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November 15, 2002, North Shore Garden Arena, Boston

This is the ninth game of the season for the Boston Celtics, and it is also the last of the last three consecutive home games for the Celtics, the first two home games of the Boston Celtics ended with big wins, both the Jazz and the 76ers lost in the hands of the current No. 1 team in the league, it can be said that the current state of the Boston Celtics, even if the team's main center Yao Ming is absent, but from the predictions of external experts and media, The Boston Celtics still have a much higher win rate in this game than the Dallas Mavericks who come to challenge them away.

In fact, at the beginning of this season, many experts in the United States were not optimistic about this team, and it can even be said to be bearish, because although this team made a great breakthrough last season, there are too many problems within the team, especially the defects in the strength of the players are difficult for people to make up for as soon as possible, in this case, this team is not enough compared to the Grizzlies or Lakers, or even compared to the Timberwolves. So for Celtics fans, they also came to the beginning of the season with a very nervous mood to see the team's performance.

It's just that I didn't expect the team to have such a performance in the past tenth of the schedule, which can be said to be completely beyond imagination, as far as the current situation is concerned, the Boston Celtics are currently the best among all teams in the NBA, and at the beginning of the season, the Lakers, who were considered by media experts to be better than the Boston Celtics in terms of strength and completeness, are now in the midst of civil unrest and the absence of the team boss. The Timberwolves are still as conflicted as the head coach and the team last season, and even the Grizzlies, who once made people feel like the Bulls had a dynasty last season, have been frequently involved in fights and brawls recently, and it can be said that the Celtics are in the best situation among all competitive teams in the NBA at present, even if the team's main center is now absent, but from the previous game, it seems that Coach Z has enough ways to make up for such losses.

So it is precisely because of this situation of the Celtics that Boston Celtics fans are becoming more and more enthusiastic this season, and even some non-Celtics fans in Boston, such as Boston Red Sox fans, are also looking forward to how far this Celtics will play at the beginning of the season. It's also curious when the team's winning streak will end.

This Boston Celtics and Mavericks game is very popular in Boston, especially after the Boston Celtics topped the league in the last game, so as the live broadcast camera continues to scan many local celebrities in Boston. And the current appearance of the Boston Celtics' dozen large and small shareholders and bosses sitting in a row is quite imposing.

Of course, in addition to these local Boston celebrities, Yao Ming, who was elbowed by Malone three days ago, also appeared on the bench of the Boston Celtics. Although the center is not available to play now, he also sat on the team's bench in a suit, Zhuang Fei was originally given him a week off, but from the current point of view, the Boston Celtics big man is simply not idle, especially when he sees the rest of the team's teammates on the court continue to win consecutive games.

It's just that at the beginning of this game, every time the broadcast camera cuts to Yao Ming, there will always be bursts of roars and cheers on the scene, obviously because of the last time he and Ma Long fought hard, the status of this Chinese inside line in the hearts of Boston fans has risen a lot, although in recent seasons, whether it is led by Pitino or Zhuang Fei, the style of this Boston Celtics is not the traditional iron blood flow of the Boston Celtics. In fact, Zhuang Fei and Pitino's coaching styles are both offensive, and they are also known for their offensive chic, and in recent years, the boss of the Boston Celtics, whether it is Anthony Walker or Maddy, is not the kind of player who is very iron-blooded, so in recent years, Boston Celtics fans have slowly forgotten or do not want to forget, but they have to forget the team's past iron blood, but they did not expect to play with the Jazz in that game. The Chinese big man who has always been thought to be quiet will actually stage such a play.

In this case, last season's rookie of the year is now officially recognized by Boston Celtics fans, which is not a big deal for Yao Ming.

Yao Ming continued to be absent in this game, so Zhuang Fei's main lineup remained unchanged from the last game against the 76ers, Kirilenko of the second team then replaced Yao Ming as the starter, and the team's power forward O'Neal Jr. was the center of this game, and on the Mavericks' side, it was still the starting lineup led by White Chocolate Williams and Nowitzki and Michael Finley with the lineup of Edondo Nahura and Adrian Griffin. This is a typical small lineup, in this lineup in addition to Nowitzki's inside, whether it is white chocolate or Finley plus Griffin and Nahura are all outside players, and Nahura and Griffin are both players at the third position, it is obvious that Nelson's lineup is completely replicating the Timberwolves in Zhuang Fei's first season in the NBA, or he himself has completely returned to the style he had when he coached the Warriors, When he left the Warriors, he was not ready to play this kind of tactic without a center, but Zhuang Fei after the Timberwolves used that kind of small lineup to run and bomb successfully, the inventor of the run bomb also began to return, to the current NBA, in addition to the Mavericks and Wizards, there are still many teams using the run-and-shoot tactics, it can be said that this tactic has become more and more prosperous under the drive of Zhuang Fei, especially after many teams have panicked recently, this tactic has been more promoted, And the speed and spectacle of the NBA have also been qualitatively improved in these two seasons.

Of course, Zhuang Fei has naturally been prepared for the running of Mavericks and Old Nelson, in fact, Zhuang Fei's preparation was already very sufficient last season. After losing to the Mavericks last season because the team was not very comfortable with the joint defense, Zhuang Fei can be said to have a re-analysis of this team, and Zhuang Fei is familiar with this team, and even feels that it is no worse than the Celtics.

Old Nelson is Zhuang Fei's most respected head coach in the NBA, many of his tactical ideas and tactical systems are from the old Nelson, although many experts in the United States now think that he has completely surpassed the old Nelson, but last season Zhuang Fei deliberately studied the old coach again because of the joint defense, to Zhuang Fei's surprise is that the old coach did not start to be mediocre as those media experts in the outside world said, What surprised Zhuang Fei was that the veteran coach was still innovating some of his tactical systems recently. Take the running bomb as an example, in the past, the old Nelson-style running and bombing was not focused, and it can be said that there was no very clear core. This is completely different from the Timberwolves with Nash as the core and the other four people revolving around Nash, so in the past, Nelson's running and shooting of the old country focused more on the rapid transfer and sharing of the ball by five people. But last year, Zhuang Fei studied the team and found that the Mavericks are also slowly transforming into the Timberwolves, the role of white chocolate and the role of Nash have begun to slowly merge, and they occupy a larger proportion in the team, the Timberwolves also have Garnett as the core of the offensive organization, while the Mavericks' Nowitzki is not good, because the roles of Nowitzki and Garnett are different, so this team is different from the Timberwolves in style, this Maverick is more quick and decisive on the offensive end, They are more aggressive and direct on the offensive end because they lack a transition point.

This unique style is both a strength and a weakness of this team. Their focus is too clear, and there are some deficiencies, but even many people know the shortcomings of this Maverick are a little powerless, even the scheming Popovich in the playoffs last season still almost lost to this Maverick when he knew the shortcomings of this calf, it can be said that although this team has not changed enough. But the coach sitting on the sidelines of this team is a master who can change everything, so the old Nelson and this Maverick can be said to be a perfect combination.

Of course, from the beginning of this game, Zhuang Fei did not intend to pinch the Maverick's loopholes, because for such a team, when you are ready to pinch their key people, it is exactly what they expected, because many teams do this and at the same time die miserably on this calf. So Zhuang Fei and his Boston Celtics didn't care what the Mavericks' tactics were like.

He ordered all five Boston Celtics players on the court to spread one-on-one with the five players of the Mavericks, it can be said that the Boston Celtics on-court lineup is not inferior to the Mavericks in terms of speed and defensive awareness, which is also the most secure defensive strategy, of course, when the Celtics are on offense, this completely small Maverick is a bit of a tragedy, none of the team's five players on the court are defensive giants, and even White Chocolate and Nowitzki are the kind of absolute colanders.

When this team can't kill the opponent on the offensive end, it means that the end of this team is coming, especially when the league's research on joint defense has become more and more in-depth recently, this team's joint defense has not had the same effect as last season, at least the Boston Celtics are not afraid, whether it is Xiao Ao appearing near the baseline or James Posey and Jackson at the top of the arc and outside the 45-degree three-point line on the right side, it can cause huge damage to the calf of the joint defense.

Therefore, from the beginning of this game, the situation of the two teams was completely open to the attack, and the Boston Celtics also took the initiative in the attack, so as the game progressed, the Boston Celtics fans at the scene became more and more enthusiastic, and the atmosphere in the North Shore Garden was also getting higher and higher with the wonderful confrontation between the Boston Celtics and the Mavericks.

"Is this basketball for the Boston Celtics? It's crazy enough."

In the stands of North Shore Garden, although most of the Celtics fans have fallen into a state of madness, but there are a few people who are not like this, if Zhuang Fei sees these people in the stands of North Shore Garden at this time, he will be able to recognize them immediately, this is the rich second generation of Kyrie Adelson who despised the Boston Celtics at that rich party not long ago, and is also the current owner of the Boston Red Sox, because it is the offseason of Major League Baseball, so this rich second generation also wants to come and see himself' The enemy's situation, the public relations department of the Boston Red Sox Club recently made this rich second generation very dissatisfied when doing a survey, because in the investigation, the influence of the Boston Red Sox and the Boston Celtics in Boston is constantly expanding, and the Celtics are still leading.

For this rich second generation, he has always looked down on basketball, a 'black' or 'poor' sport, so he is extremely unhappy with the fact that his team was suppressed by the Celtics in Boston.

However, after coming to the scene today to watch this game, the rich second generation can also understand something a little, compared with baseball, this sport can indeed drive the enthusiasm of the audience, and there are more wonderful moments in a game. Even he, who doesn't know much about basketball, has some impulses to go crazy in this atmosphere. When I thought of this, the rich second generation's expression was also a little awe-inspiring.

"It looks like it's not going to be easy to take down the Boston Celtics, but either way, the winner will be me."

Although this guy is also a rich second generation, there is still a difference between him and the rich second generation like Little Bas and Little Dolan, because he grew up in a gambling king family, so he is more sober and more cunning.

And when the game reached the fourth quarter, Boston's richest second generation also left with his group, because the game was slowly losing suspense.

The final score was 125-110, the Boston Celtics won again at home, this game Boston Celtics Kirilenko won the best player, the interior who started in place of Yao Ming actually played a terrifying 15 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 blocks and 5 steals in this game, such 5x5 data is much more difficult than a triple-double. As for the boss of the Boston Celtics, Maddy, still didn't have much power in this game, like playing a soy sauce game, he scored a triple-double of 20 points, 12 rebounds and 14 assists, while the Mavericks were Nowitzki who scored a game-high 38 points, but the power forward had 8 turnovers under Kirilenko's care, most of which were steals by Kirilenko, and White Chocolate also sent 15 assists in this game. (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. )