"Kill them!"

"Portland wins!"

At eight o'clock in the evening on December 27, the Trail Blazers will host the NBA hegemon Chicago Bulls!

The fans at the scene screamed excitedly, after the previous victory over the Lakers, the Trail Blazers were pinned on high hopes by the fans!

In the eyes of fans, the biggest attraction of this game is the duel between Big Ben and Rodman.

But Richard feels that the biggest attraction is what kind of offensive level the young Mamba can play under Jordan when he has unlimited firing rights.

"Rebound!"

"Defend!"

"I need you guys to rebound and defend well!"

"Kobe Bryant's game is our absolute main point of attack, and the others will do a good job!"

Before Richard made his debut, he gave another ......

Regarding Kobe Bryant's unlimited right to fire in this game, although everyone was a little confused, they didn't think much about it.

……

The schedule goes into late December, and the Trail Blazers have two games left to wrap up their 2016 schedule.

After a total of 35 games, the Trail Blazers are almost halfway through their schedule, and at this time they have a record of 22 wins and 13 losses, a winning rate of 62 percent!

The Lakers' win rate is 68 percent, and the gap between the Trail Blazers and the Lakers is not too big.

But to say that in the remaining half of the season, whether the Trail Blazers can catch up with the Lakers, it can only be said that the possibility is not very high.

In the first half of the season of the Trail Blazers, the schedule is relatively easy, at least compared to the Lakers, and in the second half of the season, the Trail Blazers will face many strong teams.

In this case, it is difficult to maintain a win rate of more than 60%.

However, this has no impact on the Trail Blazers, who are ranked sixth in the West, and the Timberwolves are currently less than 50%, only 48 percent, which is a huge gap compared to the Trail Blazers.

With almost halfway through the schedule, it is clear that the Timberwolves will have a hard time catching up with the Trail Blazers.

Basically, the spots of the top five teams in the Western Conference playoffs this season have been decided......

The first-ranked Utah Jazz, with a winning rate of nearly eighty percent, is obviously difficult to shake, while the second and third Rockets have the same record as the SuperSonics, which is not as good as the Jazz, but better than the Lakers, so the rankings of their two teams will not change much.

The Lakers are fourth, and the Trail Blazers are fifth.

Judging by the current situation, the Trail Blazers will face the Lakers in the first round of the playoffs and the Jazz in the second round......

It's clearly a hellish playoff schedule.

……

"Doot toot!" The referee blew the whistle for the start of the match.

Both starters began to take the field.

Bulls starting lineup: center Luke Longley, power forward Dennis Rodman, small forward Pi Erye, backcourt Joe Gang and Ron Harper.

Also on the bench were good players such as Kukoc, Kerr, Jason Kafee, Bill Winnington, etc.

Judging from the Bulls' lineup, there is no point guard in the strict sense of the word in this team's lineup, and Harper, the backcourt who partners with Jordan, is not a point guard, but a swingman at the front.

If you really want to find an organization point in the Bulls lineup, it is undoubtedly the point of Pi Erye.

Looking closely at the future Warriors head coach Steve Kerr let Chase Green play the position of playmaking forward, I am afraid that it is also because of his experience with the Bulls.

……

Whether the Bulls have a point guard or not, Richard doesn't care, and he doesn't even care much about winning or losing this game.

What he cares about is what kind of performance Kobe Bryant can play in this game!

……

Players from both sides walked to the halfcourt line to execute the jump ball, and the Trail Blazers appeared in the No. 2 starting lineup, and Big Ben was not suitable for the jump ball, but let Rashid handle it.

Luke Longley, the center of the Bulls' second three-time three-peat.

This is an unlucky guy, the biggest glory of his entire career is to win three consecutive championships with the Bulls, but tragically, because his house is on fire, all three championship rings are missing......

If you say that you are unlucky or not, it is equivalent to working in vain for a lifetime.

Rashid got the ball for the Trail Blazers in the first offensive round, and Bryant got the ball and started to push forward.

Kobe's expression looked quite calm, but judging from his behavior of holding the ball and rushing directly towards Jordan, this guy may not be as calm as he looks on his face.

Jordan also saw Kobe Bryant rushing towards him with the ball, and couldn't help laughing.

This kind of stunned young man who tries to challenge himself has to teach Jordan a few lessons almost every season......

Kobe Bryant killed the Western powerhouse Lakers a few days ago, and he is already considered to be a very good rookie this year, and Jordan has also heard of it, but how can Jordan put such a newcomer in his eyes, no matter how good he is, he is just a newcomer.

……

Soon, Kobe Bryant and Jordan were on the opposite side.

The young and vigorous Kobe, after encountering Jordan outside the three-point line, dribbled behind his back, trying to pass Jordan and rush to the Bulls penalty area.

But Jordan's defense is not vegetarian, and he is one of the few who can get DPOY as a backcourt player.

If Glove Payton is the god of defense at the point guard position, then Jordan can almost be regarded as the god of defense at the point guard position......

9 times to defend one line, and one DPOY to take!

Kobe Bryant's operation was directly broken by Jordan with his long arm, who counterattacked quickly with the ball, and directly came to a dragon tomahawk split.

……

Seeing that he was taught a hard lesson by Jordan for the first time, Kobe Bryant did not show any embarrassed expression on his face.

Not to mention that Kobe Bryant is stupid and bold, even when he didn't touch four in a row in the playoffs, he didn't have any embarrassed expression on his face......

It was the offensive round of the Trail Blazers again, and Kobe Bryant did not continue to single Jordan this time, but chose to pass the ball to Rashid.

The latter, defended by Pippen, scored a mid-range shot.

The Bulls' offensive round.

The triangle offense is the Bulls' signature tactic, and it's a well-known thing.

In terms of tactical difficulty, the triangular attack is both difficult and simple......

Unlike Princeton's tactics, players in the triangle offensive system are more autonomous, and the offensive end is quite free, and there will often be a situation where outside players play 1v1 singles in the high post......

Such a situation is unlikely in the Princeton system.

It may seem like a relatively simple tactic, but this tactic requires a lot of individual strength!

If the Princeton system is a civilian tactic, then the triangle offense is an aristocratic tactic, and a team with no family background wants to play a triangle offense? That's undoubtedly self-defeating......

Jordan held the ball outside the three-point line, and without saying a word, he rushed directly to the basket under Kobe's defense.

"Huh!"

"Doot toot!"

Near the free throw line, Jordan threw directly backwards, and the basketball was easily scored, not only that, but Kobe Bryant was also whistled by the referee for a foul.

The hit works, plus a free throw!

Jordan made a steady penalty and successfully scored 2+1......

At the beginning, under the defense of the young Kobe, Jordan scored five points in a row with understatement, which was as simple as eating and drinking.

Richard stood on the sidelines, frowning......

Jordan is just too strong!

It's a little scary!

As an outside player, his offensive threat on the court is not inferior to the inside giant O'Neal.

The key is that Richard still has nothing to do with Jordan now, O'Neal can use shark slashing tactics, and what about Jordan?

Jordan's free throw shooting rate of more than eighty percent, you go to cut him, it's definitely the head iron.