Richard called another timeout.

"Ben, next you and Jermaine will help Kobe Bryant get a slot, so that he can try to get a triple-double in this game!" Richard said to Big Ben.

Big Ben nodded, he has now completed the task, less than three quarters of the game, 20 rebounds and 4 blocks, although this is the reason why the Nuggets' interior rebounding strength is not good, but this is enough to prove to the whole league that the current Big Ben already has the league's top three rebounding strength!

Kobe Bryant currently has 26 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, which is not particularly far from a triple-double.

It's only a matter of time before Richard gets a double-double, and the only thing Richard needs to worry about is rebounding.

Now that Big Ben's task is complete, with him and Xiao Ao helping Kobe to grab the board, it would be funny if Kobe couldn't get a double-double rebound in this game......

Wei Shao can get the average rebounds per game with the help of Adams, Kobe Bryant's height and bounce are stronger than Wei Shao's, and the ability of Big Ben and Xiao Ao to card is not as good as an Adams......

……

While releasing water and brushing data, Richard feels that the brain cells consumed in this game are far more than against strong teams like the Spurs and Lakers.

The final result did not disappoint Richard, and he was finally worthy of the brain cells he had consumed.

It was only in the last three minutes of the game that the two sides really separated.

In the last three minutes, Richard simply took out the strongest starting lineup, and the originally anxious score was directly pulled to double digits when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game three minutes later.

At 117:106, the Trail Blazers won by 11 points on the road.

In just three minutes, the Trail Blazers had an 11-point deficit, which shows the Trail Blazers' current dominance.

If the Trail Blazers had gone all out from the start, the poor Nuggets might have become......

The point is that the scariest thing about the Trailblazers is that they don't have garbage time.

If other teams change to a pure substitute lineup, it is basically to give up Biss and declare the game into garbage time, and the second Trail Blazers are quite tough even if they change to a pure bench lineup......

That is, the Trail Blazers do not have a decent backup center now, otherwise, the lineup composed of Martial Saint Jackson, Bowen, Nowitzki, Mobley and others is more luxurious than the starting lineup of many teams.

Some weak teams, even if Richard is replaced with a pure substitute lineup, as long as the five rookies don't appear together, it is estimated that they can still play a considerable advantage in garbage time......

This time, D'Antoni is definitely lucky, otherwise, they would not have lost by 11 points today.

……

Kobe Bryant successfully got a triple-double in this game, with 28 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks.

Even Richard knew that Kobe Bryant was close to his peak at the moment, but he didn't expect Kobe to play such statistics so efficiently......

In addition to the triple-double, Kobe Bryant's shooting rate in this game was also high and scary, 11 of 16 in the first half, and in the second half, because he focused on the defensive end and the organizational end, he didn't shoot too many times, 1 of 2, and 2 of 2 free throws, and the shooting rate of 12 of 18 in the whole game, reaching an astonishing 66.6%!

With such a foundation for the last game and this game, Richard can be sure that Kobe's god-making mission will definitely be completed.

In the two games, he scored a total of 58 points, 14 rebounds, 21 assists, 5 steals and 4 blocks, and a total of 125 points, 25 rebounds, 25 assists, 7.5 steals and 7.5 blocks in the five games required by the mission!

At the moment, Bryant has 67 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 2.5 steals and 3.5 blocks to complete.

The total of the above data in the three games is enough, and the average of 22 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.8 steals and 1.2 blocks per game is enough......

This is definitely not a problem for Kobe Bryant at the moment.

……

Big Ben had the best stats of his entire career tonight, with 25 rebounds, 5 blocks and 4 points and 3 assists......

In fact, Richard doesn't know how to complete Big Ben's triple-double right now.

The difficulty of the block is too great, and the assist must be easier, and from the current situation, getting Big Ben to assist the double is the most likely goal......

……

As soon as the game ended, Richard led his team back to the locker room, and he immediately received a phone call that made him overjoyed.

The caller was Harris, a former Lakers head coach......

"Lee, what you said at the press conference wasn't a joke, was it?" Harris asked awkwardly on the phone.

"I'm not kidding, Harris, you've known each other for a long time, do you think I'm the kind of person who likes to joke?" Richard said to Harris in a serious manner.

"Alright, Lee, I'm officially applying for the Trail Blazers' assistant teaching position, and I'd love to see the Trail Blazers step over the Lakers' corpse and win the championship!" Harris, who was on the phone, said with resentment.

Richard couldn't help laughing, he didn't expect Harris to choose to join the Trail Blazers because he was disgusting with the Lakers......

But it's normal to think about it, Harris is not the kind of stunned young coach who has no name and no surname, he also has a status in the league, but he just played one game this season, and he was directly fired by the Lakers management, so it's no wonder that he is not angry.

Originally, with Harris's identity, in fact, he went to the NCAA to coach, and there were a lot of teams willing to accept it, but Harris just couldn't get angry......

I just want to stay in the NBA and see what happens to the Lakers.

He simply knows too much about the situation of the Lakers, the Lakers cannot be the opponent of the Trail Blazers, and the only one who has the potential to compete with the Trail Blazers in the West this year is not the Lakers, nor the Jazz, but the Spurs.

Even the Spurs, in Harris's opinion, will not be a match for the Trail Blazers!

The chance of the Trailblazers winning the championship is at least 90% or more!

Join the Trail Blazers by yourself, and when the time comes, when the Trail Blazers eliminate the Lakers in the playoffs, you can just disgust the Lakers.

……

"Good! Guy, then you're going to get ready for the next two away games when we're done playing the remaining two away games and you're in Portland! Richard said with a smile.

With Carlisle's departure, Richard's current assistant coaches are a little underwhelming, and Harris's arrival can be a big help.

The Lakers just fired Harris, but Richard immediately recruited him, and he didn't need to thank him to know that the Lakers management must be quite unhappy.

But where would Richard care if the Lakers management was happy or not, he would be happy himself......

……

Early the next morning, the Trail Blazers officially released the news that former Lakers head coach Harris would join the Trail Blazers as an assistant coach under Richard.

This news directly made the Lakers management angry, and they naturally knew what Harris meant.