The rest is just noise

You can be friends with them, but the prerequisite is that you must be their coach.

Many years later, Louis would summarize his philosophy of controlling people's hearts this way.

John Stockton was the first player appointed by Louis after he came to New York. He worked with him the longest and was the most trusted. After winning five championships under him and becoming the greatest point guard in history, John Stockton

The relationship with him deteriorated due to some things.

New York is Vanity Fair.

What is fame and fortune? Classmate Rodman summed it up well: Fame and fortune are appearance.

The characteristic of Biaozi is his ruthlessness, which is why Stockton and Louis fell out.

Now, Stockton has clearly affected his authority, and he must suppress the opponent's arrogance, just like he suppressed Yinsaiah Thomas in Boston.

When Stockton heard Louis' "I don't care" words, his eyes were full of anger.

"I will not seek your forgiveness on this matter. Remember, I have a clear conscience. If you insist on hating me for this matter, I don't care. I just want to remind you that I am still you."

Coach, if you don’t respect me, get the fuck out of here, do you understand?”

Stockton and Louis' nearly ten-year friendship evaporated.

He responded coldly: "Understood."

"Go away." Louis raised his legs on the desk.

At that moment, Louis felt much younger, as if he had returned to the days when he took over the coaching staff from Bill Fitch 10 years ago.

He was also a high-spirited and passionate man.

Fame and fortune not only changed the Knicks internally, but also smoothed Louis' sharp edges.

To this day, Louis is certain that conservative coaching methods can no longer get the team back on track.

Although the Knicks' achievements are surprising enough, today's achievement of five consecutive championships can almost be regarded as an unprecedented honor.

However, if we stop here, we will inevitably be unwilling to give up.

Louis didn't want to wait until many years later to look back on this story and find that he didn't do his best.

Maybe it was too late now, but he cheered up.

The fallout from the disaster of Mohammad Rauf's press conference continues to unfold.

The league was the first to react.

Rauf was not suspended, but was fined $10,000 for hurting the league's image.

He was not suspended because no player in history has ever cursed in a press conference.

Even for someone like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who treats reporters like a virus, the most he can do is put on a bad face and answer questions impatiently. Apart from that, there is no other unacceptable move.

Moreover, Rauf's performance was not purely out of control. The Knicks' external explanation was that he was "sick."

It is a fact that Rauf has Tourette Syndrome, and it is also a fact that he fell ill that day. However, reporters and everyone who knows him know that the curse words he uttered are definitely his thoughts.

Because when patients with Tourette syndrome become ill involuntarily, their speech pattern is a normal sentence mixed with a swear word, but Rauf went from scolding him when he was sick to being called out by his publicist that day.

It can only be said that Tourette syndrome played a positive role in Rauf for the first time.

For Rauf, it would be really difficult for him to swallow that breath without scolding him.

It was Raouf who was suffering from a strange disease that allowed Louis to find a breakthrough.

If the outside world wants to promote Rauf's unpatriotic behavior, which will affect the entire Knicks team, they will promote Rauf's illness. At the same time, they attribute all Rauf's behaviors that ordinary people cannot understand to Tourette's Syndrome.

Depend on.

The New York media was mobilized.

Although Rauf's words and deeds have made many people dissatisfied, if this controversy is not handled well, it is likely to affect the Knicks' preparations for the game.

Benjamin Wilson's team chose this moment to announce: "Benj officially serves as the Tourette Syndrome Ambassador from today."

"I can't imagine how much pain this disease has brought to you (referring to patients), but I have seen a lot of sad things in MAR. I hope everyone will pay more attention to them. They are flesh and blood just like us. Those

Uncontrollable shaking and swearing are the most beautiful things in the world in my eyes."

Wilson's image has certainly been elevated several levels as a result.

Ewing's team could only watch.

This is something Ewing could never do.

Even if he wanted to be an ambassador for some strange disease, no one could sympathize with him.

Just like the characteristic of being stupid, when it comes to beautiful and handsome men, it's called being cute, but when it comes to other people, it's just **.

The attacks on Rauf and the Knicks did not stop, but the Knicks' response was textbook and successfully diverted public attention.

Finally, the negative impact of a public relations accident was minimized.

Then, they can cheer up and settle their scores with the Hornets who pushed them to this point.

Tonight, when Louis met with Hornets head coach Alan Bristow, he specifically asked: "What I say next may be a bit presumptuous, but I am particularly curious, what is your team's record for points lost in a single game?"

After all, Bristow is a man who has been involved in professional basketball for decades. Louis' question is definitely not out of curiosity about the history of the Hornets.

"Little Lu, what do you mean?"

"Little Lu?" Louis said disgustedly, "Coach Bristol, do I know you so well that you just call me that? Besides, I'm not 'little' at all to you, a mere second-year rookie coach.

You dare to call me 'Little Lu'?"

Louis said arrogantly: "To you, I am a muscle tyrant stronger than Arnold Schwarzenegger, please show some respect to me!"

Bristol's expression changed drastically: "What did you say?"

"It seems that no one has taught you how to spell the word respect." Louis smiled coldly, "It doesn't matter, I will teach you how to spell the word respect."

The two sides broke up on bad terms, and the Knicks had quite a mystery tonight.

Louis benched Stockton, seemingly in retaliation for the latter's recent disobedience, but in fact, benching him and Rauf was just to make the team's offense more dynamic."

"Tonight, I just want to see us keep scoring goals. If we can win by 50 points, we will never win by 49 points. If anyone is so merciless, they won't have to go to the away game with us the day after tomorrow!"

Except for Stockton, the Knicks' other four players remain unchanged.

The Hornets on the opposite side are not weaker than the Knicks based on their book strength alone.

The interior core includes Larry Johnson;

The core outsiders include Dale Ellis and Glenn Rice, and Rex Chapman sits off the court;

The backcourt is not weak either. Porter and Blue Edwards, the former Blazers backcourt duo, both performed well last season.

Looking at it this way, the Hornets seem to have abundant human resources.

But when I started playing, I realized something was wrong.

When Porter meets the Knicks, he comes with a weakening BUFF;

Lace can only compete with Wilson when his hand is full;

When Miller overpowered Ellis in his rookie season, it was not because of his strength, but now, as an off-ball shooter, Miller has indeed surpassed Ellis;

Kemp just beat Big Mom in the last game;

Ewing and Song Tao have never been a fair matchup. Game 1 was able to play vigorously because the gorilla was too kind-hearted and missed old friendships. It was different tonight. If the Hornets couldn't beat them on the court, they resorted to outside moves in an attempt to rely on public opinion.

To influence the Knicks' mentality.

Fortunately, the Knicks handled it well and did not let the big pace off the court affect them.

Now that he has calmed down, it is impossible for Ewing to hold back on Song Tao.

Beating up the Hornets' center was no longer enough for him, he wanted to beat up the Hornets' inside line.

Louis said that he was not qualified as a leader, and he had to prove that he was a qualified leader.

At the beginning, Ewing unexpectedly lost to Song Tao on a jump ball.

Although his teammates were surprised, they quickly got into a defensive rhythm.

Porter held the ball from the outside and passed Rauf's defense and went straight to the basket. However, Kemp and Ewing were waiting for him in the penalty area.

Kemp also cunningly chose to empty some areas to make Porter think they were safe.

When he broke into the penalty area, Kemp's big hat made him understand that "it's safe here."

If the attack misses, it is a small attack; if it cannot stop the counterattack, it is a big attack.

As soon as Bol was blocked by Kemp, the Knicks' counterattack started.

The person who promoted the fast break was Wilson.

He is located in the middle, and Stockton usually stands on this line to instigate wonderful defensive counterattacks.

Stockton is not available today. In addition to being good at offense and defense, Wilson also has to be the playmaker in the lineup to lead the team.

Wilson does not have Stockton's overall view of the situation, but locally, his instigating ability is very important.

Miller followed the fast break and Wilson fed the ball on the spot.

After Miller hit a three-pointer, he faced the Hornets coach and shouted: "That big-tongued coach, you can bring this sentence to reporters. From the beginning of this game to the end of the series, we will refresh every game."

Your record for losing points in a single game!”