"Top pick? :

Goal: Under the host’s guidance, special contract player Zhang Hao must surpass Joe Smith in points, rebounds, and assists in the upcoming game against the Warriors.

Reward: The host receives a lifespan reward equal to the difference in these three stats.

Optional Advanced Goal: Include steals and blocks in the target, and Zhang Hao must exceed Joe Smith in all five categories.

Advanced Reward: The host receives double the lifespan reward based on the difference in these five stats.

Note: Rewards do not stack."

The mission has arrived, and first, Zhang Hao calmly analyzed the situation.

"I’m definitely better than him in scoring, but rebounds and assists are hard to say... Assists depend on whether my teammates can make shots, rebounds... Let my teammates block him! Good idea!

Advanced goal, I’m certainly better at blocking, after all, I’m in the league’s top ten for blocks, steals, let me see... Damn! He averages 1 steal, I average 0.6... It’s not impossible to fight for it, let’s fight!"

Looking at his lifespan of 806 days, getting closer to 1,000 days, Zhang Hao definitely has to fight!

"The host chooses the advanced goal..."

Seeing the task prompt, Zhang Hao’s fighting spirit ignited!

Coincidentally, just as Joe Smith walked out from the away players’ tunnel, his teammates instinctively glanced at Zhang Hao... Wow! So aggressive!

Our rookie indeed gets aggressive when he sees players ranked higher from the same draft class!

Currently, in the midst of a winning streak, the other Lakers players are also fully motivated, no one wants the streak to end.

Of course, because the winning streak has lasted quite long, there’s a fear of the streak breaking, so they’re constantly finding motivation, working hard, and striving to play their best in every game.

Tonight, playing against the Warriors... really, there’s nothing to get them hyped.

But now, there is!

As these emotions emerged, they were greatly amplified.

So, when the home team Lakers came out, Zhang Hao was surprised to find that tonight, his teammates’ eyes were full of passion, as if they wanted to crush the opposing Warriors.

"We don’t seem to have any grudges with the Warriors, right? My teammates are truly a group of players who love the game and yearn for victory!"

Zhang Hao silently gave a thumbs up to his teammates.

Looking at the Warriors lineup, Zhang Hao thought Adelman and Larry Brown were similar. This seasoned coach only knows one strategy, opposite to Larry Brown’s defensive play, Adelman is good at offense, only capable of leading a team with explosive talent where everyone can pass to win games.

For instance, the early 90s Blazers, with Drexler, Terry Porter, Jerome Kersey, Buck Williams, Kevin Duckworth, such a strong team that even had to give up shots for each other because they were so good, Adelman led them to over 60 wins during the offensive era peak in the early 90s.

That is definitely capability, managing a lineup with four or five All-Star caliber talents well is definitely capable.

Coaching a star-studded lineup without enough ability or leadership would drive anyone crazy.

Thinking this way, Zhang Hao also found Adelman quite like Zen Master, though Adelman always had more stars than Zen Master, the best players were always a notch inferior.

The real difference between the two is Zen Master’s ability to adjust the triangle offense based on the stars’ characteristics while Adelman requires the players to meet stricter criteria.

Behold, the Warriors lineup is quite excellent, with Oliver Miller, Chris Gatling, Joe Smith, Ronnie Seikaly, and old partner Jerome Kersey inside; outside they have Spree, Tim Hardaway, Chris Mullin, BJ Armstrong... This lineup isn’t worse than any top-four team in the West! But it doesn’t fit Adelman’s style at all.

Adelman’s playstyle of ball movement and player movement is not executed at all in this team, and he very much dislikes players who hold the ball too long, like theoretically the Warriors’ best player, Tim Hardaway, who is only used as a substitute under Adelman.

Chris Mullen is also not favored by Adelman.

Last season when Adelman wasn’t here, Mullen averaged 19 points and 5 assists, Tim Hardaway 20 points and 9 assists, this season both are substitutes, with their playing time almost halved because both have a ball-dominant style, along with Madman who also has a ball-dominant style, it’s simply unsolvable... From a tactical perspective, there’s virtually no answer to their integration.

Yet Adelman directly makes them substitutes... The Warriors have gotten even worse.

No particular grudges between the two teams, but also not much interaction, not much communication pre-game, and Donnell Marshall holds no particular fondness for his old team.

Soon, at 7:28 PM, Zhang Hao came to the tech table, wiped the magnesium powder, grabbed a handful, and threw it into the air, turning around and heading to the center circle.

The fans immediately screamed seeing this scene!

Many noticed, Zhang Hao has a mysterious belief in magnesium powder.

Generally, it’s just ordinary magnesium powder wiping.

In important games, he wipes magnesium powder pre-game.

If conflicts arise with opponents on the road, and he gets annoyed, he blows magnesium powder at the constantly noisy away fans...

Fans are eagerly expecting what other moves Zhang Hao has with magnesium powder.

His teammates seeing Zhang Hao’s starting gesture with the magnesium powder are more convinced that Zhang Hao is going to go all-out against the rookies from the same draft class tonight!

The rousing fighting spirit rises on the Lakers team!

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