Two days later, not surprisingly, the Magic defeated the Bucks 96-67, eliminated their opponents 4-2, and advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The Cavaliers and Magic met in the Eastern Conference semifinals for the second year in a row.

After the first round, many people have a new understanding of the strength of the Cavaliers, and they basically have a five-five attitude towards this round of the series.

The Magic are far superior to the Cavaliers on the inside, but the Cavaliers' shooter group this year has completed a major upgrade.

This round of the series, compared to the strength, is more attractive than some off-court factors.

The highlights are even more interesting than the first round.

The Cavaliers were eliminated by the Magic 2-4 last year, and it was a year of revenge for James and Cleveland fans.

Howard was swept 4-0 by the Rockets coached by Tang Tian last year, and when he met the team coached by Tang Tian again, the big boy was also bent on revenge.

For Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy, he was evaluated as useless after last year's Finals, and against Tang Tian, he also needs to prove himself.

Because the regular season record was lower than that of the opponent, the day before the series began, Tang Tian and the Cavaliers also got on a plane to Orlando.

"Shaq, they all say you're old." On the plane, Rashid Wallace and O'Neill chatted.

"You old guy, I'm only 37 years old, and that guy Abdul-Jabbar is still playing at 42." O'Neill said with a disapproving smile.

"That Dwight guy doesn't know what to think, he might want to give you some color!" Wallace said with a laugh.

"Humph! Little hairy boy! O'Neill laughed.

The two old ruffians chatted unscrupulously, and the atmosphere of the team looked good.

"Dwight has improved a lot this season, and Kwame can play a role in the regular season, but it's hard to say in the playoffs." Casey also turned his head to Tang Tian at this time and said.

"Look at our big guys." Tang Tian said and glanced at O'Neill, "No matter what, don't wrap it up." ”

Casey nodded, Tang Tian played a round of finals with the Magic team last year, how to play, he knew the most in his heart.

After getting off the plane, the team got on the bus directly to the hotel.

At this moment, Tang Tian's mobile phone rang.

He picked it up and looked at it, it was a text message, it was from OJ.

"Yao Ming was elected as the regular season MVP in the 2009~2010 season."

The information is short and the content is large.

The Rockets had the league's first regular season record, Yao Ming averaged 38.9 minutes per game, 29.2 points, 12.6 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 2.6 blocks.

This should be the most suspenseless year for MVP after Tang Tian entered the NBA.

Three-time MVP, Yao Ming became the fourth person after Russell, Chamberlain, and Bird.

After arriving at the hotel and arranging the players' rooms, Tang Tian called Yao Ming.

"I'd rather not have this MVP trophy."

What he didn't expect was that Yao Ming's mood was much lower than in the previous two years.

After chatting for a while, I realized that he was doing leg acupuncture at this time.

The last time the two met, Yao Ming went back and asked Thibodeau about it, and his playing time after the All-Star break was indeed a lot less, but in the playoffs, the first round averaged nearly 40 minutes per game, which almost really killed him.

"Protect yourself."

Tang Tian could only say such things.

Because of him, Yao Ming's career has changed, but he may not be able to go back one day.

"Coach, I wish you were still on the Rockets."

Yao Ming was also full of helplessness in the end.

"I'm still waiting for you in the finals." Tang Tian avoided this topic and said with a smile.

This season's Rockets, without Artest, although there are more Salmons, it is not easy to pass the Lakers.

The two chatted for a while, and when they hung up the phone, Tang Tian also put aside Yao Ming's matter for the time being, and asked Casey to take the team to the training hall for training.

The regular season record between the two teams is a 2-2 draw.

As Casey said, in the first game of the regular season, Big Ben limited Howard to a certain extent, and then Kwame Brown, but in the last two games, Howard's low-post offensive skills have improved significantly, and this restriction is relatively limited.

This round will be much tougher than the first round.

Orlando is a small city like Cleveland, but one difference is that it has the world's largest Disneyland and the largest sea world in the United States, with more than 26 million visitors a year, making it a well-known tourist city in the United States.

So in addition to the locals, there are also a large number of tourists who come to see the ball.

In the Eastern Conference semifinals, some fans and tourists will not miss this occasion.

Because of this, Tang Tian saw many Chinese fans at the scene.

There is no Yao Ming in Orlando, no Yi Jianlian, and even no Sun Yue, these people must be coming for him.

Sure enough, when the knights entered, they waved and shouted at Tang Tian.

Tang Tian also stretched out his hand to respond to them.

Playing away, these Chinese fans can also be regarded as Cavaliers fans.

After the opening ceremony, the starters of both teams appeared one after another.

The Cavaliers are still a regular lineup, with O'Neal Galasheed Wallace on the inside, Beverley and Matthews on the outside, and small forward James.

It's the same with the Magic, with Howard plus Lewis on the inside, Nelson plus Petrus on the outside, and Carter on the small forward.

But unlike in the past, the Cavaliers jumped the ball not Wallace, but O'Neal.

There was a stirring at the scene.

O'Neal has been O'Neal since he left the Heat, and he hasn't skipped a ball for years.

Is this knowing that Wallace can't beat Howard, so he just gave up?

Although the game has four quarters, and the jump ball does not affect the number of offensive rounds between the two sides, in the NBA game, the side that wins the jump means that the momentum of the opening will be significantly higher than that of the opponent.

The scene cut to Tang Tian.

Tang Tian's expression was relatively flat.

In fact, this was not his arrangement, but O'Neill's own request.

The referee lifted the ball and the fans waited to cheer.

The referee's whistle blows and the ball is thrown.

But just before the whistle blew, O'Neal had already jumped up and slapped the ball back into the Cavaliers half.

There was a moment of stunned at the scene, and the referee followed the whistle and signaled O'Neal to violate the jump ball.

O'Neill didn't seem to care, smiling and talking to the referee.

The referee ignored it and continued to throw the ball a second time.

O'Neal still jumped first, and Howard was stunned this time.

There were boos at the scene, but the referee did not blow the whistle and signaled the game to start.

Tang Tian laughed directly when he saw this.

Hey, this old ball ruffian!

NBA games are commercial games after all, and it's impossible to waste too much time where the ball is jumping.

And even if O'Neal keeps jumping like this, the referee can't help it, after all, the result of the jump ball violation is nothing more than a re-jump, and the NBA has no regulations in this regard, and he can't really send O'Neal out......