TD North Shore Garden Arena was already full at around 6:30 p.m., and before the start of the game, Yashanti Douglas, a popular fried chicken in North American music in '02, sang "The Star-Spangled Banner Never Falls" in front of an audience of 20,000 with a unique blues rhythm. After that, to the cheers and fireworks of the audience, the Bostonian began a new season.

In the opening introduction, Leon was cheered on by the fans as the head coach of the team, and Leon waved calmly at the fans, but his eyes were looking for something.

"Come over Gilbert!" Leon stood on the sidelines and beckoned to Arenas, who was preparing to play, just before the match was about to start.

Arenas tucked his shirt into his pants and walked over to Leon to come down, and now the noise in the arena had reached an order of magnitude, and it was hard to hear if he didn't come closer.

"Tell me, what to do if you push through the halfway line from the left side and the opponent presses the defense." Leon asked aloud.

"Call for a pick-and-roll, or move the ball to the top of the arc, cover the catch, and launch the play from two 45 degrees." Arenas replied quickly.

"When we counterattack quickly, we play two or three, there are people in the left corner and the right wing at 45 degrees, how do you distribute the ball?" Leon asked again.

"Break through with a left-handed dribble, split the ball into the bottom corner at the right time, and regardless of the movement on the right wing, he will follow up." Arenas continued to answer.

"The backcourt rebound quickly counterattacked, advancing from the right side, the inside receiver didn't keep up in time, and the baseline cover couldn't be played, how to deal with it."

"Slow down, wait for the receiver, pass back, catch the ball again, pick up the speed again, attack yourself or pass to the bottom corner. Reorganize the attack. ”

"Last question, what should I do if my tactics fail?"

"Vote for yourself!" Arenas gave Leon one last answer, and then Leon patted Arenas' ass and said, "If you can't shoot I'll kill you, try to give it to Paul or Antoine." ”

Then Arenas and his teammates walked onto the field, and the game was about to begin.

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"The Boston Celtics vs. Chicago Bulls game is about to begin. Boston's North Shore Gardens are in full swing...... I think the lads in Chicago should be thankful they're not playing in Boston Garden Square right now, and I swear the away locker room in Garden Square is worse than Grandma Kenny Smith's cheese room. "Sitting in the *** TV live commentary room, Charles Barkley has started to talk nonsense before this game starts.

Smith was used to Barkley's words, and he only replied lightly: "But it's been a lot better there lately, after all, you've stuffed all the cheese there into your stomach...... Okay, let's look at some of the highlights of this game. The Celtics, who reached the Eastern Conference Finals last year, seemed to have done nothing in the summer, and their biggest change was another coach, a guy who popped up more than two years ago, Fox Leon. The mysterious guy is said to be a descendant of Auerbach...... Oh my God, if he's an Auerbach descendant, I'm Martin Luther King's successor. ”

"Why don't you say you're the successor to John Smith? Then you have the whole GM company. Barkley was on the sidelines to make a strange noise, John Smith is the chairman of General Motors.

Smith, who has long been accustomed to Barkley's gags, went on to analyze: "Let's look at the Chicagoans instead, who got Jay Williams in the draft, and then had the tall Tyson Chandler and the strong Eddie Curry on the inside. They look so talented that I think this will be the season that will determine whether the Bulls can get out of Jordan's shadow and rise again. These young people will make a difference. ”

Barkley, of course, will not be on the same page as Smith, he will definitely stand up against it, and he immediately became a supporter of the Celtics when he buried the Celtics, he said: "The Celtics also have a group of young talents, Pierce and Walker are in good shape, and Arenas, who was underrated in the draft. Reid, as well as Johnson, have all proven to be talented lads. They're going to go to the next level this season, and I'm not going to raise Kenny with you, as long as the Celtics change coaches in the middle of the season. For example, put Cowens on the top...... Oh my God, I can't believe that Cowens would sit behind this guy called Leon as an assistant coach, Leon, Leon, why does the name sound like the main character of the cartoon? ”

Just when the two were arguing and arguing, the game had already begun, and Leon sent out the starters Arenas, Reid, Pierce, Walker and Tony Barty, a very attacking lineup; On the Bulls' side, they started Jalen Rose, Jae Williams, Trent Hassel, Tyson Chandler and Eddie Curry, a two-tower lineup.

The 2002-2003 NBA regular season kicked off with Chandler and Batty's jump ball when the referee threw the ball into the air, with the 7-foot-tall Chandler relying on super bounce and reach to get the ball in the air, Jae Williams got the ball, and the Bulls attacked.

Leon stood on the sidelines, feeling a little nervous, after all, this is the real regular season, and it is completely different from the preseason. The pain of a coach is that no matter what happens on the field, it is the players who ultimately decide everything, and no matter what genius you can come up with in your eyes and in your head, if the players don't work, everything is in vain.

So those questions Leon had to ask Arenas before the start of the match, and in Leon's plan, the rhythm of Arenas in the first half of the match would be the key to the game. Leon's offensive system for the Celtics is one that values the ability of point guards, which is completely different from Phil Jackson's triangle offense. The triangle offense was just a part of Leon's use to stabilize the system and make the players focus on passing and positioning, and he didn't think the whole routine of the triangle offense was suitable for the current Celtics.

"The game started and the Bulls attacked. Jay Williams, Tyson...... Michael Reed breaks the ball! But the ball hit his foot and went out of bounds, which was a pity. Kenny Smith was already in the groove and was commentating on the game, while Barkley was smothered and didn't know what he was thinking.

In the first shot of the opening game, Michael Reed almost steals Williams' pass to Chandler, and the Bulls' offensive routine is also quite simple, the big man goes to the top of the arc to make an overkill for the point guard, and then the point guard catches the ball and attacks. Try to tear through the opponent's defense. But apparently the Bulls' formation was not good, Williams, Chandler and Hassel were too close, giving Reid a chance to pounce and break the ball, but Reed dribbled and smashed to the top of his foot after grabbing the ball, so he didn't form a steal.

"Michael looks good." Leon had already taken his place and said to Sigfried beside him. Sigfried took the most care of Reid in training camp. Because Reed was wearing the same No. 20 shirt that Sigfred used to wear, he gave Reid a lot of experience and inspiration on the defensive end, and it seemed that he was in early form.

The Bulls then sent a sideline ball and Chandler asked for the ball in the low post, but Williams ignored him, even though he overpowered Walker behind him. He shifted the ball to Rose, who was on the left, and Rose broke through the middle with the ball, but halfway through the break, he passed the ball back to Williams because Reid came up to help. Williams immediately transferred the ball to Hassell, who hit an open jumper and the Bulls scored first.

"Pretty good moving the ball, two points in the corner, it looks like the Celtics have a lot of work to do on the defensive end." Kenny Smith felt that Reed's help defense was a bit arbitrary, Pierce wasn't completely out of position, and Hassel's shot wasn't entirely negligible.

But Leon on the sidelines knew that his defensive strategy tonight was to put Hassel and Chandler in it. There was nothing wrong with Reed's choice, and this two-point loss is acceptable.

Next. It's up to the Celtic offense.

Walker served quickly in the backcourt, Arenas did not dribble slowly across the half court after receiving the ball, but quickly rushed to the front court, the Bulls players were obviously a little caught off guard, and hurried back to defend, at this time Arenas suddenly slowed down at the three-point line. Passed the ball back to Barty, who received the ball without hesitation and passed the ball back to Arenas as if hitting the wall, Arenas suddenly accelerated and burst into the interior after receiving the ball, and Chandler and Curry rushed back to make up for the defense. But Arenas passed back to Walker, who was following him, and Walker received the ball and scored with a left-handed dunk!

Nine seconds later, the Celtics took nine seconds to complete the attack, and after the goal, Leon subconsciously threw a punch, but he immediately took his fist back, and it was only the first goal.

"It's so fast......" Kenny Smith only had time to say the word, the Celtics were going too fast this time.

"What's going on? Stunned by Celtic's swift attack? I said back in preseason that the Celtics would surprise a lot of people on offense, scoring 147 points in their first game against New York! This is the highest score in a single snooker shot! "Barkley saw the Celtics' wind-like offense, and he came back to life.

At this time, the Bulls were still attacking slowly and leisurely, and there was no way for them to have a twin-tower lineup. This time it was Curry's turn to ask for the ball in the low post, Williams passed the ball this time, and Curry singled Barty in the low post. The '01 rookie, nicknamed the Shark Cub, was drafted by the Bulls for nearly 300 pounds in high school and was chosen by the Bulls, for whom the Bulls sacrificed their No. 1 pick, Elton Brand.

Facing Barty, who was not outstanding defensively, Curry pouted his ****** and arched all the way in, and arched deep enough before the help defense came up, and a small hook shot from the inside turned to give the Bulls a lead again, 4-2.

"Charles, I bet his ass is as big as yours." Smith couldn't help but say when he saw Curry's offense.

"You're insulting my ass, a defense like Tony Barty, I can push him all the way to the basket from the middle line and give him a slam dunk." When it comes to ass, Barkley won't give in to anyone.

Just when the two of them were talking nonsense, the Celtics went to the front again.

Walker served quickly again, Arenas received the ball and ran wildly, this time Reid was in front of him, he passed the ball to Reed, Reid held the ball from the middle and went straight to the basket, but he didn't choose to go hard, but passed the ball to the left 45 degrees after the defender followed, and Paul Pierce had followed. Pierce feigned a three-point shot, flew Rose who was following him, adjusted it, took aim, and made a slow three-point shot!

"Huh!" Ball in! Pointers!

A summer's hard training was not in vain, and the moment he made his shot, Pierce knew that the goal was going to be scored!

Leon off the pitch is no longer excited, because he knows that there will be many, many more goals like this.

"Eight seconds." Leon calculated in his mind. (To be continued.) )