Bishop of the Devil

The referee blew the whistle to start the second quarter.

Both teams returned to the court again. What Richard didn't expect was that Lakers head coach Harris actually put their starting small forward Kersey on the bench...

Replaced with Robert Horry!

That's right, it's Robert Horry, nicknamed "Big-shot-Rob."

Of course, Horry only got this nickname later in his career. At the moment, Horry is just an inconspicuous little guy.

During the offseason last season, he was traded by the Rockets, along with the alien Cassel and several other teammates, to Barkley of the Suns.

Horry had a very unhappy time with the Suns. He had a conflict with head coach Danny Ainge. Horry threw a towel directly on Ainge's head...

Ainge has a perfect career. How dare a trade addition like Horry do this to him?

If it is not dealt with, where will Anji's face go? !

As a result, before the start of the All-Star Game, the Suns made a trade with the Lakers and sent away Horry...

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Seeing Horry come on the court, Richard's heart skipped a beat, and he had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Horry is definitely a good at causing trouble on the court. He plays the dual forward position, replacing Corsi, and directly confronts Rasheed after coming on!

"Oops!"

"Harris, this old boy, wants to trick me?!"

Richard could tell Harris's thoughts at a glance...

This is definitely a fucking attempt to spite himself. This season Rasheed received nearly 30 technical fouls during the regular season!

Who in the league doesn’t know Rashid’s fiery temper…

Now at the beginning of the second quarter, Harris put Horry, a troublemaker, on the court. If Harris had no purpose, he would not believe it even if he beat Richard to death!

In the playoffs, you will be suspended for the 7th technical foul!

This is not the most important thing. After all, there are only five games in the first round of the playoffs. If you take two technical fouls in one game, you have to leave the game. Even if Harris allows Rasheed to take two technical fouls in one game, Rasheed will be kicked out at most. One game ban...

The key is to leave the field after taking two technical offenses. This is the most fatal!

Rasheed has appeared in three games this season where two technical fouls left the game within the first 10 minutes...

You don't need to think about it to know that Harris must have had this idea to let Horry anger Rasheed and make Rasheed get off the field early!

Rasheed is the main point of attack for the Trail Blazers, especially in this game. Without Rasheed's stable performance in the first quarter, even if the Lakers performed poorly in the backcourt, they would not be six points behind!

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Richard's guess was correct, Harris really had this idea...

It can be said that there is really no Bailianhua among NBA head coaches. In this business league, if you are kind to others, you are cruel to yourself!

You know that there are weaknesses in the opponent's lineup, but you don't take advantage of them. After losing, the team wants to fire you. You tell the team management that you are a good person, knowing that the opponent has something to do with it, because your character is too good. , instead of taking advantage of...

Will the team management keep you because of this?

No, on the contrary, I will tell you to get out even more firmly...

Harris sent Horry, which was completely a conspiracy, targeting the violent temper of Rasheed, the Blazers' main offensive point!

Get rid of Rasheed, do you Blazers want to win? Just keep dreaming...

In fact, if the Lakers can maintain a big lead in this opening game, then Harris probably will not use this backup plan...

After all, if you can kill your opponent openly and openly, who likes to cheat on others?

But now that the Lakers are behind, trailing by six points in the first quarter, Harris has to resort to underhanded tactics.

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Richard's face was livid. Before he came to Los Angeles, he discussed with the coaching staff how to slander the Lakers...

That's good, the Portland gang hasn't even begun to do harm, but the Lakers have already done so!

It’s simply unbearable!

I, Richard, didn’t try to trick you, so you should have some fun!

Now you dare to make trouble on Tai Sui's head. I'm afraid you don't know how to write the word "death"!

In this series, if I don’t turn you Lakers into lunatics, I’ll write Richard’s name backwards!

Changed his name to Chad Lee Tyson!

Richard was about to explode, but he couldn't replace Rasheed. If he really wanted to replace Rasheed, it was because of Harris's wish. His original purpose was not to shorten Rasheed's playing time. What...

The Lakers replaced Horry, but others didn't notice anything was wrong and just thought it was the Lakers' normal rotation.

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Just as Richard expected, after Horry came on the stage, besides defending Rashid normally, he made various small moves and trash talk, which made Rashid very annoyed!

Even though Rasheed knew that it was the playoffs and he couldn't get angry, he couldn't control the rising anger!

"Dudu!" The referee blew the whistle and gave Rashid a technical foul.

The reason was that Rashid roared madly at Hori and greeted the eighteenth generation of Hori's ancestors...

Generally speaking, no one will curse loudly in front of the referee when talking trash on the court. They will curse in a low voice during the matchup, because if you curse loudly, the referee can call you a technical foul...

But Rasheed Wallace has such a loud voice, how can he lower it when his temper is rising!

Not to mention the referee, the fans on the sidelines heard it clearly.

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Lakers head coach Harris smiled with satisfaction on the sidelines. His plan was very successful.

Rashid's anger has been aroused and he got a technical foul. Is the second technical foul far away? !

After two technical fouls, Rashid said goodbye to the game directly...

Without Rasheed, if the Lakers can't beat the Trail Blazers, then Harris feels that he might as well resign on his own initiative to avoid the embarrassment of being fired from the team.

Richard immediately called a timeout. He had no choice but to call it because he had already seen Rasheed preparing to go to the referee to argue.

"Rashid, calm down!"

"You must calm down!"

"This is a ploy by those sons of bitches from the Lakers. They just want to make you angry and kick you off the field!"

Without Richard opening his mouth, Ben had already taken the initiative to comfort Rasheed.

"I know this is the playoffs, and I know it's the plan of those sons of bitches!"

"But that son of a bitch Horry, I can't wait to beat him to death!"

"Coach, I will endure it as much as possible. I know the importance of the game!"

"But when the regular season comes next season, I will definitely make Horry pay the price!"

I don’t know what Horry said. Rasheed is furious now. If it weren’t for the playoffs, Horry would definitely be miserable. Rasheed in anger will never make Horry feel better.

Not to mention that Rasheed also has a best friend, Ben. The two may tear Horry into pieces on the court.