The more Richard thought about it, the more numb his scalp became.

He has a lofty goal, he wants to pursue the championship, even if he can't beat the Bulls this year, next year, as long as they can pass the Spurs, then the championship is basically stable!

And if the Jazz make a PY deal with the Lakers, it's over.

Neither the Spurs nor the Trail Blazers are any match for the Lakers, who can almost be said to have won the championship.

……

Now Richard can only comfort himself, these people go out to wave, that's because they are born **, not thinking about joining forces to engage themselves.

In fact, at this point in time, if Malone and O'Neill want to join forces, it will be difficult, and it will definitely not be as easy as thought.

But if both parties have the will, it's really not a difficult thing......

For example, the Lakers paid a big price to rent Malone from the Jazz for a year!

It's really hard to say this kind of thing, and the Lakers can definitely do it......

"I don't think so......"

"No matter what, the revenge must be avenged, Malone wants to go, if you really go to the Lakers, Lao Tzu will put the fire on Stockton, see it once and fight once!" Richard was also ruthless.

……

This possible PY trade between the Lakers and the Jazz made Richard aware of a problem.

I've really offended too many teams......

Because of the continued entry of West Lafayette players into the NBA, Richard's "power" in the NBA has become greater, but his enemies have also increased.

As the number of enemies increases, it is possible that half of the league will emerge in the future, attacking Richard......

……

But even if he knew this, Richard couldn't help it, his temper was like this, and it was better to expect him to make compromises, than to count on Big Ben's free throw shooting rate of ninety percent......

For example, in the upcoming game against the Jazz, Richard didn't think about shaking hands with the Jazz at all.

The first thing on his mind was revenge......

Revenge for almost being elbowed and burping, revenge for Kobe Bryant's almost abolition of Sun Gen, and revenge for Ben being beaten and bleeding!

If you have revenge, you will not take revenge, and you are not a gentleman!

Richard feels that he is not a gentleman, but the revenge still has to be avenged, no matter what Malone has in mind now, he will not let go of the Jazz in the upcoming game anyway.

……

The last day of December.

The Trail Blazers have played 36 games, nearly half of the schedule, and have an excellent record of 26 wins and 10 losses, with a winning rate of 72.2%!

This number of wins has overtaken the Lakers, Suns and Spurs, and is currently in third place in the West.

And there is only one win away from the SuperSonics, who are second in the West, and two wins away from the Jazz, who are first in the West.

The gap is almost negligible!

This is a ranking that Richard is quite satisfied with, and if the future record ranking remains unchanged, the Trail Blazers will play the Suns in the first round of the playoffs and the supersonic in the second round, which is quite a cost-effective schedule.

If it falls to fourth, it is likely to play the Spurs in the first round and the Jazz in the second round......

If it rises to second, it is likely to face the Timberwolves in the first round and the Lakers in the second round.

Overall, ranking third in the West is the most advantageous position for the Trail Blazers, and going up or down will invisibly increase the difficulty of the playoff schedule.

As the head coach of a team, there are times when you think about a lot of things.

There have even been times when the head coach has to strategically forgo some games for a better playoff schedule......

Now that the schedule is almost halfway through, Richard naturally has to start thinking about these things.

……

This game against the Jazz is the home of the Trail Blazers.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the players were summoned to the training ground, and Richard had a grim face......

The atmosphere was extremely cold, and everyone was waiting for Richard to speak.

Tonight's opponent is the arch-rival Jazz, and it's also the home of their Trail Blazers, so you have to give the Jazz a little color.

"Coach, let's talk, what do you do?!"

"I've been waiting for a day, I've been waiting for more than half a year!"

Before Richard could speak, Big Ben couldn't help it and said in a cold voice.

The last time they played against the Jazz was in May this year, and now it's the end of the year, and in the blink of an eye, more than half a year has passed......

Just like Big Ben said, he has been waiting for more than half a day!

Every day crazy hard training, crazy polishing strength, crazy to get carried away, for what?

For today!

In order to find a place at Malone today!

He's Big Ben, he can't lose!

There is no doubt that in Big Ben's opinion, he lost last time, and this time he will not be the one to lose, especially under the noses of tens of thousands of Portland fans, he must not lose.

……

Bryant clenched his fists, thinking back to that Western Conference semifinals series, and there was a dull ache underneath him.

"Coach, I won't let them go this time!"

"That is, in the Western Conference semifinals, I can't play, otherwise, I would have found this field last season!"

Kobe Bryant is also angry when he thinks of the past now.

……

"Brothers, Big Ben is right, we have been waiting for this day for more than half a year!"

"Kobe Bryant, this kid is right, we won't let them go this time!"

"The only time I, Richard, had such an embarrassment in my life, it was because of Sizz!"

"In front of tens of thousands of people, no, it was a live broadcast in the United States, a live broadcast all over the world, and Lao Tzu was spit out......"

"Kobe Bryant was knocked unconscious, and Big Ben was beaten with a blue nose and swollen face!"

"If you don't take revenge, I, Richard, will not be a man!"

……

"Kill them!"

"Fuck those sons of bitches!"

"This time in our territory, beat them into dead dogs!"

The pioneers and gangsters shouted angrily, and no one will forget that tragedy.

Although in the end, the Trail Blazers killed the Jazz and made them lose their qualification for the Finals, but the Trail Blazers still suffered a big loss.

Because no one was too badly injured by the Jazz.

This loss must be returned, and this field must be recovered!

"Tonight, tonight!"

"I'm not just going to see blood, I'm going to fucking have their Jazz players stretchered off!"

"I'm going to make Jazz tremble, I'm going to make Jazz despair!"

"I'm going to let those bitches shiver when they hear my Richard's name, and they tremble when they hear our trailblazer's name!"

"I'm going to make them pay the price of blood!"

Richard roared like a general about to go on an expedition, encouraging his strong generals!

There's no morale-boosting technique, just anger, boundless rage, the anger that the Portland gangsters can feel!