As the game entered the fourth quarter, the Bulls, led by Rose, once again launched a fierce offensive to try to catch up with the score.

But Wang Xiao and the Wizards didn't give them a chance to catch up with the score.

In the final quarter of the game, Curry still continued his hot hand, hitting three points from the outside in a row at critical moments, directly killing the game.

The whole Bulls team, from head coach Thibodeau to Rose and other players, wanted to win this game, but they tried their best, but they could only hate the game.

If the Bulls can win this game, they will not only be able to recover two games directly from the Wizards' victory, but also be able to dominate the winning and losing courts.

It's a pity that now the gap between the two teams has become even wider.

At the end of the game, the score of the two teams was 99-88, and the Wizards rarely failed to score, but the 11-point goal difference seemed to indicate the difference in strength between the two teams.

Rose was targeted for his abnormal performance in the first half of the game, but in the second half he found an opportunity to burst out of his true strength, scoring 28 points and 9 assists in the whole game, and almost got a double-double, but such a performance still could not lead the Bulls to win the game.

The 28 points were the team-high for the Bulls, but it wasn't the game-high.

The highest scorer in the game was Curry of the Wizards.

Curry felt particularly good today, although the Bulls also made defensive tactics against Curry like the Wizards did against Rose, but when the hand was good, Curry was completely unstoppable.

He shot 8 of 14 three-pointers, with a shooting rate of 57%, and relying on three-pointers alone, Curry scored 24 points in this game!

With such a high three-point shooting percentage, how could the Bulls possibly win the next game?

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The win over the Bulls on the road has made the Wizards' position in the first place in the East more secure, and the victory over the Celtics on Christmas, the victory over the Heat at the end of December and now the win over the Bulls on the road, the Wizards' successive victories over direct competitors in the regular season rankings in key battles have also made the league more and more important to this team that has only been a year and a half in the league.

Being able to finish second in the East and reach the Eastern Conference finals in one season may be explained by the fact that other teams in the league are not very comfortable with the fast-paced tactical play of the Wizards.

But this is the second season, and the Wizards, who use run-and-gun and crazy three-point shooting tactics, are still so strong!

That's telling!

For the Wizards, the general fans' evaluation is not particularly good, and they all think that this is a pseudo-strong team, relying on imitation of the Suns' run-and-gun tactics and three-point shots that bet on luck.

If you're lucky, you can win the game if you shoot three-pointers, and if you're unlucky, if you can't make a three-point shot, you're going to lose.

This kind of play is completely deviant in the current alliance.

Although with the aging and injury of traditional centers such as O'Neal, Duncan, Yao Ming, etc., there are not many strong traditional centers in the league.

But the vast majority of people still think it's because it's a game where you have to go inside, and the closer you get to the basket, the more efficient you should score.

However, after playing second in the East last season, this season, the Wizards have stepped up and sat on the first place in the league, and they have been stable since October last year.

The Heat, who have the Big Three, can't resist the main game, and the Celtics and Bulls, who rank first and second in the league in defensive ability, can't defend either.

This makes people wonder, is the three-point shot and run-and-gun tactics really so strong?

The answer is yes.

As the rules of the league change and the players improve themselves, the league's tactical play will inevitably change.

In the 08-09 season, the Phoenix Suns, who set off a storm in the league, averaged 109 points per game in the regular season, ranking first in the league at the time, while the New York Knicks, who had the most three-point shots, averaged 28 three-pointers per game.

In the 18-19 season, the Memphis Grizzlies, who have the lowest scoring average in the league, also averaged 103 points per game, and the Bucks, who ranked first in the league, scored an astonishing 118 points per game! In '09, the Suns averaged 109 points per game and could only rank eighth from the bottom in the 18-19 season.

That year, the league shot the most three-pointers, and the Houston Rockets made 45 three-pointers per game.

There will always be people who will say that the later league is a gathering place for a bunch of soft eggs, this group of people is going to be put in the 90s, and they want Jordan and others to play out.

But Wang Xiao has always felt that this is pure nonsense.

The defense of the 90s was undoubtedly stronger than that of the later leagues, but is it really feasible to use the defensive tactics of the 90s to defend against the tactical play of the later leagues?

This kind of discussion of Guan Gong vs. Qin Qiong will never be fruitless, but in 09, Wang Xiao transferred the theory of the future Warriors' small-ball tactics to the Wizards, and now the results have been obtained.

Future tactics are definitely feasible now, because the current league tactical system does not have a good way to defend against small ball tactics that quickly switch between offense and defense.

And in the final analysis, tactics are just carriers, and it is the core players of the team that really determine the strength of a team.

is as strong as Jordan, and it was only after the team got Pippen and Rodman that he led the team to win two triple championships.

The Lakers' dynasty in the early 20th century was also obtained by O'Neal and Kobe.

The Spurs, who have been the same for more than ten years, also have the silent protection of Duncan, the most powerful forward in history.

In order to win the championship, the little emperor James also had to make "Decision 1" and went to the south coast to join forces with his brothers.

The reason why Wang Xiao's small-ball tactics, which were born out of the Warriors' tactics, can succeed in a very short period of time is not because of the advanced tactical awareness, but because of the strength of the players.

Anyone who has Curry, Harden, George, and other players, as well as a training system that can quickly improve the strength of players and tactical skills to use on the court, and the team's record can be very poor after the end, it is really stupid.

If the players in Wang Xiao's hands are all the players who are now at the bottom of the league, such as the players of the Cavaliers, no matter how seamless his tactical design is, it is absolutely impossible to achieve such brilliant results as now.

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In February, the second round of NBA All-Star voting was also in full swing, and in the second round of voting, Jeremy Lin really surpassed Curry and led the Eastern Conference guard list by a narrow margin.

Curry, for his part, could only settle for second.

Although the votes fell behind to Jeremy Lin, with the support of Chinese fans, Curry's votes are still far ahead of Wade and Rose.

According to the All-Star voting rules, a guard is the top two players with the most votes to be selected as an All-Star starter, whether a point guard or a shooting guard.

Judging by the current number of votes, both Jeremy Lin and Curry have a good chance of landing at this year's All-Star weekend as All-Star starters.