basketball never sleeps

Chapter 49 Coach Larry Brown's Life Is Worth It
The night before the finals, Stern frowned in the office, looking helplessly at the ratings in front of him, 11.5% (lowest)/20.5% (highest), compared to last year’s Spurs and Nets, which lost suspense early. It is said that this year, both the ratings and the number of viewers have almost doubled.

But this year's finals are ugly and really ugly, and compared with the 88% average ratings of the Lakers and Pistons in 20, this is still far behind.

Stern doesn't like the Pistons, but the Lakers of the "Big Four" are not his favorite either. The grouping of superstars will destroy the ecology of the NBA. This is something he does not advocate. Therefore, after weighing his rights and disadvantages, he chose not to bother.

The "no handcheck" rule that has been planned for a long time within the league is going to be implemented next season. I think the blue-collar Pistons will not be so tormenting after being hacked.

Stern closed his eyes and entered fantasy time.

At the same time, Mo Wen opened his eyes in the copy.

His luck was pretty good. Tonight he picked a copy of [Hell] which turned out to be a copy of the Pistons' 04-05 Finals.

After regretting that he didn't hit the old man that time, it was a bit sloppy to beat him up when he met Larry Brown in the later dungeons. Among other things, it was a pity that he didn't collect information about the old man's ability to resist blows.

He wanted to teach the old man a lesson in reality, but he didn't want to switch with him, so that the old man would be free from the torment of old age, and at the same time, he would be at a loss if he thought about putting himself in it.

When Mo Wen got an idea, he started playing tricks. Every time there was one minute left in the dungeon match, Mo Wen would take the initiative to hug Larry Brown to test the old man's ability to resist punching and crushing.

The NPC has no memory, so Mo Wen tried 7 rounds, and his strength became more and more accurate.

"Coach, are you okay Coach?"

Mo Wen, who assumed the identity of Hamilton, called out "affectionately" to Larry Brown.

"Stop hitting, stop strangling, let me catch my breath, I can't breathe! Huh..."

Letting go of Larry Brown, Mo Wen, who was still panting, smiled sincerely.

"Coach, it's great that you didn't die!"

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On June 6, in G15 of the finals, the Pistons' home court was full of excitement.

The 81-year-old Pistons owner Bill Davis came to the sidelines. Behind him was "showing off" at the Palace of Auburn Hills with two major trophies. These two trophies were not the O'Brien Cup before the Pistons, but under his Championship trophies won by WNBA and NHL (Hockey League) clubs.

As long as Detroit wins the NBA championship again, it will become the unprecedented "triple crown" of sports leagues in the history of the United States.

The Los Angeles fans in front of the TV are sour, but it’s hard to say anything. If it’s better than the NBA championship trophy, the Celtics alone in the entire league can stand upright in front of the Lakers, but it’s better than the other ones won in the same year. The championship of the league, the best result of Los Angeles is to round up the NBA and WNBA championships.

The Cleveland fans who were more than 200 kilometers away saw this scene and shed tears. Cleveland has maintained a record of 107 seasons in the four major sports leagues in the Ugly country and 37 consecutive years without a championship.

Detroit might take 3 a year, what the hell is that.

The famous Pistons Isiah and Lambiel were both invited to the TNT studio. It is said that TNT also invited Magician and Skyhook, but the two hung up before finishing listening to the phone.

Looking at the championship banners played by the Pistons at home, and the various support signs held up by fans on the sidelines to celebrate the Pistons' triple crown, Mo Wen had a sense of champagne half-opened.

The Istanbul night has not happened yet, and the sports world has not had so many scruples at the moment.

Although knowing that this will definitely stimulate the Lakers players, including most of the Lakers players, they do not believe that the Lakers can win this year's finals. After G4 of the finals, the Lakers have entered a "respite" state.

In the case of Malone's absence from the game, Zen Master also tried to encourage the players with low morale, but Zen Master in the quiet away locker room couldn't help but stop the chicken soup at the end.

After the game started, it showed what it means to go all out, then decline, and exhaust three times.

In the first quarter, the Lakers could barely match the relaxed Pistons. The Pistons 25:24 the Lakers.

In the second quarter, except for Kobe who was still fighting, everyone else didn't have much vitality left on both ends of the offense and defense. After O'Neal fought for 4 games in the front, his physical reserve declined sharply, coupled with the influence of mentality. In 9 minutes of playing in the first quarter, he only handed in 3 of 1 shots, 4 of 1 free throws, 3 points and 0 rebounds.
The Pistons easily won by 10 points in the face of the Lakers, who were already showing a faint tendency to swing. In the case of low defensive intensity, every player in the Pistons had a chance to score. Rashid had 7 points and Hamilton 6 points. Lupus scored 4 points, Okur 6 points, Prince 3 points, Daben 3 points, Mo Wen came off the bench for 8 minutes, scored 4 points and 2 assists, not many points, but the victory was easy.

During the halftime break, the away locker room was frighteningly cold, Zen master didn't want to say anything, and the Lakers players didn't have any ideas.

O'Neal doesn't want to think about the championship anymore. He is more concerned about his own arrangements for next season. The Lakers management and owner have made it clear that they don't want to renew his contract in advance.

And Kobe was biting his jersey unwillingly in the other corner. In G3 of the finals, he was still thinking about how to compete with O'Neal for FMVP, and how to use O'Neal's involvement to help him get more points. Who would have thought of G4 After it was over, everything changed.

"A united whole can always defeat a group of stragglers, and we became a group of stragglers at an inappropriate time." Veteran Fox shook his head and whispered in the locker room. He was fed up with the Lakers' internal farce and was ready to fight. He announced his retirement after the game.

In the third quarter, the situation was completely one-sided. The Lakers were so bad that the Pistons fans didn't bother to boo them. Except for O'Neal and Kobe, no one from the Lakers scored in this quarter. The Pistons once led the Lakers by 27 points.

After Mo Wen came off the bench, he held the ball from beyond the three-point line, and Devin George couldn't even come up to defend immediately.

The entire Lakers team felt like a girl with lost eyesight, lying there saying, "Move yourself, get it over with."

In the fourth quarter, for the sake of face, Kobe and O'Neal played for another half quarter to catch up the point difference to within 20, and then the two teams replaced the substitute players, counting down the seconds and waiting for the end of the game.

Mo Wen scored 16 points on the court and happily sat back on the bench.

The game whistle sounded, and the Pistons players roared and rushed onto the court, huddled together.

And Mo Wen ran to Larry Brown with Milicic.

"Thank you, Coach Larry."

Before Larry Brown could react, Mo Wen hugged Larry Brown, and then slapped him hard on the back several times.

Milicic then arrived and double-teamed Larry Brown from behind, with men on the left and right.

"Let go...let go..., let go...uh, cough cough."

Larry Brown's squeezed eyeballs were almost protruding, but Mo Wen had a shoulder against his neck, making him unable to speak at all.And his arms held by Mo Wen made him try to push Mo Wen away, but he couldn't.

Herb Brown, whose vision was blocked by Milicic, was stunned. Didn't it mean that the relationship between the two children and Larry is not good, why are they hugging so tightly now.

Sure enough, victory is the magic weapon for a stable coaching position.

Mo Wen and Milicic carried Larry Brown towards the direction of the Piston players on the field. Now the Piston players are excited to hug anyone they see, and it will not be a pity to see Larry Brown coming.

"Wait...wait...stop...stop...!"

Big Ben, whom Larry Brown valued the most, gave him the deepest hug at this moment. This undrafted man never dreamed that he would become a championship one day. His gratitude to Brown can be imagined.

"Uh...um...help...!"

Larry Brown, who had been panting from just now until now, was almost sent away by Big Ben's arms.

Fortunately, it was Mo Wen, who was kind and considerate, who rescued Larry Brown from being surrounded by Big Ben.

Before Larry Brown could take two breaths, he felt his body being laid flat.

Mo Wen hugged his head, Milicic lifted Larry Brown's legs, Collis held up Larry Brown's butt with eyes, and Okur and Mike James seemed to know that they could do anything. Lifted Larry Brown's upper and lower body.

The stupid Daben didn't think much about it, and came over. The Pistons' starters seemed to understand something, but after a moment of hesitation, they followed suit. After playing for a season, who hasn't had any personal hatred for Brown? what.

"Long live Coach Larry Brown!"

While Mo Wen shouted, Larry Brown was thrown into the sky by a group of players.

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

Larry Brown, who was a little awake just now, felt dizzy for a while, but his glasses had already been snapped off by Mo Wen when he hugged just now, and he could only look at the scene flying up and down around him in a daze.

Zen Master, who was waiting for the handshake, stared blankly at the scene in front of him. For a moment, he suddenly felt that the Lakers players were actually quite cute.

"How wonderful, Larry Brown is such a good coach loved by the players."

A reporter nearby recorded the scene with a camera.

"Isn't it? It's the first time I've seen players like a coach so much. I don't know who said that the relationship between Larry Brown and the players is tense. It's all rumors!"

"Coach Larry Brown is worth it in this life!"

After flying three or four times in the sky, Larry Brown finally called out after regaining consciousness. Mo Wen and Milicic looked at each other.

The two had a tacit understanding and blocked the outstretched arms of the players on both sides with their elbows.

Although it seemed that everyone wanted to catch the old coach, except for Big Ben's arm blocking Larry Brown's head, the others couldn't even delay Larry Brown's whereabouts.

peng——

There was a muffled sound from the Pistons' stadium.

The Pistons players, who realized that they seemed to have done something wrong, quickly distanced themselves, looked around and focused on the boss Davidson.

Seeing Larry Brown groaning and groaning on the ground, Davidson, who originally wanted to go on stage to celebrate, swallowed.

"Well, I still have something to do, I won't bother you, you guys continue."

　made up
　　
　
(End of this chapter)