The game didn't go beyond expectations, and the Celtics, who have the Big Three, won completely crushing against the Bulls, which was even bigger than the Bulls vs. Mavericks.

The final score was 122-98, and the Celtics Big Three all had excellent performances, with Garnett chipped 25 points, 15 boards, 7 assists and 5 blocks to play a dominant all-round performance; Pierce also scored 23 points plus 5 boards and 3 assists, and Gu Fei's most eager opponent "Junzi Lei" also cut 20 points and 5 assists, the best performance of the Bulls in this game was the explosive Thomas, who overwhelmed the Celtics' interior line in the time he came off the bench, scoring 25 points plus 9 rebounds, Gordon did not perform well in this game, although he also scored 21 points, but he used nearly 30 shots, a total of 28 shots only hit 8, plus free throws to score 5 points, Three of Garnett's five blocks were given away by Gordon.

As soon as this game ended, the Bulls had a total of 18 games, with a record of 8 wins and 10 losses, which is not too bad a record, but plus the game against the Hawks Gu Fei was injured, in the last 6 games, the Bulls have only won the second time against the Bobcats, with a record of five losses and one win.

This situation made Scott miss Gu Fei even more, remembering Gu Fei's accurate three-point and beautiful running, but when he tried to persuade the team manager again, it was still in vain, because Paxson's thoughts were completely opposite to his.

"Because of this, we should expect the trading market to open as soon as possible, trade Gu out for an instant combat power, improve our strength, and let us impact the playoffs, instead of raising a person who doesn't know the future and use him to bet on our future."

This is what Paxson said to Scott when he went to persuade Paxson again, and when he heard such words, he was also dead, knowing that Paxson was determined to trade Gu Fei, he also gave up the idea of continuing to persuade.

When Scott left Paxson's office, Paxson picked up the phone on the table, and after a while, the voice of a man familiar to many longtime fans appeared on the other end of the phone.

"I'm Larry Bird, who are you?"

"Hi Larry, I'm John Paxson!"

Yes, Paxson called NBA legend Larry "Big Bird" Bird, then general manager of the Indiana Pacers.

To say Larry Bird I think so fans know this guy, he, along with Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson, was the leader of the NBA in the 80s and is considered one of the best players in NBA history. He spent all of his 12-year professional career with the Boston Celtics at the small forward or power forward positions.

His accomplishments as a player are unmatched by many, including being inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, a member of the NBA Hall of Fame (1998), a member of the NBA 50 All-Time Stars (1996), a three-time NBA Championship champion (1981, 1984, 1986), a two-time NBA Finals MVP (1984, 1986), a three-time NBA regular season MVP (1984-1986), and a nine-time NBA First Team (1980-1988). ), 1-time NBA Second Team (1990), 3-time NBA Defensive Second Team, (1982-84) NBA Rookie of the Year (1980), 3-time NBA Three-Point Contest champion (1986-88), 12-time All-Star (1980-1988, 1990-1992), 1-time NBA All-Star Game MVP (1982), 1-time Olympic Basketball Champion (1992).

His accolades as a player are well known, but he is not so familiar with him as a coach and the management of the team, and he has led the team to great success in his short three-year tenure as a manager. In the first season, the Pacers used Reggie Miller as the main scoring machine, achieved the best regular season record in team history with 58 wins and 24 losses, and went all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals, and finally lost to the defending champion Chicago Bulls led by Jordan 3-4 in seven sets. Bird himself won the NBA Coach of the Year award. In the '98-99 season, the Pacers reached the Eastern Conference Finals again, this time losing to the New York Knicks. In the 99-2000 season, Bird led the Pacers to make a comeback, and finally defeated the Knicks in 6 games in the Eastern Conference Finals, avenging the revenge. Although they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers led by OK in the Finals, the huge changes that Bird brought to the Pacers are obvious to all.

After losing in the Finals, Bird resigned as head coach, and after a three-year break, Bird returned as the president of the Pacers' basketball division. And he fired the team's head coach Isaiah at the beginning of his tenure. Thomas, and his assistant Rick Murphy when he was head coach of the Pacers. Carlisle took his place.

Paxson called Larry Bird at this point, needless to say, he had a crush on a certain player for the Pacers.

"Paxson, haha it's you, are you going to treat me to coffee? You've never called me! Bird's words are obviously telling Paxson that we don't have any friendship, so don't have a relationship, and say anything directly.

Paxson's face didn't blush when he heard this, "Haha, do you know our team's Gu? ”

Paxson snorted and didn't talk nonsense, he cut to the topic and released Gu Fei.

"The marksman? I know him, he looks like he's hurt, isn't he? ”

"Yes, he defended too hard in the game a few days ago and got injured without taking it." Paxson is now trying his best to boast about Gu Fei, since it is a transaction, everyone will say that their goods are the best, and this is done in order to have capital in the later negotiations!

"Oh, how's he recovering?" Bird, who has been in the NBA for decades, has obviously heard what Paxson meant, but he won't open it first, and it's not him asking for a trade anyway.

"The doctor said that there is nothing wrong with him, and he will recover soon, and he is currently in good condition, and he will be discharged from the hospital and go home to recuperate immediately."

"Oh, then I hope he recovers soon." Bird continued to go around with Paxson, and he was sure that Paxson would definitely bring it up first.

"Then what do you think of Gu?" As Bird expected, Paxson couldn't wait.

"That's good! is an excellent shooter. Although Bird didn't want to say anything to praise Gu Fei, Gu Fei's status as a marksman could not be erased by everyone, including those who had been hacking him, and they had to admit that there are not many people in the league who can surpass Gu Fei in terms of three-point shooting.

"And are you interested in him?" Paxson finally asked.

"What do you mean?" Bird is still pretending to be confused!

'We're a bit crowded at the back and it's going to drop us even further to have a patient in the squad now, so we want to trade him.'

"Your guard line is crowded, so you mean to change an inside lineman?" Bird understood what Paxson meant, and didn't bother with him anymore.

"Yes, we need an interior player who can attack." Paxson also directly put his thoughts on the table.

"And who do you like on our team?"

"Jermaine O'Neal", Paxson reported who he wanted.

"What? How can it be? You trade a rookie for an All-Star insider. ”

"Larry, you have to be excited, of course I can't just trade Gu for Jermaine." Hearing Bird's suddenly high-pitched voice, Paxson hurriedly explained.

"And what can you come up with in exchange?" Bird's tone was a little disdainful, apparently indicating that he didn't like the Bulls' players.

"We can trade Gu plus Noah, plus Dujon for Jermaine and Travis Deiana," Paxson offered his own plan.

"NO, NO, NO, SUCH A PLAN IS INSINCERE, CHRIS DUJON AND DIANA ARE ROUGHLY EQUAL, ARE YOU GOING TO TRADE NOAH AND GU FOR JERMAINE?"

"Bird, you know, both Gu and Noah have a lot of potential, they will definitely become All-Stars in the future, and Jermaine's form has slipped a bit because of the injury."

Bird fell silent after listening to Paxson's words, he knew that Paxson was not talking nonsense, he saw the state of the three, and the reason why he began to act so excited was just for the greater good, he knew that this was definitely not Paxson's bottom line, at least he could add draft picks.