Chapter 348: Difficulty Increases

"The competition between Yi and Kevin Durant for the scoring title reminds me of the scene of Shaq O'Neal and David Robinson competing for the scoring title in the 93~94 season, and the competition between them continued until the last game of the regular season, and finally David Robinson scored a shocking 71 points in the last game of the season, beating Shaq O'Neal's 44 points, and finally won the scoring title. The difference between Yi and Kevin Durant is only 0.3 points, and they are likely to compete until the last game like Shaq O'Neal and David Robinson! ”

"The second season of the battle for the scoring champion has officially kicked off!"

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March 19th.

The Bucks take on the Denver Nuggets on the road.

This is the first time the Bucks have played a Western Conference team on the road after a 10-game winning streak at All-Star Weekend, but in the eyes of most pundits and fans, there is no doubt that the Bucks will win this game.

The reason is also very simple, the head coach of the Nuggets, George Carr, was suddenly diagnosed with cancer after the All-Star weekend and has left the head office to go to the hospital for treatment.

At the critical moment of rushing for the ranking at the end of the season, the head coach suddenly had an accident, which was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the morale of the Nuggets.

This sudden situation also affected the Nuggets' results after the All-Star break, with 4 wins and 6 losses, and they couldn't even maintain a 50 percent win rate.

What's more worth mentioning is that they just lost to the New York Knicks, the vice leader of the East, in their last game, and it was a pure mess team, and they could all lose, which shows how bad their team atmosphere has been lately.

Although the Bucks, who have won 10 consecutive games, are away this time, they are like a rainbow, and it is not easy to kill such a team?

"I already know the title after the game! The Milwaukee Bucks beat the Denver Nuggets on the road to extend their winning streak to 11 in a row! ”

Some fans have even figured out the title of the post-match report.

Well, so to speak, very confident!

But what I didn't expect was that the game was firmly controlled by the Nuggets from the beginning, ending the first quarter with a 27-21, 6-point lead, and Carmelo Anthony, who had been in the doldrums for many days, played surprisingly efficiently today, shooting 7 of 9 in the first quarter and scoring 15 points. The Nuggets were able to lead by 6 points, and the credit naturally went to him.

Yi Jianlian didn't play well in the first quarter, shooting 6 of 7 in a single quarter, plus free throws, he scored a total of 16 points, 1 point higher than Anthony, but his teammates didn't give it a try, Mo Williams shot 0 of 5, Channingfrye shot 0 of 4, and it felt as cold as if he had just taken it out of the refrigerator.

What's worse is that since the second quarter, due to the impact of altitude sickness, the physical strength of the Bucks players has had a serious problem, and the acting coach of the Nuggets is a guy with no head coach experience, but although he has no experience, but as soon as he sees that the Bucks players have physical problems, there is no problem at all in arranging a tactical play that speeds up the pace.

Under the influence of this tactical play, the Bucks' score was stretched wider and wider, and they fell behind by 10 points at halftime.

Yi Jianlian scored 27 points in the first half, but it didn't have any effect.

In the third quarter, the Bucks' players continued to slump, and Yi Jianlian was also difficult to match with both fists, and was gradually suppressed.

By the time the Bucks woke up in the fourth quarter and went on a 12-3 scoring spurt in the final three minutes, it was too late.

The Bucks ended up losing the game by a margin of 108 to 113, five points.

Yi Jianlian scored 41 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

The unexpected loss turned the Bucks' record to 61-7, and with 14 games left in the regular season, the Bucks' goal of breaking the all-time best is quickly becoming more difficult.

"The Bucks can lose up to 2 games, but they haven't met the Lakers and the Cavaliers, if these two games are lost, then they have to guarantee a win in the other 12 games, but they still have a back-to-back to play, in this season, the Bucks have not been optimistic in back-to-back situations, in the 7 games they have lost, 4 of them have been lost because of back-to-backs!"

A back-to-back, a game against the Lakers and a game against the Cavaliers, the Bucks had to overcome one of the three difficulties while still making sure the remaining 10 games were won without any surprises.

"The Bucks lost unexpectedly to the Nuggets, and this loss has a good chance that the Bucks will fail to hit the best record in history!"

"To tell you the truth, I was quite optimistic about the Bucks breaking the record at first, but this loss came a little unexpectedly, and in my opinion, the Bucks have little hope of breaking the best record in NBA history!"

"The Denver Nuggets were unexpectedly the spoilers who prevented the Bucks from playing the best record in history, and I think the Chicago Bulls fans would be eager to bond with the Denver Nuggets fans to celebrate this shared victory!"

This unexpected loss also made many fans who were originally optimistic that the Bucks could break the best record in history to change their views, believing that the Bucks could only tie at best, rather than break.

Bucks ...... They were not disturbed by these unfavorable voices from the outside world, they quickly adjusted from the loss of the first battle with the Nuggets, and returned to the rhythm of winning, a wave of 4 consecutive wins, they improved their record to 65-7, but the outside world is still very optimistic, for them, the Bucks' winning streak does not play a role in adding points, winning one of the remaining three roadblocks, if you want to be safe, you must win two, Their bullishness on the Milwaukee Bucks will get back to where they started.

March 30th.

The Bucks are preparing to face one of three blockers in an unsightly atmosphere, the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Bucks once won against the Lakers at home, but it was very thrilling at the time, and the most important thing is that Yi Jianlian shot 12 three-pointers in that game, and it was hot to let the Bucks get through the danger, and now it is an away game, and Yi Jianlian can't throw 12 three-pointers per game. It seems normal for fans to look down on the Bucks.

The Bucks really didn't disappoint the fans, and after four full quarters of the game with the Lakers, they made back-to-back turnovers in the final critical moments, losing the game by a margin of 100 to 106 and 6 points.

"With consecutive mistakes in the final moments, the Bucks lost to the Lakers, and the number of losses this season has reached eight!"

There is no hope!

This was the unanimous reaction of most fans after the post-game report of the Bucks' loss to the Lakers.

There is no way, there are 9 games left in the season, one of which is a tough battle against the Cavaliers, and there are back-to-back games to play, and you can only lose one, which is already hellish in difficulty.