"The Heat finally lost, I thought they would continue to win!"

"yes, I didn't expect the Heat to lose to the Bulls!"

On March 27, 2013, after losing to the Nuggets at home, the Spurs did not disband directly, Tony Parker and Ginobili took those players who did not perform well in the night game to practice, and the "injured" Meng Xu and Duncan were sitting in the locker room, and head coach Popovich, as well as several players who did not want to go home, waiting for the results of the game between the Thunder and the Wizards.

After the end of the All-Star weekend, the Spurs entered an adjustment period, in order to prepare for the playoffs, all kinds of "injuries" followed, Meng Xu has been rested for four games because of a groin strain, although the league executives have clearly expressed their dissatisfaction with Popovich's rotation strategy, and after the Spurs' away game against the Thunder, they found an excuse to fine the Spurs $100,000, but Popovich is still going his own way, tonight's home game against the Nuggets, Popovich took turns to rest Meng Xu and Duncan on the grounds of groin strain and knee soreness, but the Spurs, who lacked the two main players, lost to the Nuggets at home today, and after losing this game, the Spurs' first position in the West was in jeopardy.

The Thunder, who were four wins behind the Spurs before the All-Star break, were like crazy after the All-Star break, after a wave of nine consecutive wins, and a wave of seven consecutive wins, the Thunder had caught up with the Spurs, before the start of today's round, the Spurs had a 53-17 record, the Thunder's record was 53-18, and now the Spurs lost to the Nuggets, if the Thunder can beat the Wizards, then the Spurs will give up the first place in the West.

However, before the Thunder and Wizards won or lost the game, another key battle in this round of the game, the Heat's away game against the Bulls has already had a result, before this game, the Heat has achieved an astonishing 27 consecutive wins, so now the focus of the entire league is whether the Heat can continue their winning streak and break the Lakers' 33-game winning streak, or even the Pacers' 35-game winning streak The longest winning streak in history, but the Heat fell at the feet of the Bulls under great expectations. Tied his winning streak at 27.

The result of this game between the Heat and the Bulls was not expected by anyone, because the current Bulls are too weak, although in previous seasons the Bulls were once among the top teams in the league, but with the reimbursement of the team's core Derrick Rose, the Bulls' record also began to plummet, and the Bulls, who had been ranked first in the East in the previous two seasons, have been struggling on the edge of the playoffs this season, but it is such a Bulls, but they let the Big Three who scored 75 points at home return home.

"In fact, for the Heat, it is a good thing to break the winning streak, don't look at the 27 consecutive wins, but in the process of winning streaks, the whole team must be tightly tightened, if it is good to say at the beginning of the season, the playoffs will start soon, if they continue to win until the end of the season, it is estimated that there will be no energy to play the playoffs." As the creator of the longest winning streak in history, Meng Xu has a deep understanding of the difficulties behind the winning streak, so in Meng Xu's view, the end of the Heat's winning streak is a good thing for the Heat, and now it is less than a month before the start of the playoffs, and the Heat just have time to adjust their state.

"Also, you see, we never have to worry about this kind of thing." After Meng Xu's words fell, Duncan looked at Popovich who was sitting there and said a pun on joke, since Popovich took the helm of the Spurs, don't look at the Spurs have maintained a very high winning rate under the leadership of Popovich, and have created a historical record of 50+ wins in the regular season for 14 consecutive seasons, but the longest winning streak in the Spurs' team history is still 17 consecutive wins in the 95-96 season, and in these long 14 seasons, The Spurs have won only a handful of 10 straight wins in the regular season.

"The game between the Thunder and the Wizards is coming to an end, right?" After feeling that the atmosphere was a little delicate, Meng Xu hurriedly interjected a sentence, and then reminded Popovich, who was holding the remote control, to change the channel.

Generally speaking, more than 10 consecutive wins, as long as the team is strong and the players are in good condition, they can do it, but more than 15 consecutive wins, you need the right time and place, not only to have a strong team, keep in good shape, and the schedule should be comfortable, but also need a little luck, all of which are indispensable, and a long-term winning streak will also bring great side effects, basically all teams with a long-term winning streak will usher in a wave of consecutive defeats after the winning streak is terminated, so the vast majority of teams, will not blindly pursue the so-called winning streak, especially when encountering back-to-back away games, they will basically choose to give up one of them, not to mention Popovich, a coach at the level of a rotation madman, so it is understandable that the Spurs do not have a winning streak, after all, the regular season is awesome, the winning streak is long, and it will not directly win the championship.

"The Wizards lost." As soon as Popovich turned the TV screen, the game between the Wizards and the Thunder was just over, and the Wizards who could play back and forth with the Thunder in the first three quarters of the game, collapsed inexplicably in the fourth quarter, in front of the Thunder's suddenly strengthened defense, the Wizards only scored 10 points in a single quarter, especially in the final stage of the game, they didn't score a point for up to 5 minutes, such a result also disappointed the Spurs who watched the game in the locker room, because after the Wizards lost to the Thunder, The Spurs will relinquish the first place in the West.

"Compared to last season, the Thunder seem to be getting stronger again this year." After the Lakers lost their competitiveness for various internal reasons, the Thunder became the Spurs' biggest opponent in the playoffs, although James Harden of the Thunder's three young people went to the Rockets, but compared to last season, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook are now significantly more mature, and the Thunder's defense has improved significantly this season, but these are not good news for the Spurs.

"Okay, okay, everyone disperse, go back early to rest, and in two days we should play away." After the dust settled on the game between the Thunder and the Wizards, Popovich waved his hand and let all the players in the locker room disband and go home, in fact, Popovich really wanted to say that the regular season record doesn't mean anything, but after thinking about it, the Spurs have been beaten in three of the past four seasons, so Popovich swallowed the words in his mouth again.

"Go home!" The head coach had spoken, and Meng Xu could only get up and prepare to leave.

"Be careful, you're a sick person with a groin strain, and if you just walk out alive and get caught by a reporter, Greg will definitely be fined again." Meng Xu had just tidied up and was about to walk out of the locker room, when he was pulled by Duncan, who was still sitting in his seat.

"I think you guy's really itchy skin." Originally, I heard Duncan say that the Spurs never had to worry about the winning streak, and Popovich's heart was a little unhappy, but now when he heard Duncan joke about being fined by the league, Popovich was angry, and yelled at Duncan in front of many players in the locker room who had not yet left: "Tim, go and see if Tony has finished practice, if not, you will also go to practice for a lap." ”

"Self-inflicted." Looking at Popovich's feigned angry expression and Duncan's cowardly expression, Meng Xu hurriedly left the locker room, in case Popovich burned his anger on himself, it would not be good.