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——The battle between the Knicks and the Lakers ended with the New Yorkers' victory.

In the end, the Knicks won by 12 points.

The game attracted a lot of attention and broke previous ratings, with nearly 28 million Americans watching the game.

In this game, fans can see many factors.

The most powerful but never able to win, the tragic player overspent himself in 45 minutes of playing time. His luxurious statistics of 42 points, 17 rebounds and 11 assists failed to bring him a victory.

Benjamin Wilson defended the title of MVP. With the tragedy star shining brightly, he also scored 37 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists. But what showed his strength the most was when the tragedy star led the team to counterattack.

Remember the three-pointer that made people in Los Angeles afraid to open their eyes.

Except for the tragedy, all the Lakers players collapsed under the extreme intensity of the Knicks.

In the fourth quarter, the murderous press lasted for eight minutes, allowing the world to see the most ferocious face of the Knicks. They dominated the league in this way.

"Coach Lu," the tragedy master asked painfully, "Why can't I win?"

The best core player in history, a perfect offensive core in the big ball era, small ball era, and in any era, but he couldn't win the finals at his peak?

This tragic fact left Louis helpless.

"It's not your problem, Evan." Louis said.

The finals are not over yet, and the Knicks are only leading 3-2, but in this battle, the Knicks showed their true skills.

That was their secret to ending the Celtics dynasty.

There are still a few days until Game 6, but people's expectations for the Lakers to win the game have completely disappeared.

"I have such good teammates, but if we can't win the game, how could it not be my problem?"

The tragedy master left angrily.

He couldn't figure it out, and he might never figure it out.

The tragedy master was hit hard, so why was his coach?

At that time, the Celtics mocked the Lakers' Show Time as a circus performance, and they didn't take it seriously. After losing to the Celtics in consecutive finals, Riley first thought that the tragedy was that Wilkins failed to unleash Wilkins' potential.

He felt that Wilkins could not cooperate sincerely with the tragedy master, and finally thought that Sky Hook was too old to compete with Sampson. When the Celtics were finally eliminated by the Knicks, he felt that the Lakers must use a small training camp to increase their intensity.

against the Knicks.

As a result, the Lakers injured all their core players in training camp.

After that, the addition of the veteran Timberwolves and David Robinson, coupled with the continued improvement of newcomers such as Pippen and KJ, helped them return to this stage. He thought that this young Lakers team was equipped with a peak Timberwolves

, can beat the Knicks.

The glory of Show Time will continue to shine in the 1990s.

But tonight's game was beyond his knowledge, beyond his imagination, and the intensity reached a level that made his hair stand on end.

This Knicks made Riley understand why they have been unable to beat the Celtics.

When the game becomes barbaric and offense no longer works, defense, confrontation, physical combat, and crawling and rolling are the themes of the game, but the gorgeous Show Time can put down the pursuit of stars and go to the ground like the Celtics and Knicks.

Rolling?

No, even if Riley is willing, even if the tragic actor is willing, Jerry Bass is not willing.

Because that's not Show Time.

This made Riley feel deeply frustrated. Although the Lakers internally forgave him for holding a small training camp last year, which resulted in all the main players being injured and losing the finals, he realized that he was not wrong.

He also recalled what Louis said when he led the Celtics to defeat them for the first time.

When he asked Louis how he transformed the Celtics, Louis' answer was something he would never forget.

"I made them hate me."

To this day, having lost six consecutive Finals (seventh this year), Riley fully understands the meaning of that sentence.

He's not wrong. To defeat this Knicks, he needs a more ruthless team.

The Show Time Lakers will never be able to compete with the Knicks when Kim is out.

There is no time when Riley understands this more than now.

When he came to midfield, Riley said to Louis: "Coach Lu, I see the end of basketball in you."

"Pat, what kind of end is this?" Louis laughed, "This sport has no end. It will only spread infinitely as the rules change. There is no end at all."

Riley shook his head and said, "No, this is the end."

Well, if Riley insists that this is the end, what can Louie do?

"See you."

Louis walked towards the reporters at the scene.

"Coach Lu, what made you win this game?"

It seems difficult to expect sports reporters to be somewhat innovative.

Louis listened to the same questions, and naturally he could only give the same answers.

Instead, the post-match press conference, with media from all over the world, will be a bit innovative.

For example, if some reporters want to cause trouble, they will ask Ewing: "Do you think you have a chance to win the third FMVP?"

Fortunately, Louis had already anticipated this question in advance, so he prepared an answer for Ewing.

Ewing likes to make unfunny jokes with reporters, so the answer to this question is also a joke: "I already have two FMVPs, won't it be overflowing if I have more? Forget it, I care more about the championship than this.

quantity."

Wilson and Ewing are in lockstep.

The reporter in Boston wanted to stir up trouble and asked, "Benj, do you want to have a major season like Patrick?"

"It's not about desire." Wilson doesn't need the team's public relations. "It's about learning and tribute. Patrick has always been my benchmark. I will follow him in everything I do. He is a great leader. Without his help,

, I wouldn’t have won so much.”

Although Wilson and Ewing had some overt and covert struggles off the court, they had no problems on the court.

Wilson's emotional intelligence also greatly eased the conflict between the two parties.

Ewing's brows relaxed after hearing this, and he was very happy.

Louis added: "You can learn anything, just don't joke like him."

The scene was full of laughter and laughter, and the atmosphere was great.

On the way back to the locker room from the interview room, Louie met Jerry West.

"You guys go ahead," Louis said to Wilson and Ewing.

The two of them said hello to the LOGO man and left.

"What's the matter, Jerry?" The more Louis looked at West, the more he felt that he was waiting for him here on purpose, rather than a so-called chance encounter.

However, he insisted on this statement, so it was just a chance encounter.

"Didn't Elgin come with you?" West asked.

Louis didn't care about this matter.

Although Baylor is the general manager of the Knicks, he knows who is really in charge, so he has always worked diligently and never wanted to have any influence within the team.

He has never done anything like the general manager traveling with the team.

Louis doesn't mind Baylor traveling with the team, but he won't take the initiative to invite Baylor, but the Lakers are an exception.

If they have a chance to win the championship in Los Angeles, it will definitely be interesting to have Baylor accompany them and witness it together.

As a result, Louis forgot.

"Actually, this is the case..." Louis didn't tell West the truth. He thought there was nothing wrong with having a higher emotional intelligence. "Because Elgin thinks we can't win the championship away from home."

West smiled flatly: "This is not like his style. He is always optimistic."

"Hey Hey..."

Louis didn't explain much.

"Coach Lu, you may think you have won, but it's not over yet."

It seems that West really only came here because of Baylor's affairs.

"I hope so, Jerry. I also hope I can play more games with you."

The two sides said goodbye.

Louis returned to the dressing room without saying much. Others were interviewed when they had to be interviewed. Those who had nothing to do first went to the bus to wait.

Then, a little problem occurred.

Reggie Williams fought too hard in the game and sprained his left leg. He is doubtful for Game 6.

Although this is his first year joining the Knicks, Louis has used him very smoothly.

In less than half a season, he has replaced Danny Ainge and became one of the nine players in the main rotation. He is also a permanent member of the murderous press team. In the finals, he averaged 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 rebounds in 16 minutes per game.

Assists, efficient, stable and versatile.

His absence will cause a small problem, but it will not affect the overall situation.

Because the Knicks are too busy.

If Williams can't play, let Ainge play for a while, including Doug West, who can also play for a few minutes.

"Let me see, if Russ (Reggie Williams) can't play in Game 6, can we put Brad on the active list?"

Tomjanovich made a suggestion.

Brad Rohaus could still play in the past few years. This year, the Knicks are facing the worst year of the Louis era, and he has been on the DNP list for a long time.

Only one game has been played in the playoffs so far, and no game has been played in the finals.

"Let's take a look at Ruth's situation then."

If possible, Louis would naturally be willing to let Rohaus play in the final game, but if Williams recovers by then, it would be unreasonable not to let him play.

After the coaching staff finished planning, they all packed up and went to the bus to wait to return to the hotel.