(Chapter 2)

Last season, the rise of the Jazz led to a dramatic change in the league's winning streak, such as the league's longest winning streak from 33 to 37, and the league's second-longest winning streak from 20 to 33. ○

But there's no doubt that a team can run a 20-game winning streak at any given time, which is quite an astonishing record, considering that only a handful of teams in history have completed a 20-game winning streak such as the Jazz, Lakers, Bucks and last season's Rockets.

In other words, even if the league's No. 1 team may be able to achieve more than 60 wins in terms of record every year, not every year, a team can complete a 20-game winning streak, let alone a team leading two different teams to do such a thing two years in a row!

Therefore, when the Lakers defeated the Magic team to achieve 19 consecutive wins, even in recent times, the public opinion of the entire United States revolved around Lin Han's once again more than 90 points and revolved around Lin Han's Lakers defeating the Rockets, but when such a winning streak appeared, it still became a huge focus of media and public opinion again.

After all, before the start of this season, don't say whether the Lakers can win 20 consecutive wins, even if the Lakers can enter the playoffs is a huge question, this team is really considered by most of the league media to be the bottom team in the league, and now, this team is not only not at the bottom, but also became the first team in the league in one fell swoop, and may become the only team in the league this season and the other team in the history of the league to achieve a 20-game winning streak in the league. If this kind of thing is told at the beginning of the season, everyone belongs to Lin Han, and it belongs to the honor of the Lakers. I'm afraid that those who believe can only be fools, and even fools may not believe it.

And now. This seems to be more and more true, because as long as the Lakers can beat the Nuggets who are sixth in the West in the next game, this team will be able to achieve a season of 20 wins, although the strength of the Nuggets is quite strong, and even at the beginning of this season was called the Lakers' nemesis, the Lakers' interior players almost did not take any advantage in front of Mutombo, but the Lakers even defeated the Rockets, the first interior powerhouse in the West, How difficult is it for a team to be the sixth in the west?

Of course, although such a A can defeat B. B can beat C, so A can beat C, this theory is not so correct, but now for most of the media and reporters in the league, when talking about the Lakers, they are willing to put such a theory on the heads of Lysham and the Lakers.

According to the theory of these guys, let alone the Nuggets, even any team in the league, the Lakers can beat as long as they are put on such a theory. Because the Rockets have really beaten all the teams in the league this season, and the Lakers can beat the Rockets, naturally they can beat all the teams in the league, and in fact. This season, after the Lakers defeated the Rockets, they did achieve such a strong record as winning against all teams in the league.

It's just clear that any opponent in the NBA is not so easy to deal with, if you talk about the Lakers and the Rockets. In the end, the Lakers lost, so this Lakers may be much better against the Nuggets. Because the Lakers lost that game, the Rockets can basically be sure of the reality of being the first in the West. And now, the first in the West and the first in the league are the Lakers, and the Rockets are second, so for the Nuggets who are sixth in the West, they will definitely not be willing to accept the fate of losing to the seventh in the West, after all, after the eighth in the West is occupied by the Suns, the seventh in the West means to play the Rockets who are second in the West, if the Rockets are still the first, for the Nuggets and the Warriors, it doesn't matter who is sixth or seventh, because facing the Lakers and facing the Spurs are similar, but now it is far worse.

So, don't look at the last game Magic released the Lakers or said that the Lakers gave a hello and hello gift to the Lakers, it seems that the Lakers seem to have taken advantage, in fact, the Lakers can't play the Magic and the Bulls this season after all, the remaining ten games of the season, the Lakers will face the most opponents will be the teams in the West, the teams in the West After the Lakers won the Rockets and completely messed up the situation, these teams were really made by the Lakers and couldn't rest, so, The Lakers actually dug a huge hole for themselves, and to put it mildly, the Lakers defeated the Rockets in fact to do the 'Western traitor' in the West.

Therefore, for this opponent that seems to be extremely easy for most of the media and fans, the Lakers are really quite nervous, because there is no advantage on the inside, so the Lakers have the possibility of losing in the face of any strong team on the inside, plus the Nuggets are in a desperate state at this time, judging from the fact that this team played the playoffs last year and can fight seven games with the Rockets, if the Lakers really take a nap, then this game may be wiped out by the Nuggets as at the beginning of the season, soFor the preparation of this game, the Lakers did quite well.

It's just that even in this game, the Lakers almost made the preparation extremely sufficient, and even let Lin Han simulate Mutombo's defense during training, although Lin Han's height is really worse than Mutombo's is more than a point or two, but the two are actually somewhat similar in defensive ability and defensive style, so the magic asked Lin Han to take a group of shooters such as Van Axel and Ruffin to simulate the Nuggets' style of play during training, hoping that the team can be a little familiar with the team's style of play. So that after the start of the game, you can preemptively strike.

When the Lakers' pre-game arrangement has done what kind of course, when the game started, although the Lakers did give the Nuggets a disadvantage because of their more prepared pre-game arrangements, but as the game progressed, such a preemptive advantage was slowly lost, and after the Nuggets quickly gained a foothold, the Lakers and the Nuggets quickly became extremely entangled. Especially after Lin Han's character once again dropped to only about 30 points, Lin Han's shooting rate on the periphery, which he was best at when facing a strong team on the inside, dropped somewhat. The difference in strength between the two sides is actually infinitely close.

So, after the start of this game. The Lakers are almost in the lead except for the first few minutes, and after the rest of the game, the difference between the two sides is actually very close, if it weren't for the Lakers' preparation in this game is indeed more than the Nuggets', if it weren't for the Lakers' lead after the start of the game did become the key point of this game, although the Nuggets were able to bite the Lakers, but in the end they couldn't completely flip the score back, then the Lakers really could lose the game in this game.

And finally, March 29, 1995. The Los Angeles Lakers faced the Nuggets who were sixth in the West, and with Lin Han shooting 14-of-31 in the game, one person scored 38 points, and finally the Lakers defeated the Nuggets 98-94 away, and the Lakers also achieved the goal of 20 consecutive wins in the season after defeating the Nuggets and winning the first victory in a row in the West.

When the Los Angeles Lakers reached a 20-game winning streak, the team also became the third team to win 20 consecutive wins after the Rockets and Bucks, and tied with the Rockets and Bucks for the third-longest winning streak in the league.

Although this winning streak doesn't seem to have too special honor significance for the Lakers. It doesn't have much value for Lin Han, and he hasn't even reached the bronze-level winning streak, you know, after Lin Han set a record of thirty-seven consecutive wins in Jazz last year. Now if you want to get a winning streak in the streak section, you need to reach 33 consecutive wins, which is a bronze reward. More than thirty-three consecutive wins are silver, tying the thirty-seven winning streak is gold. Beyond the 37-game winning streak is the Purple Gold.

With the current state of the Lakers, even if they all win this season. It is also impossible to reach thirty-three consecutive wins, so it is impossible for Lin Han to get any rewards in the winning streak.

But even so, the Lakers are still quite hungry for this honor, you know, in the entire league, only Lakers fans have ever held a celebration for their team's longest winning streak, and it has been more than 20 years in a row, in the city of Los Angeles, Lakers fans actually value the winning streak of these teams very much, after Lin Han led the Jazz to replace the Lakers' longest winning streak in the league last year, those legendary veterans of the Lakers actually don't think so, In addition to Pat Riley's being a little unhappy with Lin Han, people like Jerry West Chamberlain and others were actually quite generous to Lin Han, but Lakers fans were not so generous at that time, although they were so stingy that they came out to accuse the Jazz and Lin Han, but they definitely didn't say anything about blessings.

"Lin, you and the Lakers are really unstoppable now, I found that in addition to the Rockets, the Lakers don't want to meet, but after losing this game, we became seventh in the West, whether it's you or the Rockets, I'm afraid we have to meet one"

Of course, after winning 20 consecutive victories, Lin Han and the Lakers are also very happy, but it is obvious that as the losing side, Lin Han's good friend Mutombo is not happy at this time.

"Deacon Bey, there have been media reports in recent times that you have some conflicts with the manager of your team, is it true?"

Looking at his friend who was obviously not just unhappy because of the loss at this time, Lin Han was also a little stunned and asked, but soon, Mutombo shook his head with a wry smile.

"I don't have any problems with the coach, mainly with the team, I have some problems with the Nuggets about the team's construction."

After Mutombo finished speaking, Lin Han also sighed helplessly, in the NBA, it is very common for a team boss and the team to have problems in the idea of building a team, even Jordan and the Bulls have had such problems, and they have even been played by the general manager of the Bulls, not to mention Mutombo, when there is a contradiction between the team and the players in the idea of building the team, under normal circumstances, the players can't get the team, even if Jordan has not brought down the general manager of the Bulls.

"Maybe Kobe Bryant is right, anyway, my contract is only one year, it's a big deal to leave the team freely in '96 and go to a new team with Rattle"

Maybe it's because of the face of Lin Han, Mutombo, who has been a little depressed recently, also said with some complaints, and after Mutombo finished speaking. Lin Han was directly speechless.

It's certainly nice for Mutombo and Sprewell to go to a team to form a new team. But the point is that Lin Han has always had a very big idea about Mutombona. Now Lin Han hasn't asked if his friend is willing to give him a hand, he didn't expect this guy to be tempted by Kobe's bastard boy's statement, this is not good!

"Deacon Bey, you must not talk to Rattle about such a thing now, and you must not make any plans to leave on the team's table, otherwise the Nuggets will definitely trade you before your contract expires, although you only have one year left on your contract, but if you spend the last year with the fish belly team, with your basketball style, it is not a brush. When the number doesn't go up, the grades will drop again, and your value will be greatly reduced."

"Well, I know, if you hadn't reminded me, I would have been ready to contact Lat."

Looking at Lin Han's concerned look, Mutombo was also moved and said, he really didn't seem to have thought that he might be retaliated by the Nuggets to trade to the fish belly team, after all, he was not a superstar like Lin Han. He's just an average All-Star, and if the Nuggets really don't show affection, it's really possible to do something like this.

Although it is a pretty good thing that this game against the Nuggets beat the Nuggets to win 20 consecutive games of the season, it is because of Mutombo's problems. Lin Han was not so happy at this time, if Mutombo and Spreville really succeeded in tandem, it would be bad. And now, Mutombo has not expressed what his ambitions really are. Lin Han can't rashly invite Mutombo to the Lakers, after all. If Mutombo is unwilling to become Lin Han's assistant, but Lin Han makes such an invitation, it will make Mutombo reject Lin Han, after all, this kind of thing is like a person saying to his friend, buddy, how about being my little brother, although the little brother is also a friend, it seems even closer, but some people, he is friends with you because you can interact with him on an equal footing, the status of the two is the same, there are no other factors, if this reciprocal condition is broken, I'm afraid I won't even have to be friends in the future.

If Mutombo is a player like Van Axel who doesn't have much ambition and has a very strong relationship with Lin Han, Lin Han can say it casually, but Mutombo is obviously not such a player, and judging from the conflict between him and the Nuggets about the future, he is definitely not without ambition.

After all, although this guy is just an ordinary All-Star, he is also the most popular center in addition to the four centers and Mourning, according to the outside world, after the three centers are old, O'Neal and Mourning and Mutombo are going to take over, although he is now an ordinary All-Star like Mourning, but the whole United States is in the other two of them can become superstars as quickly as O'Neal!

Headache, thinking of Mutombo, Lin Han had a headache.

Fortunately, Lin Han is not a very tangled person, although the current development trend of Mutombo does not seem to go according to Lin Han's ideas, but after all, this matter cannot be solved in a short time, and Mutombo's contract also takes a while to expire, so Lin Han didn't think so much after a headache for a while.

And now, the most important thing waiting for Lin Han is probably the away challenge to the Jazz team, when Lin Han followed the Lakers back to Salt Lake City again, when Lin Han and the Lakers stopped at a few games in Salt Lake City, when Lin Han and the Lakers players walked out of a few games, when Lin Han saw a few games outside the dense Jazz fans, and these Jazz fans were still holding his posters and shouting his name, Lin Han was very moved.

Even after boarding the bus with the team, these Jazz fans followed the Lakers bus for a while, and looking at these Jazz fans Lin Han was really quite moved.

Because of the recent momentum between Lin Han and the Lakers, and the Jazz team has fallen into a crazy competition with the supersonic for fourth place in the West, the gap between the two sides of the day and place almost makes Jazz fans crazy, and even the team's general manager Scott Reden, who has a huge network in the Jazz team, and the general manager of the Jazz godfather is his father, was forced to resign, because if he does not resign, his good friend Jerry Sloan will become a scapegoat and resign, and in the end, for the stability of the team, Raidon chose to sacrifice himself and resigned.

Even if Redden resigned, the anger of Jazz fans was temporarily quelled, but it was impossible to make these fans forget the former player who had reached the first place in the West, and in this case, the whole of Salt Lake City is now almost caught in a huge vortex!

The fans are dissatisfied with the team and the players, the players are dissatisfied with the fans for driving away the team's meritorious general manager, and even the team owner Miller Sr. is involved, and at the moment when it is almost exploding, Lin Han, the biggest explosion point, has drilled into this whirlpool, and what will become of Salt Lake City and the Jazz team is probably quite difficult to say.

Obviously, the explosion of this huge vortex is only one fuse, and it is really difficult to say who brought this fuse. (To be continued......)