The genius of the basketball madman is on the left

"80 wins in a season would overshadow even God."

When the Knicks defeated their last opponent and brought their regular season record to 80 wins and 2 losses, basketball fans all over the world took off their hats to them.

The real-time ratings were 15%, and the peak ratings were 27%. More than 5 million people around the world watched the live broadcast of this final battle at the same time. The ratings were the highest in NBA history, surpassing the playoffs and even the finals...

All of this seemed incredible in a game with a huge score of 118-78.

However, the first 80-win regular season record in history made all impossible things possible.

As Michael Jordan, who went to Madison Square Garden to watch the entire game, said in an interview after the game: "No one can miss this game, even if you don't like basketball and know nothing about basketball."

As we all know, Michael Jordan is a proud guy. Although he never said publicly that he is the best in the world, he never thought that anyone could beat him.

He rarely attends NBA events, and after retiring and becoming a boss, he rarely appears in stadiums other than his own team's home court.

The fact that even Michael Jordan said he had to come shows how influential and shocking this game is.

Even though 99.99% of people knew before the game that the Knicks had the upper hand in this game and had almost no chance of losing with over 80 wins, no one still wanted to miss him.

Mike Tyson said he spent $8 to buy a fourth-row ticket. For perhaps the most famous person in boxing history, there was no venue he had to work so hard to get into, but he came anyway.

Robert Downey Jr. said he gave up the red carpet and came here to watch the game, and Black Widow said she rushed over without even having time to put on her underwear... ahem, is this something you can say?

In short, the Knicks used a grand game to put a perfect end to the 15-16 regular season.

As the absolute protagonist of this game, no, the entire season, Zuo Li is naturally the god tonight.

After the game, facing as many as 357 media from all over the world, Zuo Li said: "Thank you all for coming. We did not disappoint them."

The outside world must think that Zuo Li was talking to the fans, but only Zuo Li himself knew that it was not just the current fans, but all the fans and participants who had experienced the end of this season in the previous life.

Curry's 400 three-pointers plus the Warriors' 73 wins, Kobe's crazy 60-point retirement game...

Perhaps only an 80-win performance can be said to be worthy of the title.

Fortunately, Zuo Li did it.

The price was the fatigue that he hadn't felt for a long time. Although he kept saying that he didn't have any extravagant hopes for 80 wins, in fact it was just a means to relieve pressure. Deep down, Zuo Li still expected these 80 wins to happen, so he and his teammates put in all their efforts.

Pressure, physical fitness, mentality...

God knows how tired they were in the last month.

Fortunately, everything went well and Zuo Li could sleep well tonight.

Of course, only tonight.

Now is not the time to relax. After winning 80 games, the championship has been loaned to them. They absolutely cannot fail in the upcoming playoffs.

"Victory is ours, but not entirely ours yet."

"If you want to make the fans outside who support us laugh longer, then put away your happiness, get some sleep, and prepare for the game in two days. That will be our next battlefield!"

In the locker room, after a brief celebration, Zuo Li poured a basin of cold water on everyone.

But everyone understands that they are now absolutely convinced of Zuo Li. To some extent, Zuo Li's words are more effective than those of the coach.

So the original plan to gather and party was cancelled, everyone went back home, and started to enter the playoff state.

And now the victory belongs to the excited fans for the time being, and the crazy fans are celebrating for the Knicks in their own way.

Naturally, people from all walks of life in the basketball world would not miss such a huge amount of traffic. Taking advantage of the popularity, they launched special sessions for the Knicks, breaking down the 82 regular season games of this season and analyzing them in detail.

And Zuo Li is naturally the focus of the focus.

We didn’t talk about it before, mainly because Zuo Li’s achievements this season were so huge that everyone didn’t know where to start.

Let’s do a simple analysis.

Putting aside the team's performance, it is already the first in the history of every team's record, and as an individual, Zuo Li is still terrifying.

He averaged 36.8 points, 18 rebounds, 8.8 assists, 8.1 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game, ranking first in scoring, first in rebounding, first in blocks, fifth in assists and tied for 5th in steals.

This is the first time in Zuo Li's career that all five statistics are in the top ten in the league.

Three first places. Since Zuo Li's second year as a rookie, he has won at least three first places for seven consecutive seasons and at least two first places for eight seasons.

Needless to say, these are all the firsts in history.

And those who are not the first in history need time to accumulate.

For example, this is the seventh consecutive season that Zuo Li has won the scoring title, three points away from Jordan, tied with Chamberlain, and ranked second in history, one more than Kobe, McGrady, and Iverson combined.

He won the rebounding title for eight consecutive seasons, breaking Rodman's record of seven consecutive rebounding titles and ranking first in history. In terms of total number, he is only behind Chamberlain's 11 times, ranking second in history.

Zuo Li has been the block leader for eight consecutive seasons, a stat that no one can rival. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who is second, has "only" four times, so Zuo Li still has twice as many as him.

The top eight in the single-season blocks per game list are all Zuo Li. It’s not that Zuo Li can’t be in the top ten, it’s that Zuo Li only played for eight years.

These data will most likely continue to rise as Zuo Li's career progresses. No one knows how terrifying they will eventually be.

As for assists, after winning the assists title last season, Zuo Li did not continue to pursue statistics this season, but instead improved his efficiency. This season, he has the fewest turnovers among players averaging more than 8 assists per game.

Not to mention his steals, although he is not as good as those shorter guys with quick hands and eyes, Zuo Li is definitely the best stealer among the big guys in history.

In addition to these basic data, Zuo Li also successfully won the record of three-point king this season, making 405 three-pointers in a single season, becoming the first player in history to make 400+ three-pointers in a single season.

As for the 180 Club, Zuo Li has achieved it for the third consecutive year.

With such terrifying statistics, it is no surprise that the team was able to win 80 games in the regular season.

With such a team and personal data as support, Zuo Li has almost secured honors such as Best Defensive Player, Best Team Regular Season MVP, etc.

By then, it will probably trigger another round of crazy discussions about records.