The Rest, Only Noise

Chapter 88: Only Glory Lasts (8/43)

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The seventh game between the Celtics and the 76ers was a big splash. The 76ers seemed to be a more mature team. In the case of insufficient ability to attack tough positions, they forced the rhythm and took the lead.

59 to 56

The 76ers led by 3 at the half.

"We've made up our minds to win this game," Dr J told reporters.

The Celtics followed in the footsteps of their glorious team history and clung to the Phillies.

As of 1981, there have been 68 series with a 3-1 deficit. Only 12 teams made it to Game 7.

Only three teams completed the comeback.

Bill Fitch didn't care about history and probability. He put his face in front of reporters and said, "Home-court advantage will only come into play in Game 7."

And tonight is Game 7, but people don't see the Celtics' home-court advantage.

If anyone could see Louie's inner voice, he didn't care that much about winning or losing the series.

He just wanted to see his strategy work, and it actually worked.

Andrew Toney struggled from Game 5, and having Sampson pinch him early had a noticeable effect.

The outbreak of John Lang, the second highest score in the team in game 6, and the performance of 12 points in a single quarter in game 7 all prove that Louie's strategy has achieved results.

This is a tough game, both sides have to fight their own flesh and blood.

Fitch returned to the locker room, usually like a devil in human skin, urging players to work hard.

But now, he knows the value of tactics has little meaning.

"Sooner or later you'll understand that all shiny things are no match for the erosion of time." Fitch pointed to the tactical board with tactical lines and scores, "all these things, things you think you will never forget, will Gradually disappeared from people's memory, and gone forever!"

"Only glory lasts forever," Fitch said heavily. "Only glory!"

Louie stood by and watched. This was Fitch's timing as a mature head coach.

Making chicken soup is easy to say, but it's not that easy to do. Because players grow up listening to these big things, and if you pick the wrong timing, they get bored.

Now, at halftime in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the 76ers are so powerful that everyone can see it, intense physical contact, naked hand-to-hand combat and suffocating pressure, to win this game, you have to pay 200% effort.

"Fight more!" Fitch yelled, "Fight more!"

The players rushed out of the locker room, and Louie stopped Bird.

"Don't get carried away by the excitement," Louie said.

Bird smiled contemptuously. "Any instructions, Coach?"

"Have you considered getting out of the game properly, like John, and temporarily becoming a shooter on the court?" Louie didn't wait for Bird to refute himself, and continued, "You may think I'm crazy, but you Think back to the 76ers' defensive layout. They have four fast-moving defenders, three elite shot-blockers, and if we can't stretch the floor, they're just going to eat it up. ."

Bird asked solemnly: "What do you want me to do?"

"Get close to the 3-point line, or catch the ball from the 3-point line, and run the offense."

"They will give me two or three meters of space directly, and there is no chance to organize an attack..."

"Then just cast the fuck!" Louie interrupted roughly, "Tell me, can you do it?"

Bird suddenly smiled: "Does Coach Fitch know about this?"

"He doesn't need to know." Louis said lightly, "He didn't arrange any tactics in it just now. If you suddenly change your style of play, he will only take this as your inspiration."

"So, if I screw up, he can't spare me." Byrd instantly thought of the worst outcome.

"I appreciate your thinking of the worst in everything, if you can think of the best before the worst." Louie's words are magical, "What if you get it done, hillbilly? Do you have this? courage?"

Ordinary aggressive tactics don't work so well for Bird.

But if you add "hillbilly", the effect is striking.

Just like Kobe after 2004, he will overfulfill any task set by the Sharks - "Leave me, you are not a fart", two consecutive championships responded; "Can you score 50 points in your retirement game?", 60 points for disrespectful speech and body; - some people are like this and need to be stimulated by certain things.

Bird's face was terrifyingly gloomy, and he glared at Louis: "If there were still games to be played, I would smash your stinky mouth with one punch."

"You can try, I'll break you down with Chinese kung fu." The reality is that he might be beaten to death by Bird.

They returned to the game, and Bird did not explicitly say whether he agreed with Louie's proposal.

The results will come soon, and the only way to break the Sixers defense is for Bird to extend his range, because the opponent's athleticism is too strong, and no matter how the tactics are played, they are within reach.

In terms of individual ability, skill and his ability to close games in crunch time, Bird is the best star in this series.

Louie needs to correct his mindset and keep him out of the Sixers hand-to-hand combat.

The 76ers' steel torrent of physical talent continued to dominate the second half.

They defended the Celtics for three consecutive rounds, and Bird did not play according to Louis's instructions immediately.

As a result, the Doctor was rewarded with hot pot, and the Jones brothers interfered with other people's offense, and the 76ers counterattacked as fast as lightning, 64 to 56 in the blink of an eye.

The difference of 8 points, in this suffocating hand-to-hand battle, is no less than the 18-point difference in the small ball era.

Louie stood calmly on the sidelines, he saw the Celtics attack again, Bird's running style and before seems to be no different.

Is his concept still unscrambled? Louis thought pessimistically.

Laimbeer, who had stopped the blood off the court, returned to the game to screen off the ball for Bird, who tripped White Jones.

Bird rushed out of the corner 3-point line, and Maxwell's ball moved towards him.

Bird took the ball, looked up, and made a three-pointer with the iconic cannon shot.

"Shhh!!"

"You **** hillbilly!" Louie growled happily. "It would have been better!"

59 to 64

Caldwell Jones executes his bad post, has a bad shot, and can't find the rim at all.

The 76ers' impact on the offensive rebound made the basket chaotic.

Three or four people fell to the ground, and finally the rebound was won by Cheeks, who scored a layup.

66 to 59

That's what the 76ers hope to play, and they're going to beat the Celtics with brutal physicality.

Bird got the ball from beyond the three-point line, feinted with a shot, flew Dr., and dribbled the ball inwards, only to be shot out of bounds by Dr. Bird's center of gravity was shattered by the impact coming from behind him.

The graceful Dr. J stepped in front of him, and he angrily swung his elbow against the other's calf.

Both sides began to curse and shove with hatred.

The referee prevented a more serious conflict from appearing.

Bird's fire from the perimeter effectively opened up the 76ers' defense.

They were no longer three Spider-Man guarding the basket, turning the restricted area into an airtight steel fortress.

Then, John Long made another 3-pointer.

The fort is disintegrating.

Louie could hear Cunningham growl.

"Give me a harder fight!"

The development of the game never went in the direction Louis envisioned, even if his tactical intentions were achieved.

Bird-led Celtics players, they are not afraid of the 76ers hand-to-hand tactics. Louie asked Bird to avoid confrontation with the opponent and to move more outside the three-point arc, but Bird only listened to half of what he said. He has to fight the 76ers to the end, but also to swim beyond the arc.

He's challenging an iron law: touch and confrontation cannot coexist.

In the small-ball era, only the defensive pressure Curry faced in the playoffs could compare to the jungle fights of the 1980s and 1990s, and the best shooter of all time has suffered from that kind of hand-to-hand combat. The hand feeling is unstable, as long as anyone who has paid attention to the game should have an impression.

Can Bird reverse this iron law tonight?

For a minute, Bird did not touch the ball.

Louie seemed to be watching a farce. The 76ers dribbled into the crowd and dropped the ball.

Finally picked up the ball and was snatched away.

The 76ers' halftime staged such a play;

Back to the Celtic positions, still;

They are as violent and savage as beginners, and they ignore the rules of basketball, and the game has become less and less like basketball and more like ice hockey.

Andrew Tony was knocked over again and again within three minutes of choking.

He was the one who finally broke the deadlock.

He pulled up a jumper against Maxwell's help.

68 to 62

Bird scolded something like "cnmb" vulgarly, then elbowed Dr.'s body again and stepped on the three-point line to force a shot.

"Shh!"

64 to 68

The doctor, who felt disgraced, wanted to fight back, but was caught by Bird and blocked.

This impossible thing has happened, what can't happen tonight?

Bird's will is dominating the game~www.readwn.com~ The tug-of-war between the two sides intensifies.

Bird has been determined to implement Louis' tactical intentions on the offensive end.

He saw John Lang running towards his position, holding the ball, handing it to him. Long's defender was blocked by Bird's body, and he dribbled the ball to the bottom corner and pulled up—remember, he's not good at shooting 3-pointers with the ball, and he feels like he's crazy, he shouldn't be doing it.

But there was a desire within him that was forcing him to do so.

There is a great heart hidden in some people's body. It beats hundreds of times every minute. Those who have it often show the spirit of giving up, the misfortune imposed by fate, the pain bestowed by the enemy, they We must deal with it with a hundredfold courage.

"John Lang!!"

"Throw in! He's in again!"

Only glory can make their sports career eternal in history.

The Celtics' outbreak on the perimeter brought unexpected variables to this intensifying game.

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