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Chapter 81 15 consecutive wins, will the sun rise to the sky?

Author: Aiying Shutan

Chapter 81 15 consecutive wins, will the sun rise to the sky?

The strength of the Heat at this time is completely different from when they won the championship a few months ago.

Winning the championship in 2006 seemed to have exhausted all of O'Neal's energy and energy, and was his last good performance as he neared the end of his career.

In the 06-07 season, O'Neal's average dropped to 17 points and 7 rebounds per game, falling below 20+ points per game for the first time in his career.

Not only that, injuries also began to come one after another. Throughout the 2006-07 season, O'Neal only played 40 games in total.

The Heat are not only suffering from injuries to O'Neal, but also to Wade. This season, his knee problems have gradually begun to appear. Although he averaged 27 points, 4.7 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game in the regular season, he performed extremely well, but the number of games he played was

He only played 51 games, not much better than O'Neal.

Wang Chao remembers clearly that the Heat's final regular season record in the 2006-07 season was 44 wins and 38 losses, ranking fourth in the Eastern Conference. Then they were swept out by the Bulls 4:0 in the first round of the playoffs.

The old and incompetent Shark was traded away by the Heat in the middle of the following season, and the team that chose to take over happened to be the Suns who wanted a super center to fight Duncan in the paint.

The game between the Suns and the Heat happened to be played when Wade and O'Neal were both injured.

With two of the team's strongest core players absent, how can the Heat have combat effectiveness?

Although the Heat still have two Hall of Fame players in their lineup, Alonzo Mourning and Gary Payton, this is 2006, not 1996. Both of them have experienced a sharp decline in athletic ability as they age.

He has become a marginal figure in the team, and he just wants to stay with the Heat to see if he can win another championship ring with the team.

Not surprisingly, Gary Payton will choose to retire after this season, and Mourning will also choose to retire and leave the league after persisting for half a season.

For the Suns, facing such a Heat team is an easy game, not much different from facing the Grizzlies, SuperSonics, Celtics and other bottom teams in the league.

108:89, another easy victory. The Suns won their 15th consecutive victory, and they were soaring on the road to winning streak.

The league is shocked, the Suns are going to heaven!

So far since the start of the regular season, the Suns have played 21 games, and in these 21 games, they have achieved a record of 19 wins and 2 losses, with a winning rate of 90%!

Such a start is very rare in the history of the league. If the Suns can continue to play the entire regular season with this winning rate, I am afraid that even the Bulls' regular season record of 72 wins and 10 losses will be broken!

Of course, no one thinks that the Suns are really so strong that Jordan is invincible to the Bulls dynasty. Although they are amazed by the Suns' winning streak, most people believe that the main reason why the Suns are able to advance so rapidly is the opponents in the previous schedule.

Because it's not strong enough.

Among the teams that the Suns have played against before, only the Mavericks, Jazz, and Spurs can be considered truly strong teams. The absence of the two core players of the Heat is not of reference. In the games against these three teams, the Suns lost

After two games, they only relied on Wang Chao's explosive touch to defeat the Spurs.

As both teams in the Western Conference, they have to play each other three times in the regular season, and the Pistons and Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference have not played against the Suns either.

Once the opponent's strength level increases, the Suns' winning rate will inevitably begin to decline, and there is absolutely no way to maintain such an exaggerated winning rate at this stage.

Of course, after such a bright start, as long as the Suns can keep all members of the team healthy this season, guarantee at least 60 wins, and perform more stably, it is not impossible to win more than 65 games.

As for the Suns, as the schedule progresses, the distribution of ball rights has basically stabilized.

As Wang Chao expected, Stoudemire, who was recovering, still became the player with the most shots per game on the team, averaging 14.4 shots per game, and averaging 21.2 points and 8.9 rebounds per game.

This is slightly different from Wang Chao's memory. Originally, Stoudemire should have averaged just over 20 points per game in the 2006-07 regular season, but this is normal. The Suns have Wang Chao as a deterrent from beyond the three-point line.

Point, no team dares to shrink its defense easily.

And when power forward Marion also pulled out from the outside, the space inside was completely vacated, creating an environment that was enough for Stoudemire to face the 1v1.

As the offensive environment improves, Stoudemire's number of shots will naturally increase.

This is already calculated. Two seasons ago, in the 2004-05 season, Stoudemire had just emerged. When he averaged 26 points per game in the regular season, he took an average of 16.7 shots per game.

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Among the Suns, Barbosa is second in shots.

As the team's best sixth man, Barbosa averaged 32.7 minutes per game, part of which overlapped with the starting lineup, but at least half of which was when he led the bench when substitute players came on.

With the main force, Barbosa certainly doesn't have many chances to take action, but in the substitute lineup, he is the brightest player and enjoys unlimited firing rights.

Because of this, Barbosa averaged 13.8 shots per game and scored 18.1 points per game, ranking third on the team.

After Barbosa, Marion averaged 13.2 shots per game. Marion's number of shots dropped sharply from 16.9 last season, but there is no way. Who allowed the Suns to score so many points this season?

His shooting percentage from beyond the three-point line is not high, only over 30%. Most of his offense relies on cutting to the basket to receive assists from teammates for layups or open shots. Therefore, he does not take many fouls and free throws, averaging 13.2 shots per game.

Only 16.8 points.

Wang Chao ranks fourth in the team in the number of shots per game, averaging about 12.5 shots per game, 11.2 of which are from beyond the three-point line, and his three-point shooting rate is as high as 49%, which also allows him to rely on 12.5 shots per game.

He averaged 19.2 points per game, ranking second on the team in scoring.

There is no doubt that Wang Chao's scoring efficiency is enough to satisfy the head coach of any team. During this period, D'Antoni was all smiles whenever he saw Wang Chao. Looking at the entire league, he averaged 19.2 points per game and was almost completely unbeatable.

Can a player who occupies the ball and doesn't take many shots find a second player? If you add in his annual salary of less than 500,000, I'm afraid it's unique in the history of the league.

(End of chapter)