The Rest, Only Noise

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After the Christmas Eve loss to the Knicks, the Blazers actually lost in Boston—a team with Jordan, Thomas, Barkley, Sabonis, and Nance against the Celtics with only Sampson.

Sampson handled Sabonis like plasticine in that game.

His **** lasted the entire game, eventually scoring 66 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and 7 blocks.

Even with Sampson's terrific performance, it would be difficult to beat the Blazers without the help of his teammates.

Billy Owens helped the most with a triple-double of 26 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists.

If the Blazers play normally, even if Sampson plays like this and Owens plays super-level, the two sides are still 55-50.

In the end, the Blazers lost by 12 points.

"This team is starting to become toxic."

Bill Ranbir said sharply.

He concluded that something was wrong with the Blazers' locker room, and Riley's grip on the team was not as strong as he used to be.

And this judgment is not unfounded.

Riley used a high-pressure play in Portland.

He wants to make players feel a lot of pressure, and at the same time bring an unbearable amount of training.

Barkley complained, he persisted for two years, but nothing.

Now he can't hold on anymore.

Riley's words don't work anymore, and Barkley's ability to manage himself is his number one problem on his way to the top.

He's not Jordan's type of guy who can put up with everything in order to win.

And that's exactly where Riley, Jordan and Barkley differ.

Barkley and Jordan were supposed to be hard-core buddies, but now the relationship has cracked.

Jordan has repeatedly emphasized to work harder, and that determination is not seen in Barkley.

The Christmas fight detonated all the problems.

The Blazers took a nosedive, losing in a row.

On the Knicks side, it's not without problems.

The renewal of Louis and Wilson has never been finalized, and the future of the team is uncertain.

At the player level, the contradictions of the past have disappeared this season.

Because of Ewing's growth, because of Wilson's deliberate avoidance, a new balance emerges.

But the problems of individual players cannot be completely eradicated.

For example, Mohamed Raouf, whose faith has always been a sensitive area within the Knicks.

Everyone knows that place is untouchable, but fans don't feel that way.

Rauf may be the only Knicks player not popular in New York.

Last season, Raouf was most blamed for his disdain for pre-match rituals.

When the superstar that MSG paid a lot of money to sing the American national anthem, Raouf was either not present, stayed in the locker room, or stood in the corridor waiting for the ceremony to end.

Therefore, some fans called Raouf a coward.

He didn't even dare to face the Stars and Stripes.

More and more such voices made Raouf make up his mind.

January 12, 1994

This is a special game, the Knicks and Magic's season rematch.

Ewing, O'Neal, Kemp, Webber, this will be an extremely **** inside hand-to-hand battle.

The garden was full, the front-ranking people were full, and even Louis, who had not appeared in msg for many days, brought his family to the scene.

Before the opening, the camera was specially given to Louis.

Louie's daughter didn't seem to like the atmosphere of the scene, and was clamoring to go home, but was hugged by her father.

Then, Louis presumably told a joke to make his daughter laugh.

"If the leader renews the contract with the team, I am willing to help him coax his daughter for free." Knicks legend Walter Fraser joked.

Angie followed up: "Then you need to put in a little effort, Clyde, Coach Lu's daughter is the smartest kid I've ever seen. It's not that easy to coax."

In this happy atmosphere, Raouf decided to do something big.

In fact, when Louis saw Raouf among the players on the Knicks court, he felt something was wrong.

The opening ceremony is about to start, and Raouf usually finds an excuse to show off at this time.

But he's still on the field.

Did he figure it out, or did he forget the time? Or, what is he going to do?

The person in charge of singing the national anthem tonight is rock queen Tina Turner, but despite her reputation, Louie knows her because of a fight with her husband.

As a man, her husband ultimately lived up to the body structure that the creator gave him that was more conducive to fighting. He had an absolute advantage in points and defended the dignity of men without a doubt, but it would be great if he could defend his dignity without hitting women. .

At this time, Louis didn't care about Tina's seriously fat figure at all, he just wanted to know what Raouf was going to do.

He also wanted to rush down the court to remind Rudy.

But he can't do that in his current status.

And, the most sacred moment of the national anthem ceremony has begun.

Everyone must stand up and not move, even Louis, a foreigner.

Tina sang loudly while Raouf, who lined up with his teammates.

"Oh, you can see the first light at the dawn of dawn!"

The high standard of singing was always a great pleasure for the audience, and patriotism could be seen passing through a crowd of proudly saluting Americans.

"What makes us so proud, cheering at the last light?"

There is only one American with no pride in his face.

Unfortunately, that person was Raouf.

He put his hand on his waist, and a horror appeared on Stockton's face behind him: "What the **** are you doing?"

His hands extended down, and his body slowly sank.

"Stop!" Stockton's roar caught the attention of the person in front of Raouf.

Reggie Williams turned around like hell: "Damn, what are you doing?"

Nothing, Raouf just thought he was going to do what he was supposed to do.

He has to show an attitude.

"Oh, that Stars and Stripes is still flying high isn't it.

Fly in the land of freedom, in the home of the warriors! "

Mohammad Abdul-Rauf sat down at this moment.

In a land that prides itself on freedom, in a country that celebrates individual heroism, Raouf made it clear to everyone in an irreversible way that he didn't care about the broken song Tina Turner was singing. He doesn't care what others think of him either.

He can do whatever he wants.

"You're going to **** kill us!" Stockton growled irrationally.

Raouf closed his eyes, the corners of his mouth trembled, and his shoulders kept twitching.

He can't control his own mood, just like he can't control other things, the only thing he can control is his own will.

Just when the audience was in an uproar, Louis turned around indifferently and left the scene.

Since then, no one cared about the game.

Raouf's behavior began to be discussed, from fans to commentators.

"It's an unforgivable move," said NBC announcer Marv Albert.

Raouf made the game embarrassing, and the Knicks fans at the scene didn't know whether to support their team.

His teammates were also at a loss.

An eerie atmosphere prevailed throughout the game.

In the end, the Knicks won.

Dedicated Wilson and Ewing showed their prowess, one dominated the perimeter and the other dominated the inside, making the Magic's talents hated on the road.

After winning the game, Ewing didn't feel any relief at all.

Because he knew the real trouble was behind.

"Patrick, what do you think of Mohammad Abdul-Rauf's disrespect to the flag?"

At times like these, playing stupid is the only way Ewing can avoid taking a stand.

"I don't know, I'll figure out the question, and then I'll have the answer."

Wilson saw the sensational live broadcast accident as an opportunity.

An opportunity to make him more hated by the public.

"I don't want to judge this, it's Mar's freedom." Wilson said nonchalantly, "I don't care."

However, not everyone is as clear-cut as Wilson and Ewing.

John Stockton, like John Stockton, did not hesitate to stand against Raouf: "I can neither understand nor forgive, it disgusts me, and it disgusts me even more that I have to talk to him Fighting side by side, he has to stand up and give everyone an explanation."

Stockton is a famous American wolf, and Raouf's actions today touched his bottom line.

Kemp's response was an exact copy of Ewing: "I haven't figured out what's going on, so I don't know what to say."

"I don't care what the **** he does!" Rodman replied in a completely self-destructing truck style. "If this country is free enough, why should he care whether he is standing or sitting listening to the national anthem?"

"Because, this is a serious offense to the flag..."

"What the fuck, I've heard enough of your **** clichés, mar is that can do anything in that situation, we can stand and salute the flag, we can sit and salute the flag, I don't **** care if he stands Still sitting!"

Amazingly, although Rodman's remarks were very inaccurate, no one made the line.

Because he is not a normal person, and unless he expresses a clear distaste for the national anthem ceremony, as Raouf did, no one cares what he says.

In addition to the Knicks' core players, like veteran captain McHale, he's also trying to make a mess.

When people wanted him to comment on Raouf's behavior, McHale looked surprised: "Who are you all? Don't appreciate such a wonderful game, but care about those boring things?"

"Kevin, do you think it's boring to sit down during the national anthem ceremony?"

"What? Did he do such a thing? I'll talk to him."

Teammates responded in a variety of ways, but Stockton was the only one who clearly stood against Raouf.

Tomjanovich was in a bitter mood, he did not expect such a thing to happen.

He should have noticed Raouf's abnormality long ago. This guy was the first person to come to the court to shoot and warm up tonight. Usually, he would not participate in the national anthem ceremony at all, but today he chose to stay abnormally.

If it was Louis, he would surely be able to stop Raouf before he did anything.

"It's an earthquake." Rudy wanted to use an abstract metaphor to avoid the reporter's questioning, "We're all on the run, and when we get to safety, we'll think about why we made it happen. so."

I don't know if Tomjanovich's analogy was too obscure, or if the reporter didn't expect to get an answer from him.

After listening to Tomjanovich's answer, the reporter let him go.

The reporters regretted that they wanted to ask Louie to comment on the matter, but Louie was nowhere to be seen.

Where has Louis gone?

Of course he's not idle!

After Raouf did that, Louis responded in the shortest time possible.

He first called the league office and asked them to impose Raouf's heaviest suspension.

It was Stern's assistant Garcia Lynn who was in charge of approaching Louie, but he didn't know how many games to be suspended because there was no precedent.

"10 games?"

"Is it too much?"

"I think it's just right." Louie said, "This matter is no trivial matter. The league must show a clear attitude and deal the hardest blow. Only in this way can it stabilize the fans and deter other people who are eager to try."

Louie then called friends at the Times and the Post and asked them to kick out two articles.

An article is responsible for fanning the flames, and the outline goes online.

One is responsible for diverting the subject and letting things get out of hand.

Finally, the Times ran an article titled "The Madness of Dissidents" detailing Raouf's madness.

The Post's article used Raouf's fault to insinuately attack the *** group, so that other *** who originally opposed Raouf had to stand on Rauf's side. However, Raouf really has no reason in this matter. The desecration of the national flag and the national anthem ceremony is unforgivable in any country.

Louie's approach can be described as ruthless, with a 10-game suspension, plus pulling the entire *** group into the water, all of which are to keep Raouf.

That night, Louis appeared in the locker room after a long absence.

His face was extremely gloomy, and no one dared to speak to him.

Louis walked to Raouf and said coldly, "Do you know what's waiting for you outside?"

"You know, Patriot's bullet."

"I hope you never see a true patriot, you've got a bunch of crazy reporters waiting for you, do you know how long it usually takes them to get news like this? There's something to do."

Rauf was silent.

"You still have a way out," Louie said. "When you're outside, you say you had Tourette's syndrome at the start of the national anthem ceremony, and you couldn't stand."

"That's not true, and I'm not going to lie."

"Fuck you! I don't care about you so much!" Louie yelled. "You have to say that!"

Raouf's shoulders were shaking, and the corners of his mouth twitched. "I won't lie, sir."

There was endless anger in Louis's heart, but most of that anger was because he couldn't do anything about the situation.

How do you stop moths from flying into flames?

"Do what you want." Louie turned away. "I'm not your coach anymore, Mohammed."

Raouf took a deep breath and prepared to walk out of the locker room to face reporters.

"Leave yourself a way back!" Ewing yelled.

Raouf responded: "I will."

Rauf went out.

Ewing muttered, "Will he really?"

"Will he?" Rodman sarcastically said, "He's a fart, he's a reckless idiot, and the coach is angry!"

Tomjanovich cleared his throat, "Anyway, mar is still one of us, and we're going to keep quiet about it."

"I don't expect you to stand with him, but at least we don't have to stab him in the back."

Stockton couldn't bear it anymore: "I can't do it!"

Tomjanovich looked at him seriously: "You have to do it."

Stockton's feud with Tomjanovich is another story.

Raouf came to reporters alone and explained his actions.

When asked by reporters why he was acting so disrespectful to Stars and Stripes.

Raouf replied: "Because in my opinion the flag is a symbol of oppression and tyranny, and my faith taught me that the only way to deal with it is to not look at it, but to pray silently. I will not criticize those who stand I don't criticize those who oppose me, that's how I oppose it."1

Raouf not only did not give himself a retreat, but also cut off all the ways to defend him.

He's on a dead end, and it's more horrific than his collapse in front of the media last year.

Last year, he could still say that he was sick. Now, his thinking is very clear and his logic is very clear.

While he was being interviewed, Louie was watching the live broadcast in another house.

When Raouf said "oppression" and "tyranny", he angrily threw out the remote control in his hand.

What happened today means that even if his reconstruction of Raouf is successful, he will go bankrupt.

What happened today means that the original Curry he imagined in the '90s will no longer be available.

What happened today means that Raouf will be isolated from the entire league. Even if he has the strength to stand in the league, no team is willing to give him enough opportunities.

He'll be pushed out of the league bit by bit.

In this matter, the league will be very covert, and the teams will reach an unanimous tacit understanding to let him disappear silently.

The last time Louie was so angry ~www.readwn.com~ was when John Selly sold inside information to writers.

But Sally redeemed himself in the final.

But Raouf, he invested so much effort, but this is what he finally got in return?

A self-righteous cerebral palsy who commits a terrorist attack for the right to chant during the national anthem, disrupts the team and self-destructs?

That night, Jack Krueger, who hasn't been involved in team affairs for a million years during the season, called Louie's house.

It is worth mentioning that the last time he called Louis's house was also for Raouf.

"Lu, what are you going to do with that lunatic?"

1 This is indeed the case.

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