In the Atlantic Division, the 76ers are the leader, and once again the Celtics of Boston.

For example, the top three in the East, the 76ers, the Bulls and the Heat are in the Atlantic, Central and Southeast Divisions, while the top three Spurs, Thunder and Lakers in the West are also in the Southwest, Pacific and Northwest Divisions.

What the pundits definitely didn't expect was that the Philadelphia 76ers could be at the top of the league.

As early as before the start of the season, the 76ers, who lost last season's main center and main power forward, were once looked down upon, and even considered to be only a team on the edge of the playoffs, and Mark Gasol, who signed a big contract, is considered an overvalued poison contract from the perspective of mediocre statistics, that is, the ordinary blue-collar level.

But I never expected that the 76ers would make such remarkable progress.

The revival of Philadelphia began with the selection of Tang Wenlong in 2010, and now the league likes to use the draft plans of Philadelphia and Thunder as a positive teaching case, and the uniform groups of the two teams are considered to be extremely good and wise.

This strengthened his belief in hugging Tang Wenlong's thighs, and he seemed to see a bright path to success.

After the game against the Bobcats, the 76ers won against the Nets and Celtics before hosting the Knicks. At this time, the Knicks experienced a period of Lin madness, and the team was in the spotlight of the world, and at the beginning of March, the team had just undergone a major change, and the team replaced D'Antoni as the new team coach.

This change. Coupled with the comeback of Anthony, Xiao Si and others, Jeremy Lin's ball possession has decreased sharply, and he slowly walked out of the state of supergod.

Despite this, he has managed to attract a large number of fans, and even became the most popular player of the New York Knicks for a decade, like the most wonderful dream.

Fans are watching this game. Chinese fans especially want to see Tang Wenlong and Jeremy Lin face off on the court.

Before the game, Woodson, the Knicks' newly appointed head coach, issued a declaration of battle in front of the media.

"We've had injuries, but we're still the best team in the league, we've got two superstars and a bunch of great role players, and the 76ers are at the top of the list, but we still have a chance to beat them, even if it's on the 76ers' home court."

After these words were cut and put together, it immediately became "the new coach of the Knicks proudly beat the 76ers away".

When this wind blows, this focus battle becomes even hotter. Before the game, there were many Chinese faces in the Wajovia Center Arena, all of which were watched by the showdown between Jeremy Lin and Tang Wenlong.

In the evening, before the game began, Tang Wenlong greeted his familiar player friends from the Knicks.

"Hey, Cameron, hey, Jimmy." Tang Wenlong waved his hand. Jeremy Lin was shooting three-pointers with Anthony to warm up, and the two saw Tang Wenlong coming. A warm smile was revealed.

"You're a lot stronger." Anthony shook hands with Tang Wenlong, then bumped shoulders and hugged him, and Tang Wenlong turned around again and hugged Jeremy Lin as well.

"Our coach has given a military order, and we will give it our all in this game." Jeremy Lin said with a smile.

Tang Wenlong laughed, full of pride. "I like the way you guys are serious, and to be honest, we haven't lost a few games this season at the Wajovia Center."

"Winning is the headline." Tang Wenlong lowered his last sentence and put his palm to his mouth. As if telling a secret, he said to two people.

Anthony and Jeremy Lin's faces were dark, and they were speechless about this guy

The three of them chatted a few words, and then each went back to their own half to warm up, the Knicks were quite well staffed, and David West and Lowry were both on the injury list in the 76ers' starters, maybe this is why Woodson's confidence skyrocketed, or maybe he was just trying to boost the morale of the Knicks.

After another ten minutes, the fans in the stadium were seated, and the lights went out in the Wachovia Center arena, and it was pitch black.

The music played, and the DJ began his rhythmic and rap introduction, and the 76ers' starting players entered the court one after another.

Tang Wenlong was the last to appear, and the spotlight shone on him, and he raised his fists, each swing as if it could cause the fans to scream and cheer with all their might

At the start of the game, Chandler and Gasol jumped the ball in the middle circle.

Knicks starters: Jeremy Lin, Landry Fields, Anthony, Stoudemire, Chandler. 76ers starters: Louis Williams, Iguodala, Tang Wenlong, Speights and Marc Gasol.

At the beginning of the season, the 76ers met the Knicks, and at that time, the Knicks didn't even have a decent point guard. Unexpectedly, after most of the season, the Knicks could still be on fire, and Jeremy Lin, an unsecured marginal man signed by the team in the summer, actually succeeded in ascending to the position and became an excellent and qualified starter, except for more mistakes.

"To force him to dribble and stall, to create physical pressure." Tang Wenlong walked up to Louis and said to him secretly.

Louis handed Tang Wenlong a "I understand" look, in fact, he also wanted to perform well in this game, Lowry is as strong as a calf, it is not easy to wait for Lowry's injury to be absent, and then mix into the starting position. Jeremy Lin is on fire right now, and 88 percent of the point guards in the league want to beat him to prove their worth.

Jumping the ball, Chandler still had the advantage, and "snapped" and hit the basketball firmly, and the basketball was distributed back to the Knicks' half court, and then Tang Wenlong took two quick steps and picked up the basketball that bounced.

It's game on! The cheers of "defense, defense" sounded throughout the audience, and they were uniform.

Jeremy Lin dribbled past half court, Anthony immediately asked for the ball in the elbow zone, Tang Wenlong did not defend Anthony, and Iguodala was dead behind Anthony.

Tang Wenlong's defense has been recognized this season, especially on the single defense, and Collins' game is meant to make the lateral movement faster Tang Wenlong is in the assistant defense position, whether it is Anthony or Jeremy Lin, the long-distance projection ability is average, once the breakthrough is made, there are many opportunities for the assistant defender, as for players like Landry Fields, the three-point shooting rate this season is only 25 percent, that is, let him shoot three points, for the 76ers as a whole, it is also cost-effective.

The game hasn't started yet, and the 76ers' targeted arrangement has been realized! (To be continued.) )