Basketball League of Legends

Chapter 229 Trading Deadline

After playing the Jazz, the Celtics flew from the Utah Plateau to Los Angeles immediately, and then rested in a hotel in Los Angeles for one night, and started the game against the Clippers the next day.

The Clippers, who were concentrating on being bad, did not have the idea of ​​fighting against the Celtics. The Celtics ended the battle at halftime and won the game. Then the Celtics rested in Los Angeles for a day. There was an away game in the Western Conference against the Warriors. Although it was a bad team, the Celtics were already very tired after consecutive away games. Naturally, they had to rest in Los Angeles for a day.

The trade deadline is February 2th, so the Celtics players are nervously waiting for the information on the trade deadline in the hotel, because they know that the general manager of the team, Michael Lyon Carr, is seeking a deal , hoping to trade for a scorer. Under such circumstances, except for Jonny Lee, everyone else in the Celtics team is in danger of being traded.

Time passed by, and in the afternoon, the Celtics got on the plane and flew to San Francisco, and there was also a message from Carl, who made a call to Joe when the Celtics got off the plane. Johnny, tell Johnny that they are negotiating a deal with the Spurs and other teams, but the other party proposed to take Bruce Bowen as a player. Karl dare not make a random trade because he knows that Bruce Bowen is still very important in the Celtics team. , I called and asked Jonny for his opinion.

And Jonny naturally gave a negative opinion. The importance of Bruce Bowen to the Celtics is naturally very high. Jonny does not have the idea that players who play well with him cannot be traded, but Bruce Bowen Wen is indeed very important. He can share the pressure of Jonny's perimeter defense, so Jonny naturally didn't agree.

In the end, Michael Leon Carr could only respond to Jonny, and the transaction failed. The Celtics' current lineup will be the Celtics' final lineup, and they will no longer trade and reinforce.

Jonny also knew that his teammates were worrying about the trade, and now there were five or six hours before the trade deadline, and Jonny announced directly in the hotel in San Francisco that the team would not have any deal!
This led to bursts of cheers from teammates, the reason is very simple, everyone wants to play in a strong team, which is good for their future, especially now that the Celtics' bench players are all unstable Players, each of them has a chance to play. This is an opportunity for them to play their worth, so these players are not willing to leave the Celtics.

Before the trade deadline was over, the Celtics' reinforcement plan had come to an end, but Jonny was not surprised by the result at all. It would be too difficult to complete a deal in a day or two .

On the day of the trade deadline, other teams in the league did not make any big moves. When the new labor agreement is about to start negotiations, they don't want to make extra troubles.Therefore, this trading deadline was unusually calm, with almost no transactions appearing, and some transactions were minor repairs and repairs.As a result, the situation in the league has not changed significantly. It can be said that the Celtics' opponents in the playoffs have also been determined.

There are only a few teams that can enter the playoffs, and according to the current record of the Celtics, their opponents in the first round of the playoffs may be the New Jersey Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks. One, the strength of the Nets and Cavaliers is relatively poor. These two teams may be eighth and will not meet the Celtics, so the Hawks and Knicks have the best chance of meeting them.

The strength of these two teams is still very good, and should not be underestimated. The Eagles have two star players, Dikembe Mutombo and Steve Smith, and Christian Laettner, who was also selected as an All-NBA player last year. Star power forwards, as well as excellent role players such as Alan Henderson, Mucci Blaylock, and Dillon Corbin, the Hawks' strength is not what their current rankings show.However, Christian Laettner's extremely declining state did cause them some trouble.

As for the Knicks, needless to say, Patrick Ewing, Alan Houston, etc., are all star-level players. This season's performance may be due to internal problems in the Knicks, but since the Knicks have this Without this kind of strength, they may pose a threat to the Celtics.

The game is now halfway through the schedule, and the Celtics are ranked second in the Eastern Conference. The gap between them and the teams behind them has widened, and it is very difficult to catch up with the Bulls, so the Celtics are second The position of the Bulls has been stabilized. As long as they don't have too many problems, they won't fall down. If the Bulls don't have too many problems, it will be difficult for them to surpass the first place.

The game against the Warriors was also very easy. Although the Celtics failed to widen the point difference as soon as possible, they maintained a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter until the end of the game.

After winning the Warriors, the Celtics flew to Sacramento to challenge the Kings there.After the All-Star Game, the Celtics have been swaying in the West. It is already February 2th. The Celtics have been swaying in the West for 17 days, and the Celtics have challenged 7 teams in these 7 days. The team has only lost one game so far, and their opponent in the next game is the Kings, which is also a bad team.

So the Celtics are not worried about the winning percentage of this game at all.But Johnny flipped through the next schedule again, almost scaring Johnny into a heart attack. The Celtics will have consecutive away games against the Vancouver Grizzlies, Seattle Supersonics and Portland Trail Blazers Team, until February 2, the Celtics' super long western road trip will come to an end!
In other words, the Celtics will be wandering in the West for 12 full days!Challenge 8 Western Conference teams, but fortunately there is only the strong team of the Jazz in front, and there are two strong teams, the Seattle SuperSonics and the Portland Trail Blazers, so the Celtics' schedule behind them is instead quite difficult.

The game against the Kings had a little bit of twists and turns. Rick Pitino originally hoped to let the team's substitute players play more games. As a result, these substitute players were really weak without Jonny. In the end, they had to Send Johnny again and continue fighting.

In the end, the Celtics still defeated the Kings in an away game, and they immediately rushed to Vancouver. They are also a western team, but the distance from Vancouver is very far. The Celtics traveled long distances to Vancouver, where they were Defeated the king, but at this time the Celtics' physical fitness has reached the limit, and they will face two strong western teams next. This is really a big test for the Celtics!
(End of this chapter)