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 their frequency of playing against Eastern teams has increased.

In the previous few months, the Grizzlies faced basically Western teams. But in March, their away trips to the East began to increase. The most annoying thing about playing Eastern teams is that in addition to not being familiar with their opponents, they also have too long flight distances.

Most civil flights from Memphis to Boston require a transfer, which will take at least more than 5 hours. Although the private flights taken by the Grizzlies do not require a transfer, they also require more than three hours to fly to reach Boston.

It was a long flight, and most players started taking a nap as soon as they got on the plane. Link couldn't sleep, and the Chinese striker leaned his head against the plane's window, thinking about his conversation 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 the Celtics back then. How do I say that place? As a person of color, I feel life is quite depressing."

Link didn't expect Tony Allen to say this. He knew that Boston was one of the most serious racial discrimination in the United States, but he never expected it to be so serious.

Link believes that even if Tony Allen was not popular at the time, he wouldn't have encountered too much trouble.

However, the subsequent narrative of Tony Allen refreshed Link's understanding of the city of Boston.

"You know, Boston is a city with a long history. Most of the natives there are purebred whites who immigrated from Europe 300 years ago. There are fewer blacks there, and because of many historical reasons, Boston has serious racial discrimination to this day. You might say that we, as NBA stars, will definitely be respected. Wrong, Link. Even Bill Russell, in Boston, had met local white people who broke into his apartment at night and pulled shi in his bedroom. When I was playing for the Celtics, I also encountered many unpleasant things. In short, I really don't like that place very much."

"Yes, yes, I lived in Boston for a while, and it was a completely white supremacy city. Racial discrimination and Greater Irishism were simply engraved into the bones of this city. I still like Memphis, at least the national tolerance here is better." After hearing Tony Allen's words, Randolph nodded and agreed.

Thinking of the conversation in the locker room yesterday, Link shook his head. These two guys were too exaggerated. What era is this, and he is still worried about such things. Which of the three Celtics is not a black man? They are also doing well.

Without thinking about it, Link felt a little sleepy, so he closed his eyes. He didn't think about so many messes, just wanted to perform well in the North Shore Garden.

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Boston North Shore Garden Arena, another basketball temple in the entire league besides Staples.

The dome of the stadium, one after another, one after another, and one after another, wrote the glorious history of this great NBA team. Even the special patterns on the oak floor of this stadium exuded a strong sense of history.

Link stood in the North Shore Garden Arena, and the scene was noisy, and the noise here was much louder than when playing away in Salt Lake City.

Hollins had to yell at the top of his voice to ensure that the players could hear him. Now Link knew how Rivers became a duck-speaking voice.

Link looked at the stands around him, and as expected, he saw many signs with discriminatory slogans. Randolph and Tony Allen were too lazy to look up, which was simply the norm for them.

Link shook his head. He has lived in Boston for about 24 hours since yesterday afternoon. But Link could already feel the unfriendliness of the city of Boston.

During the media opening hours during training yesterday afternoon, a local Boston reporter even asked Link, "As a Chinese, how does it feel to survive in the NBA?"

At first glance, this question is fine, but the reporter used the word "hink" to describe Chinese people.

How natural this word is to say from the Boston reporter. He blurted out without thinking much, and after asking, he didn't even feel that there was anything wrong with it. This shows how Bostonians usually call Chinese.

Finally, Link refused to answer the reporter's question. The reporter was quite dissatisfied at the time and said that he would report to the alliance office to punish Link.

When Link was on the plane yesterday, he thought Randolph and Tony Allen were a bit exaggerated, but now Link has seen Boston's power.

"Hey, can you see the numbers on the scoreboard with such small eyes? Hahahaha!"

At this moment, the shouts of fans from several stands jumped into Link's ears. Not only Link, but even Hollins suddenly stopped telling and looked up at the stands. There was no doubt that everyone heard the shouts from the fan just now.

Seeing that he attracted the attention of Grizzlies players, the white fan still raised his eyes. It seemed that he was quite proud of it.

"Don't care about those trash words, focus on the game, Link." Hollinstru comforted Link, and Link nodded silently.

He was very glad that at least he had a lot of teams supporting him around him.

In this smoky atmosphere, the referee urged players on both sides to step into the court. At that moment, the shouting in the North Shore Garden was one octave higher. But in addition to cheering for the Celtics, there were naturally a lot of trash talk.

This place in Boston really makes people not want to stay for a second.

"The game is about to begin, and this is definitely the biggest challenge the Grizzlies have encountered in the past ten days. The Boston Celtics are different from those on the edge of the playoffs. They rank third in the East and are still eyeing the championship. For the Grizzlies, this is a challenge to test their quality!"

Before the game started, the voice of espn ace commentator Mike Brynn had already aroused the appetite of fans.

This is the first time Mike Brynn has commented on the Grizzlies' game on the spot, because as espn's ace commentator, he appears in important games like live broadcasts in the United States most of the time. This season, the Grizzlies have almost no live broadcasts in the United States.

However, today, because the Grizzlies are in full swing and the Celtics have huge traffic, ESPN listed this game as a key game. Therefore, Mike Bryn was sent over.

Although Mike Brynn has not commented on the Grizzlies' game on the spot, she has a certain understanding of the Grizzlies' performance and that magical undraft pick. Therefore, today, Brynn is particularly looking forward to Link's performance. He really wants to see how much a undraft pick 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 wearing a dark blue No. 0 jersey can continue his counterattack this time.

"Okay, both teams appear. On the Celtic side, Nenald Costic and Garnett partnered with the inside, Paul Pierce played the third position, and Ray Allen was still the first position. Rajon Rondo, and the lineup has not changed."

The Celtics' lineup is almost the same as last season. The only change is that the defensive champion Kendrick Perkins, who plays the No. 5 position, has become Serbian center Nenad Kostic with a low presence.

In the middle of this season, the Celtics switched Perkins and "Little Potato" Nate Robinson to the Thunder, getting Costic and Jeff Green.

Perkins' defensive ability is naturally something that Costic does not have, but this strong center did not come back until January this year after his knee injury last year, and his condition was very average after his comeback. In addition, the Celtics are now missing the No. 3 candidate, so Angie made this deal.

It can be said that it is another typical example of a hero who was directly abandoned after being injured and useless.

Angie believes that with Garnett guarding the inside, even without Perkins, the Celtics' inside defense will not be too bad. What's more, there are two O'Neal in the Celtics team now. Angie hopes that these two can play Perkins' previous role in the playoffs after returning from injury.

However, judging from the game most of the month after the trade, Perkins' departure still had a huge impact on the Celtics' defensive end. kg is already 35 years old, so it is difficult for him to be able to keep it offensively. And Jeff Green's offense is also difficult to make up for the Celtics' losses on the defensive end.

So today, Hollins' task to the players is to attack the Celtics' inside!

Link looked at Pierce, listening to the insults coming from the stands, and couldn't help but take a deep breath, feeling the air fill his lungs, which could calm him down.
Chapter completed!