Leon stood on the sidelines and watched Arenas restrain himself on the field, hesitating for the last pass for the first goal, knowing that this kid must be thinking nonsense. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Two years ago in the draft, Leon knew that this guy had talent, but his talent was not to be a super point guard, but to have tenacity and willpower, outstanding ball sense and strong self-confidence, which are sometimes more important than so-called physical fitness.

After spurring Arenas into the Celtics, Leon decided to let him play point guard, who was too small in size and a little bit bigger at point guard. Leon asked him to play point guard because he could get a vague sense of where the point guard would go in the future — don't ask where that feeling came from, and Leon himself didn't know.

It didn't take long for Leon to see the potential in this hard-working kid – the potential to become a super scorer. But that's not what Leon wants, nor is it what Arenas himself wants, Leon wants him to take a more balanced line and slowly unleash his firepower while teaching him to be a steady, qualified point guard; And Arenas felt that he could be a god and be omnipotent.

At this point, Jason Kidd is skillfully manipulating the Nets' offense. He handed over the ball in the half, gave the ball to Jefferson on the line, slipped the bottom line from left to right, and went to the bottom corner of the right side, and then Jefferson made a false shot from the middle to break through, Pierce, Garnett, PJ-Brown triple defense was waiting for him, how could Jefferson suddenly move, he immediately transferred the ball to Kidd, Kidd shook off Arenas with another feint, and then entered the penalty area, a fake layup pass handed the ball to Kittels, who cut into the baseline from the weak side, Kittels made a backhand wipe layup, easy two points.

A very simple break, burst and inside cut, Kidd not only completed the last assist, but also launched this attack, his pass did not have the slightest drag, and the bottom line was also very fast, immediately clearing the left side of Jefferson's breakthrough space, and also attracted the Celtics' defensive attention to the right side.

Finally, Kittels in the bottom left corner completed an empty cut layup, and for the Nets, who are relatively poorly coordinated in positional battles, it is quite good to be able to rely on tactics to score like this.

On this side, Arenas once again picked up the burden of playmaking, this time he learned his lesson, no longer pouting and learning from Mark Jackson, he, like Kidd, handed over the ball in the half, and he couldn't pass the ball like the magic anyway, so just do a good job of starting a tactical point. Then Pierce caught the ball and scored a layup, and Arenas stood in the bottom corner for two seconds, doing nothing.

"It was a good chance to score, you made a good handover!" Pierce didn't forget to comfort Arenas, in fact, it was just because Garnett and PJ Brown gave Pierce a double screen, as long as it wasn't Ben Wallace inside, the double cover was done well and Pierce scored properly inside.

When the game gradually entered the formal, Arenas found that the power of habit is strong, everyone is cooperating according to the usual training routine and the tacit understanding accumulated in the daily game, occasionally the coach calls a timeout, and arranges one or two key tactics. What's even more terrifying is that Arenas himself is playing more and more towards the routines he is used to.

The positional offense obediently handed over the ball or found an opportunity to burst into two, and then controlled the rhythm in the rapid counterattack, and the Celtics' unhurried but precise fast attack was like a bully gun with steady power and a sharp angle, which made the Nets breathless for a while.

Indeed, the Nets couldn't beat the Celtics without Garnett last season, and with Garnett, the speed and change of the Celtics' counterattack flow has been raised to a new level, and the kind of multi-person promotion of short distance small cooperation, and even played the style of the super Celtics in 1986, which set off bursts of cheers in the North Shore Garden.

66:53, the Celtics established a 13-point lead in the first half, in the regular season, the Nets did not carry out targeted defense, so that the Celtics stronger fast break played, they simply could not keep up with the rhythm, it was useless to replace Alonzo Mourning, and the Celtics positional battle was not strong at all.

The situation was very good, but the more this happened, the more anxious Arenas became.

In the first half, he had good stats, 10 points, four assists and one steal, and he didn't fall behind in the head-to-head matchup with Kidd. But this is not what he wants, what he thought before this game is that in the first half, he frequently assisted, occasionally pulled out a few three-pointers, and in the third quarter of the second half, he was full of firepower, soaring down 15 or 20 points, leading the team to win in one fell swoop.

In the end, he won the best player of the game with a performance of 35 points+ and 10 assists+.

But now it looks like his performance tonight will not be any different from before, with about 20 points, 5 or 6 assists, and being a third or fourth man. This is different from what Leon said to him before the game!

At half-time in the locker room, Pierce had already begun to mock Arenas, saying that he only played two good balls, was a general for two minutes, and then became a small soldier again. Arenas also knows that his so-called two good balls are nothing more than a tiger and not an anti-dog.

"If you can win the game like that, then why not just play like that?" Carlisle said in the locker room that he was so upright until Leon rolled his eyes at him.

However, this is Carlisle's true thoughts, and he also felt that Arenas' attack power should be released before, but tonight, after seeing the Celtics' second fast attack, Carlisle realized that it makes no sense to release Arenas' attack power, because the Celtics' outside firepower is really strong enough, and it may be a waste to let Arenas shoot too much.

Leon didn't say anything, he just asked the players to first stabilize the defense in the second half, and in the case of a big lead, everyone can't score, which is more uncomfortable for the opponent than scoring on both sides.

But apparently, Arenas didn't listen to a word.

At the start of the second half, Arenas ******** pounced on the attack, and his several shot choices were very bad, but the old Kidd seized the opportunity and organized the team to launch a counterattack, playing a wave of 7-0 mini-climax, directly narrowing the gap to 6 points. Leon had to call a timeout.

That's when Leon made a surprise substitution, replacing Michael Reid, who had been playing well in the first half, and bringing on Ragabel, who had yet to play this season. Then on the inside, he replaced PJ Brown and replaced Wang Zhizhi, who also did not get a chance to play this season.

This unreasonable substitution has had an extraordinary effect, because in this lineup, Arenas seems to have really become a general. Wang Zhizhi is a thorough space-type interior line, and Ragabel is purely on the wing, which gives Arenas room to play.

After the timeout, he gave up on shooting from the perimeter and instead began to use his summer hard work to break through Kidd's defense.

Strong arms, with slender but explosive calves and neck, Arenas is like a football runner in a protective suit, holding the ball in his hand and hitting the inside, he scored 6 points in a row, one offense and two free throws, for a time the Nets' proud outside defense turned out to be completely helpless with Arenas.

"He's the best Demoman when necessary......" Leon watched Arenas break through frantically, knowing that this kid couldn't break free from the path he had paved for him no matter what.

Relying on Arenas to score 11 points in the third quarter and causing the Nets to foul too many insiders and leave the game early, the Celtics withstood the Nets' counterattack and defeated the old rival with a 101-90, 11-point advantage, and won five consecutive wins in the opening season.

Arenas scored 25 points and dished out eight assists and two steals and was voted Player of the Match after the game. In an interview, Arenas said: "When I first came to the Celtics, I wanted to go with No. 1, and then I chose No. 0 because I felt like I had nothing in this part of Boston compared to all the great history. Now I think that I have taken a lot of steps on the road of starting at 0............ I'm going to do better this season. ”

Halfway through the sentence, Arenas walked away, he said what was in his heart, and what he didn't say was that the person who didn't let him choose No. 1 and chose No. 0 was none other than Fox Leon. From tonight onwards, he decided that no matter what the future holds, at least for the next few years, he will listen to Leon's teachings and reach the end of the road from scratch. (To be continued.) )