Since Leon arrived with the Celtics, they have had a good start to the season, and last season they soared to the top of the league at the beginning of the season and became the last team in the league to taste defeat. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 After starting the season with a five-game winning streak with unmatched momentum, the Celtics are also starting to lead the league. Along with the SuperSonics, they are the only two undefeated teams in the league so far.

It's just that the SuperSonics have only played three games because of the schedule, which is not the same as the Celtics, who have played five games and defeated strong opponents in a row. In contrast, the Los Angeles Lakers, who are also luxury divisions, have lost one game so far, and after opening the season with five straight wins, they lost to the yellow fans in a surprise sixth game, where Joe Johnson scored a career-high 41 points.

But in the eyes of many people, the Celtics' good days should be coming to an end, their schedule at the beginning of the season is not easy at all, in addition to the back and forth home and away conversion, they have continuously picked off their rivals in the East, and the next opponent will be the giants of the West, the bitter hands of the Celtics in the regular season, the Sacramento Kings.

On the eighth day before the start of the game, Leon gave the team a day off, and he invited the Carlisle family to the beach to eat lobster together. Since Leon's accident, Khamenez decided to put her career in Los Angeles on hold and handed everything over to her assistant Dali, who controlled it remotely in Boston, and then spent more time with Leon to solve legal problems.

After dinner, Khomeenez, Carlisle's wife and daughter went for a walk on the beach, leaving Leon and Carlisle to talk about basketball. The two quickly talked about tomorrow's match, and Carlisle felt a hint of nervousness from Leon's words, which seemed to him to be extremely rare, and no matter how strong the opponent, Leon would not be afraid. When asked why, Leon smiled and said, "I hate playing against the Kings, like a slippery loach, but those tough defensive teams, and I have more experience in dealing with them." ”

Leon voiced his concern that the team has not had a good run against the Kings since coming to the Celtics, who were beaten by the Kings last season and never found a sense in the confrontation with the Sacramentos.

Leon is confident that he can strangle the Kings in the playoffs, but the Kings' tactical characteristics are really good for the regular season, and once they fall into the rhythm of the Kings and play against them, the Celtics often fall into passivity. And the only chance for the Kings and Celtics to meet in the playoffs is the Finals.

"Chris Webber can't play, it should be better." Carlisle said Webber will miss the early season game with a knee injury, which is good news for the Celtics.

Leon nodded, shook his head again, and said, "This might be a good thing for Adelman. ”

On the night of the 9th, the Celtics' third game in the North Shore Garden, the enthusiasm of the fans did not fade in the slightest, and they will face the challenge of the Kings, a powerhouse in the West. Such a strong dialogue naturally attracted the attention of the whole United States, and major TV stations such as ESPN, TN-T and other major TV stations broadcast the game live.

Bill Wharton, along with his longtime partner Tom Tolbert, was in charge of commentating on the game, the first time this season that Bill Wharton had narrated a Celtic game, and he was almost excited to pull the microphone off the table in the studio.

There is no doubt that Kevin Garnett's choice to wear the No. 5 jersey made Wharton proud, and he gushed about his happy days with the Celtics in 1986 before the game began, until Tolbert reminded him that "it's the 21st century, please come back from the time machine, or time and space will fall apart." ”

"The Kings lost their Kings, but I think Brad Miller was pretty good in the first few games, a bit like I was with the Celtics, not having pretty stats but connecting teammates and giving the team good chemistry." When evaluating the Kings' starting lineup, Wharton didn't forget to praise himself.

But when the game started, Miller and the King's performance proved that Adelman, the coach, lacks the ability to cook a big meal with treasures, but his ability to cook a good meal with ordinary dishes is first-class.

At the beginning, the Kings did not follow the so-called Princeton tactics, but took advantage of the fact that the players were full of energy at the beginning of the game and let Divac single. Divac, a 35-year-old veteran center heading to the end of his career, is often praised for his passing and playmaking, often overseeing that he's also a 270-pound, 7-foot-1 heavy center. He opened with two consecutive singles, one hook shot, one foul on PJ, and two free throws from the free throw line to give the Kings a 4-0 lead.

Then PJ Brown turned over and hooked his hands in the offense, and for a while, two teams known for their lightness and swift offense started a low-post offensive and defensive battle. This made Fox Leon a little worried, and he knew that the team was starting to be led by the nose by the opponent again.

"Adelman, this guy has no other skills, and he is a good hand at digging holes with rhythm." Leon couldn't help but complain to Carlisle that he was annoyed every time he played against Adelman, the old guy led the team with a set, and he was different from Larry Brown, Brown's set was a set of defense, and Adelman's set was a set of offense.

Therefore, the offensive system of the Adelman team is always very "smooth", like a machine with good lubrication, running in an orderly manner. On the basketball court, the offensive advantage is always the dominant side, and he can smooth out his own set of offenses, no matter what kind of opponent it is, the team can press all the way like a machine. That's why Adelman's side always played well in the regular season, and he always made an immediate difference when he arrived at a new team.

Unlike the Celtics, the Celtics have the simplest tactical foundation - quick counter-attacks and man-marking, but at the same time they have the most complex tactical changes because they have the fastest and most loaded brains in the league.

But sometimes a quick brain is afraid of a tendon, Leon hates playing against such an overly "egotistical" team the most, and he is good at interfering with other teams, both tactically and mentally, whether using basketball methods or non-basketball methods. Once the opponent is disrupted, the Celtics' quick attack becomes that salt in the wound.

But against Adelman, this guy's routine is like this, no matter what kind of changes you make, he just doesn't move, he just insists on playing his own tactics and insists on believing in the player's play. So in the 2002 playoffs, the Kings were able to lead the Lakers by 30 points, and they could also be chased by the Lakers by 14 points in a minute, and the playoffs were still like this, Adelman's stubbornness can be seen.

Adelman didn't take the move, Leon couldn't use his "crooked brain", watching the Kings on the court begin to slowly transition from low-post offense to team cooperation, Divac and Miller double high positions, Christie and Bibby moved from the inside to the outside to involve the defense, Bibby cut inside after handing the ball, a typical Princeton routine.

Leon knows that Princeton's tactics are not some mysterious super tactics, although its ability to open the back door is indeed strong, and the defenders on the court may give the opponent an easy opportunity to make empty baskets as long as they are not focused, but the significance of Princeton is not in a few empty baskets, but in his reasonable and fair distribution of the ball, so that every player on the court has the potential to become a strong point.

More than halfway through the first quarter, the scores of the two sides alternately rose, the Kings always led the Celtics by 3 to 4 points, as the game progressed, the Kings' offensive coordination became more and more fluid, and at the beginning of the second quarter, Mike Bibby and Stojakovic each hit a three-pointer, and when the Kings suddenly stretched the difference to 8 points, Leon realized that he had made a mistake.

I obviously knew that it was easy to follow the rhythm of the king against the king, but in the end, I really played against the king in the first quarter, played singles, and was led by Adelman by the nose as if he was willing to accept his fate.

"TM's really muddy,...... time-out！ (Pause!) Leon looked at the score that was pulled away before he woke up from a dream, and his muddy mind slowly cleared, (To be continued.) )