Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 76
Boston is the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, and the largest city in New England in the northeast of the United States.

Founded in 1630, this city is one of the oldest and most culturally valuable cities in the United States, and it is also the most educated city in the country. There are world-renowned universities such as Harvard and MIT.

But for basketball fans, the Celtics stationed here is a name that cannot be bypassed.

As the earliest and most championship-winning team in the NBA, it is not an exaggeration to call it a giant, and their superstars also emerge in endlessly.

From Bob Cousy, the originator of point guards in the 50s, to Bill Russell in the 60 years and 11 championships in the 10s, to the "triathlon" John Havlicek in the 70s, to today's Larry Bird, as if God has always favored the Celtics.

However, this year, bad luck began to come to Boston.

First, the sudden death of the No. [-] pick during the offseason, and then the wave of injuries that hit after the start of the game. Although they are basically the team's bench players, this seriously interfered with the Celtics coach KC Jones' formation. Array.

As he extended the playing time of the starting players, the team's record has gradually stabilized, and now, with 7 wins and 2 losses, it has returned to No. [-] in the Eastern Conference.

It’s just that, for the team with the oldest average age in the league, the starting five players all played more than 35 minutes, and Larry Bird even reached 40 minutes. This is a month away from turning 30 For Byrd, it was no small test.

You must know that during the offseason last year, he insisted on building a driveway for his mother's house. The hard work all day made his back overwhelmed and eventually led to spinal dislocation. back injury.

Therefore, what stopped the brilliant career of the black and white duo was never the bad boy army or the god-like Joe gang leader, but because of one stingy and one messy.

The Boston Garden Arena was first designed by boxing promoter Tex Richard and opened in 1928. It can be said to have a long history.

The arena was originally designed to bring spectators closer to the game than most other arenas, creating a unique home atmosphere that gives fans an unparalleled sense of involvement, where they feel fully involved in the game.

This led to the fact that when the audience in the full arena cheered frantically, the entire arena was deafening, like a bumping boat in a huge wave of cheers, and the players were far more disturbed on the field than other arenas.

The players of the Warriors entered the arena for training early, and no one wanted to stay in the locker room, because the visiting team locker room in Boston Garden was small and hot, and the internal pipeline design was unreasonable. In autumn, he was not suffocated inside.

You must know that just two years ago, in the fifth game of the 1984 NBA Finals, the temperature in the garden reached 36 degrees Celsius, so hot that it was necessary to supply oxygen to the exhausted players. That is the now-famous "high heat game".

The Celtics players played later than the Warriors, and when they came out of the tunnel, the cheers almost knocked off the roof of the arena.

And the leader is Larry Bird, who has blond hair and pulls [-] million. At this time, Bird is at the peak of his career. Last season, he won the feat of three consecutive MVPs. To win the championship, you have to be as defiant as you are.

He didn't immediately go to his own half to warm up, but walked towards the Warriors' half.

All the members of the Warriors noticed Bird's actions, stopped what they were doing, and looked at Bird.

Facing the eyes of everyone, Bird didn't care at all, he said carelessly: "Sorry, I'm not interested in you, what should you do."

After speaking, he came behind Li Weisi again. At this time, Li Weisi had just made a three-pointer and was about to pick up the ball, but found that Bird was blocking him.

"Hello, is something wrong?"

"Hey, rookie, I heard that your three-point shot is very good? Is that shot just now at your level?" Bird looked down at Li Weisi with his hands on his hips and said disdainfully.

"Yes!" Li Weisi replied honestly, not knowing the fear of the other party.

"I don't think it's very good, it's just being overblown."

"Oh! What are you trying to say?" Facing Bird's evaluation of his three-pointer, Li Weisi didn't care at all, but it was really annoying that the other party interrupted his shooting practice, "If nothing else, Please step aside and don't disturb my practice."

Li Weisi's words stunned the Warriors players around. Everyone knows what kind of person Bird is.

Therefore, when Li Weisi responded to Bird, everyone forgot what to do, and they all picked up the mentality of watching the excitement to pay attention to the development of the situation.

Bird obviously didn't expect Li Weisi to answer like this, he recovered immediately after being stunned for a moment, and continued to challenge: "In this case, let's compare three-pointers in this game, let me teach you how to shoot three-pointers! "

"Everyone says you are smart in the NBA, but I just found out today that you're not that smart. You've been exaggerated!" Li Weisi retaliated against him in his own way.

"What did you say?" Bird really didn't expect the rookie on the opposite side to answer him like this.

"The rule of basketball is to see which team wins, not who shoots three-pointers well. You are almost 30 years old, why are you still acting like a child?"

Li Weisi's words shocked everyone's jaws. Although Ma Long had enjoyed listening to it, he still planned to rush over to protect Li Weisi, so as not to be bullied by Bird who became angry from embarrassment.

"Hahahaha..." But without thinking, Bird laughed out loud after hearing Li Weisi's words.

This reaction made Malone a little puzzled, and he stopped unconsciously.

"Interesting, very interesting, you are such an interesting rookie, very good, since this is the case, then I will satisfy you and let you go home with a failure." After finishing speaking, Bird left in a cool way, waving Sleeves, the kind that don't take away a cloud.

Li Weisi looked at Bird's back, scratched the back of his head, and wondered, "Is he crazy? He said some weird words."

The crowd was silent.

On the other side, Bird, who returned to the bench, completely lost his arrogance just now, and his face was calm and terrifying.

"What's the matter? Larry, that rookie made you feel flat?" The big man McHale teased Bird with a bean-like smile.

"What a tricky kid. He is extremely mature in his heart. He doesn't care about my provocation at all. Instead, he uses my words to answer me. This is not a simple rookie. The city is very deep!" Bird shook his head, thinking back to Li Weisi just now. performance, can not help but sigh.

"Is it really that powerful?"

"Far more powerful than I said!"

Seeing Bird's swearing, McHale couldn't help but look at Li Weisi who was practicing again, feeling that something was wrong.

(End of this chapter)