On the 10th, Su Feng won the NBA regular season MVP for the second time in a row.

And although before this series began, Carlisle was well aware of the gap in hard power between the Raptors and the Pistons...

But when the 0-4 result appeared, Carlisle felt a little unable to accept it.

Because only God knew how much effort he, Carlisle, had put into preparing for this series.

Yet even so, the Pistons still couldn't escape the fate of being swept...

Detroit's Auburn Hills Palace.

In the fourth quarter, as the clock gradually approached zero, watching the score on the scoreboard, Carlisle's mood was mixed.

On the Raptors' side, after quickly dispatching the Pistons 4-0, Su Feng subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Because throughout this series, despite it being a sweep, the whole process felt particularly thrilling to Su Feng.

Especially in the last two games, the Raptors' winning margin was within 10 points. Therefore, with a little carelessness, the Raptors could very well have been dragged into a fifth or even a sixth game by this Pistons team.

And in that case, in the upcoming Eastern Conference Finals, the Raptors' overall state would definitely be greatly reduced.

In short, in the NBA, there are also differences between sweeps.

Unlike the first round against the Knicks, where the Knicks couldn't pose a threat to the Raptors at all.

In this semi-final series against the Pistons, in Su Feng's opinion, the Raptors won the first game due to their stamina, the second game due to their tactical changes, and as for the third and fourth games...

Well, it was really hard on Hill.

There was no other way. Back when he was teammates with Stackhouse, Su Feng had lost his mind more than once.

And Joe Smith and Hughes also lacked an upper limit on their individual abilities. Therefore, in critical moments, once Stackhouse couldn't be counted on, the Raptors only needed to defend against Hill.

In any case, after advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals with a 4-0 victory, another obstacle on the Raptors' road to defending their title this year was undoubtedly cleared.

And next, what the Raptors needed to do was to patiently wait for Auerbach to lift his Chicago typewriter and turn Larry Bird into a hornet's nest.

On the 13th, just as the news of the Raptors' 4-0 elimination of the Pistons reached Boston, Auerbach watched Bird, his "evil disciple" leading the Pacers to a 2-2 tie against the Celtics in the first two games...

Honestly, Auerbach really wanted to travel back in time and cut this guy down.

Because if Auerbach remembered correctly, it was this Bird last year who led the Pacers in the Eastern Conference semi-finals to successfully help the Raptors complete their transformation in the crucial fourth game.

And this year...

Sigh...

Never mind.

Even if Auerbach really wanted to kill Bird, he couldn't bear to.

Because if he really traveled back in time and killed Bird, then in that era, wouldn't Ervin Johnson have won 10 consecutive championships?

Alas!

It's all tears when you talk about it!

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ps: Thanks to all the handsome readers for your concern, Qiao will definitely stick to exercising and strive to become thin again soon!