Boston Celtics, Green Shirts!

In terms of team popularity, or direct intuitive dominance to fans, they are not as impressive as the Lakers' seven championships in the last 20 years and two consecutive championships, not to mention compared with the invincible Bulls who won six championships in eight years, even the Pistons and Rockets, who have won two consecutive championships, have given people a more dazzling impression than the Green Shirts over the years.

But in terms of the total number of championships, the Green Shirts are invincible!

With 16 championships, the Green Shirts are at the top of the list of all-time champions with an absolute advantage!

The second-place Lakers are now only 13 championships.

It took the Lakers three decades to chase the Celtics from 6-13 to 16!

The other teams didn't even have a chance to chase the Green Shirts, and the third place in the championship count was the Bulls, a full ten fewer than the Green Shirts!

After a short day of rest back in Atlanta, the Hawks take on the Boston-Celtics challenge.

Antoine Walker and Raheem go head-to-head!

Time Warner Cable broadcasts the game live in Georgia and three states: California and Massachusetts!

Needless to say, Georgia, the home of the Hawks, Massachusetts is the state where Boston sits, the home base of the Celtics, and California, which is to show the Lakers fans there the Green Shirts game.

Antoine Walker, the Celtics' first balloon star since Larry Bird's retirement and a member of the 96 Golden Generation, is much more popular than Pierce.

Of course, the strength of Pierce is obviously stronger than Antoine Walker, Pierce entered the NBA two years later than Antoine Walker, but the second-year Pierce is about the same strength as Antoine Walker, and he completely surpassed Antoine Walker at the age of 3, and now Pierce is the second in the regular season scoring list! The average of 27 points per game is second only to Iverson, who averages 32 points per game, 0.1 points higher than O'Neal, and higher than Maddy, Duncan, Kobe and others!

But popularity can really infuriate people, Pierce is now averaging 27 points, 7 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block per game, and his popularity is not as good as Antoine Walker, who has a more gorgeous style of play and a more hearty personality, and the top ten Pierce of the All-Star Eastern Forward can't see the shadow.

That's normal, who wants to vote for an All-Star for a player with a similar style to their grandfather.

Duncan was still flying when he was young, and his painting style changed suddenly when he was almost 30 years old, and Pierce's physical fitness was not bad, but he played like an old man on the court from the beginning.

Probably because there are no key games recently, Time Warner has added this game to the air, and the focus of the publicity is the battle between Raheem and Antoine Walker's All-Star starters!

It is easy for the media to bring up the rhythm, Raheem has to passively fall into the duel invitation, the live broadcast party has already promoted the gimmick, if he really loses in the duel, the popularity accumulated by his own hype and strength carry may be snatched away by Antoine Walker, who is already popular.

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Finally see the truth!

When the Celtics players entered the court, Liu Mang's eyes were not on the Celtics "boss" who came to greet Raheem after entering the stadium and was very enthusiastic with others, Antoine Walker, who was nicknamed "Comedian" in the United States and "Fat Man" in China, but on the magical man.

At the end of the offseason after the rookie season, he went to the bar and was stabbed more than a dozen times, and the deepest knives reached a depth of 8 centimeters, but the knives were not fatal, and a month later he returned to the court alive and completed the data of Towan Walker in the second year, and Antoine Walker squeezed Antoine Walker from a small forward to the power forward position in the third year, and then Antoine Walker magically rediscovered the feeling of being selected as an All-Star in the second year at the power forward position, This season, the two are back in the playoffs with the Celtics after a six-year absence.

Is this a predestined arrangement? Or is it the strange attribute of this amazing man?

Unlike Antoine Walker who likes to play and is often funny, Pierce is very cold, and after coming up, he is practicing three points alone, and he has a sense of déjà vu that no one should enter, while Antoine Walker likes to make friends, similar to Iverson, with more than a dozen "friends" at home, eating him, living with him, buying a car and even buying a house!

Antoine Walker really makes friends with everyone, and he doesn't look at his status or even character, and even Liu Mang, who was quietly observing Pierce on the other side of the court, came to say hello and hug, and said that he gave a gift that should have been delivered to the Eagles' home locker room...... There is no connection between the words and the back! No contact! No contact!

However, although Pierce is cold, he has a good relationship with Antoine Walker, and when Antoine Walker returned to his own half to practice shooting, he saw Pierce smiling when he passed the ball, probably ...... I can't look down on my teammates.

The Celtics are third in the East, but there are only two players in double figures, and the team's third-leading point guard, Kenny Anderson, is averaging only 9.7 points per game.

Of course, Kenny Anderson, who was the star of the 91 list, was very good in his early years, and even beat many people to be selected as an All-Star starter when Jordan was not there in the 93-94 season, and now he is old to the Celtics.

This is the current situation in this year, it is difficult to see the stars huddle when they are young, such as Glider Drexler and Big Mouth Buckley were already in their 30s when they went to hug Olajuwon's thigh, Glider was only traded to the Rockets at the age of 33, and Barkley was immediately 34 years old when he went to the Rockets.

Except for a very small number of superstars of the era, many players who are superstars even in their peak years old have a serious decline after the age of 30.

Now there is no atmosphere of huddles, a team can have more than five players with double-doubles, or the bottom team that smashes their own data, or a local tyrant team like the Mavericks, most of the playoffs and even championship-level teams usually have only three or four double-double players, such as the Lakers, Spurs, and the top eight in the East are basically two or four double-double players.

After observing Pierce, he found that he couldn't see what was so special about this muscular man whose muscle mass was comparable to Artest, so Liu Mang chose to ask the system: "Pierce's ability value." ”

"Ding...... Paul Pierce, 24, has an ability of 90 (in his prime), an offensive score of 93, a defensive score of 72, a three-point shot of 82, a shooting of 81, a layup of 83, a speed of 86, and a power of 85......"

"Ding...... Discover the Paul Pierce trait Soul of Truth. ”

"Soul of Truth: Extremely strong willpower and physical recovery ability, extremely strong ability to recover from injuries, rarely affected by injuries, and has a long peak period."

The marginal role among the top stars, in terms of ability value, Liu Mang learned that if only personal ability, Pierce could not rank among the many small forwards in history, which can be seen from personal honors, Pierce's entire career in 18 years combined only 1 second team and three third teams, which can directly reflect the player's performance in each season ranked in the ranking of his own position in the season.

However, Pierce's offensive ability is too well-rounded! Defending aside, Pierce has devoted his career, not a defensive sieve, but most of the time it has been average at best.

But this offense is unprecedentedly comprehensive!

A player has to have some weaknesses in terms of scoring, but Pierce is like the legend, attacking kaleidoscope! From beyond the three-point line to under the basket, it's all top-notch!

And although it doesn't have the strength of a superstar, it has a trait that many superstars envy, and the trait of the soul of truth can really make opponents envious to death! How many players have hastily ended their careers because of injuries.

Of course, this may also have something to do with Pierce's own style of play, relying on strength and skill, rather than explosive speed or something, so he can maintain his peak for a long time.

Generally speaking, 7 years of peak is already a very long peak period, according to the statistics obtained by ESPN, basically 7 years can see a change in the NBA, the rotation of championship teams, and so on.

In addition to Antoine Walker and Pierce, Liu Mang also discovered a contemporary Jordan!

It's just that contemporary Jordan is still a rookie, weakly shrinking in the corner.

Soon, the pre-game activities are over, and after the national anthem is sung, the game is about to start!

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"Welcome to the Atlanta Hawks vs. Boston Celtics game brought to you by Time Warner Sports, I'm your friend Houbi, the game is about to start, Bill, who do you think will win today's game? Of course I know you'll say Celtic. Hubby Brown couldn't help but laugh as she spoke.

Hubie Brown, an all-time coach in the NBA, won the best coach in the 70s, and is now active in the commentary position, but he is almost 70 years old, and he still has a team that wants him to be the head coach, and he will come back in the future, and he really won the best coach again at the age of 71......

Partnering with Hubby Brown is Celtics legend Bill Wharton, and TV stations are all about getting things done.

"Oh, of course! The Celtics will definitely win, Pierce and Walker are both strong in scoring, both better than the Hawks......&%&*......&*" Bill Wharton was probably 40 years old and had a stutter and rarely had a chance to speak, and became a chatter after becoming a commentator, and the general content is to use the advantages of the Celtics to compare the shortcomings of the Hawks.

Anyway, it's just doing things!

Of course, there must be antagonists in a play, Hubby Brown played the "Hawks fan" today, and Hubby Brown immediately retorted: "The Hawks have a better defense, and a better sixth man, they are now second in the East, and they will soon get the first place in the East, and the Celtics have no chance to win ......"

The American commentators are all Huang Jianxiang, quite passionate, which is the reason why many people who are slightly better at English or even don't know English like to watch the original American live broadcast, this live broadcast style is more emotional!

With the two commentators arguing like a commentary, the game begins.

There was a slight change in the starting lineup on the Hawks' side, and Dean Grove had muscle tension before the game, which was a high incidence in the NBA in the middle of the season, so Jacqui Vaughn started instead of Dean Groff, anyway, the role is almost the same, and the strength is about the same, and the other four are still Jason Terry, Raheem, Muhammad, and Ratliff.

The Celtics' starting lineup is Kenny Anderson, Joe Johnson, Paul Pearce, Antoine Walker, Tony Barty.

Tony Barty, the future big center of the Magic team, the man who squeezed Howard into the power forward position in the early part of his career, is similar to Thackeray, the cornerstone player of the Lakers, who has some shooting ability but has a miserable rebound, solid tonnage, but has better physical fitness, and the team's morale is a booster.

At the beginning of the game, Tony Barty came up and won the jump ball with a strange roar, so scared that the referee almost blew the jump ball directly, but fortunately he held back, people just like to roar.