"Coach Z, could you please sign it? I'm a fan of Wake Forest."

"Mr. Zhuang, this is your coffee"

In a café in Atlanta, the scene at this time almost amazed the owner of this café, because of the arrival of the Chinese, for a time this place was stormy, for most Americans they are willing to give others private space, but the same, they will also find the right time to get what they want, such as this time, when Zhuang Fei's coffee has not yet come up, everyone in this café killed Zhuang Fei, not only the people of the café, Even the people outside the café are constantly pouring in here, and even if the waiter has brought the coffee, these people have no intention of leaving, although they all retreated to their seats, but their eyes have been staring at Zhuang Fei and them, and the same is true of the group of people outside the café, if it weren't for the fact that the café is too crowded now, these people would have come in a long time ago.

Atlanta is not part of North Carolina's territory, but this place is one of the core areas of the first league ACC in the NCAA league in the United States, and the ACC league giant team Georgia Tech is located here, so this place is still the place where the ACC league is dominant, so there is a reason why David Stern supports the Hawks, and the Hawks are David Stern's second largest chess piece in order to deal with the ACC league, although it is not as good as the previous Hornets or the back Bobcats, But he actually encountered less impact than these two teams, after all, although Atlanta is also the core area of the ACC league, but after all, it is not a base camp like North Carolina, in this case, they have encountered a lot better here, but even if it is a lot better, the general direction here is also towards ACC, maybe in Atlanta. Georgia Tech has far more fans than the Atlanta Hawks, and in fact, it's one of the biggest fans in Wake Forest.

You know, voted by many basketball experts and reporters as one of the greatest battles in basketball history, Wake Forest's defeat of Dream Three was in Atlanta, when Wake Forest defeated Georgia Tech in the NCAA almost made the team a public enemy in Atlanta, and the same. After defeating the American team, this team also conquered most of the Atlanta fans, so that except for North Carolina, Atlanta is the place with the largest number of fans in Wake Forest in all places in the United States, and Zhuang Fei's popularity here is naturally visible, whether it is as a former enemy or a current idol, Zhuang Fei's treatment here may not be much worse than being stuck.

"Coach, this is our first time playing in the playoffs in Atlanta, right?"

Stephen Green looked at the glowing fans around him and said to his teacher with a smile, for them. Coming to Atlanta to play is like going to North Carolina in the first place, and it can be played as a home game, although the Hawks are different from the Hornets, the Hawks are one of the oldest teams in the league, and the Hawks have been here for more than 30 years, so to speak, they have taken root in Atlanta.

It's just surprising that in Atlanta, the attendance here is always the worst in the league, and the number and quality of fans are not very high, which may also be a very surprising place, after all, their opponent is just Georgia Tech, and not the Los Angeles Lakers, but the actual situation is that they are even more miserable than the Clippers, you must know that this team has not always been a fish belly team like the Clippers, This team is also a Hall of Fame star like the essence of human movies after moving into Atlanta, and they are also frequent visitors to the playoffs under the leadership of Wilkens, although the results in the playoffs are not very good, but it is not too bad, in this case, the team is still not able to cultivate fans It is a very strange thing, even in the United States, there have been people who have made the Hawks, Hornets, Raptors and Bucks the four black holes of the NBA, and the meaning of the black hole here is naturally the black hole of the fans, It means that there is a great demand for fans, but there are very few fans who are willing to fill in, and this situation will not change no matter how time changes.

Of course, this year, after the entry of James, plus the league's key support. The team made it to the second round, which was one of their best results since moving to Atalanta, but even so, in the first round. The team's attendance is still not very high, even the lowest of all the 16 playoff teams, and this is perhaps an embarrassment for David Stern. It's not that he didn't work hard, the most painful thing is that it is useless after working hard, of course, for many people, the first round of attendance is the lowest for this team, but many experts predict that in the second round, this team's home attendance is likely to be the top. As for the reason? It's actually very simple, because that Chinese came here with a team to play the playoffs for the first time.

"Yes, I've never thought of such a thing before" Zhuang Fei also smiled and took a sip of the coffee in his hand and said, when the Timberwolves were in the past, he never thought that the Hawks could enter the Finals one day, and when he first came to the Celtics, he never thought that the Hawks could enter the playoffs, even if this team got James, Zhuang Fei also thought so, and even if this team entered the playoffs this year, Zhuang Fei didn't think that this team could pass the heat level. And anyway, although this result is a surprise to Zhuang Fei, but it also makes Zhuang Fei a little happy, you know, since he left the NCAA, whether in North Carolina or Atlanta, he has not played in the playoffs in these places, and this can also make up for such a big thing, this is definitely an extremely new and expected thing for Zhuang Fei, after all, this is his former base camp, just like when he now takes the Celers to the Finals and meets the Timberwolves, This feeling is completely different, of course, Minnesota naturally can't be compared with here, maybe when that day comes, there may be a lot of Timberwolves fans who defect, but in these places, no one will turn against Zhuang Fei.

Zhuang Fei took the Celtics to Atlanta and revisited his hometown, so Zhuang Fei also took his assistant Green to wander around the streets of Atlanta, and also kept signing autographs for Atlanta's Wake Forest fans who came from all sides. Similarly, Zhuang Fei came here to revisit the place where he died, and when the game began, there was a group of spectators who surprised Zhuang Fei. All the players and coaches from Wake Forest University came, and of course Zhuang Lin and his classmates who came with them.

"Kenny, if I'm not mistaken, this should be Wake Forest's antique gold commemorative jersey, right? It's really a playoff game between the Boston Celtics and Hawks. And not the Wake Forest competition? ”

On May 12, 2004, Philips Arena in Atlanta, this was the third game of the second round of the playoffs between Atlanta and the Boston Celtics, and this game was a life-and-death battle for the Hawks, because the team had already lost the first two games, that is, if this game was lost again, then the team would definitely need to be eliminated. It's just that now it seems that it is impossible for this team to rely on such a home environment to have too many home bonuses, because now the entire Philips Stadium is wearing the commemorative version of the jersey when Wake Forest won the championship in Zhuang Fei, while the other 20% of the real Atlanta Hawks fans are so small in the crowd.

"Well, Wake Forest has always been very popular in Atlanta, and it can even match Georgia Tech. Wake Forest and Georgia Tech are Atlanta's two home teams, and this year, Wake Forest just won the NCAA championship, so it's fair to say that the momentum is now in full swing, in this case. It's not surprising that there is such a scene, but what is really surprising is that I didn't expect Coach K and them to come" after Kenny Smith finished speaking. TNT's TV footage is also very accurate to find a special group of spectators in the stands, except for Wake Forest, almost most of the ACC league's famous coaches have come, such as Coach K, such as the former Celtics head coach, the current NCAA No. 1 coach Pitino, etc. Obviously, although this is an NBA playoffs, it has turned into a big gathering of the ACC league.

"Now it seems that Atlanta is really in a critical situation" After Kenny Smith finished speaking, Barkley also said with a smile, such a situation is really interesting, it is extremely rare for him, and maybe very rare for the entire NBA.

Of course, for Zhuang Fei and the Celtics, the things in the stands have something to do with the game, but the relationship is not very big, the Boston Celtics must beat the Eagles on the court if they want to win the game, which is a must, and it is precisely because of this that Zhuang Fei did not come to his own 'home field' or ' in this game. In fact, Zhuang Fei gave a must-kill order before the game, and he didn't plan to give the Hawks a chance to return to the Celtics in this series

"LeBron, look away, just get used to it, this is such an environment, maybe it doesn't change in the regular season, but it's like this in the playoffs" Looking at the team leader in front of him, the white interior of the Hawks, Wade's senior Chris Crawford also said to the aspiring rookie with some emotion, LeBron James, the player who was called the strongest high school student in high school has been one of the most famous young players in the United States a long time ago, Coupled with his background and his master who has driven almost all teams in the NBA crazy, this young player was expected by many people as soon as he entered the NBA, and such expectations were naturally greater in the Hawks, and in fact, the young man did very well, in the regular season the rookie played a rookie season in the last ten years after Duncan and Carter, and also brought the team to the second round, although his play was greatly limited in the entire second round or from the last two games of the first round.

But the trust of the entire Hawks in this young man is still there, and for this team, it is already good that they can make the playoffs, you must know that Chris Crawford never thought that he would make the playoffs this year, in this case, do they need to ask for more from this young man? Of course, it is impossible to ask for more, but for these Hawks players, James has done a good enough job, and it is also perfect enough, but James, who has always aimed at his teacher, does not think that he will be over in the Eastern Conference semifinals, when he was still in junior high school, he watched the 1999 playoff playoff Spurs and Grizzlies matchup, which was the craziest scoring performance of Carter's career, and it was also Carter's first season, facing Popovich and the Spurs who used Jordan's law madly, The Grizzlies' leading player sent five consecutive games with 40+ crazy data and also forced the final champion Spurs to a desperate situation, and compared to Carter at that time, James felt inferior at this time.

It's also a rookie season, why is the gap so big, although he has always been considered to have played the best rookie season after Carter and Duncan, but he is not to be after Carter and Duncan, he hopes to be able to be tied with these two, but from the current point of view, whether it is choked by Maddie and Jackson in the first two games or by Pat Riley in the best game in the first round, he now obviously feels that his heart is powerless, and his shortcomings are too obvious, and the playoffs are a kind of game to pinch his shortcomings, This made this ambitious young man extremely confused, so at this time he did not have too many thoughts about the defection of the fans on the spot, but was confused about his goals and reality. It's just that these Eagles players don't know at this time, and of course, even if they do, there is nothing they can do to help the young leader

"It seems that we are ready to shoot this team is right, this is not a place where we can make money, is the Atlanta Spirit Company unwilling to raise the price further" Ted Turner, the owner of the Eagles, looked lightly at the fans in the stands around him and then asked his assistant beside him.

"Yes, they're not going to raise the price anymore," the assistant said helplessly.

"Hmph, since you don't want to pay, don't blame me for selling this team to the guy from New York" (To be continued.) )