After two consecutive away games, the Supersonics returned to Seattle. The veterans held a team meeting to urgently help young teammates adjust their mentality.

To the expectations of veterans such as Schramf, Dell Curry, Much Brecklow, the current psychological state of young players such as James Posey, Artest, Ben Wallace is better than they imagined.

After two days of rest, on April 8, the Supersonics once again ushered in a match against the Nuggets.

This time, the Supersonics played very steadily. After all, it was impossible to say that there was something. 95 to 83, relying on Zhang Hao's 27 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists, and Kassel scored 19 points and 7 assists. The Supersonics easily won the victory.

Zhang Hao also took this to surpass Chamberlain's second-highest triple-double in a single season, increasing the second-highest triple-double in a single season to 32!

With 7 games left, Zhang Hao's 32 triple-doubles were still nine times away from Oscar Robertson's 41 triple-doubles. It has been confirmed that this aspect cannot break Oscar Robertson's single-season triple-double ranking.

This made many people feel regretful. Although they felt that it was an impossible miracle, many people were still looking forward to it...

This has no effect on the Supersonics team. Under the leadership of Zhang Hao's stable characteristics, the Supersonics team is now thinking about winning every game.

Win or lose is also difficult to affect the supersonic team, which has now been engraved with Zhang Hao's characteristics. Although this characteristic will be gone without Zhang Hao, Zhang Hao is now their leader.

On April 10, the Supersonics lost to the Timberwolves 83-88 at home. On April 13, they played the Rockets at home, making the discomfort of losing to the Timberwolves. They were upset before and all of them were vented. 107-76, the Supersonics slaughtered the Rockets at home for 31 points.

Zhang Hao scored a large triple-double with 17 points, 11 rebounds and 19 assists, increasing his personal record of assists in a single game to 19 times, and he was just one and a little short of 20 assists in a single game. Artest did not make the ball, and then the Rockets called a timeout. By the fourth quarter, the score difference had reached 26 points.

If a strong team cannot beat it, it cannot beat it. If a weak team must win, and a weak team will also lose. Then, if you encounter it again, you cannot lose again...

After defeating the Rockets, the Supersonics' record increased to 54 wins and 23 losses.

On April 15, the Supersonics lost 105-113 in the away game against the Kings, forming the core combination of Bibi, Webber and Wang Zhizhi, Princeton's playing style has already taken shape.

Although Zhang Hao scored 40+ for the 13th season in a single game, 44 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, leading the Supersonics team to a rare score of over 100, he still lost to the Kings away.

On April 17 and 18, the Supersonics played back-to-back against the Mavericks and the Trail Blazers away.

Nowitzki is really lucky in his career. The rookie season was not repeatedly ravaged by Zhang Hao at the beginning of his career like other young top power forwards in the league today. He tasted the opportunity to defeat Zhang Hao in his rookie season!

The Mavericks and the Supersonics lost in the first three times of the season, but this time, they thrilled over the Supersonics 107-103.

With 26 seconds left, the Mavericks led by two points. Jason Williams used an elusive pass to Nowitzki. Nowitzki received the ball from the baseline and hit two points, making the score 117 to 103, not giving Zhang Hao a chance to win with one blow.

After winning the game, Nowitzki took another Supersonics No. 24 jersey to Zhang Hao for autograph. Zhang Hao wanted to leave, but he still signed.

He suspected that Nowitzki was a professional fan and he specially made his signature to sell it secretly to earn extra money!

There was a news that Nowitzki came to the NBA from the Bundesliga alone in the summer of 1998. After being traded by the Mavericks, it may be because the Mavericks boss was preparing to sell the team and forgot Nowitzki. The management did not think of him. He heard about the advance salary advancement. So after being selected, he went to the bar to drink a lot of beer and stuffed the only $200 left after paying the wine as a tip to a bunny girl's chest...

Then, he remembered that he had no advance salary, and it was already July 1 and the NBA had already stopped.

The key is that no one reminded him that he had not paid his salary in advance and he did not have an agent!

Late at night on July 1, Nowitzki was preparing to learn from the senior of the domestic basketball player who had been to the American basketball world and go to the streets to find cement pipes, and then find a way to contact your family the next day to borrow some money... As a result, he met Mark Cuban, who had not yet become the owner of the Mavericks at the time, and finally avoided sleeping on the streets.

Since then, Nowitzki's reputation as "stingy" has become a little famous in the player circle.

Although the 1998-99 season was suspended, the season shrank, and the players' salary that season also shrank by 40%, as a lottery show, Nowitzki's salary in the 1998-99 season still reached $540,000. Then the car he drove in the rookie season was $1,050 from the second-hand market.

Zhang Hao also heard about this. When Schramf went to Dallas to play away last season, he was invited to Nowitzki's house for dinner. Nowitzki drove to pick him up and broke down halfway... he fixed it himself!

Therefore, Zhang Hao felt that his suspicion was well-founded!

But old Nelson is really awesome!

Send Van Exel away, trade back to Divac, straighten Jason Williams, paired with Nowitzki and Finley, Hubert Davis, the Mavericks' offense after the All-Star Weekend!

The Supersonics defended well, but were torn apart by the exquisite passes of Jason Williams and Divac.

Although Zhang Hao scored 29 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists, his 34th triple-double in the season, helping the Supersonics score 103 points, he still lost the game.

Jason Williams was under the command of Old Nelson, and Van Exel had no right to compete with him for the ball. Finley was willing to give up the ball. Jason Williams was really sexy!

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Unfortunately, he lost the chance to win, and lost to the Mavericks by 4 points. On the next day, on April 18, after 24 hours of rest, the Supersonics came to the Rose Garden Arena to challenge the Trail Blazers away.

After losing to the Supersonics last time, Nash was holding back his energy and wanted to defeat Zhang Hao in the last fight.

He had a faint feeling that this might be the best opportunity for his career to suppress Zhang Hao in the regular season.

Then, in the last game between the Trail Blazers and the Timberwolves, Rashid Wallace clashed with the same No. 1 pick Joe Smith, and swung his fist and was suspended for two games...

Without Rashid Wallace, Sabonis could protect the frame but could not defend it. Facing the defense of Bunchi Wells, who was only 196 cm but reached the power forward position, Zhang Hao played happily! 41 points in three quarters!

Although Trail Blazers coach Mike Dunleavy finally remembered Jermaine O'Neal, let O'Neal play all the last quarter.

It’s not that no one has discovered O’Neal’s talent, but someone on the Trail Blazers has long discovered O’Neal’s talent.

Under the operation of Henry Thomas, the Trail Blazers even extended their contract with more than 24 million O'Neal Jr., but O'Neal Jr. received a salary of US$5.09 million in the first year of his first year of the contract, and he still had only 12 minutes of playing time, with 4 points and 3.3 rebounds.

Everyone knows that he has talent, but no matter how talented he has, his current strength cannot be compared with Rashid Wallace and Sabonis. Not to mention now, it will be difficult to compare in two years. At least two or three years will be allowed to go. The Trail Blazers are reluctant to leave. Their boss is not short of money, so he can only be a mascot.

But it comes in handy at this time.

O'Neal's defense was really good. At this time, Zhang Hao fought for 31 minutes in the first three quarters. Facing the opponent's sudden improvement in defense, he did not mess up. He chose to hold on for two minutes first. He played for 22 minutes in the first half and Zhang Hao played for 9 minutes in the third quarter. After two minutes, he sucked his jersey and returned to his physical strength at the beginning of the second half, he began to play singles.

In the end, Zhang Hao scored 47 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, helping the Supersonics defeat the Trail Blazers 104-98 and won the 55th game of the season!

Nash really fought tonight, making 14 of 31 shots, scoring 37 points and 7 assists, winning Rashid Wallace's score, but still losing to Zhang Hao's 47 points.

The suit thug Steve Nash's path to sniper gentleman is far away...

When the final whistle sounded, the Supersonics players all celebrated like crazy, which scared the Trail Blazers!

I don't know, I thought it was the finals tiebreaker Supersonics won.

Schramph didn't know what to say.

They actually did it! And they did it two games in advance!

At the end of the first half of the season, the Supersonics had a record of 37 wins and 14 losses. If they want to maintain the record of the top four in the West, they will have to win at least 55 wins, which means they will have a record of 18 wins and 13 losses in the next 31 games.

Judging from the schedule, this is something that Schramf thinks is impossible for their Supersonics team.

Then, Zhang Hao said that he did not like to play in the second half of the playoffs. If he wanted to win 55, Schramf was going crazy at that time, but he didn't know what to say to dispel Zhang Hao's idea.

In addition to those strong opponents who cannot beat them, there will occasionally be situations where weak teams cannot beat them. The schedule is tight and most of the opponents are playoff-level teams. Schramff doesn't know what kind of voice performance they have to play to get 18 wins and 13 losses.

Then, Zhang Hao led them to a record of 4 wins and 2 losses in 6 games at the end of February, and 14 games in March, with a record of 10 wins and 4 losses. By April, it was even more difficult, but Zhang Hao still led the team to a performance of 4 wins and 5 losses. Since the All-Star Weekend, the Supersonics have 18 wins and 11 losses, completing the 55-win indicator two games ahead of schedule!

It is similar to Schramff's expectations. If he wants to enter the playoffs as the top four in the West, he will win at least 55 wins.

Although there is a slight difference, for example, the Supersonics have won 55 now, they still cannot ensure the top four in the West.

The Suns and Jazz are currently both 55 wins. The Suns still have one game without a fight, the opponent is the Rockets, and the Jazz also has one game without a fight, and the opponent is the Nuggets. The opponent is not strong in both teams and they may win easily.

The Supersonics lost a lot of money against the Jazz this season. If the Jazz wins in the last game, the Supersonics will still be behind the Jazz with two games left.

But on the Suns, the Supersonics swept the Suns 4-0 in the regular season. Even if the Suns win in the last game and win 56, their Supersonics will only win one game in the last two games, and they will be fourth in the West!

And their Supersonics played the Clippers at home first in the last two games...

After defeating the Trail Blazers, their Supersonics are equivalent to being fourth in the West!

He played 80 games, averaging 32.8 points, 12.1 rebounds, 9.9 assists, 2.3 steals, 2.4 blocks, and 3.7 turnovers and 3.4 fouls, which are well controlled.

To be precise, after 80 games, Zhang Hao was only 5 assists averaging triple-double. So far, Zhang Hao has scored 795 assists!

Looking at Zhang Hao's data, seeing the record of 55 wins and 25 losses, and thinking about the team's lineup before the start of the season... Schramph didn't know how to express his feelings.

The regular season that is about to end is crazy!

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Not only Schramph felt crazy, but all the fans, no matter which team they were from, were shocked by Zhang Hao and the performance of the Supersonics for a season.

After the first two months of the game, the Supersonics' good record of only 9 wins and 7 losses in December, far less than the 11 wins and 3 losses in November, and was predicted to enter the playoffs at most.

After the game in February, the record of 7 wins and 5 losses in February is far less than that of 14 wins and 1 losses in January, and it is predicted to be at most 50 wins.

Then, the Supersonics have won 55 times now!

At present, each team has only 1 to 2 games left and has not played. The ranking and data list are also very clear.

Zhang Hao has scored 2,624 points so far this season, averaging 32.8 points per game, and both the league's first in total and average scores. He scored 2,344 points from the second place in total score. Currently, O'Neal, who has played 74 games, averaged 31.7 points per game, has a very big gap. In the last two games, the average score difference of 1.1 points per game is quite huge. O'Neal scored 113 points in a single game to tie.

He averaged 12.1 rebounds per game, not bad, ranking 6th after Mutombo, O'Neal, Duncan, Garnett and David Robinson, and ranked 4th after Mutombo, O'Neal and Garnett.

Assistances, 795, first in the league, averaged 9.9 assists per game... Still the league's first! Zhang Hao maintained averaging 10 assists per game, while his opponents failed to maintain it. Kidd averaged 9.8 assists per game. In addition to Zhang Hao and Kidd, Payton, third-placed averaged 8.8 assists per game. If Kidd can get 26 assists in the curtain call of the Suns, he has played 79 games and has scored 774 assists, he may still surpass Zhang Hao, provided that Zhang Hao's assists per game did not increase in the last two games.

But that's Zhang Hao...

As for Zhang Hao's impression, at this time, if the opponent prevents him from getting high assists, he will use his shots to doubt his life.

In terms of record ranking, the Lakers are currently 66 wins and 15 losses in the league, the Trail Blazers, the second in the West, 58 wins and 23 losses, the third Supersonics, 55 wins and 25 losses, the fourth Jazz, 55 wins and 26 losses, the fifth Suns, 55 wins and 26 losses, the sixth Timberwolves, 49 wins and 32 losses, the seventh Kings, 47 wins and 34 losses, and the eighth Spurs, 45 wins and 35 losses.

The ninth Mavericks, with 41 wins and 40 losses, went through the later trade and played very well after getting Divac, and finally scored the winning rate to 50%.

In the Eastern Conference, the Pacers with 60 wins and 21 losses ranked first, the 76ers with 53 wins and 28 losses second, the Heat with 52 wins and 28 losses third, the Knicks with 49 wins and 32 losses fourth, the Bulls with 47 wins and 34 losses fifth, the Raptors with 46 wins and 34 losses sixth, the Hornets with 44 wins and 37 losses seventh, and the Bucks with 41 wins and 39 losses eighth.

There are still suspenses in the rankings now, only three teams, the rankings of the Supersonics, Jazz and Suns, which are third to fifth in the West, may change.

It mainly depends on how the Supersonics' last two games are.

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To be continued...