Many media, fans and experts have called for the cancellation of the three-point competition, but this time it has been cancelled, and many people hope that the NBA can take back this decision...

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On January 17, the Lakers ushered in a game against the Nets at home. This time, the adjustment continued smoothly...

115 to 106, the Lakers narrowly beat the Nets by Zhang Hao and Kenny Anderson in the last moment of the final quarter.

This game was very thrilling. Van Horn scored a rookie season-high 30 points, 10 of 19 shots, including 3 of 5 three-pointers in the bottom corner, plus 7 free throws, and performed amazingly!

Sophomore Cory Kittles also scored 24 points.

The main reason is that Kassel is too awesome, with 17 points and 11 assists, and he should work harder when playing against the Lakers, and he also smiled at Zhang Hao from time to time...

Almost scared to death!

Fortunately, O'Neal scored 27 points in 12 of 21 shots in regular time, and attracted a clamping pass to Zhang Hao and Kenny Anderson at critical moments. He scored 6 assists in the game, and performed very well with 27 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals.

Zhang Hao made 9 of 18 shots, including 2 of 6 three-pointers, plus 7 free throws, and scored 27 points, and 6 rebounds and 7 assists. Kenny Anderson increased his score to 20 points in the last moment.

Rick Fox's 6 points and 6 assists were also good, Doug Christie's 13 points were very stable...

What really plays a key role in this game is Boggs, who replaced Kenny Anderson at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Boggs played 1 minute in the first half, scored 6 points and 1 assist, and performed well. Kenny Anderson needed a rest at the beginning of the fourth quarter. The Silver Fox didn't use Fisher, but used Boggs. Boggs scored 9 points in the half quarter, which guaranteed the offense well and also brought the adjustment ideas to Kenny Anderson.

Veterans, gradually began to work...

After narrowly defeating the Nets, the Lakers' record increased to 33 wins and 5 losses! Continue to be ranked first in the league!

Moreover, except for the Lakers, other teams have lost at least 10 games!

Currently, the Jazz, the second-largest record in the league, has played 40 games, with 30 wins and 10 losses.

Normally, after playing 38 games and losing only 5 games, it should be crazily touted by the media, predicting that they can win 70 wins?

After all, the Bulls have won 70 wins in the past two seasons, with the strongest record in history, and there is a precedent.

But this time not.

Because after the Lakers 33 wins and 5 losses, they will usher in a nightmare schedule!

This schedule is the schedule used by the league to drive the mid-season viewership and to warm up the All-Star weekend!

Starting with playing against the Jazz, Suns, Supersonics, and then back to home, starting with playing against the Heat, Timberwolves, Trail Blazers, and finally, away challenge to the Bulls to end the first half of the season.

How many games can the Lakers win in these 7 consecutive games?

Even Sports Illustrated, a very good relationship with the Lakers, predicts that it would be good if the Lakers could win 4 games. They could ensure that the number of games lost is below 10 games before the All-Star Weekend, and their performance is above the level!

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"Don't worry about this schedule, we can show our training results over the past month."

"Our goal is to achieve the title defense, it doesn't matter whether it loses or wins. It's our goal to prepare for the game after the All-Star Weekend and prepare for the playoffs."

"The next opponent is very strong, but we don't need to be under pressure, and I believe our strength is definitely stronger than them. These 7 games are just the time for us to find problems. Our record advantage is to use this time..."

On the morning of January 19, the Lakers came to Salt Lake City. When they arrived at the hotel, Silver Fox held a team meeting to help the players relieve the pressure.

After playing against the Nets the day before yesterday, the media began to increase their efforts to hype how difficult the Lakers All-Star schedule is before the weekend, which is clearly visible to the league.

For the league, this is the point of attracting fans, for the media, it is creating ratings, but for Lakers players, it is undoubtedly an additional pressure.

After the team meeting, Lakers players came to the hotel restaurant for lunch.

When I came to Salt Lake City to play, no one went out to hang out, just like I was going to Boston to play.

It was a buffet. When Zhang Hao was taking the food, O'Neal came to him.

"Hey, how many games do you think we can win in these 7 games?"

Zhang Hao glanced at O'Neal and responded while taking the food: "I want to win all of them."

"Uh... so do I."

After O'Neal was stunned for a moment, his confidence suddenly increased a lot.

Without further ado, Zhang Hao returned to the dining table. He was not very confident. After giving two or three months, when the regular season ended or the playoffs, he thought they would definitely be able to adjust to better.

only……

“Hell training:

The second goal of the fourth phase of the mission dream journey was the second goal.

Goal: Under the guidance of the host, Zhang Hao needs to help the Lakers achieve good results in seven consecutive games at the hell level.

Rewards: 1. If you win 4 games, you will be rewarded with a lifetime of 35 days. 2. If you win 5 games, you will get an additional draw. 3. If you win 6 games, you will get an additional special card: a phased explosion (top). 4. If you win completely, you will get an additional gold upgrade card for the designated medal.

Note: 1. If you win less than 4 games, the mission will fail, and the dream journey will fail. 2. Rewards will accumulate."

After playing against the Nets, the mission comes!

"In addition to the 7-game mission, these opponents have many tasks to trigger... The Jazz's Uncrowned King's mission..."

Zhang Hao looked at these two tasks again, the "King of Uncrowned" task. This season's regular season is necessary to sweep the Jazz team to get the opportunity to "master basic skills of China-investment" and break the current upper limit of China-investment.

Although you can complete this task with 3 wins and 1 loss, you only have a 60-day life span reward. You must get the advanced reward. God knows when the task that triggers such a reward will come next time. If it is next season... it will be delayed for a year!

If Zhang Hao really wins the task of "Hell Training", he will feel so happy...

Especially the reward for winning 6 games, "phase explosion". He used this once. According to his current technical characteristics, the strength points are crazyly improved, the weaknesses are slightly increased, and forced to be lifted to the top level determined by the system!

At this time, the system's evaluation of his abilities is simply through the way of judging physical fitness, shooting, and technology, which is so strong that it explodes.

"First of all, you have to defeat the Jazz before talking about other things..."

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At 8:30 the next morning, the Lakers arrived at the Jazz's home court, and league officials sent a new notice.

Silver Fox and Kupchek, assistant general manager, who went out with the team, decided to issue the notice to the players.

At the team meeting, Zhang Hao looked at the content of the league notice and directly said "I'm the one" and said.

The other Lakers players couldn't help but exclaimed, and all kinds of catchphrases and slang were sprayed out, shocking!

"No, no, I can't breathe anymore, Brian, watch it again, live broadcast?" O'Neal made an exaggerated move and insisted that his teammates beside him support him. His teammates cooperated, and he acted as if he was about to faint.

Just like O'Neal's excitement, everyone in the entire conference room was very excited!

The Lakers started playing the Jazz tonight to the last game before the All-Star Weekend, and each game was broadcast live by at least two TV stations!

The final game against the Bulls, T.N.T, Cable TV, Fox Sports, ABC, Time Warner Cable TV, and the five major TV stations simultaneously broadcast live!

"Aix, you're too cold! You have to be excited about seven consecutive games in the United States."

“I’m very excited now.”

“…”

In the dim player channel, Kenny Anderson could still see Zhang Hao's face without expression.

Is this called excitement?

Then aren't the rest of them going crazy?

Forget it, Kenny Anderson is used to it. If he complains without success, then he will not care.

My little brother should be excited.

At 6:40 pm, players from both teams entered the court.

The Lakers received a league notice in the morning. At noon, major TV stations also reported on the live broadcast of the Lakers' seven games starting today.

This made many people jealous, such as the Jazz who were at home tonight and their fans.

"We" is a word used by NBA players, bosses and fans. Bosses of each team need to make their own team fans feel immersive and become spiritual shareholders in order to make more money.

No player doesn't like TV, but even for the Jazz, before the start of the season, the major TV stations had only 19 live broadcast plans, with the most being the Lakers' 27 games, the second most being the Bulls' 26 games, and the third most being the Suns' 24 games...

As the season deepens, the number of live broadcasts will be adjusted according to actual conditions. For example, the Pistons originally had 20 live broadcast plans, but now, 9 games have been cancelled before the paid booking is started, and they have been replaced with live broadcasts of other games.

The Bulls originally booked 25 games to live broadcast last season, but finally added 34 games, which is the highest number of live broadcasts in the regular season in NBA history, except for the Knicks.

The Lakers have had 4 extra broadcasts in the first 38 games this season. From tonight, there were 3 live broadcasts booked, which means there were 4 more extra broadcasts, which tied the Bulls' live broadcasts last season. With the current trend of the Lakers, the number of live broadcasts after the All-Star Weekend will definitely only increase or decrease, breaking the Bulls' highest live broadcasts in history, without any suspense.

The Knicks cannot be compared together. Their boss has his own TV station, and all Knicks' home games are live.

After the players of the two teams entered the court, Zhang Hao clearly felt the envious and jealous eyes of the opponent.

"I'm helpless, the league just picks us to stimulate the ratings, and I can't do anything about it..."

Didn't care about this, Zhang Hao turned on the player detection system, looked at it, and recalled and analyzed the scout report and the content of the team meeting.

The Jazz are just one word - stable!

They only have one response to the extension of the three-point line - giving up the three-pointer.

The Jazz, who averaged 4.9 three-pointers per game in the first two games, averaged 2.3 three-pointers per game in the past seven games.

He averaged 105.4 points per game in the first two games and 99.7 points per game in the last seven games.

He averaged 96.4 points per game in the first two games and 92.3 points per game in the past seven games.

We did not seize the opportunity to become stronger due to changes in the three-point line specifications, but we did not become weaker due to changes in the three-point line specifications, and it was too stable!
To be continued...