Chapter 331: Winning streak

A 16-game winning streak is not uncommon in the league. At least it is easier to record 70 wins in the regular season than three consecutive championships. There are also many teams in the league.
The problem is that the Wizards' 16-game winning streak was only achieved within October and November of the regular season.
Under normal circumstances, this time period is still when the teams are looking for status, running in lineups, and training tactics.
But the Wizards have already thrown away the other teams far away with a ridiculous momentum, and the defending champion is in an amazing state!
As a result, the eyes of the league’s numerous fans have focused on the Wizards. They want to know when the Wizards’ winning streak will end. Do they have a chance to hit the Heat’s 27-game winning streak last season? Is there even a chance to impact the Lakers to maintain a 33-game winning streak for more than 40 years?
With such curiosity, time officially entered December.
The Wizards had a total of 11 games in December. Because of Christmas reasons, the Wizards had fewer games than the other months, and the schedule was easier.
Wang Xiao started the same as the previous seasons, and purposefully "sexually" gave several starting players a rotation break.
The first game in December was against the Magic at home. Facing the bottom team in the league's current record, Wang Xiao decided to let Curry take a rest.
In the absence of Curry, the Wizards still easily won the game, expanding the winning streak to 17 games.
Later, whenever he met a weak team at home, Wang Xiao would arrange players to take a rest. George, Leonard, Thompson and others were all good, and all had a rest time.
In order to pursue the record this season, Wang Xiao did not exaggerate the large-scale rotation holiday as in previous seasons, but the necessary rotation relaxation is still needed. He is too aware of the risk of fatigue.
This season, the Wizards not only have to break the Bulls’ record of 72 wins in the regular season, but also have to win the playoffs and complete three consecutive dynasties.
Therefore, while ensuring the record, Wang Xiao still has to consider the arrangements for players to rest.
This also made the Wizards failed to continue to win in mid-December.
In a game of George's holiday, Curry and others felt bad, and the opponent felt hot on the side, all of which seemed to be All-Star players.
After losing this game, the Wizards' winning streak was fixed at 23 straight.
The Heat failed to break the Heat's 27-game winning streak last season, nor did it have a chance to hit the 33-game winning streak in the history's first consecutive win streak.
Nonetheless, the achievements of the Wizards so far are still enough to make the Wizards' "fans" excited.
Throughout the December schedule, the Wizards only lost two games, and finally continued to lead the league record with 25 wins and 2 losses.
"Washington Wizards! Unbeatable!"
At the end of December, when the All-Star vote began, the Wizards started with four people on the list. As always, Curry led the Eastern Guards vote. George won the vote for the first time and surpassed Cameron Anthony for the first time, although it was only a very weak advantage. The ballot is likely to be overtaken, but it is also the first time such a position in the Eastern Conference striker's second place.
As for the Eastern Conference striker's first place, there is no suspense, it is still LeBron James.
Thompson and Leonard also got very high votes, both ranked within the top ten of their respective positions, even close to the top five positions.
Although this ranking cannot be selected as an All-Star starter, as long as the current status is maintained, it is very likely to be called an All-Star substitute.
auzw.com If the two also become All-Stars, then the Wizards will have four players who can be selected at the same time.
The last team to make the four-man All-Star team was the Celtics. At that time, the Big Three and the Rondo four were selected, but at that time, the Big Three had passed the peak of their careers and accumulated over the years. Popularity, and his own coach is the Eastern All-Star coach.
The four of the Wizards’ players, the oldest, are only 25 years old, and they are all pinnacle players!
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With the passing of December, 2014 officially arrived.
In the first game of the new year, the Wizards faced a strong enemy and were at a disadvantage.
Portland Trail Blazers.
The Blazers haven't had any special reinforcements this summer, and the lineup is still the same as last season.
But Durant's strength is even more terrifying.
Durant, also 25 years old, is even about five months younger than Curry, who was born in March.
Without Wang Xiao's help, his progress is no slower than the Wizards, even faster!
In a summer's time, he actually developed new offensive skills, which made Leonard very difficult to defend.
On the other hand, Aldridge’s feel was also quite good in this game. George couldn’t resist it, and later replaced it with Green. It didn’t help either. Both of them were limited by their heights, and they couldn’t limit their ability to shoot long-range shots. Aldridge.
In the end, Wang Xiao had to ask Gobert to defend Aldridge, which only slightly contained his offense, but as a result, after Aldridge pulled out to the outside, Gobert had to follow out, and the Wizards inside There are fewer big men who can help defense.
Fortunately, Little Jordan is still that little Jordan.
Seeing the wrong situation, Wang Xiao decisively once again sacrificed the shark-cutting tactics, and through the endless free throws, the feelings of Durant and Aldridge gradually cooled.
Jordan's free throw percentage in this game is not bad, at least more than 50%, but not too much, for the Wizards, this percentage is completely acceptable.
Relying on the shark-cutting tactics, the team gradually narrowed the point difference, then reversed Qiankun with two consecutive three-pointers with Curry, and finally won with a slight advantage of 1 point.
After the game, some media bluntly said that the Trail Blazers must think carefully about the position of the center.
Jordan's contribution to the Blazers on the defensive end is obvious to everyone, but at the same time the drag he has formed on the offensive end cannot be ignored.
If he hasn't been able to practice free throws, the Blazers will never have any chance of winning, no matter how many finals they play with the Wizards.
Not long afterwards, the Blazers were exposed to try to trade Little Jordan. Of course, only the Blazers management knew whether the news was true or not.
In Wang Xiao's view, even if Jordan can practice free throws, or the Trail Blazers trade Jordan for a blue-collar center with a better free throw, the difference is not much.
Because of the seven games in the playoffs, Durant and Aldridge can't break out of the field.
Especially Durant, his opponent is Leonard.
This game is the first match between the two after a lapse of half a year. As the number of matches increases, Leonard will gradually adapt to Durant's progress and find a better way to limit Durant.