The Boston Celtics, one of the most well-known teams in NBA history, are known as the Double Bears in the league together with the Lakers.

16-time NBA championship, "Lord of the Rings" Bill Russell, eight consecutive championships, "Cardinal" Auerbach, "Big Bird" Bird, Yellow and Green Battle...

There are too many people and too many stories about this team.

Of course, just as Barkley thought on the show, this team has a strong and iron-blooded defense.

If we use another meaning to understand, their defense is very fierce, and it is indeed quite... dirty.

This dirty is not necessarily a derogatory term. In the last century, the bad boys' army, the iron elbow malong, and the Jordan law, that was the real dirty.

Because of their old-fashioned style, the Celtics have retained some of the original traditions even when they entered the new century.

Of course, the current Celtics team is no longer in line with that powerful team.

When their archenemy, the Lakers, started the start of another dynasty with the "ok combination", they themselves were struggling to fight for the playoffs.

The last time the Celtics entered the playoffs dates back to the 1994-1995 seasons.

And that season their record was 35 wins and 47 losses.

It’s not that they are strong, but that the eastern part was too weak at that time.

In fact, after the retirement of the old teams such as Bird and McHale, the Celtics fell into a long period of reconstruction.

But the good news is that they still have a future now.

"Green" Gemini Anthony Walker and Paul Pierce.

Walker, nicknamed "Fat Head", is the representative of the league's "Tianjin Oil Player" before Odom.

The league's evaluation of it is "Bird's second", while Bird's evaluation of him is "The Second Magician".

From these evaluations, we can see that he is definitely not a data brush, but a real and powerful player.

Last season, as a fourth-year student, he delivered all-around data averaged 20.5 points, 8 points, 3.7 assists and 1.4 steals per game.

However, Walker has his most stinky preference. As a power forward, he likes to shoot three-pointers.

This is actually not a bad habit. Look at Nowitzki, a standard space power forward.

But the problem is that he...is not accurate in his vote.

Last season, he averaged 3.5 three-point shots per game, but he only made 0.9 shots per game, with a shooting percentage of 25.6%!

It's really eye-catching, and it has made the Celtics management and fans unable to complain.

But Sun Hao knew that this was not the beginning. As a time traveler, he knew that Walker was truly transforming into a three-point maniac this season.

It's hard to imagine that there would be a power forward who would make 8 three-pointers per game at the beginning of the century!

You should know that Curry's 14 to 15 seasons in the rising 2014 seasons, his average number of shots is just this number!

But it doesn't matter, fans will see this season.

Paul Pierce.

"Tell me, my name is Shaquille O'Neal, Paul Pierce is the truth! Write down my words and send them out intact!"

This is what O'Neal said to the media in 2001, when Pierce scored 42 points against the Lakers.

Since then, the name of Truth has been known to fans.

Pierce's average data per game is not pretty, and few people put him in the league's historical comparison.

But only the opponent has the most say.

Just like O'Neal, and like Kobe.

In Kobe's autobiography "The Spirit of Mamba", Kobe talked about the most difficult player to defend is Pierce.

Pierce's physical fitness is not particularly outstanding among superstars, but he can maximize every talent in his body.

He is comprehensive in technology, proficient in all kinds of martial arts, and has a super big heart. He is a player who can maximize the floor flow style.

Last season, just in the second year of his career, he has delivered all-around data per game of 19.5 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2.1 assists.

Moreover, his shooting percentage reached 44.2%, which was quite good at the beginning of the century.

Of course, both Walker and Pierce have not yet reached their peak.

The Mavericks' opening match against such opponents is a good start for them.

Of course there are also disadvantages, this time they are playing away.

North Shore Garden Arena is definitely not an ordinary place.

The day before the game, Sun Hao followed the team on the plane to Boston.

On the plane, Sun Hao deliberately went to Esley's side and heard the story about Pierce's 11 Knife that he had not finished telling before.

"Can I survive the doctor? Can I survive?"

Pierce is so angry that she is a hairspring.

Without an answer, the doctor looked at the bloody man covered in blood and his clothes were torn into pieces, and his mind was thinking about how to control his blood.

Fortunately, Pierce saved his life because of Betty's timely delivery to the hospital.

The doctor said he needed a long recovery period and could not exercise vigorously for at least a year.

But Pierce was discharged from the hospital three days later and started training not long after, and even participated in the Celtics training camp on time.

"Is he at the opening match?"

After listening to the story, Sun Hao asked curiously.

"Yes, he will, that's the Celtic tradition."

Esley spoke.

He entered the league early and he also played against the Celtics a lot.

"Tell you something about North Shore Garden Arena."

Davis started, and Sun Hao was full of curiosity.

"You may have heard that NBA has a lot of devil home courts, like the energy program stadium in Salt Lake City, their stadium is like a canyon, and the noise of the decibels makes you feel like your eardrums are being bombarded.

Like the Pepsi Center in Denver, where the altitude of more than 1,600 meters always makes you feel like you can't breathe at any time.

But North Shore Garden Arena is the most devilish, or the worst place for the visiting team.”

Sun Hao listened with relish.

Don't say it's actually very interesting to have a teammate who likes to tell stories.

“It was the 94-95 season, and I just entered the league and played in San Antonio.

That was the final stage of the regular season, and we were only one win away from the Utah Jazz. We won the last game and we were the first in the league.

The same happened to Boston, and they were only one game away from the Bucks, and they could make sure to enter the playoffs in advance if they won.

But the strength of the two teams is very different, and then that game, you know that April is already spring, and the temperature in Boston that day is close to 20 degrees.

We are athletes, we play in jerseys, and we don’t need to turn on the air conditioner to play games in a closed arena.

But it was in that game that they actually turned the air conditioner to the highest temperature, and we were sweating and panting, and that feeling was terrible."

“…”

After hearing what Esley said, Sun Hao showed a speechless expression.

This is really... shameless.

"But this is just a trick, what they really go out is the floor tactics."

“Floor tactics?”

This is the first time Sun Hao has heard of this word.

"Yes, you know the NBA game venue, the floor is often temporarily replaced."

Sun Hao nodded. The NBA stadium is very high-end. Like he heard before, when he went overseas to take preseason games, they were all checked in the airplane and assembled on site.

"That is, during this process, they will deliberately put on a few wooden boards with poor elasticity, and then inform the team of which ones it is before the game.

Of course, only the players of the home team know, and the players of the visiting team don't know.

When the game is coming, the home team players will deliberately force the visiting team players to the places where the wooden boards are.

Wait until you are surprised at why the ball rebounds so low.

‘Bang!’

They've pulled the ball out of your hands and launched a fast break.

It is useless to complain to the referee. They will not be able to succeed every time because of this timeout."

“…”

This is so...it's not a little shameless!

Sun Hao suddenly felt a little sorry for the Lakers players during the Yellow and Green War in the last century.
To be continued...