When you are behind 0-1, you can force yourself not to think about the first game, and you can feel that the first game was because the coach was sent out.

When you are behind 0-2, you can comfort yourself that you are away games and just go back to home. And interim head coach Paul Westfal is indeed awesome, and he won just one little bit in the second game.

At this time, the idea of ​​finishing the first game can be completely ignored.

But at 0 to 3, all negative emotions of Supersonic players broke out.

Their coach made a mistake and was suspended for indefinitely and fired, and scored less than half of the opponent's first game.

That's all, their interim coach is doing so well, they still can't beat it.

I didn't win when I returned to home.

What is the difference between this and being eliminated?

This is the third time the Supersonics faced the Lakers in four years, and they were beaten every time. This feeling is a bit like the Bulls were defeated by the Pistons for three consecutive years from 1988 to 1990, and it is even worse.

Like Jordan, since his rookie year, he has been constantly tyrannical by the Celtics and the Pistons for six consecutive years. He can still not lose confidence, be discouraged, be depressed, and be depressed. He learns lessons from failure and keeps getting stronger. It is quite rare.

Anyway, the Supersonics players looked at each game and wanted to eat them alive. Their heads were full of despair.

Even Payton looked at Kenny Anderson with envious eyes. He was basically sure that Kenny Anderson would get a salary similar to him in the future, but Kenny Anderson had Zhang Hao and O'Neal...

What makes Payton feel most powerless is that Zhang Hao is 21 years old, O'Neal just turned 26 in March, and his gloves will turn 30 this summer!

The key is that he has renewed his contract with the Supersonics in advance until 2003. When he is about to reach 30 years old, he can still get a contract renewal of US$12 million when he is 34-35. He signed without hesitation when the Supersonics provided the contract.

But at this time, he regretted it a little.

After completing the contract renewal of 4 years ahead of schedule, he could have become a free agent in the summer of 1999...

...

"See you next year, Seattle."

Time Warner Cable Sports is the number one live broadcaster in the fourth game of the Western Conference Finals. Although this game, Fox Sports and ABC Sports, three TV stations will also broadcast live, the Lakers only opened the interview session for Time Warner Cable Sports on the preparation day.

An old partner, Time Warner Cable's sports station, originally grew stronger after purchasing the Bass family's sports live channel in the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. In more than a decade, Time Warner Cable will become the NBA's largest funder father, giving the Lakers a sky-high live broadcast fee of US$5 billion in 20 years.

On the evening of the second day after the Lakers won their first away game, before the Bulls' second home game in the East Finals began, Time Warner Cable Sports was still promoting the fourth game of the Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and the Supersonics. Bill Walton didn't watch the camera and said this.

This kind of thing is not something that can be said to be a "deathful fan commentator" like Barkley who has no brainstormingly made Lakers fans happy. But Bill Walton said this, but Lakers fans are even happier.

At 5:30 tonight, the fourth game of the Pacers and Bulls series started. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be another exciting and fierce battle.

However, the strength gap between Jordan and Reggie Miller was shown in this game.

Jordan is outrageously stable. In this Eastern Conference Final, Jordan was able to score 7-9 points in almost every quarter of every game, and scored another 35 points tonight.

But after Reggie Miller scored 3 games, he only scored 8 points in the regular time of this game and made only 3 of 12 shots.

There is also Rick Schmitz's point, which people never expected. The Zen master put McGrady in the forward position, and McGrady defended it when Rick Schmitz hit the middle distance, and it really prevented it. Rick Schmitz played the worst series performance in the playoffs this year.

But Jordan went to defend Reggie Miller and McGrady went to defend Rick Schmitz. No one could put a limit on the double Davis who took turns to play!

The two Davis used their strength to prove in this Eastern Conference Final that they were not just "Miller bodyguards", but they truly used their All-Star combat power!

It’s true that both of them are all-star!

During regular time, Dell Davis scored 23 points and 9 rebounds tonight, Antonio Davis scored 22 points and 11 rebounds tonight. The two scored 40 points and 20 rebounds together, drilling through the inside guarded by Rodman and Luke Longley!

The key is Jaylen Ross's point, Reggie Miller was restricted to collapse, but Jaylen Ross came on as the bench and scored the second highest 27 points in the game with the help of Mark Jackson!

Mark Jackson with 9 points and 11 rebounds, Jaylen Rose with 27 points, and the double Davis with 40+20 points... The Pacers played 90-88 with the Bulls in regular time, leading by two points!

The Bulls only have 3.7 seconds left. The Bulls did not dare to give McGrady the free throw from the three-point line this time. Steve Cole and Kukoc were key to defend, and the line of receiving and serving at the basket was blocked... Jordan struggled to run, but the unlimited replacement of Reggie Miller and Chris Mullin limited the opportunity to receive and serve.

In desperation, Jordan pushed away Reggie Miller and received the ball and shot... Before he could make a shot, the referee blew the whistle - Jordan made an offensive foul!

Jordan was shocked, sad and helpless, and had no choice but to appear in the TV screen. Who told him to say that - he doesn't want to see such obvious action in pushing people again in the future?

With the Bulls' tactical foul on Dell Davis, Dell Davis made two free throws at critical moments, and the data of the double Davis combination increased to 42 points and 20 rebounds. The Pacers led by 92 to 88 and secured the victory.

With Ron Harper's extremely long three-pointer missing, the Pacers defeated the Bulls and tied the score to 3-1!

...

The next day after the Bulls and Pacers played G4, on May 28, the Lakers came to Key Arena again to challenge the Supersonics away.

“Myth: The ultimate goal of the dream journey.

Prerequisites: Zhang Hao needs to help the Lakers reach the Finals with an 11-0 win or 0-loss Western Conference playoff record.

Goal: Win the playoffs in a complete victory.

Rewards: If you win the championship in the playoffs, the host will get a lifespan of 150 days, and the number of golden lottery draws will be once; if you fail to win the championship but still win the championship, you will get a five-fold lifespan reward of the difference between the winner and loses, and the chance of golden lottery will be once."

Before the game started, Zhang Hao looked at this task again.

Do you want to go all out to sweep the finals and trigger the task? Are you ready to win 15 wins and 0 losses?

Of course!

Whether it is 73 wins or 15 wins and 0 losses, it is very rare!

He needs to have two teammates, Kenny Anderson and Jason Williams, who are in his prime.

The role player lineup must have luxury lineups such as Brian Shaw, Rick Fox, Brent Barry, Doug Christie, and Piakowski.

The alternate players must also be Fisher, Boggs, Ben Wallace, Sean Lux, and Cory Blunt.

The key is that you still have to be strong enough. For the regular season MVP, O'Neal who worked hard enough to defend the title, and Zhang, who quickly broke through to the top level.

In addition to these basic conditions, you must have strong ability to seize opportunities and require super good luck to have such opportunities.

And it's just an opportunity!

Such an opportunity is in front of you, so don’t fight for it? Zhang Hao himself feels sorry for himself.

Faced with the supersonic team whose confidence had collapsed, Zhang Hao did not relax at all, but instead...

"Mr. O'Neal, you just moved too slowly to relax just because you were 10 points ahead!"

"Mr. O'Neal, hit him with his back! He dunk him! Your forced hitting this ball will hit them even more severely, so you don't have to pass the ball to me."

"Mr. O'Neal, run and tear their baskets apart!"

"Mr. O'Neal..."

"Mr. O'Neal..."

For the second time in his life, O'Neal heard Zhang Hao say so many things in the game!

The last time Zhang Hao was squirting trash talk in his ear.

During the halftime break, O'Neal complained to his teammates while Zhang Hao was going to swear: "If you don't know, you think he was a crime by the opponent's head coach..."

No matter how much he complained, O'Neal was really loose at the beginning. Under Zhang Hao's urging, O'Neal gradually worked harder and harder. He played 31 minutes tonight, made 10 of 18 shots, and added 7 of 12 free throws, easily scored 27 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 blocks.

Zhang Hao seemed too "revengeful", but this time he was urged by Zhang Hao, O'Neal was in a better and better mood.

O'Neal played hard, Zhang Hao ruled with high pressure, Kenny Anderson has always been steady... To be honest, being able to hit the Supersonics so easily has a direct relationship with George Carl's kick.

George Carl's kick made Lakers players easy to focus on the whole game, otherwise they would probably have been stolen by the opponent in Game 2 and Game 3 because of the gap in strength.

The explosive strength shown by the Supersonics is still very strong, but the Lakers have focused all the time since O'Neal was stumbling, and no chance is left to the Supersonics.

Relying on O'Neal's 27 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks, Zhang Hao's 21 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Kenny Anderson's 17 points, 6 rebounds and 2 steals, Jason Williams's 13 points and 11 rebounds... The Lakers defeated the Supersonics, which had lost their fighting spirit, 113-96, and swept 4-0 to advance to the finals!

"Are you here to compete for the second place?: The fifth goal of the dream journey.

Mission Preconditions: Ask Western opponents who are going to compete for the runner-up in the West before the second round of the series begins. (Completed)

Target: Zhang Hao needs to help the Lakers reach the finals, the total number of games lost in the second round and division finals of the Western Conference playoffs cannot exceed 4 games. (He has successfully advanced to the finals, and the total score of the two rounds of series: 8 to 0.)

Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: 80 days of life, special card: one-hit kill.

The remaining life span is 1763 days, and the available life span is 1762 days.

One-hit kill:

Preconditions: The object used must specify a position to the opponent and issue a declaration of must-go.

After completing the precondition, the user takes action at this position. If the user has not been blocked or fouled, the user has no foul or violations and does his best to make the four conditions for this shot. This time, he will definitely make the goal."

“Buddha also has three parts of fire:

Goal: Under the guidance of the host, Zhang Hao needs to help the Lakers sweep the Supersonics to advance to the finals. (Completed)

Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: Designated Medal: Guixin Golden Upgrade Card Fragment*1."

"The host has collected all the designated medals: the fragments of Guixin Gold Upgrade Cards, which have been automatically redeemed and used. Congratulations to the host, Guixin (Silver) has been upgraded to Guixin (Gold)."

"Good Heart (Gold): Wearing players has unique decision-making power in the team."

“Myth: The ultimate goal of the dream journey.

Goal: Win the playoffs in a complete victory.

Preconditions: Zhang Hao needs to help the Lakers reach the Finals with 11 wins and 0 losses in the Western Conference playoffs. (The preconditions have been met.)

…”

The final whistle sounded, and at the end of the Western Conference Finals, several systems prompted them to attack Zhang Hao.
To be continued...