After losing to the 76ers in the first preseason game, the Boston Celtics won 4-3 in the next seven preseason games against the Hornets, 2 against the Knicks, and 3 against the Nets, including 1-1 with the Hornets, 1-1 with the Knicks, and 2-1 with the Nets. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Throughout the eight preseason games, the Celtics' preseason broadcast ratings hit a new high in franchise history. The reason for this is that the two games against the Knicks and the three games against the Nets have Chinese elements, and any of these five games have more viewership than the previous three games combined.

In this year's draft, for the first time, 2 Chinese players were selected for the lottery area at the same time, in addition to Ye Hai, Che Yicheng was picked up by the New York Knicks with the sixth pick, so the Celtics vs. Knicks game is also regarded as a Chinese derby by Chinese fans!

In the first matchup between the Celtics and the Knicks, the head coaches of both sides seemed to be quite in tune with the hot spots of the Chinese derby, with Ye Hai and Che Yicheng getting more playing time than before.

Although he did not start, when Ye Hai was on the court, the Celtics, including Paul and Horford and other main players (with the exception of Jack Crowder, of course), all intended to play for Ye Hai, and the Knicks' Anthony, Noah and others also supported their own team's Che Yicheng, in addition to getting a break of nearly one quarter in the second quarter, throughout the second half, the coaches of both teams sent different lineups to partner with their rookies and inspect the lineup at the same time.

In the first game of the two games with the Knicks, the Celtics led by Ye Hai had the last laugh, defeating the Knicks by a narrow margin of 93-91, Ye Hai got 31 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Cha Yicheng got 20 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, both of them set a new scoring record in the preseason, and Cha Yicheng's 8 assists also set a new record for his preseason assists.

When the two teams meet for the second time, there is only a week before the start of the regular season, so in the second game of the preseason, both teams will play according to the style of the regular season.

In this game, Ye Hai is still sitting on the bench, last season's main small forward Jack Crowder started the game, and the Knicks' Che Yicheng still played as the main point guard. In this game, the Celtics finally lost, Jack Crowder was at a comprehensive disadvantage in the confrontation with Anthony, and was given by Anthony in this position, although Crowder's hard work made him and Anthony's 1v1 physical confrontation not fall behind, but Anthony's technical play just restrained Crowder, Anthony who has a sharp hand to pull out the shot, frequently shot 2 points in front of Crowder, and the desperate Saburo-style defense that Crowder is famous for is more effective for players who use more breakthroughs, In the face of Anthony's style of play, he was a little confused.

Maybe it's because he was robbed of the limelight by his younger brother in the last game, or maybe the team has already lost to the Celtics once, and the second preseason game between the two teams, Anthony almost played as a playoffs, as evidenced by the 25 shots in the game.

In the end, with Anthony's strong play, New York took the victory. The Knicks beat the Celtics 108-97, and Anthony hit 19 of 25 shots, nearly 80% of which made Jack Crowder, who was in charge of defense, shake his head repeatedly, including 5-of-7 three-pointers, scoring 43 points and six rebounds. Crowder, who was opposite Anthony, was under Anthony's strong pressure, and his mentality of the game was also unbalanced, and he only shot 2 of 8 from the field, scoring 4 points and 4 rebounds. On the contrary, Ye Hai, who came on as a substitute for Jack Crowder, performed well, although he could not contain the opponent in front of Anthony's already hot hand, but he also frequently relied on speed to impact Anthony's defense, and handed over the answer sheet of 12 points in 15 minutes of play.

It was from this game that Stevens affirmed his previous decision in his heart: in the new season, Ye Hai will become the starting small forward of the Celtics!

In fact, after watching Ye Hai's performance in the summer league, Stevens had already tilted the balance of the starting small forward in favor of Ye Hai in his heart, but because the team's record has been stable and Crowder's performance is also decent, he has not been able to make up his mind. The reason why Crowder was given more playing time in the first few games of preseason was not because Crowder had already locked in the main position.

Stevens would like to see Jack Crowder prove his decision to replace Crowder wrong by appearing in the starting lineup alongside Paul and Horford. But judging from the performance in the preseason, Stevens has been more sure of his choice, that is, Ye Hai is indeed the best choice to start in the third position.

Horford, Johnson, Yahi, Rush, Paul, with 2 games left at the start of the regular season, Stevens finally finalized the team's starting lineup for the new season!

This lineup also featured in the second game against the Nets, and Jack Crowder has played exactly as a bench player. Jack Crowder has a lot of opinions about his main position being deprived, and Crowder does not have any good feelings about this yellow man who entered the alliance as a top show.

Between the two games with the Knicks, the Celtics played the first of three games with the Nets, although the game with the Nets of Chinese player Jeremy Lin was also full of Chinese elements, but in this game, the head coaches of both sides did not care too much about the confrontation between the two, because in their eyes, Ye Hai and Jeremy Lin are completely the relationship between Chinese players and American players, and the wishful thinking of Chinese fans "Chinese derby" does not exist between the two teams.

In this game, Ye Hai still played as a substitute player, and there was not much time on the field with Jeremy Lin, who was the main player, and the positions of the two were different, so the fans who watched the live broadcast on the Internet did not see the exciting matchup of another Chinese derby they were looking forward to.

In this game, the Celtics are obviously better, in the point guard position, Paul is obviously more calm and experienced than Jeremy Lin, and in the center position, Horford also completely suppressed Brooke Lopez. The Celtics won 99-87.

And when it was determined that Ye Hai would become the main player, with less than a week to go before the regular season, the Celtics played two more games with the Nets.

In the second game with the Nets, Ye Hai played as a starter in the preseason for the first time, and the actual effect also proved that Stevens' decision was correct, in the case of Horford inside and Paul outside, Ye Hai's scoring ability and cohesion ability completely raised the Celtics' wing strength to a notch, and at the same time, coupled with Ye Hai's super scoring ability, Blanton Rush got more open three-point opportunities, and the more accurate Rush's three-point shot, the stronger the containment, the easier it was for Ye Hai to play. Ye Hai's start led to a series of good chemistry across the team.

This game also became the most hearty game played by the Celtics in the entire preseason, led by Jeremy Lin and Lopez, the Nets still insisted on resisting the time of the first quarter, but from the second quarter, the pace of the game was completely in the hands of the Celtics.

In the preseason when he started for the first time, Ye Hai handed over perfect statistics of 24 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals and 1 block. The Celtics also defeated the Nets with a score of 115-80 with the combined efforts of Yahai, Horford, and Paul.

Ye Hai's performance also confirmed his starting position, and at the same time gave Stevens a reassurance.

The last preseason game is also the third meeting between the Celtics and the Nets in the preseason, because the second day of this game, October 28, is the start of the regular season, and the Celtics will face the Bulls back-to-back on the first day of the regular season, so in this game, the Celtics have plenty of time for those fringe players who have not signed a guaranteed contract with the team or may be cut, including Perry Jones, Jordan Mickey, James Young, RJ Hunter, Terry Rozier, Ronny Starki and others were given plenty of playing time and performances.

The Nets still played with all their main force due to the lack of games on the first day of the regular season and the dismal preseason results, and the Celtics, who were aiming to scout the players, lost 91-103 to the Blue Nets, Jeremy Lin played a wonderful game, 28 points and 8 assists, and Brook Lopez also had 20 points and 11 rebounds.

In this way, after 8 preseason games, the Celtics will usher in the first regular season game of the new season with a 4-4 record, challenging the Chicago Bulls away!

And the final squad of players who will travel with the team to the away stadium will also be announced soon! (To be continued.) )