With the advantage of more home games in the final stage, the 76ers narrowly missed the Lakers by 0.5 wins to top the league, which also made them have home-court advantage until the Finals, if they can hold on until that time. For every player in the 76ers, this is undoubtedly the best reward for their efforts throughout the regular season, and Brown also gave everyone a day off to give the players time to have dinner and relax by the way.

However, the members of the coaching staff did not rest, and they continued to analyze the opponents in the playoffs under Brown's leadership. The Pacers eventually managed to secure a playoff spot, but they tragically finished eighth in the East and became the 76ers' opponent in the first round of the playoffs. This is undoubtedly a tragic thing for them, they were beaten by the 76ers when they were still in second place in the East, and now the morale is not as high as it was then, let alone the opponent of the 76ers.

But Brown still hasn't let his guard down, any time the boat capsizes in the gutter because he doesn't pay enough attention to it, and Brown can't allow such a thing to be encountered by his own team. Chang Wei also attaches great importance to his opponent, but he attaches importance to his opponent tactically and despises his opponent strategically, and he is full of confidence in himself and the omnipotent system in his consciousness.

The remaining three groups in the East are: the Bucks in second place against the Magic in seventh, the Heat in third against the Hornets in sixth, and the Knicks in fourth against the Raptors in fifth. If the 76ers eliminate the Pacers, then their opponent will be the winner between the Knicks and the Raptors, and Chang Wei certainly prefers to play the Knicks, but this is not something he can decide.

Although the Lakers lost the battle for the first place in the league, they still won the first place in the West, and their opponent was the Garnett-led Timberwolves. Second in the West is Popovich's Spurs, who are only one win behind the Lakers and show their strength, and they will face the Trail Blazers in the first round. The remaining two matchups in the West are the Kings in third place against the Suns in sixth place, and the Mavericks in fourth place against the Jazz in fifth. In Chang Wei's view, except for the Mavericks and Jazz who are not sure who wins and who loses, it should be difficult for the rest of the groups to have a downward situation, and the Lakers, Spurs and Kings are the top teams in the West after all.

On April 19 and 20, the 16 playoff teams were given two days off, but they did not dare to relax and continued to train in a regular manner, but the intensity of training was reduced to a certain extent. As the team's fitness assistant coach, Chang Wei was arguably the busiest person on the team except for Brown in these two days, and he had to help every player adjust their fitness and condition to the best for the more intense playoffs.

On April 21, the 76ers were one of eight teams in the first four playoff games. While that means the other eight teams get an extra day off, it's no different for the 76ers, who are ready to make the playoffs and don't want to worry about a day off.

Now the first round of the playoffs is not the best-of-seven system in Chang Wei's impression, but only the best-of-five system, which means that each team does not have much time to adjust, if there is no way to find a way to crack it, then you can only watch the opponent advance directly, and you will go home and continue to work hard next season. However, from the second round, it was still a best-of-seven system, which also made Chang Wei breathe a sigh of relief, so that his work pressure was at least not as great as in the first round.

Fortunately, the opponent of the 76ers is the former defeated Pacers, and the strength of the two sides is not on the same level at all, plus some of the Pacers' old guys are currently injured and cannot give full play to their abilities, so it is not too easy for the 76ers to clean them up. In order to get off to a good start to the playoffs, Brown did not arrange for the players to rotate, and played with an all-main lineup, but he still controlled the playing time of the players, and the most Snow was only 32 minutes.

The final score was 100-88, and the whole game looked a bit dull, in large part because the 76ers perfectly controlled the pace of the game. Iverson clocked in and out of the third quarter, scoring 27 points and seven assists in an understatement, Lewis and Snow both scored 21 and 17 points respectively, and Mutombo, although he only scored eight points, grabbed 13 rebounds on O'Neal Jr.'s head and also handed out three blocks, dominating the interior perfectly.

However, the ending of the other three games was not as uneventful as this one, and the Heat, who were third in the East, unexpectedly lost to the Hornets by a huge margin of 26 points, losing their home-court advantage; Also losing the home-court advantage was the Mavericks, who were killed by a mid-range shot from Stockton 5.2 seconds before the end, but the difference between their fourth and fifth strength was not very large, and it was reasonable for the Mavericks to lose. Although the overall strength of the Lakers can directly crush the Timberwolves, they can't stand Garnett and Szczebiak breaking out at the same time, and the two sides fought fiercely until the last minute of the fourth quarter, and the Lakers narrowly won 98-92.

While one game doesn't determine the final outcome of the entire series, the 76ers are undoubtedly the best in terms of form in Game 1, and their ease in the game is beyond the reach of other teams. Of course, with the strength of the Lakers, they can also do it, but the outburst of the opponent's two leading stars still made them steal the limelight.

Although the 76ers' state was blown up by the media, Brown still maintained a calm attitude, and in the post-game interview, he said very calmly: "The Pacers played well in this game, but we played better, and I believe they will put a lot of pressure on us in the next games, and we will take every game seriously." ”

When Brown said this, Chang Wei was standing in the corner of the press conference. Watching the old handsome man tout his opponent on stage seriously, Chang Wei just wanted to give him a middle finger, so it would be very fake when he heard it, okay? Although I am afraid that the team will be poured a mouthful of poisoned milk by myself, there is no need to step on myself directly into the mud, I don't know that I thought it was the 76ers who lost this game! It's okay to act, but it's not good to act too much!

Of course, if Chang Wei goes up to speak by himself, the content of what he says is not much different from Brown's, everyone looks up and doesn't look down, they have to give face, in case they want to make a deal one day, they can also talk about incense!