With the final game between the Celtics and the Detroit Pistons coming to an end, the 2003-2004 regular season season has come to an end, with a 66-16 record, the third-best regular season record after 67 wins in 1986 and 68 wins in 1973. It is also the 12th time in Celtic www.biquge.info history that they have won more than 60 wins in a single season.

The Celtics are also undoubtedly the kings of the regular season this season, and it is no surprise that all the major awards will go to Boston. After last season's ups and downs, the summer's shocking trades, the Celtics have finally blossomed.

However, whether these beautiful flowers can bear heavy fruits, it still needs to go through a more brutal schedule, at least in the eyes of fans and reporters. Even after outright banning the Detroit Pistons with a shocking defense in the final game of the regular season, there are still many who think that this is just a regular season game and doesn't say a lot.

Indeed, there are countless examples to prove this statement, such as the 1998 Chicago Bulls who faced the Jazz in the regular season, but then defeated the Jazz again in the finals to win the championship, and completed a slaughter in the third game of the regular season. There was also the 1995 Rockets, who faced the Magic in the regular season and died miserably, but they were swept in the finals.

In short, in the NBA, which has a long history, in addition to the 0:3 downturn, no matter what the situation, you can always find examples to prove your point, and you can always add a little pessimistic prediction to the bright future, or add some optimistic expectations to the uncertain future.

This is no exception here with the Celtics, but only those who have experienced it firsthand, experienced 82 regular season games, experienced last year's Finals, experienced the team's running-in, progress and efforts, and experienced many unknown details, can get rid of those experiences that look similar, but in fact have no internal connection, and truly see the fate of the team.

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After the regular season and the Celtics were given three days off, Leon decided to give the players a little relaxation and took the team on a yacht to the Atlantic Ocean on April 15.

The Atlantic Ocean was still a little grey and cold in April, and the entire Celtics set off from Boston Harbor on Kevin Garnett's yacht to fish in the Atlantic. Today's weather is good, with white and huge cumulonimbus clouds floating in the light blue sky, like large white camellias. The waves are not high, the wind blows comfortably on the face, and there is a smell of sea when I just set off.

As the yacht gradually moves away from the shore, the smell of the sea is less, more of a salty smell, and the wind gradually becomes stronger.

This yacht was purchased by Garnett after he arrived in Boston, and it is his third yacht, a premium yacht ordered specifically from the United Kingdom, capable of cruising not only offshore, but also far from the coast, and able to withstand enough rough waves and bad weather.

This time, Garnett also hired a group of professional deep-sea fishing experts and ship experts to travel with the cruise ship, which is not a high-end party on the yacht after the end of the regular season, eating and drinking on the shore, but a deep-sea fishing, which is a real man's activity.

"Watch the weather, if it doesn't work we're going to get back in time, and I don't want the Boston Celtics, the league's biggest favorites to win the championship, to end their championship run early before the playoffs start because of a ship accident." In the cab, Fox Leon reminds driver Jimmy Dyren to pay attention to the weather. As a manager, he still needs to be responsible for the safety of his players, and he doesn't want to make big news at this time.

After confirming that the weather was safe, the boat temporarily anchored in the sea at a depth of more than 80 meters, which has left the coastline area, and can catch some relatively large fish here.

The professional fishing team provided guidance to the Celtic players, handed out bait, and gave each person a ruler with a length of the line and the names of some common fish species, and if some of the smaller fish were caught, juveniles, they were to be released back into the sea.

Compared to basketball, fishing is a very quiet sport, but at the same time, there is an undercurrent in the extreme quiet, which will explode the moment the fish is hooked, especially sea fishing.

Leon is half a fishing enthusiast, this season he has completely moved away from gambling, and has devoted more time to fishing and sea fishing, the feeling of being calm and calm, but about to explode or even explode in an instant, is very similar to his NBA courtside coaching. At the same time, thinking silently for a long time in the past allows him to better summarize and plan the team's training and games.

In the run-up to the playoffs, Leon wants to go fishing to relax the players and get them excited and ready for the real fight.

Leon descended from the wheelhouse to the first floor, where Arenas, Garnett, Daimport, and Anderson stayed at the stern, and they had been hanging for a long time without much gain, and Arenas said that a fishing rod was less effective than a gun. Pierce, Reed, Bell, and Percy stayed at the bow of the boat, and Reed and Bell had already made a small catch, Reed caught a mackerel, and Bell caught a cod, but returned to the sea because the length was not up to par.

On the side of the boat, Dior, Wang Zhizhi and Brown are together, and these three people are real fishing masters. Wearing sunglasses and a white felt hat, Dior caught one fish after another; Although Wang Zhizhi has no fishing foundation, he has also gained a lot of patience, as for Brown is a master of fishing, he even hung a big lobster, because he can choose bait.

Alston and Strickland are on the other side, and the two have fun fishing for all kinds of strange things, such as baby turtles, nudibranchs, and starfish.

"Coach Leon, I heard that you also like fishing, why don't you give it a try?" Garnett's fishing coach, Carson, asked as he watched Leon just watch the players fish, and he asked without moving, handing over a fishing rod.

Leon took the rod and said, "It's still too close to the coastline, and I like to go fishing farther out into the sea." Leon said and took the rod, but it didn't seem like he liked the rod very much, it was too thin and too short.

After two hours of fishing at a depth of 80 meters, the group had lunch and began to head further into the sea, heading southeast, where schools of fish were gathering according to sonar positioning.

Sailing to a depth of 400 meters, which is close to the edge of the continental shelf, is an area with a lot of marine nutrients and plankton, and there are many large schools of fish, as well as large fish that prey on small fish.

At this point, Leon was finally ready to fish, he used his big rod for sea fishing, he tied a squid to the hook, got the sink and float and began to lower the rod. He had to keep the wheelhouse at a certain speed and drive slowly southwest, and Carson knew that Leon might have to catch a big fish.

Arenas and the other unsuccessful creatures had already put away their fishing rods and ran to the deck chairs on the second deck to enjoy the afternoon sea breeze and black tea, while Leon stood in the bow of the boat, his hair blowing in all directions.

Suddenly Leon had a feeling in his hand, and he knew that it was a big fish, a big fish.

"To the north, to the north! Turn the rudder to the north! Leon yelled at the wheelhouse, and Daren immediately turned the rudder when he heard it, startling Arenas and Garnett, who were drinking tea on the second floor, and the tea almost turned over.

Leon began to reel and release the line continuously, and the boom was pulled almost into a three-quarter circle, but the material of the boom was extremely tough, and Leon's arm was also extremely tough.

Slowly, the players all gathered at the bow of the boat, Leon had been fighting the fish in the bow for almost half an hour, and no one knew when the fight would end. But it seems that Leon has no intention of giving up, he keeps pulling, retracting, and directing Daeron to circle around, and slowly everyone finds that the circle of the ship is getting smaller and smaller, and the speed is getting slower and slower.

A full hour passed, and it was finally over, and Leon caught a bluefin tuna that was 2.6 meters long and weighed 201 kilograms!

Everyone was stunned when several people brought the big guy onto the yacht, which was longer and heavier than the tallest Celtic tallest, Dalem Potter.

Leon felt like his arm was going to be gone, it was indeed the biggest fish he had ever caught.

After the photo was taken, Leon said to everyone, "Throw this fish back into the sea, although he is tired, I think he is still alive." ”

Everyone was incomprehensible about Leon's decision, catching such a big fish, but the pride of any angler can boast of a lifetime of experience.

But Leon insisted on releasing the fish that had been fighting him for an hour, and then he said to all the Celtics players on the boat: "I did something incredible, didn't I? Then I think we'll do the same in the playoffs. Our goal is not just to be a champion, but to a higher place. I would like to quote the vow that a senior once made that if someone asked us what our goal for the playoffs was, I would tell him: fo, fo, fo, fo"

Two days later, at a pregame press conference at the North Shore Garden Arena, a reporter asked Kevin Garnett what their goal was for the playoffs, and Garnett hesitated, glared at the reporter and said in a calm, slightly southern accent: "fo, fo, fo, fo." (To be continued.) )