This season, the Heat got two excellent interior players, namely center Hassan from the Wizards. Whiteside with former Lakers All-Star center Andrew. Bynum.

Pat Riley was undoubtedly gambling, but he didn't win this time.

Whiteside played the best performance of his career with the Heat, averaging 17 points, 14.3 rebounds and 3.7 blocks in 33 minutes per game, which is the best in the league in rebounds and blocks, which is also worthy of his maximum salary contract, but it is only deserved.

Signing a blue-collar player with a maximum salary is a helpless move in itself, who has made the league have fewer and fewer high-quality centers, basically at the point where there is no such village and no such store, and the Heat do not give Whiteside a maximum salary, and other teams are willing to pay this money.

And All-Star center Andrew. Bynum, however, did not play the performance that people expected.

Bynum, who left the Lakers, was completely degenerate, and in a season when the 76ers were recovering from injuries, he showed an extremely unprofessional professional attitude, and even when he came to the Heat, he was in the god operator Pat. Under Riley's spur, he did not restrain in the slightest.

In the end, Bynum played just over 20 games for the Heat before being cut, and he averaged 8.4 points and 5.3 rebounds in 19 minutes per game.

Bynum's defeat did not cause much financial damage to the Heat, but it also made the Heat completely withdraw from the ranks of the strong teams, although they can still rank seventh in the East with the play of Wade and Whiteside, but that's all.

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In the game between the Wizards and the Heat, the Wizards were completely in the lead from the start.

The familiar ferocious attack made it difficult for the Heat to parry, and the score was 33:18 in the first quarter, and the Wizards scored 30+ points in a single quarter in the second quarter, expanding the difference to more than 20 points.

By the third quarter, the margin was close to 40 points, and the Heat had replaced all their main players and surrendered.

On the Wizards' bench, the players have begun to celebrate unbridledly.

Win this game and they will have their 73rd win of the season! And they really did! 73 wins in the regular season! Maybe even the brilliance of 74 wins!

Celebrating like this on the opponent's home court is somewhat unscrupulous, and it can be heard from the boos of some Heat fans on the sidelines.

But everyone on the Wizards didn't care.

It's not the first time they've heard the Heat's boo, and in the three-year grudge entanglement, they can hear it every time they come to the Heat's home game.

In contrast, the achievement of breaking the record of 72 wins made them unable to control the joy in their hearts.

"Guys, don't get too happy, the regular season record is just the beginning, and let's not forget what our ultimate goal for this season is!"

Wang Xiao looked at the boundless players on the bench, and poured cold water on it very inappropriately.

"Yes, three in a row! Dynasty! ”

But at this time, no one cared, but they were all enthusiastic about Ying Hedao.

Just breaking the regular season win record is not perfect, only successfully defending the title in the playoffs and winning three consecutive championships to establish a dynasty is the real happy ending!

"That's right, after winning the championship, we can really relax and enjoy the joy of victory." Wang Xiao also showed a smile on his face and said.

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On the Heat bench, Whiteside turned his head to look at the lively scene on the Wizards' bench, and a strange feeling inevitably rose in his heart.

Originally, he should have been part of this team, and this season with the team to create unimaginable miracles......

Shaking his head and throwing such thoughts out of his head, Whiteside knew very well that this could not happen.

Because he wants a big contract, but he also wants more playing time and space to play.

None of this was possible with the Wizards, so he had no choice but to leave.

There is nothing to regret, although there is no honor, but as a rookie in the 10-11 season, he will get the maximum salary contract one year earlier than George in the same period, and it will be higher than the annual salary that George renewed with the Wizards not long ago!

For the vast majority of players in this league, a lucrative contract is more cost-effective than a championship ring, a historical record that many will remember, after all, players who can afford to pay the maximum salary are only a minority in the league.

For a second-round pick like Whiteside, a big contract is clearly more important than honor.

It's just that even though he thinks about it like this, looking at the jubilant scene on the Wizards' side, Whiteside still has a little envy in his heart.

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At the end of the game, the Wizards won by 37 points at the Heat's home court, and won the 73rd victory of the season by a very strong force.

In the ten minutes before the end of the game, the major media newspapers have begun to frantically report on the victory of the Wizards, no one is worried that the game will be over, after all, it is already 40+ points ahead, even if the Wizards do not score a point in the final quarter of the game, it is difficult to lose the game.

"73 wins! The Wizards refuse to share the record with the Bulls, and they're going to be the best team on the planet! ”

"73 wins in the regular season! The Wizards' win continues, will they push that record to 74 wins? ”

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After the game, almost every player on the Wizards team was stopped by reporters to interview them, even the bench players.

To the surprise of many reporters, when the Wizards players were interviewed, a shocking news was unexpectedly exposed.

"I'm afraid a lot of people don't know that the team's 72-win record for the Bulls was set before the regular season or even the preseason began, and yes, we wanted to break that record from the beginning."

When a player says this, the brains of the reporters who interview him go a little down.

In the regular season or even in the preseason, the goal of breaking the Bulls' record of 72 wins has been set?

"Why did you set such a goal so early?" The reporter who came back to his senses hurriedly asked.

"It was our head coach who asked for it, and honestly, I was intimidated at the time, and it was the Bulls' record of 72 wins! But at that time, it seemed like a trivial thing in the mouth of the coach, and what I never dreamed of was that we actually did it as the coach said! ”

Wizards head coach! Wang Xiao!

Yes, except for Wang Xiao, no one dared to say such a thing.

This is not the first time.

As early as two years ago, Wang Xiao had the bold idea of booking the championship half a season in advance, and he really did it.

But even so, booking the Bulls' 72-win record a season ahead of schedule, and actually doing it again, is a bit too exaggerated!

It's entirely conceivable that when these reports are announced, they will cause a stir in the league!