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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 2007-08 season were unable to win 22 consecutive games and ended up losing one more game than originally expected. However, this did not affect the creation of the second longest consecutive winning streak in NBA history. Before this, except for the 33-game winning streak set by the Lakers in the 1971-72 season, the longest winning streak was the Milwaukee Bucks' 20-game winning streak in the 1970-71 season.

This can be considered 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, placing it third in NBA history.

As a time traveler, Wang Chong knows that there will be two teams in the future that will surpass the Rockets' 22-game winning streak, namely the 27-game winning streak by the Big Three of the Heat in the 2012-13 season, and the 24-game consecutive wins of the Warriors led by Curry in the 2015-16 season.

Since Wang Chong has triggered monumental changes in the league, it is uncertain whether these two super teams with the best lineups in the league at that time will reappear. Therefore, the Bulls' 24-game winning streak is well-deserved as No. 1 in NBA history for the time being, and will likely remain so for a long time.

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

Continuous victories will certainly fill the team players with momentum, but each win not only accumulates fatigue but also exerts pressure on the players that shouldn't exist. The more consecutive wins, the greater the obsession with winning becomes. Players don't want to lose the game and break the winning streak, so they play more seriously and desperately on the court.

It's like the string of a bow that has been stretched to its limit and is still under constant pressure. Sooner or later, the string will no longer stretch and will break, injuring the person pulling the bow.

Wang Chong and the Bulls' goal this season is to defend their championship, not the seemingly crazy regular-season record. It doesn't matter if the Bulls win 33 straight games or break the 72-10 record from the Jordan-era Bulls; once the playoffs begin, if a team loses a single game, it will become a big joke in the league and be ridiculed for years.

This is like the Warriors, who were the general runners-up with 73 wins. Even though they enjoyed three championships in four years, their failure will be mentioned countless times and they will never be able to shake it off.

Therefore, Wang Chong is very clear about what is needed: not the regular-season record, which isn't crucial, but the final victory in the playoffs.

As long as the regular-season record guarantees that the Bulls hold the first place in the Eastern Conference and have home-court advantage in the playoffs, that will be enough.

The Bulls lost their game in Game 25, on December 17, when they played as visitors against the Boston Celtics.

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 without trouble.

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

Durant scored 27 points on 10 of 18 shooting, while Pierce scored 18 points on 7 of 11 shooting. The most unexpected was actually the Celtics' center, Al Jefferson.

Jefferson, known as the "blind evaluator" of the ball in the future league, can definitely be considered an interior player with outstanding offensive skills. Although he is short for a center, he has solid inside skills, flexible footwork, and a rich array of offensive methods.

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

Originally, the Celtics were supposed to send Al Jefferson to the Timberwolves in the trade involving Garnett, but because Wang Chong and the Bulls intercepted Garnett, Jefferson was not sent. After that, he was still considered the core of the team. He was trained alongside Durant.

In this game, Jefferson was also the best player on the Celtics' side. Against Gasol's defense, Jefferson hit 12 of 15 shots and scored 25 points with 8 rebounds, shooting at an 80% rate.

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

Although both the process and the result were somewhat surprising, the outside world was not unwilling to accept such a result. Even the Bulls' team sighed in relief. The long winning streak had put the Bulls' team on edge. This unexpected loss helped them relax.

Only the Bulls' fans were a little disappointed. After all, the team was just 9 games away from the longest winning streak in NBA history, 33 consecutive wins. If they had gritted their teeth and worked harder, wouldn't they have achieved it?

Of course, Wang Chong didn't believe that. After all, the Bulls' situation was somewhat special. The two main players, Garnett and Billups, were very young and prone to injuries in high-intensity games.

Billups had it better. He originally played 79 games in the 2008-09 season, including 77 games for the Nuggets. Not only did he help the Nuggets reach second place in the Western Conference, but he also surpassed the playoffs and entered the Western Conference Finals. In the Conference 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.

But Garnett was different. He suffered an injury that ended his season during the 2008-09 regular season and only played 57 games in the playoffs due to injury, directly leading to the Celtics' inability to defend their title. Considering the Celtics couldn't defend their title the following year, Garnett returned from injury and the Big Three still reached the Finals, having a fierce battle with the Lakers, if Perkins hadn't been injured in the sixth game. In the seventh game, without the starting center, the result was still uncertain.

Looking back, if Garnett hadn't suffered an injury that ended his season in the 2008-09 season, the Celtics' Big Three would have had the chance to win three consecutive championships and create a dynasty.

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

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

Of course, it is impossible for both of them to rest at the same time, and occasionally the absence of one of them in a game will not have such a big impact on the Bulls' combat strength, at least not when they are facing weaker opponents in the league. Especially with Garnett taking a rest and Millsap taking his place in the starting position, the Bulls' defense inevitably decreased significantly, but their offensive firepower remained unaffected and was still at the highest level in the league.

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

This led to the Bulls playing later against the Detroit Pistons and the Miami Heat, one without Garnett and the other without Billups, and successfully winning both games.

Of course, when it comes to resting, you can't do it too blatantly when there are no definitive injuries to the players. Not all teams are like the Spurs and can rest their players as clearly as Popovich.

Wang Chong's plan is to give Garnett two rests per month and Billups one rest per month. The choice of rest days is to try to avoid teams with consecutive back-to-back games or tougher opponents.

Naturally, such an arrangement will have some impact on the Bulls' record. On December 31, the last game of 2008, the Bulls lost to the Orlando Magic 104-113 in an away game, marking their second loss of the new season.

In this game, the Bulls opted to rest Garnett. Without Garnett's restrictions, Howard completely dominated the Bulls' paint. At the same time, the Magic collectively shot well from the outside, hitting 14 of 36 three-pointers. The three-point shooting percentage reached 38.9%, and the rebounds were 51-38, leading by 13 points.

Combined with the fact that the Magic had been in a tough battle at the beginning of the new season and almost knocked out, some people have noticed that the current tactical game of the Magic seems more moderate against the Bulls. It's not just Howard grabbing all sorts of rebounds in the paint. The Magic's one-star offensive system is also relatively restrained and very good defensively, especially against the Bulls' inside defense.

Of course, this is not absolute. The premise for the Bulls' loss is that Garnett rested. If Garnett had played in this game, Howard wouldn't have been so rampant.

——The 2008-09 schedule is now complete, and the 2008 calendar has ended.

The Bulls achieved a record of 30 wins and 2 losses in two months, November and December, with a win rate of 93.7%, which is just ridiculously high.

You must know that even Jordan's 72-win Bulls only had a win rate of 87.8%. Although the subsequent schedule will become increasingly difficult as players accumulate injuries and tiredness, this record is undoubtedly the best start in NBA history.

If Wang Chong leads the Bulls to a 72+ win record, the Bulls will dominate the top two with the best regular season records in NBA history.

Time has moved into January, and while the regular season continues in full swing, the annual NBA All-Star Game voting has also begun.

In this year's Eastern Conference All-Star Game voting, James ultimately did not blatantly campaign for the starting job at the guard position, but instead 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 just won the first championship of his career and is proud of himself, the drop in his personal stats 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 dropped even further.

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

As a result, Garnett has averaged just 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 stats in exchange for the Bulls' amazing current record of 30 wins and 2 losses.

Everyone knows that Garnett is no longer too old to play, but he has made more sacrifices for the team. However, with that data in the All-Star Game voting, it is inevitable that James can only take third place in the voting. advanced position.

In fact, Garnett's number of votes is not low. In the Eastern Conference, only four people, Wang Chong, Howard, James and Wade, got higher votes than him, but with Wang Chong and James in the advanced position, there is really nothing. way.

There is no chance to start the All-Star Game, but it is certain that Garnett and Billups will be selected as All-Star Game substitutes. The Bulls have an impressive record, and Garnett and Billups' personal stats are just as good. Like James, top stars like Wade are at a disadvantage compared to him, but compared to other players at the same position in the Eastern Conference, there are still no problems.

It is worth mentioning that Wang Chong finally left the first place in the All-Star Game voting.

Howard's popularity is quite high this season and the votes have skyrocketed, whether it is Wang Chong, James in the East or Kobe Bryant in the West, they all lag behind.

On the one hand, Howard is playing very well this season and with O'Neal aging, the league needs a new super center to establish himself in the league and naturally, the league praises him highly.

On the other hand, the league has changed 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 as well. Because he joined the Chinese men's basketball team and led the team to defeat the American Dream Team, he lost many local American fans. Naturally, he could not compete with Howard in terms of votes.

Wang Chong doesn't care about this, what does the All-Star Game vote champion count, will you give me money? He doesn't even belittle the All-Star Game MVP, how could he belittle such an honor that is not worth mentioning?

All-Star Game voting ends on January 19.

The final voting results were announced. Howard was voted the winner of the 2009 All-Star Game voting, while Wang Chong ranked second in the league in votes. Although he did not compete with Howard, he was still ahead of James and Kobe.

The starting lineups for the East and West 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.

--The January schedule for the Bulls began to slow down as the intensity of their opponents increased and the frequency of Garnett and Billups' days off began to diminish.

But even so, the Bulls still managed a record of 14 wins and 2 losses in January, and the overall record reached 34 wins and 4 losses, with a win rate of 89.4% if they continue to maintain this record until the end. In the regular season, they can still win more than 73 games, breaking the best record in NBA history.

However, since this is not Wang Chong's key consideration, he does not particularly care.

On February 3, in the Bulls' first game since entering February, they lost to the Houston Rockets 105:108 as visitors, marking the start of their fifth loss of the season.

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 point, has complete dominance in the penalty box, whether it's Garnett or. Little Gasol is completely unstoppable.

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