(Ask for a commuter pass on the first day of the new year)

The game with the Spurs is the thirteenth game of the season for Zhuang Fei and his Boston Celtics, in these thirteen games, Zhuang Fei's team has achieved a record of 10 wins and 3 losses, which is a miracle for the Boston Celtics who were still a fish belly last season, you must know that according to this record until the end of the season, then the Boston Celtics will have a winning rate of more than 80%, and finally the Boston Celtics will have a regular season record of more than 60 wins, The last time the Boston Celtics surpassed 60 wins was during the Larry Bird era, and these Boston Celtics fans have even begun to forget about it.

There is no doubt that the current Boston Celtics are already a strong team, and that magical Z coach only took one year to turn such an absolute fish belly team into a league powerhouse, and it is also a team that can potentially reach 60 wins in terms of record, especially since this team has recently beaten the Knicks, Timberwolves and Spurs and other giants that make many people full of expectations for this team.

The current Boston Celtics are on their road trip to the West, and the current league pattern has been completely reduced to a strong West and a weak East pattern since Jordan retired in 1998 and the Bulls dynasty was disbanded.

Especially in Texas, which is surrounded by strong enemies, when Olajuwon and Admirals were still at their peak in the past, such a trip to the southwest is not to mention the eastern team. Even some powerful people in the west are a little frightened in their hearts, you must know that there are two 'four centers' in this place.

Of course. The current league southwest is no longer the world of the four centers, and the current Texas is no longer a situation where the Spurs and Rockets are co-governed. The Spurs now have a Duncan after the Admirals are old, which makes them still one of the strongest teams in the league, which also allows them to maintain the glory of the Texas powerhouse, but it is not the same for their other leader, the Houston Rockets.

The former NBA champion team's abandonment of the team's logo, Olajuwon, this summer, has had an impact and caused a lot of turmoil that has not subsided, and it is not just fans who have not forgotten it. Even the Houston Rockets players have not forgotten it, and they are still in the memory of this incident.

You must know that Olajuwon is the greatest star in the history of the team, even if such a player is too old, but the team's practice of not renewing the contract is really hurtful. Even if it is a symbolic offer to sign the legendary veteran, and then let the veteran retire here, or let the veteran retire directly here, but obviously, Rocket owner Alexander does not have such an idea, for him if he wants to cultivate Francis, he must eliminate the team's boss Olajuwon, for him it is not just a matter of money, in the Rockets Olajuwon is not a general, Francis is not Tim Duncan, So in the final choice, the Rockets boss chose Francis very roughly. Not even a single step was given to Olajuwon, which forced Olajuwon to follow in Jerry West's footsteps on his trip east to Vancouver. It also makes the current Rockets team full of contradictions, and Francis can't hold the court now, especially some players who have followed Olajuwon.

"The Boston Celtics are strong and Coach Z's team has always been a strong team in the league, so it's a big challenge for us, and you know, it's difficult for us right now, though. Even so, we have no intention of giving up, we will do everything we can in this game"...,

At the pre-game press conference, Zhuang Fei could clearly feel that the head coach of the Rockets Tang Shuai looked more old, the legendary coach has been tormented in this place in recent years, and there is nothing in the team that reassures him, but this game the old coach still adheres to his consistent style, that is, he will not give up easily no matter what, just like his most famous saying 'never underestimate the heart of a champion', the heart of this veteran coach is still the heart of a champion.

Of course, Tang Shuai is still very tenacious, but the game is played by the players, and at the beginning of this game, the Houston Rockets did play according to Tang Shuai's pre-war arrangement, and this team caused a lot of problems for the Boston Celtics at the beginning, both offensively and defensively.

Especially their No. 1 position Francis, James Posey has always been more afraid of fast point guards, James Posey is a small forward or a scoring guard, although his defense is really good, but in terms of speed against any point guard is not dominant, so many times the Boston Celtics player has always been afraid of a speedy guard like Iverson, and the Rockets' Francis is naturally such a person.

So at the beginning of this game, the Rockets used the power of their new boss Francis to constantly maintain pressure on the Boston Celtics, which also made the Rockets at home even see the hope of defeating the Boston Celtics, although they are now only eleventh in the West, compared to the Boston Celtics who are third in the East and fifth in the league, there is a world of difference, but if they can really win this game, it can also have a good effect on the tense atmosphere within the team.

Winning the Boston Celtics at home is Tang Shuai's idea, but what makes Tang Shuai a little disappointed is that after the end of the game, he has given up this idea, because at the end of the half, the Houston Rockets have gone from leading by three points at the end of the first quarter to losing by ten points in the end.

The Rockets habitually collapsed again in the second quarter, which is a matter between their main force and the bench, which has the reason for the strength of the bench, and the reason for the bench and discord, most of the Rockets are young players with Francis as the core, and most of their benches are old players who follow Olajuwon.

So after falling behind by a big score in the second quarter. The former league champion team simply failed to organize an effective counterattack in the third quarter, and it can even be said that it was sinking more and more. And when it came to the fourth quarter. Zhuang Fei and his Boston Celtics were able to put all their players on the bench with confidence, and in the end, the Boston Celtics defeated the Houston Rockets 117-98 at home. In this game, the Boston Celtics all five scored double-doubles, and Arenas, who came off the bench, scored the most 18 points.

Again, this game was a well-rested Boston Celtics player, you must know that it was a back-to-back game for the Boston Celtics, they came to Houston directly after beating the Spurs, but the team did not cause any problems for the Celtics after coming here. It's also extremely beneficial for the Boston Celtics on their entire Southwest road trip.

29 November 2001. Boston came to Memphis non-stop after the victory over the Rockets.

Now the Boston Celtics are going to face the Memphis Raptors, who are currently at the bottom of the West, and the team that was unable to make it out in Canada because of the Vancouver Grizzlies is still a little difficult to get out of after moving to Memphis, although the attendance of the team after coming to Memphis is not the same as when it was in Toronto, Canada, but in such a place in the West. Their record looks to be getting worse and worse, they have played 15 games this season, and their current record is 3-12, which is the lowest record in the league, and it is even more shameful that they have not won against any Western Conference team so far this season, which is also a record in NBA history. …,

Of course, it is not surprising that this is a rebuilding team, and when the outside trio of Mobley, Glen Les and White Chocolate formed in the first two seasons, many thought it was time for the team to complete a rebuild and finally rise. But the tragedy is that the trio, which many had high hopes for, disbanded after only one season of association due to infighting, Glen Rice signed with the Rockets as a free agent, and White Chocolate was traded to the Mavericks, and now the team is only Mobley fighting with the team's No. 1 pick this year, Kwame Brown.

As the boss of the team, Mobley's performance is quite good, this player has reached the level of 20+5 last season, if it is not for Ginobili's record with the Timberwolves is too unsatisfactory, the Raptors boss will definitely win the fastest improvement award last season. In these dozen games this season, Zhuang Fei's old disciple in the Timberwolves has played 25+5 data, and no one in the current Raptors has grabbed the ball with him, and there were white chocolate and Glen Les in the past, and now, this team has no one to trust except for his stable output, even if the team selected the champion Kwame Brown this year.

The champion is more of a blue-collar player now, and can only rely on the second offense of frontcourt rebounds when attacking, which has also made the center play a miraculous statistic of 8 points and 14 rebounds this season, and the player is currently ranked second in the league's rebounding charts.

Of course, these are only the two core players of this team, as far as Zhuang Fei is concerned, these two core players of the Raptors are very good role players, but if these two take on the responsibility of rebuilding a team, they are a little strong, these two are not the kind of players who can change the fate of the team by themselves, and the Raptors' record this season also reflects this.

So in this game, although Mobley wanted to perform in front of Zhuang Fei, but the overall gap between the two teams was really big, so in the end, the Raptors held on to their home court for 3 quarters and finally lost to the Boston Celtics 92-103, and in this game Mobley scored 33 points and 6 assists, and Kwame Brown scored 10 points and 18 rebounds, including eight frontcourt rebounds, and picked up eight frontcourt rebounds on the heads of Yao Ming and Xiaoao, This is not something that the average interior can do, and although Kwame Brown is not very capable on the offensive end, he is absolutely top-notch on the rebounding and defensive ends. That's why he's currently able to compete with Yao Ming and Gasol for the best rookie of the year, and the three of them are also known as the three best centers in the world in 2001.

The game against the Raptors was easy, just like the Rockets in the previous game, and these two teams not only did not cause problems for Zhuang Fei and his Boston Celtics, but also adjusted the team's condition.

It was only when Zhuang Fei and the Boston Celtics left Memphis for Dallas that the challenges of their trip to the Southwest had just begun.

The Dallas Mavericks are the last opponent of the Celtics' road trip, and the current Mavericks are a world away from the Mavericks a few seasons ago.

The team has been a league powerhouse since Nowitzki grew up, and this season's signing of White Chocolate has transformed the team into one of the league's most glamorous teams.

At the beginning of the season, the Timberwolves, the team's strongest offensive ability and the most gorgeous one, began to play defensive basketball, and the Lakers, the second offensive team in the league, although the score did not decrease, but although the triangle offense scored more, it was not as beautiful as the old Nelson's running shots, especially the white chocolate pass and Nowitzki and Finley's shots, the combination of these people made this team one of the strongest teams in the league in one fell swoop. …,

"Zhuang, we won this game a bit of a fluke"

After the game with the Mavericks, Zhuang Fei looked at the smiling old Nelson with a wry smile, he and the Boston Celtics lost this game, but the process of losing was not a fluke as the old coach said.

In this game, Zhuang Fei saw the joint defense for the first time on the NBA court, yes, it is the joint defense, before this season, the NBA only allowed one-on-one marking defense when the team was defending for the enjoyment of the game, and the offensive players could not even pack the bag if they were without the ball, but at the beginning of this season, the NBA allowed joint defense, just because many coaches now do not look at the defensive tactics such as joint defense, so most teams are still man-marked, But what Zhuang Fei didn't expect was that this crazy scientist had already started to play this tactic, and it was a good game, the Boston Celtics never found their own offensive rhythm in this game, and the whole team was very hesitant, not knowing whether to break through or shoot, and the team's perimeter shooting was not very good, so the Celtics lost this game.

"Maybe it's time for me to study this tactic too."

Zhuang Fei's heart also moved slightly when he left Dallas, and when Zhuang Fei and his team returned to Boston, Stephen Green was already waiting for him with the Russian kid. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )