There was a two-day break between Game 2 and Game 1 of the first round, and the league announced the Best Coach of the Year on the second day after the Celtics game, and Larry Bird, who led the team to a second-place finish in the East, was finally named the best coach of the season. At the same time, the winner of the Most Improved Player, Alan Henderson of the Atlanta Hawks, who replaced Christian Leitner as the starting power forward, became the most improved player of the season.

Charlotte, the largest city in North Carolina, the Celtics will meet the Celtics fans who accompanied the away team at Charlotte Airport, and thousands of Celtics fans bought tickets for Charlotte's away game, which is still rare in the playoffs, after all, there must be a lot of fans of the home team in the playoffs, and it can fill the entire stadium.

However, the Hornets have lost two in a row, hopeless, and Charlotte was originally a small ball city, with few fans, although it has the name of the noisy city, but it is only a name supported by a small wave of Charlotte fans.

The game was played in the afternoon, but Celtic came here with a fake idea, and for Celtic they were more like going through the motions. While it would be arrogant to say, the truth is that the Celtic advantage has reached this point.

Bidding farewell to the fans who welcomed them at the airport, Jonny got on the bus, and on the bus, there was still laughter, △] Because the Celtics came to Charlotte on the spot, they arrived in Charlotte, held a press conference, and then prepared to start the game.

It was the home game of the Hornets, and they knew it was going to be tough, but the Hornets still shouted the slogan of refusing to sweep.

Before, the Hornets were very serious. seems to want to make a big play, and the Celtic side is very relaxed, and the pre-game interview did not pay too much attention to the next game, but under the guidance of reporters, intentionally or unintentionally, they answered a lot of questions about the opponent in the next round.

For example, who do you think Celtic's opponent will be in the next round, this answer is undoubted in everyone's minds. There's no way the Knicks can beat the Bulls. But if you really say the word Bulls, it will be very bad, it will be called the name of underestimating the Knicks, although it has no impact on the Celtics, but in such a fierce playoff situation, it is obviously very unwise to fall into the circle of media public opinion.

In the first quarter, the Hornets played more ferociously than in either of the last two games, and they continued to run crazy on the offensive end. Look for availability. And on the defensive end, the Hornets players moved a little big, which made the Celtics a little dissatisfied at the beginning of the game, because the referee's blow was light, and the home whistle felt very heavy.

It seems that the referees don't want to let this series end there.

But the Celtics really have the strength, and they have a fearless appearance, and after Jonny was tripped and beaten with a red hand and other small actions, Jonny turned on his personal mode.

Last game. Jonny saw that the team was leading by a large score, so he chose to rest. As a result, in the last game, Jonny "only" scored 39 points in the whole game, and did not score 40+ points. And in this game, the small actions of the Hornets really annoyed Jonny a little.

Jonny, who turned on individual mode in the first quarter, scored 17 points in the second half of the first quarter, plus six points in the first half. In the entire first quarter, Jonny scored 23 points and exploded directly!

And although the Hornets played fiercely, it was inevitable that they would fall behind by a big score.

The referee, who was still "working", saw that the wasp was terminally ill and incorrigible. It slowly blew tight, after all, the wasps were doomed. For the sake of the next series, the league is reluctant to have the Celtics in this game.

Before the start of the second quarter, Rick Pitino looked at Jonny's red and swollen hands, pulled his lips and smiled.

Jonny was also very helpless, in the first quarter, as long as the opponent had the opportunity to foul himself, he would hit his hand mercilessly, which caused Jonny's whole hand to be a little red and swollen, and even lost 3 free throws in the first quarter, which can be said to be unforgivable in the past.

Rick Pitino gave Jonny a break before continuing to play in the second half of the second quarter, and Jonny continued after coming on as the Celtics led the Hornets by 27 points at halftime.

By this time, most of the fans at Charlotte's home stadium had already left, leaving only thousands of Celtics fans and thousands of Hornets fans, as well as some Asian fans and neutral fans who still watched the game. And the presence of thousands of Celtics fans and nearly 1,000 Asian fans makes Charlotte's home stadium have a tendency to become the Celtics' home stadium.

As soon as the Celtics scored, cheers were remembered on the sidelines, and the boos of the local Charlotte fans, the Hornets fans, were drowned out.

It took the Celtics 3 quarters for the Hornets to surrender. In fact, this is the Hornets' game, and they would not have chosen to surrender originally, after all, if they don't fight this time, they won't have to fight later. But after the quarter, the Celtics led by 35 points, and the huge point difference made the Hornets have no reason to fight even if they want to.

The final result of the game was that Celtic once again won the game with a huge margin of 27 points. In 1998, the playoffs had not yet been reformed, and the first round of the playoffs was still a best-of-5 system, and only in the second round would it become a best-of-7 system. So, after winning the last game, the Celtics have already advanced to the next round.

The Pacers, who played the same day as the Celtics, lost to the Cavaliers after accepting the trophy for Best Coach on the road. And the Jazz in the West won the Rockets again, won in a row, slapped the media in the face, and directly entered the next round.

As for the Lakers, they were beaten by the Trail Blazers and will continue to play on the road to determine the win.

And the next day, the Bulls and Knicks Heat and Hawks SuperSonics and Timberwolves and Spurs and Yang four groups, Jonny also paid attention to it, the Bulls unsurprisingly defeated the Knicks, won in a row to advance to the second round, and will face the Celtics in advance. The Heat finally pulled one back on the road, trailing 12 overall. In the West, the SuperSonics beat the Timberwolves on the road to lead 21, and the Spurs also beat Yang to lead 21.

From this game onwards, it seems that the East and West are back to normal.

And the teams that have already decided the victory have already begun to prepare for the next round of matches. The Celtics and Bulls, in particular, have already started tactical drills against their respective teams. (To be continued......)