The Rest, Only Noise

June 6, 1993, the opening day of the finals.

In the morning, the special plane of the Portland Trail Blazers landed in New York.

Sports Illustrated called them the Vengeance Team.

Jordan needs to give an account of his nine-year championship-free career;

Barkley needs to give an account of his sweat on the training ground;

Thomas needs to give himself an explanation;

Riley needs to prove he can succeed outside of the Lakers environment.

The Trail Blazers had so much demand that Riley's botched live performances could win people over.

Here's the thing, Riley looks back on the Knicks' 1988 win over the Celtics. Bird's back injury is a decisive factor, but the Knicks' mentality change from a newborn calf to a downhill tiger is also crucial.

Why did the Knicks go from a calf to a tiger? Because of their head coach, Louie, and Boston, everything has drawn the line.

Although Riley has nothing to do with New York, Riley has already copied so much homework, why bother with this one more?

So at the airport, when Riley was interviewed, he would first ask which media the other party was.

If it was the New York media, he would put on an air of arrogance: "I have nothing to say to you before the game is over."

Riley's actions sparked speculation and discussion among the New York media that "this person is afraid of something seriously ill".

But Riley has steel discipline, and he does it, and the players have to do it too.

Therefore, not only Riley, but the Blazers players also refused to be interviewed by the New York media.

Even if Riley loads 13, Jordan also loads 13?

It's hard not to spray the New York media.

But it will have to wait until tomorrow to start the spray. If the Knicks lose tonight, it is hard to say who they will spray.

Before going out that night, Louis saw Lorraine dressing up seriously, watching this posture, he knew he was going to watch the game, but he thought he was going to the Oscars to walk the red carpet.

"It's already very beautiful, and I won't be worthy of you if I dress up." Louis hoped that Lorraine would control his "attractiveness".

Lorraine smiled and said, "Coach Lu, when did you start to lose confidence?"

"Every time you come to the garden to watch football, the whole audience, men and women, is staring at you."

Whenever that time, Louis would look at his belly.

He would ask himself: Louie, why do you, a fat bastard, put up with this cabbage?

In fact, Louis is not fat enough to be called "dead fat", he just has a small belly that can't be reduced, and everything else is normal.

But this is like the flaw on Tsujii Honoka's lower abdomen, which is hard to ignore.

It's not that Louis is so small that his wife can be kicked over the jealous jar by being looked at a few more times. After all, Lorraine's appearance is at its peak, not to mention men, women will be stunned when they see it.

It's just that the more perfect Lorraine looks, the more obtrusive Louis thinks his belly.

Whenever Louis moaned like this, Ewing couldn't help but say, "Then you lost weight?"

And then Louie will get mad, because it's clearly a gorilla mocking his weight-loss endeavors.

"Let's use a lighter shade of lipstick." Louis turned into a master-husband, not only helping Lorraine choose clothes, but also helping her choose a lipstick color. "Rose red is too strong, and she looks like a bad woman."

Lorraine said innocently: "But I'm a good woman."

"Yeah, so let's choose a shade that's not so strong."

In addition to Lorraine, Lu Wuxia and Wang Zhizhi have to go to the scene to watch the game.

Lu Wuyan had no interest in the game, so she was left at home.

Madison Square Garden that night

The Garden is lively every night, and with or without the Knicks, MSG is one of the most famous gyms in the world.

Only today, the front-row fans who came to watch the game were either rich or expensive.

For them, it doesn't matter whether they can read the game or not, but it is important to have their own front row seat in the finals.

A year later, when he came to the garden again, Riley was filled with emotion.

"Coach Lu, do you think there are signs in the hearts of those who created the dynasty before the dynasty is ended?"

Riley asked with emotion when he saw Louie.

"I don't think so." Louis was willing to discuss the issue with him. "However, those who are determined to overthrow the dynasty will have a very strong hunch. Before we beat the Celtics in 1988, I felt We could win, and the Celtics had no sign of losing from the inside out."

Hearing this, Riley couldn't help laughing and said, "Coach Lu, don't you think it's right at the moment?"

Riley deliberately provoked this topic, just to compare today's Knicks to the Celtics back then?

In other words, today's Blazers are the Knicks in 1988?

Why does Riley think this way? Louis is unknown, but the analogy is not true.

Because before the Eastern Conference finals started that year, no one thought the Knicks would win.

That Knicks team was so young that no one but Dale Ellis could finish a game and say, "I'm at the peak of my career." The fact that the Knicks shouldn't have won, but they won, and that's what makes them special.

And what about today's pioneers? Fans who think they can win make up more than 60 percent of the audience.

They can't be considered young as a whole, and they have basically reached the peak of their careers.

This is completely different from the Knicks.

It can be said that the Knicks lost the future, and the Blazers lost no excuse.

And the fact is that most of them are optimistic about the pioneers.

Therefore, Riley insisted on coming up with this metaphor, and Louis did not say anything.

"Maybe, Pat."

The biggest difference between the Knicks and the Celtics is that the Celtics never thought they would lose, and Louie seems to have seen the scene of the Knicks being defeated.

This kind of thinking is a bit pessimistic, but considering the strength, personnel reserves, competitive state, and chemical reaction of both the enemy and the enemy, this result is in line with basketball logic.

But, just admit defeat?

This is not Louis' style.

In Louie's mind, there are many key factors in this round of the series, the Blazers' offensive and defensive strength and the challenges it brings, the Knicks' determination to defend the glory of the dynasty, and some uncontrollable variables.

The key is…

Louie looks at the court, where the players are warming up.

Ewing dunked and the ball fell to Wilson's feet.

Normally, Wilson should have returned the ball to Ewing, but he didn't.

He carries the ball away from Ewing and shoots from the perimeter.

Ewing didn't feel that there was anything wrong with it, and just stood under the basket and waited for others to shoot.

These two people have not met since the Garden of Eden Incident. They clearly hate each other, but they have to fight side by side.

After Ewing was taught a lesson by Louie in the locker room, he felt that he had many shortcomings and was walking on thin ice every day.

He could be the leader of others, but he couldn't bring Wilson to his heart.

The only thing he could get from Wilson was verbal approval.

The relationship between the two has deteriorated since that day.

That's the biggest X factor in the Finals.

The Knicks are very likely to lose to the incompetence of the core players, but there is also a slight possibility that they will find a common goal in this round of the series, let go of the unbearable past, and come together again.

So far, there's no sign of a reunion between Ewing and Wilson.

But Louis is still naively waiting for the turnaround to happen.

Once it happens, the Knicks will be completely different, and maybe by then, they'll really be a dynasty team that completely surpassed the 1984-1987 Celtics.

Before it happens, Louie needs to steady the team and pull out all the stops to get Riley in trouble.

It's not just a battle between the Knicks and the Blazers, it's a battle between Louie and Riley.

Since 1984, the Riley team has played against Louis many times without a win.

But in the past failures, Riley can't rely on the lineup. Losing is normal, winning is strange.

And this time, the Blazers have all the advantages, and if they lose again, Riley has no excuses.

Before the opening, NBC's Bob Costas and analyst Hubie Brown also discussed the matter.

About Louie and Riley as coaches who are better or worse.

Brown has a crooked butt, and of course he has to behave well when he encounters this kind of question: "This question should probably not be asked, because there is no doubt about the answer. Whether it is records, results or playing records, Louis is the one who has the upper hand. Also, Coach Riley is now in his second spring by imitating the Knicks game, and he has always been in the shadow of Louie, maybe we should ask how long it will take for Coach Riley to catch up with Louie."

Costas asked cooperatively, "Your answer?"

Brown laughed: "Considering their age... I think Coach Riley may never catch up with Louie~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Brown said that the Knicks fans were happy, and the warm-up was coming to an end.

When the team assembled, Isiah Thomas came to Louie to say hello: "Coach Lu, what you did in Boston five years ago, this time I want to recover everything for Larry and Ralph. "

"I'd rather believe in the tears of a crocodile than in you going to Portland to hug Mickey's thighs just to help Larry and Ralph get back the bill." Louis said heartily, "You idiot. The dwarf, it's just that Boston's two thighs can't hold you... Isaiah, do you think I'll give you a high look? You're wrong, it's you who convinced me that hugging thighs is the only way The difference between 0 and countless times is addictive.”

Thomas' smile disappeared in an instant, and his hatred for Louis deeply emerged in his eyes.

When Thomas walked back to Riley, Riley just wanted to reprimand him, because he didn't want to see the two sides having a reminiscence.

They are not friends, they are enemies.

However, Thomas' expression of rage said it all - Louie's got the job done for him.

"I don't think I need to say anything more to you," Riley said.

Thomas said coldly, "I don't need you to say anything to me."

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Can I break out now? Sure, but if I'm breaking out now, I'll only be able to get two chapters a day when the plot really gets to the point where it needs to break out.