The battle between red and green continues.

As the Celtics finally eliminated the Raptors after seven bitter battles, the two sides of the Eastern Conference Finals in 2020 finally came into being: Miami Heat vs Boston Celtics, which made fans sigh. This scene seems to go back in time, and the era of the Big Three against the Big Three is back! But in fact, the feud between the two teams goes far beyond this. So we invited Mr. Pan Zhili to tell you something about this group of past lives.

1On March 23rd, 993, the new york Knicks and the Phoenix Suns, the two giants, had a fierce exchange of fire. At the end of the second quarter, Knicks guards Doc Rivers and Kevin Johnson pushed and shoved, attracting dozens of people inside and outside the court like magnets, including the famous "mortal kombat" Danny Anji.

Although john starks immediately pushed him away and Angie's first chance to join the league disappeared, he was firm. After the referee and teaching assistant pulled the two sides apart, Angie still spoke in front of Knicks coach Pat Riley, and bored Pat Riley blocked Angie and went straight back to the bench.

But then, Kevin Johnson knocked down Rivers on the cover, and the Knicks substitute Greg Anthony, who was sitting off the court, ran over and punched Kevin Johnson. The situation that was difficult to control suddenly intensified. Riley was even thrown to the floor, and the two teams of players quickly pressed on, and a dozen people pressed into a pile of Melaleuca cakes-danny ainge was on the third floor and Riley was on the fifth floor.

The biggest chaos in NBA history allowed 2 1 players to get tickets. Fortunately, no one was hit in the head and dragged to the ground. In fact, this big fight performance is just an episode between Angie and Riley: they have been in a wonderful state of opposition since their respective careers.

From 65438 to 0984, 24-year-old Anji followed the Celtics and reached the finals for the first time in her career. He is surrounded by larry bird, parrish and mchale. Standing opposite him are the Showtime Lakers led by the magician, and Pat Riley, who won a championship and a division championship in the third year of teaching-this is the opening game of the era of black and white double evil, and it is also a new starting point for Hu Kai's long struggle.

Riley's team has always followed his tradition of "hard work, defense and hard training", which is inexplicably consistent with Anji's style in the player era. However, when Angie changed from a diligent jump guard to a team executive, he found that Pat Riley was still inevitable.

On 20 13, the news spread like wildfire that "James complained that the referee blew the penalty unfairly", and Angie immediately stood up and denounced James. Riley retorted, "Angie should keep her mouth shut and take care of her team. When I was a coach, I was against him. He is the person who complained the most to the referee in the player era. "

Angie, who was exposed, naturally wanted to make peace: "Riley can say whatever he wants. I don't care about him. I don't want to break his Armani suit and hair band. It's too expensive for me. "

20 12, when the "fake LeBron" sign was hung on the expressway, James showed the eye of death to harvest the game. I wonder if Angie remembers wearing the blood feud of the home fans.

From Big Three vs Big Three, to Ray Allen's job-hopping at 20 12, and then to Hayward's battle at 20 17, with the passage of time, the stab in the back between Angie and Riley, two ruthless and decisive managers, has become a symbol of the confrontation between the Celtics and the Heat.

In addition to the coldness of painting style and the biting degree of executives, another similarity between the Heat and the Celtics is that they both have a promising young head coach, and this head coach has never won the "Coach of the Year" award.

Stevens' teaching experience is almost impeccable. He accepted Anji's kind invitation on 20 13, and in the second year of coaching, he brought the still-bad team into the playoffs, which not only avoided Rick Pitino's embarrassment (Pitino, who is also a famous university coach, not only failed to bring the Celtics back to the top, but even failed to make the playoffs once), but also won wide acclaim from players and peers. Popovich even publicly admitted that "I stole Stevens' tactics".

And now, the opportunity has come.

After spending several years digesting the contract and veteran issues, the Heat of 19-20 season traded Richardson for Butler, selected Taylor Shiloh and found kendrick Nunn in the draft. When Butler, whose shooting skills declined, still rushed into the playoffs with the Heat, people realized how thick the rotation of this team, which averaged eight points and less than 20 points per game, was.

Coach Spock has been playing this game for nearly five years.

Butler's joining quickly sublimated the system of coach Spock. Adebayor, who became famous in World War I last season, officially settled in the starting center. With Butler and dragic as two strikers, he revitalized Nunn, Duncan Robinson, Hero and Claude, and earned himself 16 points and 5 assists per game.

Making 80% or 90% hard dishes with 60% or 70% ingredients may be the most fulfilling thing for the head coach besides winning the championship, just like Rivers who led the Clippers to the playoffs last year, Nass who coached the Raptors until the last second of the second round this year, and Stevens who led the reconstruction team to the east four years ago.

If superstars win in the west, then in the east where superstars are not so strong and team play is more popular, the head coach has become the focus of the series. Stevens' improvisation and coach Spoel's preparation before the game became their characteristics. However, there are too many variables in this series-the Heat's dependence on the three points and the Celtics' extreme blockade of the three points, the Celtics' relatively weak insider and the Heat's unrelenting attack efficiency on the Bucks, the cores of both sides have to face the opponent's iron drum array, and the crazy wandering and self-aiming hook between the two jumper teams in the steel plant. Hayward's comeback of this bottle of all-purpose glue has added new suspense to the series. ......

The quality of superstars needs to be tested in the playoffs, so does the quality of coaches. This is the first time Stevens and Spoelstra met in the playoffs. The soldiers and horses did not move, and the poisoned milk went first. Stevens can't resist the excitement brought by the master's move. "It is quite difficult to beat the Heat four times in the series. They are so outstanding. I dare say that coach Spoelstra is one of the best coaches I have ever seen. He is really great. "

Coach Spool, who is used to seeing big scenes, seems a little dull and even dissatisfied with the latecomers: "If every team can advance smoothly, then we will fight for the East today."

Angie's trash talk and iron-blooded style are still etched in Riley's memory. 1984 the loss in the tiebreak and the subsequent revenge are equally vivid. The battle between Celtic and Heat seems to be yesterday. In a blink of an eye, these two teams with similar temperament invariably chose the team-style play style of defensive foothold and jump shot to win. This is the confrontation between Angie and Riley from a distance, and it is also the confrontation between Stevens and Spoelstra, Butler and Tatum, Walker/Smart and Drazic. Who can break the eastern barrier and stand in front of the western powers may be the biggest suspense in this year's playoffs.