When night falls over the North Shore Gardens, overlooking the square outside the North Shore Garden Arena that is still lit up from the night sky, you can clearly see the dense crowd squirming towards the North Shore Garden Plaza, most of the fans are wearing the green cheering jerseys of the Celtics home stadium, and the green jerseys of these fans are wearing a white shirt, these are the team playoff suits that the Celtics club began to send to fans a few days ago, And Boston Celtics fans wearing this suit will fill the entire North Shore Garden Plaza today.

As the Boston Celtics fans entered the stadium one by one, the stands of the North Shore Garden were slowly lively and crowded, and as these Boston Celtics fans found their positions, it was only after a while that the players on both sides were ready to play, and as the home team of this game, the Boston Celtics players and coaches were naturally the finale.

This is the second playoff game for the Boston Celtics after eight years, and these fans have been waiting for this playoffs for a long time, and when they saw the Boston Celtics players in the stands in turn, whether it was a fringe bench player like Oku or a finale star like Maddy, they got their warmest cheers.

And when the team's head coach Zhuang Fei came out of the locker room passage, these fans at the scene almost gave the Chinese the biggest cheer, in other teams, the coach is often the first to play, but not the Boston Celtics. The Chinese head coach was the finale of North Shore Garden, just like he did with the Minnesota Timberwolves, and now the Chinese is slowly conquering the North Shore Garden Arena fans.

When Zhuang Fei walked out of the players' tunnel with a smile and waved to the fans around him, the atmosphere of the scene also reached its peak.

At this time, when Zhuang Fei walked to the Boston Celtics bench, the Boston Celtics players were already waiting for Zhuang Fei, and then Zhuang Fei gave a few instructions and then those Celtics players went to the court to warm up.

"Reed, I didn't expect you to come today" When the Celtics players went to the court to warm up, Zhuang Fei saw several figures that he was very familiar with in the row behind the team's bench. At this time, this row of chairs is full of Celtic's veterans and high-level executives, and the middle of these people is naturally the symbol of this team. Cardinal, Reed Auerbach. This old man has rarely come to Celtic's home stadium to watch football recently, after all, this old man's physical condition is not very good now, but what surprised Zhuang Fei was that he came today. In fact, for the cardinals, who have even experienced the eight-year championship, there is no need to come in person for things like this in the first round of the playoffs.

The cardinal's status in the Boston Celtics is very high, when Zhuang Fei first came to the Celtics, the old man was hospitalized, so he has not been seen, until before the Christmas war, Zhuang Fei and the cardinal of the top name were the first time to meet, and then the two quickly became New Year's friends, it can be said that the relationship between the two is extremely good, so Zhuang Fei also called his name, which was specially ordered by the cardinal. In addition to Zhuang Fei, even Bill Russell has to shout 'Mr. Auerbach', which can also be seen that the Celtic legend appreciates Zhuang Fei, and it can be said that the godfather is extremely satisfied with Zhuang Fei's performance in the Celtics this season.

"Haha, I'm afraid that if I don't come this time, I won't be able to come next time. Now that I'm getting old and watching one less game, my biggest wish now is to be able to relive the madness of the North Shore Garden, and I also want to feel the atmosphere that makes me think of it again in the last journey of my life," the cardinal also stood up with Russell's support and said with a smile on Zhuang Fei. …,

Zhuang Fei looked at this old man who was a little old but was doing well and nodded with a smile, he could understand the mood of this old man, the Celtic dynasty was created by him. If it is possible, he also wants to see the end of the Celtic dynasty, from now on, the ending of the Celtic dynasty is the end of the sinking and ending, but this legend does not want such an ending, he hopes that Zhuang Fei can create a new beginning for the Celts like him, a beginning like he did at the beginning, Zhuang Fei's beginning is his most beautiful ending.

"Reed, I will work hard, I will let you see the future of this team" Looking at the old man's encouraging and expectant eyes, Zhuang Fei's heart was also extremely moved, this old man made him admire him very much, at this time Zhuang Fei also had no choice to say this promise, whether it was for the cardinal or Zhuang Fei, this promise was the best result.

"I believe you can do it, I have always believed that you can even do better than me" After getting Zhuang Fei's affirmative answer, the first legend of the Celts also pushed away Russell who was holding him with some excitement, and then held Zhuang Fei's hand and said, while the other Celtic elders on the side looked at Zhuang Fei with some complicated feelings, and they never thought that the person they respected the most would value this Chinese so much.

When Zhuang Fei and the old man's hands were only clasped together, Zhuang Fei felt the weight on his shoulders again

"What a fierce shout" John Lucas listened to the shouts coming from the stands in all directions, the old opponent of the Boston Celtics is also a little heartbroken, the head coach of the Cavaliers once led the Rockets and the Boston Celtics to meet in the finals when he was a player, but was finally defeated by the Boston Celtics led by Larry Bird, this time as an enemy on this stage again also made his mood have some other flavors, he and the Celtics are already things and people, The Celtics aren't Larry Bird's team anymore, and he's no longer representing the Rockets.

"Either way, it's a good opportunity for revenge," the NBA legend thought to himself, looking at the five main players of the Cavaliers who were warming up on the court.

It's been a miracle for him, and at the start of the season when he first joined the Cavaliers, he never imagined that this team would make the playoffs one day. At that time, the team was full of contradictions, the team boss Marion was completely unable to hold the field in the locker room, and the intrigue between the players was even more blatant, this is a team that is about to be disbanded, and even he regretted that he came to this team at one point.

But in the end, all this changed after the team traded in the middle of the season to bring in the 'outdated' superstar Penny Hardaway, who could only play an average of 25 minutes per game and score so many 10 points in the Suns, and after coming to the Cavaliers, he was able to play an average of 36 minutes per game and contribute 16+6+6 data. Although this is far from his peak, with his personality charm and strength, he quickly subdued Miller and Ricky Davis, which made this knight also have a qualitative change. Then it was with this team that they completed an amazing pursuit in the second half of the season, and finally put the team in seventh place.

And in this time, the Cavaliers have even won against all the teams in the league. It can be said that this Lucas and this team bring a lot of confidence, and the Cavaliers are only in seventh place now, but that is more because of the team's failure in the first half of the schedule, so this team has never considered itself a team that is seventh in the East, on the contrary, this team is quite ambitious.

"As long as Anfernee can stay healthy, we can beat any team, including the unbeatable Grizzlies," the Cavaliers head coach thought to himself after glancing at Hardaway's back on the court. …,

The Cavaliers and Celtics players who are warming up on the court now look friendly, especially Caddy, the Celtics' leading player, and Hardaway, the Cavaliers' leading player, are kind of talking and laughing, and Hardaway has always been Maddy's idol. It's also because of Hardaway that the Celtics' dominant player has always regarded the Magic as his favorite team in the NBA.

Being able to play against his idol in the game, especially on a stage like the playoffs, Maddie has been in high spirits in recent days, if the player he wants to surpass most in the NBA is Carter. Then in second place after Carter is this penny. However, at this time, the game has not yet started, so this does not affect the chatter between the two.

It's just that seeing Maddie and Hardaway like this, Zhuang Fei off the field is a little frowned.

"Coach, you should be careful that Tracy took the initiative to apply for a one-on-one affair with Hardaway before the game," Stephen Green, who was on the side, asked with a smile when he saw Zhuang Fei like this.

"Yes, Hardaway is no longer as brave as he used to be, and not as fast as he used to be. The breakthrough is not as sharp as before, but his ball quotient is better than before, and his ability to control the rhythm on the court is now at its peak, and Maddie is just a rookie in the playoffs" Zhuang Fei also sighed after hearing Green's words. Before this game, Maddie deliberately applied to Zhuang Fei, whether it was on the offensive end or on the defensive end, he wanted to directly face Hardaway, although Zhuang Fei was very worried about this application, there was no hesitation, Carter was a knot in Maddy's heart, and Hardaway was the same.

"I hope your performance in this game doesn't disappoint me," Zhuang Fei finally took a deep look at Maddie on the court, and sighed silently in his heart

"Danny, what do you think is the key to this game"

In the media commentary booth at North Shore Gardens, Danny Angie, the guest commentator for the game, was already in place, as was ABC host Michaels.

"The two teams had a meeting not long ago, that game Boston Celtics defeated the Cavaliers, in that game the best Celtics did was to control the rhythm of the game, in that game the Boston Celtics completely raised the speed, the rhythm of the whole game continued to speed up, which made the Cavaliers play a little embarrassed, of course, some were caught off guard" Danny Anji looked at the Chinese on the side of the court and continued: "Coach Z knows very well what this knight is the strongest, He also knows very well how the Boston Celtics want to win this game, and of course, because of the last meeting between the two teams, I think the Cavaliers must know what the key to this game is."

"It can be said that which team can control the general trend and rhythm of the game in this game, then that team can win, the Celtics will either completely bring the game up, or slow down the game completely, but absolutely not fall into the Cavaliers' rhythm that is not fast or slow, and if you fall into that rhythm, even the Grizzlies will lose"

Danny Ainge finally sighed and said, in fact, it is easy to say, but it is not easy to do, the Cavaliers' Andre Miller and Hardaway's ability to control the rhythm is basically the strongest in the league, just like the Grizzlies' Billups also suffered a big loss when he met them, and compared with the Cavaliers, the Celtics' rhythm control ability can only be regarded as average, the main tactics of this team are not to control the rhythm, and the team's Maddie and James Posey are not such players, This naturally makes the Celtics a cut short of the Cavaliers.

Of course, for Danny Anji, this game is actually difficult for the Boston Celtics, and Zhuang Fei is naturally very clear about these things he is worried about.

In the last game, Zhuang Fei played a small lineup and beat the Cavaliers by surprise, and the Celtics were also out of the control of the knights in that game. But this time, it is naturally impossible for the prepared Cavaliers to have the problem of letting the Celtics easily get out of their control as in the last game.

So in this game, Zhuang Fei did not plan to play a tug-of-war with the Cavaliers in terms of rhythm, whether it was fast or slow, this game was not what Zhuang Fei wanted, because whether it was fast or slow, Zhuang Fei's team could decide, this game faced this team with strong control ability, Zhuang Fei's instructions to the Celtics players were 'chaos', since they could not compare control with the other party, then they would directly disrupt the situation, and the more chaotic the better. Only when the game is in chaos will Zhuang Fei and his Boston Celtics have an advantage.

When the referee of this game, Bavita, threw the basketball in his hand into the air, the game also began. The Boston Celtics made the playoffs in 2002. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )