Chapter 511 End of regular season + Lakers 74 wins

   After playing the Blazers, we entered the All-Star Weekend.

  The venue of this All-Star is New York, Madison Square Garden.

   That night, Lao Wang contacted Lao Hu and Dazhi and asked them to go to New York to meet, and then contacted Dayao again.

   Dayao has become the main center of the Georgetown University team this season. Because of his young age, his playing time is limited to 25 minutes, averaging 17 points and 8 rebounds per game.

   This performance is already very good. The NCAA has a round of 30 seconds, the pace is very slow, it only takes 40 minutes, and the average is only about 60 to 70 points per game. Dayao's score has accounted for 25% of the team's score.

   After last season, he became a star player at George University, and all teams in the NBA are watching his growth.

   And this season, as he continues to grow, because of the popularity of the NCAA, he has a great reputation in the United States.

Now that we are about to enter the March Madness of the NCAA, the Georgetown University lineup is still not enough. higher than the NBA.

  Dayao wants to prepare for the game and fight March Madness with all his strength, so he has no time to go to New York, so Lao Wang can only give up.

   On the morning of the 5th, he took Yu Feihong, Dabao, Kobe, Richmond and other people to New York. After flying for six hours, he took off at 9:00 a.m. and arrived at the airport at 3:30 p.m.

Although he can't intervene in the K-era sports culture company now, or even in the management of the K martial arts hall, the brothers in the K martial arts hall can still be instructed. Also majestic and full of style.

   "Kobe, Mickey, we have to go to the martial arts gym first, you go to the hotel first, I'll be there in a while, and we'll have dinner together." Pharaoh said.

   He arranged a car for Kobe and Richmond to send them away, and his family followed Wang Tieshu to the branch.

   "Brother Tieshu, how is your business recently? The Los Angeles side is doing okay, taking a lot of business from Koreans and Japanese." Pharaoh asked when he got into the car.

Wang Tieshu said with a smile: "After the restructuring, the martial arts hall specializes in martial arts promotion and has a dedicated management team. How can we not make some achievements? It's not bad. Our current business is three times that before the restructuring, and it is still developing rapidly. middle.

   Like Los Angeles, we are also stealing business from Japanese and Koreans. In addition, the Chinese are the big ones, and we have also set up a youth class, and many Chinese children are sent to learn martial arts. "

   "Oh, that's good." Old Wang smiled.

   When I came to the martial arts hall, I saw that there were students in the training ground of Nuoda who were learning martial arts. There were adults and children, and there were all kinds of people.

   "Wow, look, it's old K!"

   When a few people went in, there happened to be some adults with their children signing up, and when they saw him, they shouted excitedly.

   "Hey, how are you!" Old Wang also greeted quickly.

   Dabao saw so many children, although they were much older than him, but he was very excited and struggled to go down. Yu Feihong let him down, and ran to the group of children.

However, the youngest of the group of children are all seven or eight years old, and they are basically boys. Obviously, they can't play with a little kid, and they don't pay much attention to him. A little girl about ten years old squatted down and pulled his The little hands played.

   "Baby, what's your name?"

   "Big Treasure."

   "Hee hee, Da Bao is so good! You call me Sister Qian Qian."

"elder sister."

   "Sister Sissi."

   "Cissy."

"whee…"

  …

  The family stayed in New York for a few days and returned to Los Angeles on the 9th.

Pharaoh's current attitude towards the All-Star Game is to play. When he appeared on the show, he played a set of tiger boxing in Xingyi boxing. This boxing method reached the realm of small success a few years ago. He hasn't practiced much in recent years. Regressed, but it also made the tiger aroused and won a lot of prizes.

After the All-Star Game, the regular season entered the second half, and teams that wanted to hit the playoffs began to exert their strength. Some strong teams that ensured the playoffs began to strengthen their rotations to make physical reserves for the playoffs, such as the Spurs and other rotten teams. The team continued to falter.

  Pharaoh returned to Los Angeles. In the afternoon, he took his suitcase to the team rendezvous, and then went to Portland.

   No. 10, the Lakers challenge the Blazers away.

   This is the third regular season game for the two teams, with the Lakers winning the first two games.

   Duncan's weight gain has been going on for almost two months, and now the tonnage has reached 120 kilograms, and his fighting ability has improved a little.

The weight gain plan that Pharaoh gave him is divided into two phases. According to Duncan's idea, the first phase is during the regular season, and the weight is increased to 121 kilograms. The second phase is the offseason, and the weight is increased to the target tonnage. Like Kobe, one Completed two phases of weight gain per year.

  The first phase of weight gain is to increase the weight of the lower limbs. First, strengthen the protection of the lower limbs. The next phase of weight gain is the strength of the upper limbs and core.

   "Haha, old K, I'm right, don't talk too much, don't brag too much, this time you lost, right?"

   After the game, the big dream who won the game is very happy and authentic.

  Duncan stood aside with a silvery smile on his face.

  He scored 26 points and 10 rebounds on Pharaoh today, shooting 51%. Although it is still not as good as normal, it is much better than the previous two games.

  Pharaoh said angrily: "Mickey, Kobe and I spent a total of ten hours on the plane yesterday, and we are completely in no state. You are invincible in this game."

   He made 11 of 24 shots, less than 50% from the field, 3 of 11 free throws, and only scored 25 points. He was not as good as Duncan, only grabbed 12 rebounds, and his defensive performance was average.

Kobe and Richmond are the same. From New York to Los Angeles and then to Portland, it takes a few more hours to fly than Da Meng and Duncan, and their physical fitness is greatly affected. In a state like the Lakers, where are the pioneers who play at home opponent?

   To play against a super-strong team like the Blazers, let alone such a state, a little bit of the state is not enough, and the entire team needs to be in good shape to have a chance to win.

   "If you lose, you lose, can't you afford to lose?" Da Meng said disdainfully.

   "I'll blow you up again after the game." Old Wang stared.

  39 wins and 7 losses, the Lakers rushed back to Los Angeles overnight, ready to fight back to back against the Warriors.

  I slept for a while on the plane, and when I got home, Pharaoh fell asleep, woke up at noon the next day, and rushed to the team for recovery training in the afternoon. In the evening, he led the Lakers to blast the Warriors without letting the Lakers lose a losing streak.

   Next, with a fairly solid lineup, the Lakers continued to maintain their strength while strengthening their rotation. In the rest of February, they played a wave of 8 consecutive victories, plus the Warriors, it is 9 consecutive victories.

   12 games in February, 11 wins and 1 loss, the current record is 48 wins and 7 losses, ranking first in the Western Conference and first in the league.

  The Pacers injured Ewing, their record has declined, and they lost the league's No. 1 throne.

   Although the Celtics did not suffer from major injuries, the team had two wave shot kings on the perimeter, and their record began to decline.

After   Dream, Shaquille O'Neal, and Postman returned from injury, the Trail Blazers, the Knicks, and the Jazz's record began to stabilize.

The records of several teams are similar. Although they all want to take advantage of the home court in the playoffs, one is a veteran and the other is a heavy center, but they have reservations in the second half. Preparing for the playoffs.

   Although the postman is an iron man, he is actually not too young. He is 35 and a half years old, and Stockton is almost 36 years old, so the Jazz have also strengthened their rotation and have reservations.

After dozens of regular season games, the Lakers’ tactical system has initially come out. The internal and external cooperation between Richmond and Pharaoh is getting better and better. Kobe’s wave-casting problem has been further cured by Pharaoh, and the efficiency is stable at around 47%. It can be regarded as the main position.

Pharaoh also began to prepare for the playoffs, reducing some shots. Although his physical fitness has reached 105, the playoffs this year must be very difficult. It is very difficult to pass the two levels of the Jazz and the Blazers. The speed of sound is not weak, and it is not easy to encounter, so I dare not consume too much physical energy in the second half.

   However, the hard power of these strong teams is there. When they meet ordinary teams, even if they have reservations, they basically win. Only when they meet each other, it is hard to say whether they win or lose. It is also possible to let each other go.

On the 28th, the Lakers came to New York from Minnesota.

  On March 1, the Lakers played away to the Knicks, which was also the second and last game of the regular season between the two teams this season.

   The Lakers lost the last game. In this game, Pharaoh doesn’t want to lose again.

  O'Neal doesn't want to lose either. Since he wants to occupy a place in the age of giants, he can't avoid Pharaoh, so he also broke out at both ends of the offense and defense in this game.

Pharaoh scored 44 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 blocks, with a shooting rate of 58.5%. O'Neal scored 35 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks, with a shooting rate of 54.2%. The two basically formed a mutual explosion. Remember the big hat, in general Lao Wang is a little cheap, but not big.

   But Jordan's hand was average today. The two behemoths were fighting on the inside. He only made jumpers from the outside and scored 26 points with a shooting percentage of 44%.

Richmond was still defended enough by Jordan, but he also scored 18 points, while Kobe scored 24 points when Jordan focused his defense on Richmond. Win the Knicks by 6 points.

   In this game, although the Knicks lost, O'Neal performed well and was recognized by New York fans and the media.

  Jordan is also very satisfied with O'Neal's performance. If he can play such a performance in the finals, he feels hopeful this time.

Pharaoh is very surprised by O'Neal's performance. This big shark has completely played the shark's flexibility and ferocity today, even ferocity. All kinds of center skills have become more mature. This guy has really improved and can stand by him. The opponent competed with him. It seems that it is not just him who has improved, but also his opponent.

Phil Jackson is also very happy with O'Neal's performance. Last time he played against the Lakers, he felt that O'Neal's tonnage was small and his dominance was weakened. He considered making O'Neal gain weight, not fat, but muscle. Jordan didn't support his idea and gave up anyway.

  Jordan believes that as long as the current sharks strengthen technical training, there is still room for improvement in their strength. If they gain weight, their mobility will inevitably be reduced, and their physical fitness will also be weakened. There will be weaknesses in dealing with the old K, but it is not as good as it is now.

  In the end, under the impetus of Jordan, O'Neal strengthened his technical training. After one season, his strength is now much stronger than at the beginning of the season, which is why he can explode with old K.

  O’Neal is even happier. In addition to his technical progress, he feels that his physical fitness has been enhanced now, which is better than that at the beginning of the season, which makes him more competitive with the old K.

   On March 6th, the regular season of each division of the NCAA ended.

  It is a pity that Georgetown University, where Dayao is located, failed to reach the finals of March Madness again.

   On March 11, the Lakers played four games against the Trail Blazers.

   Previously, the Lakers had another wave of consecutive victories, and now they still have seven losses. This home game against the Blazers is also inevitable.

  Unfortunately, Richmond and Kobe didn't feel good, while the opposite Momoko and Ryder were just the opposite, so in the end the Lakers lost the game, and the two teams were tied with two wins and two losses.

   However, Pharaoh suppressed Duncan again, not only scored 46 points on his head, but also prevented Duncan from making 6 of 16 shots, with a shooting rate of only 37.5%.

   But he can only guard one, and the big dream side is old and strong, blasting 32 points, knocking out the opponents Teilon Hill and Danny Fortson.

  53 wins and 8 losses, the Lakers are still the first in the league.

   At the end of March, Pharaoh took his family to Phoenix to watch the Arizona Diamondbacks' first MLB game.

  Old Colangelo has built a star lineup, and his strength is really good. In the first game, he created 7 home runs and defeated his opponent.

   After staying in Phoenix for two days and one night, he and Phinea took Dabao to the banquets held for them by the Colangelo family and the John family respectively.

After Mrs. John received a large number of orders from the K-era trading company, she set up a trading company. Now it has become a stable and high-quality supplier of the K-era trading company. The stable and continuous profit has allowed her family to get With a chance to breathe, the vitality also began to slowly recover.

   Next, the Lakers' opponents didn't have any strong teams, and they won a 21-game winning streak to the end. On April 19, they ended the regular season of the 97/98 season with a record of 74 wins and 8 losses and the first in the league.

With   74 wins, the Lakers created regular season history with a winning percentage of 90%.

And this season, the other five championship-level teams did not disappoint. Although the Knicks, Pacers, Trail Blazers, and Jazz all suffered injuries, only the Celtics did not suffer major injuries, but these five All teams have a record of 60 or more wins.

   Among them, the Knicks won 68, the Celtics won 64, and the Pacers won 60.

  The Western Trail Blazers got 69 wins and the Jazz got 68 wins.

   In a single season, there were six teams with 60 wins. This season can be said to be the most competitive season in league history.

   All fans, league management, and all team owners are looking forward to the upcoming playoffs.

  Fans look forward to seeing intense games, and management and owners look forward to an even hotter playoff market.

  Wang Tiejun played in 75 games, injured 7 games, averaged 38.5 minutes, 38 points, 17.4 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 1.2 steals, 4.3 blocks, 1.9 turnovers and 2.9 fouls.

  Scoring, rebounding, and blocked shots. He continued to defend these three data kings, winning the rebounding and scoring champions for three consecutive years, and the blocking champion for two consecutive years.

The Lakers’ offensive and defensive system came out in the second half of the season. The team’s strength has improved. Everyone needs to shoot and perform, and the offense needs to be balanced. He can’t win the championship alone, so he has fewer shots, fewer points, rebounds and assists. Blocking stats have improved.

Averaged 25.4 shots per game, up from 24.5 last season, hit 62.2%, up from 61.2% last season, averaged 10.1 free throws, up from 9.5 last season, hit 62.5%, down from last season of 63%.

   In order to compete for MVP this season, he still maintains a high shot, not only in the center position, even in all positions, his shot is one of the best in the league, and it is also the most shot in six seasons.

A high shot means high consumption. He is ready. Starting from next season, he will reduce his shot. First, he will reduce physical consumption and maintain a longer peak period. Second, Kobe should also be stronger next season. Add some shots.

   This season, O'Neal averaged only 19 shots per game and only 28.9 points per game. Jordan also only took 21 shots per game, and their physical consumption was smaller than his.

In addition to him, the Lakers, Richmond, after the torment at the beginning of the season, began to play normally, averaging 18.8 points per game and shooting 45%. Although the score has dropped a lot from last season, there is no way. With so many shots, other people's shots will definitely be affected.

   Kobe averaged 17 points per game, and his shooting percentage was better than Richmond's, reaching 47.1%. Among the main players, he was the most efficient outsider.

   Not counting marginal players. Among the main rotation players, he is lower than Pharaoh, 48% lower than Chris Mullin, 49.8% of Tyron Hill, and 47.2% of Rick Fox.

   (end of this chapter)