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Chapter 223: The hidden danger of winning streak and the magic brought by Holiday

This wave of winning streak is the second super long winning streak brought by Zhang Weifeng in the Kings era, and he is destined to be praised for it. After all, not everyone can get such glory, and not everyone can lead the team to play such a career in their career.

The winning streak after 27 consecutive wins is not particularly attractive to the Kings, because at this time, their players' physical fitness has already had serious problems. Therefore, Siyus, general manager Petri and the players discussed and decided to give up the winning streak and choose to let the team's players rest. This change is also to avoid the team's injury. After all, they cannot give up using a complete lineup to play in the playoffs in order to create a historical winning streak.

When seeing the away game against the Warriors on February 18, the Kings Noah and Randy Ferye missed the game, many people also understood the Kings' mentality. In the hearts of this young team, the playoffs and championships are far more important than a winning streak. Although they know that the Kings are right to do this, as fans, they still have some regrets in their hearts. This is an opportunity to create history after all.

There are still some reasons for the fans to regret. After defeating their biggest opponent, the Celtics, they only have 6 wins from the 33 consecutive wins created by the Lakers decades ago. No one wants the Kings to give up at this time because their opponents are not particularly strong teams. Warriors, Clippers, Suns, Pistons, Jazz, Clippers, Thunder, Rockets... Judging from the schedule of the Kings, if they want to score 6 wins, then only the Suns and Jazz may be a little trouble, and the Thunder afterwards do not have the strength to threaten the Kings, so even if the Kings lose to the Rockets on March 4, they can still be proud of the league with a 34-game winning streak and create a new historical record.

This is just the view of fans and the outside world, because the Kings need to consider the physical condition of the players. From now on, the Kings only have Zhang Weifeng and Iguodala, but the two are getting braver as they play, but Noah and Randy Ferye already feel a little uncomfortable with their legs and physical discomfort. After all, the energy they put in during the 27-game winning streak is very great. Moreover, although Calderon can play, his speed has obviously decreased a bit. This is also caused by long-term exhaustion. Therefore, from the perspective of physical fitness, the Kings do not have the ability to win 34 consecutive victories unless they risk the hidden danger of the team's large-scale injury to hit this historical record.

More importantly, the Kings team this season understands that only maintains 14 players. This is also caused by the exchange with the 76ers. Among these 14 players, there are only 6 to 7 players who can be used with confidence. Therefore, when Seyus chose to rest Noah and Randy Ferye, he put Danny Green and Batum in the starting lineup, and in this way, the Kings have only 5 substitutes left, which is not very reliable.

The lack of personnel makes the Kings have to consider the insurance style. Winning consecutively cannot be forced, which is what Zhang Weifeng insists on.

Facing the Warriors, which had 12 wins and 40 losses this season, the Kings were still playing hard. However, Siyus did not let the players fight with the Warriors at the beginning of the game, but chose a smooth play to ensure subsequent physical strength. In the fourth quarter of the game, the two teams almost tied, and Iguodala was the first to break through the inside and scored 4 points. Then Zhang Weifeng also attacked the inside. Although his efficiency was a bit worse than before, he still won 13 points of the Kings' last 18 points. Relying on the last wave and the only attacking wave in the game, the Kings defeated the Warriors, and the team also set a new record of winning streak.

With 28 consecutive wins, the Kings ushered in the biggest challenge of three consecutive away games, and they will play back-to-back against the Clippers and the Suns. These two consecutive games are the biggest test for the Kings. According to pre-match predictions, if the Kings continue to choose to let the players rest, the Kings' winning streak will definitely end in this away game back-to-back.

The choice was left to the Kings this time, but until noon of the game that day, the Kings did not announce the specific starter. When asked, the answer given by Seyus was that the starters were likely to play. But when the game against the Clippers really started, the lineup sent by the Kings was completely surprising. All the starters, including Iguodala and Zhang Weifeng, took a rest, and there were only 9 people on the activation list of the Kings! Among them, there were also the No. 58 rookie who had almost never played the game this season. From this we can see how shortage of soldiers is the Kings.

In this game, the starting players sent by the Kings were Asik, Amir Johnson, Batum, Danny Green and Holiday. These five were the Kings' main substitutes, especially Holiday. As Calderon's substitute, he only averaged 14 minutes per game with the Kings. However, since his performance after joining the Kings, Holiday has not found his NBA rhythm yet - this is what Zhang Weifeng said many times when he talked to Seyus. In this game, Holiday finally broke out and played his first outstanding performance in his NBA career. In the whole game, Holiday became the only strong man on the court, and he is also the main attacker on the Kings. In the whole game, Holiday played for 41 minutes, and his condition

Very good. Steve Blake on the Clippers' outside line has no defense at all. Therefore, in the first quarter, Holiday broke through him no less than 10 times, and therefore entered the inside and scored 10 points. The performance in the first quarter also made Holiday himself confident. He began to actively block the offensive responsibility on his head. In the next three quarters, Holiday contributed 12 points, 8 points and 17 points respectively. In other words, Holiday magically scored a super high score of 47 points, which is also the highest score that a 1 and 2 rookie can get so far this season. Holiday, who contributed 47 points with 31 shots and 11 assists, was unstoppable and became the best in the game, and the Kings also won a gambling victory.
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