The most dazzling moment of the Los Angeles All-Star Weekend in 2004 was still in the All-Star Game.

The fierce competition in the All-Star Game has made the All-Star MVP trophy extremely valuable.

In this All-Star Game, the NBA has changed a few times.

Not only did the players of the same era recognize the status of the number one player in Zhang Hao's era, fans and commentators all felt this completely different change from the past.

The competition among players of the same generation is still there. Many players of the 95 generation are now at their peak. After a long ten years, they are still among the top NBA stars. They are also highly praised and have no bad competitive spirit.

Otherwise, even the top pick who looks festively, seven or eight years later, will be sold everywhere and constantly ridiculed.

However, judging from this game, the position of Zhang Hao as the number one player is basically stable.

Sometimes, without negotiating, when you reach a certain stage, one or two iconic games will naturally occur.

One game that Zhang Hao's status is truly recognized by NBA players is this All-Star Game.

Even Garnett did not insist on snatching the MVP, but Garnett took on Ben Wallace's role in Zhang Hao's tactical play. He has better ability to eat cakes and more comprehensive defense, so it is easier for him to play beautiful data.

When Zhang Hao held up the fourth All-Star MVP trophy in his career, Charles Barkley commented: "Stone Buddha is already one of the five greatest players in NBA history. At least he is in his position, the Power Forward position, is the absolute number one person in history. I think the strongest five-man group, Magic, Jordan, Big Bird, Stone Buddha, and Shark."

Kenny Smith asked in surprise: "Do you actually agree with O'Neal?"

Barkley picked up the ring strung with gold chains on his chest: "For its sake, I think Shaq is the most dominant center in history."

"In my opinion, in the past 5 years, there is no controversy ranking, first Aix, second O'Neal, third..."

"Who cares about who is the second and third?"

"Haha, it makes sense!"

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Many people regret that Zhang Hao did not compete for the All-Star MVP last year, otherwise he would have dominated the All-Star MVP for four consecutive years this year.

But Zhang Hao knew that this topic was because he didn't argue last year.

Moreover, last year's competition for the All-Star MVP, and this year's hope that he will compete for the All-Star MVP may be different.

Everything should be looked forward, and the best thing you work hard to do is the best thing.

There will be better possibilities, but what is not done or cannot be done can be learned from experience, but you should not always think about it.

Many people from the Supersonics participated in the All-Star Weekend this time, and made their debut on such a popular All-Star Weekend. This is a very exciting thing for the young players of the Supersonics.

Like Chris Anderson and Ginobili, the former participated in the slam dunk contest, while the latter participated in the rookie contest and the slam dunk contest, were very happy.

For most players, the All-Star Game is never possible.

Before entering the NBA, maybe every player will expect to be the special one.

But after entering the NBA, I realized that I was so ordinary in the ranks of world-class players.

There is also Artest who is entering the All-Star for the first time. It is obvious that Artest is excited.

After the All-Star Weekend, the Supersonics still have two days off. Zhang Hao and his teammates who came to Los Angeles did not return to Seattle. Other teammates who left Los Angeles after playing the Clippers before the All-Star Weekend also came to Los Angeles again.

The first game after the All-Star Weekend challenged the Lakers away!

The day after the All-Star Weekend ended, on the afternoon of February 16, the Supersonics came to the Lakers Training Hall Toyota Center Arena for training.

During the All-Star Weekend, the Supersonics coaching staff was not idle and had a lot of discussions and negotiations on the problems encountered in the middle of the season. They called Zhang Hao early this morning and talked about the usual regular season and later play styles.

Zhang Hao also did a lot of things during the All-Star Weekend. The endorsement activities are not the busiest. I have been used to them and just do what I should do. During this period, he had exchanged with Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, and Hu Weidong, and also had exchanged with Artest, Chandler, Kirilenko and others about their defense, and talked about offense with Kassel and Ginobili...

This morning, Zhang Hao and the coaching staff confirmed each other and discussed each other, they made a decision on the tactical adjustments that would be made immediately in the later period of the regular season.

After starting to do the coaching work formally, Zhang Hao discovered something as a coach, most of the time he was looking for an ‘alternative option’.

First determine a clear goal, and then list clear options... Finally, various ‘alternative options’ are put together and become the final appearance.

Zhang Hao hopes that Chandler can protect the frame like him, but Chandler can't do it now.

Zhang Hao hopes that Kirirenko can defend like Ben Wallace in the 99-00 season and 00-01 season. He is incomparable to the peak. There are no ones in the entire NBA history who can defend against Ben Wallace in the face of the peak.

The role of Ben Wallace before the peak was not possible in a short time. It is OK to swipe data, but the effect is not that strong... It is a bit interesting in the second half of the middle of the season, but there is still a big gap from the pentagonal display that Zhang Hao is looking forward to, after all, he is less than 23 years old.

If you want to use Odom as a magician, he will occasionally give a surprise and show the performance of the magic management...

Zhang Hao and his colleagues in the coaching staff are constantly seeking ‘alternative options’, from tactics to player lineup matching, they are constantly adjusting.

At one point, Zhang Hao was depressed because for a long time, the ‘alternative option’ was backward compatible, but slowly, it began to correct upwards.

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On the afternoon of February 16th and on the morning of February 17th, after a total of 8 training classes, we had a break on the afternoon of February 17th. At 8 pm on February 18th, the 2003-2004 season, the first game of the Supersonics' late regular season, the away game of the Lakers was started!

What is surprise?

Artest is a man full of surprises.

At the beginning of the season, Artest's performance on the defensive end was far lower than Zhang Hao's expectations, and at the lowest defense, it fell to 90. Compared with other defensive players, there was a chance to compete for the best defensive team. It was just that it was in the forward position. It was a bit difficult to compete for the defense of 90. In fact, it was still very powerful.

But this is definitely a gap from the world peace that Zhang Hao expected.

But Artest played better and better in the early and mid-season season, which surprised Zhang Hao and also brought great help to Zhang Hao in this turbulent season... As a result, the mid-season suspension was suspended due to injury for more than half a month.

But, after getting injured, Artest is still in the same state!

In the new era, a purely reckless player like Artest and James really feels like O'Neal, and his dominance is not that strong, but his state is a bit too continuation.

James's rookie season played half of his weight to 110 kilograms, and Artest maintained a large tonnage of about 115 kilograms, but both of them were as agile as defenders. Zhang Hao was really envious.

Artest is already a bit too much, James is even more exaggerated and not hurt!

After returning from the All-Star Weekend holiday, Artest gave Zhang Hao another surprise!

Not just Artest, tonight, Kirilenko, who celebrated her 23rd birthday, played well!

Genius is very different from ordinary players.

Kirilenko was fine, she was just having her birthday tonight, and she was just excited and irritable.

Artest defended James and Pierce tonight, and both defended well! Especially for James' defense, James, who had averaged 21 points per game before the All-Star Weekend in the rookie season, was defended by Artest to 10 shots, and with 4 of 6 shots, he scored 6 points!

James scored 6 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists. For comparison, Artest made 6 of 15 shots tonight, including 2 of 6 three-pointers, plus 8 of 9 free throws, and scored 22 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 1 block!

Kirilenko scored 13 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 blocks tonight!

Tonight, Artest's single defense on the outside became fierce, coupled with Zhang Hao's steady frame protection, Kirilianko's tandem with a very hard-working birthday, and the defense on the back line was qualified...

Although Pierce scored 10 rebounds with 6 of 14 shots, Ray Allen scored 22 points for 9 of 20 shots, and Caron Butler scored 15 points...

The Supersonics still defeated the Lakers again 93-85, and started the first game in the late regular season and won a good start!

Zhang Hao only played 29 minutes tonight, and the score difference was about the same, but Artest, Kirilenko, Ginobili, Kassel and others led the team to play very steadily.

Zhang Hao played 5 of 9 shots in 29 minutes and scored 13 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal.

Although the data is basically the worst in the whole season, Zhang Hao was very happy tonight!

Artest has not had such a defense this season. He has a foundation in defense, and when the new rules greatly reduce his defense, he is still at the top edge level. In the early and mid-season, Artest also had some outstanding defensive performances, but his stability is not high. He played 40 games this season, and his overall defensive level is at the top edge, which is not as good as last season.

Therefore, Zhang Hao's updated ability evaluation on Artest is basically superior on the defensive end.

But this time...

"Ron Artest, 24 years old, 201 cm, 115 kg, ability evaluation 92, offense 89, defense 95... Average 20.5 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.9 steals, 0.9 blocks..."

Soared sharply!

Moreover, it is not the first-class offensive mid-level offensive before the update at the beginning of the season, with super top defense, but the first-class offensive player who averages 20 points per game!

It came very suddenly!

What is the talent of a defensive master? Artest is this! Artest in time and space, at the age of 24, has already won the best defensive player, and it is still the only one who stands out on the defensive end at that time!

This time and space, NO-handheak arrived early, disrupting a lot of things. The impact of rules on players' performance may be much greater than imagined.

But even so, after experiencing struggles in the early stages of the season, he was injured in the middle of the season but tried hard to maintain stability... After the adjustment of the All-Star Weekend, Artest arrived at the first game in the late regular season, and his defense returned to the top!

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In fact, Artest did a great job in defense at that time in the All-Star Game.

The main thing is to "habiting" the current confrontation. To put it simply, it is to reduce pulling movements and change the habit of reasonable confrontation... It is simple to say, but difficult to do.

NO-handheak has changed the defensive habits of current players who have played in the past.

This is not a simple thing. Of course, there are those who adapted quickly, such as those players who mainly focus on assisting and supplementing defense, single-defense players were slashed.

But Artest, after the All-Star Weekend, has adjusted!

This is of great help to the Supersonics!

In the second half of February, in 12 days, the Supersonics have 7 games, two back-to-back.

After playing against the Lakers, the Supersonics flew to Oakland early the next morning.

With Zhang Hao's 15th single game of 40+ and 44 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists in the 15th season, the Supersonics slaughtered the Warriors 115-88, and their record increased to 37 wins and 17 losses!

Artest's single defense continues to show its strength!

14 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 7 steals... After this game, Artest directly scored his average steals per game to 2 times per game! He played in 42 games and just got 84 steals!
To be continued...