Chapter 1026
At 8:00 p.m. on December 2, in Boston on the east coast of the United States, the Celtics players who had completed a day of hard training were driving away from here one by one. The team fought for a full 48 minutes.
That game was the focus of this round. Although Ji Feng's record battle stole a lot of the limelight, last year's No. 1 and No. 3 coaches in the Eastern Conference still attracted a lot of attention.
This season, the Magic are still very strong, Howard is more mature, and currently ranks first in the league in rebounds and blocked shots, and is far ahead of his opponents, and his scoring average has also reached a new high in Warcraft's career. In other words, this is the peak season of Warcraft.
After a summer of training and running-in by Van Gundy, the rest of the Magic finally have some powerful looks. So far this season, they have successfully replaced the Pistons, ranking second in the Eastern Conference behind the Celtics, and only behind the Celtics. A win.
So the importance of this direct dialogue is self-evident. Both teams want to win, so the Celtics will not and dare not release water in this game. Although they care more about the game against the Lakers, this game is equally important.
But fortunately they won the game, 107-88, the Celtics won this 2-game battle and continued to rank first in the Eastern Conference.
However, it was not easy for the Celtics to win this game. Although it looked like the score gap was huge, in fact they played inextricably in the halftime. The Magic once led by 5 points. With 17 points, 14 rebounds and 4 blocks, people once thought the Magic would win.
But Rivers also worked hard, he just used the main force, but did not rotate, and the main force of the Green Army was really competitive, and he bit down until the beginning of the fourth quarter. A three-pointer opened the score.
This game can be regarded as a tragic victory. Rivers only used 7 people in rotation. Ray Allen played 40 minutes and scored 24 points, which is the biggest contributor to the victory. Pierce scored 23 points in 42 minutes and Garnett played. Scored 16 points in 39 minutes, and even Rondo and Perkins played around 38 minutes.
The Green Army relied on a strong main lineup to win this victory, so this game was a huge drain on the Green Army with many veterans.
According to the original, they usually have to delay for two or three days after playing like this, and Garnett might go on a rotation, but at two o'clock in the afternoon the next day, they appeared in the stadium again.
6 hours!
It's their training time!
After the collective training ended, Garnett and Pierce still chose to practice extra. At this moment, in the garden on the North Shore under the night, the sound of the basketball passing the net could still be heard.
And the reason they did this is naturally because of tomorrow's opponent, the Los Angeles Lakers who defeated them in the finals!
Going back in time, a few months ago, the Los Angeles Lakers completed their counterattack in the finals. They stepped on their bodies to stand on top of the world, and behind the wildly celebrating Lakers generals were a group of unwilling Bostonians.
Not to mention Pierce, this is the closest he has come to a championship in his career. The failure made him depressed for a full month. To be honest, only those who have experienced failure in the finals will understand his feelings.
Often when he wakes up from a dream in the middle of the night, he can't help but recall the original scene in his mind, and he will keep asking himself, why didn't he make those key shots, why didn't he push Ji Feng hard to the ground!
To be honest, if he had a choice, he would try his best to push Ji Feng away, even if he fouled him, he would not let Ji Feng make that crucial three-pointer!
But everything has passed, the glory belongs to the Los Angeles people, and all they got was a sorry greeting. To be honest, Pierce didn't want to hear any words of sympathy at all, because it would be crueler to him than shooting him.
So this summer he trained with Garnett, who was also looking forward to revenge, for three months. These three months are definitely the most diligent time in his life.
And this season, his physical condition has improved significantly. It can be seen from his more muscular arms that he has been sweating profusely in the gym, and tomorrow is the time for the Lakers to pay the price!
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December 3rd!
The NBA announced the best in November. The best rookie points belong to Rose and Mayo, and the best in the East also belongs to Howard, and the best in the West is the most suspenseful. Ji Feng was re-elected.
Los Angeles is naturally celebrating, but in Boston, today is full of desire to fight!
"Next, our Boston legend will appear! Our leader, the guy who never admits defeat, Pierce!"
With the roar of the DJ, the Celtics took the lead in making their debut!
In the stands, crazy Celtics fans had already filled the place. They were spouting trash talk at the Lakers who appeared on the stage. The gunpowder had been ignited before the game started!
There is no doubt that Ji Feng and Kobe have received the warmest care, and they are also the most important figures who ruined the 17th championship of the Celtics.
The most important thing is that Ji Feng actually wants to get the record here, which simply doesn't take them seriously!
"Hey! Yellow-skinned boy, this is Boston, this is North Shore Gardens, you will never get what you want here, forever!" A man in his 70s in the front row sent this message to Ji Feng roar.
However, Ji Feng was still very calm, he was used to this kind of scene, and like the generals of the Lakers, he had already made the most difficult preparations, Ji Feng knew that he would receive the craziest care.
But Ji Feng didn't know yet, the arrangement for him was more than crazy!
The referee throws the ball!
Perkins took the lead to get it, and the Green Army made the first attack!
This season, the lineup of the Celtics has not changed much. Compared with last season, except James Posey, a reliable third-position substitute, went to Denver Plateau, and everyone else stayed in the team.
The reason why they let James Posey go is naturally the rapid growth of Tony Allen. After he was sanctioned by Ji Feng last season, he seemed to have opened up his second line of leadership, scoring and rebounding. Even better than what James Posey did, and now he has secured the third position on the bench.
As for tactics, Rivers is still the same style of play, iron-blooded defense, and the offense relies on the Big Three CRAAY, plus the more mature Rondo, which is basically the same as last season.
The first goal was not beyond the Lakers' expectations. The Celtics played very slowly. Of course, the Lakers did a good job defending, but Garnett still scored, and scored two points with a strong play at the basket.
It was no surprise that the Celtics scored first. Ji Feng was near the baseline and was ready to catch the ball, but Pierce actually started to press at the beginning of the game!
"The whole game was delayed! The Celtics really targeted Ji Feng from the very beginning!" Yu Jia said.
But that's not all. What Ji Feng suffered was a frenzied attack. Garnett came all the way to the top of the arc. When Ji Feng got the ball, Ray Allen also came up!
An instant three-person encirclement!