Chapter 735: The Big Deal at the Whistle
In the NBA, many times the strength and weakness of a team may be just a thought, a team regardless of their head coach's strength, ability, the real basis for determining a team's future is the player, and when the player has problems, then the team will be wasted, whether it is the previous Lakers or the current Kings, of course, for the NBA, such a relationship between players may also be a part of the NBA, but also another charm of the NBA, After all, if some players are like the Spurs' GDP combination in history, it is really not interesting.
The Kings are in chaos right now, and the Boston Celtics are taking advantage of the turmoil of this team to go to the Northwest after defeating this team, and the Boston Celtics will face the SuperSonics and the Trail Blazers back-to-back on February 21 and February 22, although these two teams are far inferior to the Kings last season, but this season these two teams are all top teams in the Northwest, one is sixth in the West and the other is seventh in the West, It can be said that the threat posed by these two teams to the Boston Celtics is far above the Kings, and the actual situation is also the case, when Zhuang Fei brought the Boston Celtics to Seattle on February 21, this game against the SuperSonics also almost made the Celtics fall in the sand.
This game against the SuperSonics is the third stop of the Boston Celtics road trip, and the team's two leading players, Ray Allen and Lewis, are also two players that Zhuang Fei is very familiar with, and Ray Allen is Zhuang Fei's disciple of the American team. Lewis is Zhuang Fei's disciple of the Timberwolves, and these two people are also a rare combination this season who can all contribute more than 20 points per game, it can be said that the ability of these two people on the offensive end is absolutely top, of course, the top here is only for most other NBA teams, and for a small number of NBA teams, this team's offense can only be said to be first-class. It's still far from the top.
Of course, the current Celtics are naturally one of these few teams. That's why the Boston Celtics have a lot of options when they face this team right now. After all, although these two are very powerful, especially the blocking and dismantling played by these two people, it is just that these two outside players have the shortcomings of most outside shooters, such as defense, and when the team's defense can't keep up with the intensity of their offense, then they can only suppress the opponent's offense if they want to win.
In this case, the first way for the Boston Celtics is to directly fight against this team, with the current strength of the Boston Celtics, if the two teams really hit each other in the end, then the team's chances of winning are not great. For the Celtics, after all. In terms of supersonic offense, let alone the Lakers or Timberwolves at their peak, even the current contradictory Kings are not as good, so Zhuang Fei didn't have too much to worry about in this game, but in fact, the process of this game was completely different from what Zhuang Fei envisioned.
This game is an away game for the Boston Celtics, for an away team, it is not a wise thing to attack the home team at the beginning, so the strategy adopted by Zhuang Fei in this game is defense, and the defense is to limit this team is also to use defense to play the state of their team, and then switch the state, but what makes Zhuang Fei a little speechless is that basically the Celtics' defense in this game is almost all in place, but the two protagonists of the supersonic in this game are too accurate today.
In this case, the two teams played until the last moment to separate the winners, and the final score of this game was also a suffocating 92-91, Ray Allen failed to kill three points, and the Boston Celtics also won a game again, of course, for the Celtics, this game is the main force to play no matter why the other party can not be forced to be so miserable, but the same, on the second day, that is, the Boston Celtics away back-to-back games, The Boston Celtics had a huge sniper against the Trail Blazers on the road.
The performance of the Trail Blazers this season is very good, or not just this season, the performance of this team was very good last season, in fact, for Zhuang Fei, the Trail Blazers have always been a very special team, not only that this team is Paul Allen's team, nor is it just that Zhuang Fei almost became the head coach of this team, but because since Zhuang Fei entered the NBA, this team is the first team that makes Zhuang Fei feel that this is a team that plays with a strong integrity. Because of the trailblazers in the previous Rasheed Wallace and Sabonis eras, although the trailblazer finally disintegrated due to infighting, the integrity of that team still makes Zhuang Fei always remember.
In fact, the most important value of Zhuang Fei in the Celtics is the integrity of a team, of course, the current Portland Trail Blazers and the previous team are naturally impossible to compare, although this team is also beginning to be competitive in the West, although this Trail Blazers have grown up, although the black and white duo of this team Gasol and Randolph is already very good, although this team also has players like alien Kassel and all-round forward Jamison, But there is no way to compare this team with the Trail Blazers at their peak, and because the Boston Celtics have two interior combinations, Yao Ming and Xiao Ao, Zhuang Fei is not afraid of this team many times, and the actual situation is that the Boston Celtics are still a relatively small nemesis team of this team.
Therefore, it is precisely because of this that many people did not think that the Trail Blazers could hold their home court before this game, but the result of this game in the end was a bit amazing. The final score of this game was 100-94, the Boston Celtics lost to the Portland Trail Blazers on the road, and the reason why the Boston Celtics lost this game was because of the team's two interior lines, in the past, the Boston Celtics' two interior lines were able to control the Trail Blazers' two interior lines, especially when Randolph had not grown up. At that time, Gasol singled out the Celtics, and the two interior lines could almost be said to be abused.
It's just in this game that the Trail Blazers also showed Zhuang Fei the reason why they have made such progress this season, that is, Randolph's low-post offense is getting better and better, and it is precisely because of this excellent low-post offense that the team's inside and outside are more and more balanced.
Of course, for Zhuang Fei, the defeat of this game is not a very unexpected thing, this is a back-to-back away games for the Boston Celtics, in this case, the feeling of the Boston Celtics team at this time can only be said to be average. And it is also because of this general feel that many times the Celtics need to focus on the inside line like the previous game, and in fact, the Celtics' strategy is also completely in line with the style of the Trail Blazers.
And in the end, this team almost graduated Xiao Ao, especially the killing caused by Randolph to Xiao Ao. For this game, Randolph can cause damage to Xiao Ao, and the same Yao Ming and Xiao Ao can also kill the two of the Trail Blazers, in this case, it depends on who can take the initiative on the inside line of the two teams, and in fact, the Trail Blazers who are fighting at home in this game are taking the initiative.
The Boston Celtics lost this game, which was also the team's first defeat after the All-Star Game, and it was because of this defeat that the team's current record has become 53-8, which has long been the first in the league.
The post-All-Star schedule is a tiny devil's schedule for the Boston Celtics, and the 3-1 record at the start of this devil's schedule doesn't feel too bad.
It's just that for the Boston Celtics, maybe this team has been playing more smoothly on the road than at home, because there is already a team waiting for them at this time.
On February 25, 2004, the Boston Celtics returned to their home court to face the Eastern weak Bucks, although this team this year after getting Milicic is to give people hope for the team, but it is obvious that this is just hope, as far as Milicic is currently averaging 13+7 data per game, it takes time for him to be alone, at least in the last two years, it is not easy for the Bucks' star player to become a star, so in this season, for most people, All the Bucks need to do now is smartly take the bottom spot, then stock up on a lot of talent, and finally after everyone grows up, the team becomes a powerhouse. And this is the model that most teams in the NBA want to rise.
Of course, the Boston Celtics return to recover the opponent naturally cannot be the Bucks, but the Grizzlies, who are currently the second in the East, because in the future on February 27 and February 28, the Boston Celtics and the Grizzlies have two games, and these two games are back-to-back with each other, and these two games are also things that can affect the ranking of the entire league, if the Celtics lose all these two games, then he will give up the first place in the league, of course, as far as the current NBA is concerned, It's not without teams that want the Celtics to lose two games in a row, but it's clear that the Grizzlies aren't that kind of team right now.
In the end, the results of the two games were relatively successful, with the Boston Celtics beating the Grizzlies 110-101 at home on Feb. 27, and the Grizzlies beating the Celtics 89-80 at home a day later. And one win and one defeat in these two games also makes Zhuang Fei still lead the league with 55 wins and 9 losses.
It's just that at this time, the league also completed a one-to-one deal. The Hornets' leading player, Byron Davis, has gone to the Kings. (To be continued.) )