After the game against the Kings, the Celtics' winning streak continues, and unlike last season, when the Celtics started the season with an easy schedule, this year is the opposite, and the Celtics' schedule will be quite difficult in October and November. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 After the fight against the Kings, the whole team will leave Boston and head to Indiana, ready to fight the Pacers.

Before the game even started, Leon knew that this game was going to be a bloody storm, not only because of the feud between the two teams last season, but also because the current head coach of the Pacers is none other than Jim O'Brien, who was ousted by Leon, and the assistant coach is Frank Vogel.

As the saying goes, O'Brien and Vogel left the NBA with the Celtics, and then they returned to the University of Kentucky to work for Smith's coaching staff. However, the NCAA couldn't satisfy them anymore, and finally after a season away from the NBA, the two returned to the NBA together, and were invited by Larry Bird to serve as head coach and assistant coach of the Indiana Pacers.

On the plane to Indiana, Leon sat in the front row and fell asleep, as an assistant coach Carlisle was a little sleepless, when the plane was about to arrive at its destination, he saw Leon wake up and asked him how he could still sleep.

"Why can't you sleep? It's just a trip to Indiana, can they still eat me? If they dare to do anything to me, I will kill them. Leon shook his fist as he spoke, but they immediately smiled awkwardly and withdrew his fist and said it was just a joke. He is now on bail, and if there is any more violence, he will really have to stay in the detention center until the official trial.

"The mood is always different, after all, O'Brien and Vogel are your former colleagues, I still know about that little thing in Boston, Auerbach in order to push you to the throne, but purge the Pitino faction one after another." Carlisle whispered to Leon.

"Rick, I finally know why you can't stay in Detroit anymore, and seriously, no one in this world can put up with a straight head like you except for a boss like Mark Cuban." Leon shook his head and said to Carlisle. By this time the plane had arrived at the airport, and they had arrived in Indianapolis.

Although Carlisle didn't mention it again after that, Leon did have a small pimple in his heart, Carlisle was right, O'Brien and Vogel were victims of Auerbach in order to push himself to the top. The old bishop first asked O'Brien to squeeze out Pitino, and then asked Angie to instigate the veterans in the team to rebel and force O'Brien and Vogel away, and then Angie purged the veterans and made a transition with Carol to replace Leon in the position. A clean, core player is either Leon or Leon Iron Celtics was born.

This year, after sending Antoine Walker away, even Angie has to consider whether his power in the Celtics can be compared to Fox Leon.

However, Leon is not proud of this, on the contrary, he has some guilt in his heart, O'Brien and Vogel are very good people, especially Vogel's hard work and love for basketball are infectious. I still vividly remember the two of them cutting videos together, watching games, and discussing tactics in the video studio. Leon once thought that Vogel would be his assistant coach, but he didn't expect that in the end he also left, and he went very thoroughly, and he never contacted Leon again after leaving Boston.

Now, O'Brien and Vogel have done quite well in the Pacers, their record since the start of the season is 6-1, second only to the Celtics in the league, their concise and efficient tactical system tailored for the Pacers, so that they and the team under Thomas last season are like two teams, simple offense, strong defense, the Pacers show great potential.

On the day of the game, the public opinion of the two sides was extremely hot, and the sports media of the entire Indianapolis participated in the coverage of this game, and the grievances and grievances of the two sides were turned over, and it can be said that the attention of this game was higher than the last game between the Celtics and the Kings. It is even conceivable that in the next game, except against the Spurs and the Lakers, the Celtics will not have such a high-profile strong conversation.

And the two teams also fought, the first shot was fired by the Indiana Pacers player Steve Jackson, after the team's open training in the afternoon, Jackson was interviewed by reporters and asked how he thought the Celtics are currently strong, Jackson said that although the Celtics have Kevin Garnett, the Pacers also have Jermaine O'Neal; The Celtics have Pierce, the Pacers have Artest, the Celtics have Reed, the Pacers have him Jackson, the Celtics have Arenas, and the Pacers have Tinsley.

And, Jackson concluded by emphatically saying, "If I had been with the Pacers last year, I wouldn't have let that happen, I'd have everything under control." You know, I beat them in the finals, I have experience. Jackson's mouth, of course, refers to the deal with the brawl, and Jackson, who just joined the Pacers this summer, has the capital to be proud of as a member of the Spurs last season when he defeated the Celtics to win a championship with the team.

Jackson's remarks were refuted by the Celtics' "official player ambassador" Paul Pearce, who was asked in an interview in the players' tunnel before the start of the evening game about how he would deal with Stephen Jackson: "I will deal with him like I did in the Finals, I know it's sad that we lost, but I also want to say that when the team wins the championship, even the sweeper will have a ring." So we can't judge everything by the ring. ”

Pierce is Jackson's sweeping grandfather, and in last season's Finals, Pierce's performance completely overperformed Jackson, and they finally lost to Duncan.

The verbal battle between the two reached a climax in the media interview before the game.

Pacers head coach O'Brien was interviewed by the media before the game, and inevitably asked about his experience with the Celtics, how he felt when facing the Celtics, O'Brien first said a polite word, saying that his experience with the Celtics is a valuable asset in life. Then he turned to the point of saying about the current situation at the Celtic: "They're a great team, big stars, very talented. And then they also had an amazing coach who helped the team start from scratch and accumulate little by little to today, becoming a strong contender for the championship in just two years...... We've worked together, we know each other and I think we're going to have a good game. ”

O'Brien is really saying that the Celtics are "slowly accumulating from scratch" and "becoming a championship contender in just two years", this contradictory statement is undoubtedly ironic, ironic that the current Celtics are based on the accumulation of their predecessors to stand so high. Undoubtedly, O'Brien is still haunted by that forced dismissal, after all, he led the team to win before, and he was still full of confidence in the summer of '01, but he was replaced by Carroll, the No. 4 spare tire, and finally watched the Celtics reach the Eastern Conference finals.

O'Brien was convinced that the Celtics would have made it to the Finals if he had been in charge that season, and Fox Leon would have just led the team to the Finals.

Although it is not explicit, Leon can see O'Brien's resentment in this interview, so much so that when O'Brien left the media room and met Leon at the door, he didn't even say hello. On the other hand, Vogel nodded to Leon, and Leon smiled, knowing that he might never be able to establish a good relationship with Pitino's group again.

"Mr. Leon, Celtic are currently on a winning streak, do you have any ......" A reporter wanted to ask if the team was under pressure, but was interrupted by Leon before he could finish speaking.

"Nope!" Leon said that he knew what to ask halfway through the reporter's words.

"In Indiana, where something unpleasant happened, what kind of mindset would you have with it?" Another reporter asked.

"Sweep the grave." Leon's succinct answer caused a burst of laughter below.

"One last question!" Leon reminded.

"You used to be an assistant coach for O'Brien, and now you're both head coaches, what do you think about your time as an assistant coach under him?" Finally, a reporter asked this poignant question.

"It was an impressive time, I learned a lot and it allowed me to grow. Of course, it's completely different now, you know, even my assistant coach is the best coach. (To be continued.) )