An experienced and capable veteran superstar is the most difficult to deal with.

The Hawks are very familiar with the physical strength issues of the Supersonics. Yesterday several veterans came to the scene to study the issues.

The Hawks did a good job on both offense and defense.

On the defensive end, regional defense, and university coaches are really different. Zhang Hao encountered a team that was so good in regional defense this season. He thought it should be a team like the Pacers and could do this to the extreme, but he didn't expect it to be the Hawks.

But after really fighting, I felt normal. The Hawks ignored the two-wing shots of Ruben Patterson and James Percy at all. The two also gave the Hawks a good face. They missed all three shots. The Hawks' defense was concentrated in the top arc, the middle distance on both sides, the basket, that is, the shooting area between Zhang Hao and Kassel, and the space for breakthrough or cutting into them were blocked.

The opponents are limited to only 20.6 assists per game, second lowest in the league, second only to the Jazz's 20.2 times.

On the offensive end, the Supersonics team has excellent defense, but the Hawks are a singles team, with 18.9 assists per game, which is lower than the Clippers' average of 19.2 times per game, but the Clippers are the last in the West, while the Hawks are a playoff-level team, which is completely different.

Back at the bench, Zhang Hao felt a big head, and he found a problem...

"I thought it was an illusion before. After being a defensive core, the team's offensive strength has really declined... But the improvement of the defensive end has a greater effect on the team's improvement than the decline of the offensive end. It's just that the defense of our young players on the front line is not good enough, and both Percy and Artest are too young."

Doug Collins began to make adjustments on behalf of the coaching staff.

As Zhang Hao expected, the coaching staff was ready to try to strengthen the wing offense first, which was also the way Zhang Hao could think of now. By strengthening the wing offense, he could restrain his opponent's defense, so that he could open up this point and drive the entire team.

It's right to focus on defense, but they never thought of making themselves unable to attack.

But after the transaction, Murch Brelock, and Wallace, he went further and further in the direction of "I don't know how to attack"...

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After the timeout, the Supersonics team's adjustments are actually quite experienced.

Paul Westfal once led the Suns to the Finals as a rookie coach. The Collins brothers coached Jordan in the early stages of their career and Grant Hill in the early stages of their careers. The Silver Foxes are old coaches who have coached in the NBA for 14 years... But the adjustments were done well, but they couldn't resist the objective reasons, so they just couldn't play well!

After Zhang Hao made both free throws, the Supersonics fell into a scoring drought. It was not until the official timeout that Zhang Hao relied on a strong three-pointer to chase the team to 7 points.

Whether it was Dell Curry, Sam Perkins, Travis Best, he made 0 of 8 three-pointers in the first quarter, and he had to shoot. Basically, he was all the absolute chances of receiving the ball in an open time, but he just couldn't make it.

Zhang Hao used to think that it was a magical thing for a team to score in double digits in a single quarter. Even in the NBA's iron-blooded era, he only had two or three times a season. He had never encountered it, whether it was himself or his opponent.

But now he can understand why the NBA occasionally has such a rare situation, even if there are stars, it is useless.

This reminds Zhang Hao of a future team led by the league's first point guard missed 27 consecutive three-point shots...

Finally, with Jason Williams' 2+1 tip-off, the Supersonics increased their score to 10 points after the first quarter.

10 to 21, the Supersonics fell 11 points behind in a single quarter and entered the break between the quarters.

7 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks, 3 mistakes... Zhang Hao looked at his own statistics... Damn, what do you rely on to make Jordan favor?

He is fine, but he scored 7 points in a single quarter and the whole team only scored 10 points in a single quarter. What does their team rely on to make Jordan favor?

I guess after this game, Jordan's intention to pull him to the Hawks will be much higher than his idea of ​​joining!

Sometimes there are no help, but now the Supersonics coaching staff have no choice. Some games are just about losing, just like the last game against the Celtics, losing 21 points.

But Zhang Hao wants to win!

I don’t know if the "Avengers" mission has any chance to trigger it after losing. Although the reward is not very generous at the moment, the rewards for the series of tasks are often the better the later. When the last task of the series of tasks is almost all gold-level rewards, and even the diamond-level rewards have been received.

"The way to deal with regional defense, I think, three-pointers are a good way. Whether it is to deal with joint defense or regional defense, three-pointers are the best way, but I am the focus of defense. My three-point range is two levels away from the peak Curry, Durant, and Thompson, and I can't do it at all. The opponent only needs to withstand me from the lower set and not let me jump smoothly to prevent my three-pointer. Although I have a chance to break through, I have always had a chance to break through tonight. But when I reached the middle distance, I was hit by three people and couldn't make it into the wing at all...

Another method is to force the inside to chisel. The closer you get to the basket, the easier it is to score. But I can't chisel Mutombo. Before I chiseled, the outside line was hit... Hey? With it... it's just... it's a little heartache..."

"Shake O'Neal's 1993-1994 version of the Star Experience Card has no consumption and no conditions for advanced use."

Zhang Hao looked at the star experience card he saved as a treasure...

This season, the regular season is normal, and you continue to work hard to win, so the regular season does not consume many props, and your life span is also accumulating rapidly.

"Originally, I thought about retiring O'Neal's jersey with the Supersonics, but this season, the new Star Experience Card has been added without any conditions and consumption advanced usage rights... Use it!"

With a thought, the system prompts us.

"The host uses Shaq O'Neal's 1993-1994 Star Experience Card, with a matching degree of 55%... Consumption of Shaq O'Neal's 1993-1994 Star Experience Card, without consumption and unconditional advancement rights once, and the matching degree is increased to 90%...

Comprehensive constitution, muscle memory bonus..."

...

Originally, Zhang Hao wanted to take the initiative to remind him to defend himself, but the coaching staff thought the same.

There is no way to do anything on the offensive end, so they can only fight as much as they want. Since their offense is not good, then focus their energy on the defensive end so that the Hawks don’t know how to attack!

But the problem is that according to the current situation, it is best to create more counterattack opportunities for Zhang Hao. The best progress is to tighten the score next, but the 11-point difference will become a gap like a natural disaster.

As a coach, you need to be prepared to have such an extreme situation, mainly to be prepared to accept this situation.

But if you really encounter it, even if you are mentally prepared, you will still feel unwilling to accept it.

The best situation they thought was still not a good thing. It was obvious that the coaching staff frowned without a smile, which deepened the negative energy in the hearts of the players during the break during the holidays.

Since you are thinking about the best situation, there will naturally be the worst situation. If you score 10 points per quarter, then the worst situation will be even worse.

Morale is sluggish and basically cannot play in an ideal state. Instead, it is possible to play in the worst situation. Otherwise, who would have thought that a team at the second round of the playoffs would be hit by the opponent in the first round with a 58-point difference?

The break between the festival is about to end, the team's tactical adjustments have been made, and Zhang Hao's personal preparations have been made, but!

He keenly discovered that his teammates were not in a good condition!

Frustrated... Yes, but the main thing is not this. The most important thing is that Zhang Hao saw his teammates having the mood of "we recognize this game"...

This can also be regarded as "no arrogance to win or not discourage", which means that even if you lose in this game, it will not affect the confidence of their entire team and the enthusiasm of the subsequent games.

But no! Win this game!

And if you really win in this situation, it will be of great help to their confidence!

The second quarter is about to begin, and the referee signaled the players of both teams to play.

Much Brecklelo, Ruben Patterson, Artest and Jason Williams heard a voice from behind when the four of them walked onto the court...

"We will definitely win tonight, don't worry, you must believe in the light."

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The break between the festival ends and the second quarter begins.

The Hawks sent out a combination of Jason Terry, Jordan, Ron Mersel, Lafonso Ellis, and Lorenzen White.

Lafonso Ellis has outstanding offensive skills, a 203 cm 109 kg body, and the Nuggets, which was playing badly at the peak of the 96-97 season, averaged 21 points per game. He is 30 years old this season, and he still averaged 8 points and 5 rebounds per game when he came on the bench.

Jason Terry, rookie, averaged 7.2 points, 2.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game, and his talent is visible to the naked eye.

Lorenzen White, an important player in the Clippers' seemingly rising period, averaged 9 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game in the sophomore, but the Clippers chose Olovo Candy, which was almost for nothing to the Hawks, who wanted to win the championship with pure iron-blooded defense at the time.

The backbone of the Hawks is Jordan. They firmly believe that Jordan can lead them to win, so after losing his original core player this season and changing the head coach, they made adjustments and played better and better.

In this game tonight, the Hawks played very well in the first quarter. Jordan played for 10 minutes in the first quarter, scoring 6 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal, and performed very well.

Moreover, they could already feel that the Supersonics team had recognized the second half of the first quarter. Although the opponent was very resilient, the current situation was indeed extremely unfavorable to the opponent. The Supersonics team had almost no chance of winning tonight.

Although this is because the Supersonics were in poor physical strength and cold hands in the last game of 4 days in 5 days.

But the game is the game!

The Hawks attack first.

An unexpected situation came. When the Eagles players arrived at the frontcourt to launch an offense, they found that the Supersonics players were playing very firmly! Even more firmer than in the second half of the first quarter!

Of course, no matter how firm and hard the Eagles play, they are not as effective as they are when they are physically better at the beginning of the game.

But this energy is really beyond the expectations of Hawks players.

They know that the Supersonics are very resilient. No matter how bad the game is, they can stubbornly catch the difference in single digits... and then lose.

The Hawks were also ready tonight. Although they played a huge advantage in the first quarter, the score difference may not be too big in the end. It is unlikely that they would win the Supersonics with 21 points as the Celtics last night.

But after the Supersonics came back from rest between the festivals, they actually played harder than in the second half of the first quarter!

Jason Terry missed a three-pointer against Murch Brecklelow, and Jason Williams protected the defensive rebound.

The Eagles retreated quickly, and the Supersonics did not launch a fast attack and fell into positional battle.

Using regional defense to block Zhang Hao and Kassel, the only players in double-digit scoring players, is the Eagles' defensive strategy tonight. They tend to be gambling, but they bet right.

However, this time, they wanted to continue to defend regionally. Something happened. Zhang Hao went directly to the left of the three-second zone and leaned against Lorenzen White to ask for the ball.

But it didn't matter. The Hawks quickly made defensive adjustments and prepared to attack immediately after Muchi Brelock passed the ball.

As for not performing early clamping... without a ball clamping inside, the space for cutting into the wing on one side will be wide, and Jason Williams's snatch will be even more difficult to prevent.

Muqi Brelock threw the ball to Zhang Hao without any surprise. The Eagles player immediately shrank the double-team and cut off the pass route of the pass line...

"Clang"

"Beep"

Before the Hawks could shrink, Zhang Hao received the ball and knocked away Lorenzen White, and directly smashed the ball in to the basket!

Lorenzen White never expected Zhang Hao to fight like this, and he didn't expect Zhang Hao's power to be so strong that he couldn't even hold him back!

Others may not have noticed it, but Lorenzen White noticed a detail - Zhang Hao jumped up slightly when receiving the ball, which can better ensure that he received the ball, and can also be used as a preparatory action to exert force immediately after receiving the ball.

Zhang Hao is obviously not a low-level strong-eating insider, and he actually has such good skills in this regard.

The key is still the unstoppable force. Lorenzen White thought of that man - Shaq O'Neal!
To be continued...