In the 2000-2001 season, Zhang Hao's single game of 60+ came later than before.

But in the 2001-2002 season, Zhang Hao's single game of 60+ came immediately!

At 10:24 pm on October 30, 2001, the match between the Supersonics and the Kings ended, and all 7 games on the first match day were completed.

Zhang Hao used his 61 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 1 block in a single game to lead the Supersonics to defeat the Kings 131-108 and win the opening game!

37 minutes of playing, 22 of 40 shots, including 4 of 9 three-pointers, plus 13 of 15 free throws... I made 40 shots in the first game...

Zhang Hao's 60+ single games have reached one-quarter of Chamberlain's!

If you count the 61 points of Zhang Hao's curtain call last season... Zhang Hao has two consecutive games in a row across the season and has 60+ in a single game!

At the same time, Zhang Hao broke Jordan's single-game scoring record for the regular season opening game!

After the game, Jordan looked at the individual score rankings of players in the regular season opening game that were openly played on the big screen... Can't he consider his emotions as a veteran at the base salary?

The first in history, Zhang Hao, 61 points; the second in history, Michael Jordan, 54 points.

'This brat plays so hard in regular time. Isn't it covering my right to take action? Wait, is this for the playoffs? Yes! Our veteran team this year is not as strong as last year. For the record and for the physical strength of the playoffs...'

Thinking of Zhang Hao’s first and last quarters tonight, Zhang Hao scored 42 points in 20 minutes... This is definitely a very good signal for their Supersonics team’s defense!

It’s not that Jordan is crazy about his imagination. It’s true that what Zhang Hao has always shown is the attitude of winning first.

Last season, he scored + assists + averaged triple-double per game. When Jordan came, he was ready to be a pure pitcher and was ready to face the deterioration of his skills... But Zhang Hao adjusted his playing style himself so that he could continue his relatively habitual playing style and maintain stronger competitiveness in the playoffs.

This is definitely a good thing for the team, but for Zhang Hao personally, the sacrifice is really great. With Zhang Hao's strength, it is possible to attack Lianzhuang MVP...

On the other hand, tonight was a shattering night for the Kings players.

Originally, the Kings thought that if the Supersonics wanted to continue their dominance last season, then the Supersonics would have to play like they did last season, so they were not afraid of someone alone in the Supersonics, even Zhang Hao.

In their opinion, the Supersonics must sacrifice something to continue to be strong.

By judging others by oneself, every player of the Kings is sacrificing some of his own characteristics, which has led to overall strength.

As for the Supersonics last season, it does look like that.

Even after losing tonight, Kings players can still feel that if Zhang Hao does not explode, then the Kings and the Supersonics can really play back and forth, not the kind of last season, but the real and strongest state, and the Supersonics who are all in the best team will play back and forth.

No team will regard this kind of thing as a traditional combat power when a superstar breaks out... Also, Larry Brown regards Kobe's outbreak as a life-saving straw for the playoffs.

But that was just a strategic expectation, and Kobe was still unable to meet it.

However, Zhang Hao is completely unreasonable!

Zhang Hao’s performance tonight seemed to be saying whether I should get 60+ or ​​not, it does not depend on the team’s playing style, not on who the opponent is, but on whether I want to...

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With 2 minutes left in the game, Zhang Hao was replaced and 60+ had already been obtained.

After the game, he stood up to celebrate with Ben Wallace, who was pressing on the court, and his teammates greeted the fans on the scene with their waving hands... Zhang Hao was soon caught up by his distant cousin.

'There are not many good people in this imperial station! I know that I can't refuse Wei Ping Bryant's interview request...Is this planning to let him stay in Seattle? When will the imperial station set up a domestic live broadcast room? The United States has started... Hey, wait, they set up a live broadcast room in China and ask him to interview me every day. Isn't it the same? Damn...'

When Zhang Hao was complaining in his heart, Zhang Weiping had already introduced tonight's game to the camera. The main thing was to play the Supersonics team played well. Wang Zhizhi scored 14 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block. It felt like Wang Zhizhi led the Kings to fight tenaciously...

The biggest change in this year's live broadcast is signal independence.

It is also a way for the country to show its technological progress. When broadcasting some NBA games, it uses its own satellite signals, but it is limited to the teams with the highest ratings in China. The cost still needs to be controlled. Less than ten years later, I have nothing to do in the desert and I am so free and easy when I shoot a short video to show my nuclear leveling ability.

After the blow, Zhang Weiping asked Zhang Hao: "Haozi, congratulations on getting 60+ for the 8th single game. Your playing style tonight is very different from last season. Has your team's playing style changed?"

“This is a temporary adjustment based on what we need tonight. As for the change in the team’s style of play, I’m not sure, it requires our coaching staff, my teammates and I to decide together.

I just wanted to show off my abilities tonight, obviously I didn't have any need to throw 40 times, 30 times per game, but at least it's up to us to have it.

When the opponent is ready to get so many points when I can get it, the best situation for us is that I can really get it.

Otherwise I can't play against the opponent I want to meet who is stronger than us."

"..." Zhang Weiping didn't know how to continue answering the conversation, "Did I ask so many questions? Can't you wait for me to ask slowly one by one? After finishing the words at once, I asked me what to ask next?"

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‘I just want to show that I have this ability’

After the opening game of the Supersonics, Zhang Hao's words spread throughout the country and spread rapidly from home to major basketball markets around the world.

The Kings players were very excited to play the opening match with the defending champion, but now they feel that their original ideas were too stupid.

For such a ridiculous reason, he shot 40 times at their Kings?

In the first three quarters, Zhang Hao shot 26 times in 27 minutes, which was already outrageous to the Kings.

Throwing 14 times in the last quarter in 10 minutes is simply too much!

Especially the official pause before and after the 6th round, with a 12-pointer...

Those 6 consecutive wins were fine. It can be seen that Zhang Hao was careful and played singles with all his strength. He was very good at judging defense and choosing offensive lines.

But the three shots in the next three were completely unreasonable. One time, when Wang Zhizhi and Peijia were attacked by a ball and shot like a cannon, which was a straight arm shot and a close-range wave shot... I really made it!

There is no way, Zhang Hao, as long as he sees the touch is good, he will win. He is just a regular season and is still more than ten points ahead. Of course, he has to win. Anyway, it doesn’t matter if he fails. He will try it almost every game, so he often sees Zhang Hao’s disagreement with more than ten points in a single quarter, especially last season, where there were seven or eight points in the first half of the game, and 20+ after the third quarter.

In the eyes of others, Zhang Hao is very stable and scored 25+ points in almost every game. In fact, Zhang Hao will try to play every game in the game, but most games are limited to just a few minutes.

No one cares what the Kings think. They are just Zhang Hao's background of scoring 60+ across seasons.

The opening match was 61 points, and this incident itself was particularly sensational.

In addition, the league has invested a lot of manpower and financial support in various basketball markets around the world, including the United States itself. The ratings of this game are very high, which directly reversed the ratings of the NBA regular season opening match in the United States, with a huge impact.

For a time, the popularity of the NBA game seemed to be at its peak and was not affected by terrorist attacks at all. Even the media on social issues in the United States were reporting on this matter. The fans were particularly enthusiastic about the Internet and friends...

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On November 1st, the opening day of the two days, all 15 games were completed. During the presidential meeting, David Stern couldn't help but sighed while looking at the ratings report and the news hot statistics.

This made Stu Jackson, who had been imitating David Stern as a super idol, wonder and asked: "Boss, what's wrong? This is much better than we expected."

The Supersonics were so popular after the opening game. This was what David Stern wanted to see, and it was even better than he expected.

But he knew that it was just that they invested a lot of financial resources and that Zhang Hao performed too crazy, so there was such a regular season opening game that would definitely be recorded in basketball history.

Next, there are more things to be busy with. It is impossible to invest so much money in advertising in every game.

Of course, having such an opener would be better than David Stern expected.

David Stern shook his head: "This starts very well, we will be much more relaxed later. The Supersonics helped us open up the situation in this difficult time, but..."

David Stern pointed to the first few rows of the ratings report.

The opening match between the Supersonics and the Kings was paid for more than 29 million times. According to the American ratings calculation method, one in every 5 Americans watched the live broadcast of this game.

This has already caught up with the All-Star Game and the popular playoffs, and the financial resources are indeed not in vain.

But the opening match between the Lakers and the 76ers was second, with paid ratings of more than 11 million times, and the opening match between the Raptors and the Bulls was more than 9.8 million times.

Although the Supersonics team invested the most financial resources to capture the popularity of the epic combination of 23+24, other popular opening games also invested a lot of money.

Judging from the ratings, it is obvious that the impact of the 911 terrorist attack is very great!

Let’s not talk about them, the NFL regular season that happened to be unveiled on September 11th is now sluggish.

That is, the popularity of such a high level of popularity during the opening game is supported by the Supersonics.

But in Stu Jackson's opinion, nothing wrong! The entire US economy has been hit hard now, and the pure consumer goods market has fallen sharply. Tickets and paid ratings are one of pure consumer goods.

In this case, there is a ratings benchmark that can be successfully promoted by the Supersonics team. Focusing on the influence of the Supersonics team, we should first stabilize the situation and slowly plan.

Isn’t this the continuation of the policy of surrounding Magic Birds in the 1980s, Jordan in the early 1990s, and XO in the late 1990s?

Stu Jackson learned from David Stern, and overall it was very good. What he learned was how to continue David Stern's general direction in governing the NBA.

Stu Jackson has a famous pragmatism and no genius in the top leaders of major leagues in North America.

But some people are different...

"Boss, we can take advantage of this opportunity to build a superstar who competes with Aix in honor!"

A sharp and feminine voice came into Stu Jackson's ears.

Without turning around, Stu Jackson knew that this was the new celebrity among NBA executives after the shutdown.

After the shutdown, Jordan and Zhang Hao both left the NBA. It was Adam Silva who proposed many constructive commercial improvement measures and played a role when David Stern had already built a good foundation for his operations for many years.

Then Zhang Hao and Jordan made a comeback, and Adam Silva proposed many ideas for generating income.

Now, the gimmick of the 23+24 gods and Buddhas is also proposed by Adam Silva. It has achieved good results in attracting attention, and has spent less money and obtained the greatest influence output.

In addition to these, there are some real results, such as when talking about sponsorship fees and broadcast fees, Adam Silva played a big role, and the money he received was higher than expected.

But Stu Jackson just doesn't like Adam Silva. Apart from feeling threatened, he simply doesn't like this person.

However, Adam Silva proposed to create a star to compete with Zhang Hao, but David Stern was in a sensation.

David Stern still has a dream in his heart...

At first, it was naturally for the sake of dreams, and at that time, NBA did not make money.
To be continued...