In August, the Celtics began preparing for the new season.

Just looking at the lineup, the Celtics are simply star-studded.

Larry Bird, Maxwell, Coins, Archibald, and Ranbill, these are five past and future All-Stars.

The substitute lineup is also quite talented.

Almost from day one, the team's new coach Bill Fitch has seen him meticulously treating training.

He is harsh and mean, and does not accept any excuses.

This is completely different from his face when he speaks sarcastic words in front of the media.

Ranbir complained almost every day, his back hurt, his legs cramped, his brain couldn't turn, and his head was about to explode.

Every day, he has the same excuses.

"Bill, in my opinion, the thing you need to learn most is not how to defend, but how to be a man." Fitch laughed.

Ranbir complained, “I can’t run anymore!”

"Then let's take a break, sissy!" Fitch enjoyed mocking Ranbill.

Only Ranbir had the mentality of being ridiculed as "sissy" and then sat down and rested openly. No one else could accept Fitch's insult. Therefore, they had to continue to fight desperately.

Louis sat aside and handed a bottle of water to Ranbir.

"I hate you, little kid, it's because of you that I came to this hell team! I will always hate you for this!" Ranbir complained wildly.

Louis ignored Ranbir, and he needed to record all the characteristics of the players as soon as possible and the shortcomings they needed to strengthen.

Some veterans don’t need to be strengthened, they just need to stay in shape.

Some young players can't see anything that needs to be strengthened, such as Bird, the upcoming 1979-80 season is an epoch-making season, and the NBA will introduce the three-point line for the first time.

All coaches regarded the three-point line as the demon's moment, and Bird had already begun to become familiar with the shooting range far away from the sky.

Coins and Fitch had a fierce conflict.

This top 50 superstar in history is no longer as strong as he brought Havlicek to restore the Celtic dynasty, but he is also a starting inside player above the level.

He has an eternal set of standards for the game, but in Fitch's eyes, it's not enough.

Fitch asked Coins to completely suppress sophomore center Rick Robbie.

As long as Robbie caught a rebound on Coins' head, Fitch would clap his hands unhappily: "I suggest you change your last name, 'W' means winning, but I saw a capital 'L' on it, you should be called Coloser!"

"You fucking say it again!"

Everyone present was nervous when two people with strong self-esteem clashed.

Ranbir obviously didn't expect this to happen.

"See it? It's not just that your life is not easy, but everyone is not easy." Louis did not intend to ask Ranbill to forgive him.

John Long is practicing three-pointers.

This is Louis' suggestion.

Louis hopes he can be a player who can help outside the three-point line.

His practice was considered in vain by Fitch.

Since he came to the Celtics, Lang knew who discovered him, and the young man who was a few years younger than him brought him from his hometown to a frightening Boston.

It's not as bad as he thought, but it's not particularly good either, mainly because they kept losing last season.

Auerbach is also in training camp, and Fitch doesn't want to see him here.

This is when Fitchlift is the time, and Auerbach's presence will only weaken his sense of existence.

Fitch couldn't decide on this matter, he could only take away the bishop's influence in a more powerful way, let the players forget the old man's existence, and concentrate on dealing with him.

This has undoubtedly achieved results.

It took only half a day to hate this team.

Like Fitch, he never cared about the glorious tradition of the Celtics, nor did he deliberately feel the "mystery of winning" that the old Celtics have always been chanting.

For them, the secret to winning is simple, either scoring more points than their opponents or losing fewer points than their opponents.

From the first day, the old team members' test against Bird began.

Bird is famous, the once-in-a-century encounter in the mouth of a ball scout, the natural choice in K.C. Jones's eyes, Auerbach publicly announced that he is the man who will change everything, the new generation of "great white hopes" touted by the media, and the record-breaking rookie contract... Why does he get so much? Is he qualified to get so much?

In a harsh confrontation game, the team's new player M-L Carl suddenly blocked Bird's passing route and shouted: "Little White Bird, do you know the passing ball? I know you want to pass ball! But you can't pass, you know I will pull out all your hair, and the last one is left!"

He embarrassed Bird using his muscles he had worked in the professional league for many years.

When he knocked Bird to the ground, he greeted in a sarcastic tone: "No, you have that little skill? White people hope?"

"Okay! Very good!" Fitch was as excited as if he was on the Fallen Street. "If each of us trained like Mike (M-L Carl's M is the abbreviation of Michael), we will be able to win the championship in the new season!"

Bird is not the force king who likes to notify his opponents before doing anything in the next few years and achieve his goals one by one.

He was prepared for the provocation of the old team members, and Auerbach gave him a vaccination.

He was in the limelight before he played a game, and there would definitely be people who were dissatisfied.

The chattering Carl is not so much about his nature being exposed, but rather about his approach to Bird as a manifestation of the will of other old team members.

Bird did not use offense to solve the problem, and he began to get stuck in advance, so that Carl would not have the chance to cut off his teammate's pass.

Then he started passing the ball, just using it, he made John Long hit a high shot in a row, and also allowed the team's guard Gerald Henderson to complete empty cut layups multiple times.

No matter how much his pass is praised, it is not an exaggeration.

The real value is that he is not the kind of person who needs time to hold the ball.

Louis saw something similar to the peak Jordan in Bird's ball handling techniques. They never dragged on the ball, and they handled the ball with neatness, and had a unique passing technique and outstanding vision brought by their height.

But Jordan did not have such a straightforward ability to handle balls from the beginning, it was a consciousness that took many years to polish it.

And Bird has been like this since the first day he entered the league.

He took the ball at a low post, Carl only cared about his offense, and the other defenders wanted to embarrass him, and the defensive attention was on him, which gave Bird the opportunity to lead the team to fly.

With his back, Bird's pass was unpredictable, so Fitch couldn't even say a word.

Auerbach only watched the training for a while and left. He knew that Bird would not have any problems. In just one day, his dissatisfied voice would disappear in the training camp.

Carl admitted: "This little bird is really good."

"Hmph, just that!" Although Maxwell, who is so arrogant that he is very arrogant and does not hesitate to the Celtics in the past dynasties, also thinks Bird's pass is wonderful, the NBA is now an offensive league.

Only players with outstanding offensive abilities can become the protagonists.

As the only legacy of the Celtics' Dark Ages, Maxwell did not want to hand over the title of the number one Celtic player.

A few days later, Maxwell wanted to establish himself and pulled Coins Jobbard 2V2.

It's said to be 2V2, but in fact, he and Bird's 1V1 are mostly spent.

In a certain round, Maxwell used a fake move to shake Bird away and scored at the basket.

"You don't seem to have learned how to defend in school!" Maxwell said provocatively.

Louis sat not far away watching the show.

Bird picked up the ball on the ground and said calmly: "Do you don't need to defend too well."

As soon as he finished speaking, Maxwell deliberately put down his hands and looked down on Bird's attack. He thought Bird was slow and not enough to break through him.

As a result, Bird first rode his face to throw 15 feet (4.5 meters);

He then swung his viciously and stopped shooting (6 meters);

Then there is no one else who is not allowed to pull him out at 25 feet (7.6);

Finally, there is 30 feet (9 meters) away that left Maxwell speechless. That position is a fabulous shooting point for today's NBA players. All shots hit at that position can only be fooled, and no one will practice shooting at that distance.

Maxwell's mad dog-like defense was seen by Bird before Luca Doncic crossing with a move. He took the ball with both hands and deliberately smashed it under the opponent's waist to make the illusion of passing the ball. After tricking the opponent, he made a splash!

Bird even walked sideways before the ball entered.

"What a massacre, Larry." Louis handed him the water.

What Maxwell experienced was nothing but what M-L Carl experienced a few days ago.

Although he was arrogant, he was not a narrow-minded person. If he lost, he would lose. Bird simply pulled his pants and pressed them under the floor to rub them.

In less than a week, Bird was outstanding in the Greek Academy with his unparalleled strength.

The old team members were obedient and the new team members were like gods. Fitch was not as rough as others. He also respected Fitch's strict and harsh coaching style.

Although Fitch's style may not be able to maintain it for a long time in the team, he did make the Celtics different.

This dejected team needs someone to lead them out of their predicament.

A selfless evil dog like Fitch is the most suitable.

Today's NBA opener is half a month earlier than the future.

On October 12, 1979, the opening match of the new season began.

There are nine games in total today, but only the Los Angeles Lakers' game against the Houston Rockets was treated as a CBS delayed live broadcast.

The Celtics' opener kicked off at home Boston Gardens.

Before the race started, Bird symbolically released a white dove from the cage.

It seems like saying hello to a new era. The 10 years of Boston's anger are about to end, and the upcoming 10 years will definitely be different.

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