The rest is just noise

Louis completed a pre-war mobilization that frightened his assistants.

It's like the first half of the game didn't exist.

The players walked out of the court full of anger, ready to fight the Celtics.

"This emotion is too intense." Tomjanovich said worriedly, "I don't know what will happen next."

Zhao Yuanzheng opened a bottle of Coke for Louis.

This move made him look like a caring little angel. Louis needed Coke to soothe his throat.

"Xiao Zhao, the chief assistant coach will let you do it from now on. Rudy will never be as considerate as you." Louis said with a smile.

Tomjanovich said dissatisfied: "You were bribed with a bottle of Coke?"

"Under certain circumstances, I can sacrifice my soul to the devil for a bottle of Coke." Louis drank 300 ml of Coke as if it were oral liquid.

Hearing this, Tomjanovich said with a gloomy face: "Why do I feel that you have given your soul to the devil?"

"No," Phil Jackson said meaningfully, "The Road himself unleashed a bunch of demons."

"Don't be too evil. This is not an exorcism ceremony. We are playing a basketball game, aren't we?"

Louis smiled and asked Zhao Yuanzheng to bring him another bottle of Coke, and then returned to the field with his assistant coach.

Dell Ellis is still in the infirmary, so the Knicks' second-half position will need to be reworked.

Ellis is definitely a player that scares the Celtics. He hit six three-pointers in the half and scored a team-high 22 points.

There is no other shooter as mature and as big-hearted as him in the Knicks.

Louis did not encourage the situation and asked Miller to take over as a substitute. The second position substitute for Ellis was Hornacek.

Therefore, in the second half, the Knicks were Stockton, Hornacek, Wilson, McHale, and Ewing.

Unlike the first section, this one looks very normal.

The Celtics have Thomas, Ainge, Bird, Laimbeer, and Sampson, nothing new.

"It seems that that crazy three-pointer really can't hit." Laimbeer looked at the Knicks generals proudly, "Who is next?"

Louis was holding an unopened bottle of Coke in his hand and found that Ranbir was pretending to be provocative.

"Hey, coach, I'm still in the mood to drink Coke. It seems I've accepted defeat."

Ranbir is a genius at psychological warfare, and at this time, Louis no longer paid attention to his mood.

In front of Ranbir, he performed the trick of opening a pull-tab with one hand and drank Coke by himself.

"The Knicks don't look as composed as a team whose leading halftime scorer is injured."

"They have always been a good team, but psychologically they have not reached the championship level." Heinsohn showed an alternative way of washing the floor. "I am now very worried that Laimbeer's kick has opened their hearts.

A gate deep in the depths."

If the Greeks had such a commentator to clean up the ground, maybe the reputation would be slightly better. The purpose of eliminating you is to let you reach a new level. If you cannot reach it, it means that you are not strong enough.

What a great and upright reason.

The third quarter of the game begins from here.

Wilson was guarding Bird. He implemented the strategies of Rodman, Stevens and Cooper, first looking for physical contact, then engaging in physical confrontation, and then using small movements to greet Bird.

Although Wilson did not attack Bird's back, which is as fragile as crystal glass, collisions are inevitable during games.

The Knicks are based on defense and physical combat, and are assisted by Louis' two-sided strategy.

Rely on rotational defense to deal with the Celtics' shooters, and rely on help defense and double-teaming to deal with the two mismatched offensive machines of Bird and Sampson.

These two principles are very simple verbally. We all know how to defend the Celtics like this, but how many teams in the league can do this?

The Knicks may be the only team that can finish without compromise.

Ranbir wanted to cause trouble, and this time, the opponent he met was Ewing.

Sampson went to the outside to pick and roll, and the person who followed him out was McHale.

Leave Ewing and Laimbeer at the basket.

Laimbeer actively sought physical contact. He made many small moves, but no matter how many he did, they couldn't compare to Ewing's rough response.

Ewing was not a very clean player to begin with. After three years in the industry, the number of fouls he committed remained high. In addition to the bad habits left over from college, he also liked to infringe on his opponents too much.

Laimbeer's stepping on Ellis's feet angered the entire Knicks team.

At this moment, Ranbir wanted to do something small to Ewing again. Ewing thought of what happened to Ellis, and all the anger arose from his heart, and he immediately waved back with his most powerful right hand regardless of the situation.

At that moment, it hit Ranbir squarely in the face.

What's even more bizarre is that Ewing's elbow move, which in modern times cannot escape the eyes of three referees, miraculously avoided the sights of Strome and Sarr. Because of the two of them, one was looking at Bird.

One is looking at Sampson, who cares about Ranbir?

Laimbeer was lying on the ground holding his nose. Ewing simply stopped looking at him and directly teamed up with Wilson to double-team Bird.

"Absolute foul!" Heinsohn said sternly, "Patrick Ewing just made an extremely dangerous move against Bill!"

Bird picked up the ball in the right corner, and he could barely see the basket. Ewing's double-team forced him to shoot from a negative angle without seeing the basket.

"Bang~bang~shua!"

A lucky shot, that's Bird, no one else has this touch.

"Does Ranbir look okay?" Heinsohn was worried that he really couldn't get up.

Ewing's elbow fortunately escaped the referee's eyes and also avoided the vital part. Laimbeer failed to spurt blood as Louis imagined.

"Patrick, next time, I want to see him splattered with blood."

Ewing and Laimbeer were less than a few meters apart, and when they came to the frontcourt together, Louis gave the order calmly.

Ranbir glared over angrily. His colleagues who fought side by side back then have now crushed their former friendship.

Just like Laimbeer did with Ellis, now Louis is just asking his players to give back double the amount.

On the offensive end of the Knicks, all members are focused on high-level work.

The Celtics' strategy is to let Sampson sit in the trap and Laimbeer attack outside.

K.C. Jones was complaining to the referee about Ewing's elbow swing. It was at that time that the referee's attention was diverted again.

"Hey!"

Louis' words were like a signal, Stockton called Ewing's pick-and-roll, and Laimbeer switched defense.

Stockton made a tentative breakthrough and Laimbeer led the defense, but he swung the ball to the right and used his body as a cover to reach out for the birdie.

Laimbeer's horrifying scream and subsequent reaction convinced Louis that Stockton had succeeded.

Stockton can't guarantee anything else. This unique skill of taking advantage of the opponent's big bird is like Kato's Eagle Finger in the Japanese action world, which is something that disappeared from the world when they retired.

Laimbeer wants revenge on Stockton.

At that moment, Wilson pushed away Bird's body and caught the ball at a 45-degree angle from the right wing and made a jump shot.

Laimbeer was seen by the referee for causing trouble and was fouled on the spot.

Because Laimbeer's foul occurred after Wilson's shot, and because the ball went in, the Knicks got an extra free throw.

The boos in the garden reflected the fans' thoughts.

They wanted to kill the referee on duty.

Things have changed. The Knicks have gone from being bullied to bullying their opponents.

They are more radical, more aggressive, and more willing to create friction and conflict than the Celtics.

But in the first half, they were not like this.

"The subsequent impact of Laimbeer's move was really extraordinary." Dick Stockton thought of Ellis.

"That can't be a reason for the Knicks to play like this!" Heinsohn complained dissatisfiedly, "What is the difference between them and the gangsters on the street now? How can any team play such a game in the Eastern Conference Finals?"

Cunningham said sarcastically: "What kind of coaching staff there will be, there will be what kind of players. It's inevitable that their head coach is Little Lu."

Wilson scored an extra free throw, 48-40.

What made the Knicks' opponents even more numb was not only their sudden increase in provocative actions and aggressive body language, but also their almost personal attacks on Bird alone.

Wilson is quite capable, but others may not be.

When Stockton and Hornacek switch to guard Bird, or double-team Bird, they will deliberately look for physical confrontation from the side to affect his back.

Ewing didn't have any scruples. If he bumped into Bird casually, it would radiate all over Bird's body.

The competition for other positions is even more fierce.

For Bird, they are targeted and selective.

To other people, just do it without saying a word.

Thomas broke through and the ball was knocked over and fouled.

After serving, Anji took an outside shot and was knocked down, but the referee was not called for a foul.

Sampson and McHale were crowded together. There shouldn't be any controversy about this rebound. Sampson would definitely grab it.

However, McHale actually used his hands to support Sampson's back and forcefully removed the board.

Naturally, this kind of behavior could not escape the referee's sanction and was called a foul.

When the referee blew the whistle, Wilson and Bird started to rub against each other because they were too fierce in their positions. They pushed each other and cursed each other throughout.

What Louis wanted to see most, and what the Celtics feared the most, became a reality.

The reality is that the Knicks are no longer afraid of the Celtics.

When dealing with the Celtics, the Knicks players fought with pain as if they had been shot by live ammunition, as well as with the anger of being humiliated, and with artificially incited hatred. They began to ignore the means and the results.

Don't even care about the score.

Just for one thing, to bring pain to the opponent.

Now, Tomjanovich knows what Jackson meant by that statement.

"Lu personally released a group of demons." This is not entirely true. The prerequisite for releasing these demons is that he himself must be a demon.

Obviously, in Tomjanovich's life, except for Kermit Washington, who put himself in the intensive care unit, there is no other person more devilish than Louis, who is enjoying the game with a Coke in his hand.

The Celtics couldn't withstand the Knicks' wrestling game. Ainge's personality was far more fiery than Laimbeer. He was quickly angered and punched his opponent. Hornacek's diving easily caused him to foul.

The Knicks' offense went inside.

Ewing roared and pushed away Sampson and scored with a hook.

The momentum of the entire game was completely in favor of the Knicks.

⑴I can’t help but share an interesting anecdote about Kato Takashi: When he was interviewed, he said that he could tell what kind of XP a woman has by just looking at her neck.

It makes no difference if you take off your clothes and lie in front of him. Uh-huh.