Thursday, December 25, 2003, U.S. time, is a Thursday that belongs to TNT's national live broadcast, and this year, it's Christmas.

While TNT's television cameras were constantly sweeping the North Shore Garden Stands, the gesture of the Boston Celtics fans almost surprised the fans across the United States who were waiting in front of the TV for the finale of the Christmas game, this is the Christmas game, this is also a game against the Lakers, an old rival, which has a different meaning, but it is also just an ordinary regular season game, for most team fans, for an ordinary regular season game, A lot of fans didn't think they should be too serious, and the picture from the scene was clearly not like this, the more than 20,000 Celtic fans in the stadium all changed into uniform cheering clothes, and most fans were not only dressed like this.

And almost all of them are holding things in their hands, some are posters, some are all kinds of props, and almost every shot has a large fan painting his face full of things, giving people the feeling that this game does not seem to be as simple as a regular season game for these Celtics fans, and in fact, many fans may not know that this is indeed not an ordinary regular season game, because this team has just completed the Christmas championship parade, And most of these fans came from the parade, and in this case, these fans were basically all with the excitement of the parade.

When this feeling appears on the TV, it is truly shocking. In this case, this group of Boston Celtics fans naturally gives people a different feeling, of course, although these Celtics fans feel very shocking now, but it does not make people feel that these fans have too many other nervous looks, at least from the picture in front of the TV, these fans seem to be enjoying the game, which is more like a festival for them. Since the team won the championship last season for the first time in 17 years, the mentality of the team's fans has changed, in the past. These people are crazy about the championship, and in such a situation, these Boston Celtics fans are very concerned about winning or losing.

In almost any game, these fans have almost reached a demanding state for the results of the Celtics, which is why the team booed their players at home to cheer for the away team, this is because they can't stand the team's repeated failures, and when Zhuang Fei came and successfully made them become the king of the NBA again, the fans of the NBA giant team once again found the temperament of some fans of the giant team, and their views on a game are also a little different. More than ever, gritting your teeth and wanting every victory. At this time, these people are indeed more graceful, more optimistic and enjoyable.

This is a change in Boston Celtics fans, in fact, it is also a change in the Celtics, just like the aristocratic disease that appeared in the Celtics players not long ago, although Zhuang Fei does not want his team to have such an aristocratic disease, but obviously, when a team has an aristocratic disease, it also means that the team is getting closer and closer to its past glory, after all, not every team is qualified to have such an aristocratic disease. At least in the current NBA, there are only the Lakers and Celtics.

Of course, the current Boston Celtics fans are enjoying the game, and they want their team to play beautiful basketball and play games that will make their blood boil, but there is something different from the current Boston Celtics fans. That's not the case with another group of people currently on the North Shore Garden, such as Lakers head coach Phil Jackson, who is now standing in front of the Lakers' bench with a grim face.

The head coach of the Lakers doesn't have the heart to enjoy the game now, what he wants now is to win, he urgently needs a victory in a game, a victory in direct competition with Zhuang Fei, this year's Lakers are very strong, although this year's Lakers' record is far worse than the 74 wins in a single season when they competed with the Timberwolves, but this does not mean that the strength of this Laker will be worse than that Laker, compared with the Lakers in 2001, this Laker is more incomprehensible, If the 2001 Laker still has shortcomings for Zhuang Fei to grasp, then this Laker has no shortcomings, although this team has lost five games this season, and the 2001 Lakers only lost eight games a season.

But every loss game of this year's Lakers is something that the Lakers can completely avoid, this is the so-called crushing advantage, even if it is a loss, it is not a terrible advantage, because they can easily correct the shortcomings of why they lost, and in 2001, the Lakers, even if they knew why they lost, but they could not correct it, for example, when they were in the Western Conference Finals, even if they knew that Zhuang Fei's three major inside lines were fat, As long as Fat has a quality interior player around him who can open up space for him, they can win, but obviously, they can't do that, and now, they can.

This is why many experts believe that the Lakers have an unparalleled advantage this year, because the Lakers with such a lineup have too much room for adjustment, and it can even be said that there are no shortcomings, even if many people say that this team has no integrity and system in the past, but when the absolute strength of a team can surpass the wholeness, the so-called integrity is not so valuable. After all, no matter how holistic the team is, isn't it just to put the basketball in the basket easily, or to get better offensive opportunities?

And when the Lakers can do that even when they don't have a monolithic body, these things really don't matter. So for this game, or for this year's goals, Phil Jackson is extremely confident, he believes that his team can win the final championship, he believes that his team can beat the Chinese, and then finally complete revenge, so every time he thinks about this, the Lakers head coach is almost excited. The thrill of having this long-cherished wish fulfilled is extremely fascinating.

"I'll give you back everything you brought me in the past, all the same, definitely," Phil Jackson finally took a secret breath, and then swore after a deep glance at the Boston Celtics bench on his side.

At this time, Phil Jackson and the Lakers team were very forbearing, whether it was Phil Jackson or O'Neal, the importance of this game was not comparable to ordinary people, and these two failed too much in front of Zhuang Fei. In this case, this year is almost the only chance they will have to complete their goal of defeating that Chinese, just this time. Zhuang Fei, who was in front of the Boston Celtics bench, didn't feel Phil Jackson's gaze.

In fact, at this time, Zhuang Fei was just observing the situation of the players on the Boston Celtics, although Green said that these players were not affected by the championship parade and Zhuang Fei was very happy, but this also needs to be confirmed by Zhuang Fei himself, this is not that Zhuang Fei does not trust Green, but he is extremely aware that his students have always been soft on these players, and he is unwilling to tell Zhuang Fei many things, which is also where Zhuang Fei is a little helpless, and his disciple is completely different from him in personality.

"Dwyanne is a little absent-minded, and so is Jermaine," Zhuang Fei finally stared at the Boston Celtics players who were warming up on the court, and said with some frowns. Overall, the Boston Celtics are in good shape. However, Wade and Xiao Ao seemed to be a little uneasy.

"Well, Dwyane has been a little dazed lately, Jermaine is indeed playing a little big today, but it's still good overall" After listening to Zhuang Fei's words, Green on the side secretly wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said, his teacher's eyes are too poisonous, in fact, during the Christmas parade just now, O'Neal Jr., who has always regarded himself as the leader of the team, is indeed playing too high, although this insider is known as the first cancer of the Boston Celtics and the first cancer of the former Timberwolves in China.

But in the United States. In Boston, the Celtics with a prominent personality are extremely loved by Boston fans, in this case, even with Zhuang Fei's orders, the Boston Celtics who are a little tenacious are also playing big with the fans, but on the whole, the Celtics are in good shape now, so Green also has some small concealment, as for Wade, he has been a little restless since the last game and James, and this is not because of this celebration, Besides, Wade came to the team this season, and last season's championship had nothing to do with him, and he didn't have the possibility of playing high.

Although Zhuang Fei was not very satisfied with O'Neal Jr.'s situation at this time, after listening to his assistant's explanation, he also snorted and didn't say anything more, which also made the Boston Celtics assistant coach Stephen Green on the side relieved

"Boston Celtics vs. Lakers, this is a matchup that I've been looking forward to for a long time at the beginning of the season, Kenny, who do you think has the advantage in this game, the Lakers as many people say?"

Today is TNT's national live broadcast, and after the Grizzlies beat the Spurs at home in the last game that ended not long ago, TNT's broadcast camera moved to this game, and at this time, the two TNT commentators who had already been ready at North Shore Garden also began to prepare.

This game is the first contest between the Lakers and the Boston Celtics about who is the strongest team this year, for most of the current public opinion in the United States, many people are optimistic about the Lakers with a more gorgeous lineup, and the Lakers' invincible absolute dominance can also amaze many people, but the Boston Celtics are the defending champions after all, and in the NBA, no matter at any time, the defending champions are unlikely to be ignored, just like the iron law that double MVP is the first person in the league, The defending champions are the best team in the league, though not ironclad.

But it can also be universally recognized, so for other teams to become the strongest team, they need to beat this defending champion, and for many experts and media who support the Lakers, although they have long supported the Lakers, but if the Lakers do not beat the Boston Celtics, they will never be justified existence, in this case, this game can be said to be the battle between the Celtics and the Lakers, this game does not involve rankings, Because even if the Celtics lose, they are still the first in the league, but the relationship between them and public opinion is great.

"Well, from the current point of view, the Lakers are indeed a more terrifying team, but the Boston Celtics are not bad, these two teams are actually about the same, the Lakers are stronger in terms of the offensive ability of individual players, but the Celtics are stronger than the Lakers in terms of their integrity, whether it is the integrity of the defense or the integrity of the offense, it is better than the Lakers, in this case, it is difficult for the two teams to say who wins and who loses, because any result is normal" Kenny Smith also frowned after listening to Barkley's question.

The Lakers are the team with the most singles this year, and the Celtics are the team with the most assists this year, but on the contrary, although the Celtics play more integrally, the strongest offensive team in the league this year is the Lakers, and in Kenny Smith's heart, he is more optimistic about the Lakers.

As many people say, when a team has five players who average 15 points per game, they are hard to beat, and the six cores of the Lakers this year, Ao Fat contributed 20.5 points per game, Kobe Bryant contributed 21 points per game, Fan Maniac averaged 17 points per game, and is also a strong contender for the best sixth man this year, while Malone and Szczebiak are averaging 16 points per game, and even Payton, who did not score 15, averaged 13.5 points per game this year, and the total score of these six stars is 102 points, and the Lakers' average points per game this season is only 111.5 points per game, it can be said that the Lakers' Big Six average points per game account for more than 90% of the team.

And the scoring of these six people is extremely average, and the efficiency is also high, except for Kobe's high number of shots and low shooting rate, the other people's shooting rates are all above 48&, and in fact, the shooting rate of the Lakers team is also the first in the league, a singles-based team, the shooting rate is actually the first in the league, which has never happened in the history of the NBA, this is a Laker who destroys three views. So for Kenny Smith, he is indeed more optimistic about this almost invincible Laker, but he can't say that at this time.

"This game may be a head-to-head battle," Kenny Smith said thoughtfully as he looked at the Chinese in front of the Boston Celtics bench.

This Chinese is the kind of person who likes to beat each other in the strongest area of the other party, and this is an extremely proud person. (To be continued.) )