"Revenge Christmas Eve: The Return of the King's Phase 2 Mission.

Target 1: Zhang Hao must lead the Supersonics to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in tonight's Christmas game.

Target 2: Zhang Hao must score higher than Shaq O'Neal in the game against the Lakers.

Reward: Complete Target 1, the host will get Shaq O'Neal's 1993-1994 Star Experience Card without consumption and unconditional advancement. Complete Target 2, how many points Zhang Hao scores higher than Shaq O'Neal, and the host will get 5 times the life span.

Note: The completion status of this task will determine the next task direction for the return of the series of tasks."

Once, the big fat man had no condition to consume the advanced usage rights... Zhang Hao's eyes lit up with this reward!

Now, he definitely can't play in O'Neal's jersey. There are no teams left. O'Neal's who have low matching degree are top-notch cards, and 60 lives are worthless.

This is a card you may get after your comeback that you haven't received before!

Although now, he uses O'Neilka, who is in the second grade, because the matching degree cannot be too high and the outside shooting experience is affected, he uses O'Neilka in the second grade. His strength after bonus + negative bonus may not be stronger than him, but his playing style can be completely different, which is another kind of strengthening.

"As my own strength improves, my dependence on the star experience card will become smaller and smaller, which is a good help for saving lives, but the role of the star experience card cannot be ignored. This is also part of my ability on the court..."

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At 7:54, the Heat defeated the Knicks 85-81 with Marshburn's 28 points and Morning's 16 rebounds and 5 blocks.

At 7:56, the Jazz defeated the Suns 108-101 with Malone's 41 points.

The competitive pressure in the Eastern Conference has been much smaller this year. After the suspension, Eastern Conference stars have been further lost. The first and second in the Eastern Conference are basically the competition between the Pacers and the 76ers. The Heat, Raptors, Hornets and Knicks compete for the other two positions in the top four in the Eastern Conference. Originally, the Heat had a better record in the regular season, but now, the Heat at least have the upper hand in the competition with the Knicks.

After the Suns lost to the Jazz, their record turned into 21 wins and 6 losses, and they suddenly fell to fourth place in the Western Conference. The record gap between the top four in the Western Conference is very small, even if the Lakers lose two games, they will fall.

At the end of these two games, Staples Center, Supersonics and Lakers players were ready to play.

The Supersonics sent Kassel, Ruben Patterson, Artest, Zhang Hao and Ratliff to start.

The Lakers sent Payton, Glenn Rice, Pierce, AC Green and O'Neal to start.

The game was about to begin, and the fans on the scene wanted to boo to Zhang Hao at this time, but the sound coming out of their mouths was much smaller.

Since Zhang Hao's comeback, the fans have been looking forward to the match against the Supersonics and have prepared all kinds of abuse. When Zhang Hao entered the court, many people also booed heart-wrenchingly, but when Zhang Hao really walked onto the court and stood opposite him, the fans on the scene were more disappointed and frustrated.

The face that was gradually fading away was as calm as ever... but it was no longer the star of their Lakers.

At 8 pm, the referee blew the whistle at the beginning of the game and threw the ball into the air... O'Neal defeated Zhang Hao to win the jump ball, and the Lakers attacked first!

Payton slowly advanced and the game fell into positional battle.

After arriving at the frontcourt, Payton singled Ruben Patterson, attracting Cassel to make up for defense and pass the ball to Glenn Rice.

Glenn Rice took a two-pointer and missed the ball!

Zhang Hao had already let AC Green go to double-team O'Neal without the ball, and worked with Ratliff to block O'Neal and grabbed the defensive rebound.

The Lakers retreated quickly. Zhang Hao grabbed the rebound and passed it to Cassel. When he ran to the frontcourt, he looked at Glenn Rice, who was retreating. This former strongest pitcher, obviously did not adapt to the Lakers. He averaged 17.3 points per game with the Hornets last season. This season, the Lakers scored nearly half of the points, and only averaged 9 points per game, and his ability evaluation was only 74.

The Lakers' signing, which was regarded as a "big-level" at the time, seems to be quite a failure now, and it is not as good as Brent Barry, who has better support and better athletic skills.

The main reason is that the rhythm is not suitable for Glenn Rice. Glenn Rice is more suitable for the original Hornets' light and agile offensive system. The Lakers have O'Neal of 140+kg and Payton, of course, they have to slowly grind the position. Glen Rice's 43% shooting percentage and 34.4% three-point shooting percentage this season are the lowest since the rookie season.

Kassel advanced to the frontcourt and encountered Peyton's pressure and passed the ball to Zhang Hao.

When Zhang Hao received the ball, Pierce and AC Green directly formed a siege. If Kassel had not grasped the timing of passing the ball well, Zhang Hao might have had difficulty receiving the ball.

Faced with the rough clamping action of the two, Zhang Hao received the ball and turned around and stuck with Pierce, who was hit from the bottom line. Pierce could not resist and failed to move towards Zhang Hao's turn. Zhang Hao also blocked the movement of AC Green, who was on the line. Zhang Hao turned around and took a step towards the bottom line, and took a two-point shot... hit!

Pierce almost held his breath after getting hit by this elbow!

Seeing Zhang Hao retreating without expression after scoring the goal, Pierce immediately followed and squirted to Zhang Hao: "I didn't expect that if you didn't learn anything else in the NBA, you learned the small movement of elbow strike?"

"What's wrong with a rookie? Ah, you're not a rookie. You're in the second grade. Why do you want to get another elbow?"

I'll go! Seeing Zhang Hao receiving the bottom line, Pierce, who was left on the flank, didn't know what to say, but he actually admitted the elbow strike!

Payton advanced to the frontcourt and signaled Glenn Rice to go to the 45-degree angle on the left to open up the space.

Last round, Cassel's clamping was really good. While clamping Payton, it also prevented Glen Rice from directly receiving and shooting at a fixed point, but Glen Rice's running catching and shooting rhythm in this slow pace was very unsatisfactory.

After O'Neal entered the inside, he tightly pulled Ratlifka behind him. AC Green cut in from the right bottom line. Zhang Hao moved up to block AC Green. Payton hit the ground and passed the ball quickly to O'Neal. O'Neal received the ball and hit it in a brutal step, turned around and dunked it!

Zhang Hao had already blocked AC Green's direct impact and went to make up for O'Neal as soon as possible, but O'Neal was fast and fierce, and did a good job in details. When he turned around, he turned right and carried Ratliff back into the reasonable collision zone, dunked with his left hand to maximize the avoidance of Zhang Hao's bottom line to make up for defense, and also used Ratliff to block Zhang Hao's defense space.

It seems to be rough, but it is actually more detailed than most insider jobs.

Zhang Hao made a one-on-two turn and step-and-step jump shot. O'Neal responded with a rough single dunk, and the fans on the scene cheered fiercely again.

Now O'Neal is so cruel that he has a buckle on his back. Ratliff was hit like flying, and he can't do anything at all.

When O'Neal smashed the ball into the basket, the referee whistle sounded and the Ratlifras made a foul!

It was indeed a pulling person. When Ratliff was supported by Zhang Hao, he still pulled O'Neal's right hand.

O'Neal glanced at Zhang Hao, shook Ratliff's hand away, and turned around and high-five with Pierce who was rushing up.

The first time he fought O'Neal, who had been fully adapted to the large tonnage of more than 300 pounds, Ratliff was stunned!

Watching O'Neal slamming his teammates into the free throw line with his relatives, Ratliff began to doubt his life... Is this still human?

As a top defensive insider, he is expected to attack the second defense and one of the five best defenders at the center position, Ratliff can clearly understand one thing with just one goal - this is not something that can be defended on one at all! No one can do it!

Turning his head and looking at Zhang Hao who was silently walking to the right side of the three-second zone to be ready to grab the board, Ratliff felt a little sure of it - it should be a human being, and there is such a player on their side.

The fans at the scene cheered O'Neal who was on the free throw line, and then made a "hey" sound, Zhang Hao grabbed the defensive rebound and launched a counterattack.

After the penalty was sent, O'Neal directly retreated and had a lot of free throws against him.

O'Neal quickly led the team to retreat, Zhang Hao failed to attack quickly. After being blocked by Pierce in the frontcourt, he was blocked by Payton again. O'Neal had already retreated to the basket and cut into Ruben Patterson, who had no chance. Zhang Hao was not in a hurry, stuck out his butt, Payton arched to the side, fell into the positional battle, and fought slowly to capture the success rate.

When Cassel and Artest arrived at the frontcourt, the Lakers' defense began to move. Cassel was surrounded by Glen Les, and Zhang Hao passed the ball to Artest. Artest broke through AC Green, and Pierce quickly clamped it. Artest rushed in with his physique like this, even if he couldn't make a goal, it would be likely that O'Neal would foul.

The Lakers have O'Neal standing at the basket, and shrinking defense is their best bet, but unexpectedly Artest looks like a naughty man, but he is very sensible, attracting him to pass the ball after a pinch...

Zhang Hao followed up to catch the ball, took a step, and made a counter-coordinated layup...

O'Neal made up for Artest and then Zhang Hao, but he had already made up for it, but Zhang Hao was still avoided by relying on a different layup rhythm than ordinary people.

O'Neal was convinced by the ability to seize the slightest opportunity and become a good opportunity for mobile phones.

Just now, the ball slid past a few centimeters above his fingertips.

As one of the longest teammates with his partner, O'Neal clearly felt that Zhang Hao was stronger than before the shutdown.

Such goals are a torture for defenders, but the morale of the Lakers has not been hit.

In the past, the Lakers relied on Zhang Hao to use the bonus of "slam dunk master" to improve the team's morale after completing the dunk.

Now, O'Neal relies purely on his personal ability to perform back hits that are so high that no one can imitate, which has achieved the same effect.

When the Lakers attacked, the Lakers did not continue to let O'Neal play singles, but Payton was the main attacker.

Payton's breakthrough did not have Francis' violent aesthetics, Grant Hill and Anfini Hardaway's gorgeousness, and Iverson's unstoppable benefits, but solid and small steps were also very powerful. He avoided Cassel's backup defense and entered the low post area, brought the defense to the offline and passed the ball. Pierce received the ball from the right side of the free throw line and missed the ball...

Although he didn't make it, Payton used O'Neal's threat to cut in with AC Green's bottom line, and used Glenn Rice to connect at the 45-degree angle on the left to force Cassel to be limited in defense, successfully helping Pierce create a mid-range shot.

O'Neal failed to make a tip-in, Zhang Hao and Ratlif blocked O'Neal, and Artest, who took back, grabbed the defensive rebound.

It seems that the Supersonics are leading 4-2 and have the initiative in the score.

However, this advantage at the beginning is not enough to prove the strength of the two teams.

When the Supersonics attacked, Ruben Patterson's catch was slapped by O'Neal.

Looking back, Pierce took the ball and took a step back to avoid Ratliff's mid-range jump shot from the baseline, and the Lakers tied the score.

Immediately afterwards, Kassel received Zhang Hao's breakthrough and passed back, facing Glenn Rice's long two-pointer defense.

O'Neal turned around and took the Pierce's second pass to press Zhang Hao's small throw to put the ball into the frame.

After a few rounds, the two teams tied 6-6, and the defense also adjusted due to the actual situation of the game. The Supersonics began to close more downlines, giving more rough confrontations before closing.

Glenn Rice was basically ruined. AC Green is old and is no longer the first-class power forward in the league that ten years ago who relied on his virginity to spark crazy pursuit of female fans as the All-Star starter. The Supersonics' defense adjustments are very targeted.

But the effect...

After two minutes of the score tied, with Payton and O'Neal playing hard and Pierce supporting, the Lakers really played an advantage in three-and-five!

O'Neal made another small hook, Pierce made a three-pointer, and Payton scored 4 points in a single jump shot.

Halfway through the first quarter, O'Neal scored 6 points, Pierce scored 5 points, Payton scored 4 points, and the three of them scored 15 points together.

For the Supersonics, except for Zhang Hao's 8 points, Kassel and Ruben Patterson each scored two points.

12 to 15, the Supersonics fell 3 points behind and entered the official timeout stage.

Compared to the OK combination that Zhang Hao remembers, Payton, Pierce and O'Neal's trio dominance is worse. After all, there are two people, and they can play one more pitcher. Payton and Pierce's personal offensive ability cannot be compared with Kobe who is over 21 years old.

But Lakers' players move and position greatly make up for these shortcomings.

Moreover, Pierce has comprehensive and excellent offensive skills, and plays without the ball, but he does a good job of necessary singles and scores.

The offensive level is clear... This is Rick Carlisle's strength!

Zhang Hao looked at Jim Carrey with beautiful hair on the opposite bench, which was his initial coaching option, but after Howard Schultz met Rick Carlisle in Los Angeles, the Lakers signed him first.

Back on the bench, Zhang Hao and Paul Westfal and Doug Collins discussed it and made adjustments, which were very simple.

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To be continued...