Chapter 16: The Aftermath of the First Battle and the Warm-up of the Second Battle

On November 1, 1997, the day after the opening game between the Celtics and the Bulls, news reports and commentaries from major media appeared in newspapers and magazines, and the reports about the Celtics were divided into two sides at once.

On the one hand, there is a group of reporters and media who previously belittled the Celtics who are not very good, such as Adrian Wonarowski of Yahoo Sports, he said in his column: "The Celtics won this game with a huge disparity in strength, and in this game, we really know the true strength of the Celtics, maybe we really shouldn't say that the Celtics are the worst team in the league, at least in this game, the strength they reflect is not the worst in the league, if they can continue to play this way, I don't think even the playoffs are a problem. ”

On the Celtics' worst issue, Adrian Wonarowski once thought that getting Jonny Lee would help the Celtics get out of the bottom line, but apparently such comments were not disparaging to the Celtics at the time. And now Adrian has very sincerely admitted his mistake, and then made a very cautious prediction about the future of Celtic.

And Yahoo Sports, as one of the major media in the United States, is able to make such a comment, which is really rare. The only ones who can stand on Yahoo Sports' side are some local Boston media.

The Boston Herald, Boston's most iconic local media outlet, praised the new Celtics on their front page the next day, and believed that this season's Celtics will aim to make the playoffs. And they also found out from the first game that several teams were responsible for the win.

"The last game was a big win over the Chicago Bulls at home. Our reporter Sean Marks summed up several of the major contributors to the last game win. First up is Jonny Lee, the team's future cornerstone player, who was extremely versatile in the last game and scored 34 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists. led the team to victory, and this game was also Jonny Lee's debut with the Boston Celtics, and the debut was excellent, and the future of Jonny and the Celtics was bright. ”

The second contributor to the team's victory was Bruce Bowen, who played in the second quarter of the last game and did not play against Michael Jordan until midway through the second quarter. As a result, in the time of opposing defense, Michael Jordan, who was defended by Bruce Bowen, only made 8 of 27 shots in the whole game. The play was extremely dysfunctional, and the Celtics won because of it, and the small forward, named Bruce Bowen, played in the CBA league (the league of the United States) last season. And after a few days of short-term work with the Miami Heat, this season through the outstanding performance in the summer league, and the Celtics have a one-year salary, obviously, this time Mr. Carl is a treasure! ”

The third contributor to the team's win was Ben Wallace, who came to the Celtics in a trade last season as a small forward who played for the Wizards who were still called the Bullets, but was in an extremely awkward position. And because the team is desperately short of interior lines, they have taken the position of center forward, but because of this. We can find such a good center! This is another insight from Mr. Karl! ”

As for the rest of the players, most of them played normally, but there was Teyus Edney, a veteran who was praised by head coach Rick Pitino after the game for his almost complete understanding of the team's tactics, and the team led by eight points in the first quarter. It has nothing to do with Teyus Edney! ”

And when the Boston Herald sang the praises of its own team, it was not without opposition. Sam Amic, the leading reporter for USA Today, who previously belittled the Celtics, said in his column after the Celtics scored a surprise victory: "The Celtics won, can I say it's a miracle? No team is going to lose all the time, they will always win one or two games unexpectedly, and maybe this victory for Celtic is one of those one or two. ”

"yes, I mean the Celtics are shitty lucky, they're not going to win like this all the time, it's just an accident, with the Bulls without Scott Pippen, with Michael Jordan in terrible form, the Celtics won this game with the outburst of a couple of role players on the team, it's nothing, I think if a day later, the Celtics lose their second game, that's when the Celtics show their true form."

Sam Amick is still so venomous, but Sam Amik's poisonous tongue quickly reminded many people of one thing, that is, the opponent of the Celtics in the next game.

Almost everyone immediately set their eyes on the opponent of the Celtics in the next game, and when they looked through the schedule and saw that opponent, they all shouted in unison: "FVCK!" How could it be such a coincidence! The league arranges the schedule too much, right?! ”

They all saw one name: Orlando Magic!

On November 2, 1997, the Celtics will take on the Orlando Magic at their home stadium! This is the next game for Celtic, Jonny against his old club! When the time comes, it will be clear who is strong and who is weak, and who loses and who makes in the transaction.

Although the Magic lacks Anfernee Hardaway, in the eyes of many experts, this is an equal matchup, if the Celtics win, then it means that the Magic really missed a player who can lead a team to a revival, and the players they traded for, one is only a role player, the other is only suitable for the second leader, and at the same time, the Celtics' first-round pick may not be so valuable.

And if the Magic wins, then they can say that the strength of the Celtics in the first game was just an accident, and the trade about Jonny Lee is obviously still made by the Magic, because the Magic have the potential to make the playoffs, while the Celtics are unlikely to make the playoffs, and even the Celtics will be the worst team in that league. And Jonny Lee is more likely to be said to be a player who is not enough to be the cornerstone, because his team can't beat a team that lacks the core of the house!

Sam Amick involved in the next game, successfully diverted people's attention, almost the whole league is focused on the Celtics' home game against the Magic on November 2, they want to know the final result, and the attention of this game is also very high, Jonny Lee against his old club, coupled with the recent hot topic, it can be said that the Celtics and Magic have stolen the limelight from the whole league.

Even the previously hotly discussed Celtics' upset win over the Bulls at home no one mentioned it anymore, and everyone said the same thing: "Wait and see the game on November 2, you'll know when the time comes!" And the 11 games on November 1 were all ignored! (To be continued)

ps:This is today's update.,At this time I'm on my way to Nanjing.,This chapter is a regular update.,In addition, go home from Nanjing in the afternoon.,After going home, there may be another chapter in the evening.,But everything depends on the time.,If it's in time.,It's time to come back at night.,It's too late to have only one more today.。

Then explain the schedule, the schedule is so coincidental, I didn't expect it, because I checked the historical schedule, and the historical schedule is exactly like this