Chapter 748: The team that needs to trade the boss

The Boston Celtics sent a team completely composed of the second team in the second game between themselves and the Pacers, and this team still defeated the Pacers, for many media, Zhuang Fei's change is actually equivalent to the act of releasing water, and in fact, after the first game, after the Boston Celtics defeated the Pacers, many people thought that the Chinese were likely to directly sweep the Pacers, but from now on, things do not seem to be developing in that direction, At the very least, the Boston Celtics didn't really go all out to beat the Pacers, as many media pundits say.

After all, in the playoffs, this is a completely different stage from the regular season, in this stage, no team dares to remove all their starters like Zhuang Fei, and no manager can let his starters not play a minute in the playoffs, if someone really does this, then that person is either stupid or crazy, and for that Chinese, naturally no one will think that he is stupid, and the possibility of madness is not very large, Then the only explanation is that the Chinese wanted to release water in that game, and in the end, the Pacers were not able to catch the gift sent by Zhuang Fei.

For the Boston Celtics and Pacers, a slightly unsuspenseful series, the focus of these reporters was no longer on the game itself from the beginning of the game, but on something around the game, and Zhuang Fei's behavior could naturally be interpreted by these people as Zhuang Fei buying favors for Larry Bird. It's just that the last coach Jim O'Brien, who performed very well in the regular season, was not able to grasp it in the end, in this case, even the substitutes of the Boston Celtics couldn't win, and for a while, almost all the media covering the playoffs targeted the Pacers and the Pacers' head coach O'Brien, and after the game, even Zhuang Fei himself didn't think of it.

Because the thing he made in order to adjust and debug the team's second lineup actually became the material for the league-wide joke Pacers, Zhuang Fei didn't think about it. Because of his own incident, the Pacers and Pacers head coach Jim O'Brien became the target of ridicule in the United States for a while, and when Zhuang Fei took the Boston Celtics to Indianapolis to prepare for the third game of the away game, he found out the seriousness of the matter. Because whether it is premeditated or really unpremeditated, almost all the media and fans in the United States are discussing such a thing, that is, in the NBA game, the team should not let its own leading players sit on the bench at will during the game.

You know, this is something that hurts the feelings of fans very much, after all, for the NBA, fans enter the game to watch the game for the stars of their own teams or for the stars of the opposing team, and in this case, all the star players of the team are hidden, which is a very bad thing for the fans. In this case. For a while, the Boston Celtics and Pacers game became the focus of all eight matchups in the first round, you know, the attention before the first round of the Boston Celtics in this year's playoffs is very low, after all, there are really a lot of classic matchups in the first round of the league this year.

Even if you don't talk about the West, it's just the East, the Wizards in the third place in the East vs. the Cavaliers, this is a fateful battle between Penny Hardaway and Jordan, both of whom are former superstars who are about to leave basketball, and it is also Jordan's revenge battle. This round of matchups is extremely interesting, after all, Jordan's popularity is very high Everyone knows, and Penny Hardaway's popularity in the United States is definitely not low, and in addition to this group of classic matchups, this year's Hawks in fourth place in the East and the Heat in fifth place in the East are also a key game, in this case the Boston Celtics and Pacers game is really not that attractive.

Of course, for Zhuang Fei, no matter how much attention the outside world pays attention to, Zhuang Fei himself knows very well what he should do, he will not have any intention of being influenced by the outside world, for him, the public opinion of the outside world is basically negligible, so in this case, almost everyone in the United States is now staring at whether the Celtics are still in the third game. On April 22, the third game between the Boston Celtics and the Pacers, the Boston Celtics once again played a young lineup, which was almost exactly the same as the previous game, and the slight difference was that James Posey's position was replaced by Jackson.

And the team's starters have also become Haslem, Birdman Anderson and Prince and Jackson and Kirilenko, in this case, this team is also completely reduced to a second-tier or even third-tier team composed of role players, you know, although James Posey's current data has not been very good-looking, but after all, he is the former Clippers' leading player, and he has been recognized by everyone in terms of strength, in this case, although James Posey is not as good as Maddy and others, but he is also a star player.

It is precisely because of this that the last Boston Celtics bench lineup was considered to have a leading player or a core player who can organize and score, but now? The person who is carrying this team now is Jackson, because out of these five people, Jackson is the biggest name and the highest salary, and what kind of player is Jackson? Almost everyone knows that he is a defensive player, and in this case, the team is completely defensive at first glance, and there is not even a player who can stabilize the attack, or even a player who can organize the team.

This is almost a lineup of completely defensive players, such a lineup can be said to be weaker than the Celtics' lineup in the last game, and almost all reporters and Pacers fans who saw this gasped, speculating about the relationship between Zhuang Fei and Larry Bird, is it necessary to do this? In fact, Larry Bird himself is very puzzled, but no matter what, in the eyes of outsiders, Zhuang Fei wants to lose, so the Pacers can always win one game this time, and in fact, under the current public opinion, the more Zhuang Fei and his team are considered to be released, the greater the pressure on the Pacers.

This is inevitable, if you can't win like this, then it will really become a laughing stock or really embarrassing, and it is under such pressure that the third game of the Boston Celtics and the Pacers played the worst game of the series, the Boston Celtics played a chaotic game because they were not able to have a regular organizer, and these young players of the Pacers were under too much psychological pressure and played very badly, in this case, the game ended up in the crazy mistakes and iron of the two teams, The Boston Celtics defeated the Pacers 78-70 on the road, and the Pacers still failed to win the game

"Zhuang, you better go all out in the next game, I know you don't want to embarrass me, but if you do this, my team is almost collapsing now"

After the game between the Boston Celtics and the Pacers, Zhuang Fei received an invitation from his good friend Larry Bird, and Zhuang Fei was grabbed by Larry Bird as soon as he arrived at Larry Bird's house, and then the general manager of the Pacers directly split his head and covered his face with a crying and sad face, and Zhuang Fei could only smile bitterly at this time, of course he knew the recent public opinion in the media, and now Boston has become a team that can't lose if you want to, and the Pacers are a team that others let him win, and he can't win.

Although both teams are very controversial now, there is no doubt that the Pacers are now discredited by Zhuang Fei's debugging lineup, and some people have even said that this team is the weakest playoff team in NBA history, although the Boston Celtics are strong, but it doesn't mean that their full bench players are stronger than a playoff team, right? In this case, these people naturally think that it is not that the Celtics bench is too strong, but that these Pacers are too weak. If in the past, these media were happy to be loyal to the so-called strongest team, but there was no unified result in the selection, but this time the weakest playoff team can be unified.

Of course, for Zhuang Fei, he didn't want to cause this result, so after being begged by Larry Bird, Zhuang Fei did not hesitate to agree to the Pacers general manager's suggestion, for Zhuang Fei, the Pacers are a very good team to adjust the lineup, and for the Celtics, it can only be adjusted in the first round, and in fact, the first two games also gave Zhuang Fei something, such as James Posey is more suitable for playing the sixth man than Jackson, of course, this conclusion still needs time to testBut now, it seems that there is no chance to test, which is also a pity for Zhuang Fei.

Although Zhuang Fei regretted losing an opportunity to debug the lineup, Zhuang Fei did not plan to continue to debug his substitute players in the fourth game.

In 2004, on April 24, the fourth game of the Boston Celtics and the Pacers, the Pacers, who were almost tortured by Zhuang Fei and the Celtics in the first three games, did not have any resistance at all, and Zhuang Fei could clearly feel that this team was relieved after seeing Zhuang Fei send all the main forces, which also made Zhuang Fei a little surprised.

Obviously, the psychological quality of this team is already low, and at this time, Zhuang Fei recalled what Larry Bird said last year, this team did not let him see the hope of success in the future, it is clear that Larry Bird's vision is right, Joe Johnson is difficult to inherit the mantle of Miller Sr., he is not a core player with a championship temperament. And when he thought of this, Zhuang Fei could also understand why Larry Bird wanted to trade Joe Johnson for Wade last night. It's just that for Zhuang Fei, although Joe Johnson is from Wake Forest, Wade's value is obviously greater. (To be continued.) )