Chapter 168: Meet Again
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Michael Reid's magical three-pointer sent North Shore Gardens into a festive vibe, with fans cheering, clapping and standing up to high-five each other. The Celtics players also stepped forward and each touched Reed's head, and then a group of people went back to the locker room in a row. The original depression of being chased by the Bucks was swept away, and the gap of 5 points became 8 points, and Leon was relieved, he knew that the situation of the game was back in the hands of the Celtics.
At halftime in the locker room, Reid became a star, and all the Celtics players were asking how the hell this guy was doing this thing. If it had been Antoine Walker, he would have started to blow nonsense about Haiti a long time ago, and Reed honestly replied that "it was Mr. Sigfried who taught me".
"It's nothing, I just think it's fun to practice this thing, it will help Reed to improve his ability to shoot quickly and learn how to maintain better stability in his shooting...... I didn't expect this guy, you guy, to dare to use this trick in the game, it's really a good guy. Sigfried patted Reed on the shoulder vigorously, making Reed embarrassed.
"What's going on? Did Michael score a midfield three? Only PJ Brown, who was sent off halfway, looked confused, he didn't know what was going on, so he had to ask Leon in a daze.
"Reed made an incredible three-pointer...... Let's watch the video tomorrow, it's hard to describe...... "Leon didn't know how to describe the goal, as a smart guy who had no last resort, he really didn't expect Reed to be able to complete such a goal. Of course, he also knows that this kind of ball is unique, and he may have the opportunity to shoot one or two in a season, and it can be easily intercepted with a little attention from the opponent, and this kind of shooting is too difficult.
In the second half, as Leon expected. Reed's three-pointer extinguished the Bucks' arrogance, and the five-point shot became an insurmountable barrier for both sides. After a relatively poor offensive run in the first half, Reed finally exploded in the third quarter, shooting 4-of-5 from three-point range, including three three-pointers in a row, to stop the Bucks. He no longer cares how many goals Ray Allen scores, he no longer always focuses on keeping up with the defense, he lets go of his hands and feet, and attacks with all his might, which makes Ray Allen feel a lot of pressure. He started to get out of place in the second half.
In the fourth quarter, the Celtics once stretched the margin to 15 points, and the Bucks saw that the tide was gone, and finally asked for a timeout in the middle of the fourth quarter to replace the main player and replace the player at the end of the bench, declaring that the game had entered garbage time.
"George really doesn't have the same savage as he did in the supersonic anymore, and with five minutes to go, he just gave up, and it looks like there's no hope for this team." Dick Hart saw the Bucks give up the game and said to Leon, who was back on the bench. Hart and George Karl are also old acquaintances, when Carl was an assistant coach with the Cavaliers. Hart worked as an assistant to Chuck Daley for the Pistons, and the two teams in the same division have played against each other a lot, and they know each other well.
The Bucks, after a brief rise in the early 21st century, will also begin to decline. The Milwaukee era, which belonged to the Three Musketeers, was coming to an end.
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For a week, the Celtics went through three home battles against the Bucks, Nuggets and Magic. It's been a sweet schedule for Celtic. The ups and downs of the team in the previous period were exactly the time when it was necessary to adjust, and it happened that the three opponents were not strong. The Bucks ended up with a thrilling win, while the Nuggets have been rotten this season, and their goal this season is to compete for the top pick, at least for the top three rookies.
So in the North Shore Garden, which is gradually becoming the home of the NBA's new devils, the Nuggets can be said to have no resistance, and they were beaten 35-10 by the Celtics in the first quarter, and almost gave up resistance in three minutes. Nuggets head coach Jeff Bouzderrick frowned tightly from beginning to end, and almost sighed in front of the camera, because the team played so miserably that no starter scored a double-double in the whole game, and only one person even scored more than 5.
The only player on the team who scored more than 10 points was Rodney White, an obscure power forward who came off the bench and scored 11 points in garbage time, but the Nuggets collapsed beyond that. Chris Anderson showed no mercy in the face of his old owner, daring to fight in precious garbage time, grabbing 12 rebounds and delivering a career-high 6 blocks, dominating garbage time and becoming the garbage time MVP.
In the end, the Celtics completed a 43-point massacre at 103:60 at home, sending the Nuggets to hell.
And on January 26, the Celtics welcomed the Orlando Magic team that lacked the top scorer Tracy McGrady, and the guard who replaced Maddy, Jarell Seisher, played surprisingly well, and even withstood the pressure to score consecutive points, helping the Magic to keep the score with the Celtics in the first three quarters. However, in the fourth quarter, when Paul Pierce began to take over the game, neither Mike Miller nor Armstrong, nor Jarell Saiser could replace Maddie and Pierce in a-for-tat confrontation, and Pierce scored eight points in the fourth quarter to stabilize the team's lead and maintain it throughout the court.
The Celtics snapped another win to make it three straight wins at home, ending January's inconsistent streak and cementing their second-place position in the Eastern Conference – behind the Indiana Pacers and even ahead of the Nets, with the New Jerseys trailing by a one-game margin.
Another team in the back is the Detroit Pistons, who will be visiting the Celtics on January 28.
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The direct plane from Boston to Detroit arrived at Detroit Airport at 21:23 on the evening of the 27th, and Leon and the Celtics players and coaching staff dragged their suitcases together and got on the airport bus arranged by the official to go to the hotel where they stayed tonight.
This is not the first time Leon has been to Detroit, and he admits that he doesn't like the city at all, a city that rose and fell because of the automobile industry, and now smells of decay. While the tourism, gambling and entertainment industries began to flourish in the mid-90s, like some cities in the West or Connecticut, this old industrial city on the Great Lakes doesn't have the same credentials to become the next Las Vegas. Since the administration of George W. Bush, it has been declining step by step.
Of course, these are not the real reasons why Leon doesn't like this place, after all, how much does the fate of a city have to do with him, he doesn't like it here, it's just because of the Detroit Pistons.
It's normal for a Boston Celtics player or coach to dislike Detroit, and a Pistons player wouldn't like the Celtics - including Dennis Rodman, who is still a Pistons at heart, and the only things he misses in Boston are Leon and the casinos.
Contrary to the city of Detroit, the Pistons, led by their general manager Joe Dumas, are on the verge of a renaissance, and since '02 they have risen with the Celtics, replacing the 76ers and Bucks as the new power in the East. It's just that compared to the Celtics' unrestrained and fast style of play, the Pistons still follow the same old path they once succeeded, using defense to find the glory of the past.
Their backbone is an explosive head named Ben Wallace, a draft loser, and a center in his early 2 meters tall, rugged and violent. They also acquired Billups in the summer, who had been Ange's crush on a good defender who was calm and sophisticated, and cunning and resourceful. The Pistons' strength was quickly replenished, and they entered the first group in the East this season and became a true powerhouse.
And all this can be a reason for Leon not to like Detroit, because here he smells the enemy, smells the great obstacles that can be encountered in the future, like the Detroit Pistons that the Celtics encountered in the late '80s. Leon knew that history well, and they ended the Celts and buried the last glory of the Green Army.
If there's anything he likes about this Pistons, it's probably their head coach, Rick Carlisle, so upon arriving at the hotel, Leon called Carlisle and invited him out for a drink.
Carlisle repeatedly refused, but could not resist the urge to meet Fox Leon, so he agreed to him, and the two agreed to meet at the Pennbon Federation for a drink.
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