The rest is just noise

The Knicks worked together and the game reached a turning point.

It only took one quarter of game time for the Hornets to go from leading to falling behind.

In the fourth quarter, silent assassin Dale Ellis hit consecutive three-pointers.

It was as if he was possessed by some indescribable evil spirit, and he could score no matter how hard he shot.

Louis thought about how he faced Bird in the 1988 Eastern Conference Finals.

It's rare to see this kind of unstoppable scoring momentum, but as long as it happens, something magical will happen.

Unfortunately, Ellis' teammates are too young. They don't know how rare a shooter like this is, let alone passing the ball to Ellis as their only chance to win the game.

Young people are always like this, thinking that the world is in their hands.

In the first three minutes of the fourth quarter, Ellis hit four consecutive three-pointers.

According to that momentum, even if he hits 10 three-pointers in a single quarter, Louis will not be surprised.

But suddenly, Ellis' teammates stopped passing the ball. They thought Ellis had done enough. Ellis' three-point rain helped the Hornets close to 2 points, and they wanted to seize the rest.

Chance.

The young man took Ellis aside as a matter of course.

Auntie wants to play singles, Lais wants to shoot a three-pointer...

They each have their own needs.

Head coach Allen Bristow called a timeout to arrange tactics in order to let them pass the ball to Ellis.

The tactic is very simple. Auntie only needs to come to the high post to provide an off-ball screen for Ellis. It doesn't need to be of high quality, just to hang him up a little.

But on this matter, the aunt can do 10 points but only exert 1 point of effort.

Since Bennett's "Walking Pick-and-Roll.GIF", Louis hasn't seen NBA players perform such a sloppy pick-and-roll for a long time.

Is this a pick-and-roll? This is clearly telling Ellis, "Don't let mom want to shoot, stand in the corner and open up space for me."

Now Louis understands why Thomas only stayed for one season before he realized that instead of starting from scratch, it would be better to have something magical come from heaven.

The foolish young men of the Wasps have proved with practical actions what it means to be deficient and resourceful.

Ellis gave up his movement and allowed the young man to perform.

Bristol lost control of them.

Although it has not yet reached the stage of "who the hell are you?", the trend of adopted children becoming fathers is already very clear.

In this way, Ellis never got another shot until the end of the game.

Bristol's indulgence of young people has had disastrous consequences.

The Hornets had a chance to defeat the Knicks, but in the end, under the leadership of young people, they were defeated by the Knicks by 17 points.

Hornets fans who longed to see the storm of youth only saw the sandstorm of youth tonight.

"From being behind by 2 points to being behind by 17 points, it was only 9 minutes. What happened in the last nine minutes of this game?"

Dell Ellis reluctantly walked up to Louis and frankly expressed that he missed playing in New York.

"Coach, I haven't had a happy day in Charlotte," Ellis said.

Ellis' words made Louis feel nervous.

Ellis played a major role in the Knicks' first championship in the 1980s, but was selected by the Hornets in the expansion draft.

The Knicks lost their best second guard without any gain.

The outside world couldn't understand it, but Louis knew exactly what he was doing.

Although Ellis is good, he has many uncontrollable off-field factors, and with Miller as a great guy to fill in, there is no need to worry at all.

Although Ellis played as a substitute in his last season with the Knicks, this situation was not sustainable. At that time, he was in the best stage of his career. For the long-term development of the team, it was common for him to endure humiliation and serve as a substitute for one year, but

It’s not often that someone gives up his peak period and decides to be a substitute for the sake of the team.

In addition, the Knicks still need to train Miller and Hornacek. After Ellis leaves, his time is just right for these two people.

As it turns out, Ellis' departure facilitated the advancement of Hornacek and Miller, both of whom were instrumental in the Knicks' dynasty's path to dominance.

Ellis felt this way today, and Louis had nothing else to say except comforting him.

The truth is very realistic and cruel.

The Knicks no longer need Dale Ellis at this stage.

After talking to Ellis, Louis walked to the sidelines.

NBC reporters naturally asked Kemp about renewing his contract.

Louis had no intention of hiding it.

"Sean wasn't awake enough on the court, so I asked him to go back to the locker room and calm down."

NBC's reporter asked: "Is Sean's unclear mind related to the failure of the contract renewal?"

"I don't know, maybe there is, maybe there isn't."

Louis did not reveal too much information to reporters.

He returned to the locker room, glanced at Kemp, and wanted to scold him, but he never had the habit of scolding his players at the end of the game.

The only time he had a "meeting" directly in the locker room after a game was in the 1983 Eastern Conference semifinals.

He was the acting coach of the Celtics at the time. Although he led the team to win two games, they were defeated by the Bucks in the sixth game.

In order to establish his authority, Louis scolded the entire team severely.

That was the only time. After that, no matter how dissatisfied Louis was with losing, he never broke out in the locker room.

Same today.

"I hope you remember that we are where we are today, never because of the strength of one person. In terms of strength, Patrick is not the number one center in the league, and Benj is not the number one small forward in the league. We are not number one in the league in any position.

players. The reason why the Knicks were able to win five consecutive championships is because we are invincible as a collective. I cherish every night coaching you, and I hope we can win more championships together. If anyone dares to sabotage us

The basis for winning, no matter who it is, I will remove him from this team."

"This is my first and only warning."

Louis looked at Kemp like a god of death.

Louis' tone was almost threatening, and no one dared to joke with him about it.

The locker room seemed to have suddenly lost oxygen, making it difficult for everyone to breathe.

It wasn't until Louis walked out of the locker room that Ewing cursed Kemp.

"Are you fucking brainless? Look at what the fuck you did tonight!"

Willis Reed said coldly: "I don't think he is stupid, he just has no brains!"

Reed joined in and formed a doubles team with Ewing to attack Kemp.

Kemp thought Louis' threat was scary enough, but he didn't expect the criticism from Ewing and Reid to be even more terrifying.

The characteristic of these two people is that they don't leave any room in their words and don't care about his face at all.

Wilson was not involved.

Kemp is Ewing's man, and Ewing's leadership off the court is superior to his.

Ewing likes to assume the role of a leader and teach others.

Times writer Dave Anderson once vividly commented: "The Knicks have two leaders, one who leads off the court and one who leads on the court."

Wilson is the one leading the field.

He consciously left matters off the court to Ewing. It's not that he couldn't do it, but that he truly regarded Ewing as the team leader.

That's what leaders should do.

Wilson quietly left the locker room and caught up with Louis.

"Benj? Is something wrong?" Louis asked.

Wilson said: "Sean's contract extension negotiations are progressing slowly, does it have something to do with me?"

"It's not convenient for me to tell you about this matter." Louis smiled.

Even if Louis didn't say it, Wilson had his own source of information.

His agent suggested that he use Louis's relationship to lower Kemp's contract extension.

Wolfe's suggestion was severely opposed by Wilson.

"Coach Lu will take care of it." These were Wilson's exact words at the time.

When Ewing renewed his contract last season, Wolfe also strongly expressed his dissatisfaction, but it was still Wilson who suppressed him and told him not to overreact.

Now there is no result yet on Kemp's contract extension, and Wilson can guess why.

"Coach, the salary cap changes every year. This year's maximum salary will be just an ordinary maximum salary in one or two years."

There is a selfless light about Wilson.

He is New York basketball's greatest treasure.

Because he puts the team first, he is able to accept many things that are unacceptable to others.

"Coach, don't affect the internal harmony for me. Give Sean the price he wants. We have longer-term goals and we can't get stuck here."

If every player was as sensible as Benj, Louis would be the happiest man in the world.

"You look more like Sean's manager than that bastard named Dutt." Louis snorted, "You don't need to worry about this matter, I have my own sense of proportion."

It is because Benj is so sensible that Louis wants to fight for him.

Until Wilson signs a third contract, no one except Ewing can make more than him.

This is Louis' bottom line.

Benj can give up the so-called fame and fortune in order to take the overall situation into consideration, and Louis must also fight for his attitude of putting the overall situation first.

"Let's go, the reporters are waiting for me."

Louis said without looking back.