"The Lakers haven't lost to the Cavaliers before? What was the result? They still lost to the Cavaliers and to Tang Long. It's as if they can't beat them in the regular season but can in the playoffs!"
"How can the intensity of the regular season compare to the playoffs? In the regular season, no one plays defense, but it's different in the playoffs, especially in the Finals!"
"If the Lakers lock down their defense, besides Tang Long and James, who else on the Cavaliers can step up at critical moments?"
"You've said it all. We can't win anyway. Then let's see you on the court!"
The forum fans were arguing heatedly, showing their willingness to go all out for their favorite teams.
Regardless of what was said, the forum fans were generally older, and their arguments focused on who would ultimately win.
The fans on Tieba were younger compared to those on the forum.
Not only were fans from both sides spewing insults, but there were also haters sowing discord in the Cavaliers' and Lakers' Tieba forums by impersonating others.
Seeing both sides of fans arguing passionately, some created alts to pretend to be neutral observers. They thought they could stir up trouble online!
Then, it was discovered that this person's alt account was stirring up trouble everywhere, while their main account belonged to a Celtics fan.
"Let's attack their Tieba, brothers, gather up."
The Cavaliers fans took action.
At this moment, not only the Cavaliers fans but also the Lakers fans joined the Tieba raid.
Everyone enjoyed watching a spectacle, so naturally, someone forwarded the two posts to the Celtics' Tieba.
"Someone wants to raid our Tieba. How childish."
"Don't worry, I'll handle it."
"Let's go raid their Tieba too!"
"Are you saying we don't have anyone in our Tieba? Let them come. Let's see who raids whom!"
"That's amazing. You'd think Tang Long's fans are all brainless."
"It's over. The Tieba is going to be overrun soon."
Soon, the Celtics' Tieba also became lively, though a large portion of people didn't believe it.
Even a portion of them boasted, telling the Cavaliers and Lakers fans to come over, and they would teach them a lesson.
The excitement in the basketball Tieba quickly alerted other fan groups.
Fans from the neighboring soccer Tieba came to watch, and some particularly entertaining posts were forwarded for discussion.
In just a few hours, the number of members in the Cavaliers' Tieba surged, and the traffic was more than ten times higher than usual. This traffic was still rapidly increasing!
"Take them down!"
"Gather up, brothers!"
By more than ten o'clock at night, the popularity of the Cavaliers' Tieba had not only not decreased but was rapidly increasing.
At this point, the Cavaliers' Tieba had made it to the homepage recommendations, but at this moment, a post suddenly appeared.
"Everyone, please calm down. Those who have been defeated can only create chaos and sow discord. Don't fall for it."
Initially, people didn't pay much attention to such posts, especially since they were being scrolled through so quickly. A newly posted thread would sink within a second or two.
Just as a fan finished reading the post, they happened to notice the username of the poster.
Tang Long?!
This username was very valuable on Tieba. People would casually joke around when they saw such a username.
"The OP's username is great. This name is really valuable. I've seen other star players' usernames on Tieba too. Let me @Kobe out."
The post was quickly bumped up.
"Who @ed me?"
A humorous netizen with the ID "Kobe" appeared.
Then the thread changed. Many people tagged various star players, and eventually, they stopped limiting it to just star players; anyone famous was wildly tagged.
In just about ten minutes, this thread had thousands of replies. Every time a "god-tier" ID appeared, it would attract countless fans to watch.
The original Tieba users who were watching the fun on the Cavaliers' Tieba were numerous. Now, every time a "god-tier" ID appeared, they would return to their own Tieba to @ other Tieba members to come and watch the show.
Soon, the post had over ten thousand replies, and more and more "god-tier" IDs appeared.
Even IDs like LeBron, Mourinho, and Cristiano Ronaldo appeared in the thread.
At this point, the netizen who first saw the Tang Long ID clicked on Tang Long's profile. Normally, this wouldn't be anything significant, as there was no content. However, this person also noticed the IP address.
United States?!
This netizen couldn't stay calm.
After all, there were many "god-tier" IDs on Tieba, but matching IP addresses to usernames was not common.
He searched this ID's historical records, and there was only one entry.
It was posted when he first joined the Cavaliers, but it was late at night, and no one saw it. It was pushed down after being posted.
Seeing this situation, the netizen became excited.
With an excited heart and trembling hands!
Within the over ten thousand replies, he posted a message.
Could the OP be the real Tang Long?
"How is that possible? How would Tang Long play on Tieba?"
"It's probably some guy who registered this ID. I heard Tieba is going to take back all these celebrity IDs."
"OP, is the Tang Long ID for sale? If it is, DM me, I'll buy it."
Soon, many people replied under this post. Their consensus was generally the same: How could this be Tang Long?
Tang Long himself was also very helpless.
He had planned to go to training with the team after waking up early, but Mike Brown gave everyone a whole morning off. Tang Long was bored and decided to check some domestic news.
Some netizens accessed websites through navigation or search engines. Tang Long was clearly the type who used search engines.
As soon as he opened Baidu, he saw the Cavaliers' Tieba on the hot search index.
He originally thought that after entering the Finals, the fans would be celebrating. To his surprise, when he clicked in, he saw fans from both sides organizing Tieba raids.
He found these actions extremely childish and casually posted a thread.
After browsing some sports news from China for a while, he was about to eat something and head to the training ground. However, just as he was about to exit, countless messages immediately flashed.
Soon, the messages turned into 99+, and he couldn't even read them all.
Tang Long then realized that the post had turned into a thread where everyone was summoning "god-tier" IDs. Immediately after, he saw the ID Wang Xiaoshuai send another post, guessing if he was Tang Long.
Looking at everyone's replies, Tang Long felt a sense of playfulness and replied.
"Little friends, don't get too excited. What if I am the real Tang Long!"
Tang Long's reply was immediately besieged by countless fans.
"Pfft, how could Tang Long play on Tieba? If you're Tang Long, I'll wash my hair while standing on my head."
"Count me in!"
"If you're really Tang Long, I'll randomly give 100 Tieba users phone credit."
Not long after, the moderator of the Tang Long Tieba also replied, "You imposter, if you are Tang Long, I will give everyone who replies here five yuan in phone credit."
Tang Long glanced at the replies in this thread. There were at least several hundred people. This would only cost a few hundred yuan.
"Little friends, everyone reply, let the moderator go bankrupt today!"