"I really didn't expect them to lose two games in a row, this should be the first time they have lost two games in a row this season."

Early in the morning of March 8, 2003, in the office of the chairman of the Boston Celtics, the head coach of the Boston Celtics Zhuang Fei and assistant coach Green have come, after yesterday's slaughter of the New York Knicks, the Boston Celtics record reached 8 wins, and more importantly, for the Boston Celtics, they also used the victory in the last game to wash away some extremely negative emotions of the Boston Celtics players. It's fair to say that the current situation of the Boston Celtics is back on track. ,!

It's just that when Zhuang Fei and Green came to the office early in the morning and saw the latest newspaper sent by the Celtics staff, Zhuang Fei and Green were startled, the Warwickton Wizards' state has not been very stable in recent times, especially after losing to the Boston Celtics, their main interior axis Stoudemire suffered its first setback in Boston, the young boat line seemed to hit a huge wall, according to many NBA experts, Stoudemire, who has been smooth sailing this season, actually produced a rookie wall after being humiliated by Xiao Ao and Yao Ming in the game with the Boston Celtics.

Obviously, for a rookie, the rookie wall appears in the sprint stage of the regular season at the end of the regular season because of psychological problems, which is definitely what no one wants to see, and what is even more fatal for the Warwickton Wizards is that this interior player is still their indispensable offensive hub, and it is also the inner fulcrum and core that the team focuses on cultivating. For such a player to have a problem, don't be Wizards head coach D'Antoni has no way, even any other NBA head coach is difficult to have too many ways to keep the team stable and competitive, after all, for the Wizards to let Jordan replace Stoudemire to play center is a miracle move, no one will look forward to the 40-year-old Jordan god to play the No. 5 position and those big men on the inside, even if Jordan can endure the fight, it is estimated that it will be difficult to stick to it, in this case, The Wizards are as crippled as they were last season. And with the Wizards system broken, it is not too much of a surprise to lose to the Spurs in the West and the Mavericks in the West in the West.

, "Yes, this is their pen this season's losing streak" But for the current team, it is enough for them to encounter such a schedule" Zhuang Fei also smiled and nodded after hearing Green's emotion, this season the Wizards have been very stable after gathering the lineup and establishing a new system, it can be said that the five teams competing for the first place in this year's regular season this season are extremely stable in terms of results, otherwise it would be impossible to hold on until now, but after this two consecutive defeats, the Wizards' record has become 53-12, This result is no longer threatening compared to the 55-8 Wizards or the 54-8 Grizzlies, and it can be said that the Washington Wizards, who have lost four more games than the Boston Celtics and Vancouver Grizzlies, have withdrawn from the race for the first place in the regular season this year.

"Looks like now they need to find their rhythm again," especially the young interior line on their team," Zhuang Fei also smiled and waved the newspaper in his hand, saying that these newspapers this morning were all focused on the Wizards' abnormal young interior line without exception, which is extremely rare for a rookie, after all, not every rookie can play such an important position in a team competing for a championship in his first season.

"This may be a bit cruel for him" He can't have too much room for mistakes in the Wizards" Stephen Green, who was standing on the side after hearing Zhuang Fei's words, also nodded, everyone knows how strong a rookie is in talent, but it is impossible to perform well all the time, for most rookies, it is inevitable when something goes wrong, and it can be easily forgiven, but in the Wizards, Stoudemire is impossible to enjoy the treatment of an average rookie, and this rookie is placed under a magnifying glass.

"I hope he can find himself as soon as possible" Zhuang Fei also said with a smile, in fact, the current Stoudemire is very similar to Yao Ming in the playoffs last season, but Yao Ming last season has no problems in the regular season, until the playoffs went wrong, it also caught the Boston Celtics a little off guard, and it has also become the target of media criticism, for these media they like this kind of thing, but there is only one legend who won the Finals uP in a rookie season like Magic Johnson, Neither Yao Ming nor Stoudemire is Magic Johnson.

"But even if he can find himself as quickly as possible, I'm afraid the Wizards won't have much hope for the regular season," Green said with a smile at the end, which is very good news for the Boston Celtics. It's just that at this time, Zhuang Fei shook his head a little bitterly after Green finished speaking.

"I've never regarded this season's Wizards as our biggest opponent" This Wizard is much stronger and more stable than the Grizzlies, Spurs and Kings, and these three teams have always been very stable," Zhuang Fei finally sighed and said.

Boston have a good record right now, and the team has been comfortable in the recent sprints, while there are three other teams that are just as comfortable as the Boston Celtics. As the Warwickton Post said not long ago, the Wizards are one of the eight strongest teams in the NBA, but at present, there are only four teams in the NBA in one grade, and these four teams, whether they are the Boston Celtics or the Grizzlies or the Spurs and Kings, are significantly higher than other teams by one or half a grade, in this case, when these four teams step on the accelerator, it is difficult for any team to stop these four teams.

So for the present, even if there are only four teams competing for the first place, the competitive environment has not changed at all, and Zhuang Fei is also very clear about the current situation.

Therefore, although Zhuang Fei was extremely surprised by the news of the collapse of the Wizards, he did not have much sense of happiness like Green.

"In this case, what we need now is to survive the next most difficult sprint race, and there is no need to care about other things" Finally, Zhuang Fei threw the newspaper in his hand on the table and then lay directly on his office chair with his eyes closed, while Green on the side nodded and retreated from Zhuang Fei's office.

For the Boston Celtics, in fact, after entering March, the team has entered a more difficult schedule, some time ago the home and away double game against the Grizzlies is just a prelude, and after the buffer of these three games with the Raptors, Knicks and Rockets, the Boston Celtics will meet a large number of playoff teams such as the Spurs and the Eastern Nets, Pistons, etc., which are currently the first in the West. And it is very unfavorable to the Boston Celtics is that these games are still unusually intensive, it can be said that the period from early March to mid-March is the key to whether the Boston Celtics can stand up, as long as this period passes, the Boston Celtics will be stable. On March 8, 2003, the Boston Celtics faced the Los Angeles Clippers at home back-to-back at home, and the game was generally considered to have no suspense before the game, it can be said that with the current situation of the Boston Celtics and the strength of the Clippers, it is impossible for this team to get out of Boston, and not long ago, the Boston Celtics let Maddie and Yao Ming, Arenas and Xiao Ao and other four rest lineup in Los Angeles in the recent Western tour was also easy to defeat this team.

For this back-to-back game, Zhuang Fei once again discharged the same lineup as the last time he played the Clippers away in Los Angeles, but this game is no longer the four cores of the Boston Celtics, but the three cores of Yao Mingxiao, Ao and Maddy, for the Boston Celtics, it is obvious that the home game with the Spurs on March 10 is the most important, and these three are the absolute weapons against the Spurs, In this case, Zhuang Fei also hopes to keep the three of them in the best physical condition for the game against the Spurs in two days.

It's just that even if Zhuang Fei released a second-team lineup like Haslem Kirilenko and James Posey and Jackson and Arenas in this game, the Los Angeles Alum team did not pose too much threat to the Boston Celtics in the North Shore Garden, and the final result of this game was 108-95, and the Boston Celtics easily defeated the Los Angeles Alum Clippers at home. And in this game, James Posey, who faced the old master, once again played a quasi-triple-double of 22 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 blocks and 3 steals, and as the only strong scoring point of this lineup, Arenas played 45 minutes in this game and scored 44 points. The Boston Celtics continued their winning streak with a three-core hiatus.

The Boston Celtics and Clippers game was not a very interesting game for the league, such a game does not affect the big picture, no one will believe that the Clippers can beat the Boston Celtics, and today the focus of the whole league is on the other team of Los Angeles, today the ninth in the West Los Angeles Lakers host the Minnesota Timberwolves who are fourth in the West, as long as the Lakers win, then they can surpass the Hornets and rise from ninth place in the West to eighth in the West

It can be said that this game has a huge impact on the pattern of the entire league, if the Lakers really hit the eighth place in the West and enter the playoffs, then this is a little difficult for the top four teams in the West, although if you want to enter the Finals, you must beat all the teams in the same region, but there will be no team that wants to touch a team like the Lakers in the first round, and it is precisely the Spurs Kings and the Mavericks and Timberwolves who embarrass the top four in the West. Now that the teams behind the Western Conference playoff zone are the SuperSonics and the Warriors and the Trail Blazers and the Hornets and Lakers, it can be said that any ranking is possible. This means that any team in the top four in the West has a chance to meet the Lakers in the first round.

So for the top four teams in the West, the best situation is that the Lakers are out directly after the regular season, so that the situation in the West will not fluctuate without any fluctuations, so in this game, although the Timberwolves are getting farther and farther away from the third Mavericks, and the supersonic speed is also very far from the fifth, but this team that is basically worry-free about winning or losing is extremely hard working in this game, it is obvious that if the Lakers enter the playoffs, the most likely thing is to directly kill the fifth in the West, which is definitely not what the Timberwolves want to see.

It's just that what makes the Timberwolves a little depressed is that the current Lakers and the Lakers who were bullied at the beginning of the season have a fundamental difference, although this team is still full of contradictions in the team, but it is obvious that the two bigwigs of this team on the court do not plan to tear each other down, in this case, although this team is no longer completely playing the triangle offense dominated by Ao Fat, but this team is still the strongest in the league in terms of the competitiveness of a single player, In such a situation, the team's outburst of combat effectiveness is naturally extremely strong, which is why they can rise up in the West, and this home game with the Timberwolves, the Lakers, who have suffered many disasters this season, taught their old rival Timberwolves a lesson at Staples Arena.

In this game, the Timberwolves, who originally wanted to stop the Lakers, lost 100-115 to the Lakers led by Fat and Kobe Bryant on the road, and the Timberwolves almost did not have any strength to counterattack in this game, especially the Timberwolves' center position and the Chinese center combination like Battle was basically blown up, plus the team's peripheral hand was cold in the away game, and the loss of this game was not surprising, and after defeating the Timberwolves, the Los Angeles Alum Lakers also returned to the top eight in the West.

Now because the Los Angeles Lakers are in the Western Conference playoff team area, the entire top seven teams in the West are in the shadow of the Lakers who are constantly climbing up, and at this time, the Boston Celtics are facing the challenge of the San Antonio Spurs, the first team in the West. (To be continued)

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