"Destroy the Wolf Totem:

Triggering conditions: Zhang Hao predicted that the Timberwolves would not pass the first round after three more playoffs, and they would meet the Timberwolves in the first round of the playoffs for two consecutive seasons, and every time they met, Zhang Hao would have to lead the team to win the series.

Target 1: Zhang Hao must lead the team to eliminate the Timberwolves in the first round in the 2001-2002 playoffs. (Completed)

Target 2: In the 2002-2003 season, if the team led by Zhang Hao meets the Timberwolves in the first round, they need to defeat their opponents. (If Zhang Hao leads the team to fail to meet the Timberwolves in the first round and the Timberwolves fail to advance to the second round, it is considered to be completed; if Zhang Hao leads the team to the playoffs and the Timberwolves fail to enter the playoffs, it is considered to be completed; the rest of the situation is considered to be failure.) (Completed)

Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: designated medal Wolf Roar Golden Level Upgrade Card.

Congratulations to the host, the silver-level medal Wolf Roar has been upgraded to the gold level."

"Wolf Roar (Gold): The wearer roared at the camera connecting the large screen on the scene before the game started. The players participating in this game were full of fighting spirit and were invincible.

Wolf Blood Boils: The chest-beating or roaring celebration after each exciting shot makes everyone in the game feel excited. Those with weak minds may suffer a blow. Even teammates may have inferiority complex...the gain or debuff effect regardless of the enemy."

The first round ends, the mission is completed, and the medal is upgraded... Zhang Hao thinks it is very good, great.

That's right, Zhang Hao thought this medal related to Garnett was strange.

'This is why Garnett can't pass the first round without aliens or truth? His ability to lead the team is unique, and it may not necessarily drive the enthusiasm of his teammates, and may make his opponent more excited...'

On the other hand, after losing, his teammates were scared, but Garnett did not jump. He took the towel handed to his teammate and wiped it, put it on his shoulder, and left.

The first one to enter the player channel, without even giving teammates, opponents, media... the opportunity to respond.

This surprised the teammates.

Seeing Garnett disappearing at the entrance of the player passage, the Timberwolves players were all surprised. If they lost the series before, Garnett would definitely be furious... But this time...

They had an inexplicable feeling--it seemed to be the last time they saw Garnett's back.

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"Legend Still in: Legend Creator Series Missions

Goal 1: Zhang Hao needs to lead the team to maintain the first place in the league before entering the All-Star Weekend. (It has been completed, and has received the reward: 1 Bronze lottery.)

Target 2: At the end of the regular season of the 2002-2003 season, Zhang Hao must lead the Supersonics to rank higher than his old team, the Lakers. (Completed, rewarded: Defensive Medal Giant Killer Fragment*1.)

Target 3 has been opened: Zhang Hao needs to lead the team to the Western Conference Finals to defeat the Lakers. (If the Supersonics where Zhang Hao does not reach the Western Conference Finals, it is considered a failure in the mission; if the Supersonics where Zhang Hao reaches the Western Conference Finals and the Lakers fails to reach the Western Conference Finals, it is considered a failure in the mission.)

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After advancing to the second round, Zhang Hao received a progress prompt for this task.

He still felt a little sad when he looked at the task.

What I did with the Lakers now is about to surpass.

It's not a pity.

He can be sure that if he continues to stay with the Lakers, his simple personal business value will definitely be greater.

But more, it's hard to say.

For example, I was in a bad mood at that time.

This is still very important...

Things like what can better cooperate with Howard Schultz, a big boss who will dominate the fast drink industry in the future, are second to things.

Zhang Hao looked at the current first round of the playoffs...'Stern probably didn't expect that he would just change the 5-game 3-game system to 7-game 4-game system, which would bring such a big change to the first round...'

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The Supersonics defeated the Timberwolves 4-2 and were actually one of the earliest teams to advance.

The only one who advanced before the Supersonics was the Lakers who defeated the Spurs with a 4-2 score on May 4 and the Mavericks who defeated the Suns with a 4-2 score.

The Bulls led 3-1 and were chased by the Pacers to a 3-3 draw; the 76ers dragged the Bucks to a tiebreak; the Cavaliers tied by the Celtics; the Wizards narrowly defeated the Nets 92-89 with Yao Ming's new playoff high and dragged the series into a tiebreak.

What surprised people the most was that the Trail Blazers led by the bandit leader went from behind 0-3 to tie the Kings to tie the score 3-3!

Starting from 0-3, the Trail Blazers first reversed the Kings 115-109 in a game, then narrowly won 103-99, and then won another game 111-105...

From April 23 to May 5, the first round has been almost two weeks, and 5 series have reached the tiebreak!

The first round was extended to the first year of the 7-game 4-win system, which created a record that is difficult to break in the future - each series will be played at least G6 and 5 series will be played to tiebreak.

In previous years, there may not be 5 tiebreaks in the playoffs in a year.

At this time, the Bulls were embarrassed...

McGrady's "We are already considering the next opponent" was ridiculed!

It was also compared with what Zhang Hao said, "I am already considering the opponent in the finals."

Although McGrady didn't say that, and McGrady's tone was sighing, lamenting the changes in the rules, it doesn't matter how the facts were. The Bulls were chased from 3-1 to 1 to tie the Pacers!

Fortunately, on May 6, the Bulls steadily defeated the Pacers 108-93 in the tiebreak battle. This time Kobe and McGrady exchanged roles. Kobe scored 24 points and 8 assists, McGrady scored 33 points, Malone scored 12 points and 16 rebounds, Brad Miller scored 8 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists... The four major stars led the team together and defeated the Pacers 111-95 and advanced to the second round!

Although the Bulls won, they were not praised. Instead, McGrady left behind a dark history - he boldly considered that his opponent would almost be turned over in the next round.

The one who is praised is the Pacers.

The Pacers management and coach were both ridiculed, Larry Bird loved face, and Isaiah Thomas was incompetent.

When Zhang Hao saw these comments, he was not surprised by the fact that Big Bird loved face, but said that the Assassin was not capable... It was true that the Assassin did not have the ability to coach, but he did a very good job in the training of O'Neal Jr. and Al Harrington, the transformation of Stephen Jackson, the adjustment of Jamal Tinsley's playing style... and so on.

Isaiah Thomas is just not suitable to be a head coach. He asked him to open a player guidance training class, and his business is probably better than the future Olajuwon.

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The Bulls advanced, and the other four Eastern Conference point guards in the playoffs also advanced.

Relying on Iverson's winning three-pointer, the 76ers defeated the Bucks 93-89, advanced to the second round 4-3, and met with the B Program Group again!

Payton, Reed, and Lewis played very well on the outside.

No one paid attention to them in the regular season, but in the playoffs, their opponent was the 76ers, a team with two super popular superstars, and people discovered how good the Bucks are.

I almost defeated the 76ers who own Iverson, Duncan and Raheem!

People at this time understood why the Bucks did not consider retaining Ray Allen when applying for a deal, but instead medaled a powerful point guard everywhere to replace Kenny Anderson, who was in a serious decline in form.

With the help of Payton, Reed, a third-year team averaged 21.7 points per game when facing Snow and Iverson's wheel defense. Among the players who averaged more than 5 shots from the outside, Reed had the highest shooting percentage of 46.9%.

However, Duncan's stability, Raheem's impact, and Iverson's key goal, the 76ers finally got the last laugh.

On May 7, the Nets finally beat the Wizards 90-69, and advanced to the second round with a risk of 4-3.

The saying before Kidd's game, "We want to let Yao feel the torture of military training" made the fans remember it.

The Cavaliers then defeated the Celtics 102-88.

In the last tiebreak battle, the Kings and the Trail Blazers started the defensive mode. In the end, the Kings narrowly defeated the Trail Blazers 85-77, and struggled to win the series 4-3!

The Kings won three games in a row, and the Trail Blazers also won three games in a row. The performance of the two teams could advance directly in one sprint in previous years, but this season, the two teams reached a tiebreak in the first round.

However, it also allowed both team players to show their strength.

Another thing that must be mentioned - Chris Webber, the Kings star, only played 3 games in 7 games in the first round.

Bibi, Peja, Wang Zhizhi, Bobby Jackson, these four players are the real core of the Kings in the regular season, and the same is true in the playoffs.

When Webber was 30 years old, the glass man's attributes had been exposed...

When Zhang Hao saw the media's evaluation of Weber, he felt that it was wrong.

In early 2002, after the Kings completed the contract renewal with the five starting players, people praised the Kings for their good work. For example, they completed a seven-year contract renewal with Weber in the summer of 2001, and Weber ended the contract in 2008. At that time, public opinion seemed to have determined that Weber could still maintain the form of a power forward in the league at the age of 35.

At that time, people had a long peak period as if Weber was regarded as an era-level superstar.

But Zhang Hao thought that Webber could not be like that. Webber did not have the talented body like Barkley and O'Neal, nor was it as strong as Malone and Jordan, and not as solid as the two...

Weber's skills are also very good, but his skills, like those of Barkley and O'Neal, require strong physical support. Of course, Weber has excellent physical fitness, but he is not as strong as Malone and Jordan. He has always had many injuries...

In summary, Zhang Hao felt that it was normal for Weber to collapse when he was 30 or to collapse soon after he was 30 years old.

Weber's playing style was not continuity at all. Now he has been playing for 10 years, which is very good.

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After all the first rounds, the Bulls, Cavaliers, Nets, 76ers, Supersonics, Mavericks, Lakers, Kings, and the top four in the east and west have advanced to the second round.

The process was bumpy, but the result... proved that strength is the king.

It is always rare to win the first round.

On the last day of the first round, in addition to three games, there were also votes for the three best teams.

The second round starts on May 9, with the Bulls VS 76ers, Mavericks and Lakers.

There are also two games on May 10, the Cavaliers and Nets, Supersonics vs. Kings.

The first round ended very late. In previous years, there were often events in the first round in one week. Now, it took 15 days from the start of the playoffs to the end of the first round.

On May 8, the day after the end of the first round, the league announced the All-A-Series.

Best Rookie Team.

First round: Caron Butler of the Heat, Drew Gooden of the Magic, Nene Hillaryo of the Nuggets, Amare Stoudemire of the Pistons, Yao Ming of the Wizards.
To be continued...