Sometimes, when two people have a relationship change, it does not require too much intersection between them.

Ben Wallace and Mutombo rarely met except for the time period of the game.

But since last season's regular season, the relationship between the two has gradually become hostile without meeting much, even when they have only met twice.

Because last season, Ben Wallace, 26, entered the golden period of his career, his defensive performance improved rapidly.

In the finals, although due to his size, Ben Wallace could not become a mountain at the basket like Mutombo, but he used his way to play a defensive performance that was not inferior to Mutombo.

This season, after turning 27, Ben Wallace even played a defensive performance of only 0.1 lower than Mutombo's peak defense season.

Some experts said that if the Supersonics' back-back defense was not good, it would have dragged Ben Wallace's back legs during the rotation stage. Ben Wallace could even reach the 8.7 defensive efficiency of Olajuwon's peak career this season.

As two players with similar characters as a whole, even if they are staggered during their peak period, they become enemies they want to fight to the death as soon as they meet.

In the beginning of the Supersonics and 76ers, the key player of the Supersonics was not Jordan's support, Kassel's distribution of the ball, and Zhang Hao's singles; the key player of the 76ers was not Iverson's breakthrough and compressed defense, Matt Harplin's steady handling of the ball, and Duncan's genius scored.

But how much contribution Ben Wallace and Mutombo can make!

In terms of star matchups, although Duncan’s shooting rate is not high, you dare believe that Duncan, the 76ers’ shot is Duncan?

The reason is that Duncan has a very good sense of movement. How high is his ball quotient? How strong is his concentration? Even if the attack time is only 3 seconds left, he will actively move and find the best pass and receive route with his current teammates holding the ball in case of emergency. Even if there is only 10 rounds or even 20 rounds, he will silently maintain such movement.

But Duncan is indeed poor in pitching balls, but he at least gave his teammates a pass option when he had no choice but to reduce the team's mistakes.

Another reason is that Duncan is tall and Iverson likes to shoot pot balls, but if his teammates need someone to pick up pots, it is difficult to see where Iverson is.

Iverson's scoring ability is unquestionable.

Both of them are in the golden period of their careers, as strong as Zhang Hao, Jordan, and Cassel, and they are unable to gain the upper hand when they fight head-on.

The defensive adjustments made by the two teams based on the opponent's offense tonight have caused key points to appear on both sides of the frame protection boss Mutombo and the counter-defense assistant boss Ben Wallace!

Mutombo played very hard tonight, his elusive age seemed to fail to hinder his performance on this night.

Indeed, when facing the front, Ben Wallace was too poor in size and needed to cover an area, Ben Wallace could not complete it alone like Mutombo.

But, being young is the greatest capital.

Mutombo did not do much better in rebounding when both teams were finally back on the line, and Wallace did not do well in the competition for rebounding!

The game was very anxious, and neither team had substitutions in the first quarter, so they didn't want the opponent to seize the opportunity to play a clear lead.

But Ben Wallace scored 6 points in the first quarter! Mutombo only scored 2 points in the first quarter!

Mutombo's two points were Iverson's straight pass, and Mutombo took the cake.

In this quarter, Mutombo actually had two chances to eat cakes, but was once blocked by Zhang Hao and grabbed an offensive rebound, which was shot out of bounds by Ben Wallace.

After the first quarter, the Supersonics led the 76ers by 3 points 26 to 23!

...

Zhang Hao is a little happy now and the game is very intense.

The opponent obviously made very sufficient preparations and used a lineup different from that of other teams tonight.

There are also many preparations for defense. For example, George Lynch defended Zhang Hao for one round, so he decisively replaced Duncan's main defense, and George Lynch assisted in defense.

Mutombo did a separate frame protection better than expected. He thought that although Ben Wallace's frame protection was not top-notch, when he was Mutombo's age, Ben Wallace could at least compete, but the reality was not the case.

But many changes brought by age cannot be stopped. For example, Kassel commanded Zhang Hao to work with Artest to attack the basket, and Mutombo could cover this, but the restrictions on Ben Wallace were much less.

This would not have happened to Mutombo last season.

For example, Iverson and Duncan's performance on the offensive end, the Supersonics' lineup has the highest defensive efficiency in the five-man group this season, but Iverson and Duncan can still lead the team to score stably.

‘The prediction was wrong, and the player detection report could only observe their overall performance this season.

It seems that the 76ers don’t care so much about their record in their usual games. They insist on fighting, and it will not be a problem to surpass the Nets. Maybe they can compete with the Bulls.

But in that case, the injury may be much more serious and the physical problems may be even more serious.

However, whether the prediction is wrong does not matter, it depends on the on-site performance...'

Zhang Hao returned to the bench and sat down, Doug Collins replaced Cassel, Steve Smith, Kirilenko, Anthony Mason Jr., and Ewing.

The 76ers sent a combination of Snow, Iverson, Aaron McGee, Corey Blunt and Matt Geiger.

Iverson is obviously much stronger than Kassel. The rotation lineup of the 76ers is also more expensive than the Supersonics. Snow, the best defense team, and the best sixth-man strength Aaron McGee. The 76ers' outside rotation lineup is strong, but the frontcourt, the Supersonics are better.

Overall, the 76ers are stronger in the rotation stage. When encountering the enemy of the Supersonics, the finals, the 76ers are also fighting hard.

After the start of the second quarter, the Supersonics quickly stood at a disadvantage. Kassel led the team alone, and his style was very special. Iverson could break through, shoot and pass. Kassel seemed to be fine. He didn't compete with Iverson.

I know very well, my playing style is very steady, I suppress the rhythm, slowly polish it, reduce offensive and defensive rounds, make good use of my teammates' offensive characteristics, and improve the offensive success rate...

Iverson tied the score with a counterattack three-pointer at the beginning of the second quarter.

However, the Supersonics did not send Zhang Hao or Jordan, but only made minor adjustments to the lineup based on the current situation. It was more suitable to deal with the 76ers players with Kassel. Before the official timeout of the second quarter, Kassel broke through and scored Kirilenko. Kirilenko received the ball and then dropped the ball. Parker cut in like lightning, and the aerial throw shot from flying low altitude scored two points.

37 to 37, Parker scored an all-in-one throw and scored, and the second quarter was 6 minutes and 08 seconds, and the Supersonics tied the score!

Huby Brown has been strengthening his offense, and the Supersonics are suppressing the overall catch. Just like in this round, Kassel only launched an attack with 8 seconds left in the offense. Although he completed an all-in contact 4 seconds after launching the attack, the overall attack took a total of 20 seconds.

Faced with the rhythm of the Supersonics, Hubi Brown hoped to play fast in the rotation stage and stopped the Supersonics, but in the end, Hubi Brown couldn't hold back and called a timeout!

Hubby Brown is still very sexy now, with a turtleneck sweater, round-frame gold-rimmed glasses, and an explosive head... a model of a person who is old and never grows old. He looks gentle and scum, but in fact he is quite prone to getting angry.

The 76ers had the advantage in the half-quarter, but the Supersonics left Cassel on the court and still clinged to the score, which made Hubby Brown more and more unbearable.

In fact, the 76ers had a chance to widen the gap in the first two rounds, but Hubby Brown replaced Laga Bale with Larja Bell for a previous dead ball.

This substitution made the 76ers twice when they needed players other than Iverson to score singles, and no outside teammate could stand up.

This is just the second.

Artest replaced Ewing on the court, and the Supersonics sent a three-forward lineup to deal with the 76ers' three-back combination. Artest encountered Laga Bale's defense and scored two tank-like breakthroughs.

After being cleaned up a few more times, Artest's admiration for Zhang Hao is increasing day by day. When he met Laga Bale, who tried to offend Zhang Hao in the finals last season, he was so irritable.

The 76ers' performances in the past half quarter seem to have an absolute advantage, very heroic and powerful.

But Kassel's slow pace and even a little timid in playing style, he really tightened his score.

When the score difference was the most, it was widened to 5 points, which means that the 76ers led by up to 8 points in this quarter, but in the end, the Supersonics lost only 3 points in the half quarter.

Entering the official timeout, Zhang Hao called his name and was about to play.

Zhang Hao sat on the sidelines and observed the game time for half a quarter.

‘Our coaching team is getting stronger and stronger. If this continues, most of this group of people may choose to leave after our current championship cycle…

There is no way, most of them have been NBA head coaches.’

This season, Zhang Hao and every championship season he has participated in have different feelings.

Every team's championship season is independent and special.

Everyone’s feelings are different. Zhang Hao deliberately thought about the purpose of the coaching staff making every decision during the break.

Regardless of whether the effect of the decision is good or bad, what you want must be good, and it must be for solving the problem. Zhang Hao is thinking about why the coaches made such a decision. He can also consider whether there is a better solution in one wave, or in the decision of the coaching staff, think about the next time he encounters the same situation on the court. If the adjustment is not good, but based on the overall adjustment, whether there can be improved methods to respond on the spot...

This game idea is Zhang Hao's new thinking direction after entering the new season.

This season is also very special. They are the defending champions and the lineup has changed greatly. Zhang's tactical reserves must be the richest year in his career...

After the timeout, the Supersonics sent Parker, Jordan, Dan Marley, Zhang Hao and Chandler to the court.

The 76ers sent Snow, Iverson, Laga Bell, George Lynch and Duncan.

The 76ers did something that the Bulls were unwilling to do to compete with the Supersonics!

In the past two years, the Lakers will have a disagreement against the Supersonics and will not be at a disadvantage.

Other teams almost don’t have the courage to have the ability. Whether they have the ability is the same thing. It’s scary to see 23+24 standing there.

However, Huby Brown did this. He chose to believe that he was in his peak two top picks, and the effect was quite good!

Facing Zhang Hao's main attack and Jordan's support of the Supersonics, the 76ers played against the Supersonics back and forth in this stage of fighting against the double-star team.

When Kassel, Ben Wallace and Artest returned to the court, Hubby Brown also replaced Mutombo and Matt Haplin.

At 11 minutes and 58.3 seconds in the second quarter, Iverson broke into close range, faced the defense, pulled the rod in the air, grabbed the ball and swung it around at the waist, and threw the ball into the basket with a close hook before landing.

The fans at the scene were so excited!

The performance of the two No. 1 picks tonight is really good. Compared with last season, Duncan, who entered the golden period of his career, has the biggest improvement in his improvement in the offensiveness brought by his super physical fitness.

In addition, Iverson played more efficiently on the offensive end.

In addition to being beautiful, this ball is also very effective. With 1.7 seconds left, the 76ers surpassed the Supersonics 51-50 by 1 point!

The players on the court did not stop. Duncan and George Lynch immediately retreated after Iverson threw the ball and retreated to the half. They did not carelessly because they overtook the score and focused on implementing the defensive plan.

When Zhang Hao ran out of the three-point line, he knew that he had no chance to rush directly to the opponent to catch the ball in the middle, but he still waved to Jordan who served.

Jordan served a long ball, Zhang Hao stepped back, received the ball from the middle circle on one side of his own half, turned around and pushed the ball...

He turned 360 degrees casually and threw the ball out when he turned 180 degrees. After turning, Zhang Hao walked to the sidelines.

You still have to shoot, what is the hit rate?

But after investing, Zhang Hao didn't expect anything. He wouldn't even go to this training position.
To be continued...