NBA: This flower path is a bit strong.

If we say that this lineup by Raptors head coach Brandon Malone can be considered as a long-planned one.

In the Western Conference Finals, Mavericks head coach Rudy Tomjanovich was also unwilling to be bullied and came up with many surprising tactics in his lineup.

Also in G3, he sent out 38-year-old veteran Eddie Johnson to help the team win a crucial game.

Then in Game 4, Rudy Tomjanovich boldly gave the last ball when the team was tied to Eddie Johnson.

And Eddie Johnson lived up to expectations. In the last 6.7 seconds, he caught the ball and threw it nearly two meters outside the three-point line.

The basketball went into the basket at the last second, and the whole stadium was boiling.

The media reporters were all dumbfounded. They thought it was the Jazz duo and the three Mosaic masters competing against each other with their centuries-old skills.

However, no one expected that the head coach of Mosaic would play by his own rules and directly send out an unknown "sweeping monk".

His first shot was a buzzer-beater, stealing the limelight from Games 3 and 4 of the Western Conference Finals!

However, in this way, the Jazz and the Raptors became brothers in distress, with their opponents chasing them from 0:2 to 2:2.

Next, it’s Game 5 that will determine the direction of the series!

At 5 pm on May 28, the stars gathered at the Toronto Coliseum.

It was just an Eastern Conference Finals series, but the scene was already filled with big names.

There was a legendary figure, Bill Russell, the Lord of the Rings, who invited Michael to retire gracefully before the game.

There is the only superstar who won the MVP in the 20s when Zhang Dashuai and Russell monopolized the MVP, Oscar Robertson.

There are Michael's personal commentator, legendary center Bill Walton and former 76ers guard and famous commentator Matt Gokas.

There was Lakers legend Elgin Baylor (grandfather) who came from afar with two younger generations ~ O'Neal and chat.

If that scene happened in a flower-growing country, there would be loud gongs and drums and deafening gunfire!

The media reporters at the scene were so excited that they surrounded these big guys and vie for interviews before the game.

After all, if I can pry something out of their mouths, then I won't have to worry about having nothing to write for tonight.

It was not until the DJ on the scene sang the appearance lists of the two teams that the reporters calmed down a little and turned their attention to the protagonists who slowly entered the field from the player channel!

Among these gazes, there is one that is full of scrutiny and scrutiny, sharper and harsher than the others!

The owner of this gaze is an elderly man dressed in a gentleman's suit.

Legend among legends: Red Auerbach!

Even though the stars are shining brightly tonight, no one dares to put on airs in front of this old man!

Although the 80-year-old general manager of the Celtics is only 175cm tall, the records he created are more brilliant than anyone could have imagined.

As the team's head coach, Red Auerbach coached the Celtics to 938 regular season wins and 9 championships in years.

As the team's head coach and general manager, Auerbach kept the Celtics glorious for 40 years, winning a total of 16 championships and countless glorious titles.

In the 20s when Zhang Dashuai, Kim Bell, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West and others were rampant, Auerbach coached the Celtics to win eight consecutive championships!

As a white coach, he was the first NBA head coach to select a black basketball player in the draft (1950).

You have to know that racial discrimination was much more serious at that time than it is now.

This is not over yet!

In 1963, he made black the core of the team for the first time in NBA history and sent out a starting lineup composed entirely of black people.

This is a unprecedented event in the American sports world!

Do you think this is over?

No!

At the Celtics' eighth consecutive championship ceremony, Auerbach kept his promise and appointed the first black head coach in American sports history.

Lord of the Rings Bill Russell!

And he himself retired to the position of general manager of the team!

And then continue to shine as the team's general manager!

Auerbach is doing very well as the general manager!

He always uses his keen eyes to spot players and weave the team.

In the chaotic 70s, when no NBA team defended its title.

The Celtics relied on Cowens, who was promoted by Auerbach, and Havlicek, who was trained for a long time, to win two more precious championships.

After that, he used his experienced eyes to take a fancy to a white man who could neither run fast nor jump high, but loved to pretend to be cool - Larry Bird!

Larry Bird, known as the "King of 13", became the greatest forward in NBA history (when he retired).

Just from the above experiences, it can be seen that at least twenty championship banners hanging above the Celtics Arena are closely related to him!

It can be said that the Celtics have been repeatedly called a powerful team, and Cardinal Auerbach deserves a large part of the credit!

Even their team logo was designed by Auerbach's brother.

The pipe added during the 1976 redesign was a tribute to Cardinal Auerbach.

This shows the status of this famous cardinal in the industry!

Logically speaking, Auerbach should be living a pretty good life.

Especially in the past two years, he has taken a fancy to a big guy!

In his opinion, this boy has the potential to be a big bird.

If the Celtics can get him in the next draft, they will be able to have at least another 10 years of glory!

(It turned out that he was right. Just like Bird, Idiot led his team to win the championship in his second season in the league!)

For this reason, the Celtics, at his instruction, started to play rogue and played worse than anyone else throughout the entire season!

This made the league's commissioner David Stern very unhappy!

It is said that David Stern was able to ascend to the position of president with the support of Auerbach and others.

But for Stern, who is committed to the globalization of the NBA and advocates for the league's "let a hundred flowers bloom".

The yellow-green battle in the 80s and the ever-victorious Lakers and Celtics dynasties had already gone against David Stern's reform plan at the time!

If we want to reform, we must first touch the cheese of these old and strong teams that have dominated the rankings for many years!

But David Stern is also a man who cares about his reputation, so we can't target him too blatantly!

So we can’t say that the Lakers and Celtics will be directly suppressed, but at least these two teams will not be allowed to reach the top again in the short term!

In addition, it is to support one's own "forces", such as the Bulls!

And Michael is such a sharp spear that ends the era of the yellow-green war in one fell swoop!

But even under David Stern's reform blueprint, the Celtics managed by Auerbach were not so desolate as to be compared with the Lakers who were in a slump!

The reason is simple: Auerbach always realizes the team's ideas through his "circle of influence", not following the rules, as well as his network of personal connections and unconventional means.

Therefore, this 80-year-old cardinal who is still a thief has become a thorn in the heart of David Stern, who is promoting reforms!

He always manages to gain the greatest benefits for himself and the team by studying loopholes in the league, poaching players, and taking advantage of loopholes.

David Stern felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten shit when he thought that 50 of the top 8 NBA players selected this year were Celtics players.

"The No. 1 pick must not be given to him, not even the No. 2 pick!"