The Dallas Mavericks beat the Knicks on the road to get their first win in two straight road trips, and their next destination is Boston.

Although it was two consecutive trips in three days, the schedule was not too tight, and with Boston and New York both on the west coast of the Atlantic, the Mavericks players had plenty of time to rest and adjust.

Early the next morning, Chen came to the door of Merorry's room as soon as he woke up, knocked on the door for a long time and did not respond, and only after inquiring at the front desk did he know that this girl probably deliberately avoided herself, and she had left as soon as it was dawn.

It's not going to be a passerby! Chen Zhi sighed, can't be lovers and still be friends!

Maybe I poked Merorrie's sore spot yesterday for that reason?

Chen Zhi took out his mobile phone and dialed Merorry's phone, but the ringtone just rang and was immediately rejected.

Although he can't apologize, Chen Zhi feels that he still has to communicate with Merorry, and Merory is indeed a very good girl in Chen Zhikai, and I hope that his words will not hurt her too much, at least not let her go for some kind of minor surgery in a fit of anger.

Just as he was about to dial the phone again, the phone rang, and Merorry sent a message.

"If you want to apologize, you can be excused, and I don't want to pay attention to you anymore anyway!"

Seeing the content of the message, Chen Zhi finally put his mind at ease, if Merori only refuses to answer the phone and does not reply to the message, it is a sign that she will completely become a passerby, as long as she replies to the message, no matter how ruthless she says, it is just a momentary anger.

Putting away the phone, Chen Zhi sighed, he hadn't tasted love yet, and first rejected a girl who threw himself into his arms.

Although Chen Zhi now feels a little regretful about last night's choice, it is more of a sense of relaxation.

Maybe I'm really too passive in dealing with emotional issues and need to find someone to consult?

Chen Zhi thought about it and found that he had always been consciously violent, and he was choosing to back down when he was facing almost everything related to Jiang Lanyue, which seemed to be considerate to Jiang Lanyue, but he seemed to be selectively evading, and he didn't even try his best to fight for the happiness he wanted.

Chen Zhi thought about it, and when he returned to Dallas, he wanted to talk to Zhou Jian about it, and the taste of Merorrie's kiss made Chen Zhi more urgent about his own happiness.

If the little fat man is here, he will definitely say to Chen Zhi: Go more kidneys and less heart, don't take sex and life seriously!

The Mavericks departed from New York after breakfast and arrived in Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, in a little more than an hour.

The Boston Celtics, undoubtedly the most legendary team in the entire NBA history, walked into the North Shore Garden Arena and looked up at the championship flags on the dome.

The 17 championship trophies are the best commentary on Celtic.

8 consecutive championships, 11 championships in 13 years, and it has made Celtic an unsurpassed legend.

The pain of struggle, the pain of regret, which makes you hurt more?

This motto that has shaped the soul of the Celtics has also inspired generations of Celtics in the locker room.

The history of the Green Shirts is so glorious, but these rich heritages, in this day and age, can bring almost no advantage to the Celtics.

Like the Mavericks, a team that is also in a big market, the Celtics, who are also not bad in terms of size, have not been very effective in bringing in big-name players.

Since the breakup of the Big Three, the Celtics haven't been able to attract a real big-name free agent for years.

This offseason has been a rare bumper year for the Celtics in recent years, as they welcomed the addition of '07 rookie Al Horford.

The former Hawks star player is not very famous, far less famous than Durant, and even Oden, the talented champion of the same year who has been out of the NBA for many years, is not necessarily less famous than him.

Playing and being a person are the same low-key style, if it weren't for the fact that he has a wife who has fascinated many fans, the number of mentions he has been mentioned on the fan forum may have dropped by half.

Even if he is low-key, Horford's all-round skills are still recognized, especially in today's three-point shooting has almost become a necessary skill for the inside, Horford can play the basket and shoot three-pointers, and he is also good at tackling the offensive style, which makes him highly sought after, and he is simply an excellent interior line that can match a small lineup.

However, the Celtics were able to get Horford to join, not because of the glory of the Green Shirts, but because of their continuous improvement in the past two years and the growth of the team's young people.

But what really makes Horford excited may be the quiet beautiful man sitting on the sidelines, the undoubted number one guy among NBA coaches, Brad Stevens.

It's hard to imagine that the young Celtics coach is only four years older than Lakers coach Walton Jr., and it's even harder to imagine that the young man, who came from economics and hasn't played a day of professional basketball, has already achieved impressive results in NC+.

During his tenure as head coach at Butler University, he led the little-known team to the NC+ Finals twice, and during his years as head coach, Butler University won 77.2 percent.

Stevens had a poor record in his first season in the NBA, with only 25 wins and 57 losses.

However, considering that the Celtics that season were in the midst of the complete disintegration of the Big Three, and the Big Four Rajon Rondo also missed most of the season due to injury, this record really can't be attributed to Stevens.

And even in his debut season with just 25 wins, Stevens' tactical acumen was already on display.

In the following seasons, the Celtics' staffing was as poor as ever, from the first to the eighth and ninth, the strength was almost the same, and the Celtics did not have top talent, but they improved their records step by step.

It can even be said that the Celtics, a team that is being rebuilt, are rebuilding with the coach as the core! Stevens has such an important role in the Celtics.

Even now, Stevens has become one of the most recognized top coaches in the NBA, and it could even be argued that he is a master tactician like Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle.

However, for Chen Zhi, in the current Celtics team, the most fascinating thing for him is the guy who is only 175 cm tall, the strongest 175 on the surface, Isaiah Thomas!

Although this guy is also called Isaiah Thomas, he has nothing to do with the Pistons Meritorious Smile Assassin, just because his father lost the bet, he was given such a name, but there were many unknown fans at the beginning, thinking that this was the son of the Smile Assassin!

Now he probably doesn't have to explain it to everyone, he has explained it many times, and fans are no strangers to this guy who has grown into an All-Star at the Celtics.

After all, he's the strongest 175 on the surface! Who wouldn't know that the shortest guy in the entire NBA is currently the shortest guy who has become an All-Star!

Just as Iverson gave countless short fans an NBA dream back then, Thomas Jr. is undoubtedly playing a similar role to Iverson back then.

Iverson is tall and 183 centimeters, but this guy is only 175 centimeters!

He's undoubtedly proving that short people can survive in the NBA and be hugely successful!

The Mavericks arrived in Boston, and after checking into the hotel, they went to the North Shore Garden Arena for a warm-up session.

At the same time, the home team Celtic is in the middle of a team meeting.

Coach Stevens has always been calm and relaxed in communicating with the players, exuding a calm and confident aura that will not make anyone feel oppressed.

He spoke softly, but it was enough for every player to hear clearly, and he was such a gentlemanly figure, but he made the Celtics team a good player.

"Let me keep an eye on him one-on-one!"

In the Celtics conference room, Bradley suddenly said, interrupting Coach Stevens' introduction, and what appeared on the multimedia screen was Chen Dao, who had just set a double 30+ record.

Coach Stevens smiled mildly when he heard this, not at all offended by Bradley's interruption, and cast an encouraging look at Bradley.

Seeing that Coach Stevens and his teammates were looking at him, Bradley continued, "I knew I couldn't completely restrain this guy, but I would keep him tight and put him in the most uncomfortable environment the whole game. ”

Coach Stevens nodded with a smile after listening to it, he didn't have any doubts about Bradley's words, and dared to say this, Bradley was confident.

Bradley can be said to be one of the top outside defensive players, although he is only 188 cm tall, but his arm span is 201 cm, and the most important thing is that his defensive skills and defensive pressure are very good.

"Do anyone else have any comments?"

He is also a master tactician, but Stevens' coaching style is different from Carlisle's stern old man on the training ground and on the pitch, he is willing and good at listening to the players and encouraging them to speak.

Butler University has made it to the NC+ finals twice, and the atmosphere that Stevens has built on the team has definitely been a very important part.

"AB, I think it's better to leave this job to me, you will leave your strength on the offensive end!" Jay Claude said, looking at Bradley.

The former Mavericks veteran is also a tough wing defender, who spent his rookie days with the Mavericks and came to the Celtics for two seasons, has grown from the bench to a starter, and the original unreliable three-point shooting seems to have finally opened up this season, shooting 40% from the beginning of the season, a significant increase from last season.

Bradley's defensive ability, Crowder naturally does not doubt, but just now Coach Stevens has made it very clear, the team's senior scout who appeared at the Knicks' home court to watch the game pointed out in the report that the Mavericks' top salary draft pick is obviously still developing, at least it looks taller than Rose, and Bradley's biggest disadvantage on the defensive end is undoubtedly that he is only 188 cm tall.

However, what worries Crowder the most is Bradley's power confrontation, relatively speaking, Crowder, who can defend to the No. 4 position with his strength, will obviously be more sure when he confronts Chen Zhi, the powerful force that lost the draft, and now everyone in the NBA knows about it.

After Claude finished speaking, another strong man spoke, "I think you both focus on the offensive end, so I'll deal with him!" ”

Speaking of this man's sky-high hairstyle like killing Matt, coupled with the face that is not a stabilizer no matter how you look at it, he looks like a natural defensive warrior.

Smart continued: "I shouldn't suffer too much in terms of height or strength and speed, and I'm better suited to defend him than you two. ”

After a pause, Smart added, "What's more, you are all the main scorers in the team!" I'll do this kind of tiring work! ”

Little Thomas nodded when he heard this, Smart's words were very reasonable, not to mention Smart's defense is based on defense in the team, no matter who defends it, it will not let himself defend after all.

Thomas Jr. obviously has a clear understanding of himself, for the Celtics, he is a black hole on the defensive end, but fortunately, whether it is Bradley, Crowder or Smart, they are all elite-level defenders who make up for his shortcomings on the court.

Coach Stevens smiled when he saw this, coaching the Celtics team is indeed a very pleasant thing, probably because of the invisible role of the adage in the locker room, the Celtics team has never had to worry about the attitude of the players, it has been like this for decades, so the Celtics have never lacked defensive giants, offensive talent is not easy to cash, as long as there is body and attitude on the defensive end, it is not difficult to achieve something, or in other words, the most difficult thing is attitude.

It's a very fortunate thing to have three defensive giants on the team, and Stevens smiled like a gentleman.

Chen, who was training in the same arena, didn't know that the Celtics, a modest gentleman, could easily make the team's three best perimeter defenders compete to defend him.

"So far, the only team that has really managed to defend Chen is one team, the Golden State Warriors."

Coach Stevens said this after the three of them had an argument, and then tapped on the multimedia monitor and the screen began to play.

Everyone on the Celtics immediately watched the picture, and it was Chen Zhi's several shots in the Warriors' overtime game, and the divine Chen Zhi in the previous screen introduction was gone, and the projections were missed one after another.

If Chen arrives here, he will find that the last thing that is played on the screen is not his own game picture, but the picture of himself holding his knees and gasping after the game with the Golden State Warriors.

"AB, Jay, Marcus, no matter which of the three of you are on the court, I want you to keep playing against him physically, always putting pressure on him with and without the ball, and keep draining his energy, even if it comes to the cost of all three of you fighting to exhaustion! Just finally let him bend over and catch his breath! ”

Stevens, who arranged to defend Chen to the wheels, still had a gentlemanly smile, but there was a clear sharpness in his eyes.