Chapter 521: Two Ambitious Rivals

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Although the Boston Celtics were disturbed by some well-intentioned people off the court, this did not affect the competitiveness of this team too much, at least the team did not have any bad impact because of the absence of the team's two core players, Maddy and Posey, of course, this has a lot to do with the Hawks' weak strength.

Against this Hawks Boston Celtics Yao Ming, the starting combination of Xiao Ao and Kirilenko and Jackson and Arenas is not too jerky, and it is also able to completely suppress this team.

And what makes Zhuang Fei even happier is that when Yao Ming, Xiao Ao and Kirilenko play at the same time, the team's interior defense has risen a notch again, Yao Ming is in the center, Xiao Ao protects Yao Ming, and Kirilenko is constantly wandering and sweeping between the gaps inside and outside, which makes the away Eagles extremely uncomfortable, if it weren't for the complete garbage time in the fourth quarter of this game, it is estimated that the Eagles lost more than 25 points, of course, in this different Celtics, Arenas, who was promoted to the starter, scored 35 points in the third quarter of the game, which made this player who has been very hot recently, once again attract the attention of all the media, according to the bookmaker's odds, as long as the Boston Celtics can maintain this momentum, as long as Arenas can maintain this momentum, this season's best sixth man He can definitely snatch the trophy from Ginobili, of course, it is clear that the Boston Celtics guard is not so keen on the trophy of the best sixth man, He's enjoying being the centerpiece and starter on the perimeter.

Except that Arenas is in great form right now. The Boston Celtics' three rookies drafted this year were also normal in this game, with one of them, Kirilenko and Arenas, being promoted upwards. So the second lineup is Prince's main play, and the small forward can be regarded as a good completion of the task assigned by the team in this game. In the fourth quarter, although the Boston Celtics lost points as a whole, they didn't lose much, and it is understandable that most of the Boston Celtics' second team is rookies.

The Boston Celtics and Hawks had an easy game because the Hawks were too weak, while the Boston Celtics' next opponent, the Nets, was not weak. And on the contrary, this team is still strong, one of the strongest teams in the East this season.

In the East this season, the Boston Celtics have won 12 games in a row, and it can be said that they have left all the teams in the East behind. Even in the whole league, there is no team as domineering as the Celtics, of course, in terms of this season, the Nets' record is certainly not as good as the Celtics, this team's record this season is 8-5, such a record is far behind the Boston Celtics, but although the record is far behind, but the ranking is not far away, this team is currently ranked fifth in the East, it can be said that it is a team that can pose a huge threat to the East or even any team in the league.

And Kidd, the leader of this team this season, is also in excellent form, plus Jefferson. Martin and Mutombo are a large number of powerful stars, so the Celtics, who are only missing two core players, may not be able to win such a team on their home turf.

So at the beginning of this game, Zhuang Fei's assistant coach Stephen Green also repeatedly persuaded Zhuang Fei to lift the ban on Maddie and James Posey.

It's just that Zhuang Fei refused Stephen Green's seemingly extremely reasonable suggestion without thinking about it, if this game is really compromised, then Zhuang Fei can really be sure that James Posey, a bastard boy, and Maddie, a kid with weak willpower, will definitely do it again, and if this makes the Boston Celtics players have the team's head coach. The impression of the player's strength theory is even worse, if James Posey and Maddie are easily released this time, Arenas and Xiaoao will follow suit in the future. Then I thought in my heart that the coach would definitely not punish him because of important games, so this would ruin all the systems established by Zhuang Fei.

So even if the Boston Celtics are very difficult in this game, Zhuang Fei has no intention of breaking the rules he has set, and for Zhuang Fei, he really doesn't think he will lose in the face of such a Nets team, although there is no absolute certainty, but the winning side is also dominant, and the current Celtics and Nets are half a pound and eight taels in terms of strength.

Zhuang Fei didn't think his team would lose to the Nets without Maddie and James Posey, in fact, it was, and Zhuang Fei once again sent the same starting lineup as the last game, Yao Ming, Xiao Ao and Kirilenko in the frontcourt, while Jackson and Arenas in the backcourt, and as for the Nets, Kidd led the Jefferson and Martin as well as Mutombo and Kidders.

In fact, in a sense, the Boston Celtics and the Nets are very similar, the five players on the Boston Celtics are very balanced, especially on the offensive end, everyone on the court has a very good offensive ability, and the Nets are the same, this team except for Mutombo The other four starters have averaged more than 10 points per game this season, Martin is 17 points per game, Jefferson is 16 points per game, Kidd is 19 points per game, and Kidders is 13 points per game, This also makes it difficult for many teams to play against the Nets, and many teams have suffered losses from the Nets this season, and under Kidd's organization, basically everyone on this team is a big threat.

Of course, for the Boston Celtics, they are a little better than other teams in that this team can play 1-on-1 with all the players of the Nets, just like Yao Ming vs. Mutombo, Xiao Ao vs. Martin, Kirilenko vs. Jefferson, Jackson vs. Kidders, and Arenas vs. Kidd.

At the beginning of this game, Zhuang Fei gave up the joint defense tactics that he had been learning to use this season, and directly used the NBA's regular one-on-one defense, Zhuang Fei hoped to drag the rhythm of the whole game into the one-on-one singles of five players on the court, and even in order to choke the other four points of the Nets, especially the three points except Kidd and Mutombo, Zhuang Fei even consciously let Arenas give Kidd a step of offensive space, Kidd's performance this season is outstanding, even the best season of his career, the guard averaged 19 points, 10 assists and 7 rebounds and 2 steals per game this season, which can be said to be the standard Magic Johnson stats, Magic Johnson's career is similar to this statistic, but unlike Magic, even if this season is his best season, the guard's shooting stability is still not high, and the offensive efficiency is low, In this case, Zhuang Fei also has enough space to execute such a tactic.

The Boston Celtics have the ability to choke the Nets' other three points, as well as the capital and conditions to let go of Kidd or Mutombo, which they wouldn't have done if they were facing the Wizards and Nash Jeffrey in this game.

So the overall trend of this game is that Kidd is fighting Celtics, especially Kidd is fighting Arenas and Xiaoao, and it is precisely because of this that the score of the two teams in this game is actually very anxious, Zhuang Fei released Kidd, one of the best point guards in the league at present, can really score, which also makes Zhuang Fei a little helpless.

Although Kidd's good state in this game surprised Zhuang Fei, but the final winner of this game is still the Celtics, and the final score is 95-90, the Boston Celtics only won by 5 points at home, Kidd scored 35 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists in this game, and in addition to Kidd, the other Nets players, whether Jefferson or Martin or Kidders, did not score double-doubles, and the most Martin was nine points, On the Celtics side, in addition to Arenas's highest 30 points, Xiao Ao also scored 20 points, and then Yao Ming's score was also double-double, and the Boston Celtics scored double-doubles, but the second team led by Prince lost to the Nets again in this game, otherwise the two teams would not have been able to play so closely in this game, and it is obvious that this group of rookie players now needs to adapt to the rhythm of the NBA.

"Thirty points for two games in a row? It's nothing to me, if I can score 40, 50 or even 60, 70 points a game, I can score any points if I want, like that shooting guard for the Lakers."

'The starter, yes, I'm enjoying being in the starting line-up, it's not the same feeling as getting off the bench, but no matter what, I'm eager to give everything to the coach and the team's victory'

"I didn't think about the best sixth man because it doesn't mean anything in my opinion"

After this game, Boston Celtics backup guard Arenas scored 30 points in two consecutive games to make the guard the focus of the Celtics again, and the young guard of the Celtics is also a little dismissive of Kobe Bryant, who has recently played 40+ in 7 consecutive games in the West, and it is obvious that for the performance of his old rival, Arenas believes that only the team's head coach gives him a chance, and he can do it.

Of course, whether Arenas disdains Kobe's 40+ streak or the league's best sixth man, the Boston Celtics have won two in a row without two cores and brought the Celtics' record to 13 straight wins this season has once again made the league a little boiling. (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. )