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Section 23 The Celts and some follow-ups

In the first game of the new season, the 76ers gave their fans a huge surprise. They defeated the Boston Celtics 119-107 on the road.

Although they were swept by the Cavaliers in the first round last season, the Boston Celtics are also a strong playoff team. The 76ers, with 18 wins and 64 losses, are only better than the Knicks' 17 wins and the Timberwolves' 16 wins.

Third from bottom in the league.

In view of the fact that nothing was obtained in the free market in the summer, the team did not change the head coach, and in addition to the aging veterans, the players acquired through the trade were players who struggled at the bottom of the league.

76ers fans already have serious doubts about whether they can reach last season's 18 wins this season.

Philadelphia fans who were prepared to endure the pain and watch the first game, found out after watching the first game that the team seemed to be in a much better situation than last year:

Although the defense is still as bad as ever, the offense is no longer the one-and-done, punch-and-rush style of last year. Instead, it seems structured and organized.

The first credit for being organized and methodical naturally goes to Young, who changed his previous college style of play.

Young, who only had 24 possessions in college, showed everyone how he handles more than 32 possessions against the Celtics.

Not only did he break out in the pick-and-roll, but he also used the combination of passes and magic to give the Celtics a three-pointer with the ball from ten meters away.

Even the turnaround jump shot, which had never been used in college, was completed very well over Crowder's head.

Everything was done well, but one small goal was not achieved, which made Young's first regular season a little regretful.

He played 38 minutes in his debut, and his offensive data column shocked almost everyone who looked at the data.

He made 10 of 13 two-pointers, 3 of 4 three-pointers, and 5 of 5 free throws, scoring a game-high 34 points.

14 assists, also the highest in the game.

4 steals, 4 blocks and a plus-minus of 20 are equally impeccable.

But 9 rebounds instantly caused the data to drop from a high-level 30 triple-double to an ordinary 3010 data.

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The 76ers' offense is sorted out well, and the data will naturally not be too bad.

As the team's main outside firepower output point, E'Twaun Moore made 12 three-pointers and hit 6 goals, opening up space for the team.

Not to mention that in addition to the three-pointers, he also had two very beautiful breakthrough throws.

It is worth mentioning that he scored 20 points and hit 6 three-pointers, which set a new record for Moore's career single-game scoring and three-pointers.

Following Moore were Covington with 15 points and 12 rebounds, Grant with 13 points, and Noel with 10 points.

Everyone is full and full, so naturally they will not forget the person who made them cakes.

"I am very grateful for Young's trust in my performance today. If he no longer trusts me after I missed two shots in the first quarter, I will not be able to deliver a score of 6-for-10 in the future." He broke two of his own records.

Moore, instead of talking about himself, first talked about Young's contribution.

"I have never seen a highly ranked rookie willing to put down his body and do the hard work of swearing in the first game, but Young did it." Covington, who is mainly defensive, focuses on defense.

"Young is the key to our victory today. As the controller of the team, he has a good grasp of the team's forward direction. He did not shirk his responsibility when he should attack, and he did not act like a hero and forcefully take over when it was time to distribute the ball.

I didn’t see the greenness of a rookie at all in him, but I saw the calm and relaxed style that comes only after ten years of struggling in the league.” Brett Brown said in a post-game interview.

At that time, I praised him greatly.

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"As far as I know, the 34 points Young scored today were the second-highest in an NBA debut, second only to Wilt Chamberlain's 43 points. Do you have any thoughts on your defense?"

"Avery and Jay have put in a lot of defensive energy and didn't make any mistakes that they shouldn't have made, so I don't think they should bear the responsibility for being unable to defend."

"So what do you think of Isaiah Thomas' performance tonight of 1-for-12? Did the Twitter incident have a big impact on him?"

"At the beginning of the season, it is normal for him not to enter the game state. We can spend some time waiting for him to slowly enter the state."

"Dong dong dong." Hearing the knock on the door, Yang closed his laptop and led him to the door.

"I'm here?" He opened the door and it was Covington.

"Robert, what's wrong?"

"Don't pack it up, Scott said, we have a flight tomorrow morning and we can stay in Boston for one night."

"Okay, I can have a good sleep." Pushing open the suitcase, Yang lay directly on the special large bed.

"Okay, I've received the notice and I'm going out with them."

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On October 30, after a day of recuperation, the Philadelphia 76ers faced the challenge of the Utah Jazz at home.

The two teams played their first game on the same day, but in this game the two teams showed completely opposite sides.

Utah's passing ball was impressive, but the 76ers seemed to be awake, constantly making mistakes, making mistakes, making mistakes, making mistakes, making mistakes.

Seeing that none of my teammates woke up

Young had no choice but to take over the team's offense while blocking Hayward from the second half of the second quarter.

Although he forcibly dismantled French tower Gobert in the middle of the fourth quarter, the suspense of the game was maintained until the end.

However, two offensive attempts at the last moment failed, causing the Philadelphia 76ers to lose the game 93:99.

Due to taking up more shots and ball rights, Young's shooting rate in this game was not good. He only hit 12 goals in 24 shots.

Among them, 1 of 5 three-pointers hindered his offensive explosiveness. If it were not for 8 of 8 free throws, he would not have reached the data of 33 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks and 5 fouls.

Young's performance was poor, and others' performance was even worse:

Covington, who hit 4 three-pointers in the last game, seemed to lose his sights in this game. He made 0 of 6 three-pointers and only contributed 3 rebounds and 2 steals to the team.

Covington's performance was not good, and neither was Moore's performance. Although his shooting percentage was not as scary as Covington's 0, his shooting percentage of 333 did not seem to be much better.

Although Young is willing to resist the responsibility of losing, the biggest problem for the 76ers in this game is not the outside, but Noel inside:

I can't protect the frame, I can't defend the rebounds, I'm a skateboarder, I'm getting hit in the low post, I'm casting fine iron down and down.

In 27 minutes of playing time, Noel did everything mentioned above, and the data of 2 points and 1 rebound is the best reflection of this result.
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