surpassed Bill Russell.

For K.C., if Bird wants to become the best in history, he must surpass Russell's standards in all aspects.

In this case, Russell will never shrink back due to injury.

K.C made a decision that he may regret, but respects Bird.

He no longer interferes with Bird's on-the-spot command.

Not only that, he also replaced Laimbeer with Reggie Lewis, allowing the Celtics to press the Knicks more effectively.

The game continued, and the Knicks used Bird's technical foul to make two free throws.

Both free throws were made, and Louis hurriedly replaced Oakley with Hornacek.

As a result, the Knicks have no inside line, and almost all of the five players on the court can pile up in the midfield or even in the frontcourt to press the Celtics.

But it was too dangerous to press the frontcourt with five people. Louis asked Rodman to stay in the backcourt to prevent accidents, and the other four people pressed forward. The purpose of letting Hornacek play was to make up for the shortcoming of the murderous press formation without a ball carrier.

Bird's fighting spirit and momentum still remain in Louis' mind.

At that moment, the Celtics completely overwhelmed the Knicks.

Wilson is too young. In the NCAA and in high school, he was a winner, but in the NBA, he has not really won.

He is not like Bird, who won five championships in eight years.

So, Bird spat in his face, and he was so angry that he just wanted to hit people, but Bird used this to boost the morale of the whole team.

He knows how to win games like this.

For the first time in ten years, Louis lost his sense of proportion.

Bird was definitely injured. Even with a back injury, he desperately led the Celtics to press the Knicks. The shock to Louis was extraordinary.

If he were the Celtics' head coach, Bird would have no chance of playing.

K.C didn’t seem to care;

However, if Bird didn't work so hard, how much would the Celtics' chances of winning against the Knicks drop? Sampson is the only one, Thomas' breakthrough is difficult to defend, but the real backbone of the Celtics will always be Bird.

Only if he is willing to die, others will give everything they have.

Louis from the future will never let his players take risks, so his team will never have the fighting spirit and murderous spirit to shed the last drop of blood, right?

No, that's not the case. His team also showed such ferocity.

Louis fell into confusion. The Celtics used a full-court press against a full-court press. The arrival of Hornacek only added one more ball carrier, and the offense was still difficult.

The Celtics still have the Big Three on the field.

7 minutes later, 14 to 10.

The Knicks used a murderous press to score 4 points more than the Celtics, but it didn't have the desired effect at all.

When the Knicks stopped their full-court press, the Celtics also adjusted their lineup.

Surprisingly, the Celtics did not replace Bird.

Bird stayed on the court, and K.C assigned his teammates Ainge, Lewis, Laimbeer, and Sampson.

A lineup of four big and one small.

"You little bastard, come here and guard against me!"

Even if Louis matches the lineup with Stockton, Wilson, Cooper, McHale, and Ewing, he can't stop Bird from going on a killing spree in position battles.

He challenged Wilson to a duel, humiliated him with trash talk, and completely defeated the Knicks' future star physically and mentally.

Bird used different postures to score four goals in succession on Wilson's head, and Wilson, who had no mentality at all, hit the ball one after another in response.

The Knicks relied on Ewing's tip-in and Cooper's three-pointer.

Wilson was beaten, and the Celtics changed their target and asked Sampson to play Ewing.

Louis hurriedly changed the lineup,

Stockton, Miller, Ellis, Oakley, McHale;

Hornacek, Cooper, Rodman, Selley, Ewing;

Stockton, Ellis, Wilson, McHale, Ewing

As usual, Thomas was responsible for passing the ball to Bird and Sampson to end the game, but when Wilson collapsed, Louis made a desperate effort to let Ellis, Hornacek and others throw three-pointers from the outside.

The Knicks' hope of winning was extinguished like a flame that was stepped on.

For the last minute, Louis sat motionless.

This was the scene he was most afraid of seeing. His team tried their best, used all their strength, and all the available people went up to fight. However, the Celtics only relied on Bird and Sampson.

The victory was sealed.

"Now, New Yorkers should be able to deeply understand the pain of Los Angeles." Dick Stockton said, "This is the team they have tried to beat for the past four years."