The only good news is that the Trail Blazers still have a top-eight record in the West, even if they only have a 50% win rate.

Richard remembers very well that the current situation is that the East is strong and the West is weak.

In the East, if you want to enter the playoffs, you don't have a 50% win rate, so don't even think about it......

But on the Western side, even a win rate of more than 40% can enter the playoffs.

Of course, the West is not much weaker, the top four in the East are all more than 55 wins, and the top four in the West are the same, there are no more than 55 wins, don't want to squeeze into the top half of the Western playoffs.

With 55 wins, that's close to 70% of the winning percentage.

Eight teams in the league have a winning rate of nearly 70% in a season, which is enough to show how wonderful basketball is in this era......

There are a large number of strong teams, and the competition is extremely fierce.

In the '96-97 season, eight teams won more than 55 games, and the same will be true next season, with eight.

These two seasons are definitely the highlights of the entire NBA history!

This kind of pomp has never happened in the NBA since then, and there have even been cases where only 50 wins have been won to sit at the top of the Eastern Conference record......

……

At present, Richard is in the West, and the pressure is not too great, as long as he can guarantee a fifty percent winning rate, he can enter the playoffs safely!

……

After three consecutive defeats, the system, which had never had a sense of existence, released a mission again.

"Mission Name: Rise of the New Army (1)!"

"Mission goal: In the 1996-1997 season, lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a win rate of more than 50% and enter the playoffs!"

"Reward: Primary Injury Bandage!"

"Primary Injury Bandage: A player who has suffered a primary injury within two weeks of the break can be healed within 24 hours after using the primary injury bandage!"

"Note: Bandage props cannot cure the player's glass physique, and can only act on a single injury, if the player suffers multiple injuries, the bandage cannot work."

Richard has not yet received the lucky dice awarded in the last mission, and will not be available until the end of the season.

The new quest released by the system this time is a prop that rewards the primary injury bandage.

The attributes of this prop are not considered to be against the sky......

It is also in the playoffs that the player has suffered a primary injury, and this bandage prop can only work......

As for the regular season, primary injuries within two weeks have had little impact on the team.

At most, it's just two or three fewer wins.

The value is certainly there, but not so high that it makes Richard's eyes hot.

If the bandage hadn't been remarked, it would have been more useful.

But now it can only be regarded as a prop that is better than nothing......

Fortunately, Richard didn't have any plans to mess up, so he could do this task by the way.

……

The ghost system that he binds, although it is called the devil system, is a ghost system in Richard's opinion......

People's systems come out every few days to find a sense of existence, but this ghost system has only appeared a few times so far?

It's been two and a half years since Richard traveled through this, but this ghost system has appeared a total of four times counting this time.

Not even once every six months!

If it hadn't come out this time, Richard would have almost forgotten that he was the host of the system.

……

The Trail Blazers won three in a row and then lost three in a row, which actually didn't cause much talk in the league......

In the eyes of the vast majority of fans, this is purely normal, although it is a team coached by Richard, but after all, it is a new army, how can it maintain a record comparable to that of the Bulls.

Even the Trailblazers' current 50% win rate, in the eyes of fans, there is still a lot of room for decline.

……

Quick Loan Arena.

Today's game was the final of the Trail Blazers' four-game losing streak, and Richard and his assistant coaches laid out their tactics in the locker room.

Carlisle answered the phone and happily told Richard that Bruce Bowen had found it!

This shocked Richard's spirits!

With Bowen, his lineup is almost truly perfect!

With a big burner of dirty work in the front court and Bowen in the backcourt, it will be difficult for opponents to restrain the Trail Blazers in terms of lineup.

"Contact him immediately, give him a three-year guarantee contract, the specific amount, and let Olshi and them go and talk to Bowen!"

"Get this done, and when I get back to Portland, I'm going to see Bowen's contract on my desk!"

Carlisle didn't ask why he valued a 25-year-old draft pick so much, and he still had to sign a three-year guaranteed contract!

It seems strange, but Carlisle understands Richard's intentions very well.

That is to continue to strengthen the backfield......

Carlyle is not familiar with Bowen, but he is familiar with Richard and knows Richard's viciousness in selection!

Speaking of which, Carlisle had predicted a rather miserable start for the Trail Blazers.

But the current result, in Carlisle's opinion, is already quite good, at least much better than he expected!

……

"Alright, guys, the opponent is the knight!"

"Last season, they had a win rate of almost 60%, so they were an extremely strong opponent!"

"But I'm going to win this game!"

"Three consecutive defeats are already the limit of what I can bear!"

Richard shouted at the players under him.

Now that the team's morale has been affected by three consecutive defeats, Richard must find a way to boost the team's morale!

What Richard is saying right now is a way for him to boost his morale!

Last season's Cavaliers were undoubtedly strong, but this season's Cavaliers may not be as strong as before, they are not as good as the Trail Blazers in the six games they have started so far, with an embarrassing record of only 2 wins and 4 losses!

Richard and Stevens spent the entire night studying the Cavaliers' game footage in the hotel.

They were surprised to find that compared with last season's knights, although there were no major changes in the lineup, the strength of this team has decreased a lot.

There's every chance to win!

At present, Richard deliberately said the Cavaliers' record last season, just to win this game, so that these young people realize that their strength is not bad, if it is bad, how can they win the Cavaliers, who ranked fourth in the East last season.

If you win, your morale will definitely be boosted!

Even if you lose, it doesn't matter, what difference can there be between three consecutive losses and four consecutive losses.

"Alright, it's time to enter, cheer up!"

"Show the world what our Portland Trail Blazers are capable of!"

……

"Ben, you wait before you enter, follow me!" Richard called out to Big Ben before he came out on the pitch.

The other players had already started to enter in turn, and Big Ben was at the back of the line with Richard.

"Ben, you've not been in the right form lately, you only got seven rebounds in the last game!" Richard asked in a low voice.

Big Ben's face turned red: "I'm sorry, coach ......"

"Don't say sorry to me, remember the first game you played for me?"

"At that time, I told you that you didn't play well, and you are really sorry for yourself! Do you think a blue-collar interior player who averages seven or eight rebounds per game can get a big contract?! ”

"You're the only one of all our West Lafayette players who still plays under me so far!"

"Maybe in the next few years, you'll still be the only one!"

"I'm the coach of the boilermen, you are the captain of the boilermen, the big brother, if the two of us join hands and play like shit, what do you think those little brothers of yours will think of you?!"

Richard stared into Big Ben's eyes.

Big Ben was shocked, clenched his fists, and said to Richard.

"Coach, watch me in this game!"