Listening to John on the other side hanging up the phone very politely, Mill exhaled a long breath, "I think I am the main loser in the transaction, but in the end, who will suffer is not certain, I will take a look at the main players who can play now, Chauncey, Houston, Charlie Ward, Joe Smith, Kurt Thomas, Harrington...... Although this lineup is a bit bad, it looks comfortable now, it depends on whether the Magic team has the desire to trade, otherwise they can relax this season, and the rest depends on Van Gundy Jr., let him bring a newcomer and learn to defend. ”

Speaking of this, Mir's eyes flashed with a sharp light, "Next season is the foundation of the Knicks' fame, and 03 will be the harvest, my Mill's team occupies the best position in the league, and of course it will become the strongest team." ”

No matter how deep Mill's mind is and how much he looks forward to the future, these things are still very early for the Wizards, that is, the Knicks will become the opponent of the Wizards in the future, and that is not now, the current Wizards team has no possibility of being bad, not to mention that the Wizards team after ten consecutive wins is already the first in the East and the second in the league.

However, after a series of weak teams, the Wizards finally met two strong teams in a row, back-to-back against the Indiana Pacers, who are now sixth in the East.

No one thinks the Pacers should be in this position, even the Wizards are taking the attitude of treating strong teams to face the Pacers, the victory against the Pacers in the last game was just a tactical mistake of the Pacers, and Jalen Rose did not play in the last game.

No, the vengeful Pacers gave the Wizards a lot of trouble at the beginning, Rose scored 12 points in the first quarter, and Gerrard faced the experienced Rose, although he tried his best, there was no way to stop it.

Now Gerald Wallace is already the Wizards' defensive gate, an important rotation player, can play the No. 4 position, he can now average about 25 minutes per game, and meet strong guards or forwards for more than 35 minutes.

It is not only Jordan who is stimulated by ten consecutive wins, for his first ten consecutive wins, the Wizards team can be said to be united, but most of the main forces of the Wizards are newcomers, and physical strength and mental strength are problems.

At the beginning of this game after ten consecutive wins, the Wizards were too active except for Jordan, and Jordan did not perform very well in this game because of physical strength, no matter what, this game was also back-to-back, and the last game against the Hornets was not very easy for the Wizards.

Just halfway through the second quarter, the Pacers stretched the analogy to more than 10 points, if it weren't for Tyrone Lue's excellent performance today, it is likely to be pulled by the opponent to more than 20 points, in the face of such a scene, Collins can only reluctantly replace all the main forces and take a good rest before halftime.

Tyrone Lue, Bobby Simmons, Jones, Zhizhi Wang, Haywood played. The main player is Tyrone Lue, as a small defender, he is still very sure in the face of a defense like Tinsley.

Seeing that these players from the bench lineup were evenly matched with the Pacers, although they did not pull the score, they were not left behind by the other party, Collins laughed silently when he saw this.

"We're still losing, and you can still laugh?" There's only one person who can talk to a manager like that.

"Before the start of the season, I couldn't have imagined that our bench could play so well, you see, now they have started to have a clear division of labor, how resolute they are in executing their tactics? This is our bench lineup, did you think that we could win ten in a row and stand in first place in the East? Can you imagine that our substitutes have the strength to catch up with strong teams? ”

Jordan was silent for the first time in the face of this kind of questioning, and the anxious look on his face quickly disappeared, and he was not entangled in whether he could continue to win the streak, and looked at the players in the seats, looking at them with a little tiredness, but he still looked at the players on the field with bright eyes, I am afraid that the main force at this time is eager to go to the game immediately...... What else do you have to say in the face of players like this.

Of course, the Wizards are not without their own problems, and past rotation veterans Puoboye, Etang, and Nesby do not have this kind of thinking.

In the end, the Wizards lost, with Pacers' Rose scoring 30 points and Miller scoring 20 points, and the bench also had a very good performance.

However, the unburdened Wizards, in the last two games of December, although they lost to the Hornets, who are now seventh in the East, won two consecutive defeats, and immediately defeated the New Jersey Nets, which are second in the East, the Nets' Jefferson was injured and did not play, and Kidd also performed poorly and looked very tired.

December's Player of the Month award didn't go to the Wizards this time, although the Wizards are on a 10-game winning streak this month, and it's not the credit of a single player, the Celtics' duo is the second best player this month.

Pierce had 27.7 points and six rebounds, and Walker had 23 points, nine rebounds and four assists, and the two were jointly voted Player of the Month for December.

Duncan in the West won the honor, and as one of the Lakers' biggest rivals on the way to a three-game championship, the Spurs have been very tough this year.

The end of the game in December means that the All-Stars have entered a critical stage of selection, the Wizards are now three on the list, Jordan's votes are only slightly behind the Raptors' Carter, and Gong Feng's votes are ranked fifth on the guard list, even ahead of Ray Allen and Pierce.

Gong Feng has averaged 37 minutes in 29 games this season, averaging 10 points and 12 assists per game, which is the most minutes played by the Wizards so far, and is an important factor in the Wizards' ability to stand second in the league.

The third place is definitely Kwame Brown, who averaged 32 minutes in 29 games, averaging 20 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists per game, as the Wizards' biggest surprise right now. In the future, Kwamei's data upswing is certainly inevitable. What's even more beneficial to him is that there is a real lack of centers in the East, the tough guy Mourning has now declined to a certain extent, Mutombo has no regular offensive ability, and the last remaining little O'Neal can only be said to be completely not as ornamental as Kwame in terms of play.

The Wizards are no exception, not to mention that the current Wizards have the fewest games since the beginning of the season, January 2002.

In January, the Wizards only had 11 games, but the opponents were still relatively difficult to bite.

The Wizards who rested for four days defeated the Bulls, who now have a tendency to be rotten, of course, the drama of the return of the master to Chicago is not less, but unfortunately now as the Wizards who are the first in the East and the Bulls who are the 14th in the East, Jordan is wrong to say anything now, No. 8 defeated the Clippers who were pressed in Los Angeles and couldn't raise their heads, and No. 11 still won the game in the face of the Bucks' back-to-back attitude.

In the game with the Bucks, in fact, on the outside, the Wizards completely took the Bucks' Ray Allen and Cassell, and there was no way to grab the two-bar at all, but Kwame and Leitner dominated the Bucks' interior, and the two combined to score 30 rebounds.

Hamilton, who came off the bench, scored 15 points to ensure the victory of the game, making the Bucks' playoff journey more difficult, and it also means that the trade for Ray Allen has begun to be on the table of major managers.

In the back-to-back games against the Timberwolves on the second day, the Wizards lost, Sprewell, who had just been traded to the Timberwolves, scored 28 points in the game, and Garnett even cut 25+18 terrifying data, and the Wizards, who had consumed too much physical strength the day before, had no strength to resist at all.

However, the victory or defeat of this game, the Wizards did not feel discouraged, and they were actively preparing for the game against the Spurs in three days.

For the Spurs team that defeated them in the last game, the Wizards are all in a state of unconvinced, and they all want to play this game well, and more importantly, this game is about the battle for the first place in the league.

Before the game began, there were two more news that were very favorable for the Wizards, as the Spurs had just lost a game against the New Jersey Open, the second in the East, and it was a tight two-point loss. The second is that the Spurs did not have any time to rest, and immediately rushed to the home court of the Wizards the next day, and this game was a back-to-back game on the road for the Spurs.

All the Wizards players wondered if the Wizards could still be a strong team if they still lost the game against the Spurs in this situation. I'm afraid the media is going to start saying that the Wizards are a pseudo-powerhouse.

It's a game the Wizards can't afford to lose for players looking to improve their scores.