As the No. 10 pick in 1998, this is only the fourth season of his career, and although he is already the star of the Celtics, he is still a hairy boy.

So after eliminating the Raptors to reach the Eastern Conference Finals, he couldn't wait to express his desire to play against the 76ers in an interview, and his tone was not very polite, and he didn't have any reverence for the defending champions at all, and it looked like he was gearing up to pull the 76ers off the throne, replace the team he played, and even win the championship.

Chang Wei doesn't know whether to say whether this guy is confident or arrogant, not to mention whether the Celtics can beat the 76ers who killed them three times in the regular season, even if the Celtics break through, it is estimated that it will be difficult to beat the Western champion with their personnel reserves, whether it is the Lakers or the Spurs, the depth of the squad is much stronger than them, and I don't know where Pierce got the confidence.

The whole 76ers team didn't take Pierce's words to heart, in fact, there are too many players who have made similar remarks this season, and many people want to pretend to be forced by stepping on the defending champion, anyway, it's just a matter of lip service. The focus is still on preparing for the war, and they have to train two or three times a day, and the intensity of the training is not small.

In fact, very few teams train so hard in the playoffs, they have to prepare for the next games, the schedule of the playoffs is still very different from the regular season, and there is not enough time between games to rest, who dares to train at this time? But the 76ers don't have this concern, under Chang Wei's conscious adjustment, the physical fitness of the 76ers players is very good, and because the depth of the squad is enough, everyone's playing time is not much, and it doesn't matter if you continue to train at this time.

However, the most important thing is that because the 76ers swept the Nets in the semifinals, leaving them with more time to rest, in order to ensure the state of the players, Brown had to increase the intensity of training, lest everyone become a melon-eating crowd one by one, and they can't play their normal state in the Eastern Conference finals, so the 76ers don't want to win the championship again.

The first game of the Eastern Conference finals is coming as scheduled, and the 76ers can be said to be at ease, this is their home court, and this game is only three days away from the Celtics and Raptors' tie-break, in Brown's opinion, the Celtics players must still be tired, although he is cautious about this game, but he insists that the 76ers will definitely win the game.

But as soon as the game began, the Celtics slapped the old coach in the face, especially Pierce, as the Celtics' scoring champion, he decisively took on the scoring responsibility, and the effect was very good. You must know that in this game, in order to deal with the twin stars of the Celtics, Brown started with Iverson and Snow, and let Snow defend Pierce.

However, Snow's defense was very inadequate, no, it would be inaccurate to say that it was not in place, he had done his best, but it didn't make any difference to Pierce. The key reason is that Pierce's offense doesn't look like a guard at all, but rather resembles the Hornets' Davis, who uses his ass to open the way in the low post.

Compared with Davis, Pierce is more skillful in the use of his ass, Davis still relies more on his body to ruthlessly crush Iverson, and Pierce naturally pouts his big ass every time he holds the ball and singles, arches to his most comfortable position, and then turns his back to shoot very unpretentiously.

Snow's face wrinkled like a bitter melon, and he didn't expect that he would also enjoy the treatment of Iverson in the first round of the playoffs. Although Pierce's movements are not good-looking, the strength is real, Snow is not without encountering a power-type opponent, he gritted his teeth before and basically could bear it, but under the impact of Pierce, he had to retreat again and again.

Walker, the Celtics' second-in-command, did the same, and although he didn't weigh as much as Pierce, he looked like a fat man, otherwise he wouldn't have gotten the nickname Fat Head. It's a pity that his use of his body is far inferior to Pierce, and he was almost tackled by Bell, so he could only watch with regret and envy as Pierce continued to catch the ball in the low post and singled Snow with his back.

In addition to being unable to take Pierce on the defensive end, the 76ers are also at a stalemate on the offensive end, and now they can only rely on Iverson and Lewis to score, specifically Lewis. Perhaps inspired by Pierce and Walker, starting point guard Kenny Anderson decisively went up to entangle Iverson, both of whom were skinny point guards, although Iverson had an advantage in speed, but Anderson was not bad, and he had more experience than Iverson, and the two were very tightly entangled.

In this way, the 76ers' scoring burden is all on Lewis's head, maybe Ellem Porter can occasionally help, but the Celtics' starting center Barty is not weak, his style is very tough, and he also grabs rebounds well, Damham Porter must focus most of his energy on fighting for rebounds, otherwise he will have no time to play if he is blown up.

The only good news is that power forward Eric Williams is not tall and is only the standard of a small forward, and he can only do his best to know his destiny in the face of Lewis's shooting, and pray that the opponent had better not hit. His prayers didn't seem to be of much use, though, as Lewis hit a couple of three-pointers with his height advantage and helped his teammates open up space.

This creates the conditions for Iverson to score, and although Anderson is chasing hard, he can still summon Dylampoter to come up and do a pick-and-roll, even if Butty blocks his path, he can pass the ball to Damham Porter and let him attack the basket directly. So after the Celtics started the game 8-2, the 76ers chased back the score little by little, and the two sides played hard, but the 76ers were still slightly at a disadvantage, after all, they can't score many points now.

Brown had been mentally prepared for such a situation long before the game began, and while Pierce's scoring ability surprised him, it wasn't unacceptable. Anyway, the Celtics' bench is relatively weak, and the 76ers' bench lineup in this game has two very powerful scoring points - Reed and Arenas, and when the two sides fight for the bench, the 76ers will definitely have a big advantage, and it is not a big deal to fall behind at this time.

Brown isn't the kind of manager who demands a team to lead from the start to the end, and he doesn't believe any team can do it every game, as long as they can beat their opponents at the end of the game, the opening entanglement is nothing.