The rest is just noise

At the end of January, the league announced its roster for the 1993 All-Star Weekend.

As in previous years, the Knicks, as a major All-Star player, still have four players selected this year.

They are Wilson, Ewing, Stockton and Kemp.

Miller was invited to participate in the three-point contest.

Rookie coach Billy Donovan, who led the team to the first record in the Eastern Conference, accepted the league's invitation to become the head coach of the Eastern Stars.

Donovan has achieved such results in his first year as the coach of the road system, which has attracted the attention of the outside world.

Some people also say that the Heat already have a good record and the coach is just the icing on the cake.

This is a question that Donovan must face. As a young head coach, he can coach a strong team as soon as he comes up, which is inseparable from Louis' behind-the-scenes planning.

And he needs to walk the rest of the way by himself.

Louis was happy for him and looked forward to the next meeting.

Entering February, Louie's 600th win is still big news in New York.

At the beginning of the month, the Knicks defeated the Bullets, which was Louis' 597th victory.

The next three opponents are all strong enemies, one is the Jazz from the Western Conference, and the other is the current No. 1 Heat in the Eastern Conference.

The Knicks will play two games in a row with the Heat at home and away.

After a hard fight, Malone scored 42 points and the Knicks defeated the Jazz at home.

Then we ushered in the Heat, ranked first in the Eastern Conference.

The last time they met, the Knicks lost to the Heat.

When Donovan returned to Madison Square Garden, the fans cheered him.

"Coach Lu, you can never imagine how much I miss the MSG game atmosphere." Donovan said excitedly.

Louis really couldn't imagine it, because Miami is a city that is not inferior to New York.

Donovan must be in awe, can he still miss MSG?

"I hope I can win two consecutive games against you. After winning 600 games, the media will stop talking about this in my ears every day." Louis said helplessly, "Do you know how much I annoy them?"

Donovan couldn't tell from Louis' face how much he was annoyed with the media, but he could see that he was in Versailles.

Since Louis debuted in Boston, he has played only 9 seasons, but has won 598 games.

9 seasons, 598 regular season wins.

What a brilliant achievement is this? Many coaches may not have 500 wins in 10 seasons.

"A victory that is too easy is probably not worth remembering." Donovan smiled, "We will play with intensity."

If you look at the Heat's lineup, you'll know why they are No. 1 in the Eastern Conference.

It's Joe Dumas, Petrovich, Reggie Lewis, Hank Gathers, Rick Mahon.

Sitting off the court were Antonio/Dale Davis, Randy Brown, Malik Healy, Vernon Maxwell, and P-J Brown.

They have at least 11 guys who can play.

Donovan was influenced by Louis and likes to play long rotations. The Heat's rich card is suitable for him to play.

He specially designed a two-base and three-high pocket formation specifically for the Heat, which amplified the wide range of activities of Hanks and Lewis and their excellent assist defense capabilities.

As the Heat's outside core and ace, Petrovic currently averages 24 points per game.

This is not his ultimate scoring ability.

Like Wilson and Jordan, he was limited in scoring performance because of the strength of his respective team's lineup.

In order to prevent Petrovic's tragedy from happening again, Louis told Lewis Shafir to hire a retired special forces bodyguard to return home with Petrovic during the offseason.

Go in and out together.

When we go out to eat, have fun, participate in activities, or play national team games, no matter what we do, our bodyguards always go with us.

Petrovich was not allowed to do anything the bodyguards could do.

In terms of the team, Shafir has enough reasons to hire a bodyguard for Petrovich.

The situation in the former Yugoslavia is tense and violent conflicts are frequent. As the core player of the team, Petrović wants to return to his country, so the team naturally wants to ensure his safety, so sending one or two bodyguards is not excessive, right?

In any case, hiring a bodyguard didn't cost Petrovich any money, so he wouldn't even be grateful, let alone object.

This was a difficult game and the two sides played into overtime.

Petrovic is a crazy star.

If he is in normal condition, he is an average All-Star player. Once he has a seizure, even a superstar like Jordan Wilson will be defeated by him in a matter of minutes if he cannot adjust his condition.

There may be only a dozen or so games in a season where Petrovic suffers from convulsions.

The Knicks were unlucky to encounter another one.

That's right, Petrovic was also suffering from convulsions last time he played against the Heat.

Wilson is like Petrovich's exclusive stimulant. When he sees him, the Mozart of basketball becomes excited, his hands feel hot, and his competitive state is like that of Curry who keeps shaking his head while shooting three-pointers crazily.

Mohammad Rauf's two three-pointers in the last 30 seconds of overtime put the game in suspense.

Hank Gathers' key shot sealed the victory for the Heat.

If the Knicks could have used the excuse that they didn't take the Heat seriously last time, then this time they were defeated despite taking the Heat seriously.

"Thank you for allowing us to win this game."

Louis noticed that Donovan was getting weaker and weaker.

"How many days will it be until our next fight?"

Louis asked with a smile.

"Two days later."

"Let your people be prepared." Louis' smile suddenly showed murderous intent, "If you are not prepared, I'm afraid you will lose badly."

Donovan believed that Louis didn't say this to scare him.

"We will be ready."

Then there was the question of whether Wilson should shave his head.

Wilson himself didn't want to shave his head, but if Louis asked him to admit defeat, he would shave his head.

Louis thought for a while and decided not to let him shave his head.

One of the most abominable things that these two bastards, Jordan and Kobe, ever did was to make people think that bald heads were handsome.

The truth is cruel, he is a handsome guy with a bald head

Originally, Wilson still had the appearance of a star if he took good care of himself, but that face was just a piece of cake in a league with lots of crooked melons and cracked dates. If he shaved his head, his image and temperament might have to be closer to that of migrant worker Du.

There were some details that needed to be summarized in the loss to the Heat, but Louis was not angry.

The Heat are indeed strong and deserve to be No. 1 in the Eastern Conference, but the Knicks now are like the Celtics in the late stages of the last decade's dynasty.

Even if they are not ranked first in the division, they will not worry about their playoff chances.

Players gradually learn not to be serious in the regular season, and they will lose some focus games that others care about.

They played hard, but they still didn't use their full strength.

The Heat reminded Louis of the Knicks in the 1986-87 season. In that season, they also beat the Celtics twice in the regular season, and then were coached by the Celtics in the second half of the schedule. In the playoffs, they were even beaten by 4

Defeated by 2.

There were also classic battles such as the "Epipic of the Day of Mourning".

Now, the positions are reversed.

The Knicks sit where the Celtics did back then, and the Heat were the Knicks at that time. However, that Knicks team was built by Louis and became stronger every year. Although the Heat were the "trumpet" controlled by Louis, this little team

The purpose of its existence is to have fun for itself and maintain a strategic alliance with Lewis Shafir.

So the Heat's reinforcements all depend on how much of an obstacle Louis wants to create for himself on his way out of the Eastern Conference.

The next day, Louis worked normally.

Sean Kemp's agent Tony Doute came to the Blue Palace to start negotiations for the 33rd contract extension.

This time, however, he is no longer seeking an agreement with Baylor.

He came directly to Louis' office and wanted to negotiate a result.

"Coach Lu, if there is no result today, we will leave the suspense until the summer!"

Dutt had a look of determination on his face, and both his and Kemp's patience had been exhausted.

Louis smiled, wasn't he waiting for this day?

Dutt, this heartless fool, finally came to see him.

Louis put down the information in his hand, stood up and asked politely: "Would you like anything to drink?"

"It would be great if I could have a Bloody Margarita," Dutt said cautiously.

Louis laughed.

"Tony, I only have a self-service vending machine here. If you can get a bloody margarita in it, I will cover the cost of your future drinks."

Louis is also a joker.

As usual, he would use Coke to "warm up" his condition.

Dutt was joking, but he also looked at Louis seriously.

Louis has always had a reputation as a tough guy in professional basketball circles, but he looks too young and doesn't look like the kind of person who makes a decision and never looks back.

Is this the young man who directly gave Patrick Ewing $30 million over 10 years in 1985?

How old was he then?

25?

Or 26?