May 20, 2007

Xie Hou and his teammates flew from Indiana to Boston on a special plane.

Before leaving the door, Xie Hou hugged Qiya. He originally wanted to kiss her daughter and leave, but unexpectedly his daughter gave him a fragrant kiss.

He was so happy that he couldn't help himself. He smiled when he saw everyone. Even when he walked out of the airport and saw the hostility of a large number of Celtic fans, his smile did not disappear.

"We noticed the smile on your face, what made you so happy? Or do you think Boston is a place to make you happy? What do you think you will be going tonight's game? Did the booing from the fans on the scene make you feel uncomfortable?"

Xie Hou told them bluntly: "The reason why I am happy is that my daughter gave me a kiss before going out."

"You must know that it is a rare thing for such a young child to express love. I am very happy. Her kiss will definitely bring me good luck. I am full of confidence in tonight's game."

After Xie Hou finished speaking, he left the Boston media.

He and his teammates took a bus into the hotel arranged by the Celtics. In the afternoon training and evening matches, at 21:00, the booing of the fans at the scene was described as a "tsunami" by Celtics celebrity Tom Heinthorne.

Heinthorne also made an interesting connection between the Pacers and the Celtics' reunion.

"Since the 1990s, the Pacers and the Celtics often met in the playoffs, but he wanted him to win the final victory every time. The 1991-1992 season was Larry Bird's last season, and we all know that he dragged his fragile backs and the Celtics still easily defeated the Pacers; after Larry retired, they still couldn't beat the Celtics; then in the 2002-2003 season, the two teams met again in the first round, but they were still not opponents of the Celtics. Paul Pierce beat them with a tough performance, and he even scored a key goal recorded in the history of the Celtics on Al Harrington!"

"It can be said that the Pacers never beat the Celtics in the playoffs."

As a Celtic celebrity, it is normal for Heinthorne to turn his arms around.

If Xie Hou heard his words, he might go to the commentator's seat to respond on the spot.

The Pacers' history of not beating the Celtics all happened before he joined the Pacers. Heinthorne himself said that the last example occurred in the 2002-2003 season, just the year before Xie Hou joined the Pacers.

Afterward, Xie Hou landed in the NBA, the Pacers took off, the Celtics fell, and the two teams had no chance to talk.

This round of series may prove whether what Heinthorne said is reliable or not.

After the opening, Stoudemire jumped to the ball, and the Celtics gave the ball to Ray Allen the first attack.

"Jesus" missed the shot, Artest did a good job of close-fitting defense, and he has never had a good shooting opportunity.

What the Pacers didn't expect was that the Celtics' home rebounds were not friendly to the away team.

Ray Allen smacks iron, and the Pacers are about to produce more steel.

In the first offense in the away game, Xie Hou got a pass from his teammate and tried the three-pointer. He missed.

Afterwards, in the second round, Artest violently held the ball and made no achievements. He rushed into the crowd and made random moves, and he could not find the ball, making it even more impossible to enter.

In the third round, Papalucas made a three-pointer and missed.

In the fourth round, O'Neal Jr. played back, but there was no.

Until the fifth round, Xie Hou played Pierce behind his back. After turning over, O'Neal Jr. made a rebound. Xie Hou won the offensive rebound and passed the post from the outside. The Greeks raised their hand and shot, and the basketball went straight to the center of the basket. It was an ice-breaking three-pointer.

The Pacers performed poorly away and played four minutes before scoring the goal. The Celtics were in a hurry and scored 10 points in four minutes.

The start of the game was a 10-3 offensive, and the morale of Boston fans at the scene was greatly boosted, cheering the team and booing the visiting team. That enthusiasm was really rare.

They can't blame them. They are both rich clubs with the Lakers, but the last time they won the championship was 22 years ago. They fell in love with them for too long and the fans were so anxious that the memories of both generations were gone. Their desire for honor was extra urgent.

Being beaten 10 to 3, the walker was extremely calm.

"There is a 'trap' in our home basket, and you can't shoot it!"

Xie Hou and Pierce met, and the other party deliberately made this sound to disturb his mind.

Xie Houcai doesn’t care what traps they have, and whoever stops him from scoring will beat him up. It’s that simple.

Xie Hou personally tried it. If there is really a trap in the North Bank basket, it is also a trap that is beneficial to the guests. Otherwise, how could he score four consecutive mid-range shots?

Pierce was beaten speechless.

Xie Hou's four shots were more difficult than once, with a low back shot, a jump shot from the jump shot; a high-level tentative step stop to the mid-range shot; a double-team drifted backward jump shot; and the offensive time was about to end, and the ball was passed by with a whistleblower mentality, while Xie Hou did not treat the buzzer-beating shot as the blame, but a chance to score. He shot the ball high against Pierce's defense. Is there really a trap? If so, how could such a shot fall into the basket?

Xie Hou scored 8 points in a row. While he scored, Pierce scored no points at all.

The offense was strong and the defense was merciless, and Pierce was beaten speechless.

The Celtics can stabilize the game thanks to Ray Allen's recovery in form and Rondo and Stoudemire's pick-and-roll attack. Pierce is a kaleidoscope fighter. Once the Celtics' offense is hindered, the importance of his offensive stability to the team is self-evident. Now that he is being defended, there is nothing to do, the game continues, and sooner or later the Celtics need him to attack.

Xie Hou scored 8 points, but the Celtics' offense did not stop.

18 to 12

Seven minutes passed, and both teams performed well in offense.

"If the Chicagoans saw the Pacers playing against the Celtics like this, I guess they would cry and complain. They would report the Pacers, they discriminate and prejudice against Chicago, otherwise why did they not show the strength and hardness of the Bulls at all in the game against the Celtics?"

The Pacers defended the Bulls so much that they begged grandpa to sue their grandma and did not show it immediately.

The two sides stalemate until the end of the first quarter, and the Celtics had a 7-point lead.

After resting during the holidays, Xie Hou told Claire: "I will increase the proportion of personal offense in the future."

Claire asked: "Why?"

"Because Paul Pierce couldn't defend me."

In a simple and crude answer, no one in the coaching staff raised objections, only the chief assistant coach Tom Thibodeau reminded: "While strengthening personal offense, don't forget your teammates. The Celtics are a team that is more offensive than defense. If you want to fight with them, you must drive the whole team."

Xie Hou nodded and said yes.

In the second quarter, Xie Hou continued to play, and the Celtics allowed Pierce, who was in poor form, to rest.

The person who came up to face Xie Hou was James Percy, a well-known all-rounder, two-way forward, able to play two positions, drifted for many years, but he was still unable to settle down. He was determined to chase the championship ring and accepted the invitation from the Celtics, but the more he beat him, the more he found that the Celtics did not have the ability to win the championship.

If a team wants to win the championship, it either needs to have a luxurious team, or it can create the most suitable system for the star to join, or it must have a group of players with outstanding offense and defense to unite and make progress.

The Celtics' team is not luxurious enough, and the system is not very consistent. Although the overall strength is good, it is also united. The problem of defense is so big that even they themselves feel that it is useless.

After a few minutes of Percy's match between Xie Hou, he had a new experience.

What is a superstar?

When Xie Hou carried Percy to shoot the hero ball, Percy thought to himself.

Playing cricket was the 20th point that Xie Hou got.

And that was just the first attack in the second quarter.

Percy has been in the league for many years. Although he has not witnessed Xie Hou's miracle, he has heard a little bit by the way. He has also been teammates with those players who have experienced Xie Hou's miracle.

None of those who witnessed the miracle did not accept the gratitude.

"When you meet Arthur like that, you know that some people are really different from us."

Percy, Pierce and others have been teammates for a season, and they don’t feel much touched. When Xie Hou faced him for a few minutes, he felt a sense of frustration that he had once had a plan to hold his thighs in front of him but did not cherish it. Now he regretted it too much and became an opponent.

Xie Hou's low-post attack was not as rough as a defender. Percy's height and weight were not bad, and violent back attacks would definitely not have good results.

A rough work is unreliable, so I will do the careful work.

Various small skills were hit by jump shots, making Pierce lose his temper.

Percy's three-match speed was not fast, and he made up for four-big heights. When he encountered Xie Hou who was using various skills while exerting force on his back, his defense collapsed and sent out three meaningless fouls. He watched Xie Hou score 17 points in a single quarter.
Chapter completed!