April 20, 2008, 4 p.m. ET, Auburn Hills Palace Arena.

In the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, the second Pistons in the East will play at home against the 76ers, the seventh in the East.

ALTHOUGH THE GAME WILL OFFICIALLY START TWO HOURS LATER, MANY OF THE FANS IN THE MOTOR CITY WHO ARE FULL OF ENTHUSIASM HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED NEAR THE STADIUM EARLY.

For no other reason, the opponent today is the 76ers, and that's it.

The Pistons and the 76ers are not too closely related to the "feud" team, but after the Chinese kid came to Philadelphia, all this seems to have changed somewhat.

The first was Chen Mu's lore declaration, and then he successfully scored a slam dunk above Wallace's head to end the game.

Then came last season, the matchup between the first in the Eastern Conference and the eighth in the Eastern Conference, the series that was said to be swept, but in the end, the 76ers desperately grabbed a victory and maintained their dignity.

Now, for the second consecutive season in the playoffs, counting before Chen Mu's arrival, in the Iverson era, the 76ers lost to the Pistons in the first round in the 04-05 season, and the 76ers lost to the Pistons in the second round in the 02-03 season, and in the last 6 years, the 76ers broke into the playoffs four times, and were eliminated by the Pistons three times.

Now, it's the fourth.

Iverson left, Chen Mu became the new symbol of Philadelphia, and the Detroit Pistons' lineup has always been relatively stable. For Motor City fans, meeting the 76ers in the playoffs is simply a symbol of warmth.

In other words, the 76ers have never beaten the Pistons in a playoff series since the beginning of the 21st century.

This time, at least in the eyes of Motor City fans, and most of the world's fans, the result is the same.

The 76ers are stronger than last year. The piston seems to have declined slightly, but in terms of strength, the piston still has the advantage.

In the 76ers' position matchup last year, Chen Mu was the only strong point, and now, maybe Iguodala also has the strength to wrestle with Prince. But when it comes to advantages, the 76ers still only have Chen Mu.

The Pistons' style of play has changed dramatically from a few years ago, Billups and Hamilton are in the prime of their careers, the power of the backcourt two-gun combination, coupled with the little prince's defensive skills, can the 76ers' young backcourt stand the test?

In the eyes of Motor City fans, this round of the series is just a little more difficult than last year's round, like playing a game with 5 dollars less at the beginning - just extend the game time.

Experts and commentators. I think so, too.

"It was a great game, the Los Angeles Lakers won at home, the Denver Nuggets didn't play well, and Iverson and Anthony were lost in the Lakers' three-high lineup. Kobe Bryant is still the same Kobe, no one can stop him, and the Lakers won the first game of the playoffs! ”

The TV station put the commentary center in Boston, and today is the second day of the playoffs, and there are two games that are more interesting.

The first game was the Lakers vs. the Nuggets. The trip to the playoffs for No. 1 in the West seemed to be off to a good start, and Kenny Smith didn't even seem particularly excited when he aired it. Apparently this result was not surprising.

Another game that will attract attention is the playoff debut of the Boston Celtics, who are first in the East and also the first in the league, can they show their dominance in front of the Hawks, who have a rebounding record? Many fans are looking forward to it.

Both of these games are the focus of everyone's attention, and it is only natural that the TV station will broadcast them, especially the Celtic debut. The live broadcast room was directly placed in Boston, which is obviously the focus of this live broadcast.

But the problem is that the timing of the two games is very different, and the game starts at 3 p.m. in Los Angeles, and the game goes smoothly. It was already over around 5 o'clock. On the Celtics side, it doesn't start until 8:30 p.m., and for more than three hours in between, you can't let Smith and Barkley talk to each other, right?

There were no other games going on at the same time, and the TV station's arrangement was simple: the middle slot was filled with games between the Pistons and the 76ers.

The so-called filling, as the name suggests, is to fill up the empty time. Although the 76ers' game has a high number of hits on the Internet, the popularity of the Chinese kid is also very high, especially among the Chinese, the Chinese kid has become a cultural symbol, second only to Yao Ming's basketball hero.

But when it comes to the excitement of the game, especially the quality of the stars, the Lakers and Celtics are the focus of most people's attention. The Pistons' record is very strong, but stars such as Billups and Hamilton are really not very attractive at the box office, and they are too unattractive for ordinary fans who watch the excitement.

Chen Mu's side of the ball is very strong, very good-looking, but the team is not strong, in addition to Chen Mu, Korver can provide a certain amount of female attention, and it is not a popular team for the time being.

So the TV station arranged it this way, after the Los Angeles Lakers game ended, Smith and Barkley chatted a few words and analyzed the connotation of the game. After the Pistons game started at 6 p.m., the camera cut over and made a connection broadcast, and when the Celtics game started, no matter whether the game here ended or not, they immediately switched signals and went all out to broadcast the Celtics game.

For this arrangement, Barkley, who has the blood of 76 people in his body, is naturally very dissatisfied.

The Celtics are the feud of the 76ers, and Barkley can't wait to eat the entire Celtics team in the pizza, and let him explain the Celtics' game is a bit reluctant. The price is still "there is a possibility of giving up the 76ers' game", which makes the fat man even more unhappy.

But there is no way, in his position, Barkley is still dedicated, although thousands of people are unhappy, they are still chatting with Smith without a word, reviewing the game that has just ended.

"Well, we see that Detroit has passed the footage of the players coming in." Smith received a reminder from the director and said, "Let's take a look at the situation over there." ”

The picture is everything, the familiar shots of the fans appeared, the bus stopped outside the Auburn Hills Palace stadium, and the players rushed down, some wore headphones to listen to music, some were silent with serious expressions, some greeted the camera friendly, and some were pulled by the team reporter for an interview.

"The Pistons are all in order, and the first game at home is not to be lost, and the players have very serious expressions." Smith said.

"This is normal, they are a strong team in this group of matchups, and if the strong team is giggling, there will be no deterrence." Barkley nodded.

"So none of the teams with you are strong teams?" Smith complained.

"you! Lao Tzu is serious, okay??? Barkley scoffed.

"It's the 76ers coming in." Smith smiled and dodged Barkley's "attack" and explained: "The 76ers still look very relaxed here, Chinese kid, Chinese kid is out." ”

Chen Mu is now the No. 1 star of the 76ers, and even the commentators pay special attention to his whereabouts.

"The whole team is very relaxed......!" After looking at it for a while, Smith sighed again: "The Chinese kid is still talking to Iguodala What are they talking about, is it a tactic......?" ”

"Possibly." Barkley also squinted his eyes for a while, the sound on the scene was not very good, and he couldn't hear what Chen Mu was saying, but from the movements of Chen Mu's hands, it seemed that he was talking about a tactical arrangement: "This tactic seems to be a bit complicated, I can't understand the gestures!" ”

"Hmm...... Left hand to the right, right hand to the left, and then back around, left hand raised, right hand on the waist......" tried to read Chen Mu's movements, Barkley was even more puzzled: "Damn, the Chinese kid is doing wool??" Is there such a complex tactical move? How does it feel like you're going to play Chinese kung fu?! ”

"I don't know if the on-site camera heard anything, or if the on-site staff can give us an answer." Smith was also puzzled, and motioned to the backstage to find out what Chen Mu was saying to Iguodala.

The two chatted a few words, probably talking about the comparison of the strength of the 76ers and the Pistons, and about five minutes later, the director's voice came through the headset.

"Well, our staff said that we have gotten the news from the front!" Smith was excited, he finally had something real to say, if he could pull out some content through Chen Mu's tactics, the next time would not be too boring, and let the audience change the channel.

As a result, the answer from the headset caused Smith to nearly pass out.

"Uh, this...... Charles, do you understand? ”

"I don't understand at all!" Barkley shook his head violently.

"I don't understand either, according to our front staff, the Chinese kid was probably saying to Andre 'The same trick is useless', mixed with some words that I don't understand very well, followed by a sentence that I don't know if it's Chinese, and then made that action." Smith cried and laughed: "I don't know if there are any viewers who know what the Chinese kid is talking about?" Is it an Eastern proverb or something? ”

"If you want me to say, he should mean 'Philadelphia won't lose twice,' or 'The 76ers won't lose to the same opponent twice,' which is a big slogan!" Barkley blows up completely shamelessly.

"So is that move tactical?" Smith asked.

"It may be, it may not be." Barkley was straight, stretched out his hand and touched his fat chin and said: "The Chinese are very particular about confusing their opponents, maybe Chen's purpose is this, to let the Pistons fall into a puzzle!" Well! It must be so! ”

"Do you need to work so hard?" Smith still couldn't believe it.

"It's the playoffs, it's war!" Barkley was very serious: "Any means are necessary!" ”

Meanwhile, Phoenix, Arizona.

"Dad, what the hell is Brother Mu talking about??"

When the baby daughter's text message came, Boss Su was laughing and his stomach was about to hurt, so he finally resisted the urge to call his daughter to explain, and replied with a text message: "Check the 'Pegasus Meteor Fist' on the Internet yourself!" (To be continued.) )

PS: Won't fail twice, absolutely not!