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Chapter 232 24 consecutive wins, the second consecutive winning record in the league

The Bulls' winning streak finally ended at 24 consecutive wins, which is the second longest winning streak in NBA history, surpassing the 21-game winning streak set by the Rockets last year.

By the way, perhaps due to the butterfly effect, the Rockets in the 07-08 season were not able to win 22 consecutive games and lost one more game than originally, but this did not affect their creation of the second consecutive winning streak in NBA history. Record performance, because before this, except for the 1971 consecutive wins created by the Lakers in the 72-33 season, the longest winning streak was the Milwaukee Bucks' 1970 consecutive wins in the 71-20 season.

This can be regarded as the most commendable achievement of the Rockets during the Yao Mai era. Unfortunately, this achievement was broken by the Bulls' 24-game winning streak in less than a year, ranking third in history.

作为穿越者，王崇知道未来还会有两支球队陆续超过火箭队的22连胜，分别是12-13赛季热火三巨头打出的27连胜，以及15-16赛季库里率领的勇士队打出的24连胜。

Given that Wang Chong has brought about earth-shaking changes to the league, it is not certain whether these two super teams with the league's top lineups at the time will reappear. Therefore, the Bulls' 24-game winning streak is a well-deserved No. in NBA history. A two-game winning streak, and one that will remain so for at least a long time.

Wang Chong also thought about leading his team to break the Lakers' 33-game winning streak, but this is still a bit too difficult.

Continuous victories will certainly make the players on the team full of momentum, but each victory not only accumulates fatigue, but also puts pressure on the players that should not exist. The more consecutive wins, the more players pursue the game. The obsession with winning becomes even greater. I don’t want to lose the game and miss the winning streak, so I play more seriously and desperately on the court.

It's like a bow string that has been fully stretched and is still being put under constant pressure. Sooner or later, the string will no longer be stretched and break, causing injury to the person pulling the bow.

The goal of Wang Chong and the Bulls this season is to defend the championship, not the seemingly crazy regular season record. No matter whether the Bulls win 33 games in a row or break the 72-10 record of Jordan's Bulls era, once the playoffs this year If a team loses a game, it will become a big joke in the league and will be ridiculed for many years.

The two teams had played against each other at the beginning of the season. At that time, Wang Chong easily controlled Durant, and the Bulls also won the game smoothly.

With the benefit of hindsight, if Garnett had not suffered a season-ending injury in the 08-09 season, the Celtics' Big Three would have had a chance to win three consecutive championships and create a dynasty.

This is like the 73-win overall runner-up Warriors. Although they have enjoyed three championships in four years, their failure will be mentioned countless times and they cannot be shaken off.

But Garnett was different. He suffered a season-ending injury during the 08-09 regular season and played in 57 games. He did not play a game in the playoffs due to injury, which directly led to the Celtics' failure to defend their title. Considering that the Celtics failed to defend their title. The following year, Garnett returned from injury and the Big Three were one year older. They still made it to the Finals and had a fierce battle with the Lakers. If the main center Perkins was not injured in the sixth game, In the seventh game, without the main starting center, the outcome is still uncertain.

Especially with Garnett taking a rest and Millsap taking his place in the starting position, the Bulls' defense will inevitably decline significantly, but their offensive firepower has not been affected at all and is still at the top level in the league.

Only the Bulls fans are slightly disappointed. After all, the team is only 33 games away from the longest winning streak in NBA history of 9 consecutive victories. If they grit their teeth and work harder, wouldn't they have achieved it?

Of course Wang Chong doesn't think so. After all, the situation of the Bulls is somewhat special. The two main players, Garnett and Billups, are both very young and are prone to injuries in high-intensity games.

But in the second meeting, the Green Army played very well.

Therefore, Wang Chong knows very clearly what he needs, not the regular season record, which is not very critical, but the final victory in the playoffs.

In this game, Jefferson was also the best performer on the Celtics side. Facing Gasol's defense, Jefferson made 15 of 12 shots and scored 80 points and 25 rebounds with a shooting rate of 8%. .

The Green Army also relied on the performance of Durant and Jefferson to defeat the Bulls 126:118, ending the Bulls' winning streak.

The Bulls lost the game in Game 25, on December 12, when the Bulls played away against the Boston Celtics.

Of course, it is impossible for the two to rest at the same time, and occasionally the lack of one of the two in a game will not have that big an impact on the Bulls' combat strength, at least not when facing some weaker opponents in the league. So passive.

Although both the process and the result are somewhat surprising, the outside world is not unacceptable to such a result. Even the Bulls team breathed a sigh of relief. The long winning streak has made the Bulls team tense. Knowing when it would suddenly break, this unexpected failure made them relax.

After the winning streak ended, the Bulls immediately began to take turns arranging consecutive breaks for Garnett and Billups to give the two veterans a chance to rest and relieve fatigue.

Billups was better. He originally played 08 games in the 09-79 season, including 77 games for the Nuggets. Not only did he help the Nuggets achieve second place in the Western Conference, but he also made it through the playoffs and entered the Western Conference. In the finals, he played a total of 16 games in the playoffs and averaged 20.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 6.8 assists per game. He was in pretty good shape.

As long as the regular season record ensures that the Bulls are ranked first in the Eastern Conference and have home court advantage in the playoffs, it is enough.

Originally, Al Jefferson was supposed to be sent to the Timberwolves by the Celtics in the trade involving Garnett, but because Wang Chong and the Bulls intercepted Garnett, Jefferson was not sent. After leaving, he was still regarded as the core of the team and was trained together with Durant.

Jefferson, who is known as the ball-blind evaluator in the future league, can definitely be regarded as an inside player with outstanding offensive ability. Although he is short for an inside center, he has solid inside skills, flexible footsteps, and considerable offensive methods. Rich.

Wang Chong knows better than anyone else the impact that injuries to key players will have on the team, so he attaches great importance to this.

杜兰特18投10中得到27分，皮尔斯则11投7中砍下18分，而最意想不到的，其实是凯尔特人的中锋艾尔.杰弗森。

This allowed him to average 23 points and 11 rebounds per game during the regular season at his peak.

As for Billups taking a rest, Sessions can barely take over.

This led to the Bulls subsequently playing against the Detroit Pistons and the Miami Heat. One game without Garnett and one without Billups, they successfully won both games.

Of course, when it comes to resting, you can't do it too blatantly when there are no definite injuries to the players. Not every team is the Spurs and can be as undisguised as Popovich. Directly arrange players to rest.

Wang Chong's plan is to give Garnett two rotations a month, and Billups one time a month. The rotation choices are to try to avoid teams with consecutive back-to-back games or more difficult opponents.

<divclass="contentadv">Such an arrangement will naturally have some impact on the Bulls' record.

On December 12, the last game of 31, the final game, the Bulls lost to the Orlando Magic 2008:104 in an away game, losing the second game of the new season.

In this game, the Bulls chose to rest Garnett. Without Garnett's restrictions, Howard completely destroyed the Bulls' penalty area. At the same time, the Magic fired collectively from the outside. In the whole game, they made 36 of 14 three-pointers and hit three-pointers. The shooting rate reached 38.9%, and the rebounds were 51:38, leading by a full 13 points.

Combined with the fact that the Magic were in a tough battle at the beginning of the new season and almost overturned, some people have realized that the Magic's current tactical play seems to be more restrained against the Bulls. It is not just Howard who is grabbing all kinds of rebounds in the penalty area. The Magic's one-star offensive system is also relatively restrained and very good at defense, especially the Bulls who defend inside.

Of course, this is not absolute. The premise for the Bulls to lose is that Garnett takes a rest. If Garnett plays in this game, Howard will not be so rampant.

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The schedule of the 08-09 season is up to now, and the 2008 schedule has been completed.

公牛队11月12月两个月内取得30胜2负战绩，胜率高达93.7%，高的简直离谱。

You must know that even Jordan's 72-win Bulls only had a winning rate of 87.8%. Although the subsequent schedule will become more and more difficult as players accumulate fatigue and injuries, this does not prevent the Bulls from becoming the most likely to break the NBA. Possibility of the best regular season record in history.

If Wang Chongzhen leads the Bulls to a record of more than 72 wins, the Bulls will dominate the top two with the best regular season records in NBA history. What kind of ranking is that?

Time has entered January, and while the regular season continues to be in full swing, the annual NBA All-Star voting has also begun.

In this year's Eastern Conference All-Star voting, James finally did not shamelessly campaign for the starting spot at the guard position, but participated in the voting as a forward. However, in Garnett's second season in the Eastern Conference, his popularity has already increased. There is no way to compete with James.

Although Garnett has just won the first championship of his career and is proud of himself, the decline in his personal data is an indisputable fact.

Especially this season, with more focus on the defensive end and the emergence of two inside players, Gasol and Millsap, Garnett's ball rights have been further reduced.

If last season Garnett put 50% of his energy on the defensive end and 50% on the offensive end, then this season Garnett only put 30% on the offensive end and 70% on the defensive end.

As a result, Garnett has averaged only 15.6 points and 8.8 rebounds per game in the regular season so far this season, which is the lowest since his rookie season.

Garnett sacrificed his personal data in exchange for the Bulls' current astonishing record of 30 wins and 2 losses.

Everyone knows that Garnett is not too old to play anymore, but has made more sacrifices for the team. However, with such data in the All-Star voting, it is inevitable to lose in the voting. James can only be ranked third in the forward position.

In fact, Garnett's number of votes is not low. In the Eastern Conference, only four people, Wang Chong, Howard, James and Wade, had higher votes than him. But with Wang Chong and James at the forward position, there is really no way.

There is no chance of starting the All-Star game, but it is a sure thing that Garnett and Billups will be selected as All-Star substitutes. The Bulls have an impressive record, and the personal data of Garnett and Billups are only as good as James. , a top star like Wade is at a disadvantage, but compared with other players at the same position in the Eastern Conference, there is still no problem.

It is worth mentioning that Wang Chong finally stepped down from the top spot in the All-Star voting.

Howard's popularity has been quite high this season, and his votes have skyrocketed. Whether it is Wang Chong, James in the East, or Kobe Bryant in the West, they are all left behind.

On the one hand, Howard is playing really well this season, and with O'Neal aging, the league needs a new super center to gain a foothold in the league, and he is naturally highly praised by the league.

On the other hand, the league has modified the voting mechanism, and it has been difficult to take advantage of the relatively large number of Chinese fans. Neither Wang Chong nor Dayao can win the most votes in the league as they did in previous years, and Wang Chong also Because he joined the Chinese men's basketball team and led the team to defeat the American Dream Team, he lost a lot of local American fans. Naturally, he couldn't compete with Howard in terms of votes.

Wang Chong doesn't care about this. What does the All-Star vote champion count? Is it a trophy? Will you give me money? He doesn't even look down on the All-Star MVP, how could he look down on such an honor that is not worth mentioning?

All-Star voting ends on January 1th.

The final voting results were announced. Howard was elected as the 2009 All-Star vote winner, while Wang Chong ranked second in the league in votes. Although he did not compete with Howard, he was still higher than James and Kobe.

The starting lineups of the Eastern and Western All-Stars are from the Eastern Conference: Iverson, Wade, James, Wang Chong and Howard.

West: Paul, Kobe, Stoudemire, Duncan and Dayao.

All-Star Weekend is in mid-February, and the host venue is Phoenix.

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The Bulls' schedule in January began to decline as the intensity of their opponents increased and the frequency of Garnett and Billups' rest days began to decline.

But even so, the Bulls still achieved a record of 1 wins and 14 losses in January, and the overall record reached 2 wins and 34 losses, with a winning rate of 4%. If they continue to maintain this record until the end of the regular season, they can still win more than 89.4 games. record, breaking the best record in NBA history.

However, since this is not Wang Chong's key consideration, he doesn't particularly care about it.

2月3日，公牛队进入2月份后的首场比赛，便在客场105:108输给休斯顿火箭，迎来本赛季的第5场失利。

The Rockets with Dayao have always been one of the teams in the league that can pose a threat to the Bulls. After all, Dayao, who is still healthy at this time, is full of dominance in the penalty area, whether it is Garnett or Small. Gasol is completely unstoppable.