The Boston Celtics, one of the most recognizable teams in NBA history, are known as the league bears along with the Lakers.

16-time NBA champion, "Lord of the Rings" Bill Russell, eight consecutive championships, "Cardinal" Auerbach, "Big Bird" Bird, yellow-green battle......

There are so many people and too many stories about this team.

Of course, as Barkley thought on the show, this team has a tough style of play and an iron-blooded defense.

On the other hand, they defended hard, and they were really ...... Dirty.

This dirty is not necessarily a derogatory term, in the last century, the Bad Boy Army, the Iron Elbow Malone, Jordan's Law, that is the real dirty.

Because of the old-fashioned style of the Celtics, even in the new century, they have retained some of the original traditions.

Of course, the current Celtics team is no longer compatible with that big team.

While their arch-rivals, the Lakers, were starting another dynasty with the "OK Combo," they themselves were struggling to make the playoffs.

The last time the Celtics entered the playoffs was back in the 1994~1995 season.

And that season they had a 35-47 record.

It's not that they were strong, but that the east was too weak at that time.

In fact, with the retirement of the old teams such as Bird and McHale, the Green Shirts have fallen into a long period of rebuilding.

But the good news is that they have a future now.

"Green" twins Anthony Walker and Paul Pearce.

Walker, nicknamed "Fathead", was the league's "jack-of-all-trades" before Odom.

The league rated him as "Bird's second", and Bird's evaluation of him was "second magician".

From these evaluations, it can be seen that he is by no means a statistical brush, but a real strength player.

Last season, as a fourth-grader, he averaged 20.5 points, 8 points, 3.7 assists and 1.4 steals per game.

But Walker has one of the most smelly preferences, and he likes to shoot threes as a power forward.

It's not really a bad thing, look at Nowitzki, the standard space power forward.

But the problem is that he ...... Vote is not allowed.

Last season, he averaged 3.5 three-point shots per game, but only hit 0.9 per game, a 25.6% shooting rate!

It's really spicy, and it's already made Celtics' management and fans unable to complain.

But Sun Hao knows that this is not the beginning, as a traverser, he knows that Walker is the real incarnation of three-point madness this season.

It's hard to imagine a power forward who averaged 8 shots on the three-point court at the turn of the century!

You must know that in the 14~15 season of Curry's rise, his average number of shots per game is just this number!

But that's okay, the fans will see it this season.

Paul Pearce.

"Write it down, my name is Shaquille O'Neal and Paul Pierce is the truth! Write down my words and send them out as they are! ”

That's what O'Neal said to the press in 2001 when Pierce scored 42 points against the Lakers.

Since then, the name of Truth has been known to fans.

Pierce's average per game stats aren't pretty, and few people put him in the league's all-time supergiants.

But only the opponent has the most power.

Just like O'Neal, just like Kobe.

In Kobe's autobiography "The Spirit of Mamba", Kobe Bryant said that the most difficult player to defend is Pierce.

Pierce's physical attributes aren't particularly great among superstars, but he's able to bring out every bit of his physical talent to the fullest.

He is well-rounded, proficient in all kinds of martial arts, and has a super big heart, and is a player who takes floor flow play to the extreme.

Last season, just in the second year of his career, he had averaged 19.5 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2.1 assists per game.

And he hit 44.2% from the field, which was already quite good at the beginning of the century.

Of course, neither Walker nor Pierce are players who have not reached their peak.

The Mavericks' opener against such an opponent was a great start for them.

Of course, there are downsides, this time they are playing away.

The North Shore Garden Arena is anything but ordinary.

The day before the game, Sun Hao got on a plane to Boston with the whole team.

On the plane, Sun Hao deliberately went to Easley's side and heard the story about Pierce's 11 knives that he hadn't finished telling before.

"Will I still be alive, doctor? Will I still be alive? ”

Pierce was angry.

Without answering, the doctor looked at the bloody man covered in blood and his clothes torn to shreds, and all he was thinking about was how to contain the blood.

Thankfully, because Betty was sent to the hospital in time, Pierce was able to save his life.

Doctors said he needed a long recovery period and would not be able to do strenuous activity for at least a year.

But Pierce was discharged from the hospital after three days, and it didn't take long for him to start training, and he attended the Celtics' training camp on time.

"Is he at the opening party?"

After listening to the story, Sun Hao asked curiously.

"Yes, he will, that's Celtic tradition."

Easley spoke.

He entered the league early and played against the Celtics quite a few times.

"Tell me a little bit about the North Shore Garden Arena."

Davis made a start, and Sun Hao was full of curiosity.

"You've probably heard that the NBA has a lot of devilish home arenas, like the Energy Solutions arena in Salt Lake City, where their arena is like a canyon, and the decibels of noise can make you feel like your eardrums are being bombed.

Like the Pepsi Center in Denver, where the altitude of more than 1,600 meters is more than 1,600 meters, there is always a feeling that you can't breathe at any time.

But the North Shore Garden Arena is the devil's thing, or the worst for the visitors. ”

Sun Hao listened with relish.

Don't say it, it's actually a lot of fun to have a teammate on the team who loves to tell stories so much.

"It was the '94~'95 season, when I first entered the league and played in San Antonio.

It was the final stage of the regular season, and we were just one win away from the Utah Jazz, and we were the top in the league with the last game.

The same is true for Boston, who are just one game away from the Bucks, and a win will secure a place in the playoffs.

But there was a huge disparity between the two teams, and then there was that game, you know, it was spring in April, and the temperature in Boston was close to 20 degrees that day.

We are athletes, we play in jerseys, and we don't have to turn on the air conditioning to play in an enclosed stadium.

But it was that game that they turned the air conditioning up to the highest and it didn't take long for us to get sweaty and out of breath and it was terrible. ”

“……”

After listening to what Easley said, Sun Hao showed a speechless expression.

That's really ...... Shameless enough.

"But it's just a little trick, and it's the floor tactics that they really go out with."

"Floor tactics?"

This is the first time Sun Hao has heard of this word.

"Yes, you know the venue for NBA games, and the floors are changed a lot of the time."

Sun Hao nodded, the NBA court is very advanced, like he heard before that when he went overseas to bring preseason games, they were all airplanes consignment floors and assembled on site.

"That's what they do, they're going to put a few boards on board that don't have a lot of elasticity, and then they'll let you know which ones they are before the game.

Of course, only the players of the home team know, not the players of the away team.

When it's time for the game, the home team players will deliberately push the away team players into those boards.

When you're surprised why the ball bounces so low.

'Smack! ’

They've taken the ball out of your hands and launched a fast break.

It's useless to complain to the referee, they don't stop the game because of this, so they can succeed every time. ”

“……”

What's so ...... It's not a little shameless!

Sun Hao suddenly felt a little sorry for the Lakers players in the yellow-green war in the last century.

Maybe they will be like a kid when they play, why can't I dribble the ball all of a sudden?

Listening to the story, Sun Hao felt that the first game of his NBA journey would not be as easy as he imagined.

The plane soon arrived at Boston Logan International Airport.

It's cloudy today in Boston.

After entering October, the temperature here has dropped, and with this weather, the temperature is obviously low, only about thirteen or fourteen degrees.

They had just come out of the plane, and many of them were unconsciously sneezing.

Sun Hao also took out the thermos cup in his backpack and took a sip of hot wolfberry tea to warm up.

When he put the thermos back down, he suddenly turned to Easley.

"That game, you said that game in '95, who won in the end?"

"The Spurs won, and we finished first in the league."

Essley said with a little pride.

Sun Hao smiled.

It seems that those tricks didn't work out in the end.

But that's normal, the league's No. 1 team plays a team on the fringes of the playoffs, and there is still a limit to what off-court factors can do.

The Mavericks and the Celtics, although the season has not yet started, but in all aspects, the Mavericks are better than this Celtics team.

There is no small chance of winning a good start.

The first game of the season, and ESPN's new season has held the Mavericks so high, you must know that they didn't make the playoffs last season.

Nelson Sr. also felt the pressure on his shoulders, and after the players put down their luggage at the hotel, he took them directly to the training gym for training.

After some daily training, Nelson Sr. also organized a full-court confrontation training match.

And unlike the previous round-by-round confrontation match, the whole team was divided into two groups to play the full half.

After the fight, the players were sweating profusely.

Nelson Sr. did this to let the players release the pressure before the game.

After an impassioned speech at the end of the season, Nelson Sr. announced the disbandment of the team.

The players also returned to the locker room to take a shower and go back to rest.

But after a while, there was a screaming sound in the shower.

There is no hot water in the shower room of the away team's locker room!

The team's staff went to the stadium staff, but never returned.

Many team members couldn't help but complain loudly.

Because of listening to what Easley said on the plane, Sun Hao couldn't help laughing.

It's just preseason, and that's what the Celtics did.

This opener is interesting.