NBA: No. 1 Forward

Chapter 388: NBA "tea" artist

Eastern Division first-round scores: Knicks: 76ers; Heat: Eagles; Bulls: Pacers; Celtics: Magic. Western Division first-round scores: Spurs: Grizzlies; Mavericks: Trail Blazers; Lakers: Hornets; Thunder: Nuggets. After the Knicks returned to New York for a brief day of carnival, the team's daily practice resumed again. The Knicks playoffs temporarily cease fire. Of course, everyone knows this is just the calm before the storm. Meanwhile, in Boston, the Celtics are still preparing for Game 5 against the Magic. Angie stood on the second floor with a cup of coffee and looked down at Rivers, who was supervising the training of the players, his face was full of disappointment. That's right, as the general manager of the team, he looked down on Rivers' coaching ability very much. At that time, the Celtics' Big Three lineup was traded, and a change of coach could at least bring Boston two championships. It can be said that the Celtics' championship in 2008 really has nothing to do with Rivers' coaching level, because the Celtics as a whole are both compatible and powerful. In Rivers' career in coaching the playoffs, there are countless reversal experiences. In the 2003 playoffs, the Magic 3:1 the Pistons and was reversed. In the 2009 playoffs, the Celtics 3:2 the Magic and were reversed. In the 2010 playoffs, the Celtics 3:2 the Lakers and were reversed. Of course, Rivers is not completely incapable. He can study the most suitable tactics for the team according to the team's lineup configuration and the ability of each ball during the offseason. Therefore, even if the team with him as the head coach has a poor lineup, the regular season record will not look ugly. But after being frequently targeted by opponents' tactics in the playoffs, Rivers has almost no adaptability. In later generations, his coaching career also proved this point. Later generations, Rivers led the luxurious Clippers and 76ers to the conference semifinals for two consecutive years. This once again proves that Rivers is useless. In fact, Angie knows all these flaws of Rivers. But the reason why he still insists on choosing Rivers as the coach is because Rivers is obedient and he will not stretch his hands too long. Angie is a general manager with a strong desire for control. He does not allow the head coach to intervene in too many things, including some team transactions. And these things are not given to him by some well-known coaches. To be honest, the best candidate for the Celtics head coach at the time was actually Larry Bird. As a legend of the Celtics, his coaching level is also very good, but as a big bird who also has a strong desire to control, it is impossible to succumb to Angie's subordinates. Of the two of them, the Celtics are destined to keep only one, either Angie or Larry Bird. Obviously the Celtics management left Angie. Of course, when he went to the Indiana Pacers, Larry Bird, who was the general manager, also succeeded. If the subsequent Auburn Hills Palace incident did not happen, the Pacers should have at least one championship, and Reggie Miller would not be without a championship in his life. Angie brought Wolf King Garnett and Ray Allen to Boston at that time, which was called a "sacred god" work, which also set off the earliest grouping. It's just that no matter how strong a player is, he can't resist the erosion of time. Although the Celtics have been mending this season, facing the powerful Knicks and the Big Three of the Heat, Ainge doesn't know how far the Celtics can go. If the Celtics want to go further, they need to reinforce again, but the Celtics don't have much trading chips anymore. It is impossible to move Garnett and Pierce as the core. There is only one chip. Angie thought about it, and looked at Ray Allen, who was wearing a No. 20 training uniform and was shooting three-pointers. …When Lian Dao was not training, he also followed the Celtics-Magic game all the time. The Celtics sit at home in Game 5, and the Magic, which has come to the brink of death, must win the game away. However, Howard fell into a foul crisis in the away game today. He played for 25 minutes and almost had a big fight with the big baby Glenn Davis. A thousand miles away. This result sounds unbelievable. After the game, the Magic fans thought it was the referee's bias.

However, it really wasn't, the game as "good old man" Glenn Davis, whose trash talk and petty moves played a big role. Don't look at this honest-faced guy, every trash talk of his pokes at Howard's weakness. After the game, according to Magic power forward Brandon Bass, Celtics center Glenn Davis repeatedly mentioned the names of Lian Dao and Yao Ming during the game. Of course, the mere mention of names doesn't make Howard cranky. The key point is that Glenn Davis also brought up the game in which Howard was blown up by these two people. And it was repeatedly mentioned in Howard's ear, and some negative news reported by the media were brought back to the court to bring up the old things again. For example, "Your best defensive player is water, and Sickle can easily dunk you!" "Yao Ming doesn't need to take off when he hits you, and he can hit you with an easy hook, so you can find your father!"... This made Howard be beaten on the court. Davis was so distracted that he couldn't help but intensify some of his movements unconsciously, and Glenn Davis was very thug, as long as Howard made an obvious foul, he would lie directly on the ground. This directly led to Howard's fouls rising slowly. In the end, Howard almost couldn't hold back, and directly fought Davis on the court. After the game, Howard even faced media interviews and said directly: "Glen Davis is a sinister, cunning and shameless bastard. Everyone was deceived by his disguise! All his defenses are full of dirty marks. !” But Garnett, who is a master of trash talk, obviously won’t let Howard wantonly attack his teammates. "Everyone knows that Glenn Davis will never conflict with anyone. Dwight's statement is obviously a malicious slander, and it is a rogue performance of losing and losing." Glenn Davis also Said: "I didn't think about hurting any player. Yes, I think Dwight must have misunderstood something. I think Dwight's pushing and shoving me should not be intentional. He should be too anxious! "Lian Dao could smell the strong smell of tea from Davis' speech. Good guy, this guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes is not a good thing after all. Next, in the game between the Knicks and the Celtics, Cousins ​​must be careful about this guy, otherwise, the Knicks may really overturn if they are not careful. As the Celtics eliminated the Magic, the Knicks' opponents in the next round were also announced. However, the first round of the league playoffs is not completely over. The Eastern Conference has basically decided the winner. The Celtics eliminated the Magic, the Knicks eliminated the 76ers, and the Heat eliminated the Eagles. The Bulls also eliminated the Pacers. But in the west, although the Spurs trailed the Grizzlies 1:3, but in the fifth game, the Spurs were dying at home and recovered a game. In addition to the Thunder eliminating the Nuggets in five games, the other teams estimate that the fastest game will take the sixth game. But the Knicks didn't pay so much attention, they are actively preparing for the game against the Celtics. Lian Dao even watched the first round of the Celtics playoffs repeatedly. In fact, the Celtics' lineup is quite luxurious, big and small O'Neal, plus the original Big Three lineup, plus All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo. The fly in the ointment is that the average age of the Celtics lineup is too old, and the only one of the five starters who is still in his prime is Rondo. Korondo is mainly to drive his teammates, he does not have super scoring ability. But even so, this Celtics team is still favored by many basketball commentators. The famous American sports channel espn basketball commentator Stephen-a-Smith said in the program that he is very optimistic about the Celtics. "I think the Celtics will win in the end, and they will be the biggest stumbling block for the Knicks on their way to the championship!" Lian Dao laughed at such comments. From Lian Dao's point of view, many basketball commentators are like some so-called brick-and-mortar experts, a bunch of guys who can only talk about things with theoretical data.