NBA: Start the water cooler and reach the Hall of Fame

After the All-Star Game, the most intense schedule of the entire regular season begins.

The playoff teams are starting to improve their record and prepare for the upcoming playoffs, while the tank teams are playing crazy and preparing for this year's draw. Both sides have a bright future.

Due to the absence of the team's starting point guard Hinrich, head coach Sanders had to put substitute point guard Kenny in the starting lineup.

But this Kenny is not young, and is older than Hinrich. Second, his own level is limited, and he is completely unable to replace Hinrich.

At his peak, he was a guard averaging 10 points and 4 assists per game. Now that he has gotten older, he can only dribble for half the court.

So Li Kaiming, who had been paddling for most of the season, had to step up and take on most of the organizational work. In the first game after the All-Star Game, his opponent was the Raptors team of his good brother Elliott Williams. With a height of 210cm, he played the role of a point guard on the court. In the end, he scored a triple-double of 42 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists.

In the first game after the All-Star Game, Li Kaiming scored a 40+ triple-double, which made many media begin to turn their attention to him again.

After all, the regular season MVP this season is either Li Kaiming or Kevin Durant. Now that Li Kaiming has performed brilliantly at the end of the season, he will definitely impress the judges in the final selection.

That's not to say that performance in the first half of the regular season isn't important, but it's just human nature.

After all, people are always deeply impressed by what they have just experienced. The longer it takes place, the corresponding memories will fade.

But just when Li Kaiming thought he could lead the Wizards forward, an accident happened again!

During the team training on the rest day.

The tactical drill was completed, but Sanders seemed not satisfied with the players' performance, so he held the tactical board in his hand and shouted loudly at the court!

"You all should be serious, don't give me a fool, this is training! Do you understand? You are not serious in training, how can you be serious in the game? You..."

Sanders's voice suddenly stopped, Li Kaiming turned around to look, and then his expression changed drastically!

"Philip! Philip! Someone come quickly!"

The assistant coach who was originally standing next to Sanders was squatting on the ground. Sanders, who had been scolding the Wizards players just now, had fallen into his arms and was unconscious!

The entire training ground suddenly became agitated. Some people went out to call for help, while others contacted the ambulance.

Li Kaiming and others quickly gathered around. The assistant teacher felt his pulse and breathing with his hands, and found that these two items were only a little weak, and he was slightly relieved.

Then the team doctor heard the sound and rushed over. After a simple examination, he shook his head at everyone.

"The breath is a little weak, and it should not be life-threatening for the time being. We still need to go to the hospital for a checkup to see what the specific situation is..."

After a while, the ambulance arrived, and everyone carried the unconscious Sanders into the ambulance. Then he was accompanied by the team doctor and vice president to the hospital. The remaining people continued training under the leadership of the chief assistant coach.

But after Sanders fell into a coma, everyone on the team was preoccupied and training was half-hearted.

When the assistant coach saw this situation, he didn't bother to care about it. He was also very upset because of this matter!

The most taboo thing for championship teams is changes in the originally stable lineup, such as injuries to important players or a temporary change of team coach.

Because these all mean a series of issues such as lineup readjustment, tactical adaptation, and running-in, etc., which all take time.

Even if these changes are to occur, it is best to happen in the offseason, so that the adjusted team has enough time to adapt and adjust.

The sudden injury of Hinrich, the starting point guard, has already dealt a blow to the Wizards. Fortunately, Li Kaiming can do part of the point guard's work, so the impact of Hinrich's injury can be minimized.

But now there is a problem with the team's head coach. No matter how good Li Kaiming is, he can't take over the head coach's job. He specializes in the field, not to mention that Sanders has coached for more than 20 years and has championship experience. old coach.

To put it bluntly, any head coach in the league might not be able to replace Sanders.

If something goes wrong with Sanders, it will undoubtedly be a bolt from the blue for this Wizards team that aims to win three consecutive championships!

Seeing that his teammates were also a little confused, after the training, Li Kaiming called his teammates together and said, "Brothers, no matter what happens to Philip, our determination to win the championship will not change. The results haven't come out yet, so don't take it easy." We are in chaos, we must always be united, no difficulty can defeat us!”

Looking at Li Kaiming's determined eyes, the others relaxed a little.

Li Kaiming stretched out his hand and looked around at his teammates, "Don't forget, we are born for the championship!"

All the hands of the Wizards were on Li Kaiming's hand, "Let's go! Wizards!"

However, what surprised Li Kaiming was that Sanders, who looked very serious yesterday, actually appeared at the team's training ground the day after he was in coma, and he looked very good.

"Philip, are you okay?"

Sanders smiled and joked, "I'm only 59 years old. Do you still expect me to see God?"

Li Kaiming looked at Sanders again and again, and then he felt relieved after confirming that there was nothing wrong with the latter. The team's management is still very strict, and everyone must obtain permission from the team doctor before appearing on the court.

Although this is the code of conduct for the players, an important position like the head coach should have a similar supervision mechanism...

Sanders' return has allowed the Wizards to return to normal again. Although Hinrich is missing this important main force, Li Kaiming's playing time has increased, allowing him to perfectly make up for Hinrich's function.

After the All-Star Game in February, Li Kaiming's average playing time suddenly increased from the previous 30 minutes to 36 minutes. Along with this, his basic data also increased.

全明星赛前场均28分14.6篮板8.9助攻3盖帽2抢断，全明星赛后二月剩下的所有比赛，李凯明场均三双，能得到38分13篮板14助攻3盖帽2抢断！

At this time, many American fans and basketball commentators realized that even Li Kaiming averaged 33.6 points per game in his rookie season. Now that he has become stronger, how could he lag behind others in terms of statistics? It's possible that he just doesn't want to fight like that.

Of course, in addition to the growth in personal basic statistics, after the All-Star Game, the Wizards once again won consecutively until March, directly slapping those guys who said that Li Kaiming could not lead the team to win in the face!

And Li Kaiming is well-deserved as the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for February!

On the contrary, Kevin Durant, who performed extremely well last month, actually did not even get the Player of the Month award this month. He was awarded by Clippers forward Blake Griffin, who averaged 30 points per game in February. 10.7 points, 3.8 rebounds and assists are well deserved.

With the last month and a half of the schedule left, the Wizards are making great progress.

Winning streak, winning streak, winning streak!

As time goes by, the Wizards have become the focus of all sports media!

There is no other reason than that the Wizards are so good at playing!

"The current NBA regular season win record was set by the Chicago Bulls in 1996 with Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman. There are still 14 games left before the end of the regular season. The Wizards currently lose After losing 6 games, as long as they win 14 of the 10 games, they can tie the Bulls' best record in history, and as long as they win 11 games, they can exclusively enjoy the best record in NBA regular season history!"

"Whether it is to pay tribute to our predecessors or to create history, let us wait and see!"

"According to Li Kaiming's temperament, he will never succumb to others. I think it will be difficult for the Bulls to keep this record..."

"Not necessarily. Although based on the winning rate of the entire season, they should be able to set a record, but this is the end of the season. In addition to many playoff teams who want to improve their rankings, the remaining teams are still playing Even if you don’t want to be the backdrop for a record, you will go all out. Setting a record is as difficult as reaching the sky!”

In addition to the discussions between fans and basketball commentators, there are also good media who specially invited the No. 2 figure in the Bulls dynasty, team legend Scottie Pippen, and asked him what he thought of the Wizards' record and whether he would Will surpass the Bulls.

Scottie Pippen, who had a shoehorn face, kept shaking his head after hearing the host's question.

"No, no, no, the Bulls' record is absolutely impossible to be surpassed. Do you know what I mean? Back then, my brother and Michael were so tired that their lungs were almost smoking, and they only won 72 games. This Wizards The team wants to break my brother’s record? It’s not that I look down on the Wizards and Li Kaiming. They are excellent players, but compared with my brother, they are still a little bit behind..."

After finishing speaking, Pippen made a little gesture, but it could be seen from his 250 gesture that the little bit in his mouth was probably the universe at his fingertips.

As a senior and a star, especially a member of a team that once dominated the league, Pippen's arrogance is very understandable to Li Kaiming. After all, no one can calmly accept that he is surpassed by his juniors.

But being able to understand Pippen doesn't mean that Li Kaiming will give him face. Besides, his target is the man standing behind Pippen. He didn't say anything on the 23rd, so you, the 33rd, came out to show off?

The outside discussions were just temporary noise for the Wizards and Li Kaiming, and these things did not stop them from winning.

Win 1 game, 2 games, 3 games...

Getting closer and closer to the Bulls' record, the entire America's attention is attracted!

As we get to the back, the opponent's resistance becomes stronger and stronger. Li Kaiming has to use more energy, and his playing time is also increasing.

In Game 8, Li Kaiming once again scored a 40+ triple-double, and by the way, he also beat his opponent with a buzzer-beating buzzer-beater, and the ball went in and the lights came on.

Game 9!

The three giants of the Wizards worked together, and the three of them scored 80 points, defeating their opponents!

The much-anticipated 10th game!

Li Kaiming played for 40 minutes and beat his opponent with three points!

The Wizards, in the 79th game of the regular season, finally tied the Bulls' 72 wins!

And they still have three chances to surpass the Bulls!