Chu Xuan compared the Lakers to a rope, hoping to guide them to change, and then pull the Lakers out of the predicament.

However, it is clear that this cannot be done overnight, and it will take time for them to realize that they may be able to achieve something.

Kobe Bryant and other veterans instantly understood Chu Xuan's intentions, and at the same time understood what Chu Xuan was thinking and worrying about. The little doubt they had about Chu Xuan began to disappear with it.

However, it is not so easy for the young players who represent the future of the team to fully comprehend the spirit.

However, Chu Xuan didn't think too much about it, and he didn't do anything more, obviously, this matter couldn't be rushed.

After an afternoon break, the time came to the evening, and the Lakers welcomed another opponent at home, the Boston Celtics.

The yellow-green battle has lasted for decades, and it has always been the most talked about and hottest topic in the league.

However, the Lakers have rebounded strongly this season, while the Celtics have been completely mired in a long rebuild with the departure of the Big Three, which has put the two teams on a completely different level.

Therefore, when this game came, the outside world almost unanimously agreed that the Lakers could easily win the game.

However, with the arrival of this game, Chu Xuan attaches great importance to it, and the reason is because of one person, Brad Stevens, who is now the head coach of the Celtics.

Chu Xuan has a very high opinion of Stevens in his heart, this is a young man who can become a legendary coach. And Chu Xuan also thought for a while that if he didn't have the advantage of being reborn, then he would definitely not be better than Stevens.

Stevens has been coaching since the age of 24 and it can be said that he was born a wise man for basketball.

In 2001, at the age of 24, Stevens became a teaching assistant at Butler University, and in the years that followed, he grew exponentially, setting the stage for success.

I have to say that Stevens is very talented, he has an amazing coaching philosophy, which makes him very successful. From '07 to '13, Stevens was the head coach of Butler University for six seasons. In those six seasons, he managed more than 22 games and reached the NCAA Finals twice.

Stevens then rose to national fame and eventually became the head coach of the Celtics in the '13 offseason.

Danny Angie was very optimistic about Stevens, and in order to show his trust, he offered Stevens a six-year contract worth up to $22 million.

With an average annual salary of nearly $4 million, I have to say that this is a very valuable contract, and it once made Chu Xuan envious.

You must know that Chu Xuan's annual salary this season is only 500,000 US dollars. If it weren't for the fact that he was still engaged in business, he would not have been able to afford the hundreds of thousands of dollars he paid for the beating incident a few days ago.

Obviously, the coaches' salary pages show their respective strengths.

You must know that Chu Xuan and Stevens entered the NBA as head coaches in the same year, but because of their different starting points, the treatment they received was even more different.

In fact, speaking of which, Chu Xuan's becoming the head coach was only the result of chance, and there was too much luck in it. After all, at the beginning, everyone felt that if Chu Xuan wanted to become a head coach, he would have to go through at least 5 or even 10 years of experience as an assistant coach. And whether you can become the head coach of an NBA team in the end is also entirely up to luck.

However, I have to say that Chu Xuan's luck is very good, he actually magically sat in the position of head coach in a short period of time, and he did it very steadily.

Compared with Stevens, Chu Xuan is indeed much lucky, and as for Stevens' big contract, he will also get it, so he is not impatient.

In fact, if it weren't for Chu Xuan's first season of coaching that was too dreamy and completely overshadowed Stevens' brilliance, then the talented head coach of the Celtics would have been continuing his glory.

However, it's really a pity that there was a guy with a bug who entered the NBA in the same year as Stevens, which hindered his fame.

This season, Stevens is 24-31 in his first season in charge and currently sits in 10th place in the East with a playoff possibility.

Stevens' coaching philosophy is clear: to build a new culture and develop young people as the cornerstone of the team's future.

And after most of the season, Stevens has achieved a lot of results.

He has a lot of experience in the use of Rondo and has produced several good young people at the same time.

First of all, Sallinger, the little fat man compares to Stevens's appetite, and in the second year of his career, he was given a starting position by Stevens and entrusted with a heavy responsibility.

As a result, Sallinger played quite successfully and became the anchor of the Celtics' inside line.

So far, Sullinger has averaged 14.2 points and 9.6 rebounds per game, and he is the Celtics' leading scorer.

Then there's Bradley, and as a defender who is both offensive and defensive, Bradley will naturally be reused by Stevens. This season, Bradley, as Rondo's backcourt partner, has contributed a significant increase, and now he can contribute 12.5 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.5 steals, which is a very big improvement from last season.

Both Bradley and Salinger are both very young, and it's clear that if Stevens is willing to train them, they will be the future of the Celtics.

Coupled with Rondo's performance is still vigorous, Jeff Green is still steady, and there is a group of nerve knives on the bench, this Celtics team is actually still not to be underestimated.

Now against Celtic.

Chu Xuan is very serious and cautious, after losing to the Rockets unexpectedly in the last game, he doesn't want to lose to Stevens again and then achieve the other party's reputation.

The two sides fought, and Chu Xuan insisted on starting from the inside line in the first quarter, strengthening the height of the players.

But I have to say that Stevens's tactical use made Chu Xuan feel a headache, and the defense he arranged was always able to clamp Chu Xuan's offensive purpose just right.

Chu Xuan felt that Stevens must have put a lot of effort into studying the Lakers' tactics.

The first quarter of the game was a surprising defensive battle, with the Celtics scoring just 10 points, while the Lakers were no better, with 15 points.

Then, both sides found a way to crack it, and the game began to evolve into an offensive battle.

After the next three quarters, the Lakers defeated the Celtics 94-84.

In this game, Kobe Bryant got 31 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, and was deservedly the best player of the game.

It is worth mentioning Rondo, in this game, Rondo contributed 17 points and 10 rebounds and no assists.

Yes, there were no assists, this was the focus of Chu Xuan's pre-game arrangement, and the Lakers completely locked up Rondo's organizational role.

You know, Rondo can lead the league with 10.1 assists per game this season.

An assist king with 0 assists against the Lakers is a shocking thing.

In an interview after the game, Chu Xuan spoke very highly of Stevens and claimed that the Celtics have a very bright future.

Indeed, this is indeed Chu Xuan's true thoughts, you must know that at the beginning of the fourth quarter of this game, the Celtics once led the Lakers by 10 points, if it weren't for Kobe's outburst, the Lakers would probably continue to lose.

It seems that under Stevens' coaching, the rise of the Celtics is inevitable.

And in the future, the battle between yellow and green can undoubtedly continue.

Of course, this is definitely not just a fateful battle between the Lakers and the Celtics, but also a competition between two talented young coaches, Stevens and Chu Xuan. (To be continued.) )