"You better stop walking around the fucking streets next time you come to Boston!"

Reed Auerbach spoke with angry concern as he roared on the phone.

"You know I lit that cigar with no ill intentions and completed a 24-point comeback in the fourth quarter at the Boston Garden. You know how incredible that was."

"When those radicals put bullets into you, you will know the nature of this thing!"

The Knicks' fourth-quarter comeback against the Celtics was widely publicized by the media.

Whether it was the dramatic offensive performance in the fourth quarter or Louis' lit cigar at the end of the game, the media went crazy.

The New York Times called the victory "Theebak."

There is an allusion to this.

To be precise, this is not an allusion, but a follow-up to current events.

Seven days ago, on January 3, Buffalo Bills backup quarterback Frank Reih led the Buffalo Bills to a 41-38 victory over the Houston Oilers in overtime.

Fans will always call him "Theebak" during the AFC wild-card playoff game.

This game is magical. It seems to be a one-sided massacre in the first half. After the Bills' main quarterback is injured, it depends on the Oilers whether they will lose more embarrassingly than the Los Angeles Rams in the second half.

The quality of the team.

As a result, the Bills completed the reversal under the leadership of a substitute.

American football is the national sport of the United States, and the emergence of such a game will naturally have social effects.

Although the game between the Knicks and Celtics is only a regular season game and not as special as the Bills and Oilers, the two teams have always been popular teams in the league, and any disturbance will attract countless attention.

It’s understandable that the Times is so popular.

Louis lighting up a cigar and making Boston popular was an unexpected subplot.

The Boston Globe's Bob Ryan published four columns over the next month criticizing Louis.

Louis expressed his understanding of Boston's anger. Anyone who was ridden in the face and humiliated would go crazy, but he also hoped that the locals would understand him.

A 24-point comeback in the fourth quarter should be unprecedented in the history of the Celtics. It was the first time that Louis had seen this in almost ten years of coaching.

The victory over the Celtics was Louis' 588th victory.

Still 12 wins away from 600 wins.

If the winning streak continues from now until the 5th of next month, Benjamin Wilson can fulfill his promise of "we will not lose a game from now on until Coach Lu reaches the 600-win milestone in his career."

The next opponent is the Kings from Sacramento.

The Kings are a fringe team in the West.

Louis has always paid attention to them, because the Kings' first-round pick in 1993 and the first-round pick in 1996 are both in the hands of the Knicks.

When the great Bill Russell was at the helm in Sacramento, he traded two future first-round picks to the Knicks for Wayman Tisdale.

Now that the Tisdale man is no longer in the lineup, the Kings have a good lineup, but they still don't look like a strong team.

This is exactly the problem.

They have a good lineup: Armon Gilliam, Jose Hawkins, Denise Scott, Doug West, Grant Long, B-J Armstrong, Kendall Gill, Danny Fey

inside.

Their first nine rotations are all young people who need playing time.

Moreover, there are 4 top-five picks. Although they do not have superstar-level potential, they can still be expected if they are well developed.

The Kings have chosen the worst possible way to temper young people.

This approach will be familiar to future fans.

Their head coach Garry St. Jean calls it balanceism, which aims to allow players to get the same opportunities. Everyone must contribute to the team with the spirit of "someone for me, I for everyone".

Louis looked at them for a long time, thinking, isn't this Luke Walton's egalitarianism?

Louis never expected that Wharton would be Mr. Jean's general.

What are the benefits of egalitarianism?

No, let’s talk about the disadvantages first.

For a team like the Kings, which is in urgent need of young players, egalitarianism first blocks the opportunity for potential newcomers to practice unlimited firepower. Although this method of leveling is prone to mistakes, it does not give enough bullets to sharpshooters.

But asked him to become a spear master?

If the core talents cannot be exercised and the growth of talents is delayed, any management with an idea will have to take out such coaches and beat them to death.

Yet the Kings seem content with their fringe playoff position.

The second greatest harm to egalitarianism is the blurring of power levels within the team.

It seems to be a good thing. Everyone is equal. This world needs the concept and society of everyone being equal. No matter what the ideology, we are striving to create such a world, but in professional sports and any project that emphasizes technical ability

Here, obscuring power levels within a team is a recipe for death.

You have blurred the player levels, which is equivalent to saying that the status of the team's boss and the substitutes are almost the same. Can the substitutes keep their own rules? Do you believe that the substitute players will still play honestly after finding that their status is similar to that of the boss?

This kind of idiot coach likes to trap the entire team in the name of selflessness.

The above two disadvantages are enough to ruin the future of the rebuilt team, but there is another disadvantage of egalitarianism that must be mentioned. Everyone is dissatisfied with their status in the team, playing time and ball rights.

You've averaged it out, which seems fair, but why should the cornerstones of other people's top five picks get the same treatment as your late first-round and second-round picks?

If under this concept of equal opportunities, those core talents do not perform well, but the low-ranked players who seized the opportunity perform better, will they be satisfied with the status quo and continue to enjoy egalitarianism?

This is the stupidity of egalitarianism. Designers live in Andersen's world. They are suitable for college basketball. They not only need to play and kill, but also pay attention to the sophistication of professional basketball. There is no soil for egalitarianism to survive.

Louis led his team to sweep the Kings and won the 589th victory of his career.

After that, they defeated the Nuggets back to back, and Texas defeated the Mavericks and Rockets in two consecutive away games.

Louis' win count came to 592.

After that, there are two strong bones, namely the Phoenix Suns and the Charlotte Hornets.

The Suns have been a strong team in the Western Conference since their rise in the late 1980s, and were once the Lakers' biggest opponent in making it out of the Finals.

But now, Brad Doherty is troubled by a back injury, he has lost a cornerstone inside, and the outside guards and wings are not enough to fill the vacancy left by the Giants.

The Suns' outside players posed a certain threat, but they were quickly swept away by the Knicks.

Then there is the Charlotte Hornets, currently ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference.

The Hornets finalized a three-year, $14 million contract extension with Dale Ellis during the offseason, and acquired Terry Porter and Blue Edwards in the sign-and-trade deal that sent Thomas away. The latter

It was an unexpected surprise, and it was the last thing Thomas left to them.

Thomas can definitely find another team to sign with the Trail Blazers.

I chose the Hornets because I had stayed here for a year.

That night, the Hornets had Porter, Ellis, Rice, Larry Johnson, and Song Tao on their roster.

In order to make up for the China Derby, Louis persuaded Ewing to be a substitute and let Yu Tiancan enter the Knicks' roster for the first time in his career.

This is a historic scene, and it is the first time in the history of China that an NBA game is broadcast live.

The only fly in the ointment is that the Knicks were in extremely poor shape in this game. Except for Miller, everyone else was not feeling online.

Wilson's flag of not losing a game fell.

"I'm sorry for Coach Lu, I let him down." Wilson pointed at his hair and said, "I'm going to bulldoze it tonight!"

The next day, Wilson appeared in front of Louis with the short haircut he had in high school.

"What are you doing? Do you think you are a high school student?"

Wilson's hairstyle suddenly changed, and Louis was really not used to it.

"Coach, we really have to not lose a game until you get your 600th victory!"

"What are you talking about? After I have won 600 games, can I lose casually? You shouldn't use this kind of thing to encourage yourself. Winning is a matter of course." Louis was righteously educating Wilson one second, and the next

Within a second, he smiled obscenely and said, "If we lose another game, you will bulldoze all the hair on your head."

Wilson was startled, "Like Michael?"

"Yes, that is the hairstyle of a strong man."

"But neither Larry nor Ervin are bald."

"Erwin? A man who is known as a tragedy master in contemporary times. Are you sure you want to emulate him? As for the country bumpkin," Louis smiled, "you'd better not use this kind of person as a benchmark."

Wilson was even more confused.

"I don't need to mention Erwin, but isn't Larry the benchmark for all professional players?" Wilson's reason was straightforward, "He is the G.O.A.T."

"G.O.A.T?" Louis said scornfully, "Would G.O.A.T. have turned his fingers into lifelong functional disabilities for a bullshit teaching duty at a country high school before even playing a professional game?"

"Uh no."

"Will G.O.A.T score 8 points in a single game in the Finals, and two games in a row?"

"Did Larry ever do this again?"
To be continued...