With half a quarter left before the end of the game, Bird scored 39 points, 20 rebounds, 10 assists and 5 steals. The Celtics led the Pistons by 32 points.

He should have rested, but Louis disagreed.

He asked Bird to make free throws.

Only if he scores with a free throw will Louis replace him.

When Bird caused the damage, Louis shouted: "How about two free throws, Qiuli Gao!"

Bird complied with Louis' request with disgust on his face.

Finally, his data became 40+20+10+5. Louis breathed a sigh of relief: "I feel comfortable."

In order to prevent Bird from cunningly grabbing extra data and destroying the data, which was as neat as a perfectly paced C/A film, Louis took the initiative to call a timeout for substitutions.

"All those who look down on Little Lu because of her age will end up suffering the same consequences as me."

In the end, the Celtics defeated the Pistons by 35 points at home.

Chuck Daly's speech to reporters is thought-provoking.

"Coach Daley, what do you think is the reason for your disastrous defeat?" the reporter continued to ask.

Daly replied helplessly: "It's hard for me to tell you the answer. The gap in hard power is the key reason, but what disappoints me even more is that Little Lu seems to allow his players to cause trouble on the court. I have no other intentions and don't want to

Making excuses for our failure, but as the stronger side, do they need to do this? Benny (Kenny Benson’s nickname) is in the hospital for a check-up now, I hope he is okay.”

Daley's report to reporters also appeared in the Celtics press conference.

"Sun Weekly" reporter Paul Hardy asked: "Is the conflict between Kenny Benson and Isiah an accident?"

Louis smiled lightly and asked: "Of course it was an accident. Do you think I have the ability to control the game remotely?"

The reporters smiled tacitly.

Isn’t the coach’s job to control the game remotely?

After that, there's Kate O'Keefe, a reporter for the Boston Herald, the reporter the Herald recently pushed to make O'Keefe their Bob Ryan.

Unfortunately, few female reporters are as interested in sports as their male counterparts.

O'Keefe was a bit mean: "Coach Lu, this is your first regular season game. How does it feel to win?"

"It's not as good as when we won in the playoffs last season." Louis said confidently and arrogantly, "This was an expected victory."

He has the capital to be crazy, and he also hopes to be labeled as crazy.

All people who are labeled will bring surprises, because personality is the most unreliable thing.

Different from the training camp media meeting, the Celtics won beautifully today, so the questions asked by reporters were relatively easy to answer.

Louis knows very well that the really important thing is the locker room.

So after Bird finished answering the reporter's questions, they walked to the players' tunnel together.

Here they met Chuck Daly and James Worthy.

They also just finished the interview.

"Coach Lu, congratulations." Daley smiled.

"No, I congratulate you too," Louis said as if the Pistons had won the game, "Failure is the mother of success. I am happy for you to have found the 'mother of success'. I hope we will also have the opportunity to meet this veteran

The mother I have never met.”

Bird couldn't help laughing, Daley was so embarrassed that he didn't know how to answer, and Worthy was even blushing.

"This guy is such a bastard!"

After Louis and Byrd left, Worthy vomited angrily.

"Don't underestimate him." Daley was not angry. "This is just an image he deliberately showed. He just wants to make us angry."

"Why did he do this?"

"Because he's smart."

Some people say that a truly wise man should think like a wise man and speak like an ordinary person.

What about extremely smart people? They may prefer to be regarded as fools, so that they can have more opportunities.

"You played well today, keep up the good work."

Before entering the locker room, Louis gave Bird a word of encouragement.

"Does a guy who plays well make one of two free throws at the free throw line?" Bird still remembers the time Louis asked him to miss a free throw on purpose.

Louis didn't expect this country bumpkin to be so petty, so he couldn't help but ask: "There is no clause in your contract that will deduct money if your free throw percentage is not up to standard, right?"

"No."

"Why don't you care about it? Although you lost 1 point for no reason, you made all obsessive-compulsive disorder patients including me feel comfortable."

As he spoke, Louis pushed open the door of the dressing room.

He walked in, and the atmosphere in the locker room was weird. Although they shared the same hatred for the common enemy on the court, off the court, they didn't know how to express their gratitude, especially between Thomas and Laimbeer.

Louis closed the dressing room door.

"Like you, I don't like coaches who talk a lot after the game, but I have something to say today."

"First of all, I am very satisfied with the result of this game. Thank you for winning the first regular season game of my coaching career and giving me a good start for the new season."

Louis sounded a bit official at first, but later became more down-to-earth.

"What satisfies me most is not the result, but the process. When I see you conflicting with each other, I am happy to see everyone on the field stand up for their teammates."

Louis pointed out, "Bill, you created a good 'offensive' opportunity for Isiah."

"But someone is not grateful to me, and even gave me a middle finger before the game." Ranbir said sarcastically.

Thomas retorted: "Because you pretend to be a good person and say don't fight, but you are the one who fights the most!"

"Idiot, can I not say that?" Ranbir explained, "Do you fucking know what you are doing? If I don't hug Kenny Benson, do you think you are big enough to beat him? I

I deliberately captured him and asked you to do it, but he couldn't do anything and received a beating in vain. You don't think that I really said that to make you stop, do you? I thought that the two of us cooperated well.

"

Thomas knew very well Laimbeer's intention of hugging Benson, and he repaid him with actions.

I said this at this time just to save face and deceive myself that "you don't have to be grateful to him."

"Well, after this incident, I think, Isiah, you should see it clearly." Louis took the opportunity to speak out, "No matter you hate Bill or not, whether Bill hates you or not, as long as you still wear

With this jersey, you are teammates on the court, and I don’t want your personal conflicts to affect the game on the court.”

"You don't like Bill, but who in this room likes him?" Louis asked.

Ranbir said aggrievedly: "Coach, don't you like me?"

"Get the fuck out of here!"

Louis wished he could seal this vicious dog's mouth with tape, it would ruin the atmosphere.

"You have a bad relationship. This should not be a stumbling block for your cooperation. I think you saw that when you were in trouble, Bill took the right approach to help you immediately. I want to know, in the same situation

, will you do this, answer me, Isiah." Louis asked directly.

Thomas looked at Lambir and then back at Louis.

His lips moved, as if to express his determination.

Then he swallowed his words and said stiffly: "I'm not a talker."

"Okay, I'm waiting to see how you respond to me on the court!" Louis cleared his throat, "What should you do now? When there is no competition, I have no other special requirements for you. You can play whatever you want, no matter what.

Whether you are at home or away, I want you to remember three things. When you should appear in front of me, show up on time. When I let you play, be obedient and play tactics. When I prohibit you from doing something, you are the best.

It’s best not to try it with any luck.”

After that, Louis opened the locker room and said, "See you tomorrow, you bastards."

"Can I understand," M.L. Carr asked heartily, "that we won't have a curfew on the road in the future?"

The players who correctly understood the meaning of Louis' words instantly burst into tears in the locker room.

"What a perfect performance, Lu."

K.C. Jones followed.

"What kind of performance, K.C. Everything I say comes from my heart." Louis said helplessly.

"Come on, wasn't the conflict between MLC and Benson the result of your instigation? Without this conflict, Isiah and Bill would not have resolved their grudge so quickly." K.C said with admiration, "You are really a crazy genius."

This flattery made Louis very uncomfortable.

"Stop it, whether the grudge has been eliminated or not depends on the effect in the game."

Louis doesn't have that much confidence in Thomas.

After all, this is the superstar in history who has done the most thorough and perfect work in the area of ​​​​office and treachery. If he does one thing on the surface and another on the other, what can Louis say?

"You don't seem to have much confidence in Isiah." K.C said.

"No, I have no confidence in human nature that has been proven."

Louis doesn't expect Thomas to change his mind, just like he never regarded Boston and the Celtics as his final destination.

He has only one goal, which is to control Thomas and other thorny leaders during his term of office and let them use their power for his own use. That is enough.
Chapter completed!