The Nets ultimately lost the semifinals, and the toughness before the series started seemed like a big joke.

The New Yorkers were elated to find that both teams in the city had a particularly long-faced season and made it to the playoffs, and both made it past the first round of the playoffs. They once fantasized about how lucky and beautiful it would be if the Eastern Conference Finals were the Knicks vs. the Nets.

But now, it's all in smoke.

The Knicks fell behind 1-3 in the Heat's wolf-like attack, and the Nets were swept by the 76ers and failed to win a game.

The entire Big Apple is teetering on the brink of reeling from its role in the chaos of the playoff arena.

It's embarrassing.

In the third season of his career, Tang Wenlong is already a superstar in attack and defense, and it is conceivable that he will occupy such an honor for a long time to come. Last year, he brought the championship to Philadelphia, and this year he quietly broke through to the Eastern Conference Finals, which can be described as a strong record.

In the west, the combat power of the Thunder, which lacks Wei Shao, has decreased significantly.

In the second round against the Clippers, Paul played brilliantly, leading the Clippers to four consecutive games after losing the first game, and Paul also reached the Western Conference Finals for the first time in his career.

In the bottom half, the Spurs eliminated the Warriors 4-2. From the beginning to the end of this series, there was no bullying on the Warriors, after all, the Warriors did not look like a team that could beat the old defensive powerhouse no matter what. To be able to win two games is already a big surprise.

However, in this series between the Warriors and the Spurs, they have a total of two overtime games, one won by the Warriors and one won by the Spurs. In the two games won by the Warriors, one Thompson played a supernatural performance and slashed 34 points, and the other Warriors worked hard to narrowly beat the Spurs.

The Warriors' defense isn't as bad as one might expect, and it seems that the playoff arena has fueled the team's resilience even more, and they have a unique quality.

In order to wait for the end of the Western Conference game and the battle between the Heat and the Knicks on the Eastern Division.

The 76ers rested for a total of six days until May 23, when the Heat arrived in Philadelphia to begin their playoff journey to the East Conference Finals.

It's an old rival and a strong stumbling block.

The two teams also met in the Eastern Conference finals last year, although the 76ers defeated the Heat 4-2, but several of them won very thrilling, it can only be said that the goddess of victory and the goddess of luck quietly favored the 76ers at the most critical time.

Before the dust had risen, the two sides were already tense.

Heat fans are not convinced, if the Heat had a little advantage on several key balls last year, or if there was no Tang Wenlong's super play in the fourth game, maybe it would be the Heat who stood in the finals. And Miami fans have 10,000 reasons to believe that once they reach the finals, 100% of the teams that lift the trophy will be their own team.

It's all thanks to Philadelphia, and the hatred is great.

The relationship between the professional players themselves is not as bad as it seems. During this year's Houston All-Star Game, Tang Wenlong was also led by Anthony to go to nightclubs with Little Emperor, Flash, etc. Off the court, James and Wade are still very righteous and cheerful people.

Facing the 76ers, Heat head coach Spoelstra couldn't think about tea and couldn't sleep.

In the previous six games with the Knicks, Anthony's bug-like heads-up force made the Heat suffer. Fortunately, the overall strength of the Knicks is slightly inferior, and Anthony is on top of the power forward position, which is always a hole on the defensive end, and the Heat can have a slight advantage in the positional offensive battle.

The point is, Wade has an injury this year.

By the time Wade finished playing the Knicks, the team doctor had already issued a red light warning. One of his knees was plagued by injuries that no longer allowed him to make high-intensity movements and fights. He has always gritted his teeth and insisted, his combat effectiveness is less than seventy percent of his peak, and the overall strength of the Heat is not as strong as last year.

The thought of playing against the 76ers, who have the strongest offense in the league, is really sad as a head coach, and the only tactic he can think of is to give the ball to LeBron.

Collins' arrangement is more targeted, "focusing on low-post offense on the inside." ”

After the Heat lost to the 76ers last year, they searched all over the world for an interior meat shield, but they didn't find a high-quality interior line, and their own outside combination, which is known as the strongest in the league, went wrong.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and this year's Tang Wenlong is a sharp knife on the outside offense, a well-known master of cutting points, do you really want LeBron to defend Tang Wenlong?

Spoelstra shuddered, he was almost 100% sure that the 76ers would definitely use Iguodala to consume James, if James was still allowed to fight with Tang Wenlong on the defensive end, it is estimated that even James, who is like a steel superman, will not be able to bear it, right?

It's hard, it's too hard.

On the night of the 23rd, Philadelphia was brightly lit.

The historic city has ushered in the Eastern Conference Finals, and the area centered around the Wagiovia Center has become a sea of fan fun, with large numbers of fans gathered here, holding posters, oil paint on their faces, and wearing 76ers jerseys, waiting for the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals to begin.

When Tang Wenlong walked out of the players' tunnel, he was greeted by a flood of people from the audience.

This game was not only reported by many media in the United States, but also broadcast live in various countries around the world, especially the domestic imperial court station, which directly sent old partners like Zhang Weiping and Yu Jia to the scene of the Wachovia Center Arena to comment.

"The 76ers entered the playoffs with a high morale and haven't lost a game so far." Zhang Weiping opened his mouth to sing praises for the 76ers, and immediately expressed his firm position.

There is nothing to say about this, Chinese players like Tang Wenlong, every step of the footprints in the United States, the imprint they leave is to win glory for the country.

Yu Jia didn't feel anything wrong, and said in his signature commentary voice: "The Heat's internal problems have not been completely solved in the past year. They brought in "Birdman" Anderson to become an inside rescuer on the bench, but it still looked like he was stretched thin. ”

"That's right, the 76ers have a balanced offense and defense, Tang Wenlong and Gasol Jr. are the stars of the league's best team, and the 76ers have had a few more days off than the Heat, and this game is held at the home of Philadelphia, which can be said to be the right time and place and people are on the side of the 76ers, I don't think it is surprising that the 76ers can still win this game."

The two of them talked on the sidelines and expressed some of their opinions on some data analysis and development before the game, which can be summed up as one, and the 76ers should win. (To be continued.) )