Chapter 84: Luck and Strength
After the game, reporters rushed over to interview Li Wei and Bird.
Bird was a little depressed when he saw the reporters coming.
A long time ago, he said that the Pacers would slaughter the Knicks, but today the Pacers lost!
It's a win-or-lose league, and it's useless to talk about it after losing!
Of course, he can't tear his face with the media, this group of people can't praise people, but the black people are all powerful, if they have a bad attitude, they will definitely be hacked.
So he said: "All I can say is that the Knicks had good luck today, but when it comes to the official game that emphasizes strength, they won't have that kind of luck again, and we will prove it later." โ
An MSG reporter said, "Mr. Bird, the Knicks are a team with a lot of rookies, but the Pacers have a lot of experience. In this case, you still lose, don't you think Coach Li is better than you in coaching? โ
Bird glared at the reporter, and then said: "The Knicks' coaching staff is really strong, and then again, if it weren't for Chuck Daley sitting next to Li Wei, I could have won him fifty points!" โ
As soon as Bird finished the interview, a reporter stabbed Li Wei over there: "David, Larry Bird said you were just lucky today, what do you think?" โ
Li Wei said lightly: "Losers will always find all kinds of excuses for themselves, and will not admit that they can't do it." I've seen a lot of this kind of person, it's not surprising! โ
"Hahaha!" The reporters chuckled.
Another reporter said: "Coach Lee, Bird also said that if it weren't for Chuck Daley sitting next to you, he could win you fifty points." In other words, you can't compare to him at all, do you agree with this view? โ
Li Wei frowned and said lightly: "Chuck is a great coach, he has helped me and the Knicks a lot. But doesn't Bird have any helpers? If it weren't for Rick Carlisle sitting next to him, I could have won him by a hundred points! โ
The reporters were all surprised: "Rick Carlisle? โ
The Pacers' first assistant coach was Dick Hart, who was the head coach of the Hornets in the 80s and was fired in '90 before coming to New York to work as an assistant coach for Pat Riley. After that, Trail Blazers head coach Pยท J. Callesimo poached him at a high price and asked him to build the Trail Blazers' defenses!
There is such a great god not to mention, Li Wei just talked about Rick Carlisle, which is also too funny.
"That's right, it's Rick Carlisle, and he and I were both Chuck's students. Rick is bound to become a generation of coaches, Bird has his help, in fact, he can win without doing anything, and if he interferes with Rick's work, then the Pacers may lose a few games. โ
"Hahaha!" The reporters laughed again.
Carlisle is now young and has only served as an assistant coach for the Nets and Trail Blazers, and is not well-known. I was able to work for the Pacers because of the recommendation of Dick Hart, the Pacers' first assistant coach.
Now Li Wei praises him as a famous handsome and belittles Bird, which is really interesting!
It looks like Rick Carlisle is going red!
A skinny reporter asked, "Coach Li, why did you perform the lore yourself in the end, is it because you don't trust the other players in the team?" โ
Li Wei frowned: "Which media are you from?" โ
"I'm Smith, a reporter for the Indiana Star, and I'm also a fan of Bird. I think there's a big gap between the Knicks and the Pacers, and you're lucky to win. And as a coach, don't you think there's a big problem with you throwing the last ball yourself and not trusting your players? You won't be so lucky next time, the walkers will abuse you! โ
"Turns out to be an Indiana journalist, a fan of Bird?" Li Weiden was amused, "Very good, let me tell you, the strength of the Pacers is indeed very far from the Knicks, and my last shot, not because I don't trust my own players, but because there are rules in the team!" โ
"What rules?" Smith asked.
Li Weidao: "Our rule is that when we encounter a team of any height, we must let players of what height come to kill. If our opponent is the Bulls, then we must let Big Z come to the kill, they are the division of the five crowns, and the height of Big Z is not enough.
But the Pacers, this level is so low that I can only shoot, and the whole team can't find anyone lower than me! โ
"Hahaha!" Journalists burst into laughter.
It's so poisonous that it looks like the Pacers really have to go back to playing the ABA because it hasn't reached the heights of the NBA yet!
The next day, various television stations in New York aired the news that the Knicks had killed the Pacers.
Winning or losing a preseason game doesn't matter, but Li Wei's stunner is too exciting!
Dale Davis is 2.11 meters tall, Antonio Davis is 2.06 meters tall, Reggie Miller is 2.01 meters tall, and the three giants more than two meters tall were surrounded by Li Wei, who was only 1.5 meters tall, and was killed by others!
Every viewer can't help but exclaim when they see that shot!
What's more, Reggie Miller, who has repeatedly killed the Knicks, acted as the background emperor in Li Wei's lore!
The short Li Wei almost shot in his face!
This Yan (harmony) goal made every New York fan cry out for joy!
Today it's finally our turn to kill Miller, not Miller!
Manhattan, Uptown, Li Wei's villa.
"Sister Weiwei, this is the crab roe xiaolongbao made by the Huaiyang chef we invited, you can try it!" Xia Cuirong put a drawer of buns in front of Luo Wei.
"Oh." Luo Wei picked one up, took a bite lightly, and then nodded, "It's okay." โ
Li Wei sighed: "Weiwei, why didn't you find out that you were a snack before?" โ
Luo Wei glanced at Li Wei: "You didn't do it before!" โ
"Well, it's all my fault." Li Wei spread his hands.
He is a person who does not pay much attention to food, and after coming to the United States, he follows the local customs and eats Western food every day with Westerners. Luo Wei has always been with Li Wei and has always eaten Western food.
However, this changed in the summer.
Xia Cuirong was not used to eating Western food, so she began to cook by herself, and Luo Wei rebelled, accompanying Xia Cuirong to eat Chinese food every day, ignoring Li Weiche's steak.
After that, with food as a bridge, Luo and Xia actually got along more and more harmoniously.
Of course, Li Wei was reluctant to let Xia Cuirong run to cook every day, so he invited a few Chinese chefs. But this can't change the friendship between Luo and Xia, and now Xia Cuirong is like Luo Wei's full-time nanny, thinking about what to ask the chef to cook every day.
"I also want to eat crab roe xiaolongbao." Xie Siqi said in a low voice.
Xia Cuilan immediately glared at her daughter: "How old are you and still ignorant?" Is there a place for you to talk at the dinner table? โ
Li Wei said: "Cui Rong, how much did you make of xiaolongbao?" Is there any Siqi's? โ
Xia Cuirong said: "I asked the chef to make five cages, you eat first, and then give it to her after eating." โ
Li Wei said: "Don't make trouble, give her a cage, it's not a good thing." โ
Xie Siqi said happily: "Thank you, godfather!" โ
Xia Cuilan said: "David, you don't have to coax Siqi all the time, you have spoiled the child." Siqi, don't eat it, let it be eaten by foreign aunts and sisters first! โ
At this time, Xia Cuirong handed over the xiaolongbao, and Xia Cuilan immediately took it and said to Margaret, Dinah, and Sylvia: "Several, Miximisi!" โ
Xie Siqi covered her face with her little hand: "Mom, I told you, Mixi is in Japanese, and Americans can't understand it!" โ
Xia Cuilan said: "Who said you couldn't understand?" If you speak a foreign language to a foreigner, they can understand it! โ