"Coach, these overwhelming booings are all for us. I thought we were back to the Eastern Conference Finals last season."

On December 3, 2003, General Motors Arena, Vancouver, Canada, the game held here is the match between Boston Celtics and the second-place Grizzlies in the away game. This game is also the first time between the top two teams in the Eastern Conference this year, and it is also the first time that these two teams have met since the playoffs last season. For the Grizzlies, the loss in the playoffs last season was very unfair, or they have always been unfair last season. Regardless of the North Shore Garden fight or the subsequent Rashid Wallace departure incident, it can be said that if all the failures and resentment of this team in the last season were all the roots, the Boston Celtics brought them to them.

The team that defeated their dream of defending last season and eventually replaced them as the NBA championship was also the Boston Celtics. It was precisely because of the series of grudges between the two teams last season that these two teams have almost become a new pair of enemies recently. Although the resentment of these two teams is definitely not the level of Hu Entry and Boston Celtics in these two teams for decades, at present, the Boston Celtics in the Grizzlies is indeed the mortal enemy of the Grizzlies. So when Zhuang Fei brought the Boston Celtics back here this time, the treatment this Boston Celtics enjoyed here is also conceivable.

Now, the Boston Celtics is an enemy of almost the entire Vancouver or the entire Canada. Under such a situation, the Grizzlies fans are still civilized now. Bi Jing did not directly scold or take action. Of course, although there are many scolding in the American fan culture, few take action. So after Green complained kindly, Zhuang Fei also smiled on the side. There was no more expression afterwards.

Jinyao's game is a battle of revenge for the Grizzlies and is also a confirmation of the team's goals for this season. If the Grizzlies can defeat the Boston Celtics in this game or find a way to defeat the Boston Celtics, then it will definitely have a significant impact on the team's final goal this season. After missing Artest in the playoffs last season, the team was completely suppressed by the Boston Celtics.

In the end, it also led to differences between whether Carter was in the third position or the inside. In the end, this team could only let Carter return to its original style of play. This season, after Artest returned, this team did not have such a dilemma. Because of Artest's return, the team's defense on the periphery, especially the defense in the third position, became harder again. In addition, Arenas in the first position and Reed in the second position, although this team cannot play in the fourth position and Carter play in the second position, it is not bad. At least this team will not appear last season when Boston Celtic made Jackson or James beat Reed and Billups, the team can only make up for it.

So after Artest returned this season, the Grizzlies have made their playing style clearer, especially Carter's positioning. Now Carter has only one task, which is to play the fourth position, and at the same time makes the Grizzlies' inside offense tough. Of course, although all the entry know that Carter can play the first position to the fifth position, but also all the entry know that when Carter plays the inside, especially when there is no player to restrain him, many times his offense is one-on-one, and in this case he consumes the most.

With such a large amount of consumption, even if he can average 26+10 per game this season, this efficiency is still very low for him. Of course, for the Grizzlies, even if Carter is not as efficient as he plays on the inside, there is no other way for this team now. Who made Howard, who Xia Yao signed back in Ziyou market this year, useless? This former Wizards' leading player, the former core player of the Suns, has not performed well since signing with the Grizzlies. Although the power forward's average shooting percentage this season was much higher than when there were Suns last season, and the shooting percentage increased from 40% to 43%.

However, for an inside player, especially an inside player who mainly shoots, they can cause less damage in the first place, and the shooting percentage of 43% is not qualified for an inside player. In this case, the power forward has no deterrent power to the opponent at all. How can an inside player who cannot create damage and shoot incorrectly? If this inside player cannot become a fulcrum, how can he attract defense to create space for his teammates? So for the Grizzlies, Zhu Wan Howard is now completely useless. Although the data is not good, the tactical value is too low. In this case, Carter can only go to the fourth position for the team's tactical value.

In fact, for the Grizzlies, letting the team's boss play him is not the best position, there will be various problems. For example, Carter cannot organize too much now, and the organization's tasks will fall more heavily into Arenas' hands. As we all know, this shooting guard has a strong control over the rhythm on the court and his defense is also very good, but in terms of organizational offense, he has never been of Nash and Kidd, and even the first-level white chocolate or Jay Williams cannot compare to.

Of course, in addition to Carter's organization of offense, it is necessary to make up for it. In other aspects, such as this team's outside offense, especially Carter was able to create a large number of opponent's outside kills. Now, neither Billups nor Reed are first-class breakthrough players or experts in making kills. In this regard, the team can only rely on Artest's tank-style breakthroughs in the end, so the Grizzlies encountered this season are no smaller than those of Celtic's changing defensive tactics. Of course, if this team can really complete the work-in, Carter can solve his defense at the No. 4 position well, Artest can also complete the breakthrough left by Carter, and Arenas can also do a good job in the organizational responsibilities assigned by Carter, then this team will still have strong competitiveness.

Of course, if the Grizzlies want to be competitive, it will take more time to adapt to such different styles of play. The team of Biston Celtics has changed more significantly this season. Even now, although Carter is already playing in the fourth position, his average assists per game is still the most. This can be seen that he is still helping Billups organize the offense of the entire team. To a certain extent, this team still relies too much on him. However, for the current Grizzlies, this is also the best way to ensure that their record is not too down. So what the Grizzlies need to do now is to constantly improve the team's tactics while still being able to rank among the top three in the Eastern Conference. As for the others, if this team can perfectly adapt to the new style of play before the playoffs, then there is no big difference between them in the Eastern Conference third, second or first.

So in this game, although the Boston Celtics competed away, they have always suppressed the Grizzlies in both the scene and the score. Although the Grizzlies wanted to take a revenge of last season's playoffs in this game, Artest, the second leader of the Grizzlies, was also very excited in this game, but it is obvious that for the current Grizzlies, they are still a little different from last season. Of course, the Boston Celtics competed a little bit ahead of the Grizzlies in this game, but the Grizzlies played at home were also able to bite the Boston Celtics competed. The gap between the two teams was not very big in the whole game.

The final victory and defeat of this game were not until the last moment. However, unlike last season when Carter was able to take over the game at the last moment, although this league's most important gentleman was able to take over the game this season, in terms of the whole game, he was not just the only one who could take over the game. For example, there is also the Boston Celtic player who entered the game, McGrady, the Boston Celtic player who entered the game, and he scored 12 points in the fourth quarter of this game.

10 points in 2 points were scored in the last five minutes, and the final score of this game was also the Boston Celtics defeated the Grizzlies 100-96 away, and it also greatly consolidated its first place in the East. After Boston Celtics won in this game, the Boston Celtics' record also became 18 wins and 2 losses, while the Grizzlies had 15 wins and 5 losses. Although they were still second in the East, they were already on the same record as the Wizards, and the gap was widened from the Boston Celtics' entry.

But for the Boston Celtics who won this game, a little bad thing is that after Yiyao, that is, on December 4, Boston Celtics lost the game back to back against the third in the West. Although this game was home for Boston Celtics, the Celtics who flew back to Boston from Vancouver had no so-called home advantage at all, and the Raptors who arrived early were fighting at home.

When the two teams met in one game, Boston Celtic won 3 points and went to overtake the Raptors at the last moment. In this game, the Raptors did not give Boston Celtic a chance to overtake. Celtic was also a little tired and unable to overtake. Fortunately, after losing to the Raptors at home, Boston Celtic won consecutively defeated the Jazz and Nuggets in the next Northwest journey, and still firmly consolidated his first position in the East.

Net.
Chapter completed!