Chapter 289: Breaking the Record Again

"Spurs beat Pacers away, setting a record for the longest winning streak in team history"

"Li Yang won the duel with George, helping the Spurs win 18 consecutive victories"

"Spurs 18 consecutive wins, tying the team's all-time record for regular season wins"

"The Spurs are unstoppable, beating the first place in the East for 18 consecutive wins......

After the Spurs' victory over the Pacers, news of the Spurs' all-time 18-game winning streak began to dominate the sports media. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The reason why it was so hyped after the game was because the Spurs achieved 18 consecutive wins to create a new team history record, and on the other hand, the game that originally attracted much attention and thought it would be a tough battle eventually evolved into a hanging on the Spurs' side, which really surprised the outside world.

After winning the Pacers' game, the Spurs won 18 in a row, and they didn't lose a game in the whole of March, the key is that during this month, they not only faced the Mavericks, Warriors, Clippers and other playoff teams in the West, but also beat the top two Pacers and Heat in the East, respectively, leaving everyone smacking.

"There is no team that can stop the Spurs from being the best team in the regular season, and the only suspense is whether or not there is any team that can stop the Spurs in the playoffs. ”

"It's too strong! The Spurs are so strong! They beat the Heat and the Pacers so easily, and if they were allowed to make it to the Finals, neither the Heat nor the Pacers would be able to stop them. ”

"Do the Spurs want their winning streak to continue until the end of the season and then tie the Bulls' 72-10 record?"

Fans were amazed by the Spurs' state and overall strength during this period of time, and some fans even began to associate the Spurs with the 72-10 Bulls, after all, the Spurs have now achieved a 63-10 record.

Although it seems that it will not be easy for the Spurs to win the final nine games, because teams across the league will snipe them, fans do believe that if the Spurs are at their best, they may not be able to do it.

However, such voices have been denied by many industry experts, who believe that when the Spurs lock up the league's best record and secure home-court advantage, Popovich will deliberately let the water go, and he will not let the Spurs players risk injury at the end of the regular season to chase the record.

In the following interview, Popovich also answered reporters' questions, and when asked by reporters if Popovich would go all out to go all out to go all-in with a 72-10 record, Popovich replied: "I'm not interested in any regular season records or records, and if you don't win a championship at the end of the season, all records don't mean anything." ”

Popovich's words disappointed many fans, and from them, they realized that the experts were right.

However, despite this, it does not prevent Spurs fans from dreaming of another record for the Spurs, who are not looking forward to a 72-10 record, but a 63-win record in the regular season.

The Spurs now have 63 wins after the win over the Pacers, and one more win would set a new franchise record for regular-season wins. And in this game, the Spurs need to face the Memphis Grizzlies.

The Memphis Grizzlies were the opponents of the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals last season, but this season the two teams are clearly not at the same level, the Spurs have shown better form than last season, all the way up, and the Grizzlies have a slightly worse record than last season, although they are also in the Western Conference playoffs, but have dropped out of the race for the top four in the West.

And the two teams have met this season just like last season's Western Conference Finals, with the previous three meetings ending in victory for the Spurs.

The fourth meeting between the two sides was held at the home stadium of the Spurs, and before the game began, the atmosphere at the Spurs' home stadium was already extremely enthusiastic, and the fans were waiting for the start of the game, or the end of the game, waiting for their home team to create a new regular season front in team history.

In this atmosphere, the Spurs players also looked very excited in the game, although the offensive success rate was not high at the beginning of the game because of the Grizzlies' defense and too much excitement, but after two minutes of play, the Spurs began to find their senses.

On the one hand, the Spurs caused problems for the Grizzlies, who were already not good at offense, on the defensive end, and on the other hand, the Spurs, who were steady at the tempo, began to find a feel on the offensive end.

With seven minutes played, the Spurs rewrote the score to 4-10 and further widened the deficit in the next two and a half minutes.

With four and a half minutes left in the first quarter, the difference between the two teams was 8:16, and Popovich sent Li Yang, Ginobili and Dio on the court, and the nightmare began for the Grizzlies.

The big fat man Dio gave the big fat man Randolph a huge problem, and the breakthrough of Li Yang and Ginobili on the Spurs side brought a huge impact to the entire defense of the Grizzlies.

In the face of Li Yang, who was sharper than last season, in front of the Spurs' blocking and pick-and-roll tactics, the Grizzlies' two interior players couldn't keep up at all, which forced them to repeatedly shrink the defense, and then let the Spurs' mid-to-long-range shooting completely explode.

Duncan hit a mid-range shot, Ginobili made a three-pointer, Dio scored three-pointers, and Li Yang also scored three-pointers, and in the last four minutes of the first quarter, the Spurs played a 13-2 scoring high* tide.

At 10:27, after the first quarter, the Grizzlies scored only 10 points, which was enough to make the game out of suspense.

This has almost become the routine of the Grizzlies and the Spurs in the past two seasons, and their regular offense is always limited by the Spurs at the beginning of the game, and then after the first quarter of the game is pitifully low and the score difference is completely widened.

The Grizzlies were then able to chase the points with a stubborn defense and a free-spirited offense until they couldn't succeed.

It's just that unlike the previous script, although the Grizzlies were stubborn defensively after this, they were not able to limit the Spurs' offense, and at the end of each quarter, the difference between the two teams would further widen.

At the end of the game, the difference between the two teams was fixed at 32 points, and it was the Spurs who won naturally

At 91:123, the Spurs completed another hanging, and after completing their sweep against the Grizzlies in the Western Conference Finals last season, they swept the Grizzlies again in the regular season this season, winning all four games.

With the win over the Grizzlies, the Spurs' winning streak improved to 19 games, breaking the record they set in the previous game, and after this game, the Spurs' record improved to 64-10.

With 64 wins, the Spurs surpassed their 05-06 regular-season record of 63 for the most regular season wins, setting a new franchise record.

Setting a new all-time record is naturally excellent news for the Spurs, but for Li Yang's fans, there is not good news in this game that Li Yang is injured.

Li Yang sprained his ankle during a breakaway, but the team doctor later confirmed that Li Yang's sprain was not a major problem, but for the sake of insurance, the team doctor still advised Li Yang to rest for two to three days, that is, a break.

This made Li Yang's fans breathe a sigh of relief, if it was just a break for one game, it would be regarded as Li Yang's rotation. (To be continued.) )