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The Celtics' continuous road trip has finally reached the last stop - Philadelphia. The 76ers are the starting point of the Celtics' season and the end of this long road trip. Milicic recalled the first game of the season.
The game against the 76ers still feels like it happened yesterday, but no one took me seriously at that time. I was just a rookie who came on the bench for LaFrentz, but now I have become almost a household name in the NBA.
He is a rising star. Although his statement is not as good as those of James and Anthony who live in the spotlight every day, he is already ahead of Bosh, Hinrich and others in the same class.
At the same time, due to the rapid rise of Milicic, the team's veterans such as Payton and Jones have regained their second youth. The core of the team, Pierce, has reached the peak of his career, and the newcomers are also growing at an incredible speed.
To make progress, Milicic is like a catfish, stimulating the potential of those around him. Although Pierce doesn't say anything, he doesn't want to be overshadowed by his younger brother. In the past, Pierce would occasionally be late for training.
But now the captain has fully grown into the leader of a team. He has taken the lead in completing some basic exercises that he originally dismissed. Moreover, because of Milicic's containment effect in the interior, Pierce was in this airport at the beginning of the season.
The game's three-point shooting percentage reached 40%, and the overall shooting percentage reached 50%, ranking third in the league's scoring list, only behind the 76ers' Allen Iverson and the Lakers'
Kobe Bryant.
Pierce can score 28.3 points, 6.1 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game.
Payton can contribute 10.3 points, 5.7 assists and 2.1 steals in about 25 minutes per game.
Eddie Jones has a 44.1% three-point shooting rate after moving to the Celtics. He can hit three three-pointers per game, leading the league. Due to the help of Pierce, Milicic, Payton and others,
Yes, Jones plays extremely easily in every game. He no longer has to face double-teams and has open three-point opportunities. This also makes him return to the ranks of star players averaging 20+ per game after a few years.
He can get 21.3 points, 3.1 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.3 steals per game. For a team player who can get such high statistics, if he were not already 33 years old, people who want to get him would probably be queuing up.
Al Jefferson has become a surprise for the Celtics this season. I originally thought that this stupid-looking high school student would take a long time to adapt to the NBA, but I didn't expect that this guy actually played in November.
He averaged super blue-collar data of 7.6 points, 11.2 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game.
Just the main players can score more than 80 points per game. Marcus Banks and Tony Allen among the substitutes can also score steadily on counterattacks with strong defense and Darrell Ry.
Especially with super three-point shooters like Pierce and Jones, he has also improved rapidly. Although his 33.2% shooting rate still needs to be improved, his stability in open shots has been much better. The most depressing person in the entire lineup may be Mark.
Blount, who was originally the Celtics' starting big man, is now a substitute. Moreover, the two main players are only 18 years old, and their physical strength is still very good. They don't have much playing time for themselves in each game.
I'm afraid it will be difficult for this team to get ahead. If the 28-year-old doesn't produce better data, his next job may be a veteran's basic salary. After an in-depth exchange between Blount and Rivers, Rivers said:
Firth said he would discuss with Ainge and try to make a trade that would be beneficial to the team and Blount's future development. Therefore, Blount did not have particularly big mood swings. Instead, he performed in the few playing time in each game.
Extremely energetic, he used to just float on the outside, but now he started to fight fiercely for offensive rebounds.
Rivers is very satisfied with the current situation of the team. His team is full of team players, including team leader Pierce, who will not force his hand, and the second-tier team includes Banks, Allen, Wright, and Weiss.
He has seen Te's progress. They can take over the positions of Payton and Jones in two to three years. Now it's just that the substitutes inside are a little weak. Rivers hopes to find a replacement for honor.
Veterans who are willing to serve as substitutes will also help Milicic and Al Jefferson grow to a certain extent.
The Celtics are now able to score 105.3 points per game, and can limit the opponent's scoring to less than 95 points. They are the team with the largest score difference in the entire NBA, and with the outbreak of the Pistons' Auburn Hills Palace incident and
The Miami Heat's running-in problem is that the Celtics are now ranked first in the league with an advantage of half a game.
The only game the Celtics lost was to the New York Knicks by a very small score. This made many people very optimistic about the momentum of the Celtics. Recently, Celtics-related products have been
The sales are very good. In the past 10 years, the Celtics finally have someone whose jersey sales volume ranks among the top ten in the league, and there are two of them at once. Pierce's No. 34 jersey sales volume ranks seventh, and Milicic's jersey sales volume ranks seventh.
The number 99 jersey sales ranked tenth.
At this time, Anji had not yet made a blockbuster trade like the Big Three in later generations. Many people did not fully recognize his ability before, but now he has shut up many people and traded to the team in a way that is almost robbing.
Milicic, the inside core, got rid of Ricky Davis, a thorn in the side, and LaFrentz's garbage contract in exchange for practical veteran Eddie Jones, and Eddie Jones' contract will expire next year.
Period, when the time comes, a mid-level player can renew the contract, which can save enough salary space to sign a strong player, or leave salary space to renew Milicic's contract.
In just one month, the mediocre Celtics once again became a strong team in the league, while the Lakers, who were still regarded as a strong team before the season, failed to enter the playoffs. This made Boston basketball fans very sad.
They are happy, and they even think this is good luck brought by Milicic. The passing of Bias, the second overall pick in 1986, ruined the Celtics in the 1990s, while Milicic, the second overall pick in 2003, saved Kyle
Superstitious fans believe that this is the second pick given to Boston by God, and regard it as the hope of the Celtics' revival.
The Celtics also faced everyone's expectations against the ninth-ranked team in the Eastern Conference led by the league's scoring champion Iverson. This game was also regarded as the battle between Pierce and Iverson for the scoring title.
