the great gatsby

Chapter 254: Old Enemy!
Unlike the Knicks who easily won their opponents in the first game, the first game between the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics fell below the ground. The Big Three of the Heat met the Big Three of the Celtics and suffered a crushing defeat. Rebounds and 31 assists, but Wade only scored 4 points, 3 rebounds and 13 assists. Chris Bosh was even worse, only scoring 4 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists!

This result surprised all the experts. Originally, they were optimistic that the Big Three of the Heat could overwhelm the entire Eastern Conference. Unexpectedly, the start was unfavorable. The Heat scored only 80 points. This is completely different from the expected Heat. One thing, the cooperation between Wade and James is not tacit at all. Both of them are top ball handlers, but once one person holds the ball, the other can only watch. It can be said that they are defending each other.

However, the Heat won the second game, but the Philadelphia 76ers were the third-to-last team in the Eastern Conference last season. If the Heat can't beat them, they should disband as soon as possible.

The Knicks faced the Toronto Raptors in the second scene. Gatsby and Stoudemire led the team to defeat the Raptors neatly, killing the Raptors with a score of 118:93.

The Knicks started the game with two consecutive victories, showing strong strength, but they need to undergo more tests to prove that the Knicks have become the top team in the Eastern Conference. It just so happens that they will face the Celtics in the third game.

The Celtics are old and strong. They defeated the Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals last season. It can be said that the enemies are extremely jealous. This season, facing the aggressive Big Three of the Heat, the Celtics gave the Heat a blow. .

As for the sharpening stone of the strong teams in the Eastern Conference, it is undoubtedly the Celtics. If the Knicks can beat the Celtics, they are qualified to be called the super strong team in the Eastern Conference.

The game was held at the North Shore Garden in Boston. Although the Celtics did not win the championship last season, they still advanced all the way to the finals. Although a little disappointed, it still made Celtics fans full of hope. He was able to enter the finals again and help the Celtics add another championship to the history of the team.

This season has given the fans a lot of surprises since the start of the season. The Celtics' old Big Three are still alive and well, and they are not inferior to the Heat's young and powerful Big Three. They suppressed the Heat in the first game. The Big Three allowed the Heat to only score 80 points, which made the fans ecstatic.

Fanatical Celtics die-hard fan and well-known basketball critic Bill Simmons praised the Celtics Big Three: "The combined efforts of Kevin (Garnett), Paul (Pierce) and Ray (Allen) It embodies the teamwork of the iron-blooded Celtics. Rajon (Rondo) is rebellious and has the temperament of a villain Celtic. All those guys still maintained strong competitiveness in their later years, thanks to the Celtics' way to win-team!
The Kevins are born Celtics. Although some of them were not cultivated by the Celtics in the draft, they have the iron blood that belongs to the Celtics in their bones. Their previous careers were just because of them. Go astray, they belong to the Celtics, always have! "

Bill Simmons praised the Celtics throughout the article, but his comments on the Knicks were somewhat understated: "The Knicks made a good deal in the summer, Stoudemire should be very suitable for the Knicks, but they want It is very difficult to rush out of the East, and there are still two mountains in front of it. The Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics are all insurmountable peaks. If the Knicks want to get over it, they need to show more strength. OK."

The Celtics lineup has changed a bit this season. Tony Allen switched to the Memphis Grizzlies and Rasheed Wallace chose to retire. And also completed the contract extensions with All-Star players Ray Allen and Paul Pierce, and signed former Heat star O'Neal.

The starting lineup of O'Neal, Garnett, Pierce, Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo looks no less than the Heat's "new Big Three".

In the words of Bill Simmons, 'O'Neal, Garnett, Pierce, Ray Allen, and O'Neal, together they have 71 years of NBA experience, have played 5655 regular season games, played 200371 minutes, and participated in Participated in 51 All-Star games and was selected to the NBA All-NBA First Team 12 times.This number is beyond the reach of today's "new Big Three" of the Heat. '

Well, although these words sound powerful, they cannot conceal the reality that the Celtics are getting older.

The Celtics are old, but no one in the Knicks, from the coaches to the players, dares to underestimate the Celtics. A team that can beat the Big Three of the Heat, a team that beat itself in six games last season, a The teams that can reach the finals cannot be overemphasized.

Even Gatsby, who knew that the addition of O'Neal and Jr. would have no effect on the Celtics, did not dare to underestimate the Celtics. Although Pierce, Garnett and Ray Allen are old, they are not easy to mess with. Their defense is still as indestructible as a rock!
On October 2010, 10, the Knicks, an upstart in the East, challenged the Celtics, a veteran team in the East, in an away game. Van Gundy, Mike Breen and Mark Jackson.

"Tonight's game is an unusual game. Tonight is the Knicks away game against the Celtics. The last time the two teams met was in the Eastern Conference Finals last season. This game can be regarded as a continuation of the Eastern Conference Finals, but After a summer, the situation has changed.

First of all, in terms of the overall situation, the gathering of the Big Three of the Heat has changed the situation in the East. Today, the top three in the East are the Celtics, the Heat and the Knicks. These three teams are now recognized as the top three in the East;

The second is the comparison of strength between the Celtics and the Knicks. The Knicks were the weak side last season. In the new season, the Celtics are one year older. Although the addition of O'Neal and O'Neal Jr., on paper The strength of the Knicks has increased, but the growth of the Knicks' strength cannot be ignored. The addition of Stoudemire has made the Knicks' strength skyrocket. As for how far it will increase, we have to see how they face the Celtics. What kind of strength can this team show. "

Before the start of the game, Mike Brin first introduced the backgrounds of the two sides of the game. Even if it was just a regular season, it seemed a little unusual after Mike Brin's commentary.

(End of this chapter)