The players arrived at the North Shore Garden Arena early after a short recuperation, and it was still early, with nearly two hours to go before the start of the game.

McConley's ankle report came out just four hours ago, and the result was negative, but it was a little swollen, not a big problem, a false alarm, he didn't travel with the team today, and the doctor's recommendation was to rest for a week.

With Conley out of the lineup, Bayless will be promoted to the starting line-up this time, and he will be standing shirtless in the center of the court for three-point practice.

"One, two, three......" with the help of a sparring partner, one corner is finished and then the other.

"Hey, buddy, save some energy, don't use it all at once." Guy seems to be recovering well.

"Oh yes, it's a single-celled animal!" Li Ming was disdainful on the side.

The 17 flags at the scene were particularly dazzling, like 17 glittering golden plaques hanging high in the air, and Li Ming stared at it for a long time and couldn't return to his senses.

From the summer of 1959 to the end of the summer of 1966, Bostonians enjoyed the sweetness of "self-esteem", wrote magnificent poems that no one had ever seen before, and no one has ever come today, won 8 consecutive championships, and raised the championship flag over Boston Arena for 8 consecutive years.

In the 1966-67 season, with the retirement of many Celtics veterans, Cousy and Heinsohn left the team one after another, Cardinal Auerbach also resigned as head coach to assume the team's administrative position, and Bill Russell succeeded the team as head coach, thus becoming the first black coach in NBA history.

With many accidents and inexperience, Russell had to fight on two fronts. In the division finals, the Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers led by Chamberlain met in a narrow way and lost 1-4, ending the championship streak. The Ancient Beast averaged a staggering 39 points and 22 rebounds per game in that series.

In 1967-68, the Celtics began the new season with an aging starting lineup. Still, Russell led the team all the way. With a 54-28 record in the regular season, he successfully entered the playoffs. After beating the 76ers, the Celtics reached the Finals again and defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 4-2 to win the championship again.

In the 1968-69 season, the seventh game of the Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers, the final score was locked at 108-106, and the Celtics once again became king, winning the championship for the first time in 11 years, and it was also in that season that the Lord of the Rings Russell officially retired.

It is precisely because of Russell's retirement that the Celtics failed to make the playoffs in the next two seasons, and the upstart in the East, the team of the heavenly hook Abdul-Jabbar began to officially rise, completing the transition between the old and the new, and the Bucks became the brightest star in the league in those two seasons.

However, the Kings did not stop there, and it only took them two years to re-establish themselves as a balanced and experienced team. The team's starting lineup for the 1973-74 season remained unchanged, with Havlicek, Silas and Dave Cowens forming the front trident, with Don Channey and White partnering the back. While Don Nelson and Paul Westphaal were on the bench.

After sitting at the top of the Atlantic Conference with a 56-26 record, the Celtics eliminated the young Buffalo Warriors and then beat the Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals. The 1974 Finals were between the Celtics and the Bucks.

This series is one of the greatest Finals matchups in NBA history. Dave Covins scored 28 points to help his team win the championship for the first time in five years.

In the following season, the Celtics continued their previous routine to win another Atlantic Division title. The team's internal and external balance of offense and defense can still maintain the winning momentum without the superstar on the inside. Midway through the season, Covance suffered a broken foot, and the team's bench depth advantage showcased. After his return, he went with the team to an excellent 60-22 record. In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics were intercepted by the Washington Bullets, and the Bullets officially rose.

With Don Channey's departure, the team traded for Charlie Scott, who was able to average 20+ points per game in the previous three seasons. Despite the team's limited bench depth, the team still had a 54-28 record and topped the Atlantic Conference and the second-highest record in the league that year.

In the playoffs, the Celtics eliminated the Buffalo Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers successively, and once again reached the Finals with a chance to win the championship. The Celtics face the Phoenix Suns in the Finals, who have a 42-40 record in the regular season. The Greenshirts have a clear advantage.

The two sides played a heart-wrenching game that saw the Celtics beat their opponents in the third overtime to end the longest Finals game in history, 128-126. This championship is the 13th championship trophy in Celtic's history.

Back then, the streets and alleys were reporting on this ancient and modern matchup, an epic matchup, and even overshadowed the edge of the college league and football league for a time.

In the following years, as the main force in the country gradually grew old, this king sank again, and even fell to the bottom of the Atlantic region for a time.

But all that changed with the addition of another Divine Bird. In 1979, two young men named Larry Bird and Johnson changed the landscape of the league for the next decade.

In their debut season, Johnson won the championship title and Bird was named Rookie of the Year, while the Celtics began to build a roster around Bird.

Up front, Bird is partnered by third-year player Cedric Maxwell, with Covins continuing to play on the inside, and defenders Chris Ford, who played for the Pistons last season, and Nate Archibald. With the roster upgrading, the team only had 29 wins last season and increased to 61-21 in 1979-80.

The 32-game improvement was also the most in the league at the time (broken by the Spurs in 1989-90), and after missing the playoffs for two consecutive years, they eliminated the Houston Rockets in the Eastern Conference semifinals that year, but they lost to the 76ers in the Eastern Conference finals.

With Robert Palish and McHale on board, Larry Bird, Cedric Maxwell and Parish make up the team's frontcourt, with Chris Ford and Knight Archibald at the back.

McHale played on the bench, and the Green Shirts also had Gerald Henderson and Rick Robby on the bench. In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics and 76ers met. The 76ers took a 3-1 lead in the first four games, but won by two points in the fifth and sixth games. In Game 7, the Celtics defeated the 76ers 91-90 to enter the Finals. Completed the super reversal.

The Celtics' opponent in the Finals is the Houston Rockets. The Rockets have a 40-42 record in the regular season that season. Under the leadership of Moses Malone, the Rockets played well, but in the end, the Celtics defeated the Rockets 4-2 to win the championship.

After that, the Celtics were up and down until the summer of 2007, when the Celtics acquired the league's No. 1 sharpshooter Ray Allen and top power forward Kevin Garnett through a trade during the draft, and formed a luxurious "Big Three" lineup with the original star all-round small forward Paul Pearce. In the 2007-08 season, he went from worst in the league to best in the league, with a 66-16 record. In the end, they defeated the Lakers 4-2 and won the 17th NBA championship in team history.