Unintentionally, the league arranged the game between the Supersonics and the Hawks today. After queueing up those popular games, they chose the two teams that had not yet met and had not played today to play today.

But now, the slogan on the alliance’s official website is that there will be a war only once every four years.

T.N.T Sports and CNTV also included the game in the live broadcast schedule after Jordan's comeback.

At 6:50 pm, the live broadcast of T.N.T Sports Station has already begun.

"Welcome to watch the Supersonics live broadcast on Turner Sports' Supersonics play against the Hawks at home. I am your good friend Kenny."

"Hello everyone, I'm the great champion Sir Barkley!"

"Charles, you only have one ring, what's the great one? I have two!"

"I beat Jordan in the finals."

"That's the championship that Aix took you to win!"

"Aren't you the champion Olajuwon also won? But you're right. Aix is ​​so great, even greater than me. If I play for another year, even if I can only swing towels on the sidelines every day, I can have two championships."

Kenny Smith is so angry! He said that his championship was the same as when he swung his towel!

But this statement cannot be refuted, because the Lakers really completed the defending title in the 1997-98 season.

By skipping this topic, Kenny Smith said: "In today's game, the two teams are of equal strength..."

"The strength is equal?" Barkley interrupted: "The Supersonics won 40 and 16 and lost fourth in the West, the Hawks won 29 and 26 and seventh in the East, a huge difference in strength!"

"The Supersonics are better. Aix played crazy performances in November last year and January this year, but in December last year, the Supersonics lost 15 and 12 in the past two months, especially this month, the Supersonics only had 6 and 5 losses, which was not as good as the Hawks' 6 and 4 losses."

"So what? According to the rules, the Eagles will enter invincible mode again next month!"

"Did you use the word rule like this?"

"Are you teaching me how to do things?"

“…”

"And you haven't noticed that everyone likes to watch Supersonics? Whether they play against the Lakers or the Clippers, they will always be so exciting and the score will always be so anxious.

It's too friendly for us live broadcasters. Kenny, you can't eat the meal given by Aix and say bad things about Aix's team, right?

In my opinion, Aix and his team are the conscience of the industry!”

When Kenny Smith entered crazy mode again, on the court, the players of both teams were ready for the game and the game was about to begin.

“Avengers:

Open conditions:

1. Zhang Hao must lead the team to win in the match against the Hawks this season.

2. Zhang Hao's scores must be higher than Michael Jordan in two games this season.

Reward: Both goals are completed, and the host will receive a lifespan reward of ten times the difference in score between Zhang Hao and Michael Jordan."

"Avengers? Avengers... Jordan wants to revenge the Bulls. This is understandable. The combination of McGrady and Kobe has been done, and Larry Brown is also suitable for them...

Do I have a target for revenge? Lakers?

Is this mission so that when I find helpers in the future, I have to find someone who has a grudge against my old boss?

This is not an era when a star forced his old club to buy out his annual salary of US$30 million and wants to join the group but is unwilling to make less money. Today's stars have a strong sense of belonging to their parent team, okay!"

I looked at the tasks triggered in the morning again. The tasks required were simple, and the winning + score was higher than Jordan, but Zhang Hao was really unsure whether he could win.

Theoretically, they are mainly defense-oriented, even if they have 6 wins and 5 losses in the past month, but compared with the Hawks led by former Georgia Tech coach Lang Kruger, who plays more aggressively, they have certain advantages in the late season.

But they are now in the last game of 4 games in 5 days...

"The competition is so unpredictable, I really... I love you."

"The Atlanta Hawks, 29 wins and 26 losses, averaged 99.7 points per game, lost 97.2 points per game, shot 45.5%, shot percentage of opponents 44.1%, assists per game, assists per game, and assists per game 20.6..."

"The last player per game in the league? Is there no one passing the ball? This team breaks the team's offense and can still average 99.7 points per game... There are so many singles players, it's difficult to deal with..."

After complaining in his heart, Zhang Hao turned off the screen and made a brief version of the times calling on the sidelines. He moved his body. At 6:58, the referee signaled the players of the two teams to appear.

The Hawks sent Bembo Coles, Jim Jackson, Jordan, Alan Henderson and DiBocken Mutombo to start.

The Supersonics sent Cassel, Ruben Patterson, James Percy, Zhang Hao and Ben Wallace to start.

After playing, Zhang Hao stood on the middle line and stood side by side with Alan Henderson, looked at the opponent's players, and then looked at Jason Terry, Lafonso Ellis, Roseon Mike Leod, and Ron Mercer on the sidelines.

Putting aside Jason Terry, the rookie, although the Hawks sent Murch Breckle and Steve Smith away last summer, they only removed the core. The role players of the strong teams in the past many years have basically been there. Of course, the core is gone. These role players built around the core cannot win the ball even if they lead the team...

Zhang Hao has also seen the opponent's lineup list before and has not felt it deeply, but when he walked on the court, he knew why Jordan chose this team.

With Jordan, he can suppress the situation and trade Isaiah Ledell, a thorny player, back to the honest and steady Ron Mersel. The Hawks are indeed pretty good.

On the other side, Ben Wallace was staring at Mutombo fiercely, which made Mutombo wonder - there is no revenge or complaint, what is he going to do?

Ben Wallace is now full of the words Zhang Hao said to him after the warm-up...

"Ben, you will fight against the best defensive player in a while, and he is the goal you want to surpass now."

The boss trusts so much that Ben Wallace converts pressure into motivation and power into hostility...

...

At 7 p.m., the referee blew the whistle at the beginning of the game and threw the ball into the air.

The moment the ball reached its highest point, Ben Wallace jumped up quickly, with an estimated height difference of 10 cm and a 13 cm wingspan difference, which was compensated by bounce speed and bounce. Ben Wallace beat Mutombo to win the jump ball, and the Supersonics attacked first!

Zhang Hao flew past Alan Henderson and quickly entered the opponent's three-point line. After receiving a long pass from Kassel, Zhang Hao turned around and patched up Jim Jackson who was trying to press into the inside, grabbed the ball, jumped, and started again...

Jordan, who retreated to the basket, could only have one thought - he was careless...

Zhang Hao ignored Jordan's quick two-hand dunk to make up for defense and scored two points at the beginning!

At this time, the Eagles players noticed that except for Zhang Hao entering the three-point line, the other players of the Supersonics had not yet entered, and found that the opponent's fast attack could actually be easily defended at the start of the fast attack.

But now I noticed that it was too late.

But it is not useless to notice now. At least, I know that the other party may not be able to run tonight with this starter... except that guy.

Offensive and defensive conversion, the Eagles offense.

Jordan received the ball and made a single shot. Cassel directly let out Bembo Coles to attack. James Percy put the line down. There was a pinch shot on the line. James Percy was in front of him. Jordan chose to face the challenge, took a step forward, and quickly raised the ball against Cassel who was rushing up, jumped, and jumped backward... hit!

Ben Wallace, who is ready to go offline to make up for defense, James Percy and Cassel, who are attacking, both want to scold the streets.

Jordan's offensive awareness was enough, and he easily cracked the defensive strategies of the three of them.

But this is how Jordan can easily crack their three-man defensive strategy, and this backward jump shot is too unsolvable!

"Michael Jordan, 37 years old, 198 cm, 98 kg, ability evaluation 95, offense 98, defense 87... Average 27.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 1.3 steals, 0.5 blocks and 2.7 turnovers... shooting percentage is 47.3%, three-point shooting percentage is 18.8%..."

Athletic ability has declined significantly compared to the 1997-98 season, but Jordan also played smarter. In the past, he had some mentality of "shotting anytime he played". Now Jordan will choose to use all favorable conditions to maximize the use of technology.

In fact, it cannot be said that Jordan is only playing smarter now. If Jordan's physical fitness is calculated at 100 in the first three consecutive championships, then the last three consecutive games can be calculated at 90. At this time, Jordan has already started to play tricks by the back. If 80 is calculated now, the smarter style just now is just Jordan's adjustment of his playing style based on his physical condition.

After all, Jordan, who was only 50 points in his peak at the age of 40, could still average 20+ per game.

When the Supersonics attacked, they fell into positional battle.

"Dibeken Mutombo, 33 years old (?), 218 cm, 117 kg, ability evaluation 86, offense 55, defense 99... Average of 9.1 points, 14.4 rebounds and 3.4 blocks..."

The Hawks have a good defensive system built with Mutombo as the core, and they also know it when they were studying it.

Academic head coach Lang Kruger has no on-the-spot command ability, but he has a rich tactical library to build a defensive system. If the players under him do not have a clear leader, then he will be very disappointed like most NCAA head coaches entering the NBA. Mutombo has not shown any leadership ability so far in his career... But with Jordan, it would be different.

Mutombo is not the first high school pick in history. After Long Kruger planned the team's defensive system, he took the best center in the league to defend, and Jordan was very skillful to use it.

Zhang Hao came to the high position on the right side of the three-second zone to receive the ball with his back and gave it to Cassel at the free throw line. James Percy slipped through the baseline and came out, receiving the ball and throwing it from a close range... Mutombo flew and slapped it down!

Mutombo, who claimed to be 34 years old, was so flexible. After landing, he got stuck and panicked to grab the ball back, and took the ball.

Mutombo protected the ball and passed it to Beambo Coles.

Seeing the players' steady retreat, the Supersonics coaching team was very satisfied.

The starting center was replaced by Wallace, and they were almost airtight to the point where they were preventing counterattacks.

However, when he met Mutombo, the role player seemed too cautious. If James Percy took the ball and turned back to the basket, he would dunk the empty basket directly. However, he was worried about being blocked and chose to throw the shot on the sideline of the three-second zone. The experienced Mutombo predicted it well, turned around and pounced on it, and directly hit the shot.

If it was Artest, he would be detained if he rushed up.

But Artest's defense will be like in the future. Now it is mainly based on the body-pressed Manniu style defense, and occasionally shows cleverness. But most of the time, his defense is reflected in the fact that he relies on his body to defend and do the trick. The current team cooperation attributes are far less than those of James Percy.

"If only these two people combined, then...oh? Isn't that the Pippen from when he was young..."

On the court, the Supersonics were clearly at a disadvantage.

Except for Zhang Hao's fast break dunk at the beginning, he scored no goals in the sports game in 3 minutes and 5 rounds in a row. Finally, Zhang Hao received the ball in the top arc and directly broke through the inside, causing Alan Henderson to foul and got a free throw, but Jordan shot at the top arc, Alan Henderson blocked the middle, Mutombo protected the frame, and Zhang Hao's throwing shot in the top was completely unstable.

The Supersonics called a timeout first, not counting the free throw that Zhang Hao had not made yet. He started with 3 minutes and 44 seconds, and the Supersonics fell behind 2-7.

The Supersonics are pretty good at defending, scoring 2 points to the opponent every minute. This is still the beginning stage. It is difficult for the opponent to score 90 in this game.

But it is even more difficult for the Supersonics to score 90 points!

But the Supersonics started off worse than yesterday. At least they scored 20 points in the first quarter yesterday. This is because they didn't score in the first quarter in the first quarter!

Physical strength issues have a huge impact on the Supersonics, and this impact has also been noticed by the two veterans Jordan and Mutombo. They led the team to expand it to the extreme that the Hawks can do!
To be continued...