At noon on March 22, Hollins took the players on a plane to Boston. One of the biggest features of the Grizzlies'' march schedule is that they play more often with Eastern teams.
In the past few months, the Grizzlies were basically playing Western teams. But in March, they began to have more trips to the East. Playing the Eastern team is the most annoying, in addition to not familiar with the opponent, but also too far flight distance.
From Memphis to Boston, most civil flights need to transfer, which will take at least five hours. Although the Grizzlies'' private flight doesn''t need transit, it takes more than three hours to arrive in Boston.
It was a long flight and most of the players took a nap as soon as they got on the plane. Link couldn''t sleep, and the Chinese forward leaned his head against the window of the plane, thinking about his conversations with Tony Allen and Randolph after yesterday''s game.
"Boston is not as simple as you think, link. In that place, our troubles will be more than basketball. I don''t like Boston, which is one of the reasons why I didn''t choose to renew my contract with Celtic. How to say that place? As a person of color, I feel very depressed
Link didn''t expect Tony Allen to say that. He knew Boston was one of the most racist cities in the United States, but he didn''t expect it to be so serious.
Link believes that as a Celtic team, Tony Allen should not have been in too much trouble, if not popular.
However, Tony Allen''s later narration has refreshed link''s understanding of Boston.
"You know, Boston is a city with a long history. Most of the Aboriginal people there were pure white immigrants from Europe 300 years ago. There was a small number of black people there. Moreover, due to many historical reasons, Boston still has serious racial discrimination. You might say, as NBA stars, we will certainly be respected. Wrong, link. Even Bill Russell, who was in Boston, had seen local white people break into his apartment at night and pull Shi in his bedroom. I had a lot of bad things when I played for Celtic. Anyway, I don''t really like the place
"Yes, yes, I went to live in Boston for a while. It was a white supremacy city. Racial discrimination and greater Irishman are embedded in the heart of this city. I still like Memphis. At least, the ethnic tolerance here is better. " After listening to Tony Allen, Randolph nodded.
Thinking of yesterday''s conversation in the dressing room, link shook his head. These two guys are exaggerating. They are worried about this kind of thing. Which of the Celtic big three is not black? It''s not like they''re all mixed up.
Without any more thought, link felt sleepy and closed his eyes. He didn''t want to be so messy. He just wanted to perform well in the north bank garden.
Boston''s north shore Garden Arena is another basketball shrine besides staples in the league.
The dome of the stadium, the retired jerseys and the champion''s flag all contribute to the glorious history of this great NBA team. Even the special patterns on the oak floor of this stadium exude a strong sense of history.
Link stands in the North Bank Garden Arena. The scene is noisy. The noise here is much higher than when playing away in Salt Lake City.
Hollins had to yell at the top of his voice to make sure the players could hear him. Now link knows how rivers became a duck''s voice.
Link looked around the stands and, as expected, saw many signs with discriminatory slogans. Randolph and Tony Allen don''t even bother to look up. For them, it''s normal.
Link shook his head. He has been living in Boston for almost 24 hours since yesterday afternoon. But link can already feel the unfriendliness of Boston.
During the open media session during the training session yesterday afternoon, a Boston local reporter even asked link, "how does it feel to survive in the NBA as a Chinese American?"
At first glance, this problem is not a problem, but the reporter uses the word "Chinese" to describe Chinese Americans.
How natural it was to say this word from the Boston reporter''s mouth. He blurted it out without much thinking. After asking, he didn''t even feel that there was anything wrong with it. This shows how Boston people call Chinese Americans.
Finally, link refused to answer the reporter''s question. At that time, the reporter was still quite dissatisfied, saying that he would report to the league office to punish link...
when link was on the plane yesterday, he thought Randolph and Tony Allen were exaggerating, but now link has seen the power of Boston.
"Hey, can you see the numbers on the scoreboard with your eyes so small? Ha ha ha ha ha
At this time, a few stands fans shouting into the ears of Linke. Not only link, but even Hollins, stopped talking and looked up in the stands. There is no doubt that the fan''s shout just now, everyone heard it.Seeing that he had caught the Grizzlies'' attention, the white fan was still holding his eyes up. He seems quite proud of it.
"Don''t mind the crap. Focus on the game, link." Hollingster comforted link, who nodded in silence.
He was glad that at least he had a group of supportive teams around him.
In this atmosphere, the referee urged both players to step into the court. At that moment, the cry in the garden on the north bank rose an octave. But in addition to the voice of cheering for Celtic team, there are also a lot of rubbish words.
Boston is a place where people don''t want to stay for a second.
"The game is about to start, which is definitely the biggest challenge the Grizzlies have faced in the past ten days. Boston Celtics are different from those on the edge of the playoffs. They''re third in the East and still looking for the championship. For Grizzlies, it''s a challenge to test their quality
Even before the game started, the voice of ESPN ace commentator Mike brin had already aroused the fans'' appetite.
Mike brin is the first time this season to live the Grizzlies'' game, because as a trump commentator for ESPN, he appears most of the time in such important events as the live broadcast of the United States. This season, the Grizzlies hardly have any live games in the United States.
Because of the huge flow of the game, Celtics will be the focus of the game. That''s why I sent Mike brin.
Although Mike brin didn''t explain the Grizzlies game, he had a certain understanding of the Grizzlies'' performance and the magical drop off draft. So today, brin is particularly looking forward to link''s play. He would like to see how much a drop off draft can do on the court.
After all, his opponent today is Paul Pierce, one of the strongest small forwards in the league!
I don''t know if the villain in in dark blue No.0 can continue his counter attack this time.
"All right, the starting lineup of both sides comes on. On the Celtic side, Leonard costic and Garnett are on the inside, Paul Pierce is in the third position, and Ray Allen is still starting. The number one position is still Rajan Rondo and the lineup has not changed
Celtic''s lineup is almost the same as last season. The only change is that Kendrick Perkins, who plays the No. 5 position, has become a non existential Serb center, nenard costic.
In the middle of the season, Celtic team replaced Perkins and "potato" Nate Robinson to Oklahoma City, getting costic and Jeff Green.
Perkins''s defensive ability is naturally costic does not have, but the strong man center last year after knee injury until January this year, and after the return of the state is very general. And now Celtic are short of a third place, so Angie made the deal.
It can be said that it is another typical example of a meritorious official who is directly abandoned after being injured and useless.
Angie believes that with Garnett guarding the inside line, even without Perkins, Celtic''s interior defense will not be too bad. What''s more, there are two players in the Celtic team, big and small O''Neal. Angie hopes they can play the role Perkins played before in the playoffs after their recovery from injury.
However, on the trade after the majority of the month''s game, Perkins''s departure on the Celtic defense end of the impact is very huge. Kg is 35 years old and it''s hard for him to be on the defensive. However, the attack of Jeff Green is not very good, and it is difficult to make up for the loss of Celtic team in defense.
So today, Hollins''s mission to the players is to attack Celtic inside!
Link looked at pierce and listened to the abuse coming from the stands. He took a deep breath and felt the air filling his lungs, which calmed him down.
He still believes that the Boston Celtics are no longer invincible. Moreover, he is extremely eager to take victory in the North Bank Garden in front of those foreign garbage!
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