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"It was a very tough game, this game was our third game in the last four days, which was tough for us, and in the first two games we played the Kings and Jazz back-to-back, both of which are among the best teams in the league, and it was a big drain on us"

Zhuang Fei said to the reporters in the audience with a smile on his face, at this time, the Boston Celtics head coach did not have too many other looks on his face, but a relaxed face.

"Of course, it's not like I'm making excuses for the team's failure today, our failure in this game is normal, and I don't have too much dissatisfaction, my players are doing very well, it's just that the other side is better," Zhuang Fei said with a smile on his face at the end.

After defeating the Kings on December 29, the Boston Celtics immediately played away against the Phoenix Suns on December 31, the Marbury and Hardaway-led Suns have played against Zhuang Fei's team once this season, in the last game Zhuang Fei and his Celtics defeated the Western team at home through overtime, in fact, the Phoenix Suns are not very high ranked now, at least in the West is not at the same level as the Kings and Jazz, But this team is now one of the most feared teams of Zhuang Fei and the Boston Celtics, as we all know, Zhuang Fei is problematic whether it is in the Timberwolves or the No. 1 position of the Boston Celtics team, for example, Nash of the Timberwolves is a colander, and James Posey of the Boston Celtics is a swingman with a height of 2.03 meters, although compared with Nash, James Posey's defense is really much stronger, and it can be said that he can choke most point guards in the No. 1 position. But against Marbury, the No. 1 position like Francis and Iverson hurt James Posey, and these fast, penetrating point guards are a nightmare for James Posey and the Celtics. So the reason why Zhuang Fei and his team were cornered by this sun last time.

In this game, the Suns playing at home are much more ferocious than the last time the two teams met, especially their team's new boss Marbury, the only player in the league who can contribute an average of 24+9 per game in this game against the Boston Celtics and his old rival Zhuang Fei is even more full of firepower. Although Kidd has been playing well recently since he went to the Nets, and his failure to lead the Suns to rise has put him under great pressure, and now he has a poor relationship with the team's unexpected big brother Hardaway. But even surrounded by these extremely unfavorable factors, the point guard still scored 36 points, 12 assists and 5 steals in this game, especially the point guard's crazy pressing defense in this game made it extremely difficult for the tall James Posey and Maddy to adapt. This also made the Boston Celtics play poorly on offense in this game, and in addition to Marbury, the team's current second-in-command Hardaway also cut a quasi-triple-double of 28 points, 8 assists and 8 rebounds.

So in this case, the Boston Celtics lost 91-106 to the Phoenix Suns in this game. Zhuang Fei really didn't have many excuses for the loss of this game, and the Boston Celtics never had a chance to win this game.

"Mr. Zhuang, Mr. Marbury said in an interview with the media not long ago that you deliberately forced him away when he was in the Timberwolves, you haven't said a word to him, and you have never seen a training session with him, you haven't even seen him in person, is what he said true?" …,

After hearing this question, Zhuang Fei's relaxed expression just now also changed. The smile was also hidden, and his expression became serious, Zhuang Fei looked at the reporters in the audience with an expectant face, and sighed helplessly in his heart.

Recently, although most of the league's attention has been focused on his triangle offense with the Boston Celtics, it is in this general environment that another thing about Zhuang Fei has also been revealed.

That's about Zhuang Fei 'forcing away' Marbury. At the beginning, Zhuang Fei was criticized by Timberwolves fans because of this decision, but now it seems that the transaction that Zhuang Fei made at the beginning was very successful, but after such a long time, Marbury once again brought up the old matter and focused on Zhuang Fei's 'persecution', which also made the outside world interested in this matter, and these people also knew that the conflict between Zhuang Fei and Marbury existed in college, which undoubtedly added some 'legend' flavor.

For the old things that were suddenly dug up, Zhuang Fei naturally knew that this was Marbury relieving the pressure he had been under recently. The pressure on the point guard is too much now, the Suns are now a team that is 'higher than the sky and thinner than paper', and it is understandable that Marbury wants to change the environment before beating Zhuang Fei's Celtics in this game.

It's just that Zhuang Fei really didn't expect Marbury to pull himself in, which also made Zhuang Fei a little helpless, he really didn't expect that he would one day become a live target for others to shift their focus. On the bright side, his influence is growing, on the negative side, this time it's Marbury, next time maybe someone else, maybe some other people will come up with something 'the story that has to be told with Coach Z'.

So when these reporters raised this question, Zhuang Fei left the press conference directly, for Zhuang Fei, he is really not afraid that these people will complain to the alliance, just like Zhuang Fei's previous life Mutombo's finger shake, Zhuang Fei's early withdrawal from the press conference is also a unique privilege.

After the game with the Suns, Zhuang Fei and his team flew back to the Boston Celtics, and the game with the Suns was also the last game of the Boston Celtics in 2001, after losing to the Suns, the Boston Celtics also became 26-6 in the entire 2001, and are still ranked first in the East and third in the league.

Zhuang Fei lost in the last game, but several other strong teams in the East are not much better, even worse than Zhuang Fei, especially the Heat team, which is currently ranked second in the East, has failed in the last two games, the Heat and the Boston Celtics have the same record, but this team has opened up the gap with the Boston Celtics after losing to the Pistons and Pacers in succession, this team has also played away from home in the last two games, and it is back-to-back, the first game is facing the Pistons who have assembled an All-Star team this year, The team lost by six points on the road, and the next day, the team was killed by Larry Bird's Pacers when they went to Indianapolis, and it was this year's outstanding rookie 'Carter' Jr. Joe Johnson who completed this three-point shootout, and when all eyes were on Reggie Miller, the big-hearted young player stepped up, and only the guard can maintain some pressure on this year's three centers in the rookie of the best race.

The Heat team has been miserable lately, and the Grizzlies have been worse than the Heat recently, this team lost the last game with the Spurs in 2001 after being killed by Jordan in the Christmas game, and the shooting rate of both sides in this defensive battle was less than 30%, and the Spurs only scored 73 points in the whole game, and lower than the Spurs was the Grizzlies who scored the lowest 69 points this season, In this game, in addition to Duncan, who got 30 points and 38 rebounds, and Carter, who got 36 points and 10 rebounds, the shooting rate of the rest of the two teams was less than 20%, and the bench players of the two teams only scored 8 points in this game, and only Olajuwon played 15 minutes and scored 8 points on the bench of the two teams. …,

It is precisely because of the recent poor performance of the top few strong teams in the East that Zhuang Fei and his Boston Celtics have firmly established the first position in the East, the current Celtics are 26-6, the Heat in second place in the East is 25-7, the 76ers in third are 25-8, and the Grizzlies in fourth are 24-9.

Of course, in addition to this seemingly good news, Zhuang Fei and his team on the first day back to Boston, the league sent three trophies to the Boston Celtics, Zhuang Fei was the best coach in the East last month, Yao Ming was the best rookie in the East last month, and Maddie was the best player in the East last month, and a team can win these three honors at the same time It can be regarded as a miracle in the NBA.

Especially now the boss of the Boston Celtics Maddy, the swingman not only won the best player in the East last month, but also surpassed Fat and Carter in the latest edition of the MVP rankings, the swingman who can contribute 22 points, 8.5 assists and 6.5 rebounds per game became the first in the official MVP rankings for the first time in his career. Although the swingman's position is very precarious, especially since the Grizzlies' poor performance has allowed Carter to fall from the first place.

And speaking of Carter and the Grizzlies, the team had a big event that caught the league's attention on the first day of the new year. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )