Chapter 892: The Most Important Competition

The Los Angeles Lakers pushed the team's winning streak to 33 consecutive wins again, and while it wasn't the first time for the Los Angeles Lakers, it was definitely the most sensational.

Although when they beat the Spurs in Game 31, many people knew that it was a sure thing that the Lakers wanted to equal the team's all-time record of 33 consecutive wins.

Because both the Nuggets and the Cavaliers are opponents who must be able to win, in this case, in fact, many Lakers fans have already begun to celebrate the team's all-time best after beating the Spurs.

However, although it is almost a sure thing to tie the all-time best record, it still caused a sensation in the whole United States and Los Angeles when it actually happened, this is the second team to bring the winning streak to 30 games after basketball entered the modern period, and it is also the most likely team to go further so far, almost everyone who follows the NBA has some small expectations for this team, of course, in addition to the Lakers' sworn enemy and Zhuang Fei's sworn enemy.

So the day after the game against the Cavaliers at home, when Zhuang Fei and his team came to the team training hall, they found that there were a large number of people and fans gathered in the training hall, and even if they didn't say who they were, they knew very well, and it was clear from the signs they held in their hands that these were all die-hard fans of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Of course, these are just the reactions of these fans to the Lakers' 33-game winning streak, compared to the reactions of these fans, what makes Zhuang Fei most interesting is the reaction of the team's owner Old Buss, not long after Zhuang Fei came to his office. The big boss of the Lakers came in with an excited face and expressed his congratulations to Zhuang Fei and the Laker.

The big boss of the Lakers obviously didn't think that Zhuang Fei would do so well with the Lakers when he invited Zhuang Fei at the beginning of the season. In many cases, he even thought that Zhuang Fei's performance this year may not be as good as last year's Phil Jackson. But judging by his current performance, the current NBA's No. 1 coach is perfect in his first year with the Lakers.

Perfectly replicated the 33-game winning streak led by Jerry West, perfectly replicated the show-time led by Magic, and now, this team has the opportunity to do better than the Lakers in the previous two eras, and this is an extremely gratifying thing for Jerry Buss, because he really sees the hope that the Lakers can rise this year, which has not been seen even when Phil Jackson reached the Finals before.

Jerebus was excited. This is inevitable, as one of the witnesses of this team and one of the founders of the dynasty, he has experienced too many glorious moments of this team, but even so, this Laker, this Laker led by Zhuang Fei is the most unique and flashing one in the history of the Lakers, and it is definitely like this for now.

It's just that for Zhuang Fei, he doesn't care very much if his boss is happy, the important thing is that he can do what he wants to do as much as possible in this team, obviously. For now, Zhuang Fei has got all this.

From very early times. The media across the United States are discussing when the Los Angeles Lakers' winning streak will come to this year, and before this Lakers and Cavaliers game, many media are also discussing how the Lakers will tie the team's team history winning streak.

So after the end of this game, most of the media still recognized the Lakers' performance in this game, of course, this is just most of the media, but for some individual media, the Los Angeles Lakers encountered new challenges in these two games, and the opponent's all-out efforts made the Lakers' performance in these two games actually not so good, and this also made these media think that the Lakers' next game will be lost to the Grizzlies, who are the first in the East and the second in the league so far.

Of course, at a time when the whole United States is crazy about the Lakers' 33-game winning streak, such a voice can't cause much of a ripple, and at this time, most people are still immersed in the Lakers' streak of winning streaks, and they don't have time to analyze and discuss the next game against the Grizzlies.

And when these people come out of the surprise of the Lakers, ready to expect the Lakers to beat the Grizzlies to tie the league's longest winning streak and break it, it may not be easy.

Even the Los Angeles Post and the Los Angeles Times, which are extremely supportive of the Los Angeles Lakers, are a little worried.

The Lakers' form has been a little low lately, but the Grizzlies' form is really excellent, and if the Lakers' 33-33 wins so far have almost overshadowed most teams in the league, the Grizzlies' record is now 30-4 in 34 games, which is also extremely good.

The Grizzlies, who recalled Rasheed Wallace this summer, have once again played a suffocating defense and offense, and it can be said that this team is by far the best team to do the combination of defense and offense, and it is also the most consistent team, of course, it can't compare with the Lakers in terms of stability, but even so.

The team is also on an 11-game winning streak so far, and although they are not as many wins as the Lakers, they have beaten three of the top four teams in the East in the last five games. It can be said that it is in good shape.

And what is even more surprising is the statement of Jerry West, who is a player with a 33-game winning streak and a general manager with a 34-game winning streak, about the game.

"First of all, congratulations to the Los Angeles Lakers for another magical season, this is a great result, this team has been improved again in the hands of Coach Z, they are the strongest team in the NBA at the moment, of course, that doesn't mean they will keep winning, we will beat them in the next game, and the Lakers' winning streak will end again at 33 consecutive wins"

This is Jerry West's answer when asked this question, and it is clear that the Grizzlies are ready to stop the Lakers in this game, when the Grizzlies won 34 in a row, the Lakers were the opponents they directly defeated and thus set a record, so the Lakers have always been nailed to the footnote of their record book, and for Jerry West and the Grizzlies, they don't want to be a footnote to the Lakers.

It is precisely because of this that after Jerry West's statement, Grizzlies head coach Rick Carlisle and several leading players of the Grizzlies said that they would go all out in the game against the Lakers on the road.

And with the statement of the Grizzlies team, the 34th game of the season between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Grizzlies on January 13 is also very touching.

Of course, this is just the sound of the outside, and for the Lakers, this team is still no different from the past, except for some young players who seem to be affected recently, whether it is the Lakers three old, Kobe Bryant or Jackson, these important players are extremely normal, and this is what makes Zhuang Fei extremely happy.

The game with the Grizzlies, this is very important, this game may be one of the most important regular season games of the Lakers this season, if not long ago the Christmas game, the Lakers defeated New York This is the Lakers and Zhuang Fei proved that his new Laker is better than Phil Jackson's old Laker, then this game with the Grizzlies is to prove that Zhuang Fei's Lakers are the strongest team in the history of the Lakers, both games are of great significance, but for the Lakers, this game is undoubtedly the most important.

So for such a game, although most of the Lakers' players seem to be normal and are in accordance with the usual training and arrangement, but for Zhuang Fei, the head coach of the Lakers, it is difficult for him to deal with the general game, so Zhuang Fei has also had a headache in the past two days, this grizzly bear is indeed powerful and has almost no loopholes

"Zhuang, I'm still thinking about tomorrow's game."

On January 12, 2005, in the Los Angeles Lakers head coach's office, the general manager of the Lakers, Kupchak, pushed the door and saw Zhuang Fei scratching his head, and at this time, Zhuang Fei also saw the team's smiling team general manager.

"Yes, it's hard to play against the Grizzlies, this team is too balanced, the balance is terrible" Zhuang Fei finally said with a wry smile, and at this time, Kupchak also nodded after hearing Zhuang Fei's words.

He knows a lot about this Grizzly bear, and in the 2002 Finals, the Lakers faced almost this Grizzly bear, which was perhaps even more terrifying at the time, and they also had a veteran Olajuwon, who was old but could already lead the team.

It was also in that year that the aggressive Lakers finally failed to reach the Finals, and it was also that year that the Lakers went from peak to loneliness, and the relationship between Kobe and O'Neal also changed in a reversal after that year, it can be said that the Grizzlies were the fuse that caused the tragedy of the Lakers' internal contradictions last season.

Of course, time has passed, and now the Lakers and Grizzlies are not so much of a contradiction, but Kupchak still agrees with Zhuang Fei's prudence, you know, his former boss Jerry West is there, and that guy has a big shadow on Kupchak.

"By the way, Mickey, should you be in the wrong?" Zhuang Fei looked at Kupchak, who was holding a document in his hand, and asked with some curiosity. At the same time, it also diverts the topic.

"Well, just got the news that the Magic, the Mavericks and the New York Knicks completed a deal, the New York Knicks sent Tim Thomas and Mutombo and Capono and the future two first-round picks from the Magic to get Alan Houston and Caron Butler, while the Mavericks sent Jason Williams to get Livingston for the Magic and Mutombo for New York, and the Magic got Jason Williams and Tim Thomas and Capono and New York for the future two first-round picks"

After Kupchak finished speaking, Zhuang Fei also frowned. The dismemberment of the Magic was predictable, but it didn't happen that White Chocolate was traded by the Mavericks, is this team ready to rebuild? There is also the New York Knicks getting Butler, and the strength of this team may increase.

"It seems that the situation in the east will change" (to be continued. )