Head coach Stevens was very pleased with the motivation of the players, and after a week of tactical training with all the players in place, the team that had already run in well before the start of the season began to prepare for the pre-season game!

On October 4th, the team ushered in the first opponent of the preseason, away to challenge the Philadelphia 76ers, a team with several top picks, Ben Simmons' comeback, plus the selection of Josh Jackson, the goal is to directly target the playoffs, and strive to get rid of the title of the bad team for many years. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The main purpose of the preseason is to run in the team, and the second is to look at the fringe players, so in this game, the main players and substitutes on both sides get almost the same playing time.

After the 76ers selected Josh Jackson, who also focuses on small forward, they put Jackson, who is biased towards the swingman of the ball, in the position of scoring guard, which solves the coexistence problem of Jackson and Simmons, while Jahir Okafor and Nolan Snoll continue the 76ers' interior combination last season, and the point guard position is controlled by the experienced Sergio Rodriguez.

On the bench, the 76ers also have the strength of the two-way guard Jerry Debelles, the scoring guard Gerrard Henderson, the center Joel Embiid and the power forward Dario Saric, it can be said that the 76ers have the talent to build a dynasty, and the rest is only a matter of time.

76ers coach Brett Brown said with confidence: "Simmons is the James of the 76ers, Jackson is Wade of the 76ers, plus center Okafor and others, I think our team will become a force to be reckoned with in the East in the new season." The overall winner? Why not, that's our goal, even if we don't win this year, I know that every year we will get one step closer to the championship! ”

Brown also said that Simmons had communicated with him as soon as Jackson was drafted, and he didn't mind that the team had chosen another small forward, and said that he could play power forward, and Jackson also said afterwards that he and Simmons could coexist and he could play point guard. Brown happily said: "They both showed good professionalism and both of them could play multiple positions, which gave the team more options in the rankings. ”

This preseason game also contains another focus, that is, the matchup between Josh Jackson and Ye Hai, the pair of opponents who have faced each other in the World Youth Championship finals, and entered the league as the champion and leader, although there is no record in the NBA, but it has been called "the opponent of life" by the American media who are good at hype, this scene also reminds many people of the grudge between the "little giant" Yao Ming and the "little overlord" Stoudemire.

In such a key battle, Stevens did not give Ye Hai a lot of playing time, and the starting small forward still arranged for Jack Crowder to start.

Center Al Horford, power forward Amir Johnson, small forward Jack Crowder, scoring guard Brandon Rush, playmaking guard Chris Paul, the Celtics' regular season starting five seem to have been revealed in the first game of the preseason, and the 76ers also attach great importance to the first game of the preseason, center Jahir Okafor, power forward Noren Knowle, small forward Ben Simmons, scoring guard Josh Jackson, and playmaking guard Sergio Rodriguez.

Although the talent of the 76ers' players seems to be much higher than that of the Celtics, but in front of the Green Shirts with Horford inside and Paul outside, the 76ers did not have a clear advantage in the first quarter of the main matchup, the 76ers mainly used Okafor and Simmons as the connection on the court, and the Green Shirts were completely controlled by Paul, who was the best at controlling the rhythm of the court in the league, and the 76ers players always seemed to have a strong but unavailable feeling on the court.

Under Paul's control, the Celtics focus on positional offense, although Okafor has obtained 18+9 data last season, but still fell behind in the 1v1 against Horford, while Paul looked comfortable against Rodriguez.

At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics established a double-digit lead of 33-23, and the Celtics, who had begun to implement the regular season rotation, replaced Jack Crowder with 3 minutes left in the first quarter, and Ye Hai also seized the 3 minutes, contributing 3 shots and 2 of 3 shots in the confrontation with Ben Simmons, who played the first quarter, with 4 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal, and no turnover.

In the first quarter, Paul had seven points and seven assists, Horford had 10 points and five rebounds, and Brandon Rush scored six points on 2-of-2 three-point shooting. Ben Simmons had 8 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, but was scored 4 consecutive points by the opponent after the Leaf Sea was played, and also had a turnaround by the opponent with a direct steal, and Josh Jackson scored 6 points.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Celtics made a large number of substitutions, Perry Jones, Ben Bentyr, Yahai, RJ-Hunter, Marcus Smart formed a second line, and the second team of the 76ers played against the second team, although the Celtics have Yahai and the strong Bentier and Smart, but the 76ers also have Embiid, Henderson and Bayless.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the two teams were evenly matched, with Ye Hai continuously using his speed to score in the restricted area, while Henderson of the 76ers frequently broke through RJ Hunter's defense. But in the second half of the second quarter, under the command of Stevens, Ye Hai, Hunter, and Smart suddenly carried out a half-court tight defense, especially Smart's fierce defense, which made Bayless very uncomfortable all of a sudden, and the Celtics used the last 2 minutes to play a wave of climaxes and end the second quarter 8-0.

At the end of the first half, the Celtics led by 62-45, with a 17-point advantage. Ye Hai played the entire second quarter, scoring 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting in the first half, along with four rebounds, two assists and two steals.

In the second half of the game, Ye Hai, who performed well in the first half, did not get any playing time, Horford and Paul's playing time was also greatly reduced, and last season's regular rotation players such as Tyler Zeller and Kelly Olynik played one after another, while the Celtics in the second half mainly played with Jack Crowder as the core.

The 76ers' players were full of energy, still playing all the main games in the third quarter, and successfully recovering the deficit in the third quarter, closing the gap to just five points. In the third quarter, Okafor, who had an average performance in the first half, seemed to be reborn, scoring a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds in a single quarter, leading the team to quickly narrow the score gap.

In the fourth quarter, the Celtics still didn't play any of Horford, Paul, and Yahi, but they sent Amir Johnson and Brandon Rush to play with the 76ers along with Jack Crowder.

The Celtics, who lacked Paul and Horford, were finally caught up by the 76ers at the end of the game, and Josh Jackson scored 2 consecutive points in the last 1 minute to successfully overtake the score for the 76ers, and finally defeated the Celtics by 3 points and got off to a good start to the preseason!

The score of the two sides was 108-111, and the Celtics' Paul and Horford's statistics were stuck in the first quarter, and Ye Hai's statistics were also stagnant in the first half. The rest of the Celtics, Jack Crowder had 23 points and 7 rebounds, Brandon Rush was a little inaccurate after shooting 2 of 2 from 3-point range in the first quarter, and then shot 2-of-7 from the field, 4 of 9 three-pointers from the field, plus 3 free throws, with 15 points and 5 rebounds, Tyler Zeller had 8 points and 10 rebounds, and Gerald Green had 12 points.

For the 76ers, Jahill Okafor washed away the decline in the second half, with a double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds, Ben Simmons had 17 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, showing his all-around skills, and Josh Jackson showed his strong scoring ability, scoring 27 points in the third quarter.

After this game, the title of the "Little Big Three" of the 76ers came into being.

Although the Celtics lost their first preseason game, head coach Stevens didn't seem to care at all, and it seems that for the Celtics, the preseason is really just a warm-up game for the players.

And a decision that has so far haunted Stevens' mind is still wavering: Jack Crowder and Yahai, the starting small forwards of the new season, who should be sent on the court. (To be continued.) )