Chapter 246 Bandit's Nest
Rivers' words on the training ground will certainly not be known by competitors, but the Celtics have already felt the coach's desire to win from this passage.
Now the Celtics are still in the top eight in the East, but there are nearly half of the games behind. Anything can happen. No one dares to boast that they have already secured a place in the playoffs in advance.
In fact, even if the place in the playoffs is locked, it is just the first threshold. Rivers is not going to really get the eighth place in the East. It is not easy to play when he meets the Pistons or the Heat in the playoffs.
In order to get a good pick in the playoffs, you have to squeeze forward desperately. Rivers is now aiming at the top four in the East, which is really difficult, but this does not mean it is impossible.
In fact, there must be many teams that share the same idea as the Celtics. Magic, Wizards, Nets, these teams are all planning to rush up. The Bulls, Heat, and Raptors are also very competitive.
Anyway, Rivers knows very well that in the face of these competitors, the Celtics' advantage is almost zero, but every step closer to him is a threshold, and his team can only fight.
What can make Rivers feel gratified now is that because the wild kids under him are a little cruel. Now even if Master Joe blocks the way in front of them, these kids dare to rush over and trample on each other.
The same is true of the Celtic tradition. Whoever stands in the way will kill anyone. No matter what kind of superstar you are, if you dare to be wild in Boston, you are completely looking for death.
Not only looking for death, but also going to die thoroughly. There have been many people who don't believe in the past, and in the end, it ended in a very tragic way. Now the Celtics are continuing such a tough temperament.
The Detroit Pistons are the current leader in the East. They rank first in the East, and they are an unshakable advantage. They may be the most likely Eastern team to lock in the playoffs in advance.
But such a team that strives for the championship will also fall when it comes to the North Shore Garden Arena in Boston, and they fall miserably. The score of 95:85 makes the Detroiters a little angry.
Defense has always been the master of the Pistons. Only with a strong defense can they kill F4, kill the Heat, and win the championship. Even if they lose to the Spurs, it is just a little abnormal in the last match.
But on this away trip, the Detroiters saw a more fierce defense than them. The Bostonians, in the shouts of the home fans, really fought for every goal.
Although Thibodeau is a very good defensive coach, he will not be able to create an iron-like system for the Celtics in a season, not to mention the Pistons who rely on defense.
So before the start of the game, Thibodeau did not expect such ups and downs in the process, and the Celtics were stunned to win the opponent in what the Pistons were best at.
9 blocks and 37 rebounds in the game forced the opponent's shooting rate to hover around 40%. The Pistons are very fierce to make such a defense.
It can be said that there is no problem with the performance of the Detroiters, even slightly higher than usual, but such statistics do not allow the Pistons to take the victory away from the North Shore Garden Arena.
Because the Pistons' opponents are more extreme than they did, with 11 blocks and 43 rebounds, the Celtics kept the Detroiters' shooting rate of only about 35%.
What kind of scene is this? Only the people on the scene can describe the tragedy of the game to you.
"It's definitely a crazy game. The referee is busier than the players, and the sound of the whistle makes us almost numb." This is what the DJ complained about during the DJ's commentary.
In fact, looking at the number of fouls on both sides at 22:20, you can see that this is a standard hand-to-hand fight, and the Pistons have made 16 very rare mistakes, but the Celtics only have 12 mistakes.
This is the reason why the score was pulled away in the final decisive stage. In the fourth quarter, the Celtics made four fewer mistakes than their opponents, and then they had three more steals.
However, although there are many fouls and mistakes in this game, it is rare that no fan feels bored.
You should know that in the finals of the Pistons and the Spurs, it was because such confrontations were too frequent that the game was fragmented, creating the lowest ratings in NBA history.
But it was rare for the Pistons and the Celtics to have such a situation. More than 10,000 fans almost shouted until the end of the game with their own roars.
Just like what a fan said when he walked out of the stadium for an interview, he can accurately describe how these guys feel now. "It's so exciting! This kind of confrontation makes my adrenaline go crazy!"
Indeed, after watching the personal show of those flying people in the air, they suddenly saw such a pure physical confrontation, which almost made the fans crazy, and the process of the game made them enjoy it.
"I love those guys so much! They are the pride of Boston. They must be able to do better!"
This is a scene where a very old fan yelled at the reporter as he walked out of the North Shore Garden.
It's really like this. The shouts in the whole court have not stopped since the beginning of the game.
Those loyal Boston supporters really saw a group of fierce young men who dared to wrestle with the boss in the east, even if they had been pressed by their opponents to beat a 10:2 small ** at the beginning.
In fact, the Pistons' lead also had an advantage of more than three points in the opening stage. In the rest of the time, their tough guys encountered fierce resistance and impact, and the score was always deadlocked.
The 53 draws at the end of the half and the 71 draws at the end of the third quarter are the most accurate portrayal. Even the Pistons' head coach Sanders made a low-key admission to reporters after the game.
"We played very steadily, even slightly better than usual, but this is obviously not enough, because our opponents play more actively and fiercely, and their attitude is more serious than us, so we lose."
That's really the case. No one thought that the Celtic Heat would play so much against the Pistons.
In fact, even Rivers and Thibodeau themselves didn't think about it. When they fell behind at the beginning, they just wanted to hold back their opponents, but the wild kids under them launched a fierce attack.
It's really a scene that no one can't expect. When the opponent was a little dizzy with a combination of punches at the beginning, many loyal fans were actually a little desperate, but Boston's counterattack also came quickly.
However, after the game, some reporters also said something that happened at that time. When the Celtics were stunned by the old spicy play of the Pistons, Pierce and Chen Feng took the lead.
It was Pierce's three-pointer on the court that stabilized the army's heart, and the boss was also roaring to remind the players not to keep their heads down. They haven't lost yet.
But the toughest return came from the wildest animal. When Hamilton was ready to shoot after tacking the ball twice, it was a fierce slap that waved as the Terminator.
"It's all about him to cheer up! This is our territory. Do you want to be pressed on the floor like a woman? Do it! Be tough on me! Just like what I just did!"
If there was no such a voice and the two blocks that were thrown out, the Celtics' counterattack might not have come so quickly. When Chen Feng's roar and the block he fell into the audience began to show their madness, these bandits in green clothes were already completely enraged. That's it!
These guys are really like a group of bulls with burned tails. From falling behind to equalizing, from equalizing to overtaking, the green shirt army's animal is completely playing against the Pistons.
Although there are Rashid Wallace and McDais on the inside of the Pistons, their advantage is really not great in the face of the joint impact of Chen Feng and Weber.
Especially the control of rebounds, Chen Feng really dares to grab it in the hands of Rashid Wallace and McDais. Even once because he was fighting for the ball under the basket, he forced McDais out of the bottom line.
Rashid Wallace has never been a good stubble, but when Chen Feng's eyes were completely red, he rarely showed his roaring momentum, but just stared at the other party.
It's really a little red-eyed. It's not only that a guy like Chen Feng is crazy, but because of this guy's voice that everyone is a little crazy, including Rivers on the sidelines.
He doesn't care about the chaotic fighting style of these guys, as long as it's the referee's whistle.
Rivers and Thibodeau dared to question with the highest volume. These two guys are like taking gunpowder.
Looking at Sanders, it was simply a silent state. There was nothing he could do. After all, this was not his own home court, and he really couldn't shout the two guys opposite.
In fact, the whole game is such a situation. The Pistons have a complete system and defense skills, but the Celtics are ruthless. Even if they may not be able to control the situation, they will mess it up.
Anyway, there are no rules. How can you give full play to what you are good at? What do these guys do? No matter who you are and what can the eastern boss do? Zhao Bian! If you dare to be cruel to Boston, kill them all!
When the game is over, many people who have watched it will say, don't really offend those bastards in Boston, because if they are fierce, they dare to overturn all their opponents, and they can really do it.
However, what those guys saw were different. In addition to seeing the fierceness and bravery of his men's small animals, he also saw that another tough temperament was spreading.
And that kind of thing, with a strong street style, is not stingy, and extremely fierce.
Well, now these guys are really a bit like bandits... And Boston is starting to look like a bandit's nest.
(Well, there should be another update, and then despise my AC Milan by the way. I have a hunch that the first six of this season are dangerous!)