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December 25, 2001, North Shore Garden Arena, Boston

This is the first time this season has seen such a scene in North Shore Gardens, and it is also the first time in the last decade that North Shore Gardens has seen this scene, all Boston Celtics fans have all put on the team's green cheering jackets, and then all wear a white vest on the outside of the jacket, with a row of English words written in the center of the front of the vest.

BEAT. L.A

This is the first time in more than a decade that the Boston Celtics have all switched to this outfit, and the last time it was seen in the North Shore Gardens was during the time of Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.

After the Magic's retirement, the Boston Celtics haven't been so happy this season, and never have they been so close to the Los Angeles Lakers this season, and the two teams are on the same page again.

Now the grandstand of the North Shore Garden is a sea of green and white, and the water in the ocean is already boiling, and this evening is destined to make a very memorable impression on everyone. For example, Zhuang Fei.

When Zhuang Fei ended his side training in the locker room and took the Boston Celtics players out of the locker room, he was frightened by the current scene, although the expectations and support of Boston Celtics fans for the team have been rising recently, but he is also the first time to encounter such a scene in the North Shore Garden, today's North Shore Garden is not worse than the previous Timberwolves target center, at least not inferior to the target center.

This is really a new experience for Zhuang Fei. Zhuang Fei also knows about the relationship between the Lakers and the Boston Celtics, and there is only one such relationship in the whole league, but to Zhuang Fei's surprise, the resentment that this team has been holding back for more than ten years actually chose to break out in this game.

"Da Yao, don't be nervous, remember what I said to you in the locker room, just treat this game as if it were an ordinary regular season. Besides, these people are here to support us" When Zhuang Fei walked out of the passage and came to the team's bench, he saw Yao Ming's legs trembling, in fact, Zhuang Fei has always been very relieved about Yao Ming. This is a perfect player who rarely causes problems for the coach, and he is very good in all aspects, but he didn't expect this to happen in this game. Under Zhuang Fei's gaze, Yao Ming also nodded with a red face, and then made a deep breath.

"Coach, I know, I will shoot the ball well" Yao Ming also calmed down his mood a little and nodded, and then looked at the big fat man on the side, but he was thinking back to what the coach said to him in the locker room, this big fat man with the title of the league's No. 1 center is his opponent tonight, and he is also the opponent that the coach said he will be in the future? When Yao Ming thought of this, his eyes also radiated an extremely warm light, and at the same time, the tension in his heart was much less.

Seeing that Yao Ming was a little uncomfortable, Zhuang Fei also looked at the other Boston Celtics players. Let's see if there are players who are the same as Yao Ming, but what makes Zhuang Fei more happy is that Boston's players begging him are not in such a situation, Jackson and Xiao Ao have already experienced these scenes in the Timberwolves, and James Posey and Arenas are both mixed people, and the crazier the environment, the more they can make them crazy. And Maddy has experienced too much in the past two years with the Boston Celtics, because the previous two years were very poor, and there were many cases of being cheered by the fans at home, which has allowed him to handle some things on the sidelines of the court very well.

Today is a nostalgic game for Boston Celtics fans, who can reminisce about their past glory and, of course, for Zhuang Fei, it is also a nostalgic game. Today, Zhuang Fei will re-encounter his strongest opponent in the past few years, and perhaps the strongest opponent in the next few years. …,

"Hello, Phil, welcome to Boston" Zhuang Fei said with a smile in front of the Lakers' bench and the Laker coach in front of him, from now on, it seems that the look of this famous coach is quite normal, Zhuang Fei did not see the arrogance or madness of the time when he met him before from the face of this famous handsome, everything looks calm, which makes Zhuang Fei's vigilance even heavier, and he personally really hopes that Phil Jackson can be arrogant.

"Hello, Zhuang" Phil Jackson naturally didn't know what Zhuang Fei was thinking in his heart, the famous handsome just gently held Zhuang Fei's outstretched right hand and shook it.

The two of them seem to be very normal, but this kind of normality makes Zhuang Fei extremely uncomfortable, recalling when the two fought each other before, when did this happen? Now that he has returned to normal, he is a little uncomfortable, and when he thought of this, Zhuang Fei also shook his head helplessly.

"Phil, I hope we can give a great game tonight to the TV audience across the United States," Zhuang Fei said to Phil Jackson with a smile after finally burying some doubts in his heart.

"Yes, it's going to be a great game" When Phil Jackson said this, his eyes lit up, and his face changed somewhat, but soon the famous coach hid these emotions, if Zhuang Fei hadn't been staring at him, it was estimated that he would have missed such a change in Phil Jackson.

"So that's the case" Zhuang Fei thought about it slightly in his heart, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he glanced deeply at Phil Jackson and turned away, and Phil Jackson was a very Lakers player staring at Zhuang Fei's back, and the calm on Phil Jackson's face after seeing Zhuang Fei reincarnate and leave was gone, but there was a ruthlessness.

"I'll let you know how great he is in this game," Phil Jackson muttered, a voice that he could only hear.

"It's been a long time since I've seen a scene like this in the North Shore Gardens, and I remember the last time it was when Larry and Kevin won the 1984 NBA Championship, and I thought I would never see it again in my lifetime, and I thought the blood of the Boston fans was cold. But now it seems that we just haven't found someone who can make them boil, and now we have finally found it" Danny Angie, who was in the North Shore Garden media commentary box, looked back at the surrounding fan stands and looked at the Chinese in front of the Boston Celtics bench again, the former Boston Celtics legendary point guard's voice trembling at this time. It's clear that the ABC commentator's mood is a little abnormal. And the legendary Boston guard is clearly talking about the 84 win over the Lakers.

"Yes, I remember that every time I came here, I would be met with the biggest boo, and although the atmosphere today has replicated the scene of 18 years ago, there is no one who can cause the biggest boos in this scene," Magic Johnson on the side also said to Danny Angie with a somewhat evocative smile. At this time, the greatest point guard in the league had a look of pride on his face. In the face of Danny Angel's slightly defiant words, Magic Johnson did not show weakness, although he lost in '84. But most of the time they are the bitter masters of Boston, and he is also Boston's worst enemy.

It was always an honor for him to be able to make the whole Boston boo, and at this time, the corners of Danny Angie's mouth twitched unnaturally when he heard the words of the magician. I wanted to refute something, but I couldn't find any words to refute my old rival. For a moment, the deputy general manager of the Boston Celtics fell silent again. …,

"Anyway, I'm sure it's going to be a game that makes everyone boil, and all the classic games start like this, just like your previous classics" Seeing the 'open and secret fight' of the two big-name guests next to him, Michaels, the ABC commentator sitting in the middle, was smiling and playing the round, originally this year, ABC TV was going to invite Larry Bird to come, so that Larry Bird and Magic Johnson partnered, but then I thought of Larry Bird's ' The station retreated, even though Larry Bird and the Magician were good friends. But who knows what will happen in this kind of scenario, although it can also raise the attention but this Christmas night is still dominated by 'harmony', if the Lakers and Celtics can reach the Finals, then it is not too late to bring in Bird and Magic, but for now. Although it is not the Magic but Danny Ange, it is also difficult to deal with, and the task will be very heavy tonight, Michaels thought with some sighs in his heart, this kind of alliance feud is only special to this pair, and this feud only belongs to the Lakers and Celtics.

"Elwin. Danny, what do you think is the key to this game, which team has a better chance of winning this game in terms of the current situation of the two teams" Looking at the two guests who had calmed down a little, Michaels also began today's official commentary work, and at this time, the TV camera also swept over.

"The key to this game is Shaq, if the Lakers want to win, they must play a good triangle offense with Shaq as the core, and the Celtics must contain the core of the Lakers' triangle offense if they want to win, and it is also Shaq, just like Coach Z did in the Timberwolves last season, they successfully strangled Shaq in the last two games through the efforts of Wang Zhizhi, Garnett, and Jermaine O'Neal, so the Lakers' triangle offense was in a completely paralyzed situation in those two games, and the game ended in a fiasco" Magic Johnson said with a cold face, At this time, the eyes of the league's all-time No. 1 point guard became calm.

"It's just that we all know that the three big men of the Timberwolves last season are not replicable, and now there is no Garnett and Wang Zhizhi in Boston, although Yao Ming is also a Chinese insider, but he is now too different from Wang Zhizhi in the playoffs last season, and the Wang Zhizhi who played the Lakers in the playoffs last season is historical and cannot be replicated, so even if Coach Z knows that defending Shaq is the key to the game, he will not spend his main energy on defending Shaq, Because with Coach Z's ability, he must know that the current Celtics can't prevent it at all. ”

"Therefore, there is only one goal of Coach Z in this game, that is, offense, continuous offense, since the defense can't be prevented, use offense to make up for it, but the current Boston Celtics are not the former Timberwolves, the two teams are too far apart on the offensive end, and even in the former Timberwolves, when they are purely offensive with the Lakers, they are four or six, not to mention the current Boston Celtics?"

"So, this game Los Angeles will beat the Boston Celtics, this is the most reasonable result and the most normal result" When Magic Johnson finished saying these words, Danny Angie and Michaels on the side were directly speechless, because the Lakers legend had basically said everything they wanted to say.

"But, in theory, but, you know, Boston has a litmus test that can make everything theoretically reasonable out of all that is reasonable" Finally, when Danny Angie and Michaels were a little stunned, the magic death, who was still serious, smiled and said something that made him shake his head and smile bitterly.

"Yes, anything is possible when he stands there" Danny Angie also smiled and nodded, and the uneasiness in his heart was also reduced a lot, but he was still a little worried. …,

"Since you all think that Coach Z will attack the Lakers with offense in this game, then, who do you think the Boston Celtics will focus on in this game" Michaels looked at the two guests next to him and continued to ask, in fact, the offensive points of the Boston Celtics this year are too scattered, originally everyone thought that after Anthony Walker left, this team should be Maddy's main offense, but this season, the small forward is directly averaging more than five points per game compared to last season, this guy played assists. In fact, it is not a bad thing for a team to scatter offensive points, such as the former Timberwolves, but the Timberwolves' several points are supported by a tactical system, and the Boston Celtics, who are mainly based on individual ability, can't do this, especially in the face of the Lakers. Otherwise, this team will mess up before the Lakers are defeated, and the current strength of the Lakers will not give Boston too many opportunities to make mistakes.

However, to Michaels' surprise, when he asked this seemingly difficult question, the two guests next to him seemed to be completely unthinking, and they both said a name almost at the same time.

Hey?! Yao? That Chinese insider?!

Yao Ming and O'Neill?! How is this possible? (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )