‘This... the Rockets are so lucky! But who do they want to choose? This really makes me curious.

Although the Rockets are the team with the bottom-most chance of winning the No. 1 pick in the West, their record of 36 wins and 46 losses is only the ninth place last, with a 5.8% chance of winning the No. 1 pick, and they actually won the draw.’

‘The Nets ranked fifth in the record, and we were third in the first place, which means we could use our 26th pick to exchange their 24th pick. It would be fine. I knew I could give it out in the draft last year, which was a bit of a loss. But after the Nets traded with Kidd, the draft pick exchange rights were immediately worthless. At that time, they were predicted to enter the playoffs... Anyway, they got it by getting the bargain, so it doesn’t matter.’

‘The market for high school students this year’s draft is good. Kwame Brown has not lost the enthusiasm of each team to select high school students. Unlike the original Chandler and Curry played next season, only to let each team regain confidence in high school students... Will the No. 1 pick be the Little Overlord or the Motorcycle?’

In the evening, the draft lottery went smoothly, and the lottery in the lottery area of ​​this year's draft was confirmed, which made a big unpopularity, and the Rockets won the No. 1 pick.

Yao Ming went to draw a lonely Wizards, the fourth-last team, and only got the No. 5 draw.

Draft picks: 1. Rockets, 2. Warriors, 3. Pistons, 4. Nuggets, 5. Wizards, 6. Hawks, 7. Knicks, 8. Magic, 9. Heat, 10. Grizzlies, 11. Spurs, 12. Celtics, 13. Jazz.

After watching the lottery, Zhang Hao analyzed this year's draft... and found that it was impossible to analyze it, and the changes were a bit big.

What is certain is that the high school student Xiaobawang's draft market is very high, and he was not affected by Kwame Brown, Chandler, and Eddie Curry as in the original time and space.

Originally, the three-man rookie performances in the season were not very good in time and space. Chandler and Eddie Curry could only say that they could see hope. Kwame Brown was directly abolished two-thirds of Jordan.

There is also Jay Williams, who is known as the "strongest outside line in the NCAA after Kobe". In recent years, Kobe, Brand, Bathir, Cory Mageti... This group of people has been so coquettish about entering the NBA. Jay Williams, who also came from Duke University, has received more attention than Zhang Hao's impression.

This year, Jay Williams beat Yao Ming and Mike Dunleavy to win the Wooden Award and the title of Best College Student in the United States.

This year's NCAA performed much better than last year.

Jay Williams, Mike Dunleavy, Drew Gooden, Dajuan Wagner, Caron Butler... and Chris Wilcox and Juan Dickson, who soared in draft rankings after the University of Maryland's championship.

Although Zhang Hao's views are not much the same as the "gathering of geniuses" advocated by the media once again, Zhang Hao knows that many people in this class can become the main players of the NBA.

Zhang Hao recalled what bells there were in this talent show...

‘It seems that Scola and Boozer are just playing with me, Scola... If you win the championship, it will be a disaster to have an inside player like him.

We still have the 27th pick in the second round. If Scola falls to this position, it doesn't matter if he chooses it. He seems to have many years of contract with La Liga, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't choose it. The bald man is coming next season.

It's still more delicious to be a free agent. It's a headache to pick 24 in the first round. It's not up or down. Let's talk about it then...'

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Zhang Hao paid attention to the draft lottery, but the Supersonics didn't care much.

Their draft pick has been determined, either leaving a 26th pick or the Nets' 24th pick.

I'm not sure whether to change this, because the rankings are very low, but there is still a slight salary gap between the 26th and 24th. If the person you want to choose is at the 23rd pick and no team to choose, their Supersonics can be replaced.

If you can choose the person you want at the 26th pick, there is naturally no need to use the 24th pick. It is a little bit to save - Larry Harris's salary philosophy.

On the 12th, after a day of rest, the Supersonics began to prepare for training.

There was also preparation training yesterday, but the amount was very small, mainly focusing on discussing the problems encountered by G3.

In the evening, the Bulls and Cavaliers, Kings and Mavericks' G4 started.

The Bulls were not affected by external factors and defeated the Cavaliers 95-79 in the second away game, making the big score 3-1!

The Kings and the Mavericks played very well.

Jason Williams scored 15 points and 15 assists, Nowitzki scored 29 points, Finley scored 37 points, and Van Exel scored 14 points...

In the first half, the Mavericks led the Kings by 13 points 66-53, and the second quarter scored 41-25.

In the second half of the single, the Kings first tied the score with a single quarter of 38-25, and continued to play against the Mavericks 34-28 in the last quarter.

In the end, with Weber's 31 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists, Bibby's 29 points and 8 assists, Doug Christie's 20 points and 3 assists, Wang Zhizhi's 19 points, 6 assists and 2 blocks, the Kings reversed the Mavericks 125-119, and tied the big score to 3-1.

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At 4 pm on the 13th, the Nets' home game against the 76ers started.

After 2 hours and 48 minutes of the game, the Nets were gone...

After an overtime game, the 76ers relied on Iverson's 34 points and 10 assists, Duncan's 25 points and 10 rebounds and 4 assists, and Aaron McGee's 25 points... narrowly defeated the Nets 113-107 and swept 4-0 to advance!

The highest score in the game was not Iverson's 34 points, but Kidd's career-high 35 points in the playoffs. Kidd threw 28 times and actually scored 13 goals, including 4 of 10 three-pointers, plus 5 of 7 free throws, scoring 35 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 steals and 1 block.

In addition to him, the Nets performed the highest in the performance of Van Horn, with 29 points and Cory Kittles' 24 points.

Basically, they scored around the outside. Apart from sporadic counterattacks, like the previous few games, the Nets could not score in the inside.

At 7:30 p.m., at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the Lakers' second home game against the Supersonics started.

The Lakers continued their playing style in G3. The three major stars performed very well, and they did a good job in defense against Zhang Hao and Jordan.

O'Neal scored 26 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks, Pierce scored 24 points and 12 rebounds, and Payton scored 20 points and 6 assists.

But unlike the last game, no one except these three players scored double-digit points, and the team only scored 92 points.

Supersonics, the real sense of the people tonight is the soldier. Zhang Hao has 21 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, Jordan has 19 points, Steve Smith has 19 points, Cassel has 18 points and 7 assists, Ben Wallace has 4 points and 15 rebounds, Artest has 8 points and 2 steals, Jason Williams has 7 points and 5 rebounds...

The Supersonics team scored 102 points!

In the first quarter, the Supersonics took the initiative in the rhythm 17-16, and led 31-22 in the second quarter, widening the score difference to 10 points.

The Lakers went as expected in the third quarter, with 30 points in a single quarter, but the Supersonics also scored 28 points in a single quarter, and continued to maintain an 8-point lead after 76-68 in the third quarter.

In the final quarter, the Lakers scored 24 points and the Supersonics scored 26 points!

In the end, the whole nation was full of troops, and the Supersonics team with excellent defense made the big score 3-1 with 102-92!

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The second round of 4 games were finished, the first group of series ended, and the third group of series were 3-1, which was quite beyond people's expectations.

Because, except for the 76ers who killed the Nets, most of the other three series looked very fierce. Among them, the first games between the Kings and the Mavericks, which seemed to be the least intense, became fierce as Nowitzki and Finley soared.

A big score of 3 to 1 doesn't look like the score that should be the intensity of the game.

Especially the Supersonics and the Lakers...

On May 14, two more series of games ended.

The Bulls defeated the Cavaliers 86-80 and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals 4-1, meeting the 76ers again in the Eastern Conference Finals!

The Kings played very aggressively, and only 7 people were sent to the court in the whole game, but all 7 people scored in double digits...

Webber scored 22 points, Peja scored 22 points, Bibi scored 15 points, Wang Zhizhi scored 14 points, Tekoglu scored 10 points, Doug Christie scored 15 points, Bobby Jackson scored 12 points, defeated the Mavericks 110-102 and advanced to the Western Conference Finals 4-1 first.

In the second round of this year, the pace was very fast, with a sweeping group of 1 and a 4-1 group of 2. The only group of Supersonics and Lakers remained. The score was still 3-1, so you may face the situation that the second round was only May 15, which means that even if the eastern and western finals reached a tiebreak, the season will end before June 16...

However, the Lakers didn't fall that easily.

On May 15, the Lakers came to Seattle Key Stadium to challenge the Supersonics away.

The first three quarters were very fierce. With the score of 36-30 in the last quarter, the Lakers narrowly defeated the Supersonics 106-99, dragging the series back to home court!

O'Neal scored 35 points, 15 rebounds, 1 steal and 4 blocks, without assists, he just did the ball, and he grabbed the offensive rebound and continued to do it. The free throw of 9 of 12 shots made people unable to believe that it was O'Neal's free throw.

With Pierce's 21 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, Payton's 18 points, 8 assists and 4 steals, Fisher's 11 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists... He defeated the Supersonics well in the last quarter.

The Supersonics team played well, with Zhang Hao 28 points, Jordan 20 points, Cassel 13 points and 9 assists, Artest 12 points, and several inside players who came on the bench also had a good meal. Jason Williams, Ewing, and Anthony Mason Jr., combined to score 21 points.

But O'Neal's free throws of 5 of 6 in the last quarter were really impossible, and it was even more accurate than the free throws of 4 of 6 in the first half.

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On the 16th, the day after G5 was finished, the Supersonics came to Los Angeles again.

‘I thought I wouldn’t come again this season, but fortunately I didn’t brag this time… Hey? Now I can say that I won’t come here again after the game tomorrow!’

After thinking about it, Zhang Hao decided not to say that, he was a little mentally retarded...

When we arrived at the hotel, the Supersonics immediately held a team meeting.

"No need to have any pressure. We will win tomorrow's game! Just give your all and bring the victory home!"

Looking at Boss Qiao who was passionate on the rostrum... Zhang Hao felt that Boss Qiao really looked like a boss.

‘Hey… I’m not the boss Qiao who scolded the bosses four years ago. He will one day become the one he hates the most…’

Zhang Hao complained in his heart, but Jordan said it right.

At least tomorrow's game, their Supersonics team doesn't need to be under any pressure.

After G4 scored the big score 3-1, the Supersonics' biggest advantage - there is no need to worry about losing and being eliminated in the next two games.

Now the score is 3-2, and there is still an indicator to lose.

It is not easy for a team that leads 3-1 to lose three games in a row. In the entire NBA history, those who were reversed 3-1 were only 9 times, including the second round of the Bulls last season.

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At 7:40 pm on May 17, the Supersonics made their debut amid the booing of the fans on the scene.

Jordan, Cassel, Artest, Ben Wallace, Zhang Hao, the booing is getting louder and louder!

The core was booed, Ben Wallace.

After playing for three years with the Lakers, Ben Wallace, who had just played, ran away with Zhang Hao! Last season, Ben Wallace had already made Lakers fans scold him. Although Ben Wallace had no offensive ability, now he and O'Neal form a double tower, and his defense is definitely stronger than the double tower formed by him and Zhang Hao.

This year, Ben Wallace's best defensive player...
To be continued...