In an away game against the Seattle SuperSonics, the Boston Celtics trailed by 2 points 53 to 55, but when they returned to the locker room at halftime, no one on the Boston Celtics felt frustrated about being behind at halftime.

Except for Pierce and Ray Allen, who were slightly silent, the others sang and danced to their heart's content under the leadership of Garnett.

Very festive atmosphere!

Doc Rivers is quite satisfied with the current atmosphere of the team.

I have to say that kg is really an outstanding leader.

kg came to the Boston Celtics from the Timberwolves. Among the Big Three, he is not a native Boston giant.

But his character makes his support among the Celtics far higher than that of native giant Pierce.

And more importantly, Garnett is not the kind of arrogant and overpowering teammate. Pierce's influence in the Celtics is declining, but Garnett still respects Pierce quite a bit.

If it weren't for the respect for Pierce, a native giant, Garnett could have directly strived for a strategy with himself as the core in the finals and fought for FMVP for himself.

But in the end, Garnett was still willing to readily accept the decision that Pierce would go first.

If Pierce can really suppress Yes, this year's FMVP will belong to Pierce, and Garnett gave it to Pierce himself!

Pierce is a superstar, and Garnett's status in the NBA is that of a quasi-super-giant, or even a super-giant!

It's really not easy for Garnett to do this.

And this is probably why Pierce was willing to accept the reality immediately after knowing that FMVP was hopeless.

You treat me as a nobleman of the country, how can I regard you as a bandit?

After Rivers withdrew his gaze from Garnett, he turned his attention to Pierce.

When Garnett led the Celtics players high, although Pierce was silent, he was applauding. That silent gesture of applauding Garnett can release a lot of information.

And Pierce's eyes have always been on Garnett. It can be seen that Pierce really respects Garnett and really admires Garnett.

On the contrary, Ray Allen was as silent as Pierce. Although he was also applauding at this time, Ray Allen's eyes were not on Garnett the whole time. Instead, he kept looking around, as if he was absent-minded.

Rivers didn't say anything about Ray Allen's slightly out-of-place situation.

Ray Allen's status with the Celtics has always been somewhat special.

Although the Celtics are a team of the Big Three, in fact, the Big Three are not of the same status.

In terms of status, Garnett is half a level above him, followed by Pierce, and then it is Ray Allen's turn.

Moreover, Ray Allen's personality is also very different from that of a player full of charlatanism like Garnett Pierce.

Ray Allen's personality is difficult to integrate with Garnett Pierce's.

Therefore, the relationship between Ray Allen and Pierce Garnett has always been that of teammates.

It is definitely completely different from the mutual respect relationship between Pierce and Garnett.

In the eyes of outsiders, the Celtics are a Big Three team.

But within the Celtics, the Celtics have never been a team belonging to the Big Three.

The Celtics don't belong to Ray Allen.

After Ray Allen came to the Celtics, his heart was never in Boston.

Rivers once communicated with Ray Allen on this matter and hopes that he can integrate better with the team in life.

But Ray Allen rejected it.

"I came to Boston to win the championship. Maybe one day I will fall in love with Boston and the Celtics, but that is not now. I can't fall in love with the place I came to on the first day. I'm sorry."

Ray Allen's answer was very candid.

There is love in his heart.

Just like those men who work hard outside, their ultimate goal when leaving their hometown is to return to the place they love and live without regrets or urgency.

Rivers feels that he can agree with Ray Allen's ideas.

Ray Allen loves the Sonics and Seattle.

Even the national media has imagined more than 100 million times that if the Raptors had not robbed the SuperSonics, Ray Allen and Yes would have competed for the championship last season.

As for the Raptors' robbery of the SuperSonics, there is no longer any secret after Raptors general manager Colangelo resigned from the Raptors.

Colangelo is gone, but the blame remains with the Raptors. The successor of the Raptors general manager and other Raptors management scouts are certainly not willing to take the blame.

Since you don't want to take the blame, then tell all the truth.

Judging from the information disclosed by the Raptors management involved in this transaction of the century.

Although the robbers were Colangelo and the Raptors, Colangelo never thought of robbing so harshly. Colangelo just wanted Bargnani and Lewis.

It would be best if Ray Allen could come to the Raptors, but it doesn't matter if he can't.

But the intervention of Danny Ainge, the Celtics' general manager and Colangelo's good friend, made this transaction crazy.

The Celtics sent some first-round picks to the Raptors in exchange for the Raptors' greater robbery of the SuperSonics, and robbed Ray Allen to the Celtics.

Danny Ainge's operation is completely correct as far as his job is concerned. Why keep the pile of junk at home when you can get a Cayenne with more money?

However, for Anji and the Celtics, this is not a problem, but for Ray Allen, it is really a big problem.

The nature of this matter is terrible for Ray Allen.

Especially with the explosion of Yes in the NBA, and with the media touting and imagining the combination of Yes and Ray Allen every day, the distance between Ray Allen and the Celtics has become further and further away.

Ray Allen does not put the Celtics in his heart, and the Celtics have never considered the team to be Ray Allen's team. The two sides are becoming increasingly alienated, and there is basically no room for change.

Fortunately, just like Garnett Pierce is a respectable player, Ray Allen is also a very respectable player.

No matter how he is in private, as long as he appears on the court, Ray Allen will never do anything so shady as to deceive the team.

This is a very respectable gentleman, and he is definitely not a hypocrite.

You know, before the start of this series between the SuperSonics and the Celtics, public opinion around the world believed that the Celtics' strategy of developing Ray Allen as the core was the best strategy to defeat the SuperSonics.

Ray Allen can use this kind of public opinion to increase his bargaining chips.

If Ray Allen really wants to use such public opinion to negotiate with himself, Rivers doesn't think he can make excuses.

Because with Ray Allen as the core, specially developing off-ball movements or other tactics for Ray Allen are indeed the best tactics to deal with the Sonics.

However, with Ray Allen's status in the Celtics, how could he possibly do such a thing!

Pierce doesn’t want to win FMVP, what about Garnett?

Develop special tactics for Ray Allen and let Garnett and Pierce assist him?

Stop joking, okay?

He really can't do it!

At this point, Rivers really likes Ray Allen.

In the first half of the game, Ray Allen surrounded Garnett. If he was given the ball, he would shoot. If he was not given the ball, he would continue to run diligently.

In the tactical system with Garnett as the core, Ray Allen is treated as a pure role player. Of course, he is a combination of a dribbler and a shooter.

As a superstar, it is very rare to be able to accept such a role.

It's rare that Rivers feels a little guilty.

However, such guilt is only fleeting.

Helping Ray Allen win the championship he dreams of will be worthy of Ray Allen's sacrifice on the team.

In the current Celtics, whether it is Pierce's willingness to accept Garnett's team status, Garnett's control of the team, or Ray Allen's willingness to sacrifice for the championship, for Rivers, this is

These are the things that a head coach dreams about most.

Coaching such a team really gives people a high-spirited feeling.

"Guys, congratulations on your performance in the first half. You have put enough pressure on the Seattle SuperSonics, and the Seattle SuperSonics also feel your pressure!"

"Now, victory is waving to us, and in front of victory is the championship!!"

After Rivers finished speaking passionately, he enjoyed listening to the cheers of the Celtics players in the locker room.

This feeling is great.

"KG, in the first half of the game, you controlled the game very well. Whether it was on the offensive or defensive end, you made the world realize what the greatest power forward in NBA history should be like."

"but……"

"KG, if you want to become the greatest power forward in NBA history, you need slightly better statistics."

After Rivers finished speaking with a smile, Garnett was a little stunned, but when he heard the laughter from his teammates around him, Garnett quickly understood what Rivers meant.

Nate also had a smile on his face.

Yes, although his performance in the first half was the best, his data probably wasn't the best.

Garnett's eyes slightly glanced at Ray Allen, who had been silent. Ray's statistics should be the best in the first half.

I looked at the halftime technical statistics on my hand.

Ray's statistics were 6 of 9 shots in the half, 17 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
To be continued...