216. Crazy G6 Night!_3

And now, after winning the pivotal Game 5, Saunders has started running his mouth against Bickerstaff... Fans feel that Saunders has been played hard by Bickerstaff in this Eastern Conference Finals.

An old reporter who has been working since the 80s commented, "Saunders has tasted what those coaches who faced Bickerstaff in the 80s and 90s felt—like Dick Motta in the '87 playoffs, Doug Moi in the '88 playoffs..."

Dick Motta, a legendary coach who started in the NBA during the 60s, won two championships and one Coach of the Year award during his first 18 years of coaching. In his 19th year, the '86-'87 season, he led the Mavericks to a 55-win season and second place in the Western Conference, only to be upset by the 39-win Nuggets in the first round. He was psychologically outmaneuvered by Bickerstaff, which led to his retirement that summer.