"Tom, are you okay, haven't you been under too much pressure lately, I feel like you've been a little nervous lately"

In the chairman's office of the Boston Celtics, Zhuang Fei looked at the assistant coach of the Boston Celtics in front of him with a smile on his face and asked with some concern, the recent situation of the Boston Celtics is very good, although the team was previously double-killed by this year's biggest opponent Lakers, but this does not mean that other teams in the league can have such an advantage over the Celtics as the Lakers, although the Boston Celtics are flawed this season.

But not any team can catch the shortcomings of the Boston Celtics like the Lakers, as far as the current strength of the Celtics, although this team has shortcomings, but most teams can't catch the shortcomings of the Celtics, especially after returning from the Pacific, the Boston Celtics have a very easy schedule in recent times, such as the Boston Celtics away to the Bulls on January 2, Although the Bulls are competitive in the East this year with the interior combination of Shark Jr., Eddie Curry and Chandler under the leadership of their team boss Jay Williams.

Last season, the team almost made the playoffs, only to be overtaken by the 76ers at the last moment due to lack of experience, and this year, after the Bulls re-signed one of the greatest players in the team's history, Pippen, the team's competitiveness has been further improved than before, and for Zhuang Fei, he was surprised not why this team has performed so well this season.

For Zhuang Fei. According to his impression, Jae Williams should be reimbursed for driving a motorcycle accident this year, but to Zhuang Fei's surprise, this guy didn't have a car accident this year, of course, for the Bulls, this team is not the Bull in history at all because of Jae Williams, and the current champion and best rookie last season has now become the league's first-line point guard. This also means the rise of a new strong team for the entire league and the East, but for Zhuang Fei, it doesn't mean much.

Because from last season. Zhuang Fei's Boston Celtics is the nemesis of the Bulls, whether it is the inside or the outside, it can be said that the Bulls are basically restrained by the Celtics, of course, it is precisely because of this that in the first game of the Boston Celtics New Year, the Celtics easily defeated the team that is currently ranked seventh in the East 109-89 on the road, and what made it easier for the Celtics was not to beat the Bulls on the road, Rather, the Bulls are pretty much the strongest team the Celtics have faced in recent times. After beating the Bulls on the road. Whether it's playing the Pacers at home on January 3 or the Pistons and Magic at home on January 5 and January 7, respectively, these teams can't compare to the Kings in terms of strength.

It can be said that in the recent period, starting from January 2 to the current January 8, the Boston Celtics have achieved the first wave of four consecutive wins of the new year, and the current Celtics' record has also become 33-6, which can be said to still be at the top of the league, and the Lakers, the second in the league, are still half a win away from the Celtics. It's just that Zhuang Fei has been very entangled in the team's current results, for him, although the Celtics this year do not have the same dominance as last season, and even in terms of strength, they are a little worse than last season, but the record is still excellent, although it was lost to the Lakers twice not long ago.

But this does not mean that Zhuang Fei must care too much about this matter, after all, Zhuang Fei knows that the current Celtics are not the strongest Celtics, Zhuang Fei also knows that when the team's backup guard, this year's No. 3 show can integrate into the team, and at the same time he himself completes the breakthrough, then the Boston Celtics will reach the strength of the last two games of last season's finals, and also have enough strength comparable to or even surpassing the Lakers, so, Even if he lost two games in a row to the Lakers, Zhuang Fei has always been extremely optimistic.

It's just that Zhuang Fei is a little helpless, although he himself is very optimistic, but the team's assistant coach is not optimistic at all, the two losses to the Lakers made the Celtics assistant coach blame himself, especially in these two games, the Lakers' performance on the defensive end made him very faceless. In fact, in essence, the framework of the Celtics' defensive system has been established, which is why every time the Celtics play some teams with slightly inferior examples, it is difficult for the opponent to rely on the ability of one person to eat the Celtics' defense like they did in the past.

It's just like now Kirilenko and Haslem or Birdman Anderson are embarrassed every time they meet Fat or Duncan, the current Celtics' defense is also embarrassing when they meet the Lakers, and the Celtics' defense can have a good system effect when facing other NBA teams, just like Kirilenko and other thin and low interior lines do not suffer when facing other teams' interiors, and then the advantage in upper movement and even these people can play well, But these people have no way to deal with the inside line like Fat or Duncan, such as the first two losses to the Lakers, Birdman Anderson only played 10 minutes and carried five fouls, and in all two games, he played a total of 19 minutes and said nine fouls.

It can be said that this player can't stand the position at all in the face of Ao Fat or Ma Long, how can he be expected to play well when an inside line can't even stand in the position, and like Haslem, who even made Mourning a little embarrassed last season, is much better than Birdman and Kirilenko in terms of strength, but compared to Ao Fat, he is completely a scumbag, and when he loses the advantage of strength, he doesn't even have the height, which directly means that he can't give Ao Fat any pressure of possibility, and compared to these two.

Although Kirilenko on the other side is a little more reactive, the good ones are limited, after all, Kirilenko mainly plays the third position. In this regard, although his single defense ability is not too good, it still has a certain effect to let him defend Szebiak, but in addition to defense, this player has completely no contribution on the offensive end, Kirilenko's shooting is too unstable, if the shooting is unstable, let him impact the basket when facing the Lakers? That's not just looking for death. In this case, Kirilenko is also a chicken rib, and many times Zhuang Fei prefers to use Jackson or James Posey for a long time to defend Szzebiak.

So in the end, the depth of the bench that the Celtics are talked about when facing other teams can really only throw all these people into the second team when facing the Lakers, but even if this group goes to the second team. But it doesn't necessarily mean that the Celtics' strength in the second team is higher than that of the Lakers, because many times the Lakers' second team is played by Fan Maniac and Kobe Bryant, in this case, even if the Lakers' other three second team positions are far inferior to the Celtics, what is that? The time of the second team is short, and the offensive method is also dominated by key people, in this case, the embarrassment of the Celtics can be imagined, and this is the biggest problem of the Celtics now, this problem appeared in the finals last season. It's just that at this time, the Celtics have no way to solve it. And now the Celtics' defense is also in this problem.

How can the Celtics' bench players play like they do against the Lakers? How can the Celtics' defensive system be as rock-solid against the Lakers as it is against other teams? Of course, Zhuang Fei is a coach who likes to think. And Thibodo is a manager who likes to do things. It is precisely because of this that the assistant coach of the Boston Celtics has been quite nervous recently, almost training these Celtics players half to death in training.

In the opinion of the Celtics' assistant coach, the reason why the team can't play the defensive results he wants in the face of the Lakers is because his team is not good enough, he wants to make these players better, but what he doesn't know is that it is difficult for these Celtics players to improve quickly in a short period of time, and at this level, it is more necessary to understand, and understanding also requires experience, but at this time, Xibodu, who has completely fallen into self-blame, has completely ignored this set. Almost let these Celtics players who were very obedient under Zhuang Fei's orders all report to Zhuang Fei through another assistant coach of the team, Stephen Green, the new assistant coach of the Celtics is really crazy, and it is in this situation that Zhuang Fei also hopes to have a good talk with his assistant, and at this time his assistant is indeed too nervous.

"Zhuang, I'm fine, I think I've been doing very well lately" In the face of Zhuang Fei's worries, the assistant coach of the Celtics also said with some doubts, although his nerves have been a little tense recently, there is no problem with his physical condition, and he himself feels that he has been very full recently, but Xibodu's answer also makes Zhuang Fei a little unsure of how to speak, after all, this is not easy to say, because when Xibodu came to Celtic, Zhuang Fei gave him an absolute promise and would not interfere in anything with him, Zhuang Fei originally wanted to remind him of the side, but in the end he found that the former Van Gundy's assistant coach didn't seem to be able to turn his head, or his emotional intelligence was not very high, and he couldn't understand Zhuang Fei's meaning at all.

"In this way, the weather in Boston has been getting colder and colder recently, pay attention to your body, don't be too tired" Finally, Zhuang Fei also reminded again with some helplessness.

"I know, my health has always been good, and I've been in Minnesota for several years, so I have no problem with this kind of weather at all" When he finished speaking, this Mr. Xibodu actually smiled at Zhuang Fei, which directly made Zhuang Fei speechless.

"Mr. Zhuang, if there is nothing else, I will go to the training hall"

In the end, looking at the back of his assistant leaving, Zhuang Fei could only shake his head helplessly, and smiled a little bitterly in his heart, it seems that these Celtics players still need to be tortured for a while, but what makes Zhuang Fei a little relieved is that in the report of the dynasty system and the report customized by the Celtics themselves, these Celtics players do not have too many injury tendencies and physical overdraft problems, but even so, under the madness of the Boston Celtics assistant coach, Zhuang Fei also knows that he needs to increase the rotation of the team now, if there is really an injury tendency or the player's physical overdraft, then it will be too late.

On January 9, 2004, the Boston Celtics ushered in the fifth Cleveland Cavaliers in the East to challenge away from home, which is also the strongest opponent that the Boston Celtics have encountered in recent times, and in this home game, the Boston Celtics let the team's bench guard No. 3 show Wade appear in the starting line for the first time this season and partner with Maddie Yaoming, Wade is not the first time to appear in the starting lineup this season, but it is the first time to start with Maddie Yaoming, Zhuang Fei is also preparing to officially try Wade's '1-4' tactics in the game from this time on.

At this time, Wade's tactical performance in training has also reached the lowest bottom line that can appear in the game, but it is also a little dangerous to test such tactics in this game with the Cavaliers, so the result of this game also proves this, the '1-4' tactical effect led by Wade can only be average, and the guard is not able to find Maddie or Yao Ming and others in another system when sharing the ball.

Although the essence of this tactic is to break through the ball, it is completely different from the ordinary breakthrough ball tactic to find open players. In this case, the Celtics basically played a 1-4 game and were forced to play a triangle offense again, because the Celtics were expected to lose if they continued to play, but even so, the Celtics still defeated the Cavaliers 110-107 at home at the last moment with Maddy's three-point kill.

And on January 11 after defeating the Cavaliers, the Boston Celtics once again ushered in the challenge of the Western weak team Rockets at home, although this team renewed BrandMiller's contract this year, and also drafted German Carman, plus the team originally had Francis and Jalen Rose, the competitiveness of this team is still there, this is just the competitiveness on the books, because Francis is not very compatible with Rose or Miller, and there are some conflicts in attributes, That's why this team struggles so much.

And this game The Celtics also defeated the Rockets 121-100 at home, and with the victory of this game, in the new 2004, the Celtics won 6 consecutive games, and the team's record has also become 35-6, and the NBA season is more than halfway through. (To be continued.) )