Chapter 324 Dinner
The fierce fight in the playoffs will only become more intense as the game gets deeper. The bloody scene in the first round is difficult to continue to the second round. At least every team wants to go further by this time.
One more step is the final. If you step over, it is the finals. The highest honor is there. I believe that no one can be lower than this deadly **, even the Spurs, even if they have won three championships.
The difficulty of the first two games also proves this. No matter who, at this stage, will go all out to show all their cards and strive to give the opponent the most fierce and fatal blow.
The competition between the east and the west will become increasingly fierce, and even the odds of gambling companies are being adjusted. As the game progresses, the final odds of winning the championship have also begun to fluctuate, and the unpredictability is gradually fermenting.
Knight? Piston? When the top two in the Eastern Conference face challenges, their tickets to the Eastern Conference finals are not so safe. In this fierce battle, these guys can only fight desperately to grab the position. The Eastern Conference Finals are not so easy to enter. The new force of the Bulls and the Celtics is a ferocious.
Young, energetic and energetic, the most important thing is that they are talented, especially the Celtics have a few old guys in terms of personnel matching, which can play a strong attack power more safely.
Even the current ball critics dare not say anything easily. What should I say? He also said that the Cavaliers and Pistons will definitely meet in the Eastern Conference Finals? Or is it predicted that the Jazz will definitely wash the warriors? Or will the Spurs win the Sun?
Now whoever you are, casually opening your mouth to predict is to make trouble for yourself. The first round may be fine, but after the game has come to this point, it is estimated that the confrontation between the Warriors and the Jazz is normal.
But no one can guarantee whether the Golden State gangster will stage a reversal under the leadership of old Nelson, and the fight between the Suns and the Spurs is really hard to say who can win. No matter who wins, it is normal now.
However, the entanglement in the east is really unpredictable. It's not a joke for the bull to go crazy. The Cavaliers may not be able to withstand it even if they have a little emperor. The current winning rate of the two sides is at most a five-five points.
As for the contest between the Celtics and the Pistons, as long as he is a commentator with a problem, he will not make any decisions. If Detroit can win, he is likely to be slapped by the final result.
No way. Who made the guys in Boston like to hit other people in the face, just like no one thought they would really beat the Raptors in the first round, but what about the result? These guys swept more thoroughly than other teams.
So popular in the circle of commentators now, "Even if you are bored, don't predict the results of the Celtics' game when you are free, otherwise you will always be shocked by them."
It turns out that the person who said this sentence is absolutely present, and Murphy dares to guarantee that the guy who wrote this sentence must have been slapped a big mouth by the Celtics with his bloody results, and he was very fierce.
The Pistons were cut off for a game at home, so in any case, they have to find this face in Boston, otherwise the Celtics will return to Detroit with a 3:1 score, which is hard to say.
However, before the team landed in Boston, the Detroit media predicted that this away game was not easy for the Pistons. The Celtics' hard bones could never make Detroit too easy.
"This will be a tough round of games. In Boston, we will try our best to win our opponents. They can win again in Detroit. Similarly, we also have a chance to win in Boston. The players are confident."
Before leaving Detroit, Sanders left such a sentence in the face of the reporter's question. It can be seen that this guy is not fully confident in whether he can kill his opponent in two more Boston's duels.
In the face of the reporter's question, he can be more calm, but if it is the old man Larry Brown, he will definitely say that he led the team to Boston to make trouble on the opponent's territory.
The coach's temperament also determines the future direction of a team. Sanders is not as spicy as old Brown.
So when leading the team, Sanders is talking more about his achievements than relying on his mouth.
It's just that Sanders is a little unlucky this time. He met the most fierce team in the East. If it's really face-to-face courage, the Bostonians may be better than the Pistons.
At least at the level of the coach, Rivers is sometimes more courageous than Sanders. Even if the Celtics are at a disadvantage, this fat guy dares to say harsh words and fight with his opponent to the end!
It is estimated that the Celtics' fierce counterattack at the last moment of the last game shocked Sanders. Those animals can be so fierce on the road. At home, this tough attack may become more crazy and even exceed the imagination of Detroit fans. There is no reason for Sanders' scruples. Of.
In the face of such an opponent, even if Sanders knows that they have no way out but to win, he has to speak carefully. Although he won a game, Detroit fans are not optimistic about this guy's future.
In fact, not only the fans, but also the management of the team, as well as the media watching the excitement, and the pressure from all sides make Sanders have to be cautious. This is not a year ago, when he first came.
At that time, he was still the successor of Old Brown, leading the team to win 60+ games and successfully reached the Eastern Conference Finals. He only lost to the final championship winner, the Heat. At that time, he was a smooth sailing.
But the situation this season has taken a sharp turn. Not to mention that the results of the regular season are not good. As soon as they entered the second round of the playoffs, they were met with a stick. The Pistons' fans couldn't stand it, and the management was obviously emotional.
After all, before Old Brown left, they won a championship and reached a finals. In any case, this result is the top in the East. Now this Pistons team is not only chased by the little emperor's Cavaliers behind them, but also hit the fierce Celtics, and it seems that they can't get any advantage. .
Sanders knows very well that if he takes a wrong step at this time, in addition to endless criticism, there will definitely be a dismissal letter waiting for him. The management of the Pistons will definitely not save himself.
The head coach of the NBA has always been used to top the cylinder. Except for a few super big brands, the rest, including Nelson and the young generals, are often used as scapegoats.
Now for Sanders, only reaching the Eastern Conference finals can relieve this pressure. If he fails, he may not have to be chased by others, and he will have to get out of Detroit.
Those blue-collar workers certainly don't care what you are. For them, it's a waste to keep a coach who can't lead the team to win. If you don't have that ability, just go from Detroit faster.
In fact, from the end of the second game, Sanders was thinking about how to play away from home. He didn't even drag the team to Boston in advance for adaptive training, in order to polish it in Detroit.
Although there is not much room for improvement at this time, Sanders is still ready to go to Boston the day before the game, one is to avoid harassment, and the other is to let the players stabilize their mood.
A veteran of the Pistons should not have such a problem. These guys' rich playoff experience is not in vain. No matter how they encounter this passive situation, they will not shrink back and close their doors to Detroit.
But the impact created by the Celtics in the first two games was indeed far greater than the ordinary confrontation. I thought it was not so difficult, but the final result has proved that the fierceness of those guys is really a headache.
Even tough players like Billups and Rashid, after the game, they don't smile because of winning the interview. For these old guys, it's really hard to win the game. What's more, it's on their own doorstep, and they can be forced to be so wolf by their opponents. It's so.
So instead of putting pressure on the other side, more pressure will be added to the Pistons. Sanders understand this truth, and those veterans understand how difficult it is to play away from home.
Boston's home win rate this season was in the top three in the East, and the Pistons also fell once again at the TD North Shore Garden Arena, so at this time, no one will think that the game can be easily controlled.
Even Billups said cautiously when talking about the away trip with familiar reporters, "To win a game is a victory for the Pistons." It can be heard that this old man is not a joke.
The bottom limit of the Pistons is to keep one game away from home, and then strive for two victories, at least to win back a home advantage. Otherwise, when they return to Detroit, they don't know what it is like.
If they fall behind 1:3, the Pistons at least don't have the confidence to say that they can turn over. The Celtics are not the magic team led by McGrady, and they will not easily fall into panic at the last minute.
McGrady's nerves are not strong enough, but the Celtics' livestock are as steel.
Do you expect those guys to collapse? Forget it, if you make that plan, it's better to think about how to win a game away from home. Those Boston's crazy people have no record of collapse this season.
The North Shore Garden Arena is now becoming one of the most difficult fortresses to conquer in the East. Even teams like the Spurs and Mavericks can't get a bargain in Boston. Can the Pistons be stronger than those two teams?
The Pistons' away record has no advantage. At least in the analysis of the Detroit media, these old guys have a better chance of winning at home. If they fall into a hard battle in the second examination room, the outcome is really unpredictable.
Even Sanders himself admitted that the Pistons' away record this season is worrying. The results in the central division can prove a lot of problems. Detroit is no longer the team that killed the Lakers. They are gradually aging, and the level decline in individual positions far exceeds the expectations of the Pistons management. .
Both Sanders and the Pistons players know that there is no good life to live in Boston, so they don't plan to leave early. Instead of going there first to be disturbed, it's better to recuperate in Detroit.
On the contrary, the atmosphere of the Celtics is much more relaxed than that of the Pistons, especially after they returned to Boston. The loyal fans really stamped their feet and applauded for the guys.
For those loyal to Boston, the current Celtics are on the rise. Compared with the downturn of the previous season, Boston is absolutely happy at this moment.
Last season, he couldn't even win the playoffs, but this season has swept the Raptors, and then he can play against the Pistons. No one will be dissatisfied with such a tough result.
And they can obviously feel that those fierce wild guys are confident to kill the Pistons again at home. Even if Rivers did not make any predictions, the solid fat coach is also full of confidence.
Not only because of the tough performance at the end of the second game, but also because he clearly knows that his group of young people did not lose their confidence because of a defeat, but became more fierce.
"This is our own territory. In the North Shore Garden Arena, no matter who comes, it will be the same." Pierce, who has always been low-key, has said harsh words at the end of his first public training after returning to Boston. The core of the Celtics is unwilling to lose away from home, so he has been ready to recover. Enmity.
The Pistons' home advantage is just a win. In this acre of land in Boston, Pierce absolutely does not think that his opponent still has the ability to beat himself on the floor.
At least in front of more than 10,000 loyal supporters in Boston, the team of the Celtics did not intend to continue to be suppressed by the Pistons. They wanted to fight back and fight back fiercely! Give your opponent a look!
This is Boston, the North Shore Garden, and the territory of the Celts. No one can easily conquer it!
Pierce is no longer hiding his emotions. Can the rest of the animals be stable? Even Jefferson said, "Back at home, all we have to do is defeat the Pistons!"
That's what Rivers means. Why are you polite to your opponent at your doorstep? Suck me to death! How fierce it can be, how fierce it is! I will never show mercy, but I just want to play the most fierce feeling!
Even Murphy wrote in his column that this is a game that the Celtics don't want to lose. They have to defend the honor that belongs to the North Shore Garden, so the pressure the Pistons will face will be difficult to image.
This is definitely not a prestimidious speech, but all Bostonians think so. This is a game for the freshman Celtics. No matter who the opponent in front of you is, you have to knock him down hard!
The Pistons chose to come to Boston the day before the game, but for the Boston Celtics, they returned to the door to accumulate strength and let the old guys in Detroit see the fierceness here!
Everyone is preparing for the battle nervously, including Rivers and Thibodeau, and is also looking for a way to crack Sanders' tactical arrangement. As for the battle under the basket, the Celtics are absolutely not allowed to lose.
Chen Feng is naturally the most critical point. In the last game, he was blocked so completely by his opponents. This time, at his doorstep, Rivers can expect this boy to break out and stir up the Pistons.
And Takanien was not idle. As soon as Chen Feng returned to Boston, the old guy immediately dragged the boy away. For him, it's better to work hard to sharpen the gun.
As for how much the boy can understand, it depends on his creation. Takanian can always find a way to solve the problems he saw in the two games.
Even if you can't instill too many tactical things into this boy, at least in some details, it can make Chen Feng understand where he still has defects.
Raise the war with war. In this top-level confrontation, there are some things that need to be enlightened. Maybe a little bit can make this boy understand.
For Chen Feng's basketball IQ, Takanian has never worried about what this boy can't digest. He can mix like this with Hammond on the street. With a coach like him by his side, how can it be worse?
The only thing Takanien's dissatisfaction is that this boy didn't go to college for further study. If he can let himself forge him in NCAA for two years, it is estimated that he will be the seed of a top show.
And in some aspects of understanding, it may be better than the current wild road.
But Takanien can only follow the path chosen by the boy and accompany him all the time. This kind of practice of sharpening guns is not very wise, but at least it can have some effect.
Even Auerbach agrees with this approach. For the old man, the Celtics are now on the road to maturity. This kind of top master confrontation can make the team more perfect.
"If it hadn't been for the wrestling with the Lakers for many years, the Celtics would not have been able to rule that era. Without a good opponent as a foil for themselves, even if they won the championship, it would be boring."
According to the old man's idea of the cardinal, if you don't fight with the strong team to the end, you will never be a strong team. No matter how much potential you have, it's useless. The blade can only have a fatal feeling after being sharpened.
Now the Pistons are a standard grindstone. They are obsessed with these guys to the end. No matter how long they can play this game, they will overturn them!
If you want to kill in the East and reach the finals in the future, you have to have the courage to kill all your opponents!
The Pistons are only the first step for the Celtics to maturity! If Chen Feng really wants to be famous in the NBA and compete with such an opponent, he can understand what he wants to learn and what else.
Sanders was careful enough, but when he stepped on the floor of the North Shore Garden Arena, he found that no matter how cautious he was, it was useless. The Celtics, who returned to the home court, had an unimaginable fierce posture.
Moreover, the welcome banquet prepared by Rivers for him was rich enough. It was definitely a big meal...