The Pelicans won their 11th straight game, bringing their record to a terrifying 36 wins and 1 loss!

As January reached its midpoint, people began to realize that the Pelicans had a chance to challenge the best regular-season record in history!

The best regular-season record in NBA history was 72 wins and 10 losses, set by the Chicago Bulls in the 1995-1996 season.

At that time, Jordan was still red-hot after returning from a two-year retirement, Pippen had grown into a superstar, and with the addition of Rodman, the Bulls were almost invincible.

Fans knew that Bulls team was strong before they even played.

But the Pelicans' current performance, like ESPN's prediction that put them first being ridiculed by fans, was completely unexpected, and no one could have imagined it.

Kerr's 67 wins in his first season as a coach were amazing enough, but Stevens' first season as Pelicans coach was even more shocking!

The Pelicans continued to march forward.

On January 17th, against the Jazz, the Jazz played tenaciously and stalemated with the Pelicans until the fourth quarter, when Tang Tian and Davis joined hands to unleash a scoring surge to end the game.

Tang Tian had 27 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists, and Davis had 24 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks.

On January 20th, against the Clippers, the Clippers were in good form and fought the Pelicans to the last moment.

Lou Williams scored 30 points, including a three-pointer at the buzzer to force overtime.

But in overtime, Tang Tian scored 10 points to dominate the game, and the Pelicans finally won.

Tang Tian scored his first 30+ since his return, 35 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists, and Bojan made 5 three-pointers and scored 20 points.

The Pelicans won their 13th straight game, and their record further expanded to 38 wins and 1 loss!

With this excellent performance, the Pelicans edged out the Warriors, who had 34 wins and 5 losses, and continued to top the league.

Tang Tian also continued to suppress Curry and ranked first in the MVP list.

And on this day, the league announced the results of the 2016 Toronto All-Star Game voting.

Tang Tian received 3.22 million votes, not only completing a three-peat as the All-Star vote leader, but also breaking Howard's 2009 record of 3.15 million votes, becoming the owner of the new NBA vote king record!

The Pelicans played an incredible performance, and Tang Tian's popularity in the United States and China reached a peak, so it was expected that he would get such a high number of votes.

Kobe, who was ushering in the last season of his career, ranked second with 2 million votes.

Curry was third with 1.9 million votes.

The three became the starting backcourt and small forward in the West.

The remaining two starting positions in the West were Leonard (800,000) and Durant (1 million).

In the East, James received 1.2 million votes to become the East's vote leader.

The remaining four starters were Lowry (650,000), Wade (950,000), Anthony (850,000), and George (700,000).

Tang Tian breaking the All-Star vote record was a huge boost to the Pelicans' morale.

Especially since they were about to usher in their second game of the season against the Warriors.

This game was played at Oracle Arena, and the Pelicans went to Oakland a day in advance and held a public training session the next morning.

The players were in high spirits, and the atmosphere was high in both training and the locker room.

Tang Tian had just finished an interview with a sideline reporter and was walking back to the locker room from the training ground when he saw Stevens and Williams talking.

Williams looked anxious.

By the time he walked over, the exchange was over. Williams saw Tang Tian, ​​said hello, and then left in a hurry.

Tang Tian was puzzled that the game was starting at night, and Williams was leaving the arena in such a hurry.

"Monty's wife was in a car accident, and her condition is critical. He needs to go back to New Orleans."

Stevens sighed and said.

Tang Tian was stunned when he heard this, and he remembered something.

In his previous life, Williams' wife also died in a car accident this year.

Because of this, the NBA League also awarded Williams an honor called the Sager Strong Award in 2018 to recognize Williams for his dedication to work and raising four children after experiencing misfortune.

He didn't expect history to repeat itself, just like Holiday's wife's brain cancer.

But this was also reasonable. Tang Tian's transmigration affected the parts related to him, and things that had nothing to do with him would naturally still happen.

Moreover, this matter was different from Holiday's wife's. You can give early warning for diseases, but accidents are unavoidable.

Just like the *Final Destination* series of movies, the accidents that are avoided will always continue to happen in other ways.

All Tang Tian could do now was to pray that Williams' wife was okay, just like Stevens.

After communicating with Tang Tian, ​​Stevens also announced the matter in the locker room.

Although doing so would make the players worry, it was even more unreasonable for Williams, as the first assistant coach, to be absent from the game for no reason.

Williams coached the Pelicans for 3 seasons, and core players such as Davis, Holiday, and Tang Tian had played under him for 2 seasons.

Moreover, Williams was good at interpersonal communication, and even team newcomers like Bojan and Harris had a good relationship with him.

It can be said that the entire team was worried and anxious after hearing the news.

"Guys, we need to win the game. That's the only thing we can do."

Stevens felt the players' mentality and spoke to encourage morale.

The players nodded one after another, but judging from their responses, they were still worried.

This worry was ultimately reflected on the court, and the Pelicans' overall performance was not up to par tonight.

Even Tang Tian and Davis' performances fluctuated due to emotional influences.

In the end, the Pelicans lost the game 106 to 116 and suffered their second loss of the season.

However, winning or losing the game was no longer the focus of the Pelicans' attention at this time, and they did not hold a press conference after the game.

They took a plane back to New Orleans overnight to visit Williams' wife at the hospital.

Williams sat outside the operating room with a haggard expression, surrounded by his four children, all of whom had some injuries.

At this time, more than three hours had passed since the car accident, but the red light on the operating room side was still on.

Stevens went over and patted him on the shoulder, and Tang Tian and his teammates also came to him one after another to comfort him.

But Williams looked at the operating room absentmindedly, he was worried about his wife all the time.

It was learned from the communication that Williams' wife was hit by a vehicle driving in the wrong direction.

A large amount of methamphetamine was detected in the other party's body, suspected of driving under the influence of drugs.

Moreover, when overtaking in the wrong direction, the other party was comforting the puppy on his lap, which ultimately led to the car accident.

However, it was useless to blame at this time, because the driver and the puppy who were driving in the wrong direction had died on the spot.

Williams' four children were all in the car at the time, and fortunately they were not seriously injured, but his wife suffered serious injuries.

ps: I watched the movie "Green Book" today. It is very good and worth recommending.