Chapter 268 Tommy Gun
td North Shore Garden Arena/Fleet Center Arena (td banknorth garden/fleet center)
Compared with the old Boston Garden, North Shore Garden has more complete facilities, better service and surroundings, and a better game environment. Of course, there are still no cheerleading teams here. As long as the old man living in Washington, D.C.'s cigars are not extinguished, the Celtics will not have cheerleading teams.
1995 was a year for the Celtics.
The Cardinal became the consultant behind the scenes and no longer had real power, although his advice was still very powerful. The Celtics moved their home court from the old and broken Boston Garden to the North Shore Garden, as if they were saying goodbye to the glorious past and happily welcomed a new era.
Is the new era coming?
No, after the failure of gambling in 1997, their team-building plan was in chaos for a long time. At the beginning of the century, with Paul Pierce and Antoine Walker as the core, they reached the Eastern Conference finals in the weakly competitive East, but it was only a flash in the pan.
The Celtics used to have a much more brilliant time.
When Wei Xia ran into the court in the Lakers' appearance uniform, the fans booed him.
Even if he is coming for the first time, the Lakers player is the Celtics fan's unshirkable zz right.
Compared to North Shore Garden, Weisha prefers Old Boston Gardens.
Everyone who plays in Old Boston Gardens believes that it cannot be considered a regular game at all.
With a capacity of over 10,000, there are no service facilities in the arena, and fans' food and drink are all brought by themselves.
Moreover, the stadium is closed and there is no air conditioning, so every summer, after the game begins, you can smell the smell of stench in the air. In addition, more than 10,000 people are crowded together, the body odor, sweat odor and stuffy feeling of the whites and blacks. That level of torture is not something that ordinary people can afford.
This is the real devil's away game.
The devil is that Celtic players can tolerate home courts, while visiting players who have played too much food, accommodation and courtesy suddenly come to this place, and it would be nice not to be scared and weak.
The harsh environment of Old Boston Gardens indirectly explains why the Celtics have such a high home winning rate.
In 1986, the Celtics even scored a home regular season record of 40 wins and 1 loss in a single season.
Wei Xia saw his grandfather's position and he came, but he did not wear any cheering clothes that represent tendencies and positions.
Since he was diagnosed with heart disease, Jerry Wayne hasn't been on the spot to watch the game. It's not that he is afraid of being frightened by the home atmosphere, but that he is worried that he will get angry and suffer from a heart attack.
If he could die for the glory of the Celtics in the 1960s and 1970s, Wayne would be willing.
But this Celtics are not worth it, from the core player Paul Pierce to the stupid staff. If you die of anger for this group of people, you would be too sorry for the parents who gave birth to him and the God who cared for him.
He came to the scene today because he was not mentally burdened.
He doesn't care about the winner or loser of the Celtics.
He doesn't care about the Lakers' winning or losing.
As long as Wei Xia plays well, that's fine.
"Grandpa, how many points do you want me to get?" Wei Xia ran to Wayne and asked.
Wayne did not put pressure on Wei Xia and said, "Just do your best."
He was in a good mood, but when he saw Wei Xia's Lakers jersey, his mood fell to the bottom again.
Why? Why is it the Lakers? He really can't understand. He is such a devout Celtic fan and goes to church to pray whenever he has the chance. Why did Wei Xia become a Lakers?
After asking his grandfather, Wei Xia saw the "old friend" Tom Heinthorne on the home commentator's seat in North Shore Garden.
The fat face and beer belly are grinning like the clown in a horror movie.
As Haflicke and Heinthorne have been teammates for most of the season, Weisha has a good understanding of him because Auerbach gave Sam Jones a private coach of Haflicke to shoot. Those practice time allowed Weisha to get to know Heinthorne and Jones well.
There are many interesting stories circulating among the great 1960s Celtics.
Wei Xia, who was lucky enough to be among them, has heard such a story.
Red Auerbach is a Jew with a hot temper. The success of the Celtics is inseparable from his strict discipline. In a team, some people are blushing, some have to be white-faced, and some have to be used as human sandbags to deflate. Auerbach's cruel and violent temper is actually suppressed because he does not get angry at anyone who wants to get angry at anyone. First of all, he will not get angry at Bill Russell and Bob Cousy. Because Russell and Cousy both have sensitive and fragile self-esteem. One of them has lifelong commitment to the racial rights protection movement, and the other comes from a slum. Their strength has its own background. All Auerbach needs to do is to safeguard their self-esteem well.
Auerbach would not scold Bill Shaman, because Saman is a very good character who can do something and never talks about it. If he scolds him too much, he will kill Auerbach.
Auerbach would not scold Frank Ramsey. Ramsey seemed to have a strong personality and was very smart, but he was also very sensitive. He would remember every criticism from others and then recall it repeatedly.
Some people cannot scold them, and some people will feel "It's a bit wrong today, why don't they scold me?"
Heinthorne is the hardest sandbag of the Celtics. He and K.C Jones led the sandbag team to contract all the anger of the Cardinal coaching career.
Heinthorne was optimistic and funny. He complained that the team had a low salary and worked as a driver in private. After being criticized by Auerbach, he stated that he would quit smoking for a month.
Wei Xia approached the "Tomy Gun".
Last night, he was still in the process of training with Heinthorne.
Today he saw Heinthorne, who was obviously old.
"Hey, Tommy." Wei Xia accidentally called out his friend's nickname to Heinthorne.
"Young man, what are you calling me?" Heinthorne laughed.
Wei Xia explained: "I have a friend named Tom. I usually call him Tommy. I'm used to calling him accustomed to it, so...Sauri."
By the way, that person is Tom Heinthorne, you should know him too. He lost the shot last night and refused to admit his revenge and forced me to buy him cigarettes.
"I know you, you are the newcomer who has been in the limelight recently. I have said that the Lakers are an unstable team. Any rookie who can pass is full of excitement..." He actually criticized the Lakers.
Regarding this, Wei Xia did not think that the Los Angeles media was wrong.
"It is better to be doting by the media than to be neglected by the media." Wei Xiayi pointed out.
Heinthorne suddenly heard his outside sound. On and off the field, no matter what position he was in, Heinthorne regarded himself as a green-blooded man and immediately explained: "That's the past. The Boston media has long begun to report on the performance of the Celtics. Whether black or white, as long as they play well, they can get praise and praise."
"Tomy, once you miss some things, you will miss them forever, right?" Wei Xia asked back.
Heinthorne has to admit that the Boston media, which no longer wears tinted glasses and skin-toned filters, has missed the best times for the Celtics.
"Boy, you're very special, but you can't call me Tommy anymore, that's what my friend called."
Heinthorne kindly reminded.
"What if I want to be friends with you?" Wei Xia added, "but I won't buy you cigarettes, that thing is not good for health."
Heinthorne laughed, he thought Weisha had inquired about him.
"Ok, we can be friends, but you should have something more important to do now." Heinthorne suddenly discovered that he was in a relationship with a Lakers player.
After Wei Xia finished greetings, she walked away from the commentator's seat and warmed up in the area she returned to.
Kobe asked, "What are you talking about with that old bone that is about to turn into ashes?"
"Talk about the past." Wei Xia said truthfully.
"When he played, you didn't even have liquids, what's there to talk about?" Kobe said no problem.
Wei Xia only has one sentence to add.
Not only him, but even his father Wei Mingliang, during the heyday of Heinthorne, was not even liquid.
Before the game started, Pierce came to the field with a microphone to speak.
This is not a Celtic tradition.
It seemed to be to commemorate a celebrity. His speaking speed was too fast, and Wei Xia couldn't hear what he said.
Well, if you are not a starter, you must have a non-starter attitude.
Weisha sat down next to Brian Russell, Vaughan Weaver and Bynum.
"Did any of you hear what he said?" Weaver asked his teammates loudly.
Everyone shook their heads.
"In fact, it's useless to say so many things. If I give me a microphone, I promise to speak harshly on stage. Only in this way can the fans' emotions be motivated." Russell's thoughts of losing their minds often remind Weisha of the Russell in the history of the Celtics.
They are also called Russell, why are their IQs so much worse?
Next, both sides will start and leave the list.
The person the Lakers used to replace Meim is Brian Cook, and Odom returned to the fourth position he didn't like.
The Lakers' inside line has dropped by another strength, but for the outside line, the current lineup is very good.
Chapter completed!