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The current NBA is already in the Christmas period, and in the past NBA history, the records of the league's teams at this time can basically determine their position for a season, and at this time, the hottest team in the entire NBA is the Boston Celtics, who are currently winning in a row, in addition to the Grizzlies, who are currently in a winning streak. {}

Of course, for many people, they want their team to be able to move forward quietly without attracting attention, but there are also some people who want their team to be in the spotlight of everyone and let people witness the progress.

"'Except for the Boston Celtics and Coach Z, no other team is on my list, my goal is the championship, so I have to beat Coach Z', Michael, you really dare to say that, our team has been getting better lately, it would be bad if we became the target of public criticism"

Washington, D.C., 18 December 2001.

At the press conference when the Washington Wizards defeated the Atlanta Hawks 113-96 at home, Jordan, who looked crazy, actually shouted the slogan of winning the championship at the press conference. When Jordan shouted this slogan, all the reporters in the audience were dumbfounded, and even the Wizards players and head coach D'Antoni in the locker room watched Jordan's live interview with a stunned expression.

And when Jordan returned to the team's locker room for a completely beautiful TV interview, he was immediately blocked by the team's head coach D'Antoni. The team's record has been excellent since Nash came to the team recently, and now it is 7 wins in the last 8 games, and it is getting closer and closer to the playoff zone, and the team is about to come ashore, and the atmosphere within the team is also very good at the moment. In this case, D'Antoni, who has always taken Zhuang Fei as an example, naturally could not let Jordan say such arrogant words.

"What's this? Mike, don't you think we have what it takes? And lately, Coach Z has been winning constantly. Doesn't that compare us to the bottom? I don't want to lose to him. They won seven out of seven, we won six out of seven, not much worse."

Looking at D'Antoni Jordan, who was depressed, he said indifferently. He didn't know that he was such an old person, how could he still have the heart to fight for this thing, and at this time he really didn't want to lose to Zhuang Fei.

And what makes Jordan feel confident is that the team's current situation is indeed excellent. In fact, at the beginning of this season, Jordan's comeback made the team's original scoring guard Hamilton come to the bench, although the guard will not be anything because Jordan stole his position, but there is no doubt that this guard has some complaints about Jordan in his heart, this year is his contract year, this year he needs a beautiful data to get a big contract, but how can he get any good data while sitting on the bench, so at that time the Wizards were really in a situation of internal and external worries, but now everything is fine. After Nash came, Jordan could go to the No. 3 position, and Jordan didn't dare to go to the No. 3 position before Nash came, and his current physical condition was too much to run to the No. 3 position to play singles offense or defense with people. But when Nash arrived, his offense only had to focus on shooting when he got the chance. There is no need for him to play with the ball, and in this case the great god also appeared in the number three position. And Hamilton has also returned, which makes the current wizard quite harmonious, and the great god is really quite happy in this daily upward environment. It is also because of such a situation that such a thing is said.

Winning the title this season, why not?

Looking at Jordan, whose excitement did not fade in the slightest, McDean Anthony was also a little helpless.

"I don't think even if you say that, no one in the NBA would think we're going to do it," the Wizards' head coach finally consoled himself with some self-deception. …,

"Maybe," Jordan smiled and patted himself on the shoulder when he saw that D'Antoni was looking a little bad.

It's just that even Jordan probably didn't think that his words would cause a huge repercussion in the American basketball world the next day

Zhuang Fei is now on his own road trip, after the last game away win over the Cavaliers, the Boston Celtics have solidified their position in the first place in the East, because in the previous game the Heat, the second place in the East Heat, lost to the 76ers, which makes the current Boston Celtics 21-4 in the lead, while the second-placed Heat is only 21-5, and the third-placed Grizzlies are 19-6. In this situation, Zhuang Fei could clearly feel that his team was a little nervous.

This is also inevitable, this Boston Celtics is a team composed mainly of young players, not to mention that the team boss Maddy is very young, even Xiao Ao and Jackson, who have championship experience, are the first time to encounter such a situation, in the past when the Timberwolves had the Timberwolves Big Three on their heads, they don't need to take on too much pressure, and now in the Boston Celtics, these two are leading big brothers, and they don't have much experience in how to deal with this kind of thing.

Coupled with the crazy reports of those media in the United States at the moment, the mentality of these young players in Boston is also a bit unbalanced.

So recently, Zhuang Fei has been staying with the team in order to reduce the pressure of the team, in the past, Zhuang Fei would not follow the players to eat or play or follow the players to entertain, but fortunately, this approach is still effective, at least these players' mood has calmed down a lot.

The recent game is very important for Zhuang Fei and his Boston Celtics, the current top four teams in the East are coincidentally fighting against each other, it is very likely that a game can open up the gap between two games, and it is also possible that because of a game and a subversive change in the previous rankings, at this time Zhuang Fei naturally does not want the team's state to have too many ups and downs. But the good news is that it's on the right track.

It's just that what happened after that made Zhuang Fei speechless. The frenzied spirit that the team had managed to calm down was also reinvigorated.

On December 19, 2001, the same day as the game against the 76ers, every newspaper in the United States had a single headline in the basketball or sports headlines.

"Jordan challenges Coach Z, this year's NBA championship will be one of Coach Z and Jordan"

When Zhuang Fei saw the newspaper in the morning, he almost threw the newspaper directly on the person next to him, judging from the newspaper, the genius Jordan God was really crazy, a little crazy. Basically, in his words, except for Zhuang Fei and the Boston Celtics. Other powerhouses such as the Lakers, Grizzlies, and Timberwolves are all taken lightly or ignored.

Zhuang Fei didn't care if other people were arrogant or not. He doesn't care what Jordan does himself, but he really doesn't want his team to be involved, and Jordan's current approach is clearly saying that he is very good. This year will compete for the championship, but in fact, it is touting Zhuang Fei and the Boston Celtics, the subtext is 'I'm so bullish, but I'm still afraid of Zhuang Fei and the Celtics', the current Boston Celtics need an environment that can allow the team to grow quietly, and at this time Zhuang Fei's most taboo is that the team has been in the spotlight, and the team is a little impetuous, which makes the Boston Celtics even more impetuous. Zhuang Fei can already imagine that after Jordan's speech, the league will react immediately.

In fact, Zhuang Fei's guess was not bad, after Jordan said this, these good reporters began to seek the opinions of famous commanders everywhere. And what made these reporters even more excited was that they were surprised by the reaction of these celebrities. …,

The Lakers' Phil Jackson said he didn't want to be a non-championship this year, as did the Spurs' Vicky. Plus Jazz's Sloane. The Heat's Pat Riley, and even the Timberwolves' Van Gundy have said for the first time that they want a championship. However, these people mentioned Zhuang Fei and the Celtics, and it was obvious that Jordan's words actually resonated with these people.

Now it's just that Larry Brown and Zhuang Fei, who played this night, didn't speak to Jordan's speech.

"Michael, this is joking to everyone, you all know that we are a young team, we are not the strongest team in the league right now, for me the Grizzlies, Timberwolves, Lakers or the 76ers led by Mr. Larry sitting next to me are better than us, even the Wizards led by Mr. Jordan himself are not losing to us, it is too early to say that the championship is too early"

At the pre-game press conference between the 76ers and the Boston Celtics, Zhuang Fei wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said to the reporters below with a smile, at this time, Zhuang Fei even wondered if the Jordan god was deliberately making trouble for himself and his team by releasing such words, and the god had successfully provoked the infighting between Garnett and Pierce when he was in the Timberwolves before.

Hmph, the next time I meet you, I must make you look good, this is Zhuang Fei is thinking about this somewhat 'natural black' god in his heart. It's just that when he was thinking about Jordan, Larry Brown next to him didn't let him go.

"Yes, the goal of the 76ers this year is also the championship, just like Jordan said, in order to win the championship, you must beat Coach Z, in fact, the history of recent years is to prove that only the team that defeats Coach Z can win the championship, so Mr. Zhuang is our biggest enemy" Larry Brown said with a smile under Zhuang Fei's nose, this sentence is no different from the statements of Jordan's famous coaches.

If you want to win the championship, you need to beat Zhuang Fei, as long as you can beat Coach Z, other teams can ignore it. This directly made Zhuang Fei the target of all the strong teams.

At this time, Zhuang Fei sighed again in his heart, it is estimated that tomorrow the United States will fire him and his team to the sky again, in the past, although the major coaches also wanted to win the championship, but few people actually said their thoughts directly, even in the history of the NBA, there has never been such a situation in any season.

All the famous coaches in the league actually shouted the championship at the same time, and at the same time put a person in the position of their biggest opponent, such a scene is really a bit weird and terrifying.

This is a bloody case triggered by Jordan, and it is also a bloody case that revolves around Zhuang Fei and his Boston Celtics

Of course, Zhuang Fei is a little scratched his head about Jordan's recent remarks, but he has no way back for this game against the 76ers, who must beat them if he wants to keep his first place in the East.

The 76ers are in excellent form, the first two games were to kill the Grizzlies and the Heat, and the team's boss Iverson and Mutombo are maturing together, and even the messages that have been surrounding the team about the feud between the team's head coaches Larry Brown and Iverson have recently disappeared.

It's fair to say that this is a team that is also upward, and the goal of this team is definitely to hope that they can go one step further than last year. So it's definitely a tough thing to do against such an opponent.

In fact, the process of this game is also as difficult as Zhuang Fei thought, the Boston Celtics who played away at the beginning of this game were in a backward position, the Philadelphia 76ers are a very strong defensive team, this team has Mutombo and Ragabel inside and outside respectively, the two top defenders, although Zhuang Fei broke the 76ers' defense last year, but that is not to say that the 76ers' defense is not good, but his Timberwolves' offense is too strong.

But what about the Boston Celtics now? The offense is still unsystematic, and more offense is a bit simple and crude, which is a bit messy against the 76ers.

This game is undoubtedly the messiest game for the Boston Celtics so far this season, and if it weren't for the 76ers' offense, the Boston Celtics would have lost a long time ago.

It was also because the Boston Celtics, led by the second team, Arenas and Kirilenko, were able to hold the score all the time, and even reversed the score after the rotation time before the fourth quarter. The 76ers are actually in average state in this game, they have played the Grizzlies and Heat in the past few consecutive games, which is also a great drain on them, so after this game was counterattacked by the Boston Celtics in the fourth quarter, although they wanted to chase points, they were a little powerless because the feeling was too poor.

The final score of the game was 86-80, with the Boston Celtics beating the 76ers by six points away.