After playing the Nets and not getting any rest, the Celtics are about to start their road trip.

After starting the away trip, Leon continued his rotation strategy. On the first stop on the road, Indiana, he put Michael Reed on the bench. The kid is on Reissert's list of hazards, and his left knee has been in poor condition, and Reisert warns that if not carefully protected, Reed could suffer a devastating injury to his left knee.

So knowing that it would be a tough game against the Pacers, Leon still put Reed on the injury list and asked him to protect his knee for a while.

On the night of March 19, Leon was booed by tens of thousands of fans at the Conseco Arena, and the fist battle at the Conseco Arena is still vivid.

It's a disgrace in the history of the Conceco Arena and the Pacers, the basketball state of the United States, a strong team with a tough, iron-blooded tradition, who was conquered by a coach's fist.

Leon was calm in the face of the boos, and he even waved to some of the fans, as if they were not booing him but cheering for him. It is precisely because of the arrival of Leon and Celtic that the ticket price of this game has been speculated, and the position near the Celtics bench is even more difficult to find.

The Conceco Arena even added police presence near the Celtics bench to prevent radical fans from rushing to the Celtics bench to attack Fox Leon. Of course, in the case of security checks, rushing to the Celtic bench without weapons to attack Leon is basically not much different from suicide, so the police are also arranged to prevent fans from thinking about it.

Without Michael Reed, the Celtics were already stretched thin at the shooting guard position, and Leon had to bring in Malik Siri, who had been on the bench for most of the season, and the brother was a model of being ruined by an unexpected injury. However, after coming to the Celtics, he recovered well, and he didn't have to play for a long time, plus careful treatment off the court, he even returned to about 70% of his peak state.

And PJ Brown, who was rested in the last game, was obviously in good shape, and the team attacked Brown as soon as he started, Brown scored six points in a row, and Arenas also hit a three-pointer to stop the Pacers directly.

After that, the two sides fell into a struggle, without Reed's outside containment and strong single defense, the Celtics' offense became a lot harder, and Leon opened the opening with Brown to single in order to attract shrinking defense and open up more space for the outside.

But Jermaine O'Neal and Artest began to attack the interior line more and more hard, causing huge problems for PJ Brown, while Malik Ciri soon began to suffer because he didn't play high-intensity games for a long time, and the defense began to leak, and Reggie Miller seized the opportunity to score two three-pointers in a row. As a result, the lead at the beginning of the first quarter became the only time the Celtics took the lead in the game.

Isaiah Thomas didn't give Leon a chance this time, and he didn't dare to use some shady tricks again, and Leon's punches last time scared him out. He just asked the players to repeatedly attack the inside, constantly scramble for rebounds in the frontcourt, and create fouls for the Celtics.

The Celtics were whistled for 26 fouls in the game, and the Pacers made thirty free throws.

In such a situation, it is difficult for Celtic to win the game even if they are all in order. In the end, they lost to Conseco by 99:84, a 15-point difference.

After the loss, Leon was surprising in his post-game interview, he said bluntly: "I think the league is using the whistle to find a balance, last time they suffered a loss in Conseco, I beat their players, and in the end we won the game, the Pacers must not be convinced, there must be an opinion." So you see, they make 30 free throws, and as long as you stand in the three-second zone and jump up with the ball in your hand, you have a free throw. And we only have 13 free throws, don't our players work hard and don't attack in the three-second zone? There are too many such balancing whistles, and I hope there will be no such blows in the playoffs. “

As the saying goes, Leon's words were severely warned by the League Office and fined $20,000. But those remarks once again put Leon in the sports headlines.

Since that fight, Fox Leon has become the new favorite of major sports media reporters, as long as they interview him and dig him up, there are all kinds of eye-catching news. He went from being famous at the beginning of the season to becoming famous now, not by his skills and tactics, but by all kinds of negative news and remarks. This also led to Leon's technical and tactical ability being overlooked by many people, and he became the Mark Cuban and Dennis Rodman among the coaches.

And it didn't end there, when the Celtics came to Los Angeles, the next stop, ready to challenge the team's all-time rival and defending champion Los Angeles Lakers, there was amazing news within the Celtics - Fox Leon decided to rest all the main players in this game,

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David Stern is in Los Angeles this week, and this week the NBA's major sponsors are gathering in Los Angeles to discuss new sponsorship contracts, sharing models and promotional ideas with Stern in the coming years. Among them are old friends such as Nike, Gatorade, and Adidas, as well as some new faces who want to join the big brand of the NBA, after all, the signing of the new TV broadcast contract has made this cake much bigger.

Holding a conference in Los Angeles is a must-have for sponsors to watch a basketball game at the Staples Center.

On March 21st, the Boston Celtics are coming to Los Angeles to challenge the Lakers, these two teams are the two greatest and most glorious giants in NBA history, and they are also the two teams with the most grievances and stories.

So David Stern arranged in advance to let all the sponsor heads come to the Staples Center to watch the game on the last day of the conference and feel the infinite charm of the NBA.

Then on the afternoon of the 18th, the Bosh Celtics had pre-game training, and Celtics coach Fox Leon was asked in an interview with reporters whether he would rotate the players in the game against the Lakers, Leon replied very directly, "Yes, this time I will let the main players rest, because they are tired, Brown and Kerr's legs hurt, Walker's feet hurt, Reed's hands hurt, Arenas' back hurts, and Pierce's scars hurt." And against the defending champions, it's also a good opportunity for young people to exercise......"

Stern got the news watching TV in his hotel room at night, and this time it was his turn to have a headache. Not only did he have a headache, but he also wanted to slap Fox Leon back to Boston from Los Angeles, and an important game was likely to be ruined by Leon's rotation. ”The-little-son-of-bitch！ (This little bastard!) Stern couldn't help but curse Leon in his heart again, and now Leon doesn't know how many people he has to be scolded like this every day.

Feeling cursed in his heart, Stern had to solve this problem, he immediately picked up the phone in the room, took out the phone book from his briefcase, and dialed Danny Angie's cell phone directly, he had to put pressure on the Celtics.

Angie looked surprised when he received Stern's call, because the president of the NBA would not easily call the general manager of the team, and he usually notified the general manager of each team through the league office, or called everyone to a meeting in New York.

"Danny, tell your coach, the guy named Leon, to retract the decision to rest immediately, immediately. You've rested your main players for several games in a row, what are you doing now? Let all the main forces rest? What do you think the fans are coming to see the stadium for? Look at those role players whose salaries don't add up to O'Neal alone to play in the CBA? If the players don't have injuries, let them play, play! Stern didn't have time to chat with Angie, and directly asked him to call Leon and give up the decision to take a break.

Angie was silent for a moment before she said, "Oh, I'm not very sure about the decision he made, he didn't even tell me...... I, you know, this guy doesn't listen to me very much, and I've warned him not to take a rotation, but it's up to the manager to decide who the players are going to play, and as the manager of the team, you have to respect the coach's arrangement. I also asked the boss, and the boss didn't seem to have much of an opinion, you know, one of our bosses is his father-in-law, and I can't take advantage of it there...... And, and, most importantly, he only listens to Auerbach, and when Auerbach speaks, he will definitely listen, and I don't have much else to do. “

Angie first brushed off his responsibilities, then moved out of Auerbach, let Stern hit a soft nail, and asked him to go to Auerbach to convince Leon? It was simply impossible, and as soon as Stern called, Auerbach hung up the phone as soon as he called him. Stern didn't want to feel uncomfortable.

But as the president of the league, he can't call Leon directly, which is against the rules, the head coach only works for the team and belongs to the players' union, unlike the team manager who is also under the jurisdiction of the league to a certain extent.

Stern hung up, thought about it, dialed another one and called Adam Silva to ask him to come over to him. (To be continued.) )