The Celtics got an expected victory at home, and it was really humiliating to lose in the face of the Wizards team that Poole pulled across the coach every day and gave him so much time to play, do you want the Cavaliers to go all the way north to the first place in the Eastern Conference?
However, against opponents far inferior to them, the Celtics did not rely on the home crowd to pull off an easy victory, reflecting the fact that the Celtics are not a championship team. How do you see the Nuggets and Clippers beating them? It was all the time in control of the pace of the game.
In the first half of the game, the Celtics were sleepwalking so much that the home crowd began to worry about whether they would copy and paste the way they lost to the Lakers today, but they really didn't have anyone on the team. The Lakers don't have James and thick eyebrows, but they still have the talented Russell and the tough, decisive shooting Reaves, but the Wizards really can't attack and defend at all. Sure enough, the Celtics finally woke up in the second half, and after a 36-16 win in the first quarter, the Celtics led by 11 points into the final quarter.
In the final quarter, the Celtics did not give the Wizards a chance to catch up with the score, but it was not because the Celtics performed too well, but because they couldn't shoot every time they wanted to chase points.
However, winning can't hide the team's problems, and I still can't figure out why Celtics should play such a fishy team and fall behind by nine points in the first half. This can only show that the Celtics are a strong team, but not a championship team, which is actually the same as the Bucks in the years led by Budenholzer——— Bucks are not a championship team technically, but they seized the opportunity of the injury problems of the team that went far in the playoffs in the park in 2021 to lead to the loss of strength and the injury of the Nets Big Three. But we have to admit that they are a championship-caliber team, otherwise they won't take the opportunity to win the championship.
And Green Kai does not have such an opportunity, they can't leave anything to chance, that is to say, if this team can't return to the iron-blooded spirit and make a huge change in temperament, but only find that the main players simply rose at the beginning of the season, they still won't have a fate with the championship.
Isn't iron-blooded defense the original unique culture of the Green Kai team? Once they find that race feeling mentally, I'm sure they'll be able to raise their 18th championship flag at North Shore Gardens, but it's too early to talk about it!
And Poole, I really wish I could use my writing to awaken his sleeping soul. Look at his performance on the court, he is still working the road to self-destruct his future, and Green's punch still doesn't make him remember it for long!
I think that Green asked the management to put Poole's locker room next to him, not to make it convenient for this little brother to serve him, but to hope that his beloved Warriors would have a successor, so that the glory of the Warriors in four years and three championships could be continued. Green not only taught Poole how to play the right way, but more importantly taught him a tough, iron-blooded temperament. Admittedly, I don't like Green's sometimes outcasts on the court, but he really gave everything for this youngster and I can't really fault anything in that regard.
However, when he discovers that Poole is using the toughness he taught him to trash talk about himself in the new season, who is not angry? Even I, a person who doesn't like to be rough, wanted to punch him.