It’s not that Ben Wallace’s defense is to support everything about the Supersonics, but Ben Wallace is not the support point.

Zhang Hao's scoring ability averaged 30+ per game, Kassel's individual offense + organizational offense averaged 18+9 levels, Artest's impact power averaged 15+ per game... and the defensive adjustments of the whole team around Ben Wallace, these are the foundation and what supports the entire Supersonics team.

Ben Wallace just made good use of favorable conditions so that the Supersonics can always play extremely terrifying defense at some stage.

However, without Ben Wallace, even if there are these foundations, it will be just the foundation.

Due to the overall lineup, the Supersonics rarely limit their opponent's scores to below 90 points, but no matter how fierce the opponent's attack is, the score will only be around 95 points in the end!

Even the Hornets and Warriors, two teams that are very good at scoring at the beginning of this season, would not be able to score a hundred points on the Supersonics.

During this period, Ben Wallace's performance was so dazzling!

As a pure defensive player, he can be so dazzling that even Rodman and Mutombo have never been.

The sense of existence is very strong, and even Zhang Hao's edge is covered.

But, if you get this "useless award", Ben Wallace feels so hot.

Have you ever seen the iron elbow falling from the sky?

Ben Wallace has never seen it, but he is afraid!

The post-match analysis meeting went smoothly, after all, they all won, and good feedback is always much more than negative feedback.

After the meeting, Zhang Hao and the coaching team discussed how to make adjustments next.

"Our framework structure looks right, and we need to do a good job of coaching players," Horacek said.

Zhang Hao asked after hearing this: "Don't you need to adjust your tactics? Our stability is a problem."

Paul Westfal said: "It is normal to have poor stability. It is strange that so many young players can stabilize so quickly."

Doug Collins' result: "Unstable, playing more games will naturally be stable. If players who have passed more games still have no signs of stability, trade so that we will not delay each other."

Scott Collins said: "Aix, in the seasons you played before, many things went too well. You will always encounter such a situation. Your future career is still long. You have to get used to your teammates not always that good. You have to get used to your teammates, and you need time to slowly become excellent. You can't be anxious."

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After returning to Seattle for a night of rest, on November 7, the Supersonics ushered in the challenge of last season's Western Conference Finals opponent Kings at home.

"King, you are so unlucky..."

"Who said no?"

Zhang Hao and Wang Zhizhi were in a complicated mood when they looked at Webber, Bibby, Bobby Jackson and Jim Jackson in suits on the Kings bench.

Last season, the Kings renewed all five tigers until at least 2006.

During the offseason, the Kings poached the Raptors' 13th pick in the first round of the 8-man rotation with a two-year full middle-class contract, Zeon Clark, Zeon Clark, and one of the former Dallas 3Js, with a minimum salary of 790,000 US dollars, and signed Jim Jackson, one of the former Dallas 3Js, with strong reinforcements on both inside and outside.

Zeon Clark last season with 11 points, 7 rebounds and 1.5 blocks, making him the strongest substitute in the interior.

Jim Jackson played as a substitute with the Heat last season and also averaged 10 points, 5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.

But the new season just started, with four games. Webber injured in the second game, Bibby retired in the third game, Bobby Jackson and Jim Jackson collided and injured in the training after the third game...

All four will need to be absent for at least two weeks, and the Kings have not been very successful from the beginning of the season.

Affected by injuries, the Kings started with 1 win and 3 losses and are currently ranked 12th in the West.

No one thinks that the Kings start with 1 win and 3 losses, and the 12th Western Conference is the final winning rate and record of the Kings, but the Kings are very healthy last season and this season is not so smooth... For Zhang Hao, it is still quite sad to have four main players missing when fighting an opponent like the Kings.

But from the perspective of the entire Supersonics team, 4 of the 10 main players of the opponent are missing, which is a good thing in the running-in stage at the beginning of the season.

The Kings lost the second and third games because Weber and Bibby both got injured and left the game after playing more than one quarter. Adelman made a poor adjustment on the spot and lost in the end.

But if you are prepared, even if the Kings lack 4 main players, their strength is not bad.

Tonight, Kings' 2001 small forward Gerald Wallace and 2000 point guard Martin Cliffs got a chance to play.

Gerald Wallace is very motivated to be a small forward. He feels like the Supersonics' Matt Barnes's luxury version of physical fitness. He plays well and his skills are very rough.

Martin Cliffs, most famously, is his shooting action with his body tilted to the right when shooting, his right forearm is perpendicular to the floor, and his left hand protects the ball with his forearm parallel to the floor.

In the first quarter, the Supersonics tied with the Kings at 25.

Peja, Tkoglu, and Wang Zhizhi's frontcourt trio, plus Doug Christie and Martin Cliffs, combined with the rotation lineup of Gerald Wallace, Scott Pollard and Zeon Clark, they played very well.

In the second quarter, the Kings even scored 24-18 in a single quarter. After the half, the Kings led the Supersonics 49-43 by 6 points!

But in the third quarter, the situation turned directly. The Supersonics restricted the Kings from only 23 points in a single quarter, and at the same time he scored 31 points, and scored the score 74-72, overtaking two points into the final quarter.

In the last quarter, Zhang Hao scored 13 points in a row, and then led the Supersonics to bombard him, scoring 37 points in a single quarter, while limiting the Kings to score only 25 points.

In the end, with Zhang Hao's 36 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, Ben Wallace's 6 points, 17 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks, Artest's 16 points, Cassel's 14 points, 8 assists, Parker's 24 points, Brent Barry's 12 points... The Supersonics defeated the Kings 111-97 and started the 5 consecutive victory!

The Kings' back line is gone, Bibby, Bobby Jackson, and Jim Jackson. The more you get to the back line, the more you play the disadvantages of the back line.

Parker, Cassel, and Brent Barry played very comfortably. After Zhang Hao opened the game in the middle and close range, the three players scored very easily.

But there is an exception to Ginobili.

In the previous game against the Hornets, when the Supersonics outside player was discontinued by opponents such as Balang Davis, Marshburn, David Wesley, etc., Ginobili suddenly scored two goals in three consecutive rounds. The one he failed to score still caused a foul. One of the two goals he scored was extra free throws, and all the free throws were scored, scoring 7 points in a row.

Tonight, the Supersonics back line players scored and assisted in the second half, which was like playing, but Ginobili made 1 of 6 shots in the game and only scored 2 points.

This made Silver Fox and Paul Westfar, who were in charge of on-the-spot command, doubted that they had lived.

After the game, the two wanted to communicate with Ginobili about what was wrong, and they also wanted to talk about the passing with Parker, who scored 24 points tonight but had only one assist... As a result, Zhang Hao grabbed Ginobili's head with one hand and Parker's head with the other, and talked to the two about shooting choices and passing...

"Tony, your scoring is done well, but your vision is broader. Your playing style must be the first goal, but if you are targeted by the opponent's defense, you have to pay attention to the teammates on the wing, otherwise it will be more and more difficult for you to score. I thought you could score 30 points tonight, but you didn't make any three rounds in the middle of the fourth quarter. Fortunately, Ron grabbed the offensive rebound..."

"Manu, so do you, just invest..."

The coaches who were secretly listening to Zhang Hao's education of two young teammates were speechless.

Two back-back substitutes in the first and second grades are encouraged to invest even if they invest?

Indeed, Parker is very talented and Ginobili is already very mature in technology, but this...

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On the second day, the Supersonics faced the Magic's challenge back to back at home.

In this game, the Supersonics did not do a good job of scoring inside, but they shot well on the perimeter, and their defense had the best performance since the start of the season. The Magic only scored 84 points in the game.

Although the Supersonics only scored 93 points in the whole game, they still defeated the Magic by 9 points and won 6 consecutive victories.

The Magic's training center is really amazing! Kwame Brown's sophomore starts in the second grade, averaged 35 minutes per game, scored 8.6 points, 12 rebounds, 1 steal, 1.8 blocks, and his defensive talent at close range has been developed very well and has made great progress.

During the offseason, Kwame Brown gained 20 pounds, which is a little over 9 kilograms, and his 120 kilograms of body weight were almost unaffected.

There are not many steals or blocks, but the defense at close range is extremely powerful!

But the score is really not good, it feels like the frame guard version of Ben Wallace.

With rookie Brutalist power forward Chris Wilcox, the two of them have a close and mid-range defense that feels like a double lock in the inside.

But the Magic have almost no one on the outside. They have not been able to find the outside superstar in recent years. Larry Hughes, whom he trained, has run away.

Although the Magic have done a good job in defense this season, playing 5 games at the beginning, limiting their opponents to score 92.8 points per game, and ranks seventh in the league in the beginning, but they average 89.4 points per game, third from the bottom in the league.

On the Supersonics side, the coaches were worried yesterday whether Zhang Hao's "encouragement" would make the two substitutes on the back line play more and more presumptuously.

As a result, Parker scored 10 points and 5 assists tonight, Ginobili scored 2 of 4 shots in 14 minutes and scored 6 points with 2 shots...

The adjustment of the two people's playing style is better than after serious education!

For a moment, the people in the Supersonics coaching team felt that their coaches for so many years were in vain...

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Zhang Hao has thought about Parker and Ginobili's guidance.

In the current team environment, when Zhang, who is 26 years old, is already the player in the top team age, he chose to give it a try.

Zhang Hao didn't care much about Ginobili's side. He just gave more than ten minutes of playing time in each game, and gave the ball and shooting rights.

Such players, similar to Jason Terry and JR Smith, are not good to give too many restrictions.

Parker needs attention, really - young players with serious rebellious psychology.

Such players may listen and do as they are strict in order to adjust, but the effect may not be good.

Encouragement + reminder may have good results.

At every stage of his career, Zhang Hao is adapting to the current situation.

Now he is paying attention to the personality traits of each teammate.

Just seem rough but delicate, just strict.

Artest, just hit him... just stimulate him.

For example, when he was free throw, he questioned that he was not even allowed to do free throws?', he developed his free throw shooting percentage to 75% in the second grade.

Artest needs the guidance of a sarcastic veteran like Boss Qiao.

This time Zhang Hao's attempt was effective.

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To be continued...