Boston, North Shore Garden Arena, at this time, this holy place for Boston Celtics fans, almost all the Boston Celtics fans on the scene have stood up, and these fans are almost their biggest cheers and shouts to the last season's champion team, and at this time the Boston Celtics players are still desperate in the applause of the fans, and the head coach of this team, the Chinese is still a little expressionless on the side of the court, at this time the situation on the court is not clear, Otherwise, the Boston Celtics fans in the stadium would not be like this, and if it was just a big win or a big loss, North Shore Gardens would not have seen such a scene.

Since losing at home to the Kings on November 9, the Boston Celtics have begun to clean up the team, especially for the team's defensive problems, this team has almost been taken care of in the game against the Kings, for the Boston Celtics, this team has the quality to do anything, that's a fact, but again, for now, it's hard for this team to do everything efficiently.

For example, in the recent period, under the emphasis of Xibodu and Zhuang Fei, this team's defense has done quite well, and it can be said that in the last few games, almost all the opponent's offense has been locked, but in the same recent games, the Boston Celtics' offense has not played very well, and this game is a typical Boston Celtics product after emphasizing defense. The game was almost over, but the score between the two teams on the court had not yet reached 70 points, which was almost unthinkable for the Boston Celtics in the past.

For the Celtics, it is almost impossible to have a game below 90 points, because there are too many players who can score in this team, even if there are one or two players in a game The offensive state is not very good, but it will not affect the overall offense of this team, in this case, the Boston Celtics are almost the best offensive stability team in the league, because such offensive stability means that in any case, this team can score above 90, and there will not be much decline, Always staying above the same level, this kind of offensive stability is almost the label of Zhuang Fei's team, because Zhuang Fei used to be like this when he was in Wake Forest or in the Timberwolves.

When the Timberwolves played run and bomb, the Timberwolves' stability score was much more terrifying than the current Boston Celtics, and it was impossible for the Timberwolves at that time to have a game below 100 points, so many defensive teams at that time could only fail bitterly when facing the Timberwolves, because no matter how strong the defense of those teams was, they could not suppress the Timberwolves' scores below 100, but they themselves were difficult to make achievements in offense because of too much defensive consumption, so they were often the ones who failed in the end, so, This is also the reason why the Timberwolves were able to play a 70+ record in a row, and that team was too difficult to lose, but at this time, the Boston Celtics at this time played a somewhat surprising performance, because this team has now given up the label that Zhuang Fei has always been labeled and began to play pure defensive basketball.

What is pure defensive basketball? It is all about defense, and in a certain situation, even if you sacrifice yourself to score, you can't let the opponent have a chance to score, which is what it means to fight defense with all your strength, in this case. The scoring on the court is quite low, take the last few games, the Boston Celtics last five games, excluding today's game against the Pacers, in the five games before this game, the Boston Celtics did not score more than 90 points in all games, while the opponent's score was all under 85 points, starting with the 87-80 away defeat of the 76ers on November 11, and the Boston Celtics defeated the New York Knicks 85-69 away on November 13, And this game left the New York Knicks scoring less than 70 points per game. It is also the lowest single-game score of the New York Knicks this season, and it is also the lowest single-game score of any team this season, and the New York Knicks scored only 20 points in the first half of this game, which is a new low in the league half.

Similarly, after three quarters of this game, the New York Knicks scored only 39 points, which is still a new low in the league, if it weren't for the garbage time in the fourth quarter, the New York Knicks' bench players were still good, and the Boston Celtics didn't rush to kill, this team is likely to create a jaw-dropping record at home, and the craziest thing about this game for the Boston Celtics is naturally that New York's big man Marbury can't score the basket in the whole game, all of them are projected on the perimeter.

Of course, this Boston Celtics away game with New York is a microcosm of the Boston Celtics' defensive battle in recent games, and then the team defeated the Hornets 81-73 at home or 80-85 away to the Bulls or 90-80 at home to beat the Cavaliers, these games, the Boston Celtics defense did an excellent job. And the same from the Boston Celtics' scoring statistics, this team is sacrificing the team's offense and practicing defense. Especially at this time, when the team has not been able to fully achieve both offense and defense, this team has given priority to defense.

"It's really an unbreakable defensive system, from below the free throw line, the Pacers have no way to score at all, if it weren't for the individual play of Joe Johnson and Reggie Miller in this game, then I doubt that the Pacers can score 60 points in this game, this Boston Celtics is a very defensive team even if they don't attack, and last season, their defense was also very good. However, it is rare to limit the number of points scored by this team to less than 85 points. And now, the team's opponents in the last few games, the highest score is only 85 points, this Boston Celtics have improved the level of defense, it seems that Coach Z is doing a good job, if they can really integrate the defensive system and the offensive system, this team will become the most terrifying team in the NBA"

In the media commentary booth of the North Shore Gardens, as the commentator of today's game, Kenny Smith also wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said. Especially when I saw the Boston Celtics players on the court actually gave up their best peripheral shots in order to defend, and then all went to the basket to kill, the TNT commentator was actually a little puzzled by this team in his heart, even if the Boston Celtics emphasized defense, they didn't need to do this, of course, although they were very puzzled, but he was still amazed by the courage of the defending champion to break his inherent ability to start over, in the history of the NBA, Not many defending champions will do so much to themselves, and one bad thing is likely to be suicidal.

"I think it's quite in line with Coach Z's style, this guy is a typical obsessive-compulsive person, when he finds a point in the team that needs to be strengthened, he will give everything for it, and I'm wondering now, will these Boston Celtics players go on offense after being so devastated by Coach Z for a few games? Maybe that's a fun thing to do, but of course, the Boston Celtics defense is very good, and Coach Z has shown everyone that he can not only make all kinds of offensive systems, but he can also do a lot of things on the defensive system, and the Boston Celtics defense now seems to be doing a great job of protecting the interior, and the last time I saw this level of defense was when the Grizzlies were two years ago, when other teams in the league struggled to score 85 points against the Grizzlies. That team even set a record of scoring under 75 points in four consecutive games, of course, the Boston Celtics are still far from the Grizzlies at this time, but they have done a good job, at least it should be the strongest defense this year"

Unlike Kenny Smith, Barkley wasn't too surprised or incomprehensible about the recent surprise changes in the Boston Celtics.

"Anyway, I really hope that the Boston Celtics' defense can meet the standards of Coach Z, otherwise it is not a good thing for us for Coach Z to continue to play like this, what we expect from Coach Z and the Boston Celtics is not such an iron-blooded defense, but their colorful offense, I hope these Boston Celtics players will not forget their offensive feelings because of recent games" Finally, Kenny Smith also said with a smile after seeing the Pacers' last three-point iron, The final score of this game was the Boston Celtics defeated the Pacers with a score of 75-72 at home, and the Boston Celtics' 75-point score in this game was also a season low, and it was also the lowest score of Zhuang Fei in three seasons since Zhuang Fei came to the Boston Celtics.

This score may be a bit difficult for many fans to accept, but the head coach of the Boston Celtics, Zhuang Fei, and assistant coach Thibodo are quite satisfied.

The Boston Celtics know their shortcomings and know how to make up for them, and now, the results are gratifying, and this team can play with an iron-clad defense if they want to. (To be continued.) )