pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 439 The Competition for Records

The victory proved that Barrett made the right choice in the offseason. If he stays in Chicago, his future is bound to be dark.

Today's Chicago can't regain the glory of the "Bull Dynasty". They still have to fight for the playoffs, and Barrett is already aiming for the championship.

Defeating the Chicago Bulls made the Heat's record even more dazzling. However, in the far west, there is a team's record that is gradually approaching itself.

This team is the Los Angeles Lakers.

So far, 1/3 of the new NBA season has gone on. After the winning streak was terminated, the Heat started a new wave of winning streak. Although the record of 3 consecutive victories is not amazing, it is enough to keep their No. 12 position in the league.

The Heat and the Lakers are the most popular matchup in the finals this season, so they are also very concerned about each other's records. Since the finals adopt a seven-game four-win system, the team with a better regular season record among the opponents in the finals will have one more home court, which is the so-called "home field advantage."

Home court advantage is undoubtedly very important for a game. Because playing at your own home court, you will have more fans of your own side and a more familiar game environment, so your players will be able to perform better. Therefore, both the Lakers and the Heat are eyeing the number one position in the league.

Judging from the recent game situation, the Los Angeles Lakers are in a better state than the Heat. They defeated the Philadelphia 2ers, San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks during their 76-game winning streak.

This wave of the longest winning streak of the season has put a lot of pressure on the Heat's record. If the Lakers win a certain game and the Heat lose, then the difference between their wins will be reduced to 0.5 games, and the league's first record is in jeopardy.

The arrangement of the schedule seems to be on the side of the Heat. After a wave of away trips at the beginning of the season, the Heat finally ushered in the longest home game in the schedule. It can be regarded as the two home games before.

After a relatively comfortable schedule, the Lakers will also usher in their own "devil schedule". After their last home game at Staples, they will leave Los Angeles and go to the "extremely cold place" Milwaukee to challenge the Bucks, Salt Lake City to fight the Utah Jazz and fly to Canada to play a game with the Toronto Raptors. This wave of away games will be a great test for the Lakers. "Devil's Schedule".

The gap in the schedule has relieved a lot of pressure on the Heat. In addition to the easy schedule, their opponents are relatively weak. The Sacramento Kings, who have the last record in the league, and the Washington Wizards, who are the third last in the Eastern Conference, have just entered the rebuilding season. Bigger teams can win 5 points on them too.

In the "No. [-] lottery" competition, the Warriors and the Kings are on par.

The Heat want to break the team's winning streak. These games can be easily won. The only team that may pose a threat to the Heat is the Houston Rockets. They have the league's most ferocious three-point firepower and the fastest-paced offense. If they are facing the top ten teams in the league, their scoring average will drop to 125 points, a sudden drop of 125 points, and the conceded points will reach 121 points.

This team with equally obvious advantages and disadvantages is currently ranked 6th in the Western Conference. They can win some strong teams, but they will also lose to some weak teams. "Instability" is the most obvious feature of this team.

If you want to beat the Rockets, you need to limit their offense, and this happens to be what the Heat are good at.

The Heat first defeated the Kings by 50 points, then repelled the invading Washington with 45 points from Barrett, and then pushed the Warriors to the "No.

In the previous game between the Rockets and the Heat, the Los Angeles Lakers had just lost to the "Tear City" Portland Trail Blazers. The latter scored 26 three-pointers in a single game, breaking the NBA's single-game three-pointer record maintained by the Cleveland Cavaliers, which brought the Lakers' 15-game winning streak to an abrupt end.

As the last game of the day, the game between the Heat and the Rockets was scheduled to be broadcast live across the United States. James and his Lakers, who just lost the game, will also watch the game. After all, it is a matter of record, and the Lakers still care about it.

Another important reason why this game has received such widespread attention is that the Trail Blazers broke the NBA's single-game three-pointer record. This has nothing to do with this game, but there is a strange phenomenon in the Rockets.

The reason for this phenomenon is unknown, but there is a very convincing saying that the Rockets will pay special attention to the three-pointer, so whenever an incident related to the three-pointer in the league occurs, it is like injecting a "stimulant" agent into the Rockets players, and they can play at a higher level than usual.

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