Chapter Forty-Nine: Looking Back at That 72 Wins
Even if he was very sad, Kobe Bryant came over to apply for a hug with Lin Fei, "Congratulations!" "Ko is old this year, although sometimes he is still competitive, but the feeling of winning and losing has faded, and he seems to be more of a pleasure when he plays, and he can feel his relief on the court." I only feel that I am really old when I see Lin Fei playing. This is the first time that Kobe Bryant has claimed that he is old, and it is also due to Bai Linfei.
The Warriors' winning streak continues once again, with a 17-1 record, a 12-game winning streak, a 5-game winning streak, and a 19-game winning streak that started the best game in the league.
Although Lin Fei's score has declined recently, his average score per game can still reach 35.8 points, far behind the second place in the scoring list.
Next, the Warriors can relax, because there are several consecutive home courts, or several weak teams in the league, the Wizards, the Nets, and the Pistons. If they win them all, the Warriors will have another eight-game winning streak and play the best start in the league.
Now experts can analyze that the Warriors surpassed Jordan's regular season record of 72 players. are making very profound comparisons.
Comparison of the team's top scorers. Jordan's score in the 96 season is 30.4 points, and Lin Fei is currently 4 35.8 points, maybe Lin Fei is slightly better, but looking at the comprehensive data, you know that Lin Fei is too chilling, with 1.9 rebounds and 4.2 assists, while Jordan is 6.6 rebounds and 4.3 assists. The two of them are so similar, they both have super high hit rates. Jordan's shooting reached 49%, while Lin Fei's shooting rate was a terrifying 60%, but Lin Fei's strongest thing was that his three-point shooting rate and key shot shooting rate reached 55% and 70% respectively, which Jordan can't compare, but Jordan's ability to create fouls at critical moments is definitely incomparable to Lin Fei.
Taken together, the two seem to be about the same. However, a lot of invisible things can't be reflected in the data, Jordan was the best defensive team in the league that season, and it was difficult for opponents to score in front of him, and Lin Fei's defense was very poor, even a second-rate point guard in the league could easily score 20 points on him, and it was definitely not so easy for you to get it in front of Jordan.
If you insist on comparing the contribution to the victory, if Jordan can score 10 points, Lin Fei can only score 9 points. Maybe that's fairer.
Then compare the configuration of the teams. Of the five players on the NBA All-Defensive Team in '96, three were from the Bulls, Jordan, Pippon, and Rodman. These three were the core of the team at the time, and when they were taken apart, each one of them was very strong individually defensively. Jordan was voted the NBA's All-Defensive Player in 1988; Rodman was also named the All-Defensive Team in 1990 and 1991. And the Warriors don't seem to have time to become famous and honored now. Except for Lin Fei's All-Star MVP and Best Sixth Man, there seems to be no other capital to come up with, although Jobs and Aix are also stars, there is still a big gap compared to the reputation and strength of Pippen and Rodman back then. However, the Warriors still have Keynes, a young player whose ability has also been recognized, and Curry's backup point guard and best sixth man, the Warriors' offensive strength has increased a lot. In this way, the lineup of the second team also has a competition, and even the winner can be set at five or five, which is a pity that these two teams do not have an era.
Let's look at the team stats. That season, the Bulls averaged 105.2 points per game, shooting 47.8 percent, conceding 92.9 points per game, and opponents shooting 44.8, while the Warriors scored an incredible 129 points in the league and shot 48 percent, and opponents scored 117 points and shot 47 percent. The Bulls relied primarily on defense, while the Warriors relied on an unsolvable offense. With Jordan, Pippen, and Rodman in their heyday, can the Bulls be bad defensively? And the Warriors have offensive players like Lin Fei, Jobs, Ax, Keynes, and Curry, can the offense be bad?
The rest is the coach! The coach of the Bulls was Phil Jackson, and 11 championship rings seemed like a no-brainer. During the period of leading the Bulls to six championships, Phil? Jackson's abilities, like Pippen's, are overshadowed by Jordan's glow. Until Phil? Jackson led OK to another three-time championship with the Lakers, and then led Kobe Bryant and a luxury roster to a two-game winning streak, before his ability was recognized and even mythical. One thing is undoubtedly Phil? Jackson's ability to pair up with star players is unmatched, and he can make Jordan and Pippen the most tacit pair, and he can also knead the OK combination together. Phil? Jackson's tutelage of Rodman is also a successful example. Tactically, the triangle offensive tactics that Jackson admired were well known. The only thing he's been criticized seems to be that he will always be with a superstar. On the other hand, the current head coach of the Warriors, Nelson. Although he is still empty-handed, he is widely regarded as the league's preeminent tactician and innovator, and many concepts have been developed by this guy, such as the concept of a point forward, the attacking style of maintaining a run-and-shoot, and the controversial "shark slashing tactic". Looking at it this way, it seems that Nelson has suffered a little, but today's innovation in Nelson's tactical concept, especially the proposal of "national ball control" and "ball faster than people", has greatly enriched his offense, and it will not be inferior to Jackson back then.
For the Warriors, the biggest problem is one of experience. The reason why the Bulls have achieved a dynasty is that they also follow the concept of defense first, at least before the Bulls, a series of tactics on defense have been quite mature, and their defense and experience are still traceable in the league, and there seem to be few teams in the history of the league that started with offense and made a career, which is why Nils has been coaching in the league for more than 30 years, but now he is still empty-handed. Does this prove to a certain extent that only teams with good defense are champions?
But you can never ignore this Warriors, they have given birth to too many miracles, since the arrival of Lin Fei, the Warriors have created a number of myths, and now the invincible is even more stunned by the league, some people have said that no matter what miracles are born in the Warriors, no one in the league will be surprised, even if Lin Fei wins 72 wins, many people may just give a gentle "oh", because they seem to have expected it, this is the Warriors.