Chapter 331: 30 Consecutive Wins!
The Lakers and Clippers' Christmas game this year can be said to be as exciting as last season's division finals, O'Neal's wreak havoc under the basket even Mutombo, who has won two Defensive Player of the Year, could not be stopped, and the "African Mountain" encountered a rare foul crisis in the game, playing only 29 minutes in the whole game, and almost being ejected from the game with six fouls.
On this night, the defending champions' insiders paid a total of 14 fouls on O'Neal, paying the price of one foul and two fouls five, which also allowed the Sharks to stand on the free throw line up to 20 times, but unfortunately he only scored 9 free throws in the end, and the "shark slashing tactic" made another contribution, although they denied using this tactic after the game.
O'Neal's lethality under the basket is rare in the world, but the final result did not make Clippers fans and Zen masters feel happy, because the result of the game was very similar to last season's Finals, Lyon contributed 28 points, 12 rebounds and 18 assists, the Lakers had a thrilling victory over the Clippers, O'Neal's 45 points could only bring him a result of defeat.
The Lakers' dominance was fully revealed in this "Christmas War", the Clippers players did not see the opportunity to "kill", although the final point difference was not very large, but the trend of the whole game was under the control of the Lakers, and one of their most obvious advantages was: the Clippers only led once in the whole game, or in the opening stage of the first quarter, and the Lakers have been the leader throughout the game, just like their current undefeated record.
This also shows that the difference in strength between the two teams is still not small, and it is not a matter of going back and forth, and it is necessary to rely on the key ball at the last moment to decide the winner of the game.
Now many must be asking again: Who can stop the Lakers' winning streak?
Lyon gave the answer to this question after the game: only they can beat them!
Zhang Mao's answer is not too pretentious, because after defeating the Clippers, they only have three games left this month, and the strongest of the remaining three opponents is the Rockets, who are temporarily ranked eighth in the West, and there should be no hope for them to beat the invincible Lakers.
In January, the Lakers' early schedule was not challenging, with the first four games still facing the belly and midstream teams, which obviously could not pose a threat to the defending champions' winning streak, except for the Clippers, who had just been beaten by them, but it was already the Lakers' 33rd game of the season.
In other words, the Clippers will have a chance to stop the Lakers from tying their own all-time winning streak in half a month, but if they fail, the Lakers will face two weak teams next, and they will surely extend the winning streak and break the highest winning streak in NBA history in one fell swoop.
As for the numbers from there, they don't really matter anymore.
We all know that since the Lakers' 33-game winning streak, almost 20 years have passed, and there has only been only one 19-game winning streak in the NBA, which is still the record set by the Lakers last year, and there has not even been a 20+ winning streak.
So, in addition to Zhang Qi and the Lakers in the future, who else can get a 30+ winning streak?
This time, the answer is perhaps no.
On December 26th, Zhang Qi saw a news from the "Dragonborn Network" that the first sales of "Swordsman Love" were much better than expected, especially in North America, and it was only three days before receiving the news that many regions were out of stock, and the distribution department of the Dragonborn game was of course overjoyed.
Zhang Wei also knew that "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" three months ago had not been digested until the Christmas sale due to too much stocking. So this time "Swordsman Love", there are not so many stocks in North America, but the performance of the game after the release of the game surprised the Dragonborn head office, because the first-tier cities in North America are basically sold out, and this situation seems to return to the scene when "Resident Evil" was released.
"Oriental Studio" is also summarizing the reasons, the failure of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" last time is mainly because Lao Mei is too unfamiliar with the game settings of "Xianxia", they can't understand those complicated and unfamiliar settings, and a large number of difficult to translate words are difficult to help Europeans and Americans understand a completely unfamiliar new system.
To put it simply, there are many players who are not willing to pay too much for a game.
But the "martial arts game" is different, "Swordsman Love" is not a "Xianxia" game, but a "traditional martial arts" style RPG, Americans in the 70s after the Bruce Lee era, and the 80s and 90s Hong Kong film era, after a little understanding of the concept of martial arts, so it is not as difficult to understand as "Xianxia". To put it simply, the price of learning is acceptable. In addition, after the failure of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", Dragonborn Games immediately optimized the translation department, and at the same time formed its own voice actor team with a high salary, and used rare sound synthesis technology in the game field, all dubbing has been reprocessed by computers, and the sound quality has been improved by more than one level compared with the past.
This time, "Swordsman Love" has a higher quality of translation and dubbing, European and American players look at the localized translation, Hollywood movie-style sound effects, it is much easier to understand, plus the game itself is second to none in contemporary gameplay and graphics, it is difficult to think of high sales.
"Dragonborn Game" can also be regarded as finding the G spot of European and American players this time, "Xianxia" games for them, it seems that it is still too advanced, the traditional "martial arts game" is still irreplaceable, after all, European and American game companies can't make such pure martial arts games, and this type of game can only be completed by "Oriental Studio" in Dragonborn games.
"In this case, the Jin Yong series is almost coming, right?"
Zhang Qi thinks that since Lao Mei still likes martial arts, then the Jin Yong martial arts series with ready-made scripts should appear, and it shouldn't be a problem to have one a year, after all, "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "Swordsman Love" use "Oriental Engine", under the premise of having a ready-made script and production experience, it is not too easy to produce one a year. And then after ten years, they will come up with 3D remakes one by one, and then they can make another wave of money? Hey, it's so beautiful!
On the same day, the Lakers faced the Rockets at home, and it was another Chinese derby.
At this meeting, Zhang Qian can find that Wang Zhizhi's self-confidence has improved a lot, and if he continues to play like this, he will be able to participate in the "Rookie Challenge", which should be the first time that a pure Chinese player has participated in the "Rookie Challenge".
However, Wang Zhizhi's performance today was very average, O'Neill Jr. and Ben Wallace took turns to greet him, coupled with Mutombo, who was holding his stomach, which made Wang Zhizhi have no room to give full play to his technical advantages.
After the whole game, Wang Zhizhi only got 5 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, but the weakness of not being good at defense was completely exposed, and O'Neal Jr. scored a season-high 22 points today, which made Wang Zhizhi very faceless.
Chinese fans are also a little embarrassed, but this can't be blamed on Wang Zhizhi's lack of strength, because Kevin Willis only scored 12 points, do you still expect a rookie to play a 20+10 performance against the terrifying Lakers?
Not to mention Wang Zhizhi, even if Olajuwon wants to face the Lakers now and get 20+10, it is difficult to expect him and Kevin Willis to beat the Lakers' insider, only some unscrupulous Chinese media can say it, which is to take Chinese fans for fools.
Zhang was clearly adjusting the tempo, and he only scored 26 points today, but had 10 rebounds and 8 assists, and almost got another triple-double.
In recent games, fans have rarely seen him deliberately rush to score, but it is not that he has made another mistake of brushing comprehensive data, he just wants to paddle and take the opportunity to let his teammates perform more. Otherwise, if you always perform yourself, it is easy to make your teammates' desire to play decrease.
Some people will say, in the "Christmas War" game, aren't you just a relapse of the old state?
Of course, this can't be counted, that kind of game is used to show the individual ability of the stars, and the league holds the Christmas game to promote the stars.
He was already relatively low-key that day, and other stars were frantically cutting points, his way of all-round development of morality, intellect and body had been calculated, otherwise how could Kidd give people the impression of a "marksman", Finley was even nicknamed "Little Pippen", and even Little O'Neal had the nickname of "Little Shark", he has given his teammates enough opportunities to perform, what else do you want?
In the last two games of December, the Celtics and Kings didn't even have a "YY" mind when they faced the Lakers, and the second 30+ winning streak in NBA history was successfully born!
The global media began a new round of bombardment, and the word "30" flooded the headlines the next day, because the number was full of legends in any sport.
"Dragonborn Sports" reports——
There are several NBA records that have always been considered unbeatable, including the Lakers' 33-game winning streak in the 71-72 season, which is considered one of the hardest records in NBA history to break, and it is no less difficult to surpass than the 74 wins in a single season.
But the Lakers led by Zhang Qi seem to be the terminator of all kinds of records, last season they created the most passionate achievements in team history in the regular season, they set the highest winning record in team history with an amazing record of 74 wins and 8 losses, and the ultra-high winning rate of 90.2% is also the only time in NBA history that it can exceed the record of 90% winning rate, the performance is shocking, and this season alone makes the Lakers enough to become one of the greatest teams in NBA history. Zhang Qi also replaced Jordan as the first active player in one fell swoop.
At the time, some people were still fantasizing that once the Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs, they would make these regular season prosperity a semblance, but unfortunately the championship with only one losing game in the playoffs made these voices a joke.
This year, the Lakers are on their way to the pinnacle of another team's record, and no one would have imagined that their ambitions would be so big before the start of the season, because this time they were against themselves, a record that was as far off the reach as the 74 wins in a single season - 33 straight wins.
5 wins in a row...... 10 wins in a row...... 15 wins in a row......
Although the Lakers seemed unstoppable at this time, no one would have imagined that their goal would be so ambitious.
20 wins in a row...... 25 Wins in a Row......
As the Lakers' winning streak slowly began to touch the nerve crest of every fan, people finally discovered what kind of ambition Zhang and his teammates have to challenge another monument in the NBA team record - 33 consecutive wins in a single season.
Now, they are infinitely closer to that goal, and they have become only the second team in NBA history to complete a 30+ winning streak.
Well, there's obviously a problem with that, and they should be the only team in NBA history to have two 30+ consecutive wins.
Zhang Qi and his Lakers, every step forward now means that the team is one step closer to the limit, countless Lakers fans are ready to welcome the new Purple and Gold Dynasty, and they are even ready to put on a new theme for the city, which will be a city full of "miracle" words.
The Los Angeles Times reports -
Due to the Lakers' long-term winning habitual thinking, many people even have a kind of aesthetic fatigue, so during the winning streak, in addition to surpassing the previous record every time, only the 33-second battle with the Bulls when the game was 12 points behind can stimulate the audience's visual taste buds.
For a long time, among the various magical records circulating in the NBA, the Lakers' 33-game winning streak is no less difficult to surpass than Chamberlain's myth of 100 points per game, so when the Lakers complete the 30-game winning streak again, the fans' blood is just like Zhang Yu's shocking 33.16 minutes not long ago.
This season's Lakers may be the only team in history to be called "invincible", they have won numerous honors in the third of the regular season, the team's record at the top of the league seems to be nothing, such a time is not worth mentioning in the face of 33.16 seconds, and their 30-game winning streak is far from over......
We can't help but wonder, what are the factors that make this Lakers unbeatable?
After leading his team to 30 consecutive wins, Lyon gave us a more official answer, saying: We are undefeated so far because we have a united, tacit rhythm of attack and defense, a rock-solid defense, an accurate group of three-point shooters on the perimeter, and an unstoppable leader like Napoleon's version.
All of these factors combine to be the reason why the Lakers are undefeated so far, and their legendary journey has indeed just begun.
"ESPN" also reported on this day with the title "Lakers' 30-game winning streak creates a sports legend" -
The NBA has a lot of magical records, and when those legends in ancient times completed such magical records that were considered impossible to surpass when the basketball offensive and defensive system was not perfect enough, everyone looked at it with a mindset of admiration, and thought that these records would be sealed forever.
But since last season, the Lakers seem to be making new impacts in the direction of the limit, and they want to challenge the new limits of humanity.
This is sport, a field that celebrates pushing the limits. Victory, on the other hand, is an unshakable dominance.
But we can't just stare at the shining streak, we must know that behind the glory is the more effort that the players put in than ordinary people, and it is the years of training that can get the body and the state to this level of the top of humanity.
The NBA's new official promo video is a great example of what sports are all about, and when the record-setters show their audiences the madness of the sport, we should be applauding their dedication and hard work, not just the streak on the books, right?