The Bulls played well in the second quarter, but in this wave of offense, Radmanovic tricked 3 times in 5 rounds, which directly broke the Bulls' rhythm!

When the Bulls team's offense and defense are running smoothly, the Supersonics lineup will definitely suffer. Artest is not there and it is difficult to compete with the Daboo Plan B trio. During this period, Zhang Hao and Kassel are using their tacit and powerful double-player offense to lead the team to compete with the Bulls.

The Bulls' team's offense suddenly collapsed and the line was broken. He didn't score in the entire 5 rounds and was beaten 9-0 by the Supersonics!

Relying on the climax of this stage, the Supersonics established their lead. At the end of the half, they led the Bulls 7 points 49-42!

Radmanovic failed to score three goals, and the impact on both teams is not just about hitting the iron three times. During this period, the Supersonics will obviously become easier to score.

Throwing the ball into is the best defensive start, and this definitely makes sense.

When entering the halftime break, Kobe cursed at Radmanovic. Artest looked like a terrifying look and he was joking at the opposite side, forming a sharp contrast between the two.

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As the end of the season approaches, few teams are willing to compete with Zhang Hao for star strength at critical moments.

By the end of the season, other stars will gradually reach their best condition.

The more experienced the player is, the more this is true. A truly powerful star always has a very organized grasp of his or her condition and knows when the best condition should appear.

Of course, Zhang Hao is the same!

He is definitely one of the most experienced players in the NBA, a player who entered the NBA in the mid-1990s.

Few people mention Zhang Hao's ability to adjust his condition, but in fact, he has long been one of the players who have the best control of his condition.

Until now, he has a good understanding of the playing style of each team, the current status of each star, and other aspects, plus the details of the player's ability evaluation system... At the end of the season, there is a reason why he always performs well.

On these basis, Zhang Hao's increasingly sophisticated skills and more sophisticated game experience allow him to deal with various defenses more sophisticatedly on the basis of this information.

Even the Bulls with Kobe, McGrady, and Ben Wallace did not expect to compete with the Supersonics at this time.

But that's the luck. Tonight, Artest, Kassel and Odom performed well, helping Zhang Hao lead the Bulls 7 points at halftime.

As the coach of a team, of course, you must trust your own stars.

During the halftime break, Bulls coach Rivers gave Kobe several bowls of thick chicken soup, and Kobe played very hard in the third quarter.

But Kobe played just so well tonight, and in the first half, it was pretty average. He met Zhang Hao and Artest's turnaround defense in the third quarter, and scored 11 points for 4 of 9 shots in a single quarter. It was not bad, but he couldn't make it!

And Kobe is the Bulls who played the best in the third quarter!

In the Supersonics, Zhang Hao only scored 7 points in the third quarter, but he was not the one who performed the best. Kassel scored 8 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, which was the one who performed the best.

In addition to the two of them, there is also a demon sword!

Ginobili came up and played for 4 minutes. He performed poorly in the first two minutes and was replaced. He was replaced at the end of the quarter and fought against Jamal. This time, it was the turn of the demon sword to become slutty!

There was 1 minute and 55 seconds left at the end of the third quarter, and the Supersonics had only 2 points left to lead. Ginobili scored 6 points and 1 assist after coming up, leading the team to a 10-4 wave at the last moment of the third quarter!

After the third quarter, the Supersonics led the Bulls 8 points into the final quarter with 76-68!

In the final quarter, the Bulls could only turn on the bloody battle mode, and once played a 15-7 wave to tie the score, but this wave of impact was too much. At this time of the final quarter, if they didn't calmly fight, even if they had a short lead, they could not rely on lineup rotation or adjustment of their playing style to tighten the narrowing gap, and the collapse would be even more powerful later!

At the critical moment, Zhang Hao was stared at him, so he still had to look at Kassel.

Kassel scored 10 points and 2 assists at a critical moment, leading the team to a 17-7 wave!

In the last quarter, the Supersonics and the Bulls scored 29-28!

With Kobe's extremely long three-pointer missed with 2.3 seconds left, the final whistle sounded!

Relying on Kassel's 31 points in a single game, Zhang Hao's 27 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists in a single game, the Supersonics defeated the Bulls 105-96, winning 7 consecutive victories, improving their record to 52 wins and 25 losses!

Lost again!

Kobe is about to explode, and he can still win in previous years. This year, the Supersonics have obviously become weaker, and when they fight, you can feel that the Supersonics are not as good as in previous years, but their Bulls were swept away!

People don’t have much feelings about Zhang Hao being a veteran, and they don’t feel deeply about Zhang Hao controlling his own state. However, as a Bulls player who has regarded the Supersonics as his biggest opponent and Zhang Hao as his biggest enemy over the years, Kobe knew that Zhang Hao would be in good condition at this time.

Tonight, regardless of whether the Bulls play well or not, or how the score is, they have a little bit of a good continuity on the defensive end.

The last time I met, the tactical continuity was not enough, and I lost in the end, and this is a very direct reason.

So this time the Bulls' defensive tactics have been very continuation.

Therefore, they were quite successful in Zhang Hao's defense, and only allowed Zhang Hao to score 6-7 points in each quarter.

But Kassel's shots were so accurate, his singles scored so accurately, and his passes were so good, scoring 31 points and 5 assists.

There is also Artest, who played against the last time, and it felt like he had become a different person. He did a very good job in defense. Kobe was prepared to do so well, but he only played in the season average performance of 29 points from 10 shots.

Before, Kobe didn't think Kassel was so powerful. It was not until Jordan retired that Kobe realized that Kassel was really strong!

Although Kassel's condition began to decline due to years of long playoffs, due to the start of the season, Kassel's condition began to decline. From the middle of the season to the time when the All-Star Weekend just came back, Kassel's condition was still average, but in March, Kassel adjusted again!

When Artest devoted himself to the defense and scored his performance declined, Kassel rushed up.

Now Kobe understood that the offensive efficiency he saw was declining due to his good defense. Kassel's top should actually be the opposite. Kassel's condition has improved, allowing Artest to hand over the offensive burden with confidence and devote himself to the defense that has found the rhythm!

What makes Cassel powerful is his strength. No matter how bad he plays in the middle of the season, he was ridiculed and looked down upon for his performance in the middle of the season. But when he was about to enter the playoffs at the end of the season, he played his best again!

Moreover, this is a veteran who turned 34 at the beginning of the season!

At the end of the game, Kassel, who performed well tonight, was able to play the data. After this game, Kassel's average score has increased to 7 assists in the last 20 games! It's a perfect performance of the top point guard!

Before leaving the court, Kobe looked at the opponent's Supersonics in a better and better condition and an incredible idea emerged.

Even if the Supersonics team this year, if the Bulls are really lucky enough to fight to the end, they may still be the Supersonics team!

Think about Zhang Hao's performance as he reaches the later stage of the playoffs, it's not impossible!

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The feelings between people are definitely different.

Kobe played directly with the Supersonics to understand that when role players such as Chandler, Kirilenko, Marquez Daniels recently recovered from their health, the Supersonics became stronger and stronger under the leadership of Zhang Hao and Kassel. After a season of running-in and accumulated experience, they began to transform into a real strong team.

In the eyes of others, Kassel scored 31 points in an outbreak, Zhang Hao scored his 19th triple-double in the season, Artest gave Kobe or McGrady a great restriction on the defensive end, and the Supersonics continued to win in a row.

What people care about is Zhang Hao’s 19th triple-double season!

At this time, ESPN created another gimmick, Zhang Hao was about to become the first player in NBA history to win at least 20 triple-doubles and at least 20 single-game 40+ in a single season.

This is something that has never been seen in NBA history. Some of the things that were close to before was that Jordan won 19 single games and 40+ in a single season in the 19 single games and 15 triple-doubles.

No one cared about this, but ESPN's hype has become a very striking thing.

In addition, Zhang Hao won his 19th triple-double in the season, and this season he has won 40+ in a single game, and the total number of triple-double and 40+ in a single game has reached 40 times, which has also become a hot topic of ESPN.

The second day of the Supersonics and Bulls match, the NCAA Basketball Championship final, inevitably, that topic came again. What did the NCAA missed in 1995?

The NCAA has a basketball team that is well known to everyone at the University of North Carolina.

The reason why this university is so special is that they have produced an era-level superstar Michael Jordan.

The North Carolina Wolf Pack is not the strongest team in the NCAA. It is actually hard to be considered one of them, but they are particularly famous and have the highest reputation. The advertising revenue ranks among the top in the entire NCAA basketball team. Damn it, they are here to produce Jordan.

But that summer in 1995, the University of Kansas, UCLA, Stanford... a number of famous universities refused to give Zhang Hao a full basketball scholarship. This is actually not just a scholarship issue, it means that Zhang Hao was not valued, and it means that he was unwilling to promise to treat Zhang Hao's main players...

Then he lost an epoch-making player.

Since Zhang Hao was in the second grade, this topic is a must-provoke topic in March every year.

But this year's hype is particularly strong!

It’s the NCAA Basketball Championship final day, and people’s enthusiasm for discussions about Zhang Hao is no worse than the NCAA Basketball Championship final!

Zhang Hao has been in the NBA for so many years. Although he has not done anything after winning three consecutive championships, his revenge on the NCAA has really come!

In the true sense, the NCAA is fought on its own!

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If there is no discussion about something, even if it happens, it is not an important thing.

But some people guide public opinion to discuss something that has happened, which will inevitably develop in the direction of expectation.

However, these things are not that important to Zhang Hao.

This is no longer a matter of him alone, but a game between the brand he endorsed, the companies under his command, and the NBA and the NCAA.

In fact, it is just to create more topics in the moment.

On the 7th of April, the Supersonics defeated the Bulls and made a good start for the game in April. After three days of rest, on April 7th, the Supersonics ushered in a home game against the Trail Blazers.

Zhang Hao watched the NCAA final. He really thought that the NCAA March Crazy Game was good, and the championship and runner-up games were especially good. Those statements about his grudges with the NCAA actually have nothing to do with him.

But his career happened to be in this position, and he just happened to be a weapon for several stakeholders to compete with basketball.

This means he has more bargaining chips to gain wealth and reputation, but he knows that all of this depends on the performance of the court.

Although his opponent is the Trail Blazers, the West, the lastest, Zhang Hao has been preparing for a long time.

In order not to have any accidents, Zhang Hao started to rush from the first quarter.

In the interior trio formed by playing Randolph, Bunch Wells, and the old Dale Davis, Zhang Hao scored 22 points in the first quarter and won the sixth single quarter of the season, directly opening the situation. The Supersonics led the Trail Blazers 39 to 24 by 15 points.

In the end, with Zhang Hao's 53 points in a single game, the Supersonics defeated the Trail Blazers 119-97, and won 8 consecutive victories!

With 54 points in a single game, Zhang Hao pulled back the average score during the last game, which was only 27 points lowered. During the 8-game winning streak, Zhang Hao scored a total of 322 points!
To be continued...