After the Boston Celtics defeated the Pistons, there are only three regular season games left this season, for the Boston Celtics, the meaning of too many games in the next three games is basically gone, and now the Boston Celtics who are 70-9 have locked up their first position in the league, so for Zhuang Fei, the next three games he just needs to adjust the team's tactics and stimulate the team's state for the playoffs, in this case, The Boston Celtics are now extremely relaxed, and even after Zhuang Fei came back from the NCAA finals, he also accepted several media interviews during this season for the first time, you must know that Zhuang Fei in the past, as long as the team is still in the middle of the season, he rarely accepts the so-called interviews of the media, which can also be seen that the current Boston Celtics are indeed no longer under pressure for the regular season games. Of course, even so, Zhuang Fei didn't want the Boston Celtics players to be distracted by outside things, so Zhuang Fei was the only one who was interviewed like this, and the Boston Celtics players expected by the media did not appear.

April 10, 2003, Boston North Shore Garden Arena, this is the penultimate game of the Boston Celtics this season, the Boston Celtics host the second Kings in the West, the team is currently ranked second in the West, and there is still 1 win away from the Spurs who are the first in the West, in this case, the Kings are not untraceable for the Spurs' first position, but it is more difficult for the Kings, they are not superior to the Spurs in terms of mutual record and division record, so for the Kings, The next three games are all won, and then the Spurs can only win one, they can only succeed in the counterattack, with the current strength of the Spurs, and the opponent, this kind of thing is basically unwilling to happen, so for the Kings, their regular season this season is basically over, and their position in the West is basically stable.

So in this game, the Boston Celtics and the Kings didn't have much strength, and even in this game, Zhuang Fei also discharged the starting inside lineup of Haslem and Kirilenko, and put Prince and James Posey and Arenas on the outside, this lineup except James Posey, the other four players are all substitute lineups, and Zhuang Fei is planning to use these games to see the current state of the team's second team, for these players, when the team needs them, they must be able to play, If the team doesn't need them, they can only sit on the bench, which is also an embarrassing point for NBA bench players, these people must be like microwave ovens, and they can't cool themselves down at any time, and the bench players who can really do this are actually very few in the NBA. It's just that Zhuang Fei is more fortunate that the current Boston Celtics' second team seems to be like this.

Although the Kings said that there was no hope of surpassing the Spurs in this game, this game was of little significance to this team, but this game this team was not as thoroughly rotated as the Boston Celtics, although this team also had rotation, the team's boss Webb did not play, but several other starters existed, but for the Kings, they have a shadow of Zhuang Fei whether it is the main force or the substitute, and there are many such shadows, for this game, After the game started again, Zhuang Fei could clearly feel that the team's morale and belief in winning were not high, and the group of players was a little unexcited about this game.

Compared with the Kings' players, although most of the Boston Celtics players are substitutes, this group of wolf-like substitutes completely drowned the Kings team, and the final score of the Boston Celtics and Kings in this game was 107-100, the Boston Celtics won the Kings by 7 points in this game, and the three core players of the Boston Celtics did not get a trace of playing time in this game, of course, the same is true for Webb on the opposite side, Therefore, this game can actually see some differences between the two teams in other hard conditions. In this game, the Kings and Boston Celtics are playing tightly, and they did not play the team's tactical system in the regular season, and the core teams and tactical cores of the two teams did not play, even if they want to play the tactical system of the regular season, they can't play, in this case, more of the two teams are competing for the hard strength of the players, in this case, before the game, many people saw Zhuang Fei's starting lineup and were a little worried about the Boston Celtics, especially the more than 20,000 Celtics fans on the scene, While they don't mind losing this game, it's better for a team that has just broken the team's regular season record to end the streak with a winning streak.

It's just that under the worries of these Boston Celtics fans, when the game is starting, these people's worries are completely removed, because in this game, even most of these players of the Boston Celtics are on the second team, and the Kings are all the main players except for Webb, in this case, this team is still inseparable from the Kings, and even occupies a certain degree of advantage. It's also a bit surprising in this situation, at least the depth of the Boston Celtics in the lineup is not as simple as imagined.

And the final result of this game is also fully confirmed, even the Boston Celtics players who played in the second team are not bad in terms of strength, otherwise they would not have beaten the Kings 112-103 at home today, and in this game James Posey and Arenas both scored more than 25 points, James Posey scored 26 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, and Arenas scored 34 points alone, In addition to Kirilenko's 16 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks, Zhuang Fei was a little surprised that Barnes, the team's worst rookie this year, scored 15 points on 5-of-6 three-pointers off the bench in this game.

Of course, in addition to Barnes bringing Zhuang Fei a more unexpected joy in this game, this game also allowed Zhuang Fei to confirm that the team's James Posey and Arenas controlled the team's rhythm on the court at the same time, the strength of the Boston Celtics is quite strong, it can be said that James Posey and Arenas are extremely compatible, especially what makes Zhuang Fei happy is that James Posey has a good positioning of his role, This player knows that when he is with Arenas, he knows when he should attack or pass, this player who was the boss of the Clippers two seasons ago, although the Clippers are the belly of a fish, the boss of such a team is not a very convincing honor, but even so, this is a star player who has been selected as an All-Star, and in this case, James Posey can do this step is extremely rare, At least now in the team, whether it's with Maddy in the backcourt or with Arenas, it's no problem at all.

After the Boston Celtics defeated the Kings on their home court, the team's record also became 71-9, and Boston Celtics fans began to expect this team to win the remaining two games one step closer, and also make their team's record the third in NBA history, obviously for the Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Lakers 2000-2001 god-like record this team is not broken, However, the Bulls' record in the 1995-1996 season can be challenged, and the Boston Celtics are currently only two games away from the Bulls' 72-10 record.

The expectations of Boston Celtics fans are very good, but the performance of the Boston Celtics on the second day is a little disappointing, on April 11, 2003, the away back-to-back Boston Celtics encountered the stubborn resistance of the Heat in Miami, the Boston Celtics are now completely wantless to rehearse the tactics, and even this back-to-back game Yao Ming and Maddie and Xiao Ao are directly wearing suits to sit on the sidelines, in this case, The Boston Celtics still continued to start all of their previous games.

In the last game, the Boston Celtics started the game or the bench players performed very well, but in this game, these people did not stabilize, especially in the face of the Heat's Super Twin Towers, this team is a little helpless, in Miami, the Heat's restricted area is simply blocked by the Boston Celtics, and none of the Boston Celtics players can enter the Heat's restricted area, in this case, The Boston Celtics can only shoot on the perimeter in the case of back-to-back games on the road, for many teams, the biggest difficulty of back-to-back is not physical, but unfamiliar with the environment is reflected in the feel, generally speaking, the away game feels relatively cold, and the best way in this case is to play inside.

And the Boston Celtics didn't have much chance to play in this game, and the final score of this game was 85-96 that disappointed the Boston Celtics a little, the Boston Celtics lost to the Heat by 11 points, and the shooting rate of the Boston Celtics team in this game was only less than 40, which is extremely difficult for the Boston Celtics to win.

"Zhuang, thank you in advance for giving the Heat a win, if we meet in the second round, next time you come to Miami, I invite you"

After the game, Miami Heat head coach Pat Riley also found Zhuang Fei with a smile and said, it is obvious that for him Zhuang Fei released water in this game, and now they are fighting with the Nets for the fourth place, in this case, the victory of the Celtic in this game is unexpected.

Now Pat Riley is very excited, and Zhuang Fei is a little bitter smile, he really doesn't have the so-called idea of releasing water in this game, the strategy of these three games is just that he has completely formulated. However, since Pat Riley thinks that the Boston Celtics are released in this game, Zhuang Fei does not have much explanation.

The Boston Celtics' loss in this game means that the team's loss in a single season has reached 10 games again, which means that it is impossible for them to break the Bulls' record of third in the regular season.

So when the Boston Celtics returned to Boston under the leadership of Zhuang Fei, in Zhuang Fei's opinion, these players did not have many other bad emotions except for being a little tired.

On April 15, 2003, at the North Shore Garden Arena in Boston, when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, all the more than 20,000 Boston Celtics fans at the scene had already stood up, and when the Boston Celtics fans came down from the court, the scene once again gave a very neat applause.

This is the last game of the regular season for the Boston Celtics this season, and the opponent is the Wizards led by the former assistant coach of the Boston Celtics Zhuang Fei, McDeant Anthony, the team that is currently ranked third in the East has not been very good in the closing stage, but the team's performance in this game is not as bad as many people think, at least much better than Zhuang Fei expected.

"Mike, it looks like that young man has adjusted," Zhuang Fei said with a smile on his face as he looked at his former assistant coach, and at this time the new coach also shook his head a little bitterly.

"It's too late," D'Antoni said with a final sigh.

After hearing D'Antoni's sigh, Zhuang Fei smiled again, it is obvious that for the Wizards, their goals for this season are very ambitious, and the same is true for D'Antoni, this season is a year for this coach to take off, after this season, the head coach who has won 65 games this season is also officially entered the ranks of NBA coaches, it can be said that this should be a perfect result for D'Antoni, but obviously, the head coach is not very satisfied.

"Maybe you'll do better next" In the end, Zhuang Fei also smiled again and nodded, and after hearing Zhuang Fei's words, D'Antoni also smiled.

The Boston Celtics defeated the Wizards 117-115 with Maddy's last-minute three-point kill, and after this game, the Boston Celtics also ended all regular season games this season.

In the end, the team's record was also locked at 72-10. (To be continued)

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