On March 5, the Supersonics lost to the Heat 79-85 in the defensive battle, but on March 7, the Supersonics were not affected by the loss and slaughtered the Grizzlies 89-65 in the away game against the Grizzlies.

Damon Stodmeier gave Zhang Hao another 36-day life span reward. Zhang Hao defeated Damon Stodmeier for the 9th consecutive season.

In Zhang Hao's opinion, Damon Stodmeier is like walking 500,000... No, it is the lifespan of walking.

After the All-Star Weekend, the Supersonics played 9 games, with 6 wins and 3 losses, which was not bad, with a record of 43 wins and 17 losses, continuing to overwhelm the Suns.

On the 2nd, Anthony Hardaway made a comeback. The Suns' decline in the past month has finally stopped. They have played 60 games, 42 wins and 18 losses, and have been suppressed by the Supersonics.

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On March 8, after playing against the Grizzlies in the snowy Vancouver, the Supersonics came to Minneapolis, another snowy place.

When Zhang Hao arrived at this place, he didn't want to leave, but he had received a call from Garnett before. In the evening, he took a taxi to Garnett's house.

Garnett didn't talk much in private, but he has become even more silent in the past two years.

In addition, Zhang Hao didn't talk much when he was a guest at other people's house, and Michael Mason, the son of the next neighbor whom Garnet adopted, was so embarrassed that he didn't know where to put him.

But both of them felt very happy about this way of getting along. They didn’t talk much at dinner, so they got together for a simple little time.

The next day, the Supersonics came to the target center and challenged the Timberwolves away.

The Timberwolves are currently 36 wins and 24 losses, ranking sixth in the West, surpassing the Spurs with 35 wins and 26 losses.

Garnett has averaged 23.1 points, 11.5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.6 blocks per game so far, with a defensive efficiency of 5.6, and has only 98 points in the opponent's score per 100 rounds. He ranks first in power forward in many advanced data.

So far this season, the biggest favorite is not Zhang Hao or Duncan, but Garnett, who is both a father and a mother, supports the Timberwolves' offense and defense system with his own strength!

At 7:30 pm, the game between the Supersonics and the Timberwolves started.

This time, the Supersonics suffered a critical hit, trailing the Timberwolves 14-27 in the first quarter by 13 points!

But this time, unlike the last time when the Hawks finished the first quarter, the Supersonics players planned to "accept it". This time, the Supersonics players were discussing how to adjust the break during the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Supersonics' offense improved significantly, and the Timberwolves' uncontrollable offense continued to improve in the first quarter.

The Supersonics scored 21 points in the second quarter. Although the Timberwolves still scored 25 points, the score was widened to 35-52, 17 points behind, but at least they did not lose 10 points in a single quarter like in the first quarter.

It was different from what I expected. Originally, the Supersonics wanted to endure slowly and consume the Timberwolves.

In addition to Garnett of 20+10+5, the Timberwolves are also very good. Trier Brandon was selected as the All-Star in the 96-97 season, averaging 18 points and 8 assists this season. Spanish rookie Szebiak is averaging 11 points and 6 rebounds per game, locker room leader Malik Cialis is averaging 11 points and 2.4 assists per game... But excellence is only excellent. The Timberwolves does not have a player who can stand up and break the deadlock.

But unexpectedly, the Timberwolves began to collapse in the third quarter was defense!

The Supersonics only scored 35 points in the first half, and all Timberwolves players played life defense before they could do it.

In the third quarter, Zhang Hao scored 13 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, helping the Supersonics score 26 points in a single quarter, while the Timberwolves scored 25 points in the third quarter.

But the Supersonics' offensive situation has opened up!

After the third quarter, the Supersonics trailed the Timberwolves 16 points 61-77.

In the final quarter, we came crazy. After 13 points in the third quarter, Zhang Hao scored 13 points in the last quarter with counterattacks, plus 7 points in the positional offense, and 4 assists from counterattacks and positional battles. In a single quarter, 20 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. Under the leadership of Zhang Hao, the Supersonics scored 33 points in the last quarter!

Among them, Dell Curry's three-pointer who followed up the fast break and a single three-pointer played a crucial role, continuing the counterattack momentum of the Supersonics.

With Szebiak's buzzer-beating three-pointer missing, the Timberwolves' fourth quarter score was frozen at 17 points.

The score in the last quarter was 33 to 17. The Supersonics team chased a 16-point difference in a single quarter, 94 to 94. The regular time ended, the two teams tied, and the Supersonics dragged the game into overtime!

In overtime, Zhang Hao was guarded and became the world of Kassel. Kassel scored 9 points alone and beat the Timberwolves 9-7.

With 14 seconds left in overtime, Zhang Hao made a strong jump shot from the inside.

The Supersonics' lead has expanded to 4 points to secure the victory!

In the end, with Zhang Hao 42 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks, Cassel 18 points and 10 assists, Ben Wallace 7 points and 14 rebounds, Jason Williams 8 points and 8 rebounds, Dell Curry 14 points... The Supersonics reversed the Timberwolves 105-101!

Zhang Hao won the 11th single game of 40+ in the season, which is only two times away from the highest number of individual 40+ in the second grade created in his sophomore season. The Supersonics' record has also improved to 44 wins and 17 losses, continuing to steadily suppress the Suns.

However, although this final quarter was based on Zhang Hao and Kassel won the game in overtime, the process of the game was completely different from the reversal of the Hawks.

Zhang Hao only scored 9 points in the first half, and the Timberwolves defended really well.

In the second quarter, the Supersonics relied on role players to support them, including Ben Wallace, Jason Williams, Dell Curry, three-man attack and shooting are very important, Artest, Muchi Breckle, and James Percy also made great contributions to the defensive end.

Last time, the Supersonics fell behind by 10+ points in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Zhang Hao had to support it alone, but this time the whole team worked together to support the situation!

For the Timberwolves, it was indeed quite miserable in the second half.

For anyone in Marbury, Gugliotta didn't leave, and the Timberwolves might have a player who could stand up in the second half.

Trier Brandon is excellent, but he is not very useful at critical moments.

And in terms of salary, Trier Brandon, Marbury, Gugliotta are of the same level.

There is another reason why the Supersonics completed the comeback. They did a good job before the game. Every player remembered one thing that the Timberwolves often played very strong in the first half and wilted in the second half this season.

It's very powerful. Garnett is very strong and has a strong ability to drive the entire team. His playing style can make a star play better than before when he is partnering with him.

But he can help the Timberwolves bring a good upper limit of strength, but the players who need to raise the upper limit are not allowed to help the team continue their offensive performance after the confrontation.

For example, in the fourth quarter and overtime, Zhang Hao and Cassel were both showing, but Garnett kept getting beaten up, and his shooting percentage went from 11 of 16 to 12 of 25.

When it was time to score, the Timberwolves could only see Garnett shooting from mid-range.

And others did not have the ability to shoot the ball stably when they could not get rid of defense at critical moments.

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After 4 consecutive away games, the Supersonics achieved a record of 3 wins and 1 loss in 4 consecutive away games. The Supersonics won 7 games in the last 10 games of the All-Star Weekend, which made the media's face red when it came to the All-Star Weekend.

At noon on March 10, when Zhang Hao returned to Seattle, he received news that he won the sixth best week of the season, breaking the record of five best week in a single season set by Elvin Johnson in the 1986-1987 season!

Before the start of the season, some media revealed that the league may divide the best month and best week awards into the east and west in the 200-01 season, and many people are discussing the record of this aspect that may be broken.

But before Zhou Zuo was divided into different parts, Zhang Hao broke this record!

However, such a big thing is not the hottest news today.

The hottest news comes from the former world's strongest players.

The Hawks announced this morning that their star Michael Jordan will be absent from the next three months of games due to a cracked rib. Judging from the current situation of the Hawks, this is equivalent to Jordan's reimbursement for the season!

After March, Jordan had symptoms of abdominal discomfort during the game, but he didn't care and thought he was tired.

As a result, on March 9, I was unable to play due to pain. After going to the hospital for examination, I found that my rib fracture was detected and I needed off-season treatment. The treatment period was at least two months.

After the Hawks announced this, the media began to speculate when Jordan was injured. The No. 7 Hawks played against the Bulls, and Jordan scored 33 points and broke up with Kobe.

It would be fine if this is not pursued. Once the investigation is investigated, the conclusion was drawn that a rookie from the Supersonics team exploded on the spot...

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A video clip of Supersonics rookie Ron Artest's defense against Jordan in a game against the Hawks on February 29, 2000 was popular on major TV stations and was circulating wildly on the Internet.

It was Jordan's breakthrough after receiving the ball from behind and turning around and pretending to move. Artest failed to keep up with the pace and pushed Jordan over with one elbow, sending Jordan to the free throw line.

Before and after the free throw, Jordan rubbed the left rib position with a cracked bone many times.

Obviously, Artest broke Jordan's ribs this time!

On the morning of March 11, Artest came to the stadium in absent-minded manner.

"Ron, you're there!"

"Beautiful job, Ron, you're so popular!"

“…”

“…”

“…”

As Artest expected, when he arrived at the stadium, these bad teammates who killed thousands of swords really began to mock him.

What is the environment of the Supersonics team?

Overall, it's pretty good, but you have to have a certain thickness in order to gain a foothold in this team.

Like Corey Benjamin, he is doing well. Although he can't play and is still carrying the title of "Second Generation of Balls", he has a good relationship with his teammates. It's very simple. He doesn't think that others can't talk about the matter of being able to enter the NBA by making it impossible to talk about it.

In this kind of team environment, unless it is strong enough, such as Zhang Hao and Kassel, it is otherwise fierce enough, and Ben Wallace's level, otherwise you cannot treat yourself as a hedgehog or an explosive barrel.

Artest was a thorn, but was in the team with Much Brelock, Ruben Patterson, Ben Wallace, Jason Williams... and others, and that was the case.

Even Dell Curry, Schramph and others have to integrate into it. Although the methods are different, they can do well in the team based on their life experience and win respect by relying on their experience on the court.

Artest shouted, "Shame to join you and others" and ran to the lounge. Sure enough, Zhang Hao could not be seen on the court, and Zhang Hao must be watching the video in the lounge... Hey? Watching the news!

"Ron, you're here, awesome, did what I wanted to do but never dared."

“…”

boss!

What about your indifference? What about your ruthlessness?

Why did it start to make trouble unreasonable?

Artest felt like he was not feeling well.
To be continued...