Chapter 618: The Player Who Changed the Trend of the Game

Zhuang Fei hopes that the Boston Celtics' Xiaoao can grow up with the Boston Celtics and this young team, and Zhuang Fei is also extremely satisfied with the expectations that seem to be extremely correct now, for the time being, the development of the Boston Celtics has been going in a good direction, take the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals with the Grizzlies.

The Boston Celtics comfortably defeated the Grizzlies at home, and the day after the game, almost all the media in the United States were surprised by what seemed to be an extremely easy game for the Boston Celtics.!89Reading.com

No matter what the Boston Celtics did in the regular season, the Grizzlies have always been the first favorite in the American media, this team has the hottest star in the league at the moment, this team is currently the defending champion of the league, even if this team seems to have some flaws because of the brawl, but no matter Reed's rise or Terry's arrival, it can actually make up for its losses to the greatest extent.

Coupled with the fact that this team was not too affected in the regular season, in this case, this team is naturally the first favorite to win the league championship and for many media, the Grizzlies are not just an NBA team and the popular team they expect, for many media who expect Zhuang Fei to be unlucky and hope that Zhuang Fei is unlucky or fall off the altar, the Grizzlies are used to slap Zhuang Fei and the Boston Celtics in the face.

For example, the New York media, which has been advocating before the game that the Grizzlies will inevitably defeat the Boston Celtics or even sweep the Boston Celtics, the New York Times, which has a deep desire for Zhuang Fei, almost predicts in a categorical tone that this round of Boston Celtics and Grizzlies will end in a maximum of five games, because this media predicts that the Boston Celtics will not be the opponent of the Grizzlies from the beginning, and the Grizzlies are the nemesis of the Celtics. Then the Boston Celtics need to lose four games in a row to the Grizzlies, although the Grizzlies are strong, but it is impossible for the Boston Celtics to lose four games in a row, so for now, the New York Times' prediction is actually a slap in the face, although the New York media has become more and more degenerated into a tabloid in the basketball field, but the analysis ability of this media has always been very good, so Zhuang Fei has always been a loyal customer of this media, It's just that this media has been unable to maintain its restraint and calmness in the matter of Zhuang Fei. Of course, unlike the media in New York, in fact, most of the media in the United States are surprised and more emotional.

"In my opinion, the strength of the Grizzlies is not lower than last season, the strength of this Grizzlies is still very outstanding, especially when Mohammed is integrated into this team, this team will no longer be afraid of the inside twin towers like the regular season, in defense Muhammad is able to replace Rashid's role, plus Terry and Reed on the outside, this team has not declined, but the progress of the Boston Celtics this season is too great, almost in the blink of an eye, The Boston Celtics have changed from a completely suppressed team to a team that can compete with the Grizzlies, which is like a beautiful fairy tale, and in fact, the Boston Celtics in the last two years have indeed been like a myth, they can complete the leap in strength very well, from a lottery team to a playoff powerhouse It only takes one year, from a playoff team to a championship-level team or only one year, this is a team that does not conform to the general law of basketball development, but in fact, Coach Z's team, whether it is the Timberwolves or the Boston Celtics, is actually very contrary to the development law of basketball, so he has always been a magical guy, and when he creates magic again now, we may still be surprised, but I think we should learn to adapt now, and the Grizzlies also need to learn to adapt like us, they should give up their contempt for the Boston Celtics and their own high-minded attitude, It's a team that they need to play to their full strength to beat again, and like Jerry West himself said after the game, they can't wait for the Boston Celtics to give them a win right now, they need to take the initiative now to find the win and challenge the win, and I'm excited to see what these two teams will do in the next games."

As mentioned in the post-game feature of this game the next day, many people are now surprised by the strength of the Boston Celtics, which is also the first time that the Boston Celtics have shown their strength in the playoffs, and the opponent in this game is definitely not comparable to the 76ers and the Heat in the first two games, but for such a Boston Celtics, many people are just a little difficult to adapt to the strength of this team for various reasons, for Zhuang Fei, As far as the current change in public opinion in the United States is a thing that can make him happy, just like Zhuang Fei said at the regular press conference before this round of the series, the direction that the Boston Celtics need public opinion now is that this is a strong team, this team is not a weak and challenger, but before this game did not appear, even if Zhuang Fei emphasized it, the perception of public opinion has not changed, and now, such a change is definitely a gratifying thing.

Of course, the Boston Celtics vs. Grizzlies game was just one of the league division finals, but surprisingly, the other division finals were almost identical to the Boston Celtics and Grizzlies, or most people think.

The Spurs in the West are a relatively strong team compared to the Kings in the West, after all, the Spurs are the first in the West, and the Spurs are also superior in the regular season in terms of the records of the two teams and each other's wins, plus the Spurs are fighting at home, in this case, maybe this game will be difficult, but the final winner should be the Spurs is no problem, you must know that the Spurs have never lost at home in the playoffs this season, in such a situation, almost the same as the Grizzlies, The Spurs, who were considered by the media to be victorious, were defeated by the Kings in their first game.

And the way of beating is still extremely inhumane and demoralizing, the Spurs led by 15 points in the first three quarters of the game into the fourth quarter, and in many cases let the Spurs lead by 15 points in the first three quarters, it is almost impossible to catch up on this team, but although it is impossible, but the king is done, the king's rebounds in the whole game are 44, the number of rebounds in the front court is 10, and the Spurs' full-court rebounds are 40, but in the fourth quarter, the king's rebounds in a single quarter are 18, The frontcourt rebounded eight, while the Spurs had a measly eight rebounds in the fourth quarter.

Just in the fourth quarter, Chris Webber almost brushed Duncan on the rebounds under the cover of Divac, although Duncan also scored 10 points and 3 rebounds in the fourth quarter, but Webber scored 15 points and 8 rebounds, this game Po*vic in order to ensure his team's interior movement ability did not use the three-inside formation in the face of the Lakers, in the interior Spurs put Duncan and Scola, after all, in the effect of the current Admirals if they appear on the court, It is very likely that it will be played to death by the King's group of small men who like to go through the back door, and it is precisely because of this that the team was finally robbed to death in the fourth quarter by the suddenly crazy Kings in the fourth quarter to grab the frontcourt rebounds, when the Kings missed three points again and again, Divac blocked Duncan, Webb took off the frontcourt board on Scola's head and then either attacked twice or distributed the ball again to the outside to continue the three-point almost tortured the Spurs enough. It is precisely because of this that the Kings completed a task that almost everyone dared to imagine in the fourth quarter, and finally not only filled the gap of the first 15 points, but also at the last moment with a frontcourt rebound from Webb and McBibby's ultra-long-range three-pointer, the team actually beat the Spurs 118-115 on the road. The surprise first win in the Western Conference Finals also allowed the team to take the initiative in the series, at the very least, the Kings now have the so-called home-court advantage.

The game between the Spurs and the Kings played very dramatically, the Spurs, who have always been rigorous, finally collapsed, and the Kings, who have always liked to play downwind, actually staged such a magical reversal, but as many people predicted, for now, these two pairs are still extremely chaotic, whether it is the Boston Celtics at home with their momentum to take the lead or the Kings on the road with their fearlessness to force a reversal of the situation to defeat the Spurs, in fact, the scores of these two games have not been much different, It can be said that such a win-loss situation can be reversed at any time, and in this case, although the first game can decide something, it can't say much.

And it is also in such a situation that the second game between the Boston Celtics and the Grizzlies also started on May 22, if the Boston Celtics can beat the Grizzlies again in this game, then this team can really be regarded as the fate of itself and the fate of this series, if the Boston Celtics lose this game, then the Boston Celtics will lose everything they got in the first game, which is completely different from the Kings on the other side, for the Kings, No matter what the result of the second game is, the Kings are in a good position, they are playing away and the Boston Celtics are playing at home, so Zhuang Fei also attaches great importance to the team's second home court, even more than the first game.

"Coach, they've really changed"

On May 22, 2003, in Boston's North Shore Garden, in front of the Boston Celtics bench, the assistant coach of the Boston Celtics looked at the Grizzlies players who were jumping with the Boston Celtics players on the court and said to the Celtics head coach Zhuang Fei next to him, the Grizzlies played too conservatively in the last game, and the team was too stable, resulting in the loss of initiative at the beginning of the game. However, this team quickly made changes to the starting lineup, and the content of the changes was almost unexpected by Zhuang Fei or others, and this team did indeed put Terry in the starting lineup.

The Boston Celtics have a strong outside line, especially on the offensive reverse side that is the absolute first in the league, in this team's outside line, there are not only Carter, the league's first outside line, but also Terry and Reed and Billups and other powerful players, perhaps for most teams and most of the time, Reed's stability and continuous contribution is the best in this team except Carter, and the other two people on this team, whether Billups or Terry, are not that kind of stable players, but when facing Zhuang Fei's team, Reed's predicament is much bigger than the other two players, because this player's ability to get rid of defense is much worse than the other two outside players, especially the Boston Celtics are not as lethal as the other guard Terry, Terry and Iverson or other small guards, has always been the Boston Celtics in the league more feared type of player, in the face of such a player Boston Celtics has always been a lot, Just like Terry carried the Grizzlies' offense in the fourth quarter in the last game, if the Grizzlies want to grasp the initiative of the game in this game, they must need to put Terry in the starting lineup, because in this way they can suppress the Boston Celtics from the offensive end, and it also makes the Boston Celtics in a situation of constant adjustment and unable to fight Carter with all their might, and after Terry takes the starter, in order to maintain the organization of the starting lineup, Billups naturally can't go down, in this case, At present, the starting lineup of today's Grizzlies has also changed to center Ben Wallace, power forward Mohammed, small forward Carter, scoring guard Billups and playmaking guard Terry, Terry appears in the No. 1 position, and Billups appears in the No. 2 position.

"Well, this is the best choice for this team, and maybe the only choice to grasp the initiative" Zhuang Fei said lightly after listening to Green's words, everyone can guess about this change in the Grizzlies' game, this is not a secret, Zhuang Fei naturally knows, but for the Grizzlies' change of formation, what will be the real effect, it still needs to be tested. (To be continued.)

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