The atmosphere of North Shore Garden on January 2, 2013 was particularly heavy. Today, when Link stepped into the arena, he could immediately feel a depressing air coming to his face.

The Celtics fans did not yell. The lights on the stands of the North Shore Garden were very dim, as if only the basketball court was illuminated. The surroundings of the basketball court were wrapped in darkness.

The Celtics lost three consecutive times, averaging 23 points per game. Faced with such a situation, Celtic fans naturally couldn't shout. After all, they knew very well that the Celtics' opponent today is the league's number one, and they are the Memphis Grizzlies who have just 25 wins and only lost 3 losses two days ago!

This may be the first time Celtic fans have been so unconfident at home since the Big Three gathered on the East Coast in 2007.

Link was observing the abnormal North Shore Garden when he suddenly heard a small cheer. He turned his head and looked, and it was indeed the Celtics players who appeared!

The first person to lead everyone out of the player channel was Pierce, the 34-year-old small forward who is serious and serious.

Link knew what Pierce was thinking, otherwise he wouldn't have asked himself yesterday about "truth".

The Celtics wanted to stop the decline at home, and Pierce wanted to continue to use the little things left in his tank to compete with Link.

Link certainly knew how important this victory was to the Celtics, but it had nothing to do with him. He could not do anything like letting go because of his sympathy for his opponent.

"Link, if Garnett attacks you with trash words today, you must not lose control." Stevens' shouted, causing Link to move his eyes off Pierce.

"Don't worry, it's Mr. Zach who is angry if he gets angry." Link waved his hand with a smile, but then again, Garnett's mood has really not been very good recently. It shouldn't be a few days since the famous verbal battle between him and Anthony.

It’s a pity that Garnett messed with the wrong person in New York. It is said that Anthony went to block Garnett after that game, while Garnett hid in the team’s big barn and didn’t dare to come out...

It’s really a mess in New York, Gua Ge has the final say.

Today is the home court of the Celtics, on Garnett's territory. It is estimated that the guy's mouth will be even more broken.

Link was really worried about Randolph, and hoped that guy would not fight Garnett.

After the warm-up, the TV reporter found Pierce and gave him a brief pre-match interview.

As expected, the reporter's question was related to Link, "Is Link the best third player in the league now?"

There is no doubt that the reporter asked Pierce this question in hopes that Pierce would give some praise to his younger generations.

However, Pierce jokingly smiled, "I am the best, I have this confidence."

The reporter stood there, and he seemed to have heard of this answer. Before the 2007 finals, a reporter asked Pierce if he was the best player on the planet. As a result, Pierce responded to the reporter with the words just now.

As everyone knows, the Celtics defeated the Lakers 4-2 in the finals and won the 17th championship trophy in the history of the Celtics. Pierce won the FMVP trophy with averaging 22 points per game.

Pierce's words soon reached Link's ears, and he was not surprised.

Don't be fooled by Pierce's honest appearance. He has always been a player who beats and scolds him. And like Link, he is a "villain".

In 2008, when the media kept provoking "Bryant will win another championship ring", Pierce and the other two giants led the team to defeat the Lakers 4-2.

When the whole world was clamoring for the finals "23vs24", Pierce and his Celtics destroyed people's dreams again and again.

When facing popular newcomers, when the whole world wants Pierce to make way for him, he will silently pick up the boxing gloves and punch and punch those "decent" that everyone hopes for.

Speaking of which, Pierce and Link are quite similar to the same kind of people.

So in the face of Pierce's provocation, Link did not respond, "I just want to work hard to play the game, that's all."

Everyone is a big villain, it depends on who will be more ruthless!

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the referee signaled the starting players of both sides to step into the stadium and the game was about to begin!

Today, there was no player introduction ceremony and no overwhelming cheers. The Celtic players were like soldiers fighting to the death, with the determination to "kill if you can't win, you will die in battle."

The starting lineup of the Celtics is similar to usual, and Rondo and Bradley are on the outside. Garnett and Pierce are on the front line, and the center has always been the weakness of the Celtics. Now it is not a wise choice to let the elderly Garnett go to the fifth position. Therefore, this season, the Celtics have also tried many options for starting centers.

Today, the starting center sent by the Celtics is veteran Jason Collins, who entered the industry in 2001, and his career was mediocre, and he averaged 6 points and 6 rebounds per game in his peak season.

The only time this guy has attracted much attention was last year, but the reason for the high-profile was not basketball, but because he became the first active athlete in North American sports history to publicly admit his gay identity.

Therefore, the fifth position is the breakthrough point for the Grizzlies today.

The referee whistled, and the game with heavy atmosphere officially started. Gasol easily competed for the basketball off Collins' head, and Conley pushed the ball through half.

Rajon Rondo is not a friendly opponent. The point guard who has been selected for the best defensive team for four consecutive years, including two years of being selected for the best defensive team, blocked his path in front of Conley.

Rondo did not press close to his body as soon as he came up, but maintained a moderate distance, which made Conley unable to speed up easily.

Under Rondo's blocking, Conley hit the ball to Iguodala. Iguodala had the advantage when facing Bradley, who was only 1.88 meters tall.

So, Iguodala took advantage of the cover and broke through directly, trying to eat Bradley with her height advantage!

But Iguodala just jumped up after breaking into the penalty area, and Kevin Garnett arrived with a roar.

The "Wolf King" jumped hard, stretched out his arms, and slapped Iguodala's layup back!

Since Bradley was defending from the bottom, Iguodala couldn't jump with all his strength. Although Bradley was only 1.88 meters, his ability to confrontation was really strong. When Bradley was still in college, people said that he could already defend NBA-level defenders.

In this way, Iguodala's first layup was blocked by Garnett!

"kg, he actually blocked Iguodala, it's incredible!" The Boston commentator on the scene widened his eyes. As he grew older, Garnett's defensive ability was actually declining year by year.

Unlike the average blocks that averaged 2.2 times at the peak, Garnett now uses interference and confrontation to force the opponent to make a shot instead of blocking the shot directly.

The crisp big bomb like the one just now is really rare on Garnett. It seems that kg is really trying to fight today!

Rondo got the blocked basketball. This guy always judged the basketball landing point very accurately. The nickname "CDo" is not a random call.

Rondo did not advance quickly, but instead dribbled slowly while making gestures.

After Rondo passed the midfield line, he was embarrassed to find that Conley retreated directly within the three-point line... He was once again completely empty outside the three-point line.

Rondo's mouth twitched twice, but did not interrupt his thoughts. He handed the ball to kg who was standing at the free throw line. kg and Pierce fought with hand. Iguodala was blocked by Garnett, and Randolph had to switch defense in front of Pierce.

Randolph thought Pierce would take advantage of this small opportunity to make a breakthrough, but he didn't know that Pierce took the ball from Garnett and then jumped backwards!

"Damn!" Randolph hurried to block it, but Pierce's shot was too difficult to interfere.

Pierce's tilt jump height is not high, but the tilt angle is particularly large. It gives people the feeling of "I'm about to seal him, but I just can't seal him."

Under Randolph's powerless interference, Pierce's mid-range backward jump shot went straight into the net!

Garnett and Pierce, two superstars who have become "out of time", took the lead in the Celtics with their excellent performance of one offense and one defense!

The moment the ball entered, Link finally heard the cheers of confidence uploaded on the stands. North Shore Garden was finally activated by Pierce.

"Beautiful backward jump shot, Pierce has a strong desire to attack today. He shoots when he catches the ball, without hesitation. I hope his condition can continue today."

The Grizzlies attacked, this time, the Grizzlies pulled all the ball away, Conley hanged the ball into the inside, giving Gasol Jr. a single against Collins.

But Collins was unexpectedly tough on the defensive end, and Gasol Jr. made a two-stroke on the back, and the distance that could be pushed was simply negligible.

There was no way, Gasol had to turn over and jump shot before the violation of the back and timed out.

Gasol's shooting point was very high, but Collins also had a height of 2.13 meters and a pair of long arms. Under his interference, Gasol's shot hit the box and the Grizzlies missed the second consecutive offense!

"The Celtics' defense is better than expected!" Assistant coach Elston Turner was anxious on the Grizzlies' bench.

"This is the Celtics, man." Stevens was still very calm. He had known for a long time that the Celtics were different from the other nine in the East.

Garnett received his second rebound in the game and the Celtics fought back!

Iguodala has been following Pierce, and he knew that this guy was the Celtics' number one dangerous person. The fallback jump shot just now showed Pierce's good touch today.

Pierce walked slowly to the middle distance on the right side of the court, then leaned against Iguodala, as if he wanted to play singles on his back!

Pierce had a big butt and her back was very good. Iguodala did not dare to slack off and tried hard to support Pierce's waist and sank the center of gravity back.

But at this moment, Pierce secretly pushed Iguodala and then suddenly rebounded beyond the three-point line!

Iguodala's center of gravity was already sinking, and it was difficult to keep up with Pierce when he pushed this way!

As soon as Pierce ran to the right three-point line, Rondo's pass was delivered as soon as possible. At this time, Iguodala was still missing Pierce's position.

Pierce showed no mercy and pulled up the shot! Iguodala blocked it, but he had already left Pierce too much room before.

"brush!"

Pierce took the knife and the basketball went into the net without any delay! The Celtic fans cheered and all stood up. They scored 5 points in a row, and Paul Pierce seemed destined to end the losing streak at home!

After scoring the goal, Pierce waved his arm and shouted, "This is the fucking truth!"
Chapter completed!