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No one has been able to win the Player of the Month for an entire season before. This honor did not exist in ancient times, so let’s put it aside for now. In the Jordan era, the league only selected one player of the month every month, and in the 1990s, there were so many strong players.

The competition is too fierce, so even someone as strong as Jordan cannot do it.

Up to now, although James has performed well, he has never won the best of the month in the season. He won three times last season, which was the most.

Now, this number has also been broken by Zuo Li. For four consecutive months, Zuo Li has suppressed his personal data and team record, leaving people speechless.

In fact, if he just performs consistently well, Zuo Li may not always be the best player of the month. After all, this thing has a problem of aesthetic fatigue.

Turn the time back to 1997. At the end of the regular season, Malone scored 27 points, 9.9 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.4 steals, leading the team to the first record in team history of 64 wins and 18 losses. This year, Jordan

He averaged 29.6 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.7 steals per game, and this year the Bulls achieved a record of 69 wins and 13 losses, the second best record in history. In addition to his personal data, in addition to 4 fewer rebounds and 0.2 fewer assists,

In other aspects, Jordan still has the advantage.

Among the high-end data, Malone's efficiency value is 28.9, Jordan is 27.8, and victory contribution value is 16.7 for Malone and 18.3 for Jordan.

So no matter how you look at it, Jordan should win the MVP more. According to Zuo Li, the two sides are probably 5.5-4.5.

However, it was Malone who won the MVP that year, and this was also one of the more controversial MVPs in history.

The main reason is that Jordan and the Bulls were so explosive in the previous season, with 72 wins, first in history, and winning the championship without any suspense. This made the judges have more requirements for Jordan. Although he is first in the league as always this season, after all, it is not as good as last season.

It was so outstanding that the judges became fatigued, and eventually the MVP was passed over to others.

The analogy is the same with the best of the month. People obviously prefer players whose performance is more impactful in a month.

In this way, it is also difficult to defend the best player of the month. After all, it is not easy for the stars to ensure continuous output. How can they give you a breakthrough every month? This is not difficult.

But the key to Zuo Li is that he makes big news on the hour every month, and his performance on the court sometimes sweeps the basketball circle or even breaks it, which gives everyone new surprises every month.

According to the performance on the court in February, James was not bad, and even defeated Zuo Li once. But who made the All-Stars in February? Zuo Li's performance in the All-Stars was really good. It was so good that the judges didn't even think about it. Most of them were useless.

The brain vote is left to the left. Many people don't even look at the data and just study.

Poor James had no choice but to run away with him for four months...

However, it is not easy to win the best of the month award for the entire season. Next month is basically the final month of the regular season, and the judges will definitely have higher requirements.

But Zuo Li himself doesn't care. As he said when receiving the award, he is only focusing on the game itself and the upcoming playoffs.

As for the question of whether he will hit 70 wins in the regular season, Zuo Li simply answered: "Let it go!"

In fact, the current record of the Knicks has just reached 60 wins and 8 losses, and there are still 14 games to play. If according to the current winning rate, there is a real chance to touch the threshold of 70 wins. It is also theoretically possible to tie the Bulls, such as a direct wave of 10 games.

Winning streak or something, but again, it’s not the time.

Zuo Li will not use the playoff results to bet on the regular season results. After all, the example of courage tells us that if you fly too high in the regular season and win the championship, you are awesome. If you don’t win the championship, you will crash. You don’t want the history of the regular season.

The first record will become a laughing stock in other people’s mouths.

However, Zuo Li also jokingly added: "No matter how many wins we get in the end... I hope it's not 67, 66, or 65."

"Hahaha~" The reporter obviously understood Zuo Li's humor, because the number 67 wins is very different in history.

Not to mention, the Mavericks, who won 67 games in 2007, were hacked. At that time, the whole country was celebrating, and the memory is still fresh in their minds.

The Lakers, who won 67 games in 2000, easily won the championship all the way.

In Zuo Li’s memory, the Spurs, who won 67 games in 2016, lost early, while the Warriors, who won 67 games in 2017, won the championship 16-1 for revenge...

In short, with 67 wins, it seems that there is one ending, either directly pulling the lead and entering the history books, or counterattacking all the way and easily winning the championship.

The risk is too great, brothers!

Instead of doing this, it is better to have a lower winning rate to save character for the playoffs. Zuo Li doesn't think the current Knicks have absolute strength to win the championship. Regardless of the Lakers and Celtics' records this season, Kyle

The Specials are not even as good as the Eagles, but they will be resurrected with full health in the playoffs, and they will destroy whoever they see... Anyone who thinks they have a bad record in the regular season and underestimates them will definitely pay the price.

But Zuo Li seemed to have given himself a mouthful of poisonous milk unknowingly...

The Nets played against the Nets on March 5th, and the Knicks won easily. The process was uneventful, so I won’t mention it. The Nets have only won 12 games so far. The Arab League is also injured, and the attention is mediocre. Zuo Li easily clocked in with 25 points and 11 rebounds.

, the Knicks won 61 games.

However, back-to-back on the 6th, they were defeated by the Hawks. The Hawks were very strong this season and had an excellent regular season record. They even overtook the Celtics at the last moment and pushed the Celtics into fourth place, which indirectly caused the Cavaliers to meet the Green Army in advance.

, was eventually eliminated, and then made the decision that changed the world.

Got it, it’s all the eagle’s fault!

However, in this life, the Cavaliers may not encounter the Green Army so early. I wonder if history will correct itself.

Then the Knicks ushered in a wave of four consecutive visits, first visiting Texas to face the Spurs, Grizzlies and Mavericks, and then returning to Philadelphia to face the 76ers.

Without any hesitation, the Knicks chose to rotate. Although there was an average of 2 days of rest between each game, the gains outweighed the losses by playing hard at this time. Therefore, Randolph and David Lee missed two games, and Zuo Li also averaged only 10 points per game.

After 27 minutes of playing time, the Knicks finally defeated the Spurs and completed a season doubleheader against them, but lost to the Grizzlies and Mavericks. This was also the first time the Knicks lost consecutively in the season. They returned to the East and defeated the 76ers again to end the season.

Losing streak.

With 63 wins and 11 losses, the Knicks were able to surpass last season's 62 wins and set a new record for their best record in team history.

Seven days later, the number reached 65. Although they lost against the Nuggets and Suns, two strong teams in the Western Conference, their easy victory over the 76ers and Rockets still allowed the Knicks to always occupy the league championship.

However, the gap is narrowing, and it can be seen that the Cavaliers are really working hard. James leads the Cavaliers to an 8-game winning streak in 43 minutes per game. Currently, they are still 2 wins away from reaching 60 wins...

However, because there are only 4 games left in the regular season, the Knicks have already locked in the regular season championship in advance!

This is also the first regular season championship in Zuo Li's career, and it is also the second time in the history of the Knicks that they rank first in the league!

You may not believe it, but the last time the Knicks won a regular season championship dates back to the distant 1970s. That was the year the Knicks had their first 60 wins in history, and also the year they won their first championship!