After saying goodbye to Popovich, Chang Wei took a taxi directly to the hotel where the room had been opened in advance, carefully put the recommendation letter in his bag, and then took a comfortable shower, lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

Before meeting Popovich, Chang Wei's nerves were tense, and he thought that Popovich, as a disciple of Brown, would definitely ask him a lot of tricky and strange questions out of a sense of responsibility. But what he didn't expect was that Popovich was so confident in him that he just made a small joke and gave him the letter of recommendation directly, and also helped him book a hotel in advance.

In this way, Chang Wei's nerves were completely relaxed, and it was natural to fall asleep immediately. As for the ticket to Philadelphia, he plans to go directly to the airport tomorrow to buy it, but it's a big deal to postpone it a little, and the most important thing now is to make up for his sleep first. When Chang Wei came to the hotel, it was already more than 4 o'clock in the afternoon, but he slept until 9 o'clock in the evening, and if his stomach hadn't woken him up, he probably would have slept until the next morning.

After going out to eat casually, Chang Wei returned to his room and got up. Although he couldn't fall asleep again for a while, he was not idle, the Spurs did not book him a high-end suite, but there was still a computer in the room, Chang Wei turned on the computer casually, and prepared to go online to see the relevant information of the 76ers first, so as not to be caught off guard by Brown when he got it.

The 76ers are a historic team that was formerly known as the Syracuse Nationals, a veteran team that joined the league in 1946, and moved to Philadelphia in 1963 to replace the relocated Philadelphia Warriors (i.e., the Cash State Warriors) and changed their name to the Philadelphia 76ers to commemorate the signing and proclamation of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in 1776. The 76ers have won a total of three championships since the team was founded, and stars such as "Basketball Emperor" Chamberlain, "Dr. J" Irving and Moses Malone have all played for the 76ers.

The current star of the team is undoubtedly Allen Iverson, the top pick in the 1996 draft, but there are no particularly strong players on the team other than him. Chang Wei went to the official website to look at the list of players, and found that he only had an impression of Kukoc, Snow and Ratliffe, of which Kukoc is still the sixth man of the team, in other words, the starting lineup of the 76ers has no second star except Iverson, Mutombo, who helped Iverson reach the finals in his previous life, is still in the Hawks!

In Chang Wei's view, this is a typical single-core team, and the reason why the 76ers can now firmly stand in the top four in the East is entirely because Iverson is too incomprehensible, as long as he can break out, the team will not have a problem winning. But if Iverson is out of form or is prevented, the team will lose nine times out of ten, and even if it wins, it will basically be a miserable victory.

Such a team is Chang Wei's favorite, with leading stars, but the second strongest point is not prominent, and because of the record, there are no high-ranking rookies, so they can only hold the lottery outside the lotto area to Taobao. However, Iverson is not easy to get along with, at least in Chang Wei's memories of his previous life, and unruliness is the label of this small star. Later, it was revealed that Brown was driven away because of a disagreement with Iverson, although no one came forward to prove it, but it also fully showed Iverson's character, he was not one of the good boys Chang Wei met before......

Thinking of this, Chang Wei smiled self-deprecatingly, he wasn't sure if he could get Larry Brown's favor, so he began to worry about the 76ers, in case he was rejected by Brown at that time, wouldn't he have to slap himself in the face? Looking at his watch, it was almost 11 o'clock in the evening, Chang Wei decisively turned off the computer, and once again lay down and fell asleep.

The next morning, Chang Wei came to the airport refreshed, and there was a flight to Philadelphia at 9:27, and he quickly paid for an economy class ticket. Chang Wei's luck was quite good, although the weather in San Antonio was not good today, his flight was not delayed, the plane took off on time, and flew back to the east coast of the United States with him.

It's not the first time Chang Wei has come to Philadelphia, but the last time he came to the city was purely to travel with his parents, and he didn't go to the home court of the 76ers to see, and this time he just made up for it. Walking out of the airport hall, Chang Wei casually hailed a taxi and said to the driver very familiarly: "Please send me to the Phu Quoc Center Stadium, thank you!" ”

Unexpectedly, the driver looked confused and asked, "This gentleman, what kind of arena are you talking about?" ”

Chang Wei reacted at this time, Nima, he brought out the name before his rebirth, and now the 76ers' home court is in that position, but the name is not called Fuguo Center Arena, and this stadium will be renamed Fuguo Center Arena until 2010! He wiped a cold sweat and said, "It's nothing, I said it casually, please send me to the First League Center Arena." ”

"Oh? Are you also a 76ers fan? The driver was not busy driving, and turned his head to ask in surprise.

Chang Wei nodded and said, "Yes, I'm a fan of AI, but can you send me over as soon as possible?" I'm in a hurry. Although Chang Wei is not a fan of anyone, whether it is before or after rebirth, but now on the territory of the 76ers, and everyone asks so, casually saying that he is an Iverson fan and does not lose a piece of meat, there is no need to make both of them unhappy.

It seems that because he saw a fellow practitioner, the driver opened the conversation box while driving, and boasted about how awesome the 76ers and Iverson were in front, and Chang Wei had to echo in the back. Although I feel that this driver is a bit chatty, Chang Wei has seen the basketball atmosphere in Philadelphia, an ordinary fan has such fanatical support for the team, it seems that the status of the 76ers in the city is very high, and the basketball atmosphere in the whole city is also very good, which is a good phenomenon.

After driving for nearly half an hour, the car finally stopped at the entrance of the First Union Center Arena. Originally, Chang Wei wanted to give the driver some tips, but he only accepted the fare, left Chang Wei a phone number, and told him that he could call him at any time if he needed a taxi in Philadelphia.

Looking at the taillights of the car gradually moving away, Chang Wei smiled and put the change back in his wallet. Obviously, the driver thought that Chang Wei was also a 76ers fan, so he waived his tip, which made Chang Wei amused and moved, which also strengthened his idea of helping the 76ers win the fourth O'Brien Cup.

Chang Wei turned around, looked at the First League Center Arena standing quietly, took a deep breath, and strode towards the door, but he didn't know if this was a new starting point for him.