One Year Left to Play-Chapter 183 - 59: Dancing with God
"Kenny," Zhang Hao paused for two seconds before saying, "let’s think of a way to irritate that guy!"
"?" Kenny Anderson didn’t immediately understand. After processing the information, he asked, "What do we have to make him upset?"
"It’s exactly because we have nothing," Zhang Hao said, with a fearless attitude, "Chris, Vaughn, PJ, Almon... and Jason, come over here, I have an idea. Not sure if you guys dare to do it..."
How could a man say no?
Seeing the situation, Zhang Hao organized his words and said to his teammates gathered around, "Here’s the plan, we’ll do this... like this..."
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The odds of winning are slim, Zhang Hao already feels it. The Bulls this season definitely want to win every single game, and they’re not just thinking about it, they’re prepared to do it. Zhang Hao knows that the Bulls really have nearly won all their games. In the original timeline, the Bulls played a total of 100 games over the regular season and playoffs, winning 87 and losing only 13!
Even though their Brooklyn Nets had a lead against the Bulls for a while in the first half, Zhang Hao now understands that it was just part of the Bulls’ plan to crush their will to fight.
Simply beating them quickly and cleanly wouldn’t have the same effect. This wicked team is not satisfied with that. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶
Winning is almost impossible.
Then there’s no need to worry too much, the task doesn’t require a win.
days of life, and a medal... this task is very difficult, but they definitely have to try to complete it!
As halftime break was ending, Kenny Anderson, with a complex expression written on his face, approached Butch Baird and Randy Whitman to relay Zhang Hao’s idea, though he conveyed his own plan.
After hearing Kenny Anderson’s words, Randy Whitman was very surprised and said nothing, while Butch Baird nodded toward Kenny Anderson to show agreement.
Receiving a response, Kenny Anderson excitedly went back to continue discussing with his teammates.
Randy Whitman finally managed to get a sentence out, "Players nowadays... are completely different from our time."
"Yeah, I didn’t think of adjusting emotions this way either, it seems like we can’t think of a better way."
Just now, neither of them could resolve the current issue; they didn’t even know how to help the players adjust their emotions. If solutions were easy to come by, there wouldn’t have been so many teams crumbling against the Bulls over the years.
Michael Jordan is indeed one of the most ruthless players in NBA history. At the same time, he’s someone who emerged from the most ruthless era.
Both of them almost hated the Bulls after the half-time game. Their naive hope was shattered by the Bulls, and the feeling of losing something made them very upset, especially because they expected it.
Their players had finally developed a desire to strive for victory, only to meet such a ruthless team.
Actually, the most crucial factor is the Bulls’ strength, far beyond their imagination. They thought Jordan was old, but it turns out he seemed even stronger than before! His mid-range shots are simply unbeatable.
Zhang Hao’s mid-range shots are excellent, but Jordan’s one-on-one mid-range shots are even more precise than Zhang Hao’s catch-and-shoot!
When Kenny Anderson came to find them, they doubted Kenny Anderson could come up with a good plan. The gap in strength is so big it’s beyond what any strategy could fix. If Coleman were here, there might have been some way...
But Kenny Anderson really brought a plan!
It’s not that Kenny Anderson’s plan could help the team win, but it could prevent the team’s morale from collapsing. This group of players came up with a way to vent the negativity overshadowing their hearts.
The deadlock was broken.
Although the plan is a bit shameless...
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After the halftime break, players from both teams returned to the court, and in Randy Whitman’s offensive arrangement, Zhang Hao became the main attacking point.
No one contended with Zhang Hao, neither Kenny Anderson nor Gilliam.
Seeing Zhang Hao so eager, Kenny Anderson realized this was someone who loved to be the center of attention. Regardless, Boss Kenny didn’t want that spotlight, getting targeted by Jordan in future matches would be miserable, as for Zhang Hao...
"Young people, they need more experience, keep it up!"
Kenny Anderson silently cheered for Zhang Hao.
Indeed, with the target changed, the Brooklyn Nets players set to play found new motivation, even though the goal was somewhat unique.
On the other side, Jordan, thinking they had already crushed the other side, entered and saw the Brooklyn Nets players huddled together in discussion, quite surprised!
After losing in last season’s playoffs, there was much commentary saying Jordan’s return was a mistake, that he’d ruin his perfect retirement himself.
Based on last season’s playoff performance, even though the Bulls brought in Rodman, they were only viewed as "strong contenders," not the "number one favorites."
After Olajuwon secured two consecutive championships, many believed he had a chance to surpass Jordan as the number one active superstar, as long as Olajuwon won the championship in the upcoming season, completing the three-peat, which would be enough to challenge Jordan for the number one active player’s status.
Olajuwon led his team to the championship from the sixth seed in the West last season’s playoffs, averaging 33 points, 10.3 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1.2 steals and 2.8 blocks in 22 games, and swept the strongest contender for best center, O’Neal, in the finals, truly making it look like he was going to rise to the top.
