The Rest, Only Noise Chapter 568

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Ainge made two free throws, the Celtics lost the ball, and lost Bird, not only the team's first core and the game's leading scorer so far.

Bird had a similar effect on his teammates as James had on his team.

Of course, the Celtics have two superstars, and even if Bird isn't there, they're a strong team.

It's just that, only when Bird was on the court, they were the king's division that beat the Lakers to rebuild.

Thomas listened to Byrd.

That hasn't changed since Louie established the power hierarchy within the Celtics in 1984. Bird has the highest authority, followed by Sampson, and he is third. No matter who it is, it is a matter of course. Even he is moved by his victories year after year, and he is willing to be a green leaf for them.

Four years later, Bird has been promoted from "Legend of Larry" to "GOAT", and Sampson has been promoted from "One and Only" to a monster who can compete with Chamberlain, Russell and Kareem for the first center in history. And he will always be the No. 3 player for the Celtics, no one knows how strong he really is.

Now, he finds Sampson to play the pick-and-roll. Give the ball to Sampson first, and Sampson will pass the ball to find him.

At the basket, Thomas made a high throw and scored.

80 to 87

The Celtics, who have chased 4 points in a round, still have room to spare.

Ewing missed Sampson with his back, and the Celtics, who were protecting the defensive rebound, wanted to play a fast break, but the Knicks pressed the court and blocked Ainge's way.

Hornacek's defense is very strong, and his prediction of the ball line is also accurate.

Plus, Rodman's double-team pressure.

Ainge reluctantly passed the ball, Thomas was just about to break through the defense, Cooper used a physical foul and knocked Thomas to the ground.

"The Knicks' fouls are unlimited, they don't care about the life and death of their opponents!"

Thomas sat on the ground chewing gum, and the more he did, the stronger his fighting spirit grew.

He held the ball on the perimeter, thumped it, and threw Hornacek's defense out of the way, dribbled it to the rim, and gave it to Sampson.

Sampson feinted a shot and failed to trigger Ewing, but with his beautiful footsteps, he swayed his shoulders, turned around, took a step, and hit the rebound at the basket.

82 to 87

The Celtics, who chased 6 points in a row, gave fans hope, and then Cooper's long pass.

Wilson attacked at full speed and beat the green army by surprise. When the fierce-faced Lanbir took off, he violently elbowed his body.

Wilson tossed the ball while taking the hard hit.

The referee blew the whistle, Wilson scored like a fast break, silenced the garden, and then issued a louder boo to question the referee's 2+1 decision, controlling the Celtics' counter-attack momentum.

Louis felt more and more difficult to breathe. This kind of pressure, knowing that the opponent was about to explode, could not be stopped. He could only pray that the pressure that his players could withstand was beyond the control of the coach.

Superstars start hitting unusual shots, scoring unreasonably in unreasonable ways, what can a coach do?

Louie stared at Thomas sternly.

His explosiveness was unusual.

He is not the type of Bird who shoots every attack by himself, but strengthens his own offense while looking for opportunities for his teammates to open up. He's playing in the right way, freeing Sampson and making his teammates feel like Bird is still on the floor.

Louie has long known that he is the Celtics' most underrated player.

The rapid change of direction can easily penetrate the defense of the Knicks players. Every time he changes direction, he completes the freezing of the ankle.

In the four minutes that Bird was off the court, he scored 6 points and 2 assists in a row.

All of the Celtics' scoring is about him, and the limits of the murder press seem to be non-existent.

He doesn't care about the people around him at all, because he knows that if he doesn't exert all his strength, he can't win against the Knicks.

89 to 95

With 6 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Louie requested a timeout.

It was one of only two timeouts left for the Knicks.

Louie replaced McHale, who had no role in offense and obviously couldn't keep up with defense.

Replacing McHale was John Salley, who, along with Ewing, gave the Knicks two fast-moving 210-level men on the court.

"Let Isiah go left, except Danny Ainge... Remember, I'm allowing any Celtics player to shoot outside the free throw line except Danny Ainge. Stick to the paint, if Isaiah If Ya dares come in, put him down!"

Louie roared murderously.

"I'd rather see him get to the free throw line than let him easily get to our basket for a layup!"

The Knicks' young men have reason to be proud of themselves, and they did one thing that the Lakers didn't.

That is to let people see how strong a Thomas who has burst into full potential.

Wilson yelled for the ball.

The Celtics had Harper guard him, and Wilson has proven time and time again that Harper's defense was a mess when he got into shape.

Without any tactics, Wilson retreated.

97 to 89

Thomas noticed that Hornacek, who was guarding him, had changed his strategy. The defense that had been giving him space for shots suddenly turned into a close-up forcing him to drive.

When Thomas came to the basket and formed the Knicks, let him know what the best pocket team in the world is like.

Thomas jumped up, his stature was too short, facing the four surrounded by Wilson, Rodman, Ewing, and Seley, if he didn't jump up, he couldn't see his teammates.

Under the shadow of these four people, even if the Knicks carried out an illegal confrontation, it was difficult for the referee to detect.

All they could see was Thomas losing his balance in the air.

Thomas found his teammate who passed the ball to Laimbeer on the perimeter.

Laimbeer makes a three-pointer.

hit!

Laimbeer's 3-pointer was part of the Knicks' plan, because it's unrealistic to want the rest of the Celtics to have that much open space without doing anything.

The real heart of this plan is to kill Thomas.

No team in this era can win games on 3-pointers alone, not even the Knicks. The Knicks stared at Ainge, the Celtics' most accurate three-pointer, so as not to give them any possibility of miracles.

Laimbeer's three-pointer was an acceptable coincidence.

Sometimes, the determination to defend the throne is reflected by the unyielding ego.

About a minute later, Louie was shaken when Thomas threw the ball out again.

This time, the ball went to Sampson.

Still outside the three-point line, another Celtics long shot made a three-pointer.

Hit again!

95 to 97

The Celtics caught up to 2 points, and Louie's strategy rarely worked.

"Coach, three-pointers can kill people." Sampson shouted from a distance, "That's what you told me back then!"

Just when the Knicks' path became blurred, Ewing took the ball low again. He showed an exciting responsibility, faked Sampson's attention, and suddenly faced the basket, although the action was not as good as the opponent's. Sharp, but it really hit the Celtics' penalty area.

On the other side, Wilson passed Harper's defense, ran to the top of the arc and shouted: "Patrick!"

Ewing's ball from the inside out, Wilson's performance is not as dazzling as Thomas, but he is by no means a man who is beaten and silent.

When he got the ball, he happened to meet Thomas' rotation. A big hit, he took a defiant approach to Thomas' defense, like Tracy McGrady, pulling a 3-pointer.

"I can do it!"

Wilson growled.

"I can do it a few more times!"

"Yeah, you can do it!" Louie yelled. "You're young, you can do anything, Benj, don't **** lose to him!"

With four minutes left in the game, Wilson took the initiative to guard Thomas.

Thomas turned indifferently, with determination to humiliate him, walked left, turned around and gave him a blow with his elbow, then forced his way to the right.

This is the arrogance of a superstar who can attack as he wants, but he underestimated Wilson's toughness.

Wilson, who did not rest for a second in the second half, was like a perpetual motion machine, spraying the energy of young people all over his body. He caught up with Thomas, and from behind him, he shot the opponent's ball **** out of bounds, and even destroyed it. opponent's center of gravity.

The smiling assassin landed on one foot, and in an instant, an indescribable tingling sensation came from his foot.

"NO!!" Johnny Most exclaimed heartbroken, "We can't add more casualties!"

Thomas was holding his right foot, and the referee did not call a foul. That is to say, Wilson's actions were completely in line with the rules, and Thomas himself did not control his center of gravity.

When Bird was carried off the court, everyone felt that the Celtics were bad.

When Thomas sprained his foot at such a time, the breath of death loomed over the Boston Garden.

How brilliant the Celtic dynasty was at its peak, and how heroic it was when it fell.

Thomas was helped off the court with 3 minutes and 44 seconds left before the end of the game.

100 to 95

With the Knicks leading by 5 points, K.C. Jones made a desperate substitution, leaving Ainge at the point guard, Harper at the 2, Reggie Lewis at the 3, Laimbeer and Sampson.

Louie also made substitution adjustments. Stockton replaced Hornacek, and Stevens replaced John Seley. It can be seen from the substitution that he still has to press for murder.

To the world, what Louis did was a pre-publicized murder.

He just wanted to give a clear look at how the Celtics dynasty was being killed.

The Knicks' defense was so good that the Celtics violated the serve and gave the ball in vain.

They returned to defense in despair. Ainge, Harper, and Lewis were not the point of Louis's concern. The only threat left for the Celtics was the inside line, but Laimbeer made five fouls and Sampson fouled four and was exhausted.

Even though it has entered a desperate situation, the Celtics' defense is still commendable. No one gave up, and no one showed the mentality of accepting the fate of the outcome as if the outcome was already decided.

Until the champion is knocked down, he is still the champion.

Louie had never stood on the sidelines so often and shouted, as long as the game wasn't over, as long as they didn't win the game, the Celtics weren't lost. Since the days of George McCann, the failed dynasties have either gone out five games or been swept, and the successful dynasties have never lost a Game 6 and Game 7 series. - They always win key battles.

You can't help but believe in the momentum of the winner;

You can't help but believe how eager those who have won everything are to defend their glory in the midst of perishing.

In Louie's view, the Celtics haven't collapsed because they still want to win. Without Bird, without Thomas, they didn't give up.

The Celtics decided to drain their last strength, they successfully defended the Knicks offense.

It was their turn to attack, but they no longer depended on the individual performance of the stars. Sampson gave Ainge a pick-and-roll, Ainge passed the screen to Harper, and Harper passed to Lewis. This is the ultimate attack with five players on the field. .

Their desire, the intensity they still have at the moment, and the murderous aura in their eyes have made many people who have given up hope for them questioned - the Celtics will really lose today?

The Celtics' desire to win moved everyone, but their offense was still unsuccessful.

Determined to prove he was the best defensive player in the league, Ewing hurried back from beyond the arc and terribly threw the ball that reached the top when the offense lasted until 22 seconds into Lewis's full shot. Grab, take.

This is what happened with 3 minutes and 22 seconds left in the game.

The Celtics were not discouraged and returned to defense at full speed.

Ewing gave the ball to Stockton, and Stockton passed it to Wilson, who was going down fast.

Wilson had the ball in his hands and knew exactly what he was supposed to do, and with the Celtics' hopes of a win fading, he had to seize the opportunity. Once they miss, once they are given a chance to breathe, victory is likely to slip from their hands.

No matter how much he regrets, he can't make the lost opportunity come back. In the one and only round, Wilson dribbled the ball into the Celtics' three-pocket array, and jumped up with all his strength, like a big bird flying in the sky, trying in vain. Laimbeer, who was blocking him, was knocked over head-on, and then the ball, which was held in the palm of his hand, was blasted at the basket with a terrible force.

Laimbeer may have just committed his sixth personal foul, but the referee didn't blow the whistle.

3 minutes 16 seconds left in the game, 102 to 95.

Isaiah Thomas, unable to watch the game be won by the Knicks, stood up and begged to play.

No one knew what he said to K.C. Jones, but the two of them were only seen arguing for a few seconds before Thomas replaced Reggie Lewis.

The people in the garden went wild and for the first time expressed their love for Isiah Thomas as much as they loved Bird and Sampson.

Thomas, limping, faced Stockton, drove straight to the left, made a stop, hit an off-balance shot over the opponent's head, and caused him to foul.

He limped towards the auditorium, and it was the audience on the sidelines who controlled his body so that he would not fall.

Unable to lower his waist, he missed the free throw.

The Knicks' quick counterattack made it difficult for him to return to the defensive position in time.

So Stockton dashed in and got an empty basket, making Thomas' heroic offense ineffective.

104 to 97

Stockton found out that his knees hurt so bad he couldn't get down, so he just ignored him when he was on the perimeter and double-teamed the rest of the Celtics.

Sampson passed the ball like a lifesaver.

Thomas, whose body seemed to be full of adrenaline, desperately used his worst attacking method to shoot a three-pointer.

"Shhh!!"

With less than two minutes left in the game, Louie couldn't think about how Thomas did these things. The Celtics played 100% of their game, and the Knicks played 100% of them. Even the audience at the scene. , are invested 100% emotionally.

Wilson wanted to get the ball, and Harper's off-the-ball defense accompanied by his 100th foul that wasn't called prevented his catch.

Ewing turned to shoot and was blocked by Sampson's fingertips.

Three no sticks!

"Isiah!!"

Thomas, who was difficult to help on the defensive end, ran in front of everyone on offense, his teammate sent a long pass, and he was knocked over by Rodman who followed up on the layup. The referee was fair. When Wilson was fouled to prevent the ball from receiving the ball and did not sound the whistle, Thomas, who was off balance, also did not get the whistle.

But he hit the layup!

102 to 104

Thomas, who scored 7 points in a row in 1 minute and 22 seconds, got up from the ground and didn't notice the photographer who was knocked down by him. He just wanted to continue his momentum. Therefore, he was completely unable to use his left foot. , faced the applause of the audience, and ran to the backcourt with all his might like a lame man.

Don't they know that in this case, even if they reach the finals, they can't be the opponents of the Blazers?

Of course they knew, but they just couldn't accept the defeat.

The Knicks were again guarded to the last second, and Rodman found Thomas' dislocation, but his shooting ability couldn't help.

He turned over and shot, but missed the board.

Sampson, who had overdrawn himself like Thomas, stuck Ewing so that he couldn't move, and then took advantage of the standing touch to win the rebound.

With 59 seconds left in the game, the Celtics, who got the rebound, were pressed by the Knicks.

Ainge had trouble catching the ball, Thomas couldn't get rid of Stockton's off-ball defense with one foot, Wilson stuck Lewis, and it was too dangerous for Laimbeer to have the ball...Sampson decided to give his all like Thomas did, He dribbled the ball in front of Ewing, changed directions, tried his best to avoid the fate of an eight-second violation, and barely reached the frontcourt.

However, how to get the ball to a threat is still a problem.

Stockton gave up Thomas, and even though the man had scored seven straight points, the Knicks still regarded him as a non-threatening point.

Sampson passed the ball to Thomas on the left wing, and Wilson rotated it.

10 seconds,

7 seconds,

5 seconds,

Thomas, who could not get a response, dribbled to the baseline, and Wilson enveloped him like night, forcing him to a negative angle.

Before the attacking time ran out, Thomas backed up Wilson, and then unreasonably outside the three-point line, in a way that all basketball logic couldn't explain clearly, turned over and made a three-pointer.

Wilson's defense made him lose his center of gravity, fell to the ground again, couldn't get up again, and was pushed up by the fans in the front row with their own strength.

What about his shot? It was a hollow ball that was perfect and flawless.

"Celtics overtake the score!" Brent Musberg roared in disbelief, "We probably have to watch 10,000 mediocre games to see a special game. Audience, you now What I saw was the most special of all the special basketball games in the past ten years!"

105 to 104

With 35 seconds left for the Knicks, Louie walked to the tech table and called the Knicks' last timeout of the night.

"Dell, I know it's hard for you to move anymore." Louie called Ellis, "but I need you on the field!"

Ellis got up and said, "I can do anything!"

"No, you just need to stand on the court." Louie's eyes turned to Wilson, "Benj, you have the best bait by your side, use the right tactics to confuse the Celtics, find the best time, and then kill them. !"

At the end of the timeout, Louis stopped Stockton and arranged a plan for the rear.

They didn't pause, there were only 35 seconds left in the game, the Knicks were one point behind, Louie gave the best advice he could as a coach, and the rest was up to the players.

"Dell's foot injury is worse than Isiah. He can barely move. Would it be too risky to do so?" Tomjanovich asked.

Louie snorted softly, his throat was thirsty and his eyes were wet.

"At this moment, what can you do without taking risks?" Louis has decided to give it a shot, "Trust them."

Tomjanovich found that Louie's emotions were a little out of control, and he tried to make a joke: "Bring a cigar, Reed will blow up, remember the first time we won here?"

The two sides returned to the court, the audience stood up, and even Bird returned to the sidelines to cheer for his teammates, and the Knicks delivered the ball smoothly.

Dale Ellis played, revealing a conspiracy, the Celtics feared him. From the day that Louie led the Knicks to defeat the Celtics for the first time, the name has been on the blacklist of the Greens.

This round of the Eastern Conference finals, if not for him, perhaps the Knicks would have already lost.

Now he's here again, looks like a bait, but can they really ignore Ellis?

The Knicks' tactical start took five seconds, then Ewing gave Wilson a pick-and-roll, Stockton pulled to the right, and Rodman went to the left corner where Ellis was.

A deadly-looking off-ball screen allowed Ellis to run to the left 3-point line.

The Celtics' defensive focus was disrupted.

Just when they were hesitant to guard Ellis or Wilson.

Wilson stepped back with a dribble, widening the defensive distance from Harper, and Ellis's running diverted the attention of others.

From the free-throw line, Wilson jumped to his feet with composure, and used his signature shot to make a soft release.

Either rush to die, or rush to live, Wilson, as Louie wishes, by himself, to decide the survival of the Knicks this season.

That ball went straight to the center of the basket, and with 15 seconds left in the game time, it flew to the center of the basket.

An ethereal "swoosh"! Maybe it will rewrite the history of the league.

In the last 15 seconds, K.C. Jones also called out the Celtics' last timeout.

Louie replaced Dale Ellis with Michael Cooper and gave the team a surprising instruction.

The Knicks kept the court pressing, but did not stop the Celtics' guard from receiving the ball.

Ainge caught the ball, and 14 seconds later, he was about to pass, and Stockton knocked him down rudely.

"Beep!"

This was of course a deliberate foul, and the Knicks' foul count had long been full, and fouling Ainge would have sent him to the free throw line.

The Knicks are only 1 point ahead of the Celtics, and letting Ainge go to the free throws is equivalent to giving him the easiest scoring opportunity, and he is the Celtics player with the highest free throw percentage on the field. The seemingly self-defeating choice conveys another meaning.

Louie refused to give the Celtics the chance to save the final shot of the season, and he wanted to get the ball back, even by giving away the lead.

"If the Knicks lose this season, LittleLu's final arrangement will be subject to endless criticism." Even if Hubie Brown hates Lou so much, he will give a thumbs up to this decision, "but he is a real coach, we don't Probably another coach to have such a big impact on a round series!"

Ainge is shooting 88 percent from the free throw line, and he's almost impossible to miss.

The result is the same, Angie hit two free throws.

Just as he hit the first free throw, Louie replaced two players - Dale Ellis and Reggie Miller, replaced by Rodman and Stevens.

K.C. Jones remembered what happened the last time the Knicks had an offense, how Ellis single-handedly grabbed everyone's attention and gave Wilson an easy opportunity to kill the game.

"Watch out for Wilson, keep man-to-man! Just man-to-man!"

K.C yelled at his throat.

On the opposite side, Louis heard K.C's cry, and an imperceptible smile flashed from the corner of his mouth. He knew the game was over, and in 14 seconds, the series would be decided.

When everyone was standing, he sat down instead.

Louie watched Wilson be defended by the Celtics with a tight man-to-man defense, and once they did, it would be difficult to defend against the high dynamic offense of the Knicks system. And that's what makes Ellis and Miller so terrifying.

K.C fell into Louie's condom, is Ellis the bait? No, he wasn't so much the bait as it was Benjamin Wilson's understated quasi-lore. That shot would get him the Celtics' focus in those 14 seconds, Ellis's presence was waning, and Miller, who was running, looked more likely than he had a chance to execute the final shot.

Time passed quickly, and Wilson's movements made the garden hot.

They knew that this attack would determine the continuation of the dynasty.

The Celtics were the perfect stumbling block for this young Knicks team, thick and tough enough to get over. To challenge such a giant, what is needed is not only strength, talent, determination, courage, but also the dedication of self-sacrifice.

This is what Louie prepared for four years after he came to New York.

He needs a group of talented players who are selfless and willing to give up something to win. When all of them sacrificed themselves and gave everything for the game, things changed.

Louie gave them a wonderful blueprint, and it was their opponents who really made the Knicks of yesterday into the Knicks of today.

Wilson passed Harper and sent Sampson to help, and Ewing took the opportunity to cover Miller. When the Celtics mistakenly thought Miller was the killer, they left out Ellis, who was standing still in the corner. Before they knew it, they forgot about Ellis, and Miller crossed the corner the moment he received the ball—fear, trembling, fear, sluggishness—everything happened in this round.

This is the most ironic thing in the world, the Celtics gave up their strict defense of Dale Ellis in the decisive round.

In the last second, Ellis caught the ball, left the bottom corner, started, shot, 0.6 seconds, 0.4 seconds, 0.1 seconds, the ball began to land, the game time returned to zero, the buzzer sounded the final sound, the world All basketball fans looked at the ball. Some saw it was well-curved, some thought it would miss the hoop, some saw the Knicks rise, and some saw the Celtics weaken.

“Swish!!!!!!!!”

"Dale Ellis killed the Celtic dynasty! It's over! It's over! Ladies and gentlemen! There's a new king in the East!"

The Knicks players rushed onto the court emotionally out of control, as if unaware that this was just a series for the Eastern Conference championship.

They are very clear that after this shot, they officially turned over the Celtics and advanced to the finals.

They completed the unfinished business of the Lakers and confirmed their greatness.

No matter how great the Celtics are, they've always been greater than their opponents~www.mtlnovel.com~ They realize the energy hidden in them, and this belief will stay in their hearts, and over the years, people will realize that New York The Knicks were forever changed on the night of May 30, 1988.

Some people never change back to the way they were.

Louis, who was silently controlling the overall situation off the court, with tears in his eyes, looked at his chief assistant coach: "Rudy, I don't need a cigar."

"I just want..." He wiped the tears he couldn't hold back, "I just want to drink a Coke."

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