Chapter 514: First round G1, Bulls vs. 76ers!

8:00 PM.

United Center.

The first game of the playoff first round between the Bulls and the 76ers will begin in one hour.

The playoffs are a best-of-seven series; in a single series, there is only one opponent, and whoever wins four games first will advance to the next round.

This matchup is also the very first game of the 03-04 season playoffs.

The whole nation is expectant.

All eyes are on it.

"Boom!"

One hour before the game, the cheers in the arena were already deafening and extremely high-spirited!

"Haha!"

At the commentary desk.

Barkley laughed: "Friends in the audience, welcome to the Eastern Conference first round G1, the matchup between the Bulls and the 76ers.

This is a series with intensity that doubles that of the regular season.

This is a matchup destined to be even more spectacular.

Eastern first seed vs. Eastern eighth seed, although... the Bulls possess an absolute advantage, who doesn't yearn for a 'Black Eight Miracle'?!

Furthermore.

Unlike the regular season, in a playoff series there is only one opponent; if even a single weakness is caught, it will be infinitely magnified.

It could even be fatal.

And in the playoffs, where every game must be contested, whether it's the pressure of home and away games, or the players' motivation for the championship trophy.

Or perhaps the defensive intensity.

Everything is greatly elevated.

The 76ers are a team that just entered the Finals three years ago; they have rich playoff experience.

While the Bulls' 'Dragon Kingdom Twin Stars' are both rookies participating in the playoffs for the first time.

Although their strength is formidable, but... with 'zero' playoff experience, can they adapt to the intensity of the playoffs?

This is a point worth observing.

This means... in this series where the regular season record and strength gap seem obvious, who wins and who loses is truly hard to say.

It is completely worth looking forward to!!!"

"Exactly."

Kenny Smith nodded and added: "The biggest highlight of this series is none other than 'Prediction Master' Su Yan and 'AI' Iverson.

A duel between two great shooting guards.

Iverson is one of the 'Four Great Shooting Guards,' and Su Yan is already the 'number one active guard'; whoever performs better will dominate the series.

So who is actually stronger?

Let us wait and see!!!"

The two commentators were spirited, frantically hyping up the game.

On the court.

The 76ers' half-court practice.

The teammates gathered together, and Iverson shouted in a deep voice: "Guys, the opponent is very strong, but the opponent has no experience.

Turn up the intensity.

Turn up the playoff intensity; before they can react, before they can adapt, crush them!!!"

"Oh!"

The players agreed, their fighting spirit even more high.

The Bulls' half-court practice.

Pippen likewise gathered his teammates together, raising his arm and growling: "Brothers, we are the Eastern first seed, no, the league's number one in intensity.

Treat the playoffs like the regular season.

Don't have any pressure, and then... no opponent can defeat us; we are the strongest team.

This year.

We, who have charged into the playoffs, are heading straight for the championship.

Let's go!

Let us lift the Larry O'Brien trophy together!!!"

"Oh!!!"

The players waved their fists and roared, their eyes burning with fire; the temptation of the championship is truly too great!!!

Both teams were full of confidence.

Both teams were carrying super-charged fighting power, ready for the playoffs at any moment!!!

Soon.

Amidst the extremely high-spirited atmosphere of the arena, the warm-up ended, the real game arrived, and the starters from both sides began to take the court.

Chicago Bulls starters: PG: Hinrich, SG: Su Yan, SF: Pippen, PF: Antonio, C: Da Yao.

Philadelphia 76ers starters: PG: Allen Iverson, SG: Glenn Robinson, SF: Eric Snow, PF: Kenny Thomas, C: Samuel Dalembert.

"Jump! Ball!"

The tip-off between Da Yao and Dalembert.

Who wins?

Da Yao wins it.

Hinrich receives it and brings the ball up himself, executing the first offense of this game, and also the first of the playoff first round, for the Bulls.

'Must score, to ring in a good start for my teammates.'

Hinrich cheered himself on in his heart.

After he brought it up, under a screen from Antonio, he arrived at the right arc, wanting to pass to the cutting Su Yan, but two people were surrounding him.

He had an opening himself.

"Whoosh!"

He decisively raised his hand for a three-pointer.

What happened?

"Clang!"

It missed.

The rebound?!

Although Dalembert was 15 centimeters shorter than Da Yao, he lunged forward, frantically engaging in physical contact with him, disrupting his timing for the rebound. ===== CHAPTER 516 =====