Chapter 462: The upcoming jersey retirement ceremony
Unlike the last home game, this time the Pacers had to go to Boston to play away. Boston was never easy to play away, so this is recognized by NBA teams. In this league, the Devils have several meanings away.
The first type is a stadium located on the plateau like the Nuggets and Jazz. As home team players, these stadiums must have been used to being there. They have become accustomed to the plateau there and are used to playing in such an environment. Even when they are usually trained there, but as a visiting team player, you only play four games there a year. How familiar can you be with that environment? It is naturally a normal thing for the Devil to play away.
The second type is like the Thunder, Warriors and Pacers, crazy fans and crazy home atmosphere. Those atmospheres will have a very strong impact on some rookies, especially rookies who have never seen big scenes. When tens of thousands of people boo you half of the time in a 48-minute game, you will also feel that this game is difficult to play.
Especially at the last critical moment, these cheering cheers will definitely affect the performance of the away team, and it will be very disturbing when the free throw is shot. When there are free throwers like Jordan and Warcraft on the opposite side, it is normal to send two free throws in the high-pressure away atmosphere in the face of the high-pressure away atmosphere.
The last one is the pressure from the strong teams. In the NBA, there are not many people who can really become giants. The Lakers and the Celtics are probably the two most convincing teams, one is 16 championships and the other is 17 championships. The championship flags flying above their stadium are showing their pressure to many teams. Now, many young Pacers who are about to play at the Celtics naturally see these 17 championship flags.
At the same time, there are many retired jerseys, such as Larry Bird, Bill Russell, Havericek, and Cousy. These are all ancient god-level figures. Relatively speaking, after Bird retired, the Celtics did not have a brilliant life. Except for the players who gathered the three giants to win the championship again in 2008, they did not win any championships, which was even more ordinary than their old rivals Lakers. In the 21st century, there were three consecutive championships and two consecutive championships, and they were undoubtedly the best team in the 21st century.
The biggest advantage of the Celtics is that they have completed the revival now. They are a team with the ability to compete for the championship. The Lakers are still struggling and there are several garbage contracts among their players that they can't even get rid of.
The Celtics are undoubtedly the latter one, because if they are very weak, such as the Lakers, no matter how much pressure you are under, you will have enough confidence when you look at your team in this game.
Tonight, the Celtics will also welcome a new retired jersey, the No. 34 jersey of Paul Pierce in the 2008 Finals. Tonight, Pierce has arrived at the North Shore Garden Arena early to watch the game. Before the game begins, the whole Boston Celtics team united and expressed their determination to win this game for their own celebrities. There is a perfect jersey retirement ceremony. Tonight, the fans of the North Shore Garden Arena are also more crazy than usual.
Linson was preparing for this game seriously in the visiting team locker room, the jersey retirement ceremony? Mr. Paul Pierce, you have picked the wrong day and you may not have a happy evening tonight.
Lin Sen is not the only one who is ready. It should be said that the entire Pacers are ready. They want to take revenge, and completing revenge on such an important day as the opponent seems to be more interesting. If you win twenty or thirty in such a game, then it would be such an embarrassing thing for Pierce, a Celtic celebrity who held a retirement ceremony.
Before the game started, Pierce stood up in the first row and waved to the fans who cheered with them. Although the Celtics are very strong now, there is no player with Pierce's ability in positional battles.
"Hey! He's very excited! You can tell that he's very happy tonight!" O'Neal looked at Pierce who waved his hand, with a hint of different meaning. As a Lakers celebrity, although he didn't break up friendly with the Lakers when he left the Lakers, and even played for a year with the Celtics, for him, many times he still looked at the game from the Lakers' perspective. "It's a pity that his juniors may not necessarily give him a perfect retirement ceremony tonight."
Barkley nodded. Although the Celtics beat the Pacers in the first game, the Pacers are in great shape in recent games. Their double-guns in the backcourt who were lost at the beginning have recovered their form, and they finally got their three-pointers back in the last few games in the first few games that hit the basket: "This game depends on how Celtics defends three-pointers? If the defense is not bad, then they can still play. If the Pacers are allowed to separate, this game may be lost by the Pacers. Of course, this is based on the state of the recent games between both sides."
The game has not yet begun. At the North Shore Garden Arena, two people who have always been clearly distinguished in the commentary table were optimistic about the Pacers this time, which made the Celtic fans very dissatisfied.
The Celtics fans booed. They were the number one in the East. This is Boston's North Shore Garden Arena. Now they are the one standing in front. They believe that the opponent will win. It is like everyone used to James who would definitely stand on the finals stage. At the beginning of the Eastern Conference playoffs, whether the Cavaliers or the Heat were the first, second, or third in the Eastern Conference, everyone had already sent the Eastern Conference championship in advance.
Until last year's Pacers pulled James off the throne, and now Linson only this year, everyone decided that the Pacers were still the strongest team in the East. This tm's is too unreasonable, and the place where the words were published was still in the North Shore Garden Arena, and booing was a normal thing.
O'Neal and Barkley were like two iron brothers who kept their views: "The Celtics will definitely play hard tonight. When the double defender recovers, Lin will perform much better than the previous game."
Chapter completed!