On October 29, 2003, at 7 p.m., half an hour before the Celtics' opening game this season, the North Shore Garden Arena was already packed. The 20,000-person arena was full, and the Celtics' season tickets were sold out a month before the season began, and the price of the front-row seats for the first game was even more expensive than $20,000 a ticket.

That's the appeal of superstars, superteams. The Celtics already have some of the best and most loyal fans in the league, reaching the Finals last season, and with the introduction of Garnett this season, their odds to win the championship have risen all the way to the top and are currently second only to the Los Angeles Lakers.

In addition to the fans in attendance, there were also a large number of fans gathered in front of the big screen in the square outside the North Shore Garden Arena to wait for the game to begin.

At this time, in the Celtic dressing room, everything is as usual, Leon is preparing for the game and arranging the team's opening tactics.

Affected by the case, Leon has not been training with the team well recently, and most of the preseason commands are done by Carlisle. Tactically, the Celtics inherited last season's two-pronged attacking style, but with Garnett's addition, Leon will add his autonomous offensive play in the low and high posts.

Leon made a simple pre-match mobilization, and he didn't want to let off too much emotion in the first game, and his steady, soothing tone slowly calmed the somewhat nervous players.

The opponent is not strong, it is the Miami Heat, and after getting Haslem, they abandoned Alstom in favor of signing Mike Beam Bockles. In August, they signed a key player, Lamar Odom from the Clippers, an all-around forward who has given the Heat a big boost to their weak frontcourt.

"Eddie Jones, Wade, Odom...... A good trio, which one to choose as the breakthrough point? Leon was thinking in his head before the game began.

Based on his pre-game preparation, the trio will be the Heat's most dangerous trio, and as long as one corner of the triangle is interrupted, the Celtics won't have much of a problem in this game.

It stands to reason that a newcomer like Wade will be a breakthrough, but in the last game of the Heat's opener, Odom went down injured in the first quarter, and Wade contributed 18 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in his career debut, showing excellent adaptability and strong immediacy.

So Rick Carlisle suggested that he could play from Eddie Jones, who is the most experienced player in the Heat, with a strong all-round shooting ability, as long as he is contained, the Celtics will continue to play according to their daily routine, and winning is just a hand-to-hand capture.

"No, Eddie Jones doesn't have to worry, strangle Wade and let Arenas go!" Leon vetoed Carlisle's suggestion, believing that Wade was the eye of the Heat, and blocking him would make the Heat blind.

The game started at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time, and the North Shore Garden was lit up with green fireworks during the introduction of the players, and the giant avatars of the Celtics' starting five appeared on the big screen one after another, and finally Kevin Garnett opened his mouth and roared!

At this time, Garnett was doing his routine clapping ceremony on the workbench on the sidelines, and this will become his turf and his home stadium from now on!

And the Heat players in black and red jerseys are like a few bare stones on the green grassland, abrupt and lonely.

The game officially began, with the Celtics starting, PJ Brown, Garnett, Pierce, Reed and Arenas, the Heat starting, center Grant, power forward Haslem, small forward Odom, scoring guard Jones, point guard Wade.

The Celtics' roster is solid, strong and even impeccable, while the Heat's starters are agile and dynamic.

The two sides jumped the ball, and PJ Brown won the first offensive right of the season for the Celtics, and Arenas received the ball to start the team's first attack.

At the beginning, the Celtics tried to start from the inside Garnett, and Garnett was full of great desire to attack, as if he was going to completely tear apart his opponent for the first time in the first game.

But he touched the ball for the first time, and on the baseline against Haslem turned over and made a jumper, the shot was too strong, and the ball deflected off the basket!

Odom got the rebound, and the Heat fought back. Rookie Wade went straight to the front court like a black lightning, Odom's wide vision tracked him, a long pass, Wade received the ball and made an easy layup.

0:2, the Heat took the lead and took the lead with a fast break.

"Kevin hasn't calmed down yet, and he's underestimating Haslem. Arenas only has a basket in his eyes, how can he know how to retreat ......" Leon looked at the first round of the contest and was a little dissatisfied with Arenas. However, he knew that in order for Arenas to play on both ends of the floor, he had to make his offense go crazy first.

Before Leon could ask for it, Arenas took the ball and quickly counterattacked, pulling up a jumper directly outside the three-point line, the ball was too strong again, and Grant got the backcourt rebound. The Heat fought back again.

"What is this guy thinking about Gilbert!" Carlisle, who was sitting next to Leon, couldn't help but complain that he was even more nervous than Leon now, the debut of the super team, thousands of eyes were on him, and if he lost, he didn't know what kind of storm he would face.

"Relax Rick, give them a little time to let go." Leon is still firmly seated in the Diaoyutai area, just like Pat Riley who sits behind Heat head coach Van Gundy, who believes in the quality of the players on the court.

Sure enough, when Wade held the ball again and tried to penetrate the bottom to the bottom on the counterattack, a huge shadow behind him blocked his intentions.

Kevin Garnett spread his wings like a giant bird, pinned Wade's layup hands to the rebound in the air, and then grabbed it directly!

Superstar, one will not give you another two, and two will not give you another three!

Garnett's demonic blocks and steals blew up North Shore Gardens, and Celtics fans haven't witnessed such an exciting player in nearly two decades.

The Celtics' quick counterattack, with five people methodically rushing through the halfcourt and settling into position, each of them keeping a good and suitable distance from each other, made it impossible for the Heat to quickly form a defensive formation.

Arenas used his strong body to push through Wade's defense, rushing all the way from the left, and at the moment when Haslem stepped forward to help defend, he stuffed a ground-hitting pass to Garnett, who was following on the right side, and Garnett was unguarded, receiving the ball and slamming it with both hands!

After the goal, Garnett thumped his chest and roared, as if he had an inexhaustible strength in his whole body to explode them like a volcano.

The score was only 2:2, but the momentum of the Celtics was like thunder on the ground, and the storm and rain combined with the atmosphere of the North Shore Garden were enough to make any opponent palpitate.

At this time, Dwyane Wade showed amazing concentration and calmness, and in the case of Garnett's big hat, he was expressionless, faced Arenas's tough defense and steadily passed the half, passed, ran tactics, and then hit a mid-range jumper in the bottom corner that was not yet very stable, and quietly scored two points.

But the Celtics' upcoming offensive frenzy is not something that Wade's one or two mid-range shots can erase.

Garnett, who opened the game, immediately hit a jumper at the top of the arc in the attack to equalize the score, and all four goals in the opening game were completed by Garnett and Wade.

When the Heat wanted to shift their offensive focus to Eddie Jones, Wade found it difficult for Jones to catch the ball with Reed's tight defense. He instead handed the ball to Odom and let him handle the offense.

But the Heat, who didn't have a low-post attack point, were lackluster in their positional offense, and Odom faced Pierce and missed a jumper after a tentative step, and Garnett got a rebound in the backcourt.

Another quick counterattack. Garnett's pass was precise and timely, Arenas picked up the ball easily on the halfway line, and he and Pierce doubled down to finish off with a beautiful aerial relay.

It's simply not giving the fans a chance to sit and watch the game.

On the Heat's side, Wade finally couldn't break down, and he was smashed by Reed in a breakthrough after using cover. Reid followed up with a flying save, fell to the ground and held the ball in his arms, and then threw the ball to Arenas again.

Arenas doesn't want to pass the ball anymore this time, he wants to attack it himself! After a summer of hard training, dragging a parachute on the runway, in order to use his speed and strength to fight into the penalty area to score points!

Arenas ran wildly with the ball, Wade who was chasing the defense couldn't pull it, Arenas still made a layup when his clothes were dragged, and it also caused Wade's foul!

After the goal, Garnett rushed forward to give Arenas a bear hug and then gave him a punch in the chest. Passions are flooding the old parquet floors, and the frenzy has rolled up.

Fawkes Leon watched as the behemoth he had raised showed its fangs for the first time, wondering how ferocious it would be in the future. After all, this behemoth is not done training yet. (To be continued.) )