On the morning of January 23, the Lakers and their group arrived in Seattle.

"Aix, look, the news said that the league is afraid that you really won't come to Seattle to play last year, and we will arrange all the games with the Supersonics this year."

On the bus from the airport to the hotel, Jason Williams sat next to Zhang Hao with the newspaper.

Zhang Hao glanced at him and was speechless, saying it was a coincidence, which was a little too coincidental.

The news also says that Mr. Zhang has always liked to tell the truth.

Jason William continued to complain: "Aix, why are you so hated? Seattle reporters are also criticizing you. It's all your fault. We are hated everywhere we go."

"There's no way, we want to win the championship. When we meet them in the playoffs, we can only beat them. Even if we don't meet us, they can't beat the Bulls, and the Jazz can't beat them. We can send them home to rest early. How great is it, there's no salary in the playoffs."

“…”

No matter how many years we have known each other, Jason Williams still has the urge to hit people when chatting with Zhang Hao.

As we chatted, we arrived at the hotel and Zhang Hao escaped from the team bus at light speed.

Seeing Zhang Hao disappear like lightning, Jason Williams found that he seemed to have forgotten something. He remembered that he seemed to have to find a topic to talk about, and then do something...what exactly is it?

...

The impact of the strong teams in January was even higher than the Lakers expected.

When I met the Hawks, Hornets, 76ers, and Jazz, playing against the weak opponents in four consecutive games, because the opponents' strength is much worse than them, I don't have much feeling about whether their adjustments are effective or not, so from the coaching staff to the players, there is a wrong judgment that other teams adjust quickly.

Since the Lakers encountered several opponents, they played very hard and lost to the Hornets, the remarks of the media and experts also deepened the ideas of Lakers coaches and players in this regard.

The Lakers learned that the Suns are the ones who should be most teams.

For example, the Supersonics team, which won 24 wins and 8 losses in the first two months of the competition, has now become 30 wins and 12 losses, and has achieved a record of 6 wins and 4 losses in the past period of time.

The most affected aspect of the SuperSonics is still three-pointers. They originally averaged 9.1 three-pointers per game, and even ranked first in the entire NBA history, with a 42.6% three-point shooting percentage, ranking second in the season.

Gary Payton once averaged 2.1 three-pointers with a shooting percentage of 37% in the early stage of the season, and he really made three-pointers last summer.

But just like most point guards in the league today, the shooting is concentrated in the top arc area, similar to Kevin Johnson.

In the past 10 games, Payton still averaged 1.7 three-pointers per game, but the shooting percentage was 26.7%, and the number of shots was getting fewer and fewer.

Payton has adjusted his ability and adapted very well. It can be seen that he has already made a clue of three-pointers and has a possibility of progress in the future. Unlike Jordan, he has made 14 three-pointers in the past 10 games and made 3, and he gave up directly. You should know that Jordan averaged 3.2 three-pointers and 1.4 shots in the first 32 games, with a shooting percentage of up to 42.7%. The current three-point shots are similar to those of the previous hits.

But at least at this stage, Payton has been greatly affected, and his playing style needs to be adjusted, and the attack of the entire Supersonics team must also be adjusted.

At 7 p.m. on the 24th, the Lakers' away game against the Supersonics started.

Payton, Vin Baker is at its peak, and Mrs. Ratley is alive. She averages 6.6 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.6 blocks per game so far, surpassing Mutombo to the top of the block list. The two veterans José Hawkins and Schramf continued their outstanding form last season, with an extremely strong lineup.

With a substitute lineup, Daller Ellis, averaging 16.6 points per game in the Nuggets last season, has scored 48.2% of his three-point shooting percentage and averaged 1.8 three-pointers per game, averaging 23.2 minutes per game.

Jeromy Colsey was dug from the Lakers and successfully renewed Aaron Williams.

A basic salary contract of $270,000 per year was dug from the Grizzlies to a high-quality point guard who averaged 12 points and 6 assists per game in the past two years.

3.37 million US dollars a year left behind 3D inside swingman Sam Perkins, plus the giant center McIlvay who was signed with a lot of money...

This lineup is extremely luxurious and has a very deep depth.

If the Lakers met the Supersonics in the first two months of the game, it is hard to say who lost and who won. The Lakers, who had a 17-game winning streak, may have an advantage in form, but by mid-to-late December, they may have a slight disadvantage in their state.

But this time the two teams met, the Lakers led 24-19 in the first quarter and lost 1 point 23-24 in the second quarter. However, in the third quarter, the Lakers expanded their lead to 10 points 31-25 in one fell swoop.

At the beginning of the final quarter, the Supersonics missed four consecutive three-pointers in the top arc area, and the breakthrough space became narrower. Wen Baker's good at scoring was completely out of the way. The Supersonics scored in the last 5 minutes, except for two free throws, and scored zero sports goals!

The Lakers only scored 3 sports goals during this period, and O'Neal's magical free throws were made by O'Neal in the time of deciding the victory, the Lakers scored 11-2, thus seizing the victory.

In the end, relying on O'Neal's thunderous 37 points, 17 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 blocks, Zhang Hao's 17 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 blocks, 1 steal, Kenny Anderson's 16 points, 6 assists, and Piakowski's 10 points... The Lakers defeated the Supersonics 101-87 crushingly, winning 7 consecutive victories, 36 wins and 5 losses!

...

Zhang Hao felt the feeling of the Bulls' record in the past two years...

Who doesn't want to keep winning?

Anyway, he wants to.

So you have to work harder.

In the early morning of the second day after fighting the Supersonics team, Zhang Hao entered the learning mode and continued to analyze the gains and losses.

The focus is on analyzing the Supersonics’ three-point collapse.

In last night's game, the Supersonics made a very poor three-pointer, making 3 of 19 shots. In the first two months, Zhang Hao saw the data in the scout report that he averaged 21.4 shots and 9.1 shots per game.

It is not only the top arc area that is affected, but also the wing pitchers have become difficult because of the top arc shooting. The defensive teams are better at defending against the wing pitchers.

What will be affected is breakthroughs and wing singles players.

Compared with players with two points in high positions, the space is better, but because the middle distance becomes wider, except for top mid-range players, other players may fall in high mid-range shots, which leads to more shooting space in areas below the 45-degree angle on both sides, and the defense will become more favorable.

This means that the end of the three-pointer has really arrived?

Not that looking at the Hornets, you will know that the importance of wing pitchers has not only not declined, but has become more important.

However, in the entire American basketball system these days, the reserves of three-pointers are far less than those in 20 years. Even if a player like Curry appears now, if Curry really performs like Curry, it will not lead to the change in the league's style of play.

Just like when the Suns started their running and hitting style in 2005 in time and space, other teams wanted to follow the trend, but they failed to drive their fast attacks, because in that era, the only team of the Suns could average 10 three-pointers per game. By the 2016-2017 season, three-pointers averaged less than 10 three-pointers per game could be considered unqualified.

The importance of three-pointers is increasing, but the degree of attention is decreasing. Zhang Hao found from the Supersonics' style of playing that the Supersonics have made adjustments in the wing mid-range shots and bottom-line attacks. The main reason for this contradiction is that the excellent three-pointers these days are not as good as those in the future, and the base of excellent three-pointers is still too low.

Zhang Hao has always believed that one thing may not be too different from top stars in different eras, but the strength of role players must have been improving.

At this time, Zhang Hao discovered that the logo man trade was better than he thought before!

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...

All three consecutive away games were won, and the Lakers got two days off, with 3 games left this month, three consecutive home games, playing against the Heat on the 27th, Timberwolves on the 29th, and opening the Blazers on the 31st.

According to Zhang Hao's analysis, the Heat is the most difficult to play. If Rashid Wallace does not laugh or scream, the Timberwolves will be ranked second. The Timberwolves will be more relaxed. Their first scorer, core center Gugliota is reimbursed for the season, and the Timberwolves have fallen to sixth.

On the morning of the 25th, the other Lakers went back to Los Angeles in the morning, and Zhang Hao, O'Neal, and Kenny Anderson were unable to leave.

Seattle, a super rich city, three people have business activities.

During the event, O'Neal and Kenny Anderson were very depressed. The fans were crowded with publicity and the streets were still blocked. However, almost everyone came to boo them and cheered, but they both had to laugh... Money is still very important. If you are booed or scolded, just bear it. Don't be able to get along with the money if you are okay.

At this time, it is very useful to not laugh much in front of outsiders. Zhang Hao was cold-faced throughout the event and would not offend the sponsor.

The Lakers arranged a charter flight for the three of them to return to Los Angeles at 3 pm. The three of them met at Seattle Tacoma International Airport and waited for the flight.

In the VIP waiting room, three people occupied a small table.

Kenny Anderson looked at his teammates who were reading books on both sides and felt that he was so out of place.

When Zhang Hao reads books, Kenny Anderson understands that he is a top student and a junior. He has to take the NBA final exam and get an A in every exam.

But Dafa is pretending to be a cultural person! Do you really want to compare everything with Shi Buddha?

Just as Kenny Anderson was restless and felt that he should also look for a book to look like a scholar, two white young men came over.

All three of them noticed the two white young men.

One of them seemed very embarrassed and wanted to pull the other person away, but the other person insisted on coming over.

The more courageous one first smiled apologetically, and then said to the three NBA stars opposite: "Sorry, can you borrow some time?"

Zhang Hao looked at the two of them, his eyes widened at first, but then he returned to normal. He was not able to see his emotional fluctuations by the four people next to him, and nodded.

"Thank you so much. My name is Larry Page. This is my partner Sergey Brin. We have opened a company together and developed a search engine Bak B. This is a software that collects information on the Internet. Currently, more than 30,000 people use it every day in major universities. We plan to upgrade this software..."

Larry Page began to say how many times he had said about investing, and he could cut out a building on his toes.

Larry Page is even more courageous, but neither of them knows how to invest. Every time they introduce software and tell their ideas... and then, every time they are interrupted by the other party.

For example, when they came to Seattle this time, they finally asked for a chance to meet with Microsoft founder Paul Allen, who came here to meet with Starbucks boss Howard Schultz. Paul Allen gave them 5 minutes, but in two minutes, Paul Allen interrupted them impatiently and left.

Kenny Anderson, the three NBA stars in front of him, is obviously impatient.

But what surprised Sergey Brin was that Zhang Hao and O'Neal actually listened!

Five or six minutes later, Larry Page finally finished what he wanted to say, feeling particularly comfortable. This was the first time he finished speaking in front of the investment partner.

Unlike Sergey Brin, Larry Page thinks that as long as you see rich people, you will be an opportunity to invest. What if the other party wants to play with angel investors and give them a 100,000 or 80,000 investment?

It's better for athletes, investment is often

When O'Neal heard it at the end, he realized that the other party wanted to invest, but the previous paragraph said that it would be more unattractive than it would be.

But this made O'Neal's eyes lit up. He had seen many entrepreneurs who were investing before, but the other party was full of fantasy.

Do you want to vote?

This is a problem. If Zhang Hao next to him interrupts the other party's sales, then O'Neal will refuse, but Zhang Hao does not...

During the period of caution, Zhang Hao asked: "I am very interested in your ideas. What is your company's name?"

Larry Page then remembered that he didn't even say the name of his company and quickly responded: "Google!"

Seeing this, O'Neal pulled Zhang Hao and said to the two of them: "Sorry, we need some time to discuss it."

At this time O'Neal was particularly polite.
To be continued...