Chapter 647: The Battle of the Meat Grinder
The Boston Celtics and Spurs Finals game was on June 8, and now there are only two days left before the first game, since the Boston Celtics players know that their next opponent is the Spurs, these Boston Celtics young players have been difficult to be depressed, is really depressed, because for the Spurs, this is really an extremely difficult opponent, this is not to say how strong their strength is, maybe in terms of strength this team does not exceed the Celtics, At this point, the Boston Celtics players also have such confidence. ,!
Although recently because of Duncan's quadruple-double and his super efficient game in the playoffs, the outside public opinion has almost all fallen to the Spurs' side as when they played the Grizzlies, but for this kind of public opinion, these Boston Celtics players did not care as much as they did when they played the Grizzlies in the last round, because when they played the Grizzlies, they really thought that they couldn't beat the Grizzlies, because the memories brought to them by the Grizzlies were not good in the past, so at that time, Any public opinion in the outside world can make these Boston Celtics players change their psychology, so at that time, the head coach of the Boston Celtics Zhuang Feicai has been saying in the news media or his own column that the Boston Celtics are not afraid of the Grizzlies at all, and the Boston Celtics are stronger in terms of strength, which is also to allow this group of Boston Celtics players to challenge the Vancouver Grizzlies normally. And in the face of the Grizzlies, the Boston Celtics do need to challenge as a challenger, but for the Spurs, the Boston Celtics players have no such psychological disadvantage at all, although the Spurs are also former NBA champions, but this team has been strong in the past few seasons but not so invincible, and for the Boston Celtics, they also swept the Spurs in this year's regular season, Even last season, when Zhuang Fei first arrived, they didn't lose against this team at all.
In this case, for the Spurs, this team is just an ordinary opponent of theirs, perhaps at the level of the Grizzlies in terms of strength, but it is nothing more than that at the psychological level, so for the recent praise of this team by the outside world, all the players within the Boston Celtics are very indifferent, and even for Zhuang Fei, such media reports may be able to stimulate the passion of the Boston Celtics These players have cooled down. It's been enough for a week, and under such a long period of cooling, even the boiling blood can be cooled, so at this time, Zhuang Fei didn't stand up and advocate that his team is stronger than the Grizzlies like he did in the last series, because this is not necessary at all, maybe the media can help the Boston Celtics in this way, but for the Boston Celtics, although the Spurs do not maintain a psychological advantage like the Grizzlies, But this team is definitely the hardest team to sing among the 28 teams in the entire NBA, at least for the Boston Celtics, this Spurs are difficult to entangle.
Although in this year's regular season, the Boston Celtics Spurs completed a sweep, but none of this team beat the Spurs by a big margin, or beat the Spurs with a clear advantage, many times the two teams are inseparable, and even more often Zhuang Fei is directly and rudely let Arenas directly abuse Parker, and Parker is directly beaten down, and the same is true for the Spurs, when the Spurs beat the Boston Celtics, they are also extremely rough and rudimentary, that is, let Duncan beat Yao Ming and Xiao Ao, is also rushing to lay down the idea of these two inside lines, in this case, the difference between the victory and defeat of the two teams in the regular season between the Boston Celtics and the Spurs is who can cause more damage to the other team, and who can make the opponent's combat strength weaker, so there is no need for Zhuang Fei and Po*vic to understand the opponent in this series.
Because the two teams know each other too well, or the two teams need to fight fiercely from the beginning, there will be no possibility of testing each other at all, this Boston Celtics is different when they play the Grizzlies, so although there is not much gap between the Spurs and the Celtics in terms of strength, and even in terms of the thickness of the squad and the age of the team, the Boston Celtics still have a little advantage, but even so, it is not so easy for the Boston Celtics to beat the Spurs, At least most of the tactics that the Boston Celtics have come up with in this year's playoffs are of no use to the Spurs, and similarly, some of the new tactics that the Spurs have come up with in this year's playoffs are also useless to the Celtics, for example, their recent tactics against the Kings have no way to deal with the Celtics, so the battle between the two teams basically needs to continue the regular season competition, and according to the regular season competition, this round of the series will be quite ferocious.
So this is also the reason why the Boston Celtics players will be very depressed when they know that the opponent is the Spurs, playing with this team is too boring, it is completely the kind of play that constantly eats away at the other side little by little, this kind of game is not good-looking, the fans feel uninteresting, and the players also think so, for the Boston Celtics, they are really willing to run against a team like the Kings, or go straight to the hard kill, but obviously, such a hope is just an expectation, Now the opponent of the Boston Celtics has long been determined and cannot be changed, and what Zhuang Fei can do now is to continue to step up some alternative training for these Boston Celtics, such as recently Zhuang Fei asked Green to do a lot of training on how to avoid fouls for interior players such as Yao Ming and Xiao Ao, and let Maddie and Arenas also do a lot of how to make fouls on the outside, this is what the Boston Celtics need to use in the finals, even if this finals have not yet started, The Boston Celtics basically guessed that Zhuang Fei even thought that Po Vic in San Antonio was doing the same thing to the Spurs players that he told the Celtics players, except that the two teams just ended up training in reverse.
Of course, the Boston Celtics players may think that this round of games with the Spurs will be quite boring and entangled, Zhuang Fei can understand the thoughts of these players, no one wants to grind meat with a meat grinder, this is not the psychological weakness and laziness of these Boston Celtics players, but this team has been completely different from the traditional style of the previous Celtics after Zhuang Fei's transformation. It is estimated that this team is really willing to play a meat grind war with the Spurs, and finally play a round of finals like Zhuang Fei's previous life in the 2005 NBA Finals. It's just that it's impossible now, but for Zhuang Fei personally and even the team's assistant coach Green, being able to play the Spurs is definitely the most ideal and best opponent, maybe Zhuang Fei will be able to avenge the defeat and the first playoff defeat in Po*vic in this series
"Da Yao, relax, you'll be played to death by Duncan like this"
For now, the Boston Celtics team is still working hard to prepare, but it is not without hidden worries for this team, such as the team's head center Yao Ming, this Finals is definitely a big challenge for him, the center is quite embarrassing in this year's playoffs, this aspect is a bit like last season's Maddy, in last season's Maddy, Maddy's opponent in the playoffs is Hardaway of the Cavaliers, Jordan of the Wizards and Carter of the Grizzlies, these people are either his target or his idolIn this case, the Boston Celtics' leading player performed quite a pinprick in that series, and was even considered by the media to be a failure to send Anthony Walker away and leave Maddie.
And this year's Yao Ming may be more embarrassing than last year's Maddie, in the first round of this year, it's okay, because Mutombo's departure from the 76ers has little suppression of Yao Ming, but starting from the second round of playing the Heat, the Heat's interior double gate, the Grizzlies' Ben Wallace of the year's best defensive player, and Duncan, who is about to meet him and Xiao Ao in the regular season, is a Good Friday playoff journey, so although the Boston Celtics have been training hard recently, These players are also working hard, but Zhuang Fei can clearly feel that both Yao Ming and Xiao Ao are a little nervous, and this year's Boston Celtics promotion route is not only a challenge for Yao Ming, but also for Xiao Ao.
It's just that for Zhuang Fei, although Yao Ming and Xiao Ao were a little nervous at this time, this is absolutely normal, because Zhuang Fei even believes that it is estimated that the Spurs' small sports car is estimated to be more nervous than Yao Ming and Xiao Ao, because the little sports car is more miserable when facing Arenas in the regular season than Yao Ming and when they face Duncan, and it is precisely because of this that Zhuang Fei did not blindly adjust the mood of these two, because this is completely useless, if they can't find a way to experience it firsthand, Even if Zhuang Fei says too much, it can only be regarded as encouragement, and it will not be of much use.
At this time, in 2003, the first game of the NBA Finals, the Boston Celtics hosted the Spurs, was also held on June 8, Boston, North Shore Garden. (To be continued)
!