When Cningham called for a stop, Louis said to Bird who was walking down: "Larry, I remember when you signed with the team, you said to kick the butts of players who were more paid than you. I think you have got this opportunity now."

Bird glanced back at Louis.

Just an ordinary glance, Louis felt other meanings from his eyes.

"Let your dog's eyes widen," Bird sarcastically said, "you'll see the Phillies crying naked."

Although there wasn't a Phillies in the strict sense on the Sixers, Louis nodded and said, "Okay, I'm looking forward to it."

Louis's provocation of Bird is not completely unreasonable. He wants to arouse Bird's anger and open the door to potential in him, so that this superstar who has never needed to be too eye-catching to dominate the game finds the switch.

In Louis' eyes, there is only one standard for judging a superstar.

That is whether he can play an incredible game that you can't imagine.

Before he got on the field, Bird lifted his pants.

The score difference is 15 to 4. If Bird breaks out, the 76ers can't stand it.

Sampson also came to the court. According to Fitch (Louis)'s instructions, he not only wanted to limit the attacks of the 76ers on the penalty area, but also had to pay attention to Bobby Jones' movements. If he wanted to run to the middle distance to catch the ball and shoot, he would go out and prohibit him from doing so.

Sampson was not able to be the protagonist in this quarter because of Bird.

Bird began to do what Louis called, incredible.

He has been in the team for two seasons. This is the first time that Louis has seen him become a superstar. Only in this way can he deserve the season MVP who beats Dr. J.

Bird first broke through the Doctor's defense with the ball on the offensive end.

He couldn't get rid of the Doctor, but his offense was enough to disrupt the 76ers' defense. Maxwell took the opportunity to rush to the basket, and Bird's pass was elusive and unexpectedly flew into Maxwell's hands.

The latter gets the ball and dunks;

The next half minute, Bird saw through the 76ers' tactics at once, cut off the pass, and launched a fast attack;

At low post, he resisted Black Jones's back and made the opponent shoot a three-no-touch;

Sampson covered Chicks' breakthrough, grabbed the rebound and saw a white phantom in front of him, then grabbed the ball with one hand and threw it forward. He knew that Bird would definitely throw the ball in.

Bird caught the ball and made a layup;

In the last minute of the first quarter, the Celtics rushed to grab offensive rebounds. Bird's position was amazing. He stood at the basket that was supposed to be occupied by the center and opened his hand behind him. He used a small move to push Dawkins' body back, the pair of gods who could create everything, grabbed the offensive rebound, and expected that the chocolate bomb behind him would jump up and block the shot, so he threw the ball towards the rebound as soon as possible.

Although Dawkins was nailed to the board, it was a disturbance ball because the basketball was the first to touch the rebound;

34 to 18

Bird had 13 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block in a single quarter. It is no exaggeration to say that he is the master of the first quarter.

Louis threw the towel on Bird's face, "It's so awesome, you kicked the Phillies' butt into the shape of a football."

"Can you still shit?" Bird asked vulgarly.

Louis smiled and said, "Why don't you kick them back to the same?"

Bird's face showed an iconic smile that was more successful than successful: "I am willing to serve this matter only."

Fitch originally wanted to keep playing with the excellent lineup, but Louis had already seen the fatigue of Archibald and Carl. He suggested that Randy Smith replace Archibald and John Long come on the field, and take the second fire point.

"But... John has never been our second fire point." Fitch felt inappropriate.

Louis said: "His firepower is limited by our system being suppressed. In this game, defense is not the focus, but the focus is on our offensive quality. In the past four games, John's performance was not good. If he could open this point, it would fundamentally change our offensive posture."

Upon hearing this, Fitch's face was solemn.

Suddenly, he asked, "Is this what you call the barrel theory?"

"Yes, the shortest board determines the upper limit of the system," said Louis.

So far, the game has been going well according to Louis' plan, and Fitch has no reason to refuse his suggestion.

So he adjusted the lineup as Louis suggested.

Fitch ordered, and Louis walked up to Lang and said, "John, you are no longer a fixed-point shooter. Make your specialties come into play. This is a big stage, and everyone will see your strengths."

Lang was excited and grateful to see how Louis could win him an opportunity.

Only Louis is considering this strange city.

"I won't let you down." Lang said in a deep voice.

"I believe you won't." Louis patted his shoulder lightly.

In the first round after the game started, Maxwell wanted to start a murder of Dr. J too much and was given an offensive foul.

Maxwellza asked with sincerity: "Doctor, why are you rolling around like a scoundrel? This will seriously hurt your image."

Dr. J's face turned red, and he didn't like this either.

He is a man trapped by his image and eventually lost himself. He heard Maxwell's words and forced his defense: "Victory is above everything!"

Bobby Jones pulled outside, and Sampson followed the instructions and guarded him.

At this time, Bird needs to play against Dawkins. Dawkins ran from the short corner to the penalty area, and Jones passed the ball.

Dawkins immediately took the ball into the air, which was a great talent that Bird could not reach even with all his strength.

With a bang, Dawkins hit the backhand hard at the basket.

"This move is called 'Boston died tonight'!" Dawkins shouted wildly.

And, the referee also gave Bird a body whistle.

Johnny Most asked loudly: "Does the MVP not even have any privileges?"

Dawkins scored a free throw. He was different from those later, who were very physically powerful but not skilled. Although he could not compare with other famous inside players of the same era, his skills were not bad. He was as good as the skills that the center should have.

Following Louis' instructions, Lang started running.

Randy Smith raised his butt to protect the ball. He is not a pure point guard, but he has good skills in holding the ball. He has no pressure to carry the ball through the half.

The Celtics transferred the ball on a large scale.

From Smith to Sampson, from Sampson to Bird.

The moment Bird got the ball, he had already observed Lang's running in his eyes. He passed by the basket and was about to appear outside the three-point line on the right bottom corner.

Bird's eyes locked the position of chance that would appear like a hawkish eye, giving a pass with advance amount.

"John Long is in place!"

"Catched Larry's pass!"

"Switch and shoot!"

"Play the board! Pick the board!" Most yelled loudly, "This young man is so hot when he comes up!"

36 to 21

Louis clapped his hands gently and continued to wait and see.

The 76ers became anxious.

The trash talks Maxwell gave Dr. J made the doctor feel nervous.

The lob given to Dawkins was a little stronger and the ball went out of bounds.

"Ralph!" Louis shouted, pointing his finger at the free throw line.

Sampson nodded.

Randy Smith dribbled over and saw Sampson asking for the free throw line. He had a big goal and it was easy to give the ball, and it was the first height of the game.

A lob, Sampson raised his hand to catch the ball.

Within a second, John Long used Sampson's body as a pillar and circled around and handed the ball to catch the ball, just at the high position on the left side of the free throw line.

During his college years, he scored goals at this position countless times.

At this moment, the past muscle memories returned to his body, and he jumped up confidently, aimed at the basket, and took action again.

"Swish!"

Rick Barry praised: "John's move was quick and he looked confident. He was a very good pitcher!"

Russell began to brag and praised himself, saying that the Celtics players have always been very sacrificed and will tolerate and restrain themselves in order to take into account the overall situation.

The 76ers' most dangerous assassin Andrew Tony gets rid of the double-team set up by Louis for him.

His first step was too fast.

Smith had muscles and couldn't get over it.

Sampson was pulled outside by White Jones, and the defense was insufficient, so he hit the penalty area and scored a layup.

This kind of score is bound to be dropped.

Louis was not surprised, it was important to play the next game well.

John Long ran off the ball in college under Louis' instructions, without a single three-pointer, which completely disrupted the deployment of the 76ers.

They used to just treat Lang as a full-time shooter, but suddenly he became the Celtic offensive arrow and had specific cover tactics.

Sampson doesn't need to do anything else, nor does he have to fight unmatched tactics against Fitch's wishes. Just use Fitch's proud high pick-and-roll to the extreme.
To be continued...