In the third week of the 1985-86 NBA regular season, a "yellow-green" battle between the Lakers and Celtics kicked off at Boston's North Shore Garden Arena during prime time one Saturday night.

The two teams, which were once fateful opponents, are now in different situations.

The Celtics started with a 10-game winning streak and remained undefeated, topping the league.

After a five-game winning streak in the opening season, the Lakers' form has taken a sharp turn and suffered a five-game losing streak, and now the record has slipped to 7th place in the West.

After Magic Johnson retired, Zhou Chen suffered for the first time in his career questions about his ability to lead the team.

After the boom of the "black and white" era passed, Boston's North Shore Garden Arena did not have the bustle of the past.

Boston fans stopped chanting "Victory over the Lakers."

Instead, it turned to "We want magicians!" "We want magicians!" "We want magicians!"

This move by the Greenshirt fans is undoubtedly mocking Zhou Chen and the current Lakers.

Their meaning is obvious, and they would like to see the duel between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird rather than the showdown between Zhou Chen and Larry Bird.

Just before the game was about to start, Bostonians started doing things again.

They specially arranged this game to receive last season's championship ring.

The Lakers players sat quietly on the bench, watching the arrogant expression of the Celtics.

Zhou Chen's heart was also quite unhappy, reclining on the chair, slightly closing his eyes, and constantly sending wine to his mouth.

Faced with the boos and ridicule of the Boston home audience, Zhou Chen tried to block all interference from the outside world and calm his heart.

In a pre-match interview after receiving the championship ring, Larry Bird said: "

I miss playing against Erwin Johnson, that was my real opponent."

"To be honest, the current Lakers are not worth my attention."

The implication of Bird's implication is obvious, that is, they don't take the current Lakers seriously at all.

The reporter at the scene quipped: "Hey, there is last season's regular season MVP Zhou Chen!"

I saw Bird glance at the reporter, slowly compared the number 3 to the camera, and said: "I have 3 championship rings and 2 FMVP trophies."

This Versailles-style speech directly caused a burst of laughter from the Boston home audience.

At this time, the faces of the Lakers were even more embarrassed.

On the Voice of the Lakers in Los Angeles, Zeek Hearn and his partner were angry:

"This shows that you are humiliating the Lakers in public!"

"I hope Zhou Chen can give them some color in this game!"

The game is about to start!

The starters from both sides are entering the stadium one after another!

The Celtics kept the original team that won last season, and traded legendary center Bill Walton from the Clippers.

Last season's best sixth man, McHale, was mentioned in the starting line-up.

Bill Wharton is 33 years old and is at the end of his career, but he was with the Trail Blazers at his peak.

At that time, known as the "Red Giant", he led the Trail Blazers to the only championship trophy in team history and won the Finals FMVP.

Wharton is obviously no longer in the limelight, but he still hopes to come to the Celtics team at the end of his career to warm up and get another championship ring.

The Celtics' starting lineup is: Danny Ainge, Dennis Johnson, Larry Bird, McHale, Robert Parrish, and

the Lakers' starting lineup today has been adjusted.

Zhou Chen and Michael Cooper still partner the backfield, in order to enhance the defensive strength of the outside and flanks.

Although Sparter Webb was fast and often able to surprise on the offensive end, his height problem made him very limited on the defensive end, so Riley decided to place him in the sixth man position.

On the inside, it's still Boll and Rambis.

Although Ball has the league's highest height and first arm span, his biggest problem is physical fitness, averaging almost no more than 20 minutes per game, otherwise the whole person's movement speed on the court becomes extremely slow.

The Lakers' current interior line mainly has a three-man rotation of Bol, Rambis and Lucas.

The referee threw the ball high into the air and Pol took the ball from Parrish!

The Lakers took the lead in the first round of offense!

Zhou Chen came to the weak side with the ball and directly faced Bird's defense!

Larry Bird was still the same, constantly beeping trash words in his mouth, trying to interfere with Zhou Chen's state of mind.

Seeing this, the other teammates of the Lakers immediately withdrew to the other side of the half, making room for Zhou Chen to break through singles.

That's the Lakers' most common tactic this season.

After the collapse of the run-and-boom fast attack system, Riley designed most of the team's tactical core on Zhou Chen in order to maximize Zhou Chen's ability.

Zhou Chen's 1v1 singles on the weak side, the rotation of other team members after encountering the bag, and the half-court position attack.

Without the Magicians' organizational talents, the Lakers' tactics, although not as rich as last season, have also developed a lot of positional strategies.

"Hey, boy, the Lakers are a Magic team, you don't deserve to be my opponent!"

Bird used his hands, feet, and mouth together, spit flew in his mouth, and the soles of his feet moved quickly, clinging tightly to Zhou Chen.

"If only your ball skills were as hard as your mouth." Zhou Chen sneered, and this sentence directly broke the defense for Bird.

Raise your arm and fan Zhou Chen's shooting hand.

Zhou Chen jumped up suddenly and instantly made a shooting posture!

Facing Bird's defense, hit a mid-range jumper!

At the same time, the referee's whistle sounds!

"Green team No. 33, hitter foul, yellow team No. 22 shot effective and added a free throw!"

Bird, who was whistled for a defensive foul, was a little annoyed and frantically pleaded to the referee.

The referee was almost annoyed by him and directly warned him once, and if he dared to beep with the referee again, he would directly blow a technical foul.

Zhou Chen stood on the free throw line, his hand rose and fell, and he hit steadily!

Help the Lakers start the way!

The Celtics attacked!

The ball quickly shifted and came to McHale inside!

Faced with Boll's strong defense, McHale did not find the space to shoot!

At this time, Zhou Chen was already competing with Bird and staring at him dead at the end of the ball.

Bird kept running around, bypassing the cover, and finally received a pass from his teammate!

The two players on the outside of the Lakers were instantly wrapped up!

Bird, who was humiliated by Zhou Chen at the beginning, was naturally unwilling in his heart, and wanted to dribble to complete the attack by himself!

But under the Lakers' bag tactic, the dribbling went straight out of bounds!

"Hey, smelly boy, you can only use this kind of inferior means to target me!"

Bird helplessly spread his hands, and his mouth was still beeping with Zhou Chen.

"Heh, even if I defend you myself, you don't want to score in this game!" Zhou Chen fought back strongly.

When Bird heard this, he suddenly burst out laughing.

"Boy, are you kidding me?"

Bird, who was at the peak of his career technology, heard Zhou Chen's words as if he had heard a fantasy.

He has never scored a game in his career so far without a double, where does this fledgling smelly boy have the confidence not to let him score?

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