Legendary star

Chapter 815 Crazy Heat and Thunder
"The Heat finally lost, I thought they would continue to win!"

"Yeah, I didn't expect the Heat to lose to the Bulls!"

On March 2013, 3, after losing to the Nuggets at home, the Spurs did not disband directly. Tony Parker and Ginobili brought those players who did not perform well in the night game to the After practicing, the "injured" Meng Xu and Duncan were sitting in the locker room, waiting for the result of the game between the Thunder and the Wizards with head coach Popovich and a few players who didn't want to go home.

After the end of the All-Star Weekend, the Spurs entered a period of adjustment. In order to prepare for the playoffs, various "injuries" followed one after another. Meng Xu has already rested for four games because of a groin strain. , although the league executives have clearly expressed dissatisfaction with Popovich's rotation strategy, and after the Spurs' away game against the Thunder, they found an excuse to impose a fine of 10 US dollars on the Spurs, but Popovich is still going his own way. , tonight's home game against the Nuggets, Popovich took turns to rest the two main players, Meng Xu and Duncan, on the grounds of groin strain and knee soreness. However, the Spurs, which lacked two main players, lost at home today. To the Nuggets, and after losing this game, the Spurs' No. [-] position in the Western Conference is in jeopardy.

The Thunder, who were four games behind the Spurs before the All-Star Game, went crazy after the All-Star Game. After a wave of nine consecutive victories and a wave of seven consecutive victories, the Thunder has already caught up with the Spurs. Before the start of today's round of games, the Spurs' record was 53 wins and 17 losses, and the Thunder's record was 53 wins and 18 losses. Now the Spurs have lost to the Nuggets. If the Thunder can beat the Wizards, then the Spurs will give up the first place in the Western Conference location.

However, before the game between the Thunder and the Wizards is decided, another focus battle in this round, the Heat's away game against the Bulls has already come to an end. Before this game, the Heat had achieved an astonishing 27 consecutive win, so now the focus of the entire league is whether the Heat can continue their winning streak and break the Lakers' 33-game winning streak, and even the Pacers' 35-game winning streak. In anticipation, he fell at the feet of the Bulls and fixed his winning streak at 27 games.

The result of the game between the Heat and the Bulls was unexpected by everyone, because the current Bulls are really too weak. With the reimbursement of core Derrick Rose, the Bulls' record began to plummet. The Bulls, who had been ranked No. The Bulls, however, defeated the Big Three who scored 75 points at home.

"Actually, for the Heat, breaking the winning streak is also a good thing. Don't look at the 27-game winning streak, but during the winning streak, the whole team must be tight. The game will start soon, and if they keep winning streak until the end of the season, they probably won’t have much energy to play in the playoffs.” As the creator of the longest winning streak in history, Meng Xu is deeply aware of the difficulties behind the winning streak. I have experience, so in Meng Xu's view, the end of the Heat's winning streak is a good thing for the Heat. Now it is less than a month before the start of the playoffs, and the Heat still have time to adjust their state .

"That's right, look at us, we never have to worry about this kind of thing." After Meng Xu's voice fell, Duncan looked at Popovich sitting there, and said a pun. After Popovich took charge of the Spurs, regardless of the fact that the Spurs have maintained a very high winning percentage under the leadership of Popovich, they have created a record of 14+ games in the regular season for 50 consecutive seasons, but the history of the Spurs The longest winning streak is still 95 consecutive victories in the 96-17 season, and in these long 14 seasons, the number of times the Spurs have won ten consecutive victories in the regular season is one of the few.

"The game between the Thunder and the Wizards is about to end, right?" Meng Xu quickly interrupted after feeling that the atmosphere was a bit delicate, and then reminded Popovich, who was holding the remote control, to change the channel.

Generally speaking, a winning streak of more than 10 games can be achieved as long as the team is strong and the players are in good condition, but a winning streak of more than 15 games requires the right time, place and people. Not only must the team be strong, but the state must be maintained. Good, the schedule must be comfortable, and a little bit of luck is needed, both of which are indispensable, and a long winning streak will also bring great side effects. After the end, there will be a wave of losing streak, so the vast majority of teams will not blindly pursue the so-called winning streak, especially when they encounter back-to-back away games, they will basically give up selectively One of them, not to mention a coach like Popovich who is restless and crazy, so it is understandable that the Spurs don't have a winning streak. Long, and will not directly win the championship.

"The Wizards lost." Just as Popovich turned the TV screen, the game between the Wizards and the Thunder just ended. In the first three quarters, the Wizards could fight the Thunder back and forth. In the fourth quarter, it was inexplicable. In the face of the Thunder's suddenly strengthened defense, the Wizards only scored 10 points in a single quarter, especially in the final stage of the game. They didn't score a single point for as long as 5 minutes. Let the Spurs who watched the game in the locker room be a little disappointed, because after the Wizards lost to the Thunder, the Spurs will give up the No. [-] position in the Western Conference.

"Compared to last season, the Thunder seems to be stronger again this year." After the Lakers lost their competitiveness due to various internal reasons, the Thunder became the biggest opponent of the Spurs in the playoffs. The lesser James Harden went to the Rockets, but compared with last season, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook are now obviously more mature, and the Thunder's defense has improved significantly this season Progress, but these are not good news for the Spurs.

"Okay, okay, let's leave everyone, go back to rest early, and it's time to play away in two days." After the dust of the game between the Thunder and the Wizards settled, Popovich waved his hand and let the locker room All the players in the team have disbanded and went home. In fact, Popovich really wants to say that the record in the regular season does not explain anything, but after thinking about it, the Spurs have been defeated in three of the past four seasons. , So Popovich swallowed the words that came to his mouth.

"Go home!" After the head coach had spoken, Meng Xu had no choice but to get up and prepare to leave.

"Be careful, you are a sick patient with a strained groin. If you go out like this alive and be photographed by reporters, Greg will definitely be fined again." Meng Xu just tidied up his clothes and was about to walk out of the locker room , was grabbed by Duncan who was still sitting in his seat.

"I think your skin is really itchy." Popovich was a little upset when he heard Duncan say that the Spurs never had to worry about the winning streak. Now when he heard Duncan say that he was fined by the league The matter was joking, Popovich was so angry that he yelled at Duncan in front of many players who hadn't left in the locker room: "Tim, go and see if Tony and the others have finished their extra training. It’s not over, you just follow along and practice for a while.”

"It's your own fault." Seeing Popovich's feigned anger and Duncan's cowardly expression, Meng Xu hurriedly left the locker room. If Popovich burned his anger on himself, it would be bad. up.

(End of this chapter)