Before the playoffs began, Knicks fans clamored for the Black Eight, and Philadelphia fans were not convinced, and the two sides had a war of words on social media and online forums.

In the promotional video on the official website, Tang Wenlong has obviously more shots than at the same time last season, and he is now, like Kobe Bryant and James, he is the object of the league's praise and publicity. Especially with Durant, both of them are about the same age, and they are scoring points in the east and west, which are sought after by fans.

At this time, Nike piled up his third-generation combat boots for Tang Wenlong.

A pair of black sneakers that fit the 76ers' black jersey, the outside of the sneakers is printed with the Chinese style of "dragon" character art traditional characters, which is specially designed by Tang Wenlong and Nike, and the logo of the Nike logo is forced to be transferred to the toe cap, but after this design, it has a unique special taste.

In the playoffs, Tang Wenlong will wear new sneakers to the game.

On the afternoon of the 28th, the players of the New York Knicks took the team bus to Philadelphia, and as soon as they drove into the city, they were already surrounded by a strong playoff atmosphere.

The city is still full of high-rise buildings, but there are a lot of huge posters on top of the buildings of shopping malls.

Streetlights on the side of the road, mobile billboards at bus stops, 76ers playoff advertisements can be seen everywhere, there are always fans wearing 76ers jerseys walking around on the streets and alleys, and the most common is the No. 1 jersey, which seems to have become the most popular clothing this summer.

The more the playoffs come, the more news points are being dug around the superstars, because of the big names of Anthony and Xiaosi, this game is also known as a focus game, and many media outlets around the world rushed to Philadelphia to report.

CCTV5 paid close attention to Tang Wenlong and his 76ers' playoff journey throughout the whole process, and even arranged for Zhang Weiping and Yu Jia, two old partners, to come to Philadelphia. Get ready to do live coverage, just like an All-Star Game.

The 76ers' 12-man roster is confirmed, point guards: Lowry, Luis, point guards: Tang Wenlong, Meeks, Butler, small forward: Iguodala, power forward: David West, Speights, Loyle. Centre-forwards: Marc Gasol, Hawes, Whiteside.

On the afternoon of the 28th, the players have been doing simple warm-up training in the arena, and the day is not enough time for the coaching staff to do targeted tactical drills for the Knicks, so they can only slowly adjust and arrange in the time of this series, and the best plan is to sweep the opponent, and then use enough time to arrange for the next opponent.

In the evening, aerial cameras saw a long line at the Wajovia Center, with fans waving at the cameras and smiling wildly. A lot of fans have oil paint on their faces, and many of them are very young Philadelphia local college students who love this young Philadelphia 76ers.

Before the start of the game, Collins began to relax for the players.

"The Knicks' defense is terrible, and I guess they can only use Byron Davis, who has been destroyed by injuries and years, and whoever plays Davis will have an advantage, try to break through from Davis."

He turned to look at Iguodala, who was sitting with his shoes freshly tied. Said gently: "Andre, Cameron's defense will be handed over to you." In this series, whether Cameron can be limited will be a key point. “

Iguodala nodded heavily, he likes to do some defensive and other work that makes him feel very present on the court.

Collins shifted his gaze again and swept it to Tang Wenlong's face, "Don." I expect the Knicks will promote rookie Iman Shambaugh to the starting spot because Fields is just so poor defensively. Although Shambaugh is athletic and active defensively, he lacks playoff experience and has a good grasp of the referee's scale. Try to cause as much damage as possible. “

Tang Wenlong listened carefully and nodded from time to time, indicating that he understood.

"Okay, guys, let's take it easy, the Knicks are only eighth, we're the No. 1 seed in the league!" Collins clapped his hands and said with a smile.

The crowd burst into laughter, and the tension dissipated a little.

Tang Wenlong turned his head to look over, and several newcomers in the playoffs smiled stiffly, even Butler, who was praised by the head coach as a tough player, was obviously nervous at the moment.

However, Tang Wenlong has no intention of enlightening, these are the journeys that rookies have to go through, last year, he was also very nervous, but as long as a few games passed, he will understand that this is actually what happened, and the restless court will make people soar and excited.

At seven o'clock, the players walked out of the locker room and into the stadium together.

Walking out of the dark tunnel of the players, there was a white expanse, and the sea of white jerseys instantly filled people's eyes, causing a violent impact.

"it!" Butler couldn't help but explode into a foul mouth, although he had known for a long time that the home fans in the NBA playoffs would wear uniformly distributed playoff commemorative shirts, but when he actually saw it on the spot, it was a different feeling - an extremely strong visual impact.

The players walked onto the court to start the last pre-game warm-up, and the players in training uniforms did these warm-up exercises mostly to shoot and find their feelings.

It didn't take long for bald referee Joey Crawford to walk in with two of his henchmen, who made up today's line-up of referees. Then he walked to the technical desk, and the technical desk took out a basketball and gave it to him, he grabbed it with both hands to test the feel, and then pointed at some places in the court, and the staff in front of the technical desk did not know what to communicate.

In the pre-game ceremony, the 76ers players played in turn, and each appearance was warmly cheered by the fans.

Tang Wenlong was the last to appear, walking in the two rows of players, he was short, his hands were sideways and he high-fived his teammates on both sides one by one.

"Let's welcome our superstar, the super scoring champion who is six feet seven inches tall, Tang ~~Wen ~~~ Dragon ~~~~!" At the same time, the DJ's tongue-twisting tone elongated and shouted Tang Wenlong's name, and the audience all stood up, and the decibel level of the stadium was significantly higher at that moment.

Tang Wenlong and Iguodala nodded and said something to each other, like rappers, and then the two of them high-fived each other with their right hands, slapped them three times in a row, and bumped shoulders and hugged.

This is the cultural atmosphere of the NBA, the morale of the infected 76ers will be high, and a wave of power will surge out from the depths of their hearts, as if they can defeat any enemy!

The cheers of the audience were incessant, as if they were going to last until dawn.

As the night darkens, the lights of the Wajovia Center Arena become brighter (to be continued). )