The rest is just noise

Louis doesn't like tonight's referee.

It's his "old friend" Tom Nunez. Don't get me wrong, Louis has a good impression of him. If it is an away game, he will be happy to see Nunez.

But at home, eh

There is no problem with Nunez's penalty. If the visiting team coach is honest, he will give the home team some advantages.

However, putting pressure on referees is a required course for every coach.

Therefore, most coaches will complain about the referee during the game, and Nunez has a characteristic, that is, he is "very good at absorbing coaches' suggestions." If he is complained, he will unify the standard, that is, deprive the home team of the home court advantage.

When Louis is away from home, the referee he most wants to see is Nunez.

However, now that the game is at home and the opponent is the Celtics, Nunez's presence is not so interesting.

His partner is another veteran referee No. 10, Darell Garretson, who has been officiating in the league since 1967. At the same time, he is also the first leader of the referees union and has been advocating for in-game rules in recent years.

A third referee is added to expand the referee's field of vision.

This is opposed by many coaches.

Louis was also one of the people who voted against. Everyone's reasons were very strange. The reason why Louis voted against was that there were too few referees in the league. Using three referees in one game was too extravagant. No matter where in this world, there are people that the light cannot shine on.

In the corner, why do we have to force the referee to see the whole situation clearly?

At least Louie's reason seems to be quite high-level, much better than some reasons that "increasing to three referees will increase the chance of players hitting the referee on the court."

Letting Garretson be the assistant referee is not a good thing for the coaches of both sides.

He is a guy who doesn't like to communicate with players and coaches. He is extremely arrogant and aloof. He also doesn't like to watch the ball and likes to pay attention to the actions of defensive players.

From this point of view, the Celtics have an advantage because the Knicks pay more attention to defense.

When Garretson is on the court, no one will really treat him as a deputy referee. In other words, he is the actual referee. Nunez will refer to his opinions when making any controversial decisions.

"Darrell, how are you doing lately?" Louis asked in a friendly tone.

Garretson said coldly: "Thank you for your concern."

Louis can't put his warm face on someone else's cold ass anymore. This guy won't talk to you about worldly things.

Louis returned to the players and emphasized: "Tonight, all the guys who are on the side of the 'Ice King', please put away your usual illegal actions, because he will be watching you closely!"

"Coach, is this so evil?" Miller didn't believe it.

Louis smiled and said: "You can go ahead and try."

"Just try it!" Reggie Miller, who doesn't know what fear is and is commonly known as the reckless man, said eagerly.

On both sides, there is not much change compared to last season.

Only the Knicks replaced Ellis, who had not yet returned, with Miller.

In the jump ball stage, Sampson, who is 221 centimeters tall, easily passed the ball to Isiah Thomas behind him.

The Celtics started off offensively poorly. Sampson made a jumper from the free throw line. Bird grabbed an offensive rebound and made another shot, but still missed.

Knicks counterattack, Stockton passes Wilson.

Wilson went straight to the yellow dragon and scored a dunk.

2 to 0

Coming back, Laimbeer's position was already under the basket, and Thomas' ball was thrown over like a bomb.

Laimbeer caught the ball, hit hard, and only needed a soft hook to score for the Green Army, but his hook looked harder than a rock.

The ball spun around in the basket and slipped out.

"Wow!" CBS commentator Tom Heinsohn said, "Boston started tonight in a very average state."

Miller was very excited. Ewing and McHale set double screens on the weak side, allowing him to run out from the weak side, catch the ball, and shoot a three-pointer.

He was not afraid to face the king's team, and he seemed to be at ease against Ron Harper.

A three-pointer went into the basket, and Miller opened his mouth full of nonsense: "It's impossible to guard grandpa with this kind of garbage defense. Let's find someone more powerful. You are no match for me. I can beat you directly."

Open your head and hear it, stupider than a nigger!"

"Beep!"

Miller was given a stern warning by Garretson.

"If you don't want to get called for a technical foul, you'd better keep your mouth clean!"

Miller thought his "communication" method was clean enough, but the referee obviously didn't think so.

The Celtics used simple movement, pulling, and pulling away the Knicks' defense.

Bird ran from the left to the right, caught the ball, and when he turned and shot, Wilson's fingers brushed against his forearm.

"Beep!"

The ball didn't go in, but the buzzer sounded and he got two free throws.

Wilson complained: "This is our home court!"

Garretson looked cold.

Louis shouted: "Darrell, no one wants to see Benj get called for a foul at MSG for this kind of action!"

The New York fans immediately let out a burst of boos.

Garretson was completely unaffected and said as usual: "I don't care, a foul is a foul, you better remember!"

"Damn! That old bastard!" Louis turned his back and cursed.

Zhao Yuanzheng suggested: "If we anger him, he will target us even more."

"That's why I didn't scold him." Louis muttered, "That old bastard relied on his position in the referee union to do whatever he wanted. He really thought he had the final say here!"

Phil Jackson smiled bitterly: "I suffered from him when I first entered the league. He is a stubborn person who won't reason with you."

The Knicks coaching staff was discussing, and Bird made both free throws.

Although the body hair was blown, the Knicks' offense was not affected at all.

Louis specially designed a lot of card dealing routines for Stockton tonight. He does not need to attack, he only needs to initiate tactical passes.

Ewing and McHale turned into the hardest-working players in the league, picking and rolling, screening, and continuously creating space within ten seconds.

No matter how high the Celtics' defensive discipline is, they cannot remain stable under this kind of offensive attack.

Sampson's defense was in disarray.

Wilson took the opportunity to cut out, get the ball from Stockton's hands, and get into the open space. Everything was just as the Knicks coaching staff planned.

Although Thomas switched to defend in front of Wilson, his height was unlikely to have any impact on the attacker.

When Wilson saw Thomas guarding him, he became even more excited and raised his hand to pull out.

Although it is not a three-pointer, this is exactly the concept of Exhange Riky (high-post dynamic offense). Play on the move, looking for open three-pointers, misplaced two-pointers, and open opportunities.

Thomas only made Wilson more excited.

It is inevitable to play well offensively, and Louis never cares about the team's offense.

They have the best playmaker in history, as well as top-notch wings and versatile interior players.

If the offense is not good, he will fail as a coach.

"Look at our tactics, can you do it?"

Miller's mouth didn't seem to stop.

Garretson warned him for a reason. He was obviously a rookie, so this was too much.

The Celtics used a pick-and-roll to allow the Knicks to switch defenses, and Miller defended in front of Bird.

Bird caught the ball and Miller was about to speak.

"Stop barking, are you a dog?"

After Bird said that, he jumped out. Although he didn't jump high, he had a certain height.

Miller was unable to influence his shot and could only watch Bird hit a long shot two steps inside the three-point line.

"You also know how to shoot. I'm damn worthy of you, white guy!"

Bird didn't even look at Miller, but turned to Louis, pointing at Miller with a question on his face.

Where did you find this weird thing?

Louis spread his arms. Miller's attitude of not taking Bird and the entire Celtics into account may be a good thing or a bad thing.

The good thing is that he doesn't care how strong the Celtics are, he only cares about his own performance.

The bad side is that he may be targeted by the Green Army because he is too arrogant.

Next, the Knicks still used tactical movement to complete the positional battle.

Miller and Wilson cross-running. This is the most coordinated cross-running Louis has ever seen. It may be because they are from UCLA and were teammates in college. They know what the other party is going to do, so they run without the ball.

, collisions rarely occur.

There seems to be one more reason why Dale Ellis must be substituted.

Eventually, Wilson and Miller came together.

One stood in the left corner, and the other stood at a 45-degree angle to the left. Their presence affected the Celtics' defense layout, causing the right side to be completely empty.

An inconspicuous guy, McHale, screened, turned, went down, cut into the open right side, and Stockton lobbed.

McHale jumped up to catch the ball, layup, and succeeded.

Another iconic tactic under the N.UCLA system, EmptyLob (airside lob).

McHale scratched his armpit hair arrogantly. He didn't know that this move disgusted Louis, the referee, and the fans. Only his teammates were not disgusted. Even if it is a piece of shit, as long as you face it every day, you will get used to it.

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Heinsohn said dissatisfied: "So far, the Celtics' defense has been too poor. The Knicks have completed all the tactics, while Boston only uses the players' personal abilities to play."

"Isn't this going to work?"

"Absolutely it won't work!"