Although the Big Three won their debut, it was not a beautiful victory, and it was not a landslide victory as everyone thought, and it was only at the last minute that the victory was ensured.

After winning the Raptors, the Celtics next won the Minnesota Timberwolves 92-81 at home on October 10, and Garnett scored 25 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists in the face of his old club, not giving his old club face at all.

Garnett had been at odds with team owner Glenn Taylor before he left the Timberwolves, and it was also related to Yi Jianlian's agent Dan Fagan, when the failure of Joe Smith made the Timberwolves heavily punished by the league, Garnett accused his boss of being greedy and cheap, which damaged the team's strength, and the relationship between the two has been bad since then, and now they will not be soft in the face of their old club.

The Celtics then beat the Knicks 101-61 at home, the Philadelphia 76ers 78-96 on the road, the New Jersey Nets 71-82 at home, and the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-89 on the road.

The Celtics are 4-2 in the preseason, and the results are definitely not good, but in the run-in of these games, the Big Three at least look like they are playing decently, and they feel a bit of a grinding.

Because they have been running in with the Big Three, the team has signed the old inside PJ Brown, the 30-year-old swingman James Posey, and the two-way guard Eddie House, all of whom are basically here to hug the thighs of the Big Three to get championship rings, so Li Chenglong has not played much playing time, averaging 13 minutes per game and scoring 10 points per game.

The Celtics have one final preseason game to play, taking on the Knicks on Oct. 27.

With the season opener set to be on October 30, the Celtics' first game is scheduled for Nov. 2, the away game against the Knicks, and Rivers doesn't plan to let the Big Three play more.

Lee is back in New York once again and will play at Madison Square Square for the first time.

Coming out of the away locker room, the Big Three also have a lot of supporters in New York. In order to avoid being hated by the Big Three, the Celtics management branded the Big Three as 'three veteran players without a championship, just for a championship ring', played with feelings, and claimed that it was a veteran combination that would be one less game after watching one game, and it seems to be working well at present.

In fact, among the Big Three, Pierce is 30 years old this year, Garnett is 31 years old, and Ray Allen is 32 years old, which is not a complete veteran combination. According to NBA statistics, players generally begin to decline after the average age of 31, and more than 31 years old is the standard for veterans.

Li Chenglong also got some cheers when he came out, and Garnett said: "Boy, you seem to be a little famous in New York." ”

"I'm from New York, I'm from New York."

The current head coach of the Knicks is Isaiah Thomas, when he was the general manager, he changed coaches every year, and the Knicks just spent a lot of money on the salary of the fired coach, and now Thomas is simply wearing himself as the head coach.

The Celtics started the same combination, starting the Knicks, point guard Stephen Marbury, point guard Quentin Richardson, small forward Jamal Crawford, power forward Zach Randolph, and center Eddie Curry.

The Knicks' lineup, there is no defensive pass on the outside and inside, fat and thin, the highest salary in the league every year is spent on these players, and Isaiah Thomas is also good enough.

The game started with Eddie Curry winning the jump ball, Marbury advancing to the front court with the ball and then starting to play singles.

This is Marbury's style, Marbury is called a lone wolf, but his individual offensive ability is really strong, the rhythm of the dribble under the crotch changes, and Rondo, who is only a sophomore, is not an opponent at all, and was quickly shaken out of position, Marbury rushed to the basket, and then was rewarded with a big hat by Garnett.

One-on-one ability Marbury is indeed the top in the NBA, but he can't lead the team to win, so the stronger the one-on-one ability, the more he will be called Du.

Marbury is at a loss for the Celtics' steel defense, which is beginning to take shape, but the Celtics' offense is smooth, and the Knicks' defense has been at the bottom of the league in recent years, and the Big Three can solve the opponent even if they go it alone.

The starting five played the full first quarter, with the Celtics leading by 12 points at 29-17, and then in the second quarter, Rivers went straight up and down five straight up, and all five of the starting five went down.

This is what Rivers said in advance, as long as it is not within three quarters, the big three should not play.

Lee Sung Ryong is once again playing as a point guard, alongside point guard Eddie House, small forward James Posey, power forward Glenn Davis, and center PJ Brown.

The Knicks' lineup at this time is point guard Nate Robinson, point guard Fred Jones, small forward Reinaldo Balkman, power forward David Lee, and center Jarred Jeffries.

The Celtics' first attack, Eddie House dribbled the ball across the half court, PJ Brown went over to help block and dismantle, the Knicks' David Lee changed positions quickly, Eddie House didn't have a good chance, so he passed the ball to the outside Posey, and Posey gave the ball to Li Chenglong at the top of the arc, Li Chenglong faced Fred Jones, who was half a head shorter than him, and directly pulled out a three-point shot.

Swish!

Three-point hit.

Li Chenglong didn't know why he couldn't use energy bottles in the preseason, which was one of the reasons why he couldn't seize the opportunity to perform, but this time he felt that he was in good shape, and he could perform well without energy bottles.

Lee Chenglong's three-point score actually got some cheers, which made everyone else on the court a little strange.

The Knicks' offense, after David Lee and Fred Jones ran to cover, David Lee misplaced to face Lee Chenglong and hit a jumper. Li Chenglong shook his head helplessly, this kind of dislocation is facing the inside line 10 cm higher than himself, and the other party is still a strange left-handed general, which is indeed difficult to prevent.

In the next round, Li Chenglong took the initiative to ask for the ball, once again in a three-threat posture, Fred Jones, who defended him, was afraid that he would stick up immediately after another three-point shot, but Li Chenglong accelerated and rushed into the inside.

Lee Chenglong's first step acceleration is not top-notch, but he controls the rhythm very well with the help of the breakthrough jersey, Jones was thrown away by him in the first step, and Lee Chenglong hit a jumper from the free throw line.

The Knicks attacked, and Thibodeau ran to the sidelines and shouted: "Pay attention to the rotation, be fast, and don't give the opponent a chance to obviously misplace." ”

For an assistant coach like Thibodeau who loves defense, he absolutely can't tolerate the opportunity to be misplaced by the opponent just now.

Thibodeau's shouting had a certain effect, and this time the Celtics didn't give the other team a chance, and the Knicks didn't have too good chances to run a few times, and finally Nate Robinson hit a three-pointer from the outside.

The situation on the court was back and forth, Isaiah Thomas on the sidelines found that the Knicks' bench was not the opponent of the Celtics' bench, and the score gap was still slowly widening, and with 7 minutes and 53 seconds left in the second quarter, Thomas let Marbury and Jamal Crawford come on the court, hoping to borrow them and bring other players to recover some scores.

At this time, the score was 40-26, and the Celtics led by 14 points.

Marbury came up and singled Eddie House on his first offense, and scored a layup under the basket. Marbury's beautiful breakthrough was not cheered by the fans, but there were some faint boos.

Marbury is also tragic enough, when he first came to the Knicks, he was called the son of New York, and now he is a lone wolf, known as the most hated New York player.

There is no harm without contrast, and Marbury understands this phrase best.

Marbury led the team to the playoffs for years after year during the Nets period, the Nets swapped him with Kidd of the Suns, and the Nets lineup only replaced Marbury with Kidd, and actually reached the Finals for two consecutive years, and then the Suns traded Marbury to New York and signed Nash, who was not reused in the Mavericks, and then the Suns reached the Western Conference Finals for two consecutive seasons, and Nash also won the regular season MVP for two consecutive years.

There is no harm without contrast, and Marbury feels that the world is too unkind to him.

With Marbury and Crawford on the court, the Knicks temporarily stabilized the situation, but could not recover the score, and the situation on the court became anxious.

Li Chenglong is in good shape today, and his teammates are willing to let him play more, and now there are either veterans on the court, or rookies like him, veterans only care about championships, and rookie Glenn Davis is the inside line and will not conflict with him.

At the end of the first half, the score was 53-40, and the Celtics continued to maintain a double-digit point difference, and Li Chenglong scored 11 points alone in the second quarter.

At half-time, Rivers was pleased with the team's performance and will continue to be on the bench for the second half.

At the beginning of the second half, the Knicks replaced all the main players, aiming to recover the score.

The Knicks, who replaced all the main forces, began to exert their strength, and in the first round of attack, Crawford hit a three-point shot from the outside.

The Celtics still focus on Li Chenglong, who got the ball and finally got inside through the continuous cross-covering of Glen Davis and Eddie House, and was fouled by Eddie Curry when he made a layup.

Li Chenglong's free throws are still guaranteed, and he hit both free throws.

On the sidelines, Thibodeau was saying to Rivers: "The defensive ability of the bench lineup is too weak, and it is a loss to the opponent's main lineup, so the Knicks will quickly recover the score." ”

Rivers turned his head and asked, "Is there any good way?" ”

'Put Tony Allen on the pitch and he should help the team defend."

At 9:46 in the third quarter, the Celtics made a substitution, and Tony Allen came on to replace James Posey, at which time the score was 57-49, and the difference was narrowed to 8 points.

Tony Allen stopped Jamal Crawford as soon as he came on the pitch and put out the fire as his hands began to warm up in the second half.

On the Celtics' side, Li Chenglong continued to exert his strength, first breaking through to attract defense, then assisting Glen Davis for a dunk, and then hitting a three-pointer from the outside, and the score gap returned to about 10 points again.

At the end of the game, the score was 102-92, and the Celtics won by exactly 10 points.

Li Chenglong played 31 minutes and scored 28 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, and was the team's highest scorer.