April 24

Rudy Tomjanovich hummed a tune and accompanied the team to Madison Square Garden. He has been very happy recently.

Because last month, Michael Tyson was sentenced to ten years in prison after being found guilty of rape.

In Louis' words, Tomjanovich was like a month-long New Year.

He may have been a little too arrogant. In April, he drove into a roadside bulletin board several times.

Although he has a good attitude towards admitting his mistakes, his bumpy rhythm seems to have no intention of stopping.

The New York Times also satirized Tomjanovich for this: "We seriously suspect that the person who taught Rudy how to drive was José Canseco."

Tomjanovich solemnly apologized and promised not to drive alone until he got rid of his habit of bumping into roadside notice boards.

Tomjanovich made this statement not just because he was criticized by the media, but most importantly because he was worried about what he would do if he bumped into someone.

If you touch a roadside sign, it doesn't matter how many times you touch it, as long as you don't worry about the repair bill, but if you touch a person, it will be serious.

Louis suspected that Tomjanovich might have done something to make himself excited in order to celebrate Tyson's impending imprisonment. He had not had this problem before.

Today is the opening day of the playoffs.

The Knicks' opponent, the Celtics, had a day in advance to adapt to the away atmosphere.

New Yorkers did not express emotion at the Celtics' rapid decline; some just laughed at the Bostonians.

In this game, the mean New York fans completely shattered Billy Owens' confidence.

Whenever Owens holds the ball, the crowd in Madison Garden sings "Likeavirgin, ohoohLikeavirgin" from Madonna's hit song "Like a Virgin."

This made Louis very amused.

The person responsible for setting this trend is Spike Lee, who became famous in the professional basketball circle through Jordan's classic AJ commercials.

"Is that bastard so disgusting?"

Louis asked with a smile.

Originally, Louis had not felt how disgusted he was with Knicks fans, but today, it was like a powerful proof.

When the Knicks are on top, New Yorkers are mean and critical outwardly.

Owens took 14 shots in the game, none of them hit, and he was unable to score.

He made Bird's 27 points and Sampson's 38 points seem insufficient.

What makes the Celtics even more painful is that Chris Jackson scored 22 points in 21 minutes off the bench.

He made 5 of 8 three-pointers, and every three-pointer he made hit the hearts of the Celtics fans in front of the TV.

Their anger rose more than once: "Why don't we keep CJ?"

This is not only Louis' revenge against the Celtics, but also Jackson's revenge against the Celtics.

Louis wants to prove that Jackson is not a player who is difficult to train, nor is he a parallel import. As long as he uses the correct method, he is a good player.

Jackson wants to prove how wrong the Celtics were in sending him to New York without playing him in a single game.

Jackson's spirit, his transformation in one season with the Knicks, and the tactical support of the N.UCLA system allowed Jackson to dedicate his best performance to the Celtics.

In Game 1, the Knicks beat the Celtics by 31 points.

The rhythm and tone of the game were set from the beginning of this game.

"We will not be discouraged," Bird told the media.

Sampson also did not forget to encourage Owens, who had a disastrous performance: "Billy has a promising future, he just needs some time to adapt to the atmosphere of MSG."

Celtics coach Chris Ford angrily accused the Knicks fans at Madison Garden: "They have endless spite towards Billy. The noise is the most disgusting sound I have ever heard in a stadium!"

The person who responded to Ford was not a Knicks player or coach, but a "big fan" of the Knicks. Woody Allen, who has held Knicks season tickets since the 1970s, said: "Only soft bubbles will be rejected by fans."

Interference breaks down, but a real man never makes excuses.”

Not only are the fans hostile to Owens, but Louis also wants to destroy him.

Owens has indeed proven that he is a parallel import, but this parallel import is still useful to the Celtics.

If we can destroy his fighting spirit in the playoffs, we can turn him from a player who looks weak because he is unsatisfactory to a pure negative asset like Doug Smith.

In Game 2, Louis had Wilson, Rodman (as Wilson's substitute), and Reggie Williams (Wilson and Rodman's substitute) guard Owens throughout the game.

In terms of assisting in interior defense, it is also based on the principle of preventing Owens and allowing other Celtics to make some noise.

As a result, Wilson's defense held Owens scoreless in the first quarter.

Ewing's assisting defense caused him to make consecutive mistakes after breaking through.

But it was Sean Kemp who destroyed his confidence.

Louis never thought he would witness Camp's famous scene.

It was a high-post match. Kemp finished the pick-and-roll and cut inside. Since the Knicks were very accurate in three-pointers tonight, the Celtics were all defensive inside, and Owens was forced to shrink to the basket to protect it. Therefore, he had to

Defend Kemp's cut head-on.

Kemp caught Stockton's pass, knocked Owens over directly through his body, and violently slammed the basketball into the basket.

Owens flew out of bounds. After Kemp landed, he made a "Look who is this embarrassed idiot" gesture with both hands in a half-crouched position.

As Owens lay on the ground, he heard fans singing "Like a Virgin."

Louis watched from the sidelines as the man known as the combination of the sad bird stood up.

It felt like watching UZI lose to G2 in the S8 knockout round. All Owens had was the look of anger on his face.

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While the Knicks tortured Owens, they also made Bird unconsciously lost.

Over the years, his life has been irregular and his diet has not been healthy. It is difficult to maintain his condition when he is over 35 years old.

Even if Sampson scored 40 points, it would have no impact on the result.

The big score is 2 to 0.

The Celtics are already standing on the edge of the cliff, just one step away from elimination.

"There may be only one suspense left in the series. Many people want to know whether Billy Owens can score in the series."

Tonight, Owens' scoring was off the charts again.

On April 28, the Knicks came to Boston.

The Celtics' hostility to the Knicks is no longer as strong as before.

At most, some people have sour grapes about the fact that Chris Jackson is playing well in the Knicks.

But when the deal was just completed, Celtics fans thought they had made a profit.

Looking at it now, it seems that it is not profitable at all.

Jackson is a good substitute for Stockton. The picks the Celtics got back from the Knicks, plus the legacy brought by the Isiah Thomas trade, turned into parallel imports and hype that they were unwilling to face.

commodity.

Tonight is the last day of the Celtics season.

Dave Gavitt and Jan Wolk came to watch the game.

Walker also said hello to Louis.

Louis saw his haggard face and thought he was worried about the Celtics.

When he was in Boston, he often interacted with Volcker. Whenever he had disagreements with Auerbach, it was Volcker who reconciled them.

In Louis' opinion, he is the best tool general manager.

The GOAT for general managers of this type is Elgin Baylor.

"Mr. Jane, do you have anything to say?"

Louis asked before the game started.

Walker's eyes averted for a moment, thinking that Louis might know something, but when he saw the other person's slightly smiling face, he knew that it was just a polite inquiry.

"Be nice to Billy." Walker sighed.

"That's not okay." Louis said evilly, "I like to fuck with Billy the most."

In Game 3, Celtics fans breathed a sigh of relief as Billy Owens scored the first point of the series.

What they didn't expect was that it turned out to be Owens' only score in the series.

A few minutes later, Owens failed to control his center of gravity while grabbing a rebound and was injured when he landed. He exited the game and never returned.

The aging Celtics used a lineup of Cheeks, John Long, Bird, Doug Smith and Sampson to fight the Knicks.

Everyone knows that if you continue to fight with this kind of lineup, you will not get good results.

At halftime, both Sampson and Bird performed at their best, but the Knicks led by 11 points.

In the third quarter, Wilson and Miller scored three points to establish the victory and kill the suspense of the game.
To be continued...