Immediately after the Jazz game, the Celtics flew from the Utah Plateau to Los Angeles, then rested in a hotel in Los Angeles for the night, and the next day began the game against the Clippers.

The Clippers, who are concentrating on rotten, do not have the idea of fighting with the Celtics, the Celtics finished the battle at halftime and won the game, and then the Celtics had a day of rest in Los Angeles, and they had a Western away game next, the opponent was the Warriors, although it was also a bad team, but after consecutive away games, the Celtics were already very tired, and they naturally had to rest for a day in Los Angeles.

The trade deadline is Feb. 14, so the Celtics players are nervously waiting for the trade deadline information in the hotel, because they know that the team's general manager, Michael Leoncar, is seeking a trade for a scorer, and in this case, everyone else in the Celtics team is in danger of being traded except for Jonny Lee.

Time passed minute by minute, in the afternoon, the Celtics got on the plane and flew to San Francisco, and there was also a news from Karl's side, he made a phone call to Jonny when the Celtics got off the plane, informing Jonny that they were discussing a trade with the Spurs and other teams, but the other party proposed to ask for Bruce Bowen as a player, Carl did not dare to trade indiscriminately, because he knew that Bruce Bowen was still very important in the Celtics team, so he called to ask Jonny's opinion.

And Jonny naturally gave a negative opinion, and the importance of Bruce Bowen to the Celtics is naturally very high. Jonny doesn't have the idea that he can't trade with a good player he plays, but Bruce Bowen is really important because he can share the pressure on Jonny's perimeter defense. So Jonny didn't agree.

In the end, Michael Leoncarr could only respond to Jonny, and the trade failed, and the Celtics' current roster will be the final roster for the Celtics, and they will not make any more trades and reinforcements.

Jonny also knew that his teammates were worried about the trade, and now that the trade deadline was five or six hours away, Jonny announced directly from his hotel in San Francisco that there would be no more trades for the team!

This drew cheers from his teammates. The reason is simple, everyone wants to play in a strong team. It's good for their future, especially now that Celtic's bench players are the kind of players who are inconsistent and each of them has a chance to get a chance to play, it's an opportunity for them to play at their price. So these players are reluctant to leave Celtic.

Before the trade deadline ended, the Celtics' reinforcement plan was over, but Jonny was not surprised by the result, and it would be too difficult to make a whole deal in a day or two.

And on the day of the trade deadline, the rest of the league didn't make much of a move, and none of them wanted to make a fuss when the new collective bargaining agreement was about to begin. So this trading deadline was unusually quiet, and there were almost no trades. There is also a small repair and small repair type of transaction. As a result, the situation in the league has not changed significantly, and it can be said that the Celtics' playoff opponent has been determined.

There are only a handful of teams that can make the playoffs. According to the current record of the Celtics, their first-round opponents in the playoffs may be one of the New Jersey Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks, the Nets and Cavaliers are weaker, these two teams may be eighth, and they will not meet the Celtics, so the best chance to meet the Hawks and Knicks.

Both teams are still very good. Not to be underestimated, the Eagles have two star players in the team, Deacon Bemutombo and Steve Smith. And Christian Leitner, a power forward who was also an All-Star last year, and good role players like Alan Henderson, Murkey Blaylock, and Dillon Corbyn, the Hawks are not as strong as their current rankings show. However, Christian Leitner's extreme dip in form did cause them some problems.

As for the Knicks, it goes without saying, Patrick Ewing, Alan Houston, etc., are all star-level players, and playing like this this season may be due to internal problems in the Knicks, but since the Knicks have this kind of strength, they may pose a threat to the Celtics.

The game has been played so far, halfway through the schedule, the Celtics are ranked second in the East, and the gap between them and the teams behind them has been widened, and if they want to catch up with the Bulls, it will be very difficult, so the Celtics' second position has been solidified, as long as they don't have too big problems, they won't go down, and the Bulls don't have too many problems, and it is difficult for them to overtake the first.

The game against the Warriors was also very easy, although the Celtics could not open up the gap as soon as possible, but in the fourth quarter, they maintained a 10-point lead until the end of the game.

After the win over the Warriors, the Celtics flew to Sacramento, where they were to challenge the Kings. After the All-Star break, the Celtics have been hanging in the West, and it is February 17th, and the Celtics have been hanging in the West for 7 days, and in these 7 days, the Celtics have challenged 5 teams, and have only lost one game so far, and then their opponent in this game is the Kings, which is also a bad team.

So Celtic aren't worried about the win rate of this game at all. However, Jonny flipped over the next schedule, which almost scared Jonny out of a heart attack, and the Celtics will next challenge the Vancouver Grizzlies, Seattle SuperSonics and Portland Trail Blazers away from home in a row, and the Celtics' super long West road trip will not end until February 22!

In other words, the Celtics will be hanging out in the West for 12 days! Challenge 8 Western Conference teams, but fortunately, there is only the Jazz in front of them, and there are two strong teams in the back, the Seattle SuperSonics and the Portland Trail Blazers, so the Celtics' schedule behind is more difficult.

The game with the Kings had a slight twist and turn, and Rick Pitino originally wanted to let the team's bench players play a dozen more, but the bench players were really ineffective without Jonny, and finally had to send Jonny again and continue to fight.

In the end, the Celtics still defeated the Kings on the road, and they immediately rushed to Vancouver, the same Western team, Vancouver is very far away, the Celtics traveled a long way to Vancouver, where they defeated the Kings again, but at this time the Celtics' physical fitness has reached the limit, and they will face two Western powerhouses next, which is really a big test for the Celtics! (To be continued)