Chapter 292: There will always be some surprises
As he left the Staples Arena, Leon could feel a sense of confidence and poise throughout the team. Unless the two teams meet in the finals in June www.biquge.info they won't be here again this season, and thankfully they left with a win.
There were no thrilling shots, no suffocating key shots, and when Kevin Garnett returned to the court in the final moments, the returning Celtics pushed the Lakers into the abyss of defeat with a tough and solid defense.
In front of more than 20,000 Los Angeles fans, celebrities in the entertainment industry, sports and even politics, the Boston Celtics submitted the Los Angeles people with absolute strength. Except for the unexpected clash in the third quarter, the whole game can be described as uneventful, with the Celtics leading from head to finish without giving the Lakers the slightest chance.
This kind of strength is palpitating, and even Leon himself thinks that the Celtics he has formed are as strong as they showed in this game? If they really can play like this every game, then he, as a coach, can go home from class and watch TV with peace of mind, and the Celtics will not lose a single game.
On the plane out of Los Angeles, Leon closed his eyes as he reflected on the game, and tonight he was playing more of a spectator, a human recorder than a head coach.
The Celtic players played almost most of their potential under tremendous pressure and motivation, and from the very beginning of the game they were playing according to the situation on the field, rather than following the score. Rational tactical deployment, smart offensive choices, and unhesitating, courageous defense are the best Celtics have been in two months.
The biggest significance of this game for Leon is not that he beats the Lakers again, or that the Celtics climb to the top of the league, but that he sees the characteristics of the current Celtics team, their direction and the future. In the past, he used his own means to bring together the best players he could get, the best players he could get to Boston, and created new tactics and training methods for them, and now he knows what to pinch them into.
Many of the players on the plane were asleep, and they had to rush back to Boston overnight, host the Atlanta Hawks the day after tomorrow, and then start preparing for Christmas games against last year's Finals opponents, the Spurs.
By the time they arrived in Boston, it was already noon Eastern Time, and the team's road trip had finally come to an end, and they had returned home with a winning record. Leon started her road trip with Ayatollah Khomeinith, but now she's staying in Los Angeles to start working with CAA.
After Leon went to the police station to report, he went home and gave himself a half-day vacation, he was ready to completely empty himself, and let himself get a complete rest both physically and mentally at home. Then in the evening, I got a few assistant coaches out for a meal, and everyone worked together to make some summaries of the team's one-third of the season, and did not plan for the next schedule.
It was a good time planned, but it only lasted two hours, and Leon, who was asleep in bed, was woken up by the sound of the phone, and he picked up the receiver in a daze, thinking it would be Khamenez, who knew that Danny Angie's voice was heard.
"Fox, come to the police station, something happened."
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Leon thought that his lawsuit had gone wrong again, and he was still a little nervous, but when he arrived at the police station, he found that it was not him, but someone else.
He met with Angie at the police station, as well as Chris Anderson, who was arrested by the raiding police for smoking marijuana at a bar, and now Anderson has been arrested by Boston police for drug possession.
In the NBA money circle, there are several things that will never disappear, alcohol, gambling, women and drugs, alcohol and gambling, Leon is still quite well controlled, with him, the Massachusetts gambling god, almost no one in the Celtics dares to gamble.
In women's affairs, Leon is turning a blind eye, men from youth to old age, few people can resist the temptation of beauty, especially young NBA players who are more golden and vigorous, where can they control it. Leon maximizes the amount of training during daily training, so that some people don't have the energy to do other things, but if they are on vacation, or after a game in a different place, unless they leave that night, then the energetic and not short of money guys will have to come to help.
When, in general, since the departure of playful masters like Antoine Walker and Kenny Anderson, the Celtics are relatively healthy and orderly, and Christians like Reed are not to mention, even Arenas is often overwhelmed because of his training, and rushes home early to sleep every day.
The biggest exception is just one person, and that's Chris Anderson.
When Leon meets Anderson at the police station, he is taking pictures there with a swaggering and nonchalant face, leaving his file at the police station.
The moment he saw Leon, the disdain in Anderson's eyes disappeared, and he lowered his head slightly and licked his lips with his tongue, looking a little embarrassed.
"Illegal marijuana, reporters should have gotten the news, I informed you as soon as possible. I asked the police department, and he could be sentenced to compulsory labor and the league would ban him. Danny Angie saw Leon coming, and his heart calmed down a little. Because he knew that as long as Leon came, he could get Anderson.
In the last game against the Lakers, Anderson also played well, and in the third and fourth quarters when Kevin Garnett left the court due to a heavy blow to his brain, he made up for Garnett's absence and taught Malone some lessons.
After returning to Boston, he immediately caused some trouble for the team, and Leon was also a little annoyed, originally he thought that the Celtics were finally on their way to the realm of success, and he no longer needed to constantly create some negative news to put pressure on the players like last year, and use the tense and terrible external environment to unite the team.
He thought that the Celtics could start to become strong from the heart, but Anderson will undoubtedly push the Celtics to the forefront again, and he can foresee that tomorrow's NBA media headlines, after reporting on Malone's iron elbow, he will start reporting on Anderson's drug possession incident, and by the way, review all the negative news about the Celtics in the past year or two.
Leon clenched his fists to hold back the anger in his heart, and walked up to Anderson, who had finished taking the photo, at which point Anderson spoke first, he said, "Colorado is not a crime......
Indeed, Denver, where Anderson stayed before, is located in Colorado, one of the few states in the United States where marijuana is legal, and although he did not stay there for long, it was in Denver that Anderson fell in love with marijuana.
"Do you want me to send you back to Denver?" Leon gritted his teeth and said to Anderson, a anger in his heart that hated iron and steel.
Anderson's appearance has changed a lot from when he was traded from Denver a few years ago. He used to have long blond hair, a bohemian headband, and a white body like a high school student.
Now his long hair has become short, but the beard on his mouth is slowly growing. The body is no longer white, and the tattoos are getting more and more every year, which he learned from his master Dennis Rodman.
His behavior is far from bizarre, but since Kevin Garnett arrived in Boston, Anderson's position on the team has been relatively marginal. Garnett is in his prime, his physical strength is superb, and Brown is also a notoriously iron man, and with these two guys around, Anderson's playing time has been greatly reduced.
Yesterday he had to wait for Garnett to pass out with an elbow before he got the bulk of playing time.
Because of this, Anderson's love of marijuana from his time in Denver reappeared in his life. Originally, after coming to the Celtics, Anderson stayed away from these things, and he got more out of basketball. But now, he feels that basketball is not enough for him.
Hearing Leon say such things, Anderson obediently shut his mouth, he knew that Leon was really angry.
"Sorry......," Anderson said. (To be continued.) )