NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 184 69 wins and 13 losses! The regular season is over!

The Bulls' record of 51 wins and 9 losses has a winning rate of 85%, which is quite exaggerated. If they continue to finish all the remaining games at this winning rate, then the Bulls' final regular season record will reach 70 wins!

It's a pity that this is enough to leave a name in the history of any team in the league and rank first in team history, but it can only be ranked second in the Bulls, because the Bulls once scored 72 wins and 10 wins under the leadership of Jordan. The record of losses was the first in history, and this record was not broken until the 2015-16 season by the 73-win Warriors.

Until Wang Chong traveled through time, only two teams in NBA history had achieved more than 70 wins, namely the Bulls and Warriors. It can be seen that achieving 70+ wins in the regular season is not easy.

Although the Bulls led by Wang Chong theoretically have a chance to reach 70 wins, it is unlikely that they will actually achieve it. Although the Bulls' March schedule does not have many particularly strong teams, the Western Conference rankings Basically all the strong teams at the top have been played, and the rest are some strong teams in the Eastern Conference, such as the Heat, Cavaliers, Pistons and other teams.

As the Bulls continue to get better and better, very few of these teams can pose a threat to the Bulls.
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从3月初到4月中旬，公牛队最后的22场比赛，取得了18胜4负的成绩，最终战绩定格在69胜13负上，没能突破70胜大关。

The four games the Bulls lost were to the Heat, with O'Neal and Wade both coming back. They were all hovering on the edge of the playoffs. All members were desperately trying to win tickets to the playoffs, the Warriors and the Los Angeles Clippers, as well as the regular In the final game of the game, they faced the New Jersey Nets, who were competing fiercely in the Eastern Conference and wanted to get rid of the bottom position.

In these four games, at least against the Clippers and Nets, the Bulls had hope of a comeback, but for the sake of safety, the Bulls, including Wang Chong, chose to give up.

The reason is very simple. Even if they win both games, the Bulls' record is only 71 wins. There is no way to break Jordan's record of 72 wins. This kind of record is not worth remembering at all as long as it cannot be the first in history. Just listen. It looks very powerful when it comes up.

But these two opponents were really fighting for their lives during the game, and they did not hesitate to use actions beyond the normal rules of the game in order to win, because even a victory in a game was precious to them. , enough to determine whether you can get a playoff spot.

In this case, Wang Chong will be extra careful when playing on the court, because he always remembers the Durant growth template card on his body. In terms of comprehensive durability in preventing injuries, he is only 88, which is lower than the league's top superstars. average of.

In order to get a 70+ win record, it is definitely not worth taking the risk of injury.

Not only him, but all the main players of the Bulls have been told by the coach to give priority to protecting themselves on the court, try not to get injured, and everything must be focused on preparing for the playoffs.

Therefore, in these two games, the Bulls, who were ultimately behind, failed to catch up with the score difference and achieve a lead. Unfortunately, they only achieved a record of 69 wins and 13 losses.

Using the word "only" to describe it feels a bit like Versailles.

After all, 69 wins is already the second-best record in NBA history. Looking at NBA history, only Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar have achieved this. Jordan has two chances of winning 72 and 69.

Wang Chong led a Bulls team that only had him as an All-Star before Billups joined. He was able to overcome obstacles all the way in the regular season and lead the team to a record of 69 wins. It is almost a miracle and it is really incredible.

But in fact, even the Bulls led by Wang Chong have a large part of luck in their 69-win record.

First of all, the biggest reason is that the records of the Eastern Conference teams in the 06-07 season were collectively poor. Originally, the best record in the Eastern Conference was the Pistons with 53 wins. In the entire Eastern Conference, only the Pistons and Cavaliers had more than 50 wins, and even 45 Only four teams had more than four wins. The Cavaliers were able to counterattack all the way to the finals, and their competitiveness was only evident. However, in the finals, the Cavaliers in the East were swept 4:0 by the Spurs in the West and were beaten. It is also the best proof of the disparity in strength between the two sides.

Looking back two or three years ago, there are still 60+ level teams in the Eastern Conference such as the Pistons, Heat, and Pacers to support the regular season. In the next few years, there will also be the Big Three of the Celtics with 66 wins, and the 66-win Celtics. The victorious knight.

Only in the 06-07 season did the Eastern Conference experience such a collective decline in strength that was almost like a break.

Wang Chong's Bulls can achieve a record of 69 wins, which is largely due to the fact that they have to play against teams in the Eastern Conference four times during the regular season.

In addition, the Bulls' poor lineup is also a stereotype from the outside world. In fact, the Bulls' lineup was carefully selected by Wang Chong, with strong defense as the basic plan, and its performance stability in the game is quite outstanding.

Finally, the Bulls' players are also young enough, which means that the team's main players basically have no injuries throughout the season, especially the starting five, whose average attendance rate remains above 80 games, and Wang Chong's is 82. Complete attendance at every game.

For these top teams in the league, health is also a very important factor. When O'Neal was at his peak, the Lakers' OK combination was invincible, but the Lakers' best record during their three consecutive championships was only 67 wins and 15 wins. Even after two championships, the Lakers could only rank second and third in the Western Conference regular season record. It was because the attendance rate of the OK combination during the three consecutive championships was not high enough, especially O'Neal, who basically only played in every regular season. Less than 70 games.

This is one of the reasons why O'Neal only has one regular season MVP in his career despite his exaggerated dominance.

All members of the Bulls are healthy and in good condition, which is also the key reason why the team can win 69 games.

Although in the last game, in order to seek stability, they lost an upset to the Nets and missed the opportunity to reach 70 wins, the Bulls' second-highest record in history with 69 wins is still amazing enough.

Except for the Bulls, no team in the entire Eastern Conference has a record of more than 50 wins. The Pistons, who were supposed to win 53 games, were affected by Billups' departure and ended up with only 44 wins, while the Cavaliers, who were supposed to win 50 games, ended up with only 48 wins. , and because they were swept by the Bulls in four regular season games, the final record was only 34 wins and losses.

Even with the Cavaliers' 48 wins, they still rank second in the Eastern Conference, becoming the second-best team in the Eastern Conference after the Bulls!

This should have been something that made Cavaliers fans extremely excited and cheering. After all, the Cavaliers, who had been weak for thousands of years, finally officially entered the ranks of the Eastern Conference's top teams under the leadership of James. The second record in the Eastern Conference is the best. prove.

But looking at the Bulls, whose record is 11 games better than the Cavaliers, and who also completed a sweep of the Cavaliers in the regular season, no Cavaliers fan can feel happy, because they can't see a trace of the Cavaliers' success in the season. Hope of defeating the Bulls in the playoffs.

东部八支季后赛球队，战绩从高到低，依次为69胜13负芝加哥公牛，48胜34负克利夫兰骑士，45胜37负多伦多猛龙，44胜38负迈阿密热火，44胜38负底特律活塞，40胜42负新泽西篮网，39胜43负华盛顿奇才以及38胜44负的奥兰多魔术。

The Magic qualified for the playoffs with only 38 wins, which is common in the Eastern Conference, because in the 03-04 season, the Boston Celtics, the eighth team in the Eastern Conference to enter the playoffs, had a record of only 36 wins and 46 losses. , winning two fewer games than the Magic.

However, according to this record ranking, the Magic will face the Bulls, who have the best record in the Eastern Conference, in the first round of the playoffs. The huge gap between the two teams makes the showdown no longer suspense.

In fact, not only the Eastern Conference teams have been affected by the rise of the Bulls, the Western Conference has also been greatly affected, the most obvious of which is the Dallas Mavericks.

The Mavericks, who were supposed to have the best record in team history at 06-07 in the 67-15 season, lost one game to the Bulls in the regular season, and their record became 66-16, although this was also the best record in the history of the Mavericks. A good record, but when it reaches more than 65 wins, even one more win is a huge improvement.

西部季后赛的八支球队，战绩由高到低，分别是67胜15负达拉斯小牛，60胜22负菲尼克斯太阳，58胜24胜圣安东尼奥马刺，50胜32负犹他爵士，50胜32负休斯顿火箭，43胜39负丹佛掘金，42胜40负洛杉矶湖人以及40胜42负金州勇士。

The ones worth mentioning are the Spurs and Lakers respectively. The Spurs' record is completely consistent with the original time and space. They are one of the few teams that has not been affected by the butterfly effect brought by Wang Chong. This also proves the strength of the Spurs in the 06-07 season.

The regular season only ranks third in the Western Conference. It’s not that the Spurs are really only third in the Western Conference. It’s mainly because Popovich always likes to rest during the regular season. Among the three DGPs, Duncan played 80 games in the regular season and Parker 77 games, Ginobili 75 games, and Duncan, who played the most minutes, only averaged 34 minutes per game.

In other words, during the regular season, the Spurs lost many games by letting loose, and pure record cannot reflect the Spurs' strength at all.

Only by entering the playoffs will the Spurs' true strength be revealed.

And even in the regular season, Wang Chong's Bulls did not take any advantage against the Spurs. When Duncan could easily control Chandler in the paint, the Bulls' defensive system was not very effective, and they could only win with the opponent. Compete for offensive firepower.

To be honest, even if the Bulls achieve a record of 69 wins and have an experienced player in the team, Billups, who has experience in two finals, Wang Chong has no confidence in defeating the opponent.

As for the other team, the Los Angeles Lakers, if I have to mention it, they are just watching the excitement.

Since the Lakers management traded Wang Chong to the Bulls in exchange for several outstanding players, the Lakers have been hovering on the edge of the playoffs for two consecutive seasons.

Kobe, who claimed to succeed O'Neal and become the league's No. 1 player, had impeccable personal performance in the past two seasons, but he just couldn't lead the team to win more games.

This Lakers team is not the Lakers in the original time and space. The team has many outstanding players such as Hinrich and Ben Gordon. Even Caron Butler was eventually poached by the Washington Wizards with a four-year, 4 million contract. He went to the Wizards, but the Lakers' lineup isn't particularly bad either.

Kobe led such a Lakers team and still only managed 42 wins in the Western Conference. How could he convince the public?

And what Kobe lost wasn't just the team's regular season record.

With the end of the last regular season, Kobe's average points per game were fixed at 32.4 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5.4 assists, with a shooting percentage of 46%, which is a relatively high offensive efficiency.

But this scoring data did not allow him to win the scoring title this season, because above him is Wang Chong, who averaged 33.1 points per game.

In the first half of the regular season, Kobe's average score per game has been steadily leading Wang Chong by about 0.5 points. However, in the second half of the schedule, Wang Chong began to gradually exert his strength and achieved a lead over Kobe in the scoring list.

At the end of the season, just like last season, the two also launched a scoring battle to compete for the scoring title.

But this time Kobe lost again, because the motivation between the two was not at the same level. Wang Chong had a clear goal, and the generous task rewards made him highly motivated.

On the other hand, Kobe's competition for the scoring title is just to not lose to Wang Chong. For this goal, it is obviously not a wise move to blindly take action regardless of the team's tactics at the critical moment of the playoffs at the end of the season.

After all, the competition for the playoffs in the Western Conference is quite fierce. The difference in wins between ninth and seventh in the Western Conference is only 3 games. Kobe does not dare to neglect in the slightest.

In ensuring that the team enters the playoffs and competing with Wang Chong in the scoring list, Kobe chose the former. Although entering the playoffs with the seventh record in the Western Conference is not a glorious thing, if the Lakers If he misses the playoffs, even if he wins the scoring title, he will still be sprayed all over by angry fans.

In contrast, Wang Chong does not have this concern. Although his scoring ability is actually reserved, Bulls fans will not worry about such trivial matters as Wang Chong taking too many shots and deliberately scoring points.

Moreover, the scoring champion who fails to make the playoffs is born through brushing up, and the scoring champion with the best record in the league is well-deserved.

In this way, the system task given Wang Chong achieved two goals: leading the team to achieve the best record in the league and winning the scoring title. What is left is only the best team of the season and the regular season. MVP.

There is almost no suspense about the best team. If Wang Chong, who averaged 33.1 points, 8.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game and led the team to the second-highest record in history with 69 wins, cannot be selected for the first team, then looking at the entire league, no player is qualified to be ranked among the first five. in the list.

Even the regular season MVP is not much suspense.

Currently, the only players who have a chance to compete with Wang Chong for regular season MVP are Nowitzki and Nash, because the Mavericks and Suns are second only to the Bulls in terms of record, and they are also the only three teams in the league with 60 wins this season.

But Nash has won two consecutive regular season MVP awards. In addition, the Suns' record this season has been suppressed by the Bulls and Mavericks. Nash's personal data of 18.6 points and 11.6 assists has not improved significantly compared to the previous two seasons. It is absolutely impossible to win three consecutive MVP awards. of.

As for Nowitzki, the Dallas Mavericks' record is not much different from that of the Bulls. One has 66 wins and the other has 69 wins, but the difference is only 3 games.

However, in terms of personal data performance, Nowitzki, who averaged 24.6 points, 8.9 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, is quite different from Wang Chong, who averaged 33+8+3. Especially this season, Wang Chong’s contribution on the defensive end is also visible to the naked eye. He teamed up with Chandler many times on the court to block the Bulls' penalty area, helping the Bulls become one of the strongest defensive teams in the league, with efficiency and win shares higher than those of Driver.

In addition to his personal performance, Wang Chong's influence score in the media and even the league is higher than Nowitzki's. Even if the two reference standards are similar, the league will most likely favor Wang Chong over Nowitzki.

Therefore, Wang Chong has a high probability of winning the MVP of this regular season. It is only a matter of time before he completes the random tasks issued by the system.

And with the victory of this regular season MVP, the progress of the system upgrade task will also directly increase to 50%.

Although there are still two goals of leading the team to win the championship and getting the Finals FMVP, these two goals are bound together by default. As long as the Bulls win the championship, Wang Chong will definitely be the Finals FMVP, and he is not Ku Here, the FMVP will be snatched away by others.

(End of this chapter)