If there's one team that's the most united, healthy, and overall in the NBA this season, it's the New York Knicks.

As the clock quickly entered the final month of the regular season in April, the New York Knicks had a 68-7 record after a 12-game winning streak, a full eight wins ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers (60-15) and the Washington Wizards (60-15) in the first place in the West.

With the last seven games left in the regular season, the Knicks have already locked up the first place in the league in advance, and are only five wins away from the 73-win record set by the Mavericks last season.

Knicks fans at home and abroad are excited and looking forward to the Knicks making new regular season history.

But at this time, within the Knicks management and coaching staff, there were two different voices.

Madison Square Garden, the senior meeting room of Knicks management.

Isaiah Thomas, the general manager and head coach, is presiding over the meeting at this time to discuss and determine the Knicks' final policy and plan for the future.

"I think the playoffs and a championship are the biggest goals of the Knicks this season, and we must not let the players get injured and exhausted by impacting the all-time record of the regular season!"

"This regular season has been going on for more than five months, and what the main players need most at this time is rest, not to strengthen their load in order to break the record of 73 wins!"

"You must know that our last seven games in April, the overall difficulty is quite difficult, including the Lakers, Timberwolves and other strong teams, it is not easy to break the 73-win record!"

"What happened to the Mavericks last season is still fresh in my mind, and Dirk Nowitzki's ankle injury happened in the finale, which also directly affected their journey to the playoffs!"

"So I think there should be a large rotation of the main players in the future, especially Forest, Marbury and Eddie Curry, to prepare for the playoffs in advance, and also give the bench players more room to play!"

"I believe our benches are just as strong, even if they don't have a main player, they will still be working towards breaking the record of 73 wins, and the hope of breaking the record is still there!"

Deputy General Manager Jack's remarks made nearly half of the members in the conference room nod solemnly and agreed.

But there are naturally those who disagree, and the president of the commercial department is one of them:

"Personally, I think that the Knicks' form this season is at the peak of the league, and every player has maintained a relatively healthy and hot performance in the game, and everyone is working hard to play a better record!"

"So at this time, it is a great pity for the main players themselves to suddenly take a large-scale rotation break and dash the hope of breaking the 73-win record!"

"We naturally know that the championship is the biggest goal of the Knicks this season, and the biggest goal of any playoff team!"

"However, championships come every year, but the strongest regular season win record in history can be said to be rare!"

"The Mavericks were a laughing stock last season because they had their best regular season record, but they didn't do anything in the playoffs and ended up in the second round!"

"But if you think about it differently, if the Mavericks not only broke the Bulls' 72-win record in the regular season last season, but also won the O'Brien Cup all the way in the playoffs, then the gold content of this championship will inevitably become the highest gold content of the championship since the new century!"

"I think the Knicks have what it takes to have the best regular season record and championship at the same time, the main players and the bench are basically healthy, and everyone is looking forward to playing any night and doing their best for themselves and the team's glory!"

"Everyone has been united for more than five months in the regular season this season, are you still afraid of the last half month?"

"In the last seven games of April, if we win five games, we can tie the Mavericks' all-time record, and if we win six games, we can make new history!"

"A new historical record is at hand, and I am sure that no one will refuse such an temptation!"

Head coach Isaiah Thomas nodded, and he also agreed with the president of the commercial department:

"Personally, I also hope that Lin and his teammates can make a new impact, I will properly control their playing time, many times injuries are not avoided by resting!"

"Besides, our strength in the East this season can be described as unbeatable, so at least the first two rounds of the playoffs will not encounter much resistance, in fact, the main and substitute players will not be nervous because of the pre-playoffs schedule, and there will also be enough time to recuperate!"

"The final finals are our real brutal battlefield!"

There was applause in the room, and Isaiah Thomas's insights were affirmed by everyone.

Thomas looked at the void and remembered that 20 years ago, he led the Detroit Pistons at his peak, and won the first place in the East and 63 wins in the 88-89 season, and how similar is the state of the Pistons that season to the Knicks today?

In the playoffs that season, the Pistons also swept the Celtics and Bucks successively, and eliminated Michael Jordan's Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals 4:3, and defeated the Los Angeles Lakers of the Twilight Magic 4:1 in the finals, successfully lifting the first championship trophy in team history.

Although the MVP of the Finals that year was his teammate Joe Dumas, in the eyes of Isaiah Thomas, the Pistons that season will always be the most nostalgic and unsurpassed glory of his playing career.

And now this Knicks, no matter in terms of lineup configuration and unity, is stronger than the Detroit Pistons at that time, and he believes that this season's Knicks will eventually usher in their own new glory.

In the final meeting, it was decided that in the last seven games of the Knicks in April, according to the strength of the opponent, the main players will be rested in a small range, including the key battle against the Lakers and the Timberwolves, two strong teams in the West, and all the main players will play and strive to break the Mavericks' 73-win record.

Bradley Center, Milwaukee.

The Knicks ushered in their first game of the season on April 2, heading to the road to face the Milwaukee Bucks led by Michael Reed and "Big Shark" O'Neal.

Flying above the roof of Bradley Center, the 1970-71 championship flag flies, a testament to the glory that belonged to this old NBA team.

Although the Bucks have only won one championship in their history, there are many superstars in team history, such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson, both former Bucks veterans, who also retired their Bucks jerseys here.

At the beginning of the century, the Bucks, led by Ray Allen, Robinson "Big Dog" and "Alien" Cassel, reached the Eastern Conference Finals, which is the only glory of the team after the 21st century.

In the past two seasons, the Bucks, led by Michael Reed, have been hovering outside the playoffs, and this season they have entered the ranks of the slump army ahead of schedule.

However, before the trade deadline, after getting O'Neal from the Heat, the popularity of the Bucks has indeed increased, and the home tickets have also sold a little better, and the influence of the big sharks cannot be ignored.

As Lin Fei's old friend, after O'Neal came to the Bucks, he also took care of the UAE as the starting power forward, and gave him a lot of technical guidance for interior players.

The Knicks came to visit tonight, and the Bucks' home stadium reached 100%, and many of the fans who came to the scene were actually Knicks and Lin Fei fans who came from other places.

After all, it is much more difficult to buy a Knicks home ticket in New York than in a city like Milwaukee, both in terms of price and difficulty.

It was fast around seven o'clock, and the starters from both teams took to the pitch.

The starting five on the New York Knicks' side are:

Point Guard (PG): Lin Fei,

Shooting Guard (SG): Quentin Richardson,

Small Forward (SF): Trevor Ariza,

Power Forward (PF): Zach Randolph,

Center (C): Eddie Curry.

Isaiah Thomas put Stephen Marbury and Ron Artest out tonight, so Lin Fei returned to the starting point guard role.

The Milwaukee Bucks' starting five are:

Point Guard (PG): Jason Williams,

Shooting Guard (SG): Michael Reed,

Small Forward (SF): Desmond Mason,

Power Forward (PF): UAE,

Center (C): Shaquille O'Neal.

After completing the deal with the Heat, the atmosphere of the Bucks became a little better, and the 36-year-old O'Neal asked Pat Riley's devil training, and his personal data in the Bucks quickly improved, and he can still have an average of 18+9 data per game.

For a 36-year-old veteran, O'Neal can play such statistics, and the Bucks are no longer at a loss.

Michael Reed, as a second-round pick's counterattack representative, averaged 23 points per game this season, and is still the team's leading scorer and leader.

However, Bucks management believes that Michael Reed will obviously not be able to take on the task of reviving the team, and the team must find a new talented leader.

So the Bucks continue their mess this season and hope to pick up a good pick in May.

Lin Fei played away tonight, and he felt hot at the beginning, and when the game entered the first quarter at 3 minutes and 02 seconds, Lin Fei changed direction to break through Reed and enter the restricted area and dunk successfully.

"Boom!"

With this goal, the entire Bradley Center arena also remembered the cheers and shouts of countless fans.

Looking around, the "10,000 points" sign in the hands of many fans is also shining around the audience.

"10,000 points, 10,000 points, 10,000 points......"

In order to celebrate this memorable moment, the head coach of the Bucks team was also very understanding, and took the initiative to call a long timeout, and a set of pictures and numbers were also played on the high-definition four-sided screen.

Lin Fei walked off the field with a smile, waved his hand to the fans at the scene, and hugged each other with his teammates.

That's right, Lin Fei's breakthrough dunk just now was the 9th point he scored in tonight's game, and it was also the 10,000th point in his career regular season total.

After 5 seasons of accumulation, Lin Fei officially scored the 10,000th point of his career at the age of 23 years and 290 days, and he is also the second youngest Mr. 10,000 points in NBA history. Surpassing Kobe Bryant.

As for the first youngest Mr. 10,000 points, it is naturally LeBron James.

As early as January, James became the youngest Mr. 10,000 points in NBA history at the age of 23 years and 19 days.

James, the youngest Mr. 10,000 points, is far ahead of Lin Fei and Kobe Bryant.

In fact, Lin Fei has averaged more points per game than James in the past three seasons, and his total points in a single season in the regular season are not less than James.

But the problem is that Lin Fei played a long time as a water cooler manager during the regular season in his rookie season with the Timberwolves, and only played more than 30 games in the regular season in the entire rookie season, scoring a total of 280 points.

On the other hand, James scored more than 1,650 points in his rookie season, far behind Lin Fei's rookie season, and James was originally 6 months younger than Lin Fei, so this is the youngest Mr. 10,000 points, Lin Fei naturally can't compete with James.

"James is still a cow, the youngest Mr. 10,000 points, more than 270 days less than Lin!"

"Who made Lin basically not play in his rookie season? Although the youngest Mr. 10,000 points is James, the youngest Mr. 20,000 points next, Lin Ke may not lose to James! ”

"It's not good, although Lin has a stronger scoring ability, he is also a team player, isn't he averaging more points per game this season than James? James is going straight to the scoring title, and the average points per game are now soaring to 32! ”

"Lin Cai will not compete with the little emperor for these regular season data honors, besides, even if James wins the scoring title, what trophy will he win? Isn't it still Lin Fei Cup? ”

"Haha, that's right, Lin's 40.9 points in the regular season last season has already created an indelible and surpassing scoring feast, many 60+ and 70+, which is something James can't do in his life!"

In addition to getting the second youngest Mr. 10,000 points in NBA history, after statistics, Lin Fei scored 10,000 points and played a total of 339 regular season games, which significantly surpassed James in the number of games.

However, it can only rank 6th in NBA history, and the top five are Chamberlain with 236 games, Jordan with 303 games, Baylor with 315 games, Abdul-Jabbar with 319 games and Robertson with 334 games.

With the celebration of breaking 10,000 points, Lin Fei staged a scoring feast at Bradley Center Arena, blowing up Michael Reed at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and hitting 10 three-pointers in the whole game.

He shot 19-of-24 from the field and 10-of-10 from the free-throw line, scoring a season-high 58 points, plus 1 rebound, 10 assists, 5 steals and 2 blocks.

Helped the Knicks beat the Bucks 125-99 on the road and got their 69th win of the 07-08 season. (End of chapter)