Bishop of the Devil

In mid-November, after the Trail Blazers finished their four consecutive home games, three consecutive away games were waiting for them.

The first game is against the Milwaukee Bucks, a team that Richard dislikes very much...

Speaking of the Bucks, Richard still hasn't figured out why he doesn't like them. It can even be said that he hates them. He just doesn't like this team for no reason.

But even if he didn't like it, Richard wouldn't call the Blazers players to fight with the Bucks...

That makes absolutely no sense.

In ancient times, before going to war, people had to find a reason, send out a message, occupy the moral high ground, and then get help from those who have the right to do so, and then take action.

For example, if Richard attacks Jazz, he has every reason and excuse. No one can say that Richard is crazy...

Because these two teams have a bloody feud, it is estimated that even if Richard does not engage the Jazz, the Jazz will still be thinking hard about how to regain the field from the Trail Blazers.

They were really fooled by Richard in the Western Conference semifinals last season...

As for the Bucks who are about to play against each other now, even if Richard doesn't like them, he has no reason to attack them. If he does attack them, wouldn't he be insane?

…

At eight o'clock in the evening, players from both sides began to enter the stadium.

Looking at the Bucks' lineup, Richard was immediately happy because their former second-in-command Vin Baker was missing...

Not only is the second in charge Vin Baker missing, but the original third in charge Sherman Douglas is also missing.

Back then, the Bucks were the first to ask Richard to come out. For the sake of Big Dog Robinson, Richard put forward a condition, that is, if he took charge of the Bucks, the first thing he had to do was to sell. Vin Baker and Douglas...

At that time, the Bucks management felt that Richard was crazy.

Unexpectedly, a year later, the Bucks would actually sell these two people...

However, in Richard's opinion, the timing of the Bucks' sale was not the right time at all. It could have been a year earlier or a year later, but they chose to sell it at a bad time in 1997...

The draft picks were exchanged, but in the end, Mao Dongxiang was not selected.

If it had been 1996 or 1998, with such a high probability of star production, maybe they would have been lucky enough to get a decent star...

At present, more than ten games in the regular season have been played, and all the mules and horses have slipped away. After some tricks, their record is not even as good as the record in the same period last season!

You know, last season, the Bucks only won 33 games...

This season, it is estimated that they will definitely not have many in the end.

I regret that if I had agreed to Richard's conditions and invited Richard to coach, I am afraid that the overall strength of the current Bucks would definitely be stronger than the current Trail Blazers!

Because the Bucks had a good foundation at the time and had a lot of chips...

If Richard was in charge, he would have selected more than three players in the 1996 draft.

But now, it's too late to say anything...

"Beep!" The referee blew the whistle to start the game.

The starting players of both sides began to appear.

Bucks' starting lineup: Center Ervin Johnson, the Nuggets' starting center last season, has played against Big Ben...

Power forward Te'Lon Hill was the Cavaliers' starting big man last season, the veteran big man who was beaten by Big Ben.

Small forward Big Dog Robinson, shooting guard Ray Allen.

Point guard Brandon, also a Cavaliers player last season...

It can be seen from this starting lineup that the Bucks really want to do something great. Except for Big Dog and Jun Zijian, all other starting players have been changed...

But due to poor operational capabilities, we ended up with a bunch of stinky tomatoes and rotten eggs...

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At the beginning of the game on the court, O'Neill got the ball. In the first offensive round, Rashid used Ben's pick-and-roll and went straight to the basket for an earth-shattering dunk.

The Bucks were completely helpless!

Te'lon Hill was completely dominated by Ben when he was with the Cavaliers.

And Earvin Johnson was actually dealt with by Ben. The Nuggets were preparing to break the Trail Blazers' pick-and-roll tactics and let go of Ben. As a result, Ben squeezed Earvin Johnson around under the basket and looked for him. Not surprisingly, Xiao Ao also took the opportunity to score 20+ points in that game.

And now, compared to last season, Ben's strength has been greatly improved!

These two defeated generals under Da Ben felt a little numb when they saw Da Ben...

Big Ben is now notorious for his evil reputation. No one knows whether he will suddenly go crazy and use the same force value to hammer himself with Ma Long...

No, to be precise, no one knows whether Richard on the sidelines will go crazy.

…

Richard was lying relaxedly on the bench, chatting with Stevens beside him. It was called relaxation.

There is really no need for Richard to pay too much attention to a team like the Bucks. With the strength of the Bucks, is it possible that they can make a difference?

The Bucks' forward and defensive lines are indeed very strong, but the possibility of defeating the Trail Blazers' iron barrel formation with the help of the Big Dog and Ray Allen is slim.

The game on the field was one-sided...

Although Ray Allen and Big Dog also have good output, before their game even started, it was already destined that the inside line would be reduced to rubbish by the Trail Blazers...

Ben and I almost took over all the rebounds in the game. As long as the rebounds were not too far apart, they were basically collected by these two people.

Defensively, the opponent's two centers had no desire to take action in front of Ben and O'Brien.

With such a huge inside advantage, the Trail Blazers, with Kobe Bryant in charge, must pass more passes to the inside...

Ben is not good at offense, or simply he doesn't like offense. Even if Kobe passes the ball to his hands, he will immediately hand it over to Ou, and then use his strong body to block Ou's position and let Ou pass. Get a comfortable shooting space!

By the end of the first half, O'Brien had already scored an astonishing 17 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks!

This statistic made Richard clapped his hands and laughed. Earvin Johnson seemed to be O'Brien's lucky star. O'Brien's best performance last season was against the bald man. In today's game, O'Brien's best performance was against him. Ao is obviously going to explode again!

Under such circumstances, Richard naturally has to give Xiao Ao enough playing time.

The original plan was to let Sao start the second half, but now he changed his mind and let Ou start in the second half.

In the third quarter of the game, Xiao Ao continued his amazing performance!

In just three minutes of play in the second half, O'Brien has already scored 21 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks!

Only the last rebound is missing to get a double-double...

It can be said that Xiao Ao's performance in this game, at least judging from the current situation, can be called perfect!

The scoring and rebounding statistics are all good, and even the blocking statistics, I got four in just over half a half!

Three of these four blocks were obtained by Bucks point guard Brandon...

With his height of 1.8 meters, Brandon may have mistaken himself for Iverson. In this game, he made all kinds of mad dashes to the basket, which really made O'Neill feel great!

There was even a goal where Brandon was blocked by O'Brien. Although Brandon was not injured, O'Brien was also called for a foul. It does not count as a block data, but being blocked by someone still made Brandon feel a little disgraced. …

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Xiao O's double-double only has the last rebound left!

In the Trail Blazers' offensive round, Bowen failed to score a three-point shot from the outside. Ben directly blocked his opponent Hill and Earvin Johnson, preparing to give the rebound to O'Brien...

It is quite common whether in NBA history or in later generations of basketball that one's own players are blocked on the court and compete for rebounds...

The Bulls' Luke Longley blocked the market and then squeezed out space for Rodman to grab rebounds!

In later generations of the Thunder, "one card eight" Adams was even more amazing. He not only blocked his opponents, but also blocked his own people, just to get more rebounds for his eldest brother Westbrook...

Take away yourself, and then take away the eldest brother Westbrook, he is really stuck...

So often after a game, I can get seven or eight offensive rebounds, but only four or five defensive rebounds!

Now the big book is on the beauty of adulthood, allowing Xiao Ao to get a double-double early!

…

Xiao Ou was overjoyed. He knew very well that Ben needed rebounding data more than he did...

In any case, I am not a pure blue-collar insider. Even if my rebounding data is poor, it does not matter. As long as I am threatening on the offensive end and threatening on the defensive end, that is enough...

But Ben is different. He is a pure blue-collar insider, and rebounding data is his lifeblood!

A blue-collar big man with no rebounds? That's called a blue-collar worker...

Under such circumstances, Ben was willing to block Ou's position and give the rebounding data to Ou, which undoubtedly made Ou very grateful.

It may be that Ou feels that this rebound is already in his possession, or it may be that Ou is so moved by Big Ben that he loses his mind.

When Xiao Ao jumped up to get the rebound, a small figure came out from behind and collected the rebound before Xiao Ao.

It was none other than Brandon, the disgraced little point guard who was blocked by Oga in this game!

After grabbing this rebound that O'Neill was destined to win, Brandon felt proud and proud.

People, when you feel proud and proud, something will definitely happen...

How about extreme happiness leading to sadness.

Brandon's small body, but he didn't know where the energy burst out from, and he roared at the tall Xiao Ao.

"Boy, this is just the first gift I give you!"

"You can't stop me, you can't stop my breakthrough!"

"Your mother shouldn't have let you come to the NBA, she should have taken you home!"

"MotherF..."

If Brandon had only said the first two sentences, the relatively "honest" Xiao Ao might not have had much of a reaction, but he might have stepped forward to repair this big-mouthed little man.

Xiao Ou is really the most honest one in the Trail Blazers' starting lineup, except for Robinson, a Buddhist player.

Maybe it’s because I’m too young now, or maybe I just don’t feel like I can do it myself…

But now Brandon's last two words can be said to be directly directed at Xiao Ao's reverse scale!

Xiao Ao's mother is also an extremely great mother.

When he was just born, his father had already disappeared without a trace. Xiao Ao's mother, who had just given birth for two weeks, had no choice but to take her brother Xiao Ao, who had just turned two years old, and the newborn Xiao Ao to work. …

My full-time job is as a nurse in a hospital, and I also work part-time as a receptionist in a bank after get off work.

It is completely conceivable that in Xiao Ao's heart, his mother is a kind of inverse existence. The reason why he entered the NBA so early was because he wanted his mother to enjoy life.

When he heard the word MF coming from the mouth of little Brandon, Xiao Ao immediately became anxious!

The rabbit bites people when it is anxious...

What's more, Xiao Ao is not a rabbit, he is a young evil tiger!

He grabbed Brandon's curly hair with a slap, his arm muscles swelled, and he actually clamped Brandon's neck under his armpit!

What happened next was even more jaw-dropping!

I saw Xiao O holding 80 kilograms of Barandon, but he did not attack directly, but rushed directly towards the passage of the visiting team's locker room...

After a summer of hard training, Xiao Ao's strength has improved a lot now. It's really not a big problem to hold Brandon weighing 80 kilograms between him.

The whole audience was speechless, what the hell is this? !

What happened? !

Even Richard looked confused...

He didn't pay much attention to what was going on on the field. He was just chatting with Stevens. When he heard the scene was completely silent, he saw O'Neill and Brandon running towards the locker room passage!

"What happened?!" Richard couldn't help but yelled, and he was completely confused!