Bishop of the Devil

The primary god-making mission has already started, and Richard will naturally start preparing for the mission next.

It was easy first and then difficult. Richard took Harrington's task first.

In addition, because Ben and Kobe had overlapping tasks last time, they came up with a combination of attributes. Richard planned to give it a try to see if he could come up with any combination of attributes this time.

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Next, the Trail Blazers will usher in a wave of four consecutive away games.

The opponents are the Grizzlies, Timberwolves, Bucks and Green Kai.

The schedule is relatively easy. Among the four teams, the Bucks and Timberwolves are slightly stronger, and the remaining two teams are both weak.

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The Grizzlies have been pretty miserable this season.

Originally, they really planned to create a two-point guard lineup similar to the 1998 Suns, with Mike Bibby plus Francis, and a powerful Raheem in the frontcourt.

Such a lineup still has a chance to hit the Eastern Conference playoffs. After all, the overall strength of the Eastern Conference is much worse than that of the Western Conference.

But the embarrassing thing is that during the offseason, Francis said he was unwilling to sign with the Grizzlies. He just didn’t want to go to Canada to play, and he didn’t want to go to Vancouver...

As a result, the Grizzlies had no choice but to make a trade with the Rockets, and exchanged them from the Rockets for Michael Dixon, a small forward and guard swingman with the 14th pick in the 1998 draft.

Judging from the current situation, the Grizzlies can't be said to be suffering. After all, Dickson averaged close to 20 points per game in the previous few games, which is quite impressive.

But in terms of prospects, in fact, the Grizzlies must have suffered a huge loss. Dickson is also a silver-colored pewter gun, which is useless. After one more season, he will be completely scrapped due to injuries...

Before he was scrapped, he also got a big contract with the Grizzlies with an annual salary of 6 million.

Anyway, the Grizzlies are quite miserable in terms of contracts...

There was Dixon before him and Parsons behind him.

Richard wanted to remind Grizzly Bear. After all, Grizzly Bear and Richard had a good relationship, but there was no way to say it out loud.

Now that Dixon is in a hot state, Richard goes to the Grizzly Bear and says that Dixon is going to be finished. He is a big waste. The Grizzly Bear can probably blow Richard out with a broom...

Only the devil knows if Richard has bad intentions.

Richard was also quite helpless about this...

Tonight's game against the Grizzlies, Richard came up with a lineup of Ou, Harrington, Nowitzki, Artest and Ginobili.

McGrady was temporarily put on the bench by Richard.

Now McGrady feels quite uncomfortable. He originally knew that after he was traded to the Trail Blazers, he was full of longing and felt that he might become the next Kobe!

But judging from the current situation, whether he can keep his starting position is a matter of two minds.

He could clearly feel that Richard used Ginobili more...

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The game on the court has begun. Before the starting lineup came on the stage, Richard specially gave some instructions to Xiao Ou to create some opportunities for Harrington.

The opportunity referred to here must be the rebound data...

The task requirement is to average 15 points and 8 rebounds per game, including 20 points and 10 rebounds in one game. In order to exceed the task, Richard will naturally have higher requirements for Harrington and strive to complete the task in the fourth game.

Fortunately, the Grizzlies' interior rebounding is considered to be relatively poor in the league. Rahim has no advantage in rebounding at all in front of O'Brien.

Harrington did get a lot of rebounds, and his offensive touch was pretty good.

After all, it's hard for this Grizzlies team to put together any decent defense...

At the end of the game, the Trail Blazers won by only 8 points, but the key was that Harrington completed his task well, which made Richard quite satisfied.

With 25 points and 12 rebounds, Harrington played the best game of his entire career tonight.

Harrington's mission goal is to score 75 points and 40 rebounds in five games, including 20+10 in one game!

And now 20+10 is considered completed, and 75 points and 40 rebounds is almost one-third completed...

This mission is really simple, so simple that Richard feels he has a good chance of completing the mission in three games!

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The only thing that makes Richard a little unhappy is that the tasks of Yaodao and the driver did not meet the standards in this game...

The main reason is that Harrington takes up too many shooting opportunities. Naturally, it is impossible for three players to score more than 20 points in every game.

After the game, Grizzlies head coach Brian Hill approached Richard with a bitter look on his face.

"Li, I'm really confused now and don't know what to do at all..."

Hill is really confused now. He has done everything he needs to do. The team's lineup is actually not bad. Raheem is now a first-line power forward in the league. He won Bibby last season and averaged 100 per game in his rookie season. The data of 15+8 cannot be faulted at all.

Logically speaking, such a combination of inside and outside would not lead to such a bad record...

Richard patted Hill on the shoulder and said he was helpless.

After all, the Grizzlies have too little background. They have just established the team a few years ago. Unless their management can have Richard's talent selection vision, it will be difficult to put together a lineup with excellent offense and defense...

The Grizzlies' offense is pretty good, but the defensive end is really bad.

"There's no way, Brian. Even if I were to take charge of the Grizzlies, I'm afraid I won't be able to make them rise in a year or two. I can only do it slowly..."

Brian Hill nodded. Having said that, how to take things slowly is a problem. The Grizzlies management has no patience. Hill feels that he will be fired halfway through this season.

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Richard has absolutely no way to help Hill, unless he lends them his capital, which may change the Grizzlies' current predicament.

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After the Grizzlies' away game, the Trail Blazers' record of 3 wins and 1 loss is still acceptable to the fans.

The Trail Blazers' next opponent is the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves this season are amazing. They also played four games and achieved exactly the same record as the Trail Blazers, also with three wins and one loss.

This can make Timberwolves fans happy.

In Richard's view, the Timberwolves are now beginning to take shape...

That is the era of three wolves!

Garnett, madman Sprewell, alien Cassel, and Szczerbiak on the bench.

In the 2003-04 season, the three-headed wolves fought against the Lakers F4 and played six games. If it weren't for the injury to the alien Cassell, the Lakers might not have been able to pass the Timberwolves...

Although the Timberwolves have not introduced madmen and aliens yet, they have an extra minivan.

In addition, Szczerbiak also started to join the team.

Coupled with the point guard Brandon they introduced from the Bucks, the lineup is still quite impressive...

Well, that's the Brandon who was beaten by Xiao Ou...

The only thing that gives the Timberwolves a headache is that they don't have a center, because Garnett's contract is so big that they have no way to bring in a center player above their standard.

In this era, even slightly reliable centers are priced astronomically...

It is conservatively estimated that the second-line center will have an annual salary of more than 5 million!

In desperation, the Timberwolves could only use Slovenian center Rasu Nesterovic, whom they selected with the 17th overall pick in the first round of 1998, as the starting center, and paired it with Joe Smith, the No. 1 pick in 1995...

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Barry and Szczerbiak are doing pretty well with the Timberwolves now.

The boss of the team is definitely Garnett, but Barry Jr. and Szczerbiak are both white, come from West Lafayette, and even have similar playing styles, so the relationship between the two is quite similar. close.

Garnett has a bad temper and often criticizes people during team training, but he doesn't dare to criticize these two white brothers...

If these two guys give up, Garnett will have a hard time.

Moreover, if that devil Richard finds out that he bullied West Lafayette players, Garnett feels that his life will definitely be even more difficult...

So no matter who Garnett trolls, he won't troll these white brothers.

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Richard met the white brothers before the game. Both of them were in a good mood, mainly because the team had a good record and they also felt that they had face in front of Richard...

The West Lafayette brothers who have now entered the league, in addition to the Blazers under Richard, are also the twin stars of the Philadelphia 76ers.

Now that the Timberwolves are also on the rise, the white brothers naturally have a lot of face in front of Richard.

Timberwolves head coach Saunders had a good chat with Richard again, recalling the past when he was playing in the Big Ten League...

Richard felt sleepy after hearing this...

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Richard still attaches great importance to playing against the Timberwolves, but Harrington's task is even more important.

The lineup of Ou, Harrington, Artest, Nowitzki and Ginobili continues to be on the court.

Richard originally wanted to put McGrady in the starting lineup, but considering that Artest seemed to be able to play some role in defending Garnett, he simply let McGrady sit on the bench.

McGrady on the bench let out a long sigh, completely miserable.

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At the beginning of the game, O'Brien got the ball for the Trail Blazers, and then Ginobili took charge of the first offensive round and broke into the Timberwolves penalty area directly.

"Dudu!" The moment the referee blew the whistle, the basketball hit the net.

At the beginning of the game, Ginobili hit 2+1 on Timberwolves young center Rasu!

"Whoa!" Another free throw hit.

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From the beginning, Ginobili's strong performance made Timberwolves coach Saunders jealous.

Such a defender is simply too coveted...

Looking at Brandon who was unable to do anything on his side and had nothing left to eat, Sanders was extremely envious of Richard.

Brandon's defense is rubbish, and his offense is okay, but it's definitely not as good as Ginobili.

If the Timberwolves can get Ginobili, Sanders feels that his Timberwolves can reach the Western Conference semifinals this year with a minimum guarantee!

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The ball changed and it was the Timberwolves' turn to attack. Barry received Garnett's pass from the outside and directly hit a three-pointer!

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After a few rounds, the strength displayed by the Timberwolves made Richard nod repeatedly.

It is said that Garnett is a player with his own system, and this is actually true.

The three power forwards in history are undoubtedly Duncan, Garnett and Nowitzki.

Duncan is strong in defense at the basket and inside, Nowitzki is strong in offense, but Garnett has a skill that the other two do not have, and that is organizational ability!

In recent seasons, Garnett's assists per game have reached around five.

This is simply unimaginable for an inside player.

Now the Timberwolves have Barry Jr. and Szczerbiak, two players who are good defenders and top three-pointers, and they are even more powerful!

Garnett can fully utilize his organizational advantages...

For a time, relying on their outstanding performance, the Timberwolves and Trail Blazers were in a stalemate. The scores of both sides increased alternately, but neither one got a significant advantage.

Sanders looked at the situation on the court and smiled like a flower. The opponent was the Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers who won last season!

Even if the Trail Blazers' strength declines this season, even if they rest two main players, they may be almost tied with the Trail Blazers, which makes Sanders full of joy!

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But before he could finish his joy, something seemed to happen on the court that Sanders never wanted to see.

Garnett and Blazers newcomer Ron Artest are at odds with each other...

It was absolutely normal for these two people to clash on the court.

Garnett plays like an old woman on the court, he just likes to nag, nag, nag...

Generally speaking, a person like this on the field would have to be hospitalized once every time he played.

Artest is so naive, how can he stand hearing Garnett nagging in his ear? !

"Son of a bitch, you just entered the league four years earlier than me. If you join the league with me, you son of a bitch will only be able to carry my shoes!"

I don't know what Garnett said, but it made Artest furious.

Pointing at Garnett's nose, he immediately started cursing...

Garnett was going crazy. I am a superstar with the largest contract in history. How dare you, a rookie with no hair on your face, do this to me? !

Dare you point your nose and scold me? ! If I don’t show you some colors today, I’m afraid you don’t know why the flowers are so red!

Artest actually didn't take Garnett seriously. Before he came on the court, Richard told him to help Harrington defend Garnett at all times...

As a result, Garnett scored several goals on Artest's head and muttered something dirty, which directly pissed off Artest!

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The two people on the field had already begun to tear each other's jerseys apart, and it looked like they were preparing for a fight.

Richard stood up and looked at the court with an ugly expression.

Seeing Richard standing up, Sanders was shocked. Not only him, but the entire Timberwolves home team fans felt suffocated.

Richard is not going to start a war, is he? !

Good guy, we Timberwolves are not the Jazz, we can't beat them at all...

Seeing that something was wrong with the situation on the court, O'Brien immediately rushed over and pushed Garnett away.

"Man, don't do anything you regret!" O'Brien pointed at Garnett's nose and said coldly.

Garnett was startled and became even more angry. He could feel Chi Guoguo's contempt in Xiao Ao's tone!

That's right, it's contempt!

Barry and Szczerbiak were a little panicked. Ben wasn't here for tonight's game. It would have been better if Ben was here. They were very familiar with Ben. Being a peacemaker, they would have a chance to make things happen. Children make big things into small things.

But now that Ben is not here, they are not too familiar with Xiao Ao. Although they are all West Lafayette brothers, their relationship must be close to each other...

Timberwolves point guard Brandon was shocked.

He recalled the fear of being dominated by Xiao Ao, and now he was standing far away, ready to escape to the bench at any time...

He is really afraid of Xiao Ao and has a deep psychological shadow on Xiao Ao.

So far in tonight's game, he has never been to the restricted area once.

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The Timberwolves' new big man, Rasu, came over at this moment, trying to help his boss Garnett.

"Get out!" Xiao Ao glared at him coldly, making little Lasu's little heart beat wildly.

The two Trail Blazers insiders have a reputation for being vicious. Little Lasu knew the reputation of these two villains when he didn't join the league.

At this moment, Xiao Ao shouted angrily, and he didn't dare to speak. He stood there dejectedly, at a loss, and he didn't know what to say...

"Jermaine, calm down..."

"Both of us are players from West Lafayette. We are all brothers. Calm down..."

"It's all a misunderstanding..."

Barry and Szczerbiak approached Xiao Ao and quickly established friendship, preparing to act as peacemakers like Bowen did a few days ago.

There is really no other way. If they really fight, it will be quite difficult for them both.

Let the Blazers players beat up Garnett? ! That's really inappropriate. After all, we are all teammates. Watching your teammates get beaten will not give you a good reputation.

Help Garnett play the Trail Blazers? That's not appropriate either. Richard is standing on the sidelines, so they definitely won't be able to do it.

So I can only act as a peacemaker and try to make this upcoming conflict disappear.

Seeing the two West Lafayette big brothers coming to dissuade him, Xiao Ao's expression softened a little.

He said coldly to Garnett: "Be careful next time and pay attention to your dirty mouth!"

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As soon as Xiao Ou said this, Artest behind him was unhappy.

Do you think this is over? ! Why don't you go beat up that foul-mouthed Garnett? !

no!

I, Ron Artest, don’t agree...

Just when everyone on the court thought that this matter was over, Artest, who was standing behind Xiao Ou, rushed out screaming.

"Son of a bitch, don't think that if someone is protecting you, I won't dare to beat you!"

"Brent, Wally, don't worry about this tonight, I'm going to beat this son of a bitch to death!"

"I'll fight you!"

The snarling Artest rushed directly towards Garnett...

Before the latter could react, he was kicked in the thigh.

Barry Jr. and Szczerbiak quickly stopped Artest, but with Artest's body as strong as a bull and going crazy, these two people really couldn't stop him.

Garnett suffered a loss and couldn't just watch. Taking advantage of his height and long arms, he scratched Artest twice...

Artest bared his teeth and growled, ready to fight Garnett for all he was worth.

But Garnett fully developed the essence of guerrilla warfare of fighting and retreating, and ran away after being scratched twice...

The beast is really anxious.

Using crazy strength, he directly pushed away the two white brothers, rushed to Garnett, jumped up and punched...

Shot empty.

Fighting master Garnett's dodge skills are not just blown away...

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One hit missed, another punch came.

This time, Garnett was hit hard in the face with a fist, and his nosebleed poured down.

The forest wolf generals saw that the situation was not good, and the four of them quickly stopped the beast.

"Go up and drive those gangsters off the field..." Richard turned to Zhang Weiping and said.

Because the league introduced a "Richard Rule" in the past two seasons, the team's head coach cannot appear when there is a conflict.

So now Richard can't even try to dissuade him, he can only let Zhang Weiping go.

Zhang Weiping rushed onto the court directly, "Get out of the way, get out of the way, Richard wants you all to get off the field..."

"Ron, didn't you hear what I said? Richard wants you to get out!"

"If you do something stupid again, be careful that Richard will deal with you!"

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Seeing Trail Blazers assistant coach Zhang Weiping come on the scene to make the rescue, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The referee blew his whistle and sent Artest and Garnett off the court.

Of course, if Garnett has a nosebleed, he will definitely have to leave the game even if he is not punished...

"Coach, look at how I was scratched by him?" Artest walked up to Richard, a little angry, and held his neck to let Richard see the wound on his neck.

There were several bloody marks on his neck, and there were also bloody marks on his forehead, which looked quite miserable.

No wonder Artest is anxious...

But this is not a major injury, not even a minor injury.

"Okay, let's go back to the locker room first and wait until the game is over!" Richard said with a dumbfounded voice.

He really had no intention of conflicting with the Timberwolves, but Artest's time bomb exploded...

Fortunately, the conflict was small and only Garnett and Artest were ejected.

Neither of these two people took advantage anyway.

Artest was scratched and bleeding, and Garnett wasn't much better. He was punched and his nose started to bleed.

The relationship between the two people was finally settled, but it was so inexplicable that Richard didn't even know what happened.

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Timberwolves fans and their head coach Saunders breathed a huge sigh of relief.

It’s okay if things don’t get too big...

Now he just offends a new guy on the other side, so it is expected that Richard will not make a fuss and hate the Timberwolves.

If they really got into trouble with this gang of villains, then the Timberwolves would be really unlucky...

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Sanders nodded at Richard with an apologetic expression.

Richard also smiled and nodded at the other party...

As for tonight's incident, I really can't tell who to blame, and there is no need for Richard to quarrel with Sanders.

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A minor conflict was over, the referee breathed a sigh of relief and the game continued.

With Garnett out, the Timberwolves are undoubtedly doomed...

Harrington played quite comfortably, and with the help of O'Brien, his data kept rising.

When the game ended, Harrington got some pretty amazing data.

27 points and 15 rebounds!