After attending Kobe's wedding, Luke continued to return to the team to prepare.

Time flies, and the regular season has come to an end. After the 76ers challenged the Kings on the road, they returned to their home court to prepare for the playoffs.

The ranking of the West is stable this year. The San Antonio Spurs deserve to occupy the top spot in the Western Conference. Then there's the Los Angeles Lakers, who have lost two more games than the Spurs and are in second place. Then came the Kings, Mavericks, Jazz, Suns, Trail Blazers, and finally the Timberwolves.

In the East, the 76ers are still the leader, with the Bucks not far behind. There was a change in third place.

The Miami Heat had the saddest season this season, originally under the command of "oil head coach" Riley, this season had a very good lineup, but since the "iron man" Alonzo Mourning returned from the Olympic Games, the whole situation has changed.

Alonzo had kidney disease, and the worst of all kidney failure, so he could not play.

Riley knew it was over, so he immediately started trading, broke the team's All-Round lineup, and began to prepare for the future. Of course, in the beginning, he didn't give up, and he started playing with a civilian lineup in an attempt to get back into the playoffs. At that time, the record was not bad, following the Bucks and third in the league, but after a period of thinking, Riley suddenly sobered up, and he found that instead of fighting desperately now and staying in the playoffs, it was better to let go for the time being and plan for the future. So, he started trading again, putting on the shelf players who had played super stats on the team. Of course, he also saw Bowen's value, so he signed a long-term contract directly with Bowen. Directly announced that he was not sold. And then it started to rot. Now the Heat have fallen out of the top eight.

Then the New York Knicks, who were originally fourth, rose to third, followed by the Raptors, Hornets, Magic, and Pacers.

The Boston Celtics caught the last train of the playoffs and entered the playoffs as eighth.

This brings their coach Rick Pitino. Although it is borrowed from others, it is still quite good for his team to enter the playoffs. The fate that would have been expelled now has hope of remaining.

The next step is to prepare for the battle.

The 76ers' first opponent is the Celtics, which is an old rival, but Larry still doesn't take it lightly.

At this time of training, Luke spotted a man on the sidelines. Joe Bryant.

"Joe. Why are you here today? It's still time! Luke asked.

"Why can't I come? I already have a job here now! Joe Bryant said.

"Is it a janitor or a janitor?" Luke asked.

"you!" Joe Bryant laughed. "I'm here to be an assistant coach!"

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Don't want your job as a high school coach? Luke asked.

"There's no competition in high school anymore, don't you know? And the pay for that job is so low, it's not as good as the assistant coach here, and besides, Larry invited me. Can I not give face? Joe Bryant said.

"Okay. Since that's the case. Then you do a good job, I'll go to training first! Luke said. Oh? By the way, how long is our personal training? ”

"It's good old time!"

"Okay!" Luke went to training first.

Time is constantly advancing. The 76ers' playoffs are also here.

Against Celtic, there really wasn't much pressure. And this is at the home court of the 76ers, and the 76ers directly won two games in a row with a score of 106-95 and 97-80, and won two wins, and now the score has become 2:0.

This was in the last era. All of the first round of the playoffs in this era are only played three times, which means that if there is one more loss, the Celtics players can go straight home for the summer!

But they clearly don't want that. So you have to work hard in the next game. Thankfully, Celtic will be back at home in the next game, which will give them plenty of rest and time to recharge.

Back at home, Celtic have the upper hand.

North Shore Garden Arena.

Since the stadium opened on September 30, 1995, more than 24 million people have watched the Boston Bears and Boston Celtics play in the arena. At the same time, the venue is also a world-renowned concert venue. Before the Boston Bears and Celtics era, the arena was not named "North Shore Gardens" but "Fleet Center." Nowadays, people are accustomed to refer to this arena as the "North Shore Garden", and this arena has witnessed many historical moments, and is considered one of the most influential arenas in Boston.

But the away arena here is like many in the league, and it's pretty bad.

"Damn! Are you sure this is a locker room, not a garbage dump? Reed complained.

"It's not like you haven't been here before, stop complaining!" Luke said.

"But every time I come, I'm angry!" Reid said.

"Okay, let's all come around, let me talk about today's tactics!" Larry said.

"Today is the third game and we have already won two games, which means that if we win this one today, we can wait for the opponent in the next round! This is good news. Larry said.

"But the bad news is that they may have to fight back today, so be careful not to get hurt! Know no! Larry said.

"Yes!"

"Okay, it's still the old lineup today, let's play!"

Coming to Celtic's home stadium, today is a rare full house situation in this period, and it seems that Celtic have worked hard to win. There are many celebrities on the sidelines, including Bill Russell, Robert Parish, and even Cardinal Arnold? Auerbach was on the scene.

This is a Celtic legend. He was the soul of the whole Celtic.

He poured pride, stubbornness, stubbornness, and the strength of a hardwood into the marrow of every Celtic.

From the 50s, he understood basketball before everyone:

Pick players who want to win; Configure your team like a puzzle and a game of chess; Let the team - not only on the field. And in life - to become an unbreakable whole; Defence, speed, skill and intelligence come first; Unselfish.

So, for 40 years, the Celtics danced a rhythmic, rustic, gritty and noble group dance in the green Boston Garden.

He's an excellent coach. Changhong's beautiful projection arc through the sky. Dense and hard defensive system in the boreal forest. Philosopher-like contemplation. Prophetic judgment. A fast and tight team formation that is as integrated as a riding formation. Equation inferences the same rigorously executed tactical coordination. and the twelve people in the locker room with different personalities, but they fit together. They are all his disciples.

He's not a good guy. He also once did tricks on the floor of Boston Garden, allowing opposing players to make mistakes on dribbles; He also once adjusted the air conditioning in the locker room, making the Lakers collectively miserable; He intimidated, insulted, and protested against the referees, and personally went into battle when the situation was tense, no matter whether he was in the prime of his forties or over the age of six, whether he was a rookie coach or a successful man, no matter how terrible a giant man was when he was only 175 cm tall and the opposite side was. He is always afraid to quarrel, beat, scold, and pull with each other. Even if it's a fight. He also never throws in the towel. Van Gundy's persuasion? There is no such thing in his dictionary.

The shrewdness of the Jews, the impulsiveness of Russian immigrants, his enlistment in 1943 and his discharge from the army in 1946 - God knows what he would have done if he had gone to the battlefields of World War II - all fused the cardinal's soul. An unscrupulous utilitarian. An old and angry youth. A Cao Cao. A Liu Bang, a weird guy you can't describe.

And now, even if he doesn't hold any of the positions in the Celtics. His influence on the Celts was also enormous.

Until the spring of 2006, when big-screen televisions, worldwide broadcasts, popcorn, mascots and cheerleaders flooded the NBA arena, the Celtics maintained an old and solemn tradition — they didn't have a cheerleading team of lap dancing girls. Why?

Because, the cardinal said, "want cheerleading girls? Then step over my corpse first! "That's his influence.

IT WAS A TIME WHEN THE CELTICS WERE DYING, THE BULLS, NIKE AND DIDAS SNEAKERS, COCA-COLA, JORDAN'S FLYING SHADOW, THE NBA'S GLAMOROUS CLIPS, HIP-HOP POSTERS, BLACK RAPS: ALL OF THEM WERE POPULAR ALL OVER THE WORLD. And the NBA is no longer the gloom and gloom of the past, and the league is becoming more and more like a big entertainment organization. The arena is like a theater of dreams, you buy a ticket, you enter, and then you have as much entertainment as you can.

At that time, the cardinal watched the immature children play fancy moves and stage flying dunks under the 16 championship flags. There was no cheerleading, there was no place to buy anything else, and on game days with the Boston Celtics, it was only basketball. The whole stadium is gray and serious, and it is a stadium that makes people awe-inspired.

And the Celtics fans are still the same group of fans who make everyone scared, spewing out all kinds of trash talk, and constantly insulting the 76ers players. And the Cardinal Master is enjoying this joy.

A lot of the 76ers' players have been affected. After all, many players have not been here in the playoffs, and they don't know how great this place is, and they are confused at the beginning. Coupled with the unremitting efforts of the Celtics, until the end of the third quarter, the 76ers were always in a backward position.

The 76ers had a rough game today, and so did Luke. The main thing is that PP has changed. Now PP is starting to defend seriously, his feet move fast and broken, and he shoots quickly, which makes Luke a little uncomfortable. But now, it's time to show what you're capable of. "Hey, Aaron." Luke said.

"What's the matter?"

"Pass me the ball later! I'll fight! Luke said.

"You want to fight? No problem! ”

Back on the court, the fourth quarter begins. The 76ers played against the Celtics, a 10-point difference.

Luke decided to go for it.

Under the guidance of Joe Bryant, Luke has improved a lot now. Luke's offense is no longer something that PP can stop. Especially after Luke got used to PP's defense.

Offense is an art, and many people want to grasp the central idea of this art, but few people have discovered it, and most people can dominate the entire league as long as they learn one of them.

And now Luke has learned more on this road.

So when facing PP alone.

Luke rarely uses a probe. But this time Luke used. A sudden forward slide made PP a little nervous. But suddenly found out that it was a probe, and PP was a little relaxed. , but the second time Luke went straight to the real thing. In one step, Luke directly stepped over PP's defensive camp, entered the inner line, and directly pressed the fat head Tuo and directly slammed it with one hand.

This surprised everyone. But that's just the beginning.

Luke made everyone feel a new kind of energy.

With the help of Joe Bryant, Luke's back-to-back and singles abilities have improved a lot, especially when using his nimble feet and great power. Although it has not yet reached the ability of Qiao Gang Leader to see one and blow one up, it is still not a problem to abuse PP. Singles. It has always been the method by which PP survives in the league. Now he's the one who gets abused. "Is this karma?" PP thought secretly. Then it's time to endure Luke's devastation.

And Luke's back-to-back singles are different from PP's violent aesthetic. Luke's current backplay is mostly creating opportunities for his own turns, which is good enough for his own shooting.

"Huh!" Luke hit a three-pointer in front of PP again. Turn around and run back with a smile. The wind that came up when he ran really blew over the red-clothed sect leader sitting on the sidelines.

"It's ...... Bass? Looking at the scene on the field, the red-clothed sect leader fell into memory.

June 19, 1986, was supposed to be a very good day. Because just two days ago, the Celtics owed a talented small forward from the draft. Rebas. But on this day. He died, from cocaine poisoning. It was the darkest time of Cardinal Master Auerbach's life. In 1986, Auerbach tried to build on the Bird-led Celtics. He cleverly got a draft opportunity. And he was chosen - we have to believe in his vision - a talented player, Bias. Just hours after he was selected, the genius, the child who was fantasized about being a future superstar, the man who was supposed to bring glory to the future Celtic dynasty, died of cocaine poisoning.

This is a real genius, some say he was LeBron 20 years ago? James, they're just as talented. As soon as the draft was over, an ESPN commentator said that the Celtics' second eight-game winning streak was coming. In fact, this commentator didn't make sense, the Celtics at that time originally had an iron triangle, let's imagine if Ray really hadn't left us, would Big Bird and McHale end their careers so early?

But let's compare him to Jordan, that's the best. In a regular season game in NCAA1981, the two sides were Maryland vs North Carolina. North Carolina at that time had been unimpeded under His Majesty the Flyers, but when they met Maryland. The whole team mentioned the spirit of 12 points, this is because of the existence of Rebas, although North Carolina still had the last laugh at that time, but Len's style has overpowered Jordan, Jordan also said in an interview after the game: I have never seen such a good player, Ray is simply too good, you must know that we have 4 stars in North Carolina, and Maryland is his own team.

Those who have been praised by God are cursed, and Rebas has been tricked. What an irony that a "veteran" who smokes cocaine regularly would die of an "allergy" to this thing.

Nothing is more damaging to an old man than this kind of thing.

Bird and McHale retired in the early '90s, and Parish moved from team to team, ending his career with the new dynasty Bulls in 1997 at the age of 43. And Auerbach, who is over 70 years old, finally began to look like an old man after the death of Bias. In 1993, another bad luck struck, when Celtics captain Lewis died suddenly in practice. Then there was the relocation of Boston Garden and the fall of the Celtics. "I don't have the motivation to work anymore." He said.

So, Auerbach has already left.

Until now, the Cardinal Master had not participated in any work on the Celts.

But now, he saw the back of the Rybas back then, although it turned white, but it was still so talented, and this "Rybas" still walked out of the Celtic training ground. The Celtics have let go of a lot of good players, including Kobe. Looking at Rick Pitino, who was annoyed on the sidelines, the cardinal leader only said "Idiot!" ”

"It's time to talk to the board about the return!" The Cardinal Sect Master thought secretly. He stood up and slowly walked towards the audience aisle. This game is no longer meaningful, the cardinal leader knows.

The players on the pitch know it, but they don't want to lose yet, they don't want to go home so early. But there is no way, the strength gap is there. In the end, the 76ers defeated the Boston Celtics 109-97, sending the Celtics to the North Shore Garden Court with an overall score of 3-0. And the 76ers advance to the next round. (To be continued......)