Back in 84, he became Jordan’s lifelong enemy!

Chapter 69 The future second shooting guard!
March 10th, late.

The Chicago Bulls host the Milwaukee Bucks in their second game of the new season.

In the last game, the Bulls entered the fourth quarter with a 10-point lead, but were defeated by the Bucks at the last moment and hit a buzzer-beating shot.

This game was originally a battle of revenge, but Jordan couldn't be happy.

Entering the second quarter, he felt good, making 5 of 4 shots and scoring 10 points.

But he earned it by fighting for it. Every time the ball passed through his hands, he never passed it out again.

The team's boss Ulrich and point guard Enis Wortley would not pass the ball to him at all, and they were always trying to make trouble, secretly isolating him from the group.

Jordan was angry and helpless. He could only turn the ball into his own personal offense every time.

He can't care so much, he just does it when the ball is in his hands.

However, although he has scored 10 points so far, he has only made three passes and no assists.

Those three passes were the three he passed in the opening game.

When he realized that the ball would never return to his hands after being passed, he did it and stopped passing it!

The Bulls were playing smoothly in the first few minutes. Relying on the efficient offense of Jordan and Ulrich, the Bucks were unable to lift their heads and fell directly behind by 12 points.

Who would have thought that when the Bucks called a timeout and strengthened their defense, Ulrich struggled offensively and refused to distribute the ball. Jordan was also surrounded when he got the ball, but also failed to distribute the ball. The entire offensive system could not operate at all.

The Bucks relied on their more fluid offensive coordination to hit a 16:5 offensive climax with their backhand, catching up with the point difference.

At this time, everyone saw the problems within the Bulls. As the coach, Kevin Langley was so angry that during the break, Ulrich, Jordan, and Ennis Whatley were He cursed profusely and forced the three of them to the bench until the second half of the second quarter.

But the Bucks had already overtaken the score and led by 8 points.

The three returned to the court, the Bulls' offense improved, and the rotation of the ball became smoother.

But when the Bulls chased the score to two points, Ulrich and Wortley didn't know what they said in whispers. They fell back into their old ways. Basketball became a two-player game again, and Jordan never touched the ball again.

Then the point difference was widened by the Bucks. By the end of the first half, the Bulls were directly behind by 10 points.

Back in the locker room, Kevin Langley was furious, "Orlando, Ennis, what are you two doing?"

"Are we here the place where you want to build mountains?"

"Are there any other teammates in your eyes?"

"Do you still want to win?"

With that said, he scolded the two again for a while.

As a result, at the beginning of the third quarter of the second half, Ulrich and Whatley were put on the bench, and Jordan came on the court with Wes Matthews and Sidney Green, who replaced them.

With the support of his teammates, Jordan was truly liberated at this time.

Throughout the third quarter, he continued to maintain the high-efficiency offense of the first half by shooting inside and outside. He scored 21 points in a single quarter, and finally chased the score to only 3 points.

With a 3-point disadvantage, the Bulls continued their efforts in the fourth quarter and hit an 8:2 spurt, thus reversing the situation.

Seeing the team stop the Bucks with a 3-point lead, Kevin Langley felt comfortable.

When Jordan returned to the bench, he looked at Ulrich and Whatley and said nothing, but said everything.

乔丹三节时间20投13中，罚球5中4，砍下30分4篮板2助攻。

A teammate who played so explosively and efficiently was actually isolated by the two of them. Langley was very angry and dissatisfied with the actions of the two, and then expressed his attitude in this way.

He wants to endorse Jordan!

Both Ulrich and Wortley saw what Longley meant, and looked at each other with extremely complicated hearts.

They didn't expect the coaching staff to value this rookie so much and support the opponent so much.

Although Jordan was expressionless and silent in response, he was deeply moved by the head coach's support.

In the second half of the final quarter, Ulrich still did not get the order to play until the end.

In the end, the Chicago Bulls relied on Jordan's strong performance in the second half, scoring 30 points in the first half with a terrifying attack, reversing the Bucks, and narrowly won the game 113:110.

In the last minute of the game, it was Jordan's mid-range shot against Terry Cummings that had the final say.

In the whole game, he took 27 shots, scored 16 goals, made 9 of 7 free throws, and scored 39 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists. He was a model of leading the team to win alone.

Jordan, he feels comfortable!
Head coach Kevin Langley feels comfortable again!
He justified leaving those two cancers on the bench.

In fact, both Rod Thorn and Jerry Krause, the general managers of the team who are about to hand over the old and new teams, have stated openly and secretly that Jordan is the core of the future, and even he thinks so.

Ulrich has always been the team's boss, the No. 81 pick in 6. He has made great progress in the past few years and even averaged nearly 20 points per game last season.

But this guy is a one-man presser with a black hole of ball rights. Once the ball is in his hands, it will be difficult to get it back.

Almost all of his points were obtained through repeated vicious plays.

He is also a defensive vulnerability.

Although he is 206cm tall, has good physical talent, and is a dunker who loves to dunk, he is also the kind of person who loses as many points as he scores on the defensive end.

No personal score can erase the hole he dug himself.

Langley, who has coached the Bulls for two years, knows about his cancerous attributes, Rod Thorn, who is about to step down, knows about it, and Jerry Krause, who is about to take over, also knows about it.

The entire front office knew that Ulrich was not going to be the core of the team.

This is why Thorne is determined to win Jordan against all odds.

Even if Jordan is not a center and is not taller than 200cm, Thorne still has to win this guy.

Because he saw in Jordan from North Carolina Blue a future core who has leadership qualities and is good at teamwork.

Ulrich could only be a general at best.

The reason why Langley dared to put Ulrich on the bench and see through the second half was precisely because of the signal sent by the management.

As for Wortley?
He was just implicated.

Who told this kid to be in cahoots with Ulrich?
The Portland Trail Blazers have finished training for the night and are preparing to leave in twos and threes.

Kiki Vandeweghe packed up his things and walked out of the locker room. He accidentally caught a glimpse of Clyde Drexler who was still on the sidelines, holding a newspaper and reading it with gusto.

"Clyde, what are you looking at?"

He walked over and looked behind him.

"45 points in the first game and 33 points in the second game. Continuing the popularity of the NCAA, the Chinese genius boy brought his talent to the NBA!"

Drexler held it in his hand and was reading a newspaper published by ESPN, praising Su Wen. After reading the eye-catching title, Kiki Vandeweghe was very interested, "This Su is very popular recently."

Drexler nodded with a smile, did not respond, and continued to watch.

"In the past few days, these media have almost blown him into a monster that is rare in the sky and on the earth." Vandeweghe clicked his tongue, looking disapproving.

"This kid is indeed playing well." Drexler replied calmly, "Of course, his talent is also great."

"It seems that you have a pretty high opinion of him." Vandeweghe teased with a smile: "Don't you think the media has exaggerated too much?"

"No matter how strong he is, he is still a rookie who has only played two games."

"You're different, Clyde. You're much better than him."

"Don't flatter me, Qiqi." Drexler was a little shy about the team boss's sudden exaggeration, but it was more of an accident.

I have been in the league for more than a year, but I have never scored 40 points in a game.

And this Su Wen did it in his first show
What do you want to do?
He vaguely understood the reason why Vandeweghe praised him.

Is this to stimulate your own competitive spirit?

But unlike Jordan, Drexler really doesn't have such a strong competitive spirit, and with his current role in the team, he can't compete with Su Wen in the game.

He is still just a substitute.

As soon as Su Wen entered the SuperSonics, he would be the starter, and the two of them were not allowed to be neighbors.

Moreover, he didn't think he could beat Su Wen.

Vandeweghe didn't know what he was thinking, and still said to himself: "I don't think you are worse than him, really, Clyde."

"You should prove yourself to our head coach Jack in the next game."

"How do I prove it to him?" When Delexler thought that he was still a substitute at this time, he smiled bitterly and replied: "The lineup is arranged by the coaching staff. Can I get it myself?"

"Why not?"

Vandeweghe said with a smile: "Tell them that you have to show that rookie some color tomorrow night."

"You are very confident and experienced in guarding him. I guess they will consider it." "But I have never played against him." Drexler's face became even more bitter. "How could the coaching staff not know? What about these?”

"Then you prove that you can do it in training tomorrow morning." Vandeweghe continued to give him advice, "As long as you guard Jim Paxson to death, the coaching staff will consider your request."

In Vandeweghe's view, the little brother in front of him is good, but his personality is too low-key and he doesn't like to fight for his own interests.

No matter what starting position or playing time, Drexler has always been like a good boy, obeying the arrangements of the coaching staff.

This is already considered a lack of personality.

But among the superstars in the NBA, which one is not someone with outstanding personality and a desire for expression?
Whether he is a starter or a main player, he must rely on his desire for performance.

Drexler is as low-key as an honest rural man.

Is this okay?

Drexler was lost in thought.

On the special plane to Portland, all members of the Sonics were very excited.

Either everyone is sitting in their own seats and chatting, or a few people are sitting together playing cards. There is no place in the entire cabin where you can sleep and rest.

Su Wen tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, so he simply took out a newspaper from the pocket of the seat in front of him and read randomly.

While watching, I also complained to these excited teammates: I only won two games, but you were so happy that you thought you had won the championship.

There was nothing in the newspaper that he wanted to read, just financial news.

He looked at it for a while, became bored, and put it back.

Just when he was about to continue to close his eyes and relax, Tom Chambers suddenly came over and asked with interest: "Tonight that kid in Chicago named Michael Jordan scored almost 40 points, do you feel your blood is boiling? "

He knew that Su Wen had played against Jordan at the end of March this year. He also scored 3 points in that game, which was exactly the same as Jordan's game.

Adhering to the mentality of teasing Su Wen, he specifically mentioned this matter.

Because before boarding the plane, Su Wen was also paying attention to this game, and the results had already been announced by then.

"What's so passionate about?"

Su Wen replied nonchalantly: "He is him and I am me. We haven't met yet."

"You mean, whenever we meet him, you will teach him a lesson? Just like you did in the semi-finals?" Chambers asked with a smile.

"Of course!"

Su Wen said confidently: "I torture him every time I see him!"

Want to run away after offending the abbot?

It's not that easy!
Ever since Jordan started trash-talking him in that game, for some reason, Su Wen always wanted to see him make a fool of himself.

It seems that torturing each other has become his only pleasure.

As long as he saw Danzi being pushed to the ground and rubbed, and then showing his incompetent and furious look, he felt very happy.

"It's a pity." Chambers said with regret: "We have to wait for a long time if we want to meet the bulls."

"It won't be long." Su Wen smiled slightly, with a sinister expression, "It's just next month."

"There's still one month, isn't that long?" Chambers said, as if he couldn't wait to see Su Wen abuse Jordan, "I wish my opponent tomorrow night would be them."

"Our opponent tomorrow night is the Trail Blazers." Su Wen reminded.

"Yes, it's the Trail Blazers." Chambers replied angrily: "It's just because it's not the Bulls that I feel a pity."

Is it a pity?
What a pity!

Su Wen just smiled and said nothing.

Don’t the Blazers have a future second shooting guard?

I can't beat Jordan for the time being, so I might as well get to know the second shooting guard for a while.

With such a "vicious" heart, Su Wen flew to Portland with the team.

Originally, Seattle was very close to Portland, only over 280 kilometers away. It could be reached in five or six hours by bus.

However, taking a bus is much more tiring than taking a plane, and the time spent on the road is longer, so they cannot get more rest time.

Even in the 80s, every club already had its own special plane, and no one would take the bus to the away games like they did in the 60s.

When they arrived in Portland, everyone immediately went straight to their hotel.

Although they were still so excited on the plane, as if they had taken drugs, when they got off the plane, they were all so weak that they wanted to lie down directly on the ground.

So, after the three members of the coaching staff entered the hotel room one by one, there was no more movement.

When they met in the lobby the next morning, they were still yawning, blinking their eyes out, and walked out of the elevator in a daze.

"All cheer me up."

Lenny Wilkens was very dissatisfied when he saw this. He wanted to punch each of these guys in the head like a whack-a-mole, but in the end he endured it.

"go!"

He waved his hand and walked out of the hotel first.

Tonight's opponent is the Portland Trail Blazers, who were second in the Western Conference last season.

Although they were upset and eliminated from the first round by the Phoenix Suns in the playoffs, they still maintained the same lineup as last season, which is not an easy team to deal with.

After everyone had eaten breakfast and headed to the Trail Blazers training facility, it happened to be the time for the two sides to take over the team.

Walking outside the venue, he saw Su Wen among the Sonics. Delexler looked at him seriously, not knowing what he was thinking.

This morning, during their team's targeted drills, he asked the coaching staff for a starting spot.

As Vandeweghe said, the coaching staff really considered it and quickly agreed to the request.

Because in the targeted drill, he guarded Jim Paxson to the point of languidness and had no effect at all.

He was obviously just playing Su Wen's role as a substitute, but the coaching staff saw his defensive tenacity from him.

Moreover, even though it was just a drill, this guy was still so serious, guarding a main player until he lost his temper. Everyone could see that he was eager to fight.

The coaching staff also wants to try the effect.

After getting the agreement from the coaching staff, Drexler didn't feel any excitement. On the contrary, he sometimes wondered whether Jim Paxson, the teammate named 'Kiki Vandeweghe', had done something to him and actually suggested that he Work hard to suppress the opponent and strive for starting opportunities.

Obviously, they all belong to the same team, and they are all the main players.
These two definitely have some grudges and grudges that they don't know about.

Su Wen felt Drexler's gaze, looked at him subconsciously, and then nodded to express greetings.

Drexler was stunned, nodded unnaturally, and responded to Su Wen.

Does this guy know me?
Uh, yes, I have to prepare for the competition anyway. I must have done some research on myself and others.

After entering the training hall, all the SuperSonics guys put on their training suits and slapped their faces to wake themselves up. Some even went to the bathroom to wash their faces with cold water.

When they returned to the field, they finally became more awake.

Because there was a game in the evening, they only did some restorative training, running, warming up, and finding their condition.

After that, a targeted drill was conducted.

In the afternoon, after eating, they returned to the hotel room to catch up on their sleep.

The evening of July 10.

The Seattle SuperSonics' away game against the Portland Trail Blazers is about to begin.

The Trail Blazers currently have a record of 1 win and 0 losses.

In the last game, they defeated the Kansas Kings with a huge score of 140:119 and got a good start.

In that game, the Trail Blazers' star player Kiki Vandeweghe made 23 of 19 shots and 9 of 9 free throws. He scored 47 points and 4 rebounds, which was very scary.

His super high efficiency and 47 points in a single game made him the top scorer.

The team's second-leading scorer was Jim Paxson, who also performed well, making 16 of 11 shots and scoring 26 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

Drexler also started in the first game. He took 15 shots, hit 8 goals, and scored 19 points and 7 rebounds.

Although he was able to start in this game, the coaching staff did not give him a clear signal that he could always start, so he started fighting for himself.

When he finished warming up and getting ready to go, he looked at Su Wen and suddenly felt fighting spirit.

I have to prove my worth in front of this guy and let myself sit in the starting position forever.

(End of this chapter)