As a result of strictly limiting Da Yao's playing time and number of games, Da Yao has not had any injuries so far this season and has always maintained a relatively healthy competitive condition.

For Da Yao, this is already a very good result.

After all, since the beginning of the 05-06 season, Da Yao's attendance rate has been below 70%, and injuries have been a very common situation.

Therefore, although Da Yao is a little reluctant to miss the game due to frequent breaks, his body knows that this style of play does make him very relaxed, without the accumulation of fatigue, and he will have more spare energy to deal with the playoffs later.

Da Yao is really admiring Wang Chao now, he doesn't understand how terrifying Wang Chao's vision is, he said before that Jeremy Lin would play it and shock the world, but Jeremy Lin really did it.

Wang Chao asked him to lose weight, reduce the regular season and reduce the burden appropriately, and the effect is also very good.

The most important thing is that in the case of Da Yao's reduction in the team's sharing, Wang Chao actually took over the responsibility that should have been shouldered by Da Yao, and acted as a single savior many times on the field like a tireless perpetual motion machine.

In his many years of career, Da Yao is really the first time to see a basketball player who can be as strong as Wang Chao.

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In January and February, the best player of the month in the west was Wang Chao, and the time entered March, and the west ...... To be exact, there is still no one in the entire league who can compete with Wang Chao for the honor of Player of the Month.

Throughout March, the Rockets had a total of 16 games with a 12-4 record, and in these 16 games, Wang Chao had a 50+ game, eight games with 40+ points, and the remaining seven games, Wang Chao scored at least 35 points or more.

Relying on Wang Chao's strong play, the Rockets won most games, losing four games to the Thunder, Clippers, Lakers and Grizzlies, and three of the four games were due to the fact that Da Yao was suspended in consecutive games, and the Rockets were not fully fit.

For Wang Chao's open-minded performance, the league is now accustomed to it, and there is no such shocking feeling as at the beginning, and even many teams are quite happy to see Wang Chao play like this, such as the Miami Heat, which is the favorite to win the championship.

By the end of March, the league was nearly 80% full, and it was a really tough season with a packed schedule that left everyone feeling physically and mentally exhausted.

This applies to every team, and the Rockets are certainly no exception.

Da Yao has been out of action for more than 15 games, and all the fixtures he chooses to suspend are all two-day games in a row, which shows the intensity of the schedule.

Wang Chao has not missed a game since the beginning of the regular season, and has played an average of 43 minutes per game, making him the only player in the league who has played more than 40 minutes per game.

Looking at the history of the league, there are many players with outstanding physical fitness, and the more well-known players include Kobe, James, Iverson and the earlier basketball god Jordan, all of whom have played an average of 40+ minutes per game in a single season, of which Iverson has played 43 minutes in two seasons.

But they are still very different from Wang Chao, first of all, the problem of the schedule.

Although the total number of games played in the shortened season was less than in a normal season, the games were more intense, leaving little time for the players to rest.

After playing 82 games in 6 months or 66 games in 4 months, it is self-evident which one is more difficult.

Wang Chao can also play an average of 43 minutes per game in the shrinking season, and focus a lot of ball possession on himself, with an average of 27.5 shots per game, which is more than Kobe Bryant's average of 35.4 points per game in the 05-06 season.

Although Wang Chao played the most exaggerated individual performance in the NBA since ancient times, and the Rockets' record ranked first in the league, and even the Bulls and Spurs were suppressed, but in the eyes of other teams, this is undoubtedly consuming and overdrawing Wang Chao's physical strength.

In the regular season, he went all out so hard, and when it came time for the playoffs, how much physical strength could Wang Chao, who had experienced a whole intensive and high-intensity regular season schedule, have?

You must know that the playoffs are the real stage of the showdown, and the defensive pressure will surge, and the confrontation will be stronger.

The decades of history of the NBA have proven countless times that this can happen.

The playoffs are all good and it's good to be swept away by a big loss of form under huge defensive pressure and the opponent's targeted defense, and if it's serious, it's not surprising that injuries occur directly in the game.

Therefore, in the eyes of many people, the happier Wang Chao is now, the worse he will be in the playoffs.

Fans of many other stars have also commented on it on many website platforms, yin and yang.

"Who wouldn't score in the regular season? If our stars are willing, they can easily brush out an average of 40 points per game, what is the point of this kind of cancerous play? ”

"The current Rockets team has completely reduced to a team that only serves Wang Chao alone, but anyone who has watched the game knows that during the game, Wang Chao basically holds the ball alone, and the others pull away and then hang up and watch him play alone, can this also be called a team, a team?"

"It's not okay to rely heavily on the individual ability of the star, it's okay to say in the regular season, and when you enter the playoffs, once Wang Chao's performance is abnormal, or an accidental injury, then the team will be all over."

Such doubts are understandable, after all, no one knows that Wang Chao is open, the existence of steel and iron talent, so that he will basically not be injured on the field, and the buff of training potion physical energy potion passive recovery of physical fitness can allow him to continue to relieve fatigue after the game.

Therefore, don't look at Wang Chao playing for so long every game, almost every game is exhausted, but in fact, his own state has not changed from the beginning of the regular season.

This is still clear to the Rockets coaching staff, after all, every time on the rest day after the game, Wang Chao will still train as always, and the training volume is still scary.

No matter what the outside world says, the Rockets are still very determined to play around Wang Chao.

April, the final month of the 11-12 regular season.

The Rockets have 14 games left, all of which are played within this month.

The intensity of those 14 games is not small, and the Rockets were rushing to Chicago to play the Bulls, the No. 1 team in the East, at the beginning of the month, and after playing one game at home the day before.

In this game, as usual, Da Yao hung up the exemption card, Wang Chao single-core led the face of the Chicago Bulls with a full lineup, although the whole court slashed 44 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, but still lost to the opponent.

In this game, Rose, the star of the Bulls, played extremely well, scoring 36 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

No way, who made the Rockets scarce at the point guard position?

Brooks is not good at defense, and Thomas Jr. is even more of a black hole in defense, which is nothing in front of Rose.

Although he failed to become the youngest regular season MVP in the history of the league because of Wang Chao, Rose's strength will not be affected by one less honor, and in the case of Da Yao's truce, the Rockets only have Jordan on the inside. Hill and Asik are also seriously lacking in frame protection, which naturally gives Rose more opportunities to play.

After the loss on the road in Chicago, the Rockets then rushed to Los Angeles to take on the Lakers.

The away game with the Lakers was played three days after the Bulls' first game, and although it was a back-to-back away game, there were a few days to rest in between, so Da Yao played this game and taught Bynum what a good center looks like in the game.

Da Yao, who played 32 minutes, made 9 of 15 shots, 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 22 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks.

On the other hand, Bynum only had 3-of-10 shooting, 10 points and 6 rebounds.

Another big man in the Lakers' twin towers, Paul. Gasol hasn't been in particularly good shape since the trade deadline, not because he's in a physical condition, but because he's mentally broken.

Before the trade deadline, the Lakers tried to trade him for point guard Delon Brown, who was traded to the Nets. Williams, who was flatly rejected by the Nets.

This is the second time this season that Gasol has been used as a trade chip by Lakers management, and the last time the Lakers wanted to trade him for Chris. Paul, the deal was almost done, only to be halted by Stern, the president of the league.

Being put on the shelves three times and twice made Gasol feel a little bad, which in turn affected his performance on the field.

With the strong reinforcement of Da Yao, Wang Chao was also merciless, cutting 37 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists triple-double, and once again won the battle with Kobe.

Bryant, who scored 28 points on 8-of-20 shooting and 11-of-11 free throws, could only watch his team lose the game.

The subsequent Rockets played against the Kings, Trail Blazers, Jazz, Suns, Nuggets and other teams, which are both teams that are impacting the playoffs, and the two teams are still direct competitors, and the two teams must surpass each other if they want to advance to the playoffs.

This kind of team on the fringes of the playoffs has a very hard time playing, and even the Rockets, who are on the verge of a full roster, are on the verge of capsizing in the gutter.

The games against these two teams ended up being thrilling wins, but in the end, the Rockets still capsized in the gutter and lost one game in the Denver Nuggets in the final two consecutive home and away games with the Nuggets.

The home court of the Denver Nuggets can be regarded as the league's well-known devil's home court, not because of how terrifying the home fans are, compared to the Boston fans, the home fans in Denver can be described as gentle.

But Denver itself is located in the plateau area, and when you come here to play, you will have some altitude sickness, and your physical energy will be consumed extremely quickly, especially in this shrinking season, everyone has accumulated a lot of fatigue, and then ran to the plateau to play, and what's more, the Nuggets now have the shadow of the track and field team.

The Rockets were exhausted by the Nuggets' fast break throughout the game, and lost 89-101.

Wang Chao scored 41 points, which is not much different for him who can reach the full value of 99 in his own body and passively recover fatigue with physical fitness potions.

But Da Yao Ke suffered, his physical fitness has always been his shortcoming, and he competed with the Denver track and field team on the plateau, and the result was that Da Yao was exhausted throughout the game, constantly running back and forth, and finally scored only 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting.

However, the revenge of the away team was avenged by the Rockets immediately after returning to the home court.

Without the plateau home court, the Nuggets immediately couldn't get up and were beaten by the Rockets at home, after all, the Nuggets at this time were still just the embryonic, and the real rise of the Denver track and field team was the 12-13 season, that is, Andre, who is known as the little AI next season. After Iguodala joined.

Not surprisingly, the Nuggets in the 12-13 season will have a 57-25 record in the regular season and enter the playoffs in third place in the West.

It's just that even if the Denver track and field team is a complete team in the 12-13 season, in fact, their combat effectiveness is just like that.

In the first round, he was eliminated 4:2 by the Warriors, who were not yet fully rising at the time, and then there was an incident where he joined if he couldn't beat it, and Iguodala switched to the Warriors and sold his old club Nuggets without hesitation.

Durant often said that he joined the Warriors because he was inspired by James, but in fact, maybe Iguodala is the main person he referenced.

The topic is far away, let's get down to business.

After the two-game game with the Nuggets, the Rockets only have five games left in the regular season.

Three away and two home, against the Dallas Mavericks, New Orleans Hornets, Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat and the final rematch against the Hornets.

Of the several opponents, the strongest opponent is obviously the Heat, and the only loss the Rockets have lost in five games was the game against the Heat on the road.

Even near the end of the schedule, the Rockets still strictly implemented Da Yao's targeted use policy.

On April 21, the Rockets hosted the Golden State Warriors, and on April 22, they rushed to Miami to play against the Heat.

With consecutive games and away games, the Rockets chose to rest Da Yao in turn, even if the Heat are the biggest favorites to win the championship, it is very likely to break through from the East.

Wang Chao led the army with a single core and was on the territory of the Heat, and finally lost to the Heat 93-99 and lost the game.

Although the game was lost, the whole game was unusually exciting, Wang Chao vs. the Big Three, James scored 31 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Wade 23 points and 4 assists, and Bosh 16 points and 8 rebounds!

The Big Three combined for 70 points and 34 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists, and Wang Chao, who had a big triple-double.

In the course of the game, the Heat carried out a two-man trap tactic against Wang Chao almost all the time, and it was James and Shaun. The teaming up of two of Battier's top forward defenders.

Such a top-notch defensive combination did succeed in limiting Wang Chao's scoring, and even forced Wang Chao to switch to playing without the ball to crack the double bag.

Packing the Super League is something that has been tried by countless teams during the regular season, but the Heat are clearly the best at it.

Sean. Battier has one of the league's best defensive IQs, and James, who is at his prime, has hardware conditions that are unmatched in the entire league, and the combination of the two can be described as the strongest outside defense.

Of course, Da Yao's truce, the Rockets lack a big general is also an unavoidable fact, even if the Heat's package tactics against Wang Chao have an effect, but once Da Yao plays, it is difficult to say which of the two teams will win or lose.

(End of chapter)