"Looks like it's time to finish."

On May 14, 2004, at Philips Stadium in Atlanta, the fourth game of the series between the Boston Celtics and the Hawks was played.

In this case, basically everyone can see that the gap between these two teams can almost be easily seen with the naked eye, and such a gap is still all-round, this team except for the team's core interior Rasheed Wallace can have a relatively normal performance in the face of the Celtics, everyone else is strangled by the Celtics, and even if Rasheed Wallace can play normally, but in this case, it is impossible for him to play at a super level or take this team alone.

Although he can still play normally under the blockade of Xiao Ao, but it is just normal play, it is impossible to have that kind of explosiveness and dominance, in this case, the fourth game of the Boston Celtics and Hawks is almost a repetition of two games on both sides, in the first two games, the suspense has been lost when there is one quarter left in the game, and it has also entered garbage time, and the same is true of the fourth game today, and even this fourth game is worse than the last one, In the last game, this team still had the courage to fight to the death, but now it doesn't even have such courage, after all, the team is 0-3 behind, how can people have fighting spirit and courage? Even James, who has always been very stable in the previous games, is unusually sluggish in this game, although James has a low shooting rate in the first two games, he can still average more than 10 points per game, and the rebounds will be more than 5 and there will be about 5 assists.

But in this game, the Eagles' leading player seems to have lost his soul, the offense is completely out of shape, the pass is often wrong, and he looks like he is addicted to his own world and can't extricate himself, and it is precisely because of this that in fact, this game is over at halftime, because at halftime the Celtics are 64-35 leading by nearly 29 points, which is almost an impossible score to be chased back, of course, in the end, in fact, although the game is not over, But after the third quarter of the game, the difference between the two teams opened up again, which also made everyone see the gap, and it was also basically decided that the Hawks were out, and even at this time, some websites had congratulated the Celtics in advance on reaching the Eastern Conference Finals for three consecutive years.

"The current Celtics are really struggling with James and the Hawks, but this round of the series Hawks still let us see a lot of shining points, such as LeBron James's ability and talent, although his performance is low in all aspects against Maddy, but this is good enough for a 19-year-old young man, after all, for any good player in the league may not say that he can play like this in the face of players like Maddie or Carter, As for the Hawks' other core player, Rasheed Wallace. I think a lot of people should see his value now, this is a player who deserves a salary of tens of millions, if I were the management of the Hawks I would definitely keep him at any cost, but I don't know if he will choose to stay with the Hawks, after this round of playoffs, I think he will become a sweet spot in the free market, and in fact, the Hawks may be the least competitive. All in all, it's a promising team, and it's been a success for this team, even if they've been swept away in the last few games, and now I can't wait to see what the future holds for this team, and maybe it's not impossible for them to become another Grizzlies. ”

For Kenny Smith, it's also a time to give these Hawks players a look, and indeed, when TNT's TV cameras are constantly shooting at the Hawks bench or on the court. The Hawks, who lost their fighting spirit in Game 4, didn't have as much hope in their eyes as Kenny Smith said, or they were now confused, and for them, another big loss in this game basically put them nailed to the pillar of shame like the Pacers in the first round.

In the first round, the Pacers were called the weakest playoff team by many, and now the Hawks are starting to say that they are the weakest team in the second round. No matter how young their team leaders are, no matter how mediocre their role players are on their inside, these are not the focus of those reporters, who only care about the final result. Like how many points you lost at the end, like how many points you lost at the end, as to why you lost points. Why can't they score, these are not of interest to them.

And when this game ended like this, when these Hawks players looked at the scoreboard on the side, although they felt very uncomfortable, after all, the final score of 120-81 looked a little shocking, but in the end, these people actually all had a sense of relief after a while, maybe this game did not play the last game as high as the score difference of more than 40 points is already a very lucky thing, this is also thanks to their garbage time feel game last game good, However, this should have been an extremely humiliating thing, but it made the Eagles players happy, which is somewhat ironic.

"LeBron, don't think too much, losing to that Chinese is not a terrible and unacceptable thing, there is no one in the league or any team that has not lost to him, including the Grizzlies and Carter" Although Rasheed Wallace is not very obedient to the young boss of the team, but at this time, seeing the young man's confused look, he still kindly reminded him, maybe for Rasheed Wallace, this is a return to the favor that Carter gave him, In fact, he may not have a chance to help Carter with this young talent in the future. After all, he is not sure whether to stay or leave this year, but it is certain that he does not want to stay, he wants to be the boss of a team.

Of course, for Rashid Wallace, all he can give James now is reminders and comfort, as for whether James will listen to him, I don't know, and in fact, even with Rasheed Wallace's comfort, the Eagles' leading player still squatted on the sidelines and stroked the court with one hand, a look of inseparability for the game, which made all the Hawks players around him a little ashamed, they helped this young man too little, and when he had to fall into a heads-up with Maddie, these people could only watch from the side, I can't do anything to defend or attack for my boss. So in this case. For a while, both the Eagles' players and coaches were behind James, quietly watching the young genius squatting on the ground and touching the court with one hand.

"Why, just losing a series can make you so sad? LeBron, you're really a literary and artistic young man."

Just when all the Hawks players and coaches didn't know what to do for a while, suddenly a familiar voice sounded in the ears of these people, and when these people looked at this voice, Zhuang Fei, the head coach of the Boston Celtics, was already standing there, and obviously, after hearing this voice, James also moved slightly, and then looked back at Zhuang Fei.

"I don't remember that Vince used to lose even his momentum when he lost the game, you don't look like an NBA player who wants to reach the highest peak now" Just when James looked at Zhuang Fei, Zhuang Fei spoke again. And after Zhuang Fei finished speaking, the Eagles' leading player's expression was also gloomy again, this round of the series was too shitty, if he can still see the data in the previous game, then in this game he was 2 of 13, 2 free throws and 0 of them, and scored a mere 4 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 9 turnovers, no matter how you look at it, this is no longer a game that belongs to him, this game almost directly made his self-confidence completely unknown where to put it for a while.

It even made him wonder if this was his true ability, you know. That's the statistic he played for 45 minutes, and he stayed on the court in the fourth quarter when the Celtics replaced all the bench players, because at that time he scored only a measly 2 points on 1-of-9, and the head coach of the Hawks simply didn't dare to replace him, which would cause great harm to the young man. It's just that what the Hawks head coach or the Hawks players or even James himself didn't think about was that even though Maddie went down and Yao Ming went down, the Hawks' leading player still didn't play the strength he should have, and was shot 1 of 4 and 4 turnovers by Prince and Kirilenko in the fourth quarter. Such a blow is absolutely fatal.

"Mr. Zhuang, I," James was about to speak. But before he could finish speaking, he was directly interrupted by Zhuang Fei.

"I know what you're trying to say, there's no need to doubt your strength, because no one knows your abilities better than me, and if you're really playing your regular season stats against my defense in the playoffs this year, then I'd say, congratulations, you're already a player at the same level as Carter, so there's no need for you to be frustrated, don't you know your weaknesses now, just go and overcome him, I think Chris will be happy to go and be your sparring partner this summer" And when Zhuang Fei smiled and finished these words, also stretched out his right hand to James who was squatting on the ground, and after James was stunned for a while, and after some struggle, he slowly stretched out his right hand and asked Zhuang Fei to pull him up, and seeing this scene, the Eagles players and staff on the side were also secretly relieved.

"LeBron, your performance this year is very good, I am looking forward to your progress" And when James was pulled up by Zhuang Fei, Zhuang Fei was a little surprised and whispered in James's ear, and this also made James stunned for a while, and when he came back to his senses, Zhuang Fei had already left, and in the end, only James was left with both hands fiercely, as if he had made an oath in his heart, and at this time, the Eagles players on the side were very curious to know what Zhuang Fei said to him just now, It's just that in the end, no matter who asked, James didn't say

"Was Maddie aggressive? I think it's normal because he's very upset right now, so naturally he needs to find something in the game, and I think it should all take a thank you guys."

At the press conference after the game, Zhuang Fei has been smiling, but basically everyone can hear that the head coach of the Boston Celtics is not kind, and it can even be regarded as extremely intense, and the reason for this is naturally because of the problem of MVP in this year's regular season, it is obvious that the head coach of the Boston Celtics is complaining about his players, and he is dissatisfied with these people who failed to give votes to Maddie, and in fact, for these reporters, Zhuang Fei's behavior is also understandable, but even if they can understand, it will not change their absoluteness.

In fact, although Zhuang Fei is a little dissatisfied with Maddie's failure to win the MVP this year, according to this year's situation, the Celtics' leading player really has no hope of winning such an award, so Zhuang Fei will have a smile on his face, which is not an unacceptable thing, so after venting on the court on the court, Maddie was also emotionally stable when he returned to the locker room, but even so, Zhuang Fei will not just let these people go. This also makes the post-match press conference smell of gunpowder very strong.

"Mr. Zhuang, do you think James has what it takes to be a player like Maddie or Carter? A lot of people were amazed at his performance in the regular season this year, but in the playoffs he was mediocre, do you think he has the talent to be the best player? ”

"Do you think there's something wrong with that? I think he can be a player like Maddie or Carter, he's got a lot of talent, and you really think he's not doing well in this year's playoffs? How do I think he's doing well? Is it not bad to lead the team to the second round as a rookie and be able to average 24 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists per game in 11 games in his first playoff journey as a rookie? Maybe he can become the league's No. 1 small forward in the future."

When Zhuang Fei finished saying this, these reporters were directly speechless, the league's first small forward? Let's not talk about Carter, even Maddie, isn't there an Anthony who is better than him in the new generation? Where does this Z coach get his confidence? It's just that at this time, Zhuang Fei didn't pay attention to these people at all, and left directly. (To be continued.) )