On the evening of March 9, Boston's North Shore Garden had another regular season game, with the Boston Celtics playing at home against the San Antonio Spurs. The biggest pre-game gimmick was Fox Leon's return to the ring after a fight ban. Although the Spurs are the leaders in the West, the Celtics are also in the top three in the East, and the strong dialogue is a highlight, but there is really no grudge in the history of the two teams. "Hello, Kenny, let's guess today if the Spurs and Celtics can score more than 150 points combined. These two teams have been frenzied on the defensive end lately, constantly keeping opponents under 70 points, and I suspect that if this continues, Stern will remove these two teams from the NBA! T-NT commentator Charles Barkley quizzes with partner Kenny Smith before the game starts.

Barkley likes to say exaggerated things, just like his big mouth, which is not shocking, and his most famous big mouth incident this year was betting that Yao Ming would not score more than 19 points, and if he did, he would kiss Kenny Smith's ass. As a result, Yao Ming turned around and scored 20 points on 9-of-9 shooting against the Lakers, and Barkley had to make good on his promise and kiss the butt of one of the donkeys hired by Kenny Smith to replace him.

Despite such a lesson of blood and tears, Barkley still does not restrain himself, anyway, he brags and bets that he does not break the law, and often makes a lot of nonsense in the commentary, but as a former MVP, he also has a lot of unique and subtle insights.

So when Kenny Smith said that "with the return of Fox Leon, the Celtics will revert to offensive play", Barkley retorted: "No, you can't believe you've played in the NBA, and it took five games for Cowens to adjust the Celtics' tactical focus when Leon was suspended. Now that Leon is back, it's not so easy to leave and change back, not to mention that they are facing Spurs, which will definitely be a defensive battle! "Okay, maybe you have a point, but even if you're right, I won't kiss your ass." Kenny Smith wouldn't swear by a casual gamble, let alone the pro-Barkley Big-ass, it would be better to die.

While the two were endlessly teasing, Leon was doing pre-game preparations in the locker room. After not coming here for a month, Leon was not used to it in the slightest, and he also laid out the tactics for the players before the game as he did in the past, explaining the points of attention and details in the game.

As the players were about to warm up, Leon turned on the TV screen in the dressing room to show a video. "Look at this video, which is a little compilation that I asked Young to do, and this is a clip of where we've played against Spurs over the last few years, and everybody has a look. You know, when was the last time we beat Spurs? On January 8th, 1997, how many of you guys weren't with the Celtics, or didn't even make it to the NBA? Do we let the next win come today, or do we postpone it until next season? You can see what you do. With that, Leon pressed the remote control, and the image played on the TV.

The video is only five minutes long, and it's all about the Celtics facing the Spurs, with Tim Duncan hating Antoine Walker, David Robinson in the air relay, Avery Johnson scoring on a breakaway, Bruce Bowen making a three-pointer in the corner, Celtics fans holding their heads and lamenting, and Popovich triumphant.

Suffice it to say, the Celtics have never been able to beat the Spurs since the 1996-1997 season when the two teams began to compete for Tim Duncan, and then when the Spurs won the pendulum battle to get Duncan. You must know that even in the face of the Los Angeles Lakers, who have dominated three times in a row, the Celtics have been able to do five or five in the past few seasons, but they can't beat the Spurs, and they can't beat the Spurs.

The five-minute video, watching the Celtics' players seems to have a big rock in their hearts, especially the game against the Spurs at the beginning of this year, they went around in Texas, were abused by the Dallas Mavericks, and were defeated in San Antonio, during that time the team was plagued by trade rumors, and it was arguably the worst period of the season for the Celtics. "I'm not going to let the losing streak continue today." Paul Pierce stood up after watching the video and said, after saying that, he left the locker room first, and he appeared the most times in the video, all of which were shots of being struck by Bowen defense. "Me too." Reid was the second to stand up, and then the players got up and left the locker room, only the old guys like Kerr and Brown were still unhurried to put bandages on their feet and put on their shoes and prepare to get up and leave. "I was playing for the Spurs last year and I would say this team is not something that can be beaten by playing chicken. They may not be the strongest, but they are the most stable. Steve Cole walked up to Leon as he was leaving, reminding him.

Leon nodded, knowing that if the players' swear curses worked, Charles Barkley would have won the championship a long time ago. Against a Spurs that have been strong this season and an even stronger Tim Duncan, Leon has long been prepared. He has been preparing for a whole month, for this comeback fight.

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The San Antonio Spurs have a lot of momentum this season, after some ups and downs and twists and turns in the first half of the season, the Spurs at the end of 02 suddenly made a strong effort, winning consecutive games, Tim Duncan is even more powerful, two consecutive weekly best in December, and one weekly best in January were bagged by him, with a terrible 28 points and 16 rebounds, and the MVP ranking is firmly in first place. "This Spurs team is the most championship team right now, and although the other players are still a little immature, Duncan is at his peak, and he is a man who can change everything." Kenny Smith commented on the Spurs, in his opinion, this season's Spurs have matured, Tony Parker has grown rapidly, Manu Ginobili is extremely talented, Stephen Jackson and Bruce Bowen are both hardliners who can write and fight, and David Robinson, who is more dedicated to assisting on the inside, plus Duncan has reached his peak, like a championship. "People were bullish on Spurs in 1995, and the result? I think you know, Kenny. Barkley, who always disagrees, gave Kenny Smith an unanswerable response this time, and Kenny Smith himself couldn't help laughing, shaking his head and saying: "That's different, the Lakers don't have my ......"

At this time, the DJ of North Shore Gardens was introducing the players and coaches of both sides, and when the lights and camera footage were shown to Celtics head coach Fox Leon, Charles Barkley shouted as if he had discovered a new world: "Oh! Is this Fox Leon? That guy who looks like an Italian opera singer is doing it like Nicolas Cage now! Was he banned or imprisoned this month? ”

Obviously, Leon's beard and hair length made it a little difficult for everyone to adapt for a while, although the audience in front of the TV did not know what Leon looked like and Nicolas Cage, but Leon's new look will undoubtedly cause a wave of media comments in the next two days. At the pre-match press conference, some reporters had already asked Leon about the look, and Leon replied that he was "too busy to take care of it." ”

The audience at the scene was very interested in this look, because as early as last night's press conference held by the Celtics, Leon's new look was revealed, so some fans at the scene began to wear fake mustaches on the sidelines to cheer for the Celtics, and some fans put up signs with the slogan "Welcome back, boxing king." ”

After the fight, Leon often appeared on some talk shows, ridiculing him with topics such as "Can Leon beat Tyson, can he beat Lewis", and commentators such as Charles Barkley also ridiculed this matter. In short, Leon can no longer enjoy the tranquility of basketball as before, he has involuntarily thrown himself into the complicated topic circle, and has begun to rise and fall in the waves of public opinion.

However, Leon in the middle of it, no matter what the outside world has become, how his appearance has become, and how his demeanor has changed, his heart is as peaceful and calm as ever. When the player came on the court, Leon beckoned Arenas over, pulled his jersey and made him bow his head, and said to him: "Hear Gilbert clearly, let me remind you again, you have to remember that when you get on the court, you no longer have a basketball in your hand, but a bomb, do you hear clearly?" Bomb! (To be continued.) )