Of course, there will be adjustments for the substitute, but if there is a decline after the adjustment and the side effects of the decline on the team are higher than the positive effects of the substitute playing well on the team, then it is definitely impossible to adjust, so let it go.

There are many adjustments that can be made, and there is no need to worry about a certain substitute.

One place left without a signing person is left. On the one hand, it is to see if there is any powerful veteran who is willing to seek a buyout for the championship in the early and mid-season. On the other hand, it is to leave a place for the transaction.

The substitute who gave more playing time in the first month is a choice, and it is definitely the best performance at the beginning and the most suitable substitute.

By December, if you give more playing time, you will naturally perform poorly at the start.

This also affected the Supersonics' record after entering the second game.

After entering December, the Supersonics came up with a wave of 3 wins and 5 losses, with a record falling to 16 wins and 8 losses, and falling to fourth place in the West.

During this period, the Supersonics actually made a lot of adjustments, with the title of "Defensive Champion" being suppressed. In terms of confidence, there was no problem with this. With Zhang Hao there, he could stabilize the confidence of his teammates.

During this period, the Supersonics team made some clear things through actual combat.

For example, some substitutes are indeed not strong enough. If they are sent to the field during the rotation stage, the main force will have to bear more on both offense and defense.

That is, there is no longer the strong and stable ability from the beginning to the end of last season.

There are bad ones, and of course there are good ones.

Zhang Hao plays more regularly. When he hits most opponents, in a limited time, Zhang Hao goes all out and the data is blown up...

Due to the decline of the Trail Blazers and Suns, the record of 16 wins and 8 losses is still very stable in the top four in the Western Conference, so the Supersonics are not in a hurry.

Before entering the middle of the season, it is the most important thing to take the running-in progress to a higher level. A few defeats are irrelevant.

These are the five major champions, the defending champions, bringing confidence to the Supersonics coaching staff, players and fans!

But let alone, a rare three-game losing streak has helped the Supersonics to "find trouble" quite a lot.

Immediately afterwards, the Supersonics defeated the Pistons 106-95 on the No. 17, the Kings 126-112, the No. 19 defeated the Suns 103-91, and the Trail Blazers 113-92, winning four consecutive victories, and the record improved to 20 wins and 8 losses, surpassing the Mavericks, tying the Lakers, tied with the Lakers to the second best record in the Western Conference, ending 28 games in the early stages of the season! Because it was the first in the division, the Supersonics came directly to the second in the Western Conference, and the Mavericks fell directly from the second in the Western Conference to the fourth in the Western Conference.

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On December 23, the morning after defeating the Trail Blazers at home to win four consecutive victories, Zhang Hao took the lead and came to Los Angeles with his family.

There will be no games in the league tomorrow, Christmas Eve, and the day after tomorrow will be a Christmas battle.

For one reason this year's Christmas game, the league only arranged two games to play against the Supersonics at home, and the Bulls play against the 76ers at home.

Others, even the Kings, Mavericks, and Raptors, are not arranged for Christmas battles because of their teams or stars.

Focus on firepower to promote these two games, boost mid-season ratings, and inspire fans' enthusiasm for the All-Star voting that will start on December 26.

After the start of the new season, NBA games have been popular all the time, and the discussions on the forums that don’t have money have been very popular, with good news ratings and basketball-related programs.

But the ratings of the game itself, NBA ticket sales rate, overall ticket prices, and other things that cost money have all declined significantly compared to last season.

There are a few teams that are firm. As the season deepens, the Bulls, Lakers, 76ers, Suns, and Knicks, the ratings of these five teams have gradually returned to normal levels, and ticket sales have not affected these teams, even if the Knicks are in New York.

The Knicks still sell their home tickets. One interesting thing is that the Knicks' home tickets are hard to get, but the attendance rate is not high. Many people bought tickets and couldn't watch them on site.

The average paid ratings of 4.6 million times per game is also outrageous. The single game doesn't look high, but in terms of CNY Sports Channel, they have to broadcast live for every home game of the Knicks. If there are no other popular games at the same time, the Metropolis live, and the Knicks started with 29 games and 23 live games.

This is why Lin Crazy will sweep the whole of the United States in the future. Every game will be seen by people.

But the Supersonics team has the highest ratings, with the number of paid ratings per 12 million live broadcasts in 12 games!

The Supersonics team's record is unstable, but the game's ratings are very high, because Zhang Hao scores from time to time!

Zhang Hao played very well and played well. His teammates gave Zhang Hao more opportunities to take action, especially after entering December, he played 12 games. Zhang Hao played 6 games in a single game of 40+. He has not finished two months. Zhang Hao has played 9 games in a single game of 40+, tying the total number of games in a single game of 40+ last season!

In terms of personal terms, Zhang Hao had the most 40+ games in a single game, the two seasons that won the scoring champion, 13 times and 14 times respectively.

After 28 games, Zhang Hao averaged 36.5 points per game, far ahead of Iverson, who averaged 29.2 points per game and Kobe, who averaged 28.6 points per game.

Kobe and Iverson, who regard each other as their biggest competitors in scoring, are both stupid!

Zhang Hao scored 61 points at the beginning, but he kept thriving afterwards!

This is the team with Jordan and Kassel, and Zhang Hao actually played like this!

Average of 36.5 points, 8 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.9 blocks per game... Zhang Hao's assists are the lowest since the 97-98 season, and the number of blocks is the lowest in his career, but the score... The NBA has a new 15-year high since Jordan in the 1986-1987 season!

Regardless of whether the Supersonics loses or wins, countless people are looking forward to Zhang Hao's performance in the next game.

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The Supersonics team this season is qualitatively different from last season. The Supersonics team last season have a complete team and can play the third-class defensive efficiency and the second-class defensive effect.

This year, the Supersonics have better defense. In the lineup stage of the defense created by Ben Wallace, almost no team has better defense efficiency than the Supersonics.

But the defense of the rotation lineup is much worse.

First of all, no one can stand the three players on the outside, Murch Breckle, Ruben Patterson and James Percy, but it's not bad in the inside, Kirilianko, Tyson Chandler, Ewing, and Anthony Mason Jr., in the frontcourt, all did a pretty good job.

But the overall defense of the rotation lineup is much worse than last season.

Therefore, the coaching staff of the Supersonics team switched the output time between Zhang Hao and Jordan at the beginning, which played a better role.

To fight critical moments, you must first not lose your disadvantages in regular time, right?

The overall defense, which was based last season, was gone, and this year it was obviously impossible to play steadily throughout the game like last season.

This season, the Supersonics' lineup is one of the best defenses, and the overall top ten defense levels are actually very good, but they are not as stable as last season's defense.

Therefore, the Supersonics' adjustment direction is to make the offense better.

Zhang Hao fought with all his strength in regular time and played the advantage, at least he did not lose too much, and he could only fight at critical moments.

And who said that Zhang Hao was working hard in regular time and couldn’t fight at critical moments?

There are also strict restrictions on playing time.

Exception is given to the coaching staff's main competitor, or the opponent Zhang Hao himself wants to play more.

In other games, Zhang Hao will be 33 to 36 minutes in one game. Regardless of winning or losing, no matter whether the previous game is good or bad, he will continue to play like this in the next game.

Stability and continuity are the most important things on the road to championship.

It’s not that veterans don’t need to exercise anymore. On the contrary, it’s even more important to give him enough opportunities to maintain his condition at the age of Jordan.

This is one of the purposes of the 'physical distribution plan'.

Doing these things, the Supersonics coaching team is about to be bald...

Fortunately, most of the players introduced by the Supersonics this year have good offenses. Although Kirilianko is very young on the offense, she is comprehensive. Parker's counterattack speed with Zhang Hao reminds people of Kenny Anderson, but he is a little injured if he doesn't have three points. Tyson Chandler's cutting-in attack box is very good, Ewing can shoot from and long shots...

With this style of play, the overall data of the Supersonics has changed greatly compared to last season.

In 28 games, he averaged 106.5 points per game, lost 97 points per game, and lost more points because the Supersonics gradually relaxed the rhythm.

The pace has become lighter, but the benefits have been shown in recent games when playing against the Kings, it will be better.

The Supersonics lineup can play fast rounds of defense, but not playing like this last season is to have a better combination with the substitute lineup. Last season, the Supersonics’ substitute lineup is mostly veterans.

The substitute lineup now has better athletic ability, but its defensive ability or defensive experience is far less than last season, so playing fast rounds to switch defense is a better choice.

These are the choices made by the Supersonics coaching team and players based on actual conditions and discussing them many times.

At least since the 4 consecutive wins just now, the adjustment effect seems to be quite good!

I didn't get almost completely running into the first month like last season, and then rushed to the league first place and won the championship... Last season was still a little too special.

In fact, the adjustments can be completed in the early stage of the season, which are the championship-level teams that have minor repairs and make up, and they must be in the rising period to ensure that they can be completed.

The Supersonics thought it too easily because they went too smoothly last season.

But, that's what happened.

At least in the early stages of the season, they had already adjusted their playing style in the correct direction they determined, and the adjustment was quite effective.

No matter what, Zhang Hao and his teammates are still confident that they are already like this. Didn’t they still rush to tie for second in the Western Conference after the early schedule of the season?

Defending the title is not that easy.

Especially if their lineup has changed to most of the defending champions, it should have been even more difficult.

But they relied on their confidence that they could complete the adjustment in two months. Coupled with their strong lineup, the talent of the three rookies, and the experience of the four veterans, they put together what they thought they should adjust...

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"Hello Uncle O'Neal."

"Hey, Tiga, long time no see, this is your gift."

"What's this?"

"That sports car in the yard is for you."

Little Tiga ran out quickly... O'Neal heard the "Wow" scream from the yard.

It gives people a surprise feeling, O'Neal likes it.

Zhang Hao's youngest son and daughter, O'Neal, also prepared gifts.

Just...

Looking at Zhang Hao who brought the black tea out, O'Neal's heart was filled with resentment. The place where he lived was 5 miles away, and this bastard still didn't come to visit him on his own initiative! He was still here!
To be continued...