Chapter 528: Transcendence
Coming back to Sacramento, James Hart was in a terrible mood.
With the team's No. 1 spot in the East and now facing the Runners, which could not only be a backdrop to history, but also a losing streak, it is fair to say that James Hartby does not want to come to Sacramento.
But a game is a game, a league is a league, and if James Hart dares to miss this game due to injury or something, then it is estimated that his commercial value will be over.
So despite his reluctance, James Hart came to Sacramento with the team.
For the Runners, they were bound to win today's game, and the Runners fans started the celebration early.
Runners fans don't think the Wizards, currently in second place in the East, can pose a threat to the Runners, or that they now don't think there is a team in the league that can challenge the Runners.
From being at the bottom of the league two years ago to being self-respecting now, not only the players of the Runners have become arrogant, but even the fans of Sausa City are the same.
How proud the fans of Sa Ball are now are grateful to Wang Lei and others, think about how they treated Wang Lei and the new Turgun and others at the beginning, which made the fans of Sa City feel very red.
In order to witness the creation of new history by their own team, many local and even foreign fans in Sa Cheng have gathered at the "Anning" stadium, and yes, the name of the stadium of the Runners has been changed to Anning Arena, which is named by the Republic Enterprise.
Although many fans gathered outside the Anning Stadium did not have tickets and could not enter the stadium to watch the game with their own eyes, they felt that being closer to their own team was a kind of support and encouragement, not to mention that outside the Anning Stadium, there is now a Chinese-style food street, drinking beer, eating spicy crayfish, and then watching the large electronic screen erected outside the Anning Stadium to broadcast the game, which makes many Saskata fans feel that this is much cooler than watching TV at home.
The match officially kicked off at 8 p.m. local time in Sau.
As soon as the game began, the Runners gave the Wizards a dismissal.
Although Blair deliberately reduced his interior offense and low-post offense this season, his three-point shooting strength has improved dramatically compared to last season, fully verifying the truth that the older you get, the more accurate you are.
As soon as he started, he pulled to the outside of the three-point line and hit two three-pointers in a row from Turgon's burst.
Turgun is playing a lot tougher now than he used to, he used to float outside or run without the ball, but now he is going to start the task of finishing Blair, so he has increased the number of times he breaks through, and at the same time increases the frequency of his changes.
Many of the top outside defenders in the league have suffered losses here in Turgon, the most important thing is that Turgon's three-point shot is too deterrent, as long as he has one hand, basically ninety percent of the defense thinks about whether to pounce, and the rest is completely unresponsive.
Turgun also has more options after the break, he can throw, also has a high shooting percentage, can also go to the basket directly to the basket, and can use his breakthrough to attract the defense and then distribute the ball to the perimeter.
Ben Blair's two three-pointers stunned the Wizards to know that it would take the third minute of the first quarter for James Hart himself to score the team's first open score.
And in the next game, the entire Wizards team is no longer in shape, their attitude is not much different from James, and they all have a sense of fear of today's game, which leads to their complete lack of passion in the game, and they can't talk about chasing points or even surpassing.
So when the first quarter ended, the Runners built a double-digit lead.
Despite James Hart's lack of interest, I have to admit that his physical condition is really good, compared to last season, James Hart's weight has increased a lot, and his strength is stronger, but his speed has not decreased, and there are even signs of improvement, which shows that James has lived a full life in his vacation.
Many fans and even professionals are despising James as a person, but no one has ever said anything about his professionalism, and since he entered the league, James Hart has been the hardest working player in the entire Wizards and even in the entire East, which even Dwyane Wall, who is also very hardworking.
With his power and speed, James Hart is still at the heart of the Wizards' offense, and his impact has caused a lot of problems for the Runners' defense.
However, after entering the second quarter with the rotation lineups of the two sides on the court, the Wizards obviously couldn't do it.
Although the Wizards recruited a lot of people at the beginning of the season, there are not many players who are really useful at the end of the season, many contracts are almost reduced to garbage contracts, the Wizards bench has not even become stronger, but even weaker than last season, the management of the Wizards obviously does not have a good vision, they believe too much in the role of data.
So halfway through the second quarter, the Runners' bench players stretched the margin to more than 20 points.
At this time, the result of the game was almost no longer in suspense, James played the second quarter and never came out of the locker room, the news from the scene was that he was unwell, but everyone knew that this was the background board for James who did not want to be with the team to become the runners, and he used this way to avoid another humiliation of himself.
However, for the fans of Saskatchewan, it doesn't matter if James is or not, and they are already singing songs before the end of the fourth quarter.
In order to celebrate the first time in the history of the league that a team has completed 70 wins, the league's top management specially ordered a trophy for the runners, which is used to reward the runners for their contribution to the development of the league, but also to commemorate this historic moment.
When the game was over, the entire Anning Arena was completely surrounded by a sea of deep blue, and it was all Runners fans.
As the first head coach in the history of the league to lead the team to 70 wins, Wang Lei has also been completely recorded in the history of the league, and the new ideas he brought have also brought new growth to the league that was in turmoil at that time, which is actually Wang Lei's greatest achievement.
Think about it, a person who changes a league, or even the whole sport, is undoubtedly a great person who can be remembered by many basketball fans.