Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 314 Portland Clouds

"From Los Angeles to New Jersey! From Charlotte to Portland! If a tour group decides to make such an itinerary and let us complete it within six days, I will definitely educate him in front of him! ” Boarding the nastiest plane again, Jim started his daily whining.

As a new team, the Charlotte Bobcats don't have many fans. Many fans came to watch the Lakers in the last game, but Jim let the starting lineup play only two and a half quarters in order to save his energy for the next game.Not enjoying the wonderful performance of the stars, these Lakers fans came back disappointed. The only consolation may be that the team won the ball.

"Sir, I need to remind you that if there are media reporters or league officials here, your remarks just now have cost you about 50 dollars." Stevens "kindly" reminded Jim.

"Do you believe that the schedule is determined by the computer? Anyway, I don't believe it. I always feel that the bad old man David Stern is targeting us. That guy is very bad."

Seeing that Jim has entered a state of "persecution paranoia", Stevens thinks it's best not to talk too much at this time.

Up next for the Lakers is the injury-plagued Portland Trail Blazers, who, on paper, have Damon Stoudemire, Van Exel, Derek Anderson, Raheem and Lutter Leaf's starting lineup, with Ruben Patterson, Darius Miles and Swift on the bench, the lineup is quite deep, but bad luck seems to be hanging over the city of tearing, first Raheem's knee He was seriously injured and was reimbursed for the season. Derek Anderson continued to play and stop, and his scoring average dropped to single digits. Ratliff's old injury also appeared repeatedly. Shengzhen came to fill the vacancy inside.

In the case of frequent changes in the main lineup, Trail Blazers head coach Maurice Cheeks was in distress, and the management gave him a death order to enter the playoffs, but seeing that the Blazers had a winning rate of less than [-]%, Cheeks felt his time in Portland might be coming to an end.

In the game against the Lakers at home, the Blazers sent Stoudemire and Van Exel's double-short backcourt to start, and the small forward sent Ruben Patterson, who was defeated by Kobe. The inside line is served by Prizbila and Ratliff.

The tactics are simple, just take turns throwing Stoudemire and Van Exel, and leave the rest to fate.

But in this game, it was Ruben Patterson who fired first. Ever since he collected Kobe's original sneakers, Patterson has been looking forward to this day to prove his strength in front of Kobe.As soon as he came up, Patterson was in a brave state, hitting 5 shots in a row, scoring 11 points alone, all kinds of magic layups, and three-pointers at the buzzer.The Blazers were in a strong momentum, starting a wave of 14 to 2.

Of course, there are also reasons for the Lakers. Kobe Bryant missed 4 shots, Artest got off the court early for two offensive fouls, and the only score came from the free throw with Billups.

Jim was also very helpless. The players were in poor condition due to fatigue, and Patterson was crazily marking Kobe as if he had beaten chicken blood. Fei Xia's stubbornness came up, no matter what the phone was, and he didn't care how he felt.

A timeout was called, Jim said nothing, and let the players sit there for 2 minutes of self-reflection.

Back on the court, the team improved. Billups began to control the ball, dismembered the Blazers' defense, and faced Stoudemire. He had an absolute advantage in height and weight, and the Flying Squirrel was never known for its excellent defense. .

As Billups opened up the situation, the state of the Lakers began to return to normal, and everyone began to score, but Stoudemire was not reconciled to being insulted unilaterally on the defensive end, and the offensive end used speed. He scored consecutively under defense and also scored 12 points in a single quarter.

Under the play of Ruben Patterson and Stoudemire, the Blazers led 29 to 18 in the first quarter, and the audience at the Rose Garden Arena saw the dawn of victory.

But unfortunately, the dawn passed in a flash, and the dark clouds shrouded the arena again.

The reason is simple. In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers’ deadly combination of Darius Miles, Swift and Ha Seung-jin was played by the Lakers in a 3-12 offensive climax within 0 minutes. The score was reversed, and the No. 00 and Tanhua in [-] were finally able to be on the same team to decide who was the better one.

By the time Cheeks returned to the starting lineup, it was too late, the flame marks on the names of Stoudemire and Ruben Patterson had faded, and the magic of the two was gone, while Kobe gradually recovered his form, From 4 for 0 to 6 for 1, and then 11 for 5, he just pulled his shooting percentage back to the season average.

The Lakers hit a 33-10 shock wave in a single quarter, leading the Blazers by 12 points into the second half.

Although Artest and Wade are in poor condition and frequently hit the iron, the Lakers have always maintained a double-digit lead. The tactics of Stoudemire and Van Exel can't help the Blazers win Victory, the two hit less than [-]% of their shots, and the backup team of Miles, Swift, and Ha Seung-jin, until halfway through the fourth quarter, still had zero eggs in the scoring column.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Trail Blazers 91 to 72 in the away game. Billups led the team with 19 points.

For the Trail Blazers, Patterson proved the results of his hard work. He made 19 of 10 shots and scored 20 points. Stoudemire and Van Exel scored 25 points and 18 points respectively. On the bench, Myers made 7-for-0 shots, Swift made 5-for-0 shots, and Ha Seung-jin made 3-for-0 shots. The three scored 0 points, 4 rebounds and 2 blocks with a disastrous performance. 4 turnovers.

"I admire the courage of Maurice Cheeks. He has a good career, but as a head coach is a completely different experience. He may hope to change the chaos of the Blazers through his hard work, but there There are too many troubles, unity, it is easy to say, but it is not easy to achieve. He may be very good at dealing with players, but this is far from enough to make a loose sand play the desired combat effectiveness. I think, he is in the The time for the Blazers will not be too long, let us wish him a good future." When talking about the opponent in this game, Jim expressed regret to Cheeks, he may be the team most want to win The person who played the ball, if he was 20 years younger, might have jumped into the field and played in person. Although he shouted hoarsely on the sidelines, commanded desperately, and tried to arrange a few effective tactics, but everyone on the field had their own ideas. Players, it is always difficult to implement his ideas.

Jim's words came true, and two days later, the Blazers officially announced that they would fire their employer coach Maurice Cheeks, and assistant coach Kevin Pritchard would act as the team's coach.

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