rpbooks Chapter 189 Green Shirt Army
Chapter 189 Green Shirt Army
Chapter 189 Green Shirt Army
The North Shore Garden Arena is one of the most atmospheric home arenas in the league. When playing here, you will always feel unusual pressure.Even Xu Tian, who is not stingy, also felt the difference between this place and other venues.
The Celtics formed the army in 1947 and joined the NBA in 1949. They have won 17 championships in team history and are the team with the most championships in the NBA.Among them, 11 championship trophies are related to the team's hero "Cardinal" Arnold Auerbach.
Before Phil Jackson came along, Auerbach was the obvious candidate for the most successful head coach in NBA history.He first served as an assistant coach at Duke University and started his NBA head coaching career with the Washington Capitols.
In 1950, Auerbach joined the Celtics of the Celtics and became the head coach of this newly established team.During his 20 years of coaching the Celtics, he led the team to 938 regular season victories and 9 championship trophies.
After Auerbach retired from the coaching position, he served as the general manager of the Celtics for a long time, and successfully selected and cultivated stars such as Larry Bird, almost creating the brilliance of the Celtics by himself.
Auerbach has an enlightened side.He was the first NBA head coach to select a black player in the draft, and then, in 1963, sent the first all-black starting lineup.In an era of rampant racism, this is indeed an advanced and bold feat.
Auerbach also has a serious side.He emphasized the ultimate discipline, and created an iron-blooded green shirt team with green blood, and in the rules he set, the team does not allow the existence of cheerleaders.
The Celtics have always maintained the tradition of having no cheerleaders. It was not until Auerbach passed away in 06 that they followed the trend of the times and had a cheerleading squad composed of beauties.
In the first few years when Auerbach came to the team, the Celtics did not have much dominance, and their style was also biased towards offense, which did not match the iron-blooded defense that people thought.
In the summer of 1956, Auerbach had a discerning eye and exchanged the first-round pick of Edward McCauley from the St. Louis Hawks for the No. [-] pick of the year, and the No. [-] pick was the strongest Celtics player in history, the legendary center Bill. Russell.
The arrival of Bill Russell officially opened the dynasty mode of the Celtics.
In the 1956-57 season, the strong Celtics had a record of 47 wins and 28 losses, and fought the Eagles in seven games in the finals, successfully winning the first championship in team history.
In the 1957-58 season, the Celtics and the Eagles played against each other again in the finals. This time the results changed, and the Eagles won the championship that season.
In the 1958-59 season, K. C. Jones returned to the Celtics after completing his military service, and his overall strength became stronger. He reached the finals again and defeated the fledgling Minneapolis Lakers, successfully bringing back the Championship trophy.
From the championship in 1959 to the summer of 66, the powerful Celtics won eight consecutive championships and became the No. [-] wealthy team at that time.
In the 1966-67 Eastern Conference Finals, the Philadelphia 76ers led by coach Chamberlain met the Celtics and successfully eliminated the eight-time champion, interrupting the Celtics' consecutive championship record.
The Celtics did not sink. In the two years after they were eliminated in the Eastern Conference finals, they won two consecutive championships again, achieving the great cause of 11 championships in 10 years.
After the end of the 1968-69 season, Bill Russell retired, and Auerbach stepped down from the position of head coach to serve as the general manager of the Celtics.Celtics most glorious era came to an end.
1973-76赛季，凯尔特人阵容里没有如雷贯耳的球星，但在73-74和75-76两年，他们夺取了第12和第13座总冠军奖杯。
In the following years, the Celtics once again briefly sank.
In 1978, the Celtics selected Larry Bird, the second star in team history, with the sixth overall pick in the first round, but he studied in college for another year and did not enter the league until 1979.
The Celtics built a team around the rookie Larry Bird. In the case of only 29 wins in the previous season, they directly increased their wins to 61 wins. Larry Bird defeated Magic Johnson and won the best of the season rookie.In the end, the Celtics lost to the 76ers in the Eastern Conference Finals and fell into the sand.
In the 1980-81 season, Auerbach made a magical deal that allowed Kevin McHale and Robert Parish to join the Celtics at the same time, forming a Big Three lineup with Larry Bird.The Celtics reached the finals again that season and successfully won the championship.
In the 81-82 season, the Celtics met their old rival 76ers in the Eastern Conference Finals and were eliminated again.
In the 82-83 season, the Celtics regrouped and met the Los Angeles Lakers in the Finals. The two teams fought in seven games, and the Celtics finally won.
In the 83-84 season, the Celtics reached the finals in a row and met the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers again.This yellow-green battle is the ninth time in history that the two sides have met in the finals. In the first eight duels, the Celtics have won.
In the first game of the finals, the Celtics beat the Lakers, and it seemed that history was about to repeat itself.But then Kareem Abdul-Jabbar stepped forward and helped the Lakers win four consecutive games, ending the team's history of losing the Celtics in the Finals.
In the 85-86 season, the Celtics and the Rockets met in the finals and successfully won the No. 16 championship trophy in team history.
In the summer of 1986, on the basis of the team's championship, Auerbach cleverly won the second pick, and used this pick to select the talented boy Bias-this genius boy died of cocaine poisoning that year.This incident hit Auerbach hard, making him directly into semi-retirement.
In the 86-87 season, the yellow-green battle was staged again in the finals. The Lakers defeated the Celtics twice in three years and sent the defending champion home.
The 87-88 season was the last strong season of the Celtics in the last century. After being sent away by the Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals, they fell into a slump and could never return to the Finals.
Before the start of the 92-93 season, Larry Bird, who was plagued by back injuries, announced his retirement, ending the Celtics' second glorious period.
In the ensuing time, the Celtics entered a tepid state.During the period, Auerbach tried to get Duncan when he first entered the league, but was disrupted by the same discerning Popovich, so he had to completely retreat behind the scenes and no longer care about the league.
The Celtics have a total of 20 championships, and the Bird era has reached [-]. That is to say, the Celtics won another championship trophy after [-] years of waiting.
In the summer of 07, the Celtics acquired Ray Allen and "Wolf King" Kevin Garnett through a trade. These two formed the Big Three with team boss Paul Pierce.
The Big Three of the Green Army reached the finals in the first year of their formation. Coincidentally, the opponent in this finals is the old enemy Lakers.In the end, the Celtics 4-2 the Lakers and won the No. 17 championship trophy in team history.
After that round of the series ended, Kobe uttered the famous remark that "No.2 is the number one loser", and led the team to successfully revenge two years later. In the finals, he defeated his old rival Celtics and won his fifth personal championship. .
The Celtics have been dormant again in recent years, and the situation of the Lakers is also not good, but the grievances between the two teams are far-reaching and long-lasting, and it has nothing to do with strength.
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