You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 653 I am more convinced than ever
At the end of the regular season of the 2012-13 season, the Heat with 66 wins and 16 losses ranked first in the league.

The playoffs haven't started yet, but some suspense has disappeared.

For example, the regular season MVP, no one can compete with James.

For example, the championship, at least the day before the start of the regular season, no one can set up obstacles for the Heat to defend their title.

The Eastern Conference team below the Heat is the Philadelphia 76ers, who have a record of 58 wins and 24 losses.Even if this record is placed in the West, it can rank third, only behind the 60-win Spurs and 59-win Thunder.

The East's strong team structure is obviously not as healthy as the West.

Looking at the record, the Heat are dominant. The second group is the 58ers with 76 wins and the Knicks with 54 wins. The third group is the third group with less than 50 wins.

A structure with less than 50 wins is also a complete victory in the West.

For example, the Dallas Mavericks, who are ranked 41th in the West and only scored [-] wins, can squeeze the eighth-ranked Bucks out of the playoffs in the East.

The strongest team is in the east, and the intensity of the divisional civil war is undoubtedly higher in the west.

But the strength of the division cannot be generalized. After all, no one can choose their own birthplace independently. If they can make their debut in a good place, James may not have to run away from home to find brothers with the world's violent comments.

A few days later, the playoffs began.

The 76ers' first-round opponent is the seventh-ranked Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference.

Thinking of the rumors about their trade deadline, at this moment, I really have a feeling that life will never meet again.

The Celtics are a special team, and from the moment Rondo went down with his ACL, there were no prospects for them.

If a group of old men change their lives against the sky and win the championship, then James, Wei Xia, and Durant, who are popular and spicy chickens, can all retire in place. No matter what they play, they will not lose face.

However, is anyone willing to play against the Celtics in the first round?
This Celtics team is like the Grizzlies in the West. The highest ceiling cannot reach the championship level, but anyone who encounters them will lose a layer of skin.

This is also the first time Wei Xia has met the Celtics in the playoffs again after five years.

"There is an account between us that needs to be settled."

Before the first game of the first round, Pierce said to Wei Xia solemnly.

He is right, Wei Xia has committed a lot of crimes against the Celtics.Not him, the 2008 championship flag should be on their shamrock, not the Lakers logo.

The first game of the series against the Celtics is the top priority, not just home court advantage.These old men, as long as they win a goal in an away game, they can enjoy themselves on the spot. Once the momentum is raised, it will be difficult to suppress it.

Wei Xia saw this clearly, so he was strong from the beginning.

No Celtic wants to match him on offense, and no Celtic wants to match him on defense.

He has the ability to crush opponents on both offense and defense.

Pierce came to defend, and he scored 12 points by shooting.

Garnett switched defenses, and he caused four fouls in the half, finally ending the biggest noise maker in NBA history.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Wei Xia continuously dribbled the ball and pulled up three-pointers. Each one seemed to hit the opponent's heart like a hammer instead of the basket.

After meeting five years later, the jersey, style of play, and team he belonged to are no longer the same as Wei Xia, who scored 41 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, and buried Boston at home.

"What's so hard about playing with Wish? Pass the ball to him, and Shit and I play rock-paper-scissors aside!"

Cousins ​​followed Wei Xia to the press conference. His words were ridiculous. The reporter suppressed his smile and asked him who "shit" was.

"I can't tell you, otherwise Shit won't take me to play." Cousins ​​may or may not be an idiot, and when he sells this trick, 76ers fans frantically discuss who "Shit" is.

First of all, Wei Xia can be ruled out, because he said, "Pass the ball to him, and Shit and I will play rock-paper-scissors aside." Therefore, all 76ers players except Wei Xia and Cousins ​​are the suspects of fans.

If the person concerned does not reveal the answer to the mystery, it will be difficult for others to know the truth.

Wei Xia's dominant first game made the Celtics give up the second game sadly.

At the start of the second game, they were obviously not as strong as the first game.

Moreover, the Celtics played less and less like themselves.

They were originally the best team in the league in catch-and-shoot defense, but they let the 76ers' shooters bloom in all directions.

Since 2008, they have been the team with the strongest defense against heads-up players. As a result, Wei Xia's performance and efficiency against them were better than the regular season.

Garnett's presence makes them uncomfortable for almost all pick-and-roll teams.

However, the 76ers only have two tricks to play the pick and roll with the ball.

The ball handler can shoot mid-range shots when he is in neutral, or pass the ball to the inside line that goes down.

In Game [-], the Celtics' defense was particularly poor.

What they can usually do well, they can't do everything tonight.

Experts from all walks of life originally expected them to play six or seven games, preferably like the first round in 2009, when Garnett was reimbursed for the season and played seven games with the young Bulls.

However, in the first and second games, the Celtics let them down.

They should have done everything they could to torture Wescha with Pierce or Jeff Green -- whoever was going to die at the sight of Wish -- and try to force a foul on Cousins.

The Celtics should put on a posture from hell, make the Phillies feel that "these old hooligans are far worse than us", squeeze the old Nash and the mediocre Hayes to death, trick Jrue Holiday, a stunned young man, to unknowingly shoot 21 of 6 shots, etc., and finally force Wesha to come up with the undisputed strongest individual offensive and defensive dominance in the league so far this season.

No one expected that they couldn't force Wei Xia at full strength, and Cousins ​​didn't encounter a foul crisis. Holiday oppressed their guards to death. Their offense encountered a desert, but the defensive end was full of Philadelphia's paradise.

Bostonians were disappointed in one of the two games at the Wells Fargo Center.

"This is the worst Celtic team I've seen since 2007!" "The Boston Globe" sighed.

No matter how unwilling it is, it is a fact that the 76ers lead 2-0, and now they have to go to the away game to end the series as much as possible.

At the same time, the Lakers, ranked sixth in the West, met the Nuggets, who ranked third in the West.

They fought hard and unexpectedly defeated their opponents in the first two games of the series, 2-0, and they are very promising.

As if the death of Old Buss was just the beginning of the team's bad luck, Marc Gasol's foot injury made the prospects of the Lakers a little more uncertain.

To make matters worse, the initial inspection didn't reveal anything major wrong with Gasol, so they kept playing.

At the same time, the 76ers headed to Boston for Game [-].

The Celtics, who had been hit twice at home with sap, returned to the home court and woke up.

The game started off in typical Celtic mode.

Strong confrontation, intensive physical contact and deliberately conniving referees.

Wei Xia is very familiar with these, but what about his teammates?They have never seen this battle.

Cousins ​​was so focused on taking on Garnett that he exploded when the referee called his foul and ignored Garnett's move to the same scale.

He threw his headband to the ground and accused the referee of being blind.

There is a price to pay for being a hero.

Cousins ​​was sent off, and the 76ers made things worse. Although Weixia scored 35 points tenaciously, the 76ers still lost for a while.

"Ahhhh!!!" Garnett thumped his chest and yelled, "It's not over yet!"

At that time, you can see what kind of team the Celtics are.

They may not have much energy left to fight for the top spot, but they will take every opportunity to teach youngsters who don't take them seriously.

Like Garnett's rant.

Wei Xia told reporters: "It's not over yet."

The fourth game is a real battle of life and death. If they want to drag the series to the sixth game, the Celtics have to hold two home games like the 76ers.

Holiday encountered a foul crisis, Louis Williams' offensive end was oppressed by high-intensity confrontation and lost his voice, and veteran Steve Nash from the bench stood up and scored three points to stabilize his position.

Then, came the long-awaited moment for the 76ers.

Recognized as the strongest individual offensive and defensive player at the moment - "Wish is firing!" Tom Heinsohn said desperately.

This is also the long-awaited moment for the Celtics. Only when Wei Xia exerts his full strength can it show that they have pushed the 76ers into a predicament.

But, can they withstand Wei Xia who is attacking with all his strength?

the answer is negative.

The value and importance of Rajon Rondo lies here.

The Celtics are no longer in their strongest form.They lost Rondo, the surprise-maker -- he's always been better in the playoffs, and can turn games around with one or two flash defenses and chase assists.

Without Rondo, the variables do not exist. When Weixia began to take over the game, the 76ers rose instantly and became an insurmountable mountain.

The Celtics are still the Celtics, and even though none of them can compete on the same level as Wesha, Kevin Garnett is working his magic.

Jeff Green stepped up and confronted Wesha for a few rounds.

Garnett's roar convinced him for a few minutes that he could be the best player ever.

This is Garnett's magic, this is the change he can bring about: He tries to convince his teammates of his principles, they all become crazy people jumping up and down, and then they don't treat themselves like flesh and blood, and go on and on.

Unfortunately, the gap in hard power is too significant.

When Wei Xia took the initiative to face Green, who played well, and stared him on the outside; when Wei Xia wanted the ball, he waved to let his teammates pull away, no matter who the Celtics were defending, he always simply shook and then scored a jumper.

The odds for the Celtics, their chances, were gone.

"Beep!"

As the final whistle blew, fans at North Shore Gardens watched as the horrific man held up the index finger of his right hand, the very finger he relied on to keep hitting jumpers.

Not long ago, that memorable 70-point night was also created through this finger.

"I'm more convinced than ever," Versia said, facing the camera, "that we can beat any team."

(End of this chapter)