Chapter 503: Champion Opponent

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Telling Chris to return to England to carry out his orders was a very small thing, at least for the Boston Celtics to prepare for the new season.

After handing over the matter to Chris, Zhuang Fei took the Boston Celtics to start a new journey.

In the last game, the Boston Celtics defeated the Nets with difficulty at home, although the Boston Celtics won the game in the end, but there were a lot of problems exposed, for the young Boston Celtics, the biggest problem at present is the integration of the team's second team, although the current starting lineup of this team is also very young, but because of the cooperation of more than a year, the tacit understanding of these five players is also full, And as far as Yao Ming showed in the playoffs last season in the face of the problem of poor performance of small defensive players, the center also handled it very well after a summer of hard work to adapt and change, in the last game with the Nets The Nets used Jefferson to mark him, and finally the center scored 14 points, 8 assists and 10 rebounds under Jefferson's defense The quasi-triple-double data, the center did a great job in the last game, both on the offensive end and in response to teammates, and what made Zhuang Fei even more pleased, Zhuang Fei was also extremely surprised by the center's performance in the face of Jefferson's top-back defense, because the center's shooting this season is more irregular than last season's, and the amplitude of the lean is also greater, and it is obvious that the center intends to use the degree of his upper body to unload the force on his waist. Although this kind of shooting with obvious backwards can solve such a problem very well, Zhuang Fei has always been worried about the shooting percentage. Yao Ming's shooting posture reminded Zhuang Fei of the golden rooster independence of Nowitzki in his previous life, and the trend is becoming more and more obvious. Nowitzki is estimated to have also suffered from the lack of strength in the upper body.

But no matter what, the big man in China still found a way to continue to grow, although this road seems extremely difficult, since the big man himself didn't feel it, then Zhuang Fei will not stop it.

And it is this change of Yao Ming that makes the current starting lineup of the Boston Celtics extremely stable. Now for Zhuang Fei, the only thing he needs to do is to integrate the team's second team, and then give full play to the strength of all the players in the team.

As for bringing out the best in the team, Maddie, the team's boss, is a major part, and the small forward struggled like Yao Ming in the playoffs last season. In last season's playoffs, the opponents of the Celtics' small forward were Hardaway, Jordan and Carter, these three can be said to be the demons in his heart, in this case, the small forward's performance is naturally not too good, especially in the division finals and Carter's direct dialogue is extremely embarrassing for the small forward, this player who is ready to break through the A level to reach the A+ level has been stuck at the A-level threshold and hesitates about his future path, It wasn't until the sixth game between the two teams that the small forward woke up and broke through the shackles that had been suppressing himself and became another A+ player in the league, and what made Zhuang Fei even more relieved was that the small forward did not choose the killing path represented by Iverson or the royal road represented by Garnett, but embarked on the same path as Carter and Duncan or Jordan before. The player ultimately chose to keep himself in Carter's footsteps. Obviously, those six matchups made him understand what kind of path he should take.

After this summer of hard training, the Celtics boss is obviously very different from last season in temperament, Zhuang Fei can also see that the small forward's basketball understanding has changed, which has grown with the growth of strength, and now for Maddie, what he needs most is to consolidate his understanding of basketball through games.

According to Zhuang Fei's thinking, the training method of the Celtics this season is to train with games, whether it is to make Yao Ming more comfortable with his new shooting method or Maddie to adapt to his new understanding of basketball, or to let Arenas integrate all the new second team. Zhuang Fei hopes to complete these tasks in the competition.

So after defeating the Nets at home on October 5, Zhuang Fei took his team to visit the Cavaliers on October 8, this team is currently leaderless, the team's boss Hardaway is reimbursed for the season, and his career is also worrying, and now it can be said that it has reached the most critical time for this team, and at this time Zhuang Fei and his Celtics easily won a victory here.

After defeating the Cavaliers away on October 8th, Zhuang Fei led the team to challenge the Nets on October 9th back-to-back away games, this second meeting with the Nets this season Zhuang Fei felt that the Nets were different from a few days ago, just 4 days have passed, the overall cooperation of this team has changed a lot compared to four days ago, Mutombo also seems to have been integrated into it, in this change the Boston Celtics are not as good as them, but although this team is stronger than before, But the winner of this game was the Boston Celtics, who eventually defeated the Nets 110-106 on the road, and the Boston Celtics were much more serious than the previous game.

After ending two consecutive away games, Zhuang Fei returned to his home court and defeated the Magic, Pistons and 76ers one after another, and it can be said that he won six consecutive preseason games in one fell swoop.

If Zhuang Fei and his opponents in the first six games of the Boston Celtics preseason were a little lacking in strength, then when the next two strong teams, beating the Wizards at home and beating the Pacers away, won eight consecutive preseason games in one fell swoop, all the media in the United States really looked at this team again.

In fact, after the Grizzlies won the championship last season, the eyes of the whole United States were basically on the defending champion, coupled with David Stern's god-making offensive, so now the Grizzlies are the focus of everyone. What's even more speechless is that in this focus, the team has also won all of their pre-season games so far this season, and although they have only won six games, it still makes people feel that this team is in good form at the moment.

In this case, it is inevitable for the new season. So for now, this team is also the biggest favorite to win the championship this season, the current Grizzlies are only 1 to 2 to win the championship, and after a streak of wins, the Boston Celtics are only 1 to 10, and the Boston Celtics are only 1 to 20 when the preseason has not yet started, which is much lower than now.

Although the Boston Celtics' odds to win the championship are much lower than the Grizzlies no matter how you look at it, but even so, the current Celtics still rank third in the league with their latest series of victories, and it can be said that most people in the league believe that they can pose a threat to the Grizzlies and one of the most important competitors to defend the title.

For Carter's Grizzlies, the Boston Celtics are one of the most important competitors, and similarly, for the Celtics, who want to win the championship, the Grizzlies are also the biggest stumbling block on their way to winning the championship.

It's just that in addition to the Grizzlies, the Kings in the West have also performed extremely well this season, in fact, this team not only defeated the Timberwolves and Lakers and Spurs in the preseason in a row, so that their championship odds reached 1 to 4, surpassing the Lakers in one fell swoop to become the most popular team in the West, and more importantly, this offensive team has shown its strength in the playoffs last season, and it is precisely because of these two plays that this team is slowly being recognized. It also makes them the biggest favorites to win the Western Conference.

Previously, the favorites in the West have always been the Lakers or the Timberwolves, and they have always been the Lakers until the start of this season, but it is obvious that the Lakers' performance in the preseason is very bad, it can be said that it is a little sluggish, and the second odds of 1 to 4 have been reduced to 1 to 10 after they lost to the Mavericks and Kings in a row, and the Timberwolves are in the same grade.

Of course, for these NBA teams, the performance of the preseason can determine a lot of things, but it is not a whole thing, such as the Boston Celtics last season, the Celtics' performance in the preseason last season was a nightmare, but the Boston Celtics were able to finish second in the East, I'm afraid those odds bookmakers didn't think about it, so Zhuang Fei and his team didn't care too much about such predictive things, Because for Zhuang Fei, he is extremely clear who is his main enemy this season. Whether it is the Grizzlies who are currently the most favored, or the thriving Kings, or the Lakers who are stuck in the quagmire, or even teams such as the Wizards and Timberwolves, they are one of the obstacles to Zhuang Fei and his team reaching the top this season. Even this season's Celtics don't have an absolute advantage against these teams. So Zhuang Fei is also extremely sober now.

And it is precisely because of this, after beating the Magic at home on October 20 and the Heat at home on October 23, Zhuang Fei ended the preseason with an amazing result of ten consecutive wins.

The regular season of the season also kicked off on October 29, and the Boston Celtics' first opponent was against the Wizards on October 30. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )