"espn": "Crazy g4, Bobcats beat Green Kai!"

"Yahoo Sports": "The home win is 22 points, and the Bobcats take the match point, and the unpopularity is close to you!"

"Open-air stand": "G4 Bobcats won, leading 3-1 in the series. Does the Celtics still have a chance? Count the NBA history 8 times 1-3 behind and back..."

...

Almost overnight, public opinion reversed, no media, no journalists, and no bricks were optimistic about this Celtic group.

"Who would have thought that G4, the Celtics lost a full 22 points?"

Skip Bayless was so surprised that he didn't know what to say. In the tnt and espn's show, he waved his hands and gradually disappeared.

Kenny Smith, who jumped repeatedly, jumped to the Bobcats again: "The difference of 22 points is too big. This loss exposed too many problems for the Celtics."

"Although they have the Big Three, their offense is extremely bad. There is no cooperation between the Big Three. It's like three individuals, single out, none of them can completely take over the game. After four games, everything proves that if the Celtics want to win, they can only rely on defense."

Speaking of which, Rivers is a very metaphysical coach.

His coaching career started with the Magic, to the Celtics now, and to the Clippers and the 76ers later, each coaching experience has surprising success and unexpected failures.

No one knows what Rivers is good at, just talk about the Celtics. Before the era of grouping has arrived, it is absolutely fine for the Celtics Big Three to sweep the NBA invincible hands.

But in the regular season, the Celtics' powerful weapon to sweep the league is defense, which is Tom Siberdu's credit.

The offense that needed Rivers personally trained was unimaginable.

Pierce, Ray Allen, and Garnett, these three superstars whose styles and characteristics do not conflict, are not glued together, which is one of the reasons why the Celtics' offense is extremely bad.

Barkley interjected, and he thought the more important reason was: "Obviously, the Celtics ignored the importance of shooters. Look at their main lineup. Kendrick Perkins, a pure blue-collar center, was not good at eating cakes. La Garondo, although there was some threat to breakthrough, he did not have a long-range shot at all, and has become a hidden danger in the main lineup of the Celtics."

"Tony Allen, who is often used to replace him, has no mid-range shots."

"So, we can see that g4, ai's defense is very bold, always emptying Lagarondo and Tony Allen, and rushing to the other side to assist in the defense and attack."

"If this is not resolved, the Celtics' offense will never improve."

In this way, Kenny Smith and Barkley, the pair, said with one word, directly demoted the Celtics who were blown to the sky before the Eastern Conference semi-finals to the underground.

Zach Lovie finally took the microphone and shone his presence feeling: "The data is always the most correct. When the Celtics fell behind 0-2, the data showed that their hopes for a comeback are slim. Now, they are 1-3 behind. NBA has only 8 times in 1-3 back in history, and their hopes are even slim."

Finally, it is Maxtan's conclusion:

"If the series reaches Game 7, the Celtics will have a chance, but I don't think the Bobcats will give the Celtics too much chance. G5, the series will end."

Why is it g5? Maxtan did not give a reason, but the moment he gave the conclusion, his mind was filled with Li Ke's words: He would not lose in North Shore Garden.

...

The night after g4 ended, the Celtics returned to Boston.

On the plane, Rivers wanted to shout: We still have a chance!

But he couldn't say anything about this anymore. Rivers knew very well that when he returned to Boston, the first thing he needed to face was not the group of players in front of him, but him, the head coach of this team.

Sure enough, he flew to Boston, got off the plane, and in the airport terminal, Rivers met Danny Angie.

Seeing the players leaving the airport silently one after another, Danny Angel pulled open the door of a Lincoln coupe, Rivers followed closely behind and sat in the passenger seat.

"Doug, you don't have much time."

"Is it what you mean or what Vic means."

"Everything is, if we go home in this round of series, you will be dismissed immediately."

Rivers shook his head: "I knew it was."

Having started the car, Danny Angie, who drove forward, couldn't help but take off her hands and spread her hands: "We have this unprecedented Big Three in the league. It shouldn't be eliminated in the second round of the playoffs, at least, we should play to the finals."

"It's not over yet, Danny."

Rivers seemed to be ruthless, and left this sentence, and then stopped saying anything, but asked: "Let me go down at the intersection in front."

Anji glanced at the street sign and stepped on the brake lightly: "Are you sure?"

Rivers also looked at the street signs, and after he returned to his sanity, he shook his head: "No, I'd better pass this block."

Looking at the White Dog neighborhood away from the window, Rivers felt: Maybe, he should leave this ghost place in Boston.

It just needs to be changed in the way he leaves, and he doesn't want to leave in shame as a loser.

A plan has emerged.

...

In the second round of the playoffs, there are only two days left between the two games.

It was no different from the Bobcats vs. Celtics series, and the Pistons were very smooth in the first four games, leading the Magic with a 3-1 score.

In front of the experienced Tianzun Rashid Wallace and Antonio McDace, Howard lost the courage of the Warcraft, and only scored 15.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, 3.0 blocks in four games.

"The dominance of 08 Sparks is still a little weak, and the opponent in the Eastern Conference Finals is probably the Pistons."

Li Ke only felt a pity that he lost to the Magic in the regular season four times, and he was thinking about revenge in the playoffs. Now, revenge is impossible.

In the West, in the first four games, the Lakers and Jazz tied 2-2.

In the four games, the Jazz performed very tenaciously, just like the first round of the playoffs. Such results seemed to have given Rockets fans a little comfort to the other side of the ocean.

The Jazz are very strong, and it seems that it is not unacceptable to the Rockets lose to this Jazz.

In another group of duels, Brother Pao also fought his life against the floor of the Western Finals.

He won two consecutive home games and lost two consecutive away games, and drew 2-2 in the series. Judging from this, the series is about to go to the seventh game.

The East is one-sided, but the West is very anxious. The situation of the West being strong and the East being weak is reflected in the playoffs.

After watching the other three sets of matches, predicting the playoffs and considering the opponents in the next round, the Bobcats set off for Boston.

At the door of Boston Airport, facing the pursuit of reporters, Li Ke stopped:

"There is no Game 6 and Game 7, we will end this series in g5."

"Why are you so sure? Because I said that I won't lose at North Shore Garden, I won't even have a game!"

...

"This is Sheldon Lee. He doesn't want to lose in North Shore Garden, but is he up to the bottom of winning or losing in basketball?"

Rivers already had a very complete plan in the suburbs of Boston, and he first posted the content of Li Ke’s interview.

"Looking at these reports, there is no media or reporters from the bricks, and everyone thinks that we are going to be finished!"

"But the series is not over yet, are we really going to be finished?"

"No, absolutely not. It only takes three wins to get out of the crisis in front of us!"

"Of course, we shouldn't be looking too far, just looking in front of us, we need a victory, tell Sheldon Lee that what he said doesn't count!"

"We need a victory and tell the group of media Brick reporters that we are not finished yet!"

Sprinkle the chicken soup, but the effect is not very obvious.

But Rivers has a back-up: "It is undeniable that after the four games in the series, we have many problems, but our lineup is deep and we are fully capable of solving these problems."

In this way, Rivers first boosted morale, then substantively substantively resolved the problem, and put the hope of reversal in front of the players.

After all, this game still requires players to play on their own.

Unlike Rivers, which operates in complex ways, Sam Vincent's operation is much simpler.

In the words of Kenny Smith and Barkley, in the G4 battle, the problems of the Celtics were exposed too much.

It doesn't take too much, the bobcats only need to catch one or two of them, which is enough to help them get the g5.

Therefore, the Bobcats are extremely optimistic. From head coach Sam Vincent to the team, they have already prepared to advance to the Eastern Conference Final within two games.

...

That's it, on May 14, Boston, the empty North Shore Garden Arena.

The game is approaching, with no fans, only commentators, and Green Kai owners Vick Grossbeck and Michael Jordan sitting in a private room in the stands.

Vick Grosbeck didn't want to watch the game, but he had no choice but to come to the door and offered to watch the game on the spot.

He wanted to refuse, but he knew very well that NBA was a network of relationships, and he could not refuse Jordan's request at all.

Actually, Jordan is the same, he doesn't like Vick Grosbeck.

But in order to witness the team overturn the Celtics, he endured it.

In addition to Boss Green Kai and Boss Joe, there are also Danny Angie in the private room, Rod Higgins, the vice president of operations of Bobcats, and General Manager Ricky Joe.

Just a few people sitting here turned the game into a party of the Bobcats and Celtics management.

But everyone knows that what determines who smiles in the private room on the stands and who looks solemn is the performance and performance of the two teams on the court.

On the court, the main players are ready to play.

The Bobcat, Lao Sha, Lao Ai, Hua Lao Er, Li Ke and Dai Quinn Cook took off their training jackets and stood in the center of the stadium step by step.

"The Bobcat has not made any changes, it is still one, one, four, and four..."

“As the side who has won three games, they really don’t need to make changes.”
To be continued...