Although to others, Su Feng's encouragement to Nash before the start of the second quarter seemed like a lot of hot air...

But in reality, Nash was indeed a "top scorer" whose scoring talent was overshadowed by his playmaking.

In Su Feng's previous life, throughout Nash's career, his true shooting percentage during his peak years consistently remained above 60%.

In addition, he was also the president of the "180 Club" in Su Feng's original timeline, having achieved seasons ending in "180" four times in his career.

It was just a pity that due to his excessive selflessness, Nash's career average field goal attempts never exceeded 14 times per game.

So, now the question arises.

Did Nash not want to shoot, or was he unable to shoot as freely as the Four Shooting Guards?

In this life, after becoming teammates with Nash, Su Feng felt that Nash's problem stemmed from both.

First, because of Nash's deeply ingrained belief that "assists can bring him double the joy"...

Therefore, in games, even if Nash had an opportunity to shoot, he would basically choose to pass the ball rather than take the shot himself, as long as a teammate was in a better position.

However, unlike Stockton, Nash wasn't the type of point guard who lacked the ability to score on his own.

Therefore, fans who knew Nash were well aware that when pushed to the brink, Nash would also resort to some unreasonable forced shots.

For example, in the famous double-overtime scoring fest between the Nets and the Suns in the 2006/07 season, Nash single-handedly sunk the three "destroyers" of New Jersey at the time in a state of "extreme anger."

It was just that his lack of talent ultimately prevented Nash from "unrestricted one-on-one plays" like those four freaks of his era.

But tonight...

With Su Feng's help, the "shackles" that had long bound Nash had long since disappeared.

Because they had to concentrate their forces to besiege Su Feng, Nash, who shot 7 of 9 in the second quarter, including 4 of 5 from three-point range, made "Little Bug" Hardaway, who was responsible for guarding him, doubt his existence.

Compared to Nash last season, who was still building confidence, this season's Nash was not only more confident, but also, at Su Feng's suggestion, further improved his shooting ability after pick-and-rolls last summer.

No exaggeration, with Nash's shooting ability right now...

Su Feng was completely willing to call him:

—"A mobile intercontinental missile launch base."

Excellent court vision, combined with lightning speed, and this "freakishly accurate shooting" that could be called the best of this era...

Well, this was the "brand new version" of Steve Nash.

The most ideal type of point guard in Su Feng's mind.

(Iverson: Is it true that love has disappeared?)

On the court, watching the Heat retreating step by step, Riley felt like he was just there to make someone else look good again this year.

Because although the Heat still achieved 50+ wins this season...

But this season...

Whether against the Celtics or the Raptors, their games could be described as "helpless resistance."

And for Riley, who was about to end the Heat's "second three-year plan," he definitely couldn't accept such a result.

But...

What could he do if he didn't accept it?

In the third quarter, watching the Heat, who had completely collapsed, Riley knew that a new era had begun.

"It seems that the Heat are not going to continue to resist.

So, let us congratulate the Raptors in advance!

They have created a new NBA best record in history!"

In the fourth quarter, after the Raptors and the Heat successively substituted their main players, Kenny Smith of TNT announced the arrival of the Raptors era to the entire North America with his slightly magnetic voice.

And Derrick on the side smiled and said, "Although Su only made two three-pointers in this game, with one game left in the regular season, he still has a chance to continue to refresh the NBA single-season three-pointer record created by him this season!"

Air Canada Centre...

Although the Raptors fans at the scene wanted to remain rational...

But reality told them that they simply couldn't maintain such rationality.

In the end, 94 to 119, as the fourth-quarter timer went to zero, after the Raptors won their 73rd victory of the season, the entire Air Canada Centre had already turned into a sea of joy.

Nash, who scored 33 points and dished out 9 assists in the game, jumped directly onto Su Feng's back the moment the game ended.

On the Raptors' bench, the rest of the team were either hugging or bumping chests...

Everyone was venting their excitement in their own way.

"We did it! We did it!"

Where could O'Neal, who was still watching the water cooler in Portland last year, believe that he would have a chance to have his name engraved in NBA history this year?

"Yes, we did it! Now, we are the best in history!"

And for Su Feng himself, although he had imagined such a scene countless times in his mind, when the dream really came true...

Even he couldn't help but become "expressionless" with excitement at this moment.

At this moment, Su Feng could completely understand why Draymond Green would say in the future that even without a championship, 73 wins was great enough.

Because in the NBA's long season, no one could guarantee that they would keep winning.

Of course, Su Feng didn't want to experience the kind of thing where 73 wins came without a championship.

So, happy as he was, Su Feng was also very clear after the excitement...

This season, the Raptors' real test had just begun...

...

The day after the Raptors took their 73rd win of the season, congratulatory messages were sent to Toronto from all over the world.

Three years ago, when the Chicago Bulls created a historical best record of 72 wins and 10 losses with an unstoppable momentum...

At the time, many people said that this would be the NBA record that was the most difficult to break.

However, who would have thought...

That just three years later, a team composed of a group of young people would completely turn the past history into dust.

And it was worth mentioning that, because the Raptors' record-breaking year wasn't as far away as the Warriors' in the future, many of the players who had participated in the Bulls' great cause at the time admitted in interviews...

That this Raptors team, in terms of strength, had surpassed the Bulls of three years ago.

And although there were still some Bulls fans who were unwilling to accept such a reality...

However, the vast majority of fans had already accepted the reality that the Raptors had surpassed the Bulls in the spring of 2000.

On the 19th, Air Canada Centre.

The Raptors ushered in their last regular-season game of the season at home.

And as their opponent...

Honestly, it was just that the Internet of this era wasn't as developed as it would be later.

Otherwise, the Bulls' players would have launched a crowdfunding campaign online to assassinate him.

Oh, who was the damn bastard who arranged the schedule?

Wasn't this letting people live?

Looking at the Raptors' fans who were singing and dancing in the stands, the Bulls' players on the court had no other thought at this moment except to finish the game and call it a day.

Fortunately, in this game, the home team's players didn't torture the Bulls' players.

Because after the first half, the suspense of this game had been killed by the Raptors.

In addition, in the second half, after noticing that the Bulls had no intention of resisting, Davis also replaced the main players early to save the Bulls' final face.

In the end, the score of this game was 87 to 109, and the Raptors ended their entire journey in the 99/00 season regular season with 74 wins and 8 losses.

And Su Feng, after this game, also included the NBA's historical single-season three-point record with 269 three-pointers.

This season, the only regret for Su Feng was probably that he didn't beat O'Neal in the scoring title battle.

However, at the thought that he would most likely win the regular season MVP

After the end of all the regular season games of the 99/00 season NBA, Su Feng wasn't blinded by the increasingly deteriorating environment in the East because of creating history.

This season, the second to eighth places in the East were the Celtics, Pacers, Heat, Pistons, Nets, Hornets, and Knicks, respectively.

According to the playoff schedule, the specific first-round games of the Eastern Conference playoffs were as follows:

Raptors vs Knicks, Celtics vs Hornets, Pacers vs Nets, and Heat vs Pistons.

In terms of difficulty to break through, Su Feng believed that the Raptors would have to start facing challenges from the Eastern Conference semifinals onwards.

Because if the Pistons beat the Heat in the first round of the playoffs...

Then, with Hill, Hughes, Stackhouse, and others, they were likely to cause some trouble for the Raptors in terms of their talent reserves on the front lines.

However, the good news was that, because the Celtics' opponent in the semifinals was most likely to be the Pacers, if the Raptors could successfully enter the Eastern Conference Finals, they wouldn't have to worry about the Celtics' road to the finals being easier than theirs.

In Su Feng's opinion, Bird was perhaps the person in the league who knew the Celtics and Auerbach the best, and coupled with the fact that the Pacers' overall strength wasn't bad...

Therefore, the difficulty for the Celtics to get past the Pacers would only be greater than the Raptors facing the Pistons.

This year's ninth to fifteenth places in the East were as follows:

Bucks, Magic, Cavaliers, Wizards, Hawks, Bulls, 76ers.

Compared to the chaotic situation in the East, the overall strength of the West this year was also stronger than last year.

In addition to the Lakers, who led the West with 70 wins and 12 losses, the second to eighth places in the West this year were:

Trail Blazers, Jazz, Mavericks, Spurs, Suns, Timberwolves, SuperSonics.

In the first round of the playoffs, the match-ups in the Western Conference first round were as follows:

Lakers vs SuperSonics, Trail Blazers vs Timberwolves, Jazz vs Suns, Mavericks vs Spurs.

Due to the changes in history, the early rise of the Mavericks had made the overall situation in the West even more unpredictable this year.

Su Feng was very clear that the Mavericks led by Nelson would definitely cause a lot of trouble for the Lakers.

If the Lakers were careless, they could even be dragged into a hard battle that they didn't want to encounter before entering the Western Conference Finals by this Mavericks team.

As for whether the Trail Blazers could defeat the Lakers under the leadership of a healthier Pippen?

To be honest, from the perspective of playstyle counteraction and the depth of this Trail Blazers' bench, Su Feng felt that this Trail Blazers team wasn't without the chance to become the Raptors' Finals opponent.

In short, the battle situation in the East and West this year could be described as extraordinarily exciting.

Before the final decisive battle arrived, even Su Feng couldn't quite see the overall situation this year.

And when he thought of the situation that would only be more difficult next year...

"Sure enough, you can't believe in those ghost stories like 'the future is yours'!"

Looking at the playoff schedule for the East and West, Su Feng silently lamented.

In addition, this year's ninth to fourteenth places in the West were as follows:

Kings, Nuggets, Rockets, Grizzlies, Warriors, Clippers.

According to the schedule, the Raptors' first playoff game would start on the 23rd, which meant that the Raptors would have 3 full days to adjust.

And according to Davis's plan, in the next 3 days, the Raptors would adopt a training plan of half practice and half rest.

"Alas, what a pity, how great would it be if Van Gundy could continue to lead this Knicks team?"

This season, because the Knicks fans put great pressure on the team, Van Gundy had to be brought out by Dolan as the unlucky scapegoat.

However, after Don Chaney took office, he didn't sweep away the Knicks' decline.

As the NBA Coach of the Year in the 90/91 season, in some ways, Su Feng even felt that he was inferior to his predecessor.

Therefore, what Su Feng regretted wasn't that playing against the Knicks coached by Van Gundy would be relatively easy.

What he regretted was...

That this Knicks team led by Don Chaney probably wouldn't even be able to serve as a warm-up for the Raptors at that time...

...

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