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Chapter 801 The conqueror finally rules the forum

The Suns performed well, and until Kevin Johnson beat Stockton, the momentum of the game never clearly favored which side.

The Knicks can only say that they have an advantage, but this advantage can be big or small.

After Chris Jackson was substituted, he played the rest of the first half.

In less than three and a half minutes, Jackson showed how a standard ball-handling core in the small ball era used his advanced skills to influence the game.

Within a few minutes, Jackson made 3 of 6 shots, including 3 of 4 three-pointers. All the shots he missed were made within the three-point line.

12 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists in the half.

Not only was his performance equal to that of Kevin Johnson, in terms of efficiency and scoring ratio in those minutes, he played better than KJ, allowing the Knicks to enter the second half with a 15-point advantage.

"CJ reminds me of Pete Maravich." Louis always has no scruples when he praises his players, unless the target of praise is Ewing - although Louis never believed in the existence of Ewing's law, he believed that,

There is a code of character for Ewing. As long as someone brags about his performance, he will most likely have diarrhea in the next game.

"I keep saying how special he is, and you always take my words as a compliment. However, I will not compliment a player who has just arrived in the Knicks for no reason. The Knicks are the defending champions, and we have

There are many good players and the competition within the team is fierce. CJ was able to sit firmly in the rotation in his first season. As long as you seriously think about what this means, you will know how much I appreciate him."

NBC's reporter asked: "Coach Lu, can you tell us specifically how special CJ ​​is?"

"I really like the comparison between him and Pete. When we watch him play now, it's like people in the 1970s watched Pete play on the court and watched "Star Wars" in the movie theater. He was ahead of his time, ahead of our time."

Louis smiled at the camera and said, "He is the most important signing we made in the offseason."

Anyone who is familiar with Louis can hear something unusual in his words.

It's true that Louis is a high-profile person.

Since his debut, he has been as passionate and crazy as Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen. There were many old-school coaches who looked down on him, and then he led the team and slaughtered them over and over again.

To this day, those who looked down upon him have either retired from the industry or changed their views.

For Louis, who already holds five championship rings, no one dares to look at his achievements with contempt.

He is the Mount Everest of professional basketball.

As his identity and status changed, Louis's style of dealing with things would also change.

He is smoother and more stable than in 1984, and will no longer want to make a certain team pay a bloody price.

Even when Louis was at his most frivolous, he would not show a triumphant face to disgust his opponent after making a profit in the transaction. Because he knew that they might still have contacts in the future, and what would he do if he offended the other party?

Is there any advantage in trading?

Therefore, unless there is animosity between the two parties, Louis will not emphasize how much advantage he took in the transaction.

But today, he emphasized the importance of Chris Jackson to NBC reporters and vowed that he is the Knicks' most important reinforcement this summer.

Just before the start of the new season, the Celtics also believed that exchanging Chris Jackson from the Knicks for multiple draft picks was the best deal for Dave Gavitt.

As the new season began, Billy Owens was a huge disappointment, and Doug Smith showed a heartbreaking performance in Boston in just a few games. At the same time, Chris Jackson squeezed into the rotation with the Knicks.

Become Stockton's first substitute.

This matter is no small matter.

Stockton's substitutes include Danny Ainge, Vernon Maxwell, and Reggie Williams. Although there is no full-time point guard, they can all play point guard. As a notorious parallel import, Jackson can actually

Competing against them, winning the substitute position, and forcing Anji to death on the bench, in itself speaks volumes.

Then, Jackson's performance in the new season also touched the hearts of Boston people.

He doesn't look like a parallel importer.

His performance in the Knicks alone is enough to be a starter in the Celtics. After all, the Celtics have now been reduced to letting Cheeks and John Bagley control the ball.

If they just missed Jackson, the Boston people wouldn't be so uncomfortable.

To their dismay, the team traded Steve Smith and Reggie Lewis for Billy Owens.

If in some small draft years, the No. 5 pick is replaced by the No. 2 pick, a maximum of one draft pick will be added.

But this is a big year for the draft, and there are only four spots in the top four.

However, no matter how single the pick is, it won't be enough to get a quasi-All-Star + the No. 5 pick in exchange for the No. 2 pick.

If Owens performs like Bird did, the fans will definitely praise Gavitt without saying anything. Now, the two people who have been transferred to Miami have performed well, and Owens is actually not bad in Boston, averaging 15+ per game.

7+5 is quite comprehensive, but if the Boston people had known that he was at this level, they wouldn't have been able to make this deal even if they killed Gavitt.

After the start of the new season, criticism of the Celtics' summer operations came one after another from New England.

Now, back to the original question, why did Louis rush to say that the Knicks made a lot of money by introducing Jackson? Does he have any conflicts with the Celtics?

Even if the Knicks and Celtics are rivals in the East, Louis shouldn't do this.

Because Louis has close personal relationships with many people in the Celtics' top brass, when this happened, news began to spread about the breakdown of Louis' friendship with Boston's top brass.

The Boston management, which was scrambling to calm public opinion, finally realized what role Louis played in last summer's trade.

They only need to carefully review the trading to know when Louis started trading.

By that time, what Louis did behind the scenes will naturally come to light.

That's what Louis wants the Celtics front office to realize.

They must know who set up everything that happened in Xia Tian.

The Celtics' hopes of capturing Sampson's peak years were destroyed by who.

And, most importantly, why did Louis do this?

Louis looked forward to the call from Boston, and even more to the question, because he had the same question in his heart.

Why would Boston withhold key information in the Chris Jackson trade in order to achieve the purpose of the trade and entrap the Knicks when he had done nothing detrimental to Boston?

In professional sports, it is normal for teams to calculate against each other.

But favor is applicable everywhere.

Louis came out of Boston, no matter what, he is considered a member of the Celtic faction, with green blood in his body, so he will not cheat the Celtics when he cheats anyone.

However, the Celtics were planning to trick people with Chris Jackson, but they thought of the Knicks first?

Louis really wants to know, who made this decision?

What kind of thoughts do you have in doing this?

Is it Auerbach or Dave Gavitt?

No matter who it was, Louis would never forgive him. He was waiting for a call from Boston.

He believed the call would come soon.

Someone in Boston will definitely hold accountable the ungrateful Coach Road.

In the second half against the Suns, the situation was basically under Louis' control.

Whenever the Suns have the momentum to counterattack, the Knicks will suppress them immediately.

By the end of the game, the Knicks led by 19 points and beat the Suns.

Louis noticed that Stockton became much more aggressive after coming up in the second half, and it was probably because he was stimulated by Chris Jackson.

Louis doesn't dislike competition within the team.

This old boy Stockton should have some sense of crisis.

Louis does not doubt Stockton's professional attitude and believes that he has fully realized his potential. Whether in Utah in his previous life or in New York in this life, the noise outside the stadium has not affected him as a professional player who is uncontested.

But Louis is a man who likes changes.

He didn't want Stockton to be a boring person like in his previous life. Although he could still get what he wanted, it was too boring.

Stockton should raise his standards for himself, which is also one of Jackson's roles.

After passing the sun, the Knicks had a smooth ride.

Overturned the Cavaliers with 30 points.

Then they met the Lakers for the first time in the following season. The Lakers, who had lost their tragedy, were still the top team in the Western Conference, but they were in a period of confusion.

They are Showtime. Suddenly, the person who hosted Showtime retired, what should the others do? Should they continue to play Showtime, or should they find their own style?

Pippen got lost in the process, and David Robinson became the backbone of the team, successfully beating Rodman's six fouls.

While the Admiral was showing off his might, Ewing also showed unparalleled offensive and defensive dominance.

This was a battle between giants in Huashan. Robinson scored 39 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 blocks and 2 steals. With the help of the system, Ewing scored an astonishing 53 points, 12 rebounds and 8 blocks, an astonishing near-triple double.

Although the Giants were the protagonists of this game, the defender's big heart was even more eye-catching until the final ball was played.

Jeff Hornacek hit a game-winning three-pointer with 6 seconds left before the end of the game that turned the Lakers into victory.

112 to 111

The fans on the forum were shouting like they were on stimulants.

Hornacek gestured to his old Knicks friends, as if to say: Sorry, you can't win this game.

Wilson sneered and asked Louis for instructions: "Can you give me the last ball?"

"Patrick, what's your opinion?" Louis couldn't help but take care of the feelings of the person who scored 53 points.

Ewing snorted: "Do I have a choice?"

"Then you fight, Benj!" Louis drew up a strategy.

A simple tactic, Wilson receives the ball at the top of the arc and Ewing picks and rolls.

It takes Wilson less than a second to decide whether to shoot from the spot or break through to the paint.

Ewing's pick-and-roll quality is unique among centers. His upper body is stronger than Sampson, and his pick-and-roll position selection and small movements are far better than Robinson.

There is no comparison with this guy.

Ewing's pick-and-roll helped Wilson create the best offensive opportunity.

He directly knocked Pippen, who was guarding Wilson, to the ground. Wilson pulled up from the outside, and the light came on and the ball went in.

"Yes!!!!" Groom Albert's iconic roar, "The Conqueror finally rules the Forum!"