Perhaps It's Time to Leave

"What a shame, our winning streak ended at 34 straight!"

"Sigh, I thought the streak would keep going."

"If Goodwin and the others hadn't gotten food poisoning, the result definitely would've been different."

After the Boston Celtics lost to the New York Knicks, Celtics fans took to social media to express their regret.

However, they had no idea that this was exactly the result the Boston Celtics had wanted.

At this point, the fans had not noticed anything unusual.

But when March 6 arrived and the Boston Celtics traveled to Houston to face the Rockets, the team suddenly announced before the game that Marc Gasol and DeAndre Jordan would miss it due to food poisoning.

One case of food poisoning might have been considered a coincidence, but two in a row was definitely more than just coincidence!

After all, this was the NBA. Every team strictly managed its players' diets to prevent things like this from happening.

A single case of food poisoning might truly have been an accident, but two consecutive cases were absolutely no accident.

The fans gradually guessed the reason—this was not genuine food poisoning, but a load-management strategy!

Thinking back, during the Boston Celtics' run of four consecutive championships, they often used load management as the playoffs approached, but that was usually in April.

Yet unexpectedly, this year's load-management plan had begun as early as March.

"I take back what I said last time. What's there to regret? This is just load management, isn't it?"

"I think the Boston Celtics deliberately ended their winning streak at 34."

"Fine, fine, fine. The Boston Celtics even fooled their own fans. If you don't win the championship this year, just wait till my keyboard is ready."

The fans were helpless too. ╮(╯▽╰)╭ The team had even fooled