bestfiction Chapter 633 Green Shirt Army
Chapter 633 Green Shirt Army
Chapter 633 Green Shirt Army
The grievances between the Lakers and Celtics have been planted since the 1958-1959 season.
For a full decade, the Lakers and Celtics met in the Finals seven times.
In the first decade, the Celtics beat the Lakers seven times in a row.
It is conceivable how much the Lakers players and fans hated the Celtics at the time.
Liang Zi thus ended.
In the 80s, due to the emergence of Magic Johnson and Bird Bird, the yellow-green battle once again became the mainstream of the NBA.
The Lakers and Celtics have met in the finals three times, and the Lakers have 2 wins and 1 loss.
In the three seasons from 2008 to 2010, Pierce, Garnett, Ray Allen, and Rondo's Celtics team once again met the Lakers led by Kobe and Gasol in the Finals.
The Zijin Dynasty and the Celtics ushered in a revival at the same time.
The Lakers and Celtics each won one game. Since then, the number of championships for the Celtics has been fixed at 17, and the number of championships for the Lakers has been fixed at 16.
It can be said that the yellow-green battle is an extremely rare true "old enemy" not only in the basketball world, but even in the world sports world.
The yellow-green battle has profoundly affected the pattern and development of the NBA.
Great stars such as Russell, West, Baylor, Sharman, Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magician, Bird, Kobe, Heine, Pierce, Garnett have added a lot of legend to the confrontation between the Lakers and the Celtics.
Celtics star Bill Russell once said a famous saying: "There are many possibilities in this world, but it is impossible for the Lakers to beat the Celtics."
The late Lakers owner Jerry Buss said he bought the Lakers to beat the Celtics.
The Lakers and Celtics are old enemies, and there is no fire and water between them.
At the Staples Center, the on-site attendance was overwhelmed.
The Celtics have been playing the role of the invisible big brother in the East this year.
Although the Eastern Conference still has the Raptors, Heat, Nets, Bucks, and 76ers who have performed better.
But in fact, the Celtics, built on the basis of Shuangtanhua, have great stamina and have a tendency to dominate the Eastern Conference in the next five years.
In the past two years, the Celtics faintly overwhelmed the Bucks and 76ers, and frequently hit the winter finals.
The Celtics, a youth army formed with young players, has ushered in countless All-Star players in the past few seasons.
Hayward, Kemba Walker, Thomas Jr., Irving, Horford...
However, these All-Star players walked and stayed, and it was these three young wing players who really ushered in the rebirth of the Celtics.
Tatum, 23 years old, serves as a forward.
Jaylen Brown is 24 years old and plays as a striker.
Smart, 26 years old, serves as a guard.
From the perspective of size, skill and speed, there is no better perimeter trio in the league.
These three players are both offensive and defensive, can defend multiple positions, and can move quickly on the court.
With the young coach Stevenson rectifying the chaos in the Celtics, the three young players mentioned above are getting more and more weight in the Celtics.
As of this season, some Celtic veterans are gradually being abandoned by Stevenson.
Kemba Walker, the former queen bee, but because of his weak heart, made frequent mistakes at critical moments and kept hitting the iron, which caused Stevenson to have less and less confidence in him.
Hayward is good enough, but he only played a smaller role in Boston and deserves a higher status, as he did in Utah.
It's just that it's impossible in Boston. In the Celtics, due to the tactical conflict with Stevenson, he is destined to be only the fourth-best wing player.
Perhaps the technical style of this talented player is too different from Stevenson's coaching philosophy, so gradually, he gradually faded out of the Celtics' sight.
In the new season, Stevens has made new breakthroughs in coaching.
Instead of relying on the old stars of the team, he began to release the performance desire of these young players.
Last season, Tatum was selected to the All-Star Game for the first time.
Then, in the playoffs, he took an even bigger leap.
His average data, 40.6 minutes played, 27.7 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, any of which is a career high.
He also has more possessions than at any point in his career.
In the playoffs, Tatum averaged 21.8 more touches per game than in the regular season.
In terms of this data, he jumped from the original level of Rochelle and Dinwiddie to the height of Simmons and Trey Young.
Tatum may never be able to become a substantial point guard like LeBron or Doncic, but he can develop in Leonard's direction and become a practical offensive initiator.
Both types of players are dominant scorers who use their abilities to make their teammates better.
What happened to Tatum in the Celtics is the same for Jaylen Brown.
In the first four seasons of his career, Brown has always been a well-known energy player.
He kept running and cutting to find the open, but Stevenson didn't design plays specifically for him.
Before this season, Brown's most used offensive methods were spot-up jumpers and transitions.
Compared with these two points, Brown has hardly done any "superstar work" such as opening singles or holding the ball in pick-and-rolls.
Brown averaged 20.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 33.9 minutes per game last season, all career highs.
As long as Brown improves a little bit, he can become an All-Star with Tatum.
The rise of Tatum and Brown is destined to have a large part of the credit for Smart.
He's the Celtics' best passer, with Tatum and Brown averaging 0.4 more possessions per minute with Smart on the floor than without him.
Smart has trained himself as a defensive role player this season, because this is the best way to change the game.
But in fact, Smart is also a confident and orthodox outside three-pointer. Although his average number of three-pointers per game is not many, his three-pointer percentage is as high as 45.6%, ranking among the top five in the league.
Perhaps, the future Celtics, like the Nets, are the Eastern teams that are most likely to threaten the dominance of the Western Conference.
Starting from this season, the Celtics' new "Big Three" no longer have any veteran stars.
The three young men, Lazy Rabbit, Brown and Smart, will jointly form a new forward and defensive line to attack the goal of the championship.
Lazy Rabbit's goal this season is to put himself in the middle of the MVP discussion.
For a long time in the future, Tatum, Brown and Smart will no longer have to adapt to the rhythm of team veterans such as Thomas Jr., Irving, Hayward, and Kemba Walker.
The future belongs to the three of them, and it's time for other players to adapt to their rhythm.
(End of this chapter)