"Today, Michael's guy said between games that he wants to score more than 40 points in this game, do you think we can stop him? That guy has been in a good state lately, and he can average more than 30 points per game in the last three games against the 76ers."

On May 5, 2002, at the game between the Boston Celtics and the Washington Wizards, the game had not even started, and the fans at the North Shore Garden Arena were talking to each other about what might happen in this game.

Before this game, the league had just announced this year's regular season MVP, and at noon today, Michael Jordan, who ranked second in the MVP selection, told reporters with a relaxed face when asked about this question that he would score more than 40 points in this game with the Celtics and lead the Wizards to defeat the Celtics.

Soon the language of the great god spread throughout Boston and even the United States through radio, Internet and TV news, and it was clear that the great god wanted to show everyone that although he did not win the MVP, he was already very capable, and he also wanted to send Carter a copy. If the Wizards can beat the Celtics and Grizzlies to reach the finals this year, it is estimated that the god's consecutive victories over Wake Forest's mentors and apprentices will also be a legend, after all, since Wake Forest's mentors and apprentices entered the NBA, no team has been able to beat more than two in a row in the playoffs, and if Jordan did it, it would be the first round to 'kill' Ragabel. In the second round, he killed Zhuang Fei and Posey, and in the Eastern Conference finals, he killed Carter. Kill Szczebiak or Duncan in the Finals, if Jordan can really finish the road. It's definitely a miracle.

So now many media and fans across the league are looking forward to this happening, and Jordan himself seems to be very interested in this matter, and he has always said that he is looking forward to it in an interview.

"Not necessarily, our team is not comparable to the 76ers, although Ragabel is very good defensively, he has no help in the 76ers. We Celtics don't have more than one Tracy, didn't we often let go of that big man from the Wizards in previous games, Haywood? Our defensive rotation is better than the 76ers, Michael won't score as many points, and the winner won't be a Wizard. It's us Celts."

The game was buzzing before it even started, and what was even more surprising was that the team's president, Mr. David Stern, came to the North Shore Garden Plaza to watch the game in person, and it was the league's vice president Stuart Jackson who presented Carter with the MVP trophy today. It can be seen that in the president's heart, among his three trump cards, it is still important for these two trump cards to pinch each other.

"Zhuang, the kid Ragabel in the last round was so interesting, it's really not easy to find him such a retro defender in the current NBA, did you teach him that kind of throat locking skill? Why didn't I see it when I was in Wake Forest? ”

Zhuang Fei has a very good relationship with the Wizards, the head coach of the Wizards D'Antoni is his protégé, and the Wizards' leading point guard Nash and Super Sixth Man Crawford are Zhuang Fei's former disciples. Even Jordan and Zhuang Fei are very good friends, so Zhuang Fei was very busy before this game, just exchanged a few words with D'Antoni, and gave a few words to Nash and Crawford, but before he left the Wizards' bench range, he was pulled by Jordan.

It can be said that the two sides were extremely friendly before the game started, and the atmosphere of the game was also very relaxed, even if Zhuang Fei knew the wild words of the great god in front of him before the game, Zhuang Fei's Celtics and Jordan's wizards did not have too much gunpowder before the game started, which is also an extremely rare thing. …,

"I didn't teach that kid how to lock his throat. I think it was taught by Coach Brown" Zhuang Fei smiled and looked at this god who was a little interested and said, the conflict between Jordan and Rajabel in the last round of the series was one of the focuses of attention in the United States, and some bookmakers even fired bets on Jordan and Rajabel in the last round of the game Jordan and Rajabel will fight in the first few games, and in the end, although the conflict between the two is getting bigger and bigger, but they did not fight, and the effect of Rajabel's throat locking in the last round is really good, and the god is very embarrassed in the first two games, It wasn't until the last three games that he washed away the shame on his body.

However, it can also be seen that the great god is in excellent physical condition now, and the Wizards also locked the third in advance in the last period of time, so they are also very relaxed, and the Wizards' adjustment is very good, plus in the regular season, because the team's organizational core is Nash, so the great god is not tired, and now it seems that the great god is at the peak of his state, so at this time Zhuang Fei is also extremely wary of this great god.

"Haha, I think so, you're not that kind of coach, but, Zhuang, the opponent in this series must be us, I really want to taste what it is like to beat all the Wake Forest players and coaches, I think it must be fun" Jordan also laughed heartily after getting Zhuang Fei's answer.

And when the great god heard the great god say this, Zhuang Fei only shook his head and smiled bitterly, this great god is really free and easy now, this kind of mentality is already a grade higher than many players.

"I'll let you enjoy this series," Zhuang Fei said with a smile after the great god smiled.

For an opponent like the Wizards now, in Zhuang Fei's opinion, this is his Celtics' best opponent at this stage, and Zhuang Fei is also very familiar with the Wizards' system, although the Wizards' running bomb is not the same as the Timberwolves' because of the composition of the players, but it is still figured out in theory, so it is very interesting to deal with this extremely familiar opponent Zhuang Fei, at least he is very confident in his heart.

"Remember what I said in the locker room, slow down, attack from the inside out, try to hit the ball into Yao Ming's hands as much as possible, don't rush when there is no offensive opportunity, Tracy, especially you, you used to have three chances to play directly against the defender in each game, but in this game you just need to pull out the shot, you will give me the game"

At the end of the warm-up of the players in this game, Zhuang Fei also repeatedly reminded the Wizards players of the offensive focus of today's game, for this fast team, the Celtics' offense can stifle their speed as long as it can be stabilized, just like when the Spurs Twin Towers were at their peak, the Spurs completely blocked the Timberwolves' running in 1999, although now the Celtics do not have the strong interior offensive stability of the Spurs, but with a Yao Ming and a Xiaoao is not too bad, the Wizards' current lineup is flawed, In addition to Heywood's poor offense at the fifth position, his height is also completely lacking, his top and cover are very good, but for a center like Yao Ming, he suffers from an inside type, which is the advantage of the Celtics. With such flaws on both the offensive and defensive ends, it is not easy for the Wizards to beat the Celtics, and the record of the two teams in the regular season can speak for itself, although the Wizards won one game against the Celtics, Nash did not score more than 30 points and 15 assists in every game

"That's exactly what happened."

D'Antoni was very depressed watching the game between the Celtics and the Wizards in front of the Wizards' bench, the beginning of this game made him have a very familiar feeling, when he was in the first season of the Timberwolves, he led the team to the Spurs with Zhuang Fei, and the Spurs had a strong sense of hierarchy from the inside, and the extremely stable offensive success rate of the Spurs simply made the Timberwolves in the first season completely paralyzed on the offensive end. Then it can't play this effect at all, in the regular season, when the Celtics played against the Wizards, it was still a regular tactic, but in the playoffs, his mentor really adopted the original method of the Spurs. …,

"The stability of these two interior lines on the offensive end is not worse than that of Duncan and Admiral at the beginning," D'Antoni thought to Xiao Ao, who received Yao Ming's ball on the court and forced Marion to make a layup.

After Ao scored this goal, the Vancouver Wizards had to serve the baseline again, and by this time the young Celtics had already played in their own half, and the Wizards had to fall into the atmosphere of positional warfare again after attacking.

Judging from the first few minutes of the game, D'Antoni could clearly feel that this Celtic must have been prepared for a long time, and this game is definitely not easy.

On the court, the Wizards who fell into the position to attack played a little uncomfortable on the offensive end, and the team's interior line was a point like Haywood, which caused Nash to have too much pressure when blocking and dismantling, and all the defensive pressure of the Celtics was on him, and at this time, in the face of Jackson and Maddy's defense, Jordan and Hamilton's shooting opportunities after covering were not very good, and the two defensive players of the Celtics were definitely the top in the league in terms of sticking people. In this case, this team that mainly runs and bombs will play more than 15s on the offensive end many times, and this offense was not until 24s, Jordan reluctantly leaned on Maddy's defense to force a shot at the position of the extension line of the free throw line on the left, and this kind of shooting percentage is also conceivable.

What made D'Antoni even more speechless was that after Jordan's strong shot missed, the Celtics obviously had the opportunity to counterattack quickly, but the team actually slowed down and waited for Yao Ming and Xiao Ao to start attacking after they started to the frontcourt, which was a tactic that completely wanted to grind the Wizards to death.

"Do you want to use that now" D'Antoni, who was looking at the situation on the court, turned his face sharply a few times, then sighed and shook his head. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )