On the evening of the 28th, just as Su Feng was about to raise his fist, which was as big as a sandbag, to tell Little Yao that "pots are made of iron"…

What he never expected was...

That on this very night, it was Iverson who first took a stab at his colorful waist.

This game was very similar to the 00/01 season's Finals in Su Feng's memory.

Before facing the Heat, the Sixers had also just finished a Game 7, while the Heat had swept through two consecutive playoff rounds 4-0, waiting leisurely.

Also, as the main characters of the game, Shaquille O'Neal and Iverson participated in these two games respectively.

In addition, before the game, people almost unanimously favored the Heat, not the Sixers.

But in the game, unexpectedly, the Sixers and Iverson won both games.

On the court, Su Feng noticed something was wrong from the start of the first quarter.

Because they had rested for nearly a week, the Heat's main players, except for him, were obviously not in shape.

In the long river of NBA history, the reason why only the Heat had achieved the feat of winning the championship with a perfect playoff record last year was because the playoffs were not the same as the regular season.

In the 95/96 season and the 99/00 season, even the Bulls with 72 wins and 10 losses and the Raptors with 74 wins and 8 losses had suffered losses in the playoffs.

If it had been last year, before tasting the championship, perhaps this Heat team would not have made the mistake of underestimating their opponent before the game.

But now, after achieving 76 wins and 6 losses in the regular season and 24 consecutive wins in the playoffs, even the Eastern Conference Finals had become a sure thing in the eyes of the Heat players.

And this subtle change in mentality, magnified on the court, meant that the Heat could not tighten up this night.

As a result, in the game, it was the Sixers, who had just finished a Game 7, who took the initiative in this game.

In the NBA, especially in the playoffs.

It is not uncommon for a team to perform poorly in the first two games of the next series due to excessive rest.

For example, the Cavaliers in the 08/09 season.

Because they had not been tested before advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals, they were stunned by the Magic, who had narrowly advanced for two consecutive rounds, from the start of the Eastern Conference Finals.

But now the question arises.

Since too much rest is not necessarily a good thing in the playoffs, why do these strong teams still strive to sweep when facing weaker teams?

The answer is actually very simple.

That is, you can't just see the bad side of everything.

Admittedly, in games where the smell of blood is much stronger than in the regular season, it may not be a good thing to not have tasted blood for too long.

But when the strengths of both sides are evenly matched, the team that has rested more fully is still likely to be the one that laughs last.

In the past two years, Su Feng, having learned from the Raptors' failures, had been preparing for his first dynasty.

However, no matter how cautious Su Feng was, he couldn't control his teammates like controlling robots.

Eh, wait!

That's not right!

Since Su Feng had been preparing for his first dynasty, even if he couldn't control his teammates, as someone who had been through it before, he should at least know how the Sixers defeated the Lakers in the original history, right?

So now another question arises.

Why didn't Su Feng learn from the Lakers' failures?

E.

Steve Nash.

Has already led his Warriors to the Finals!

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