The NBA headquarters is now busy doing something to promote the NBA's Internet search popularity in March is higher than that of the NCAA, and this is a change brought by Zhang Hao, which has brought the NBA to a new stage.

On April 2, after the Supersonics finished preparing for the next training with the Bulls, Zhang Hao and Jason Williams talked about this.

Zhang Hao was a little confused: "NBA official took the initiative to promote this?"

"Of course they have to promote it. How can others know that our Supersonics have a higher rating in March than the two teams in the NCAA Basketball Championship?

Isn’t this just like Wang Po selling melons?

But if you think about it carefully, it seems that marketing is almost always the operation of Wang Po selling melons.

"I understand. Many people will follow the trend and pay attention to a 'hot event'. The same is true for sports fans. The more popular an event is, the more people discuss, the more people participate in the discussion, and the more people pay attention to it. Many people are very proud of their face. They think that they must know more about the popular things others discuss... "

Jason Williams was surprised when he saw Zhang Hao at one point.

But when Zhang Hao said it more and more deeply, Jason Williams began to sweat coldly... He didn't think so much! This guy still has questions to ask next, what should he do if he can't answer?

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On April 3, 2004, the Supersonics' home game day was here.

NCAA has always believed that the NBA was suspended on the NCAA Basketball Championship final day because it was because it was afraid of ratings, attention comparison, etc., etc. The gap was too big.

The fact is always the case. Compared with the NCAA Basketball Championship finals, the NBA regular season ratings and attention are definitely a lot worse.

Comparing the NBA Finals, it is not necessarily the one who loses and wins. In only three periods of NBA Finals can steadily beat the NCAA Basketball Championship finals, the Age of God, and the Age of Buddha.

But this year, the NCAA is really grateful that the NBA will always make way for the NCAA Basketball Championship finals.

In this match between the Supersonics and the Bulls, the major media announced the booking paid ratings of more than 190,000 times at 12 noon!

Zhang Hao's super personal performance this season and his super state continuity continue to drive the increase in ratings and ticket revenue. The later the period, Zhang Hao's more irritable performance, the stronger the promotion it brings.

The NCAA is really afraid that the NBA's current offensive to promote public opinion will become stronger and stronger. If it really stops making way for the NCAA in the future...

Some people have always said that David Stern is a steady president, but his stability is based on the fact that there is no way to leverage some things, he will take decisive actions, such as blew away the cold wind for several hours outside the office of the imperial court station for the leader to receive.

Otherwise, the NBA would not be able to go from a small transparent to a top league with a revenue of billions of dollars per year.

Although NCAA and NBA have been two leagues that complement each other since then and have no substantial conflict of interest, this kind of thing is relative.

Although the number of paid bookings for the NCAA Basketball Championship final has not yet been announced, in previous years, the number of bookings by noon on the day of the final was about 30 million.

The Supersonics and Bulls match were only regular season, and there were 190,000 times.

The Supersonics and the Bulls have a lot of attention in this game. Whether the Supersonics can continue to win in a row is largely due to the game. The opponents behind, even the Lakers who are at the end of the curtain call, are not particularly difficult for the Supersonics, and the Bulls after McGrady recovers from injury.

At 7:10 pm, players from the Bulls and Supersonics entered the X Stadium.

"Bryant Bryant, 25 years old, 198 cm, 98 kg, ability evaluation 98... Average 27.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 2.2 steals per game... shooting percentage is 47.1%, three-point shooting percentage is 38.3%..."

"Tracey McGrady, 25 years old, 203 cm, 96 kg, ability evaluation 98... Average 20.9 points, 5.1 rebounds, 7.2 assists and 1.6 blocks..."

"Ben Wallace, 29 years old, 206 cm, 109 kg, ability evaluation 83, offense 55, defense 100... Average 11.2 points, 15.5 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game..."

"The Chicago Bulls have played 76 games in the 2003-2004 season, with 55 wins and losses, with averaging 98.9 points per game, limiting their opponents to average 90.1 points per game, shooting percentage 45.6%, and limiting their opponents to shoot 43.1% from the field..."

The Bulls were once competing for second place in the Eastern Conference with the Pacers and were competing for two.

Unfortunately, McGrady was injured for a while after the All-Star Weekend, and the Bulls' record has declined.

But although the Bulls lost a lot during that period, their data were actually quite good. Kobe led the team C, but he was just a little bit away.

A team with strong teamwork and no end point at that critical moment may often encounter a little bit of a poor game.

Conversely, if a team with a super end point is good enough, they often play with their opponents to the end, but because the person who has not sorted out the overall attack will often encounter a little bit of a game.

Ben Wallace is the defensive decisive player. When McGrady and Kobe gathered together... it put a huge pressure on the SuperSonics, who are at home!

At 7:30 pm, the Supersonics' home game against the Bulls started.

The Supersonics sent Kassel, Marquis Daniels, Artest, Odom and Zhang Hao.

The Bulls sent McGrady, Kobe, Desmond Mason, Horry and Ben Wallace.

After the game began, the two teams tacitly started a defensive tug-of-war.

Although it was the NO-handheak era, it was still the same as in previous years. By April, the referee's dictator's criterion would become much looser.

After a season, the players have become accustomed to the defense of the NO-handheak era. Ben Wallace returned to the 100 defense evaluation at his peak. Although Artest failed to enjoy the defensive rules of the old era that could crazily pull the confrontation when he entered the golden period of his career, it is good to have a good talent. Now there is a defense of 97, and it is similar to Zhang Hao, which is a defense that is mainly single-defense.

This time, the Bulls are preparing to suffer more in single defense, so they use team defense to compete!

Bulls players, Kobe is fierce in single defense; Ben Wallace is a single defense running and jump player who defends well, but generally speaking, he is a supplementary defense and assisted defense type; McGrady is more comprehensive, without having to be responsible for too many offensive scenes, even if he passes, Kobe has shared the pass this season, whether it is single defense or assisted defense, he is at the top level at the top.

Except for these three superstars, the Bulls have good defense, and Desmond Mason and Horry are all players with excellent team defense.

As for the Supersonics, Kirilianko was on the court, the team defense was the main focus. Before Kirilianko had even played, they mainly focused on single defense + switch defense.

Marquis Daniels, a 198-centimeter forward guard swinger, was placed in order to allow seamless defense switching at the 2-4 position.

Tonight, the Supersonics team's defensive strategy is mainly based on single defense + quick change of defense when encountering pick-and-roll, which has a better effect.

Zhang Hao proposed to want such a defense, which in his opinion was more in line with the lineup structure of their team. Defensive assistant coach Buzderick really made such a defense for Zhang Hao. After playing for so long after the All-Star Weekend, in April, it looked pretty good against the Bulls, a defensive team!

After the first quarter, the Supersonics led the Bulls by 23 points and entered the quarter break.

The fans on the scene were happy but a little angry when they saw their team’s performance tonight!

The last time the Supersonics played against the Bulls away, the two teams scored so high that they started to play defense at home!

But seeing Artest bullying McGrady with hand-to-hand combat, Marquis Daniels and Odom, Zhang Hao's unlimited defense replacement effect against Kobe... Supersonics fans think that, in fact, they don't like beautiful offense that much.

The Supersonics have been able to win 6 consecutive victories in recent times. In addition to Zhang Hao's offensive performance, Artest's defensive performance is very explosive. In addition, they are constantly adjusting their playing styles according to the rules of the new era. The adjustment effect is getting better and better as the regular season approaches. However, the schedule in mid-to-late March is too tight. There are 4 back-to-backs in more than 20 days. I can't tell it. I have been resting at home for two days, resting at home, and have enough time to make targeted defensive preparations for an opponent, which is excellent!

But this defensive strategy has its shortcomings, and its big disadvantages rely heavily on personal defensive ability.

The Supersonics lineup, from Marquez Daniels to Zhang Hao, was sent out in four positions, and the ones who were the strongest single defense in the stage.

As long as Odom is not distracted, his single defense is really the best power forward position when Zhang Hao plays center.

Kassel is a good adhesive in this lineup.

When it comes to the rotation stage, the pressure comes.

Kirilenko and Artest took Arroyo, Ginobili, and Chandler to play rotation time.

At this time, the Bulls' advantage came!

The biggest advantage of playing team defense is that it can avoid defensive flaws in certain positions.

Like now, Ben Wallace brings two big defensive pits with Jamal Crawford and Radmanovic, but the point guard has Fred Hoyberg, and the center position has a meat shield, Gerani McCoy, and the defense is not bad!

And the Supersonics side have a bigger decline in defense than the Supersonics!

The main thing is the strength comparison. Although neither Kobe nor McGrady was playing, Jamal Crawford's singles ability was too outstanding! The Supersonics couldn't defend themselves!

After playing for nearly 4 minutes, seeing the situation gradually getting worse, Zhang Hao hit his back of his hand, "I'm so bad luck. I didn't scratch the prize from both lottery tickets. Fortunately, Zuo Mo wouldn't cheat tonight."

The Supersonics were beaten 9-6 and were overtaken by the Bulls. The score was 29-30, and Zhang Hao called a timeout.

In the last time, the Bulls tried to fight against the Supersonics with their team offense and defense, but it actually had an effect.

However, due to Rivers' lack of coaching experience and poor ability to adapt on the spot, he panicked when encountering problems and thought about relying on stars.

After many days, Rivers firmly played against the team defense in this fight, and even if he suffered a loss at the beginning, he would persist.

Until now, it has been rewarded!

After entering the pause, Zhang Hao wrote and painted for a while, and finally made a rotation decision.

Just now, Zhang Hao and Odom both took a break. Now that they are on the court, Artest can slow down. The other three players sent by Zhang Hao are Kassel, Kirilenko, and Deshen Stevenson.

In nearly 4 minutes, Arroyo and Ginobili had given enough chances to try. As a result, the two played 5 times in 6 offensive rounds, and only scored 3 points in total. Compared with Artest, who had only 1 offensive round, he scored the same score. Artest scored 2 points in a single shot with a strong single shot, grabbed an offensive rebound, and made a tip-in for a foul and made 1 free throw.

The Supersonics coaching team's opinion during the timeout is to continue the defense in the first quarter and try to strengthen the single defense ability.

The tactics drawn by Zhang Hao when he entered the pause were the same, mainly stable.

However, this lineup sent by Zhang Hao is not like this.

The defense was so good in the first quarter, but Zhang Hao gave up that style of play and replaced it with a lineup of regional attacks!

Deshen Stevenson, Kirilenko and Kassel are playing together to play team defense, and the defensive strategy... let Radmanovich go out!

Radmanovic came on as a substitute for 2 minutes in the first quarter. At nearly 4 minutes at the beginning of the second quarter, Radmanovic played a full game, and Zhang Hao obviously discovered that the ski man was too nervous in this game.

Zhang Hao thought about paying attention to this point before the game.

When the Bulls fight against strong teams this season, Radmanovic has a high probability of being nervous, and the data of playing in the playoff level team is obviously much worse than that of playing in the non-playoff teams.

Radmanovic is very capable, one of the best shooting power forwards in the league, but his psychological quality is too poor.

This time, Zhang Hao took advantage of it!

The Bulls need a pitcher who can open up space. Horry is the best choice, but Horry is older and can play so much time in one game. If the Bulls want to maintain good team offensive ability in offense and avoid falling into a situation where they compete with Zhang Hao, Cassel and Artest to fight pure singles ability, they have to pull the space away.

Therefore, Zhang Hao gave up the effective single defense strategy at the beginning, and chose to send Kassel and Kirilenko, two teammates with better awareness of restoring defense and attack!

The defense at the basket was safe to leave to Zhang Hao, and the shooting outside was safe to leave Radmanovic empty. The performance of Zhang Hao and Radmanovic made the Supersonics very satisfied!

Radmanovic made three open shots, and the first two shots were made. The first time was fine, but the second time he hit the basket and the second time he hit the net.

The third time I took the empty seat, there was no iron, and there was no frame directly...
To be continued...