The Bulls, who ended the January schedule, have not yet ended their away trip to the West. In the February game, they still have three matches with the West, one of which is back-to-back.

At this point in mid-term trading, many teams in the league began to get ready, but there were no big fish in the transfer market, so this transfer period was still very quiet.

Except for a few substitutes, there is basically no possibility of reversals in other starters, so whether you can have a good All-Star weekend depends on the performance of these games.

On February 2nd, the Bulls, who had been on a two-day break, came to Seattle to challenge the Supersonics. The current Supersonics record is 23-22. It is still a bit difficult to enter the playoffs.

So in this game, the entire Supersonics team fought fiercely. They rushed to the Bulls' inside line wildly, trying to open up space for the outside pitchers to shoot.

Arte was still very good at executing Li Lei's instructions. He ignored everything else and just slap Rashad Lewis. McMillan called a lot of timeouts on the sidelines, unless it was used to cover or something. Otherwise, relying solely on his personal ability, Lewis' chance of breaking through Arte's defense is infinitely zero. The physical gap between the two people is a bit big, and Arte is a typical example of bullying the weak and fearing the strong. So his defense is very arrogant.

McMillan was helpless. Seeing the increasingly bigger game, he could only replace Lewis and replace him with a ski man. As a rookie, after nearly half a season of training, the Supersonics management found sadly that this guy was not as malleable as he imagined. He was just an ordinary rotation. It would be a loss to choose such a person with a higher pick in the first round.

But the draft is similar to scratching the lottery. It’s easy to say anything if you win the lottery. If you don’t win the lottery, you can only continue to scratch. Compared to randomly introducing big names, this team building strategy still has a very low tolerance rate.

Li Lei and Payton had a second time playing against each other. Li Lei was already used to Payton's defense. Although the opponent's physical strength was better than himself, Li Lei was not afraid of confrontation. He scored 12 points and 8 assists in the first half, Payton had 10 points and 4 assists. Li Lei threw 2 three-pointers, and Payton still had none of them.

The Bulls led the lead in the first half, and the situation in the second half did not change much. Although Brent Barry worked very hard, if Payton could not make the ball as soon as possible, the probability of the ball being converted into assists would become very low. However, Barry still relied on his father's shooting genes to throw three consecutive three-pointers to the Supersonics to prosper, and did not make the Bulls turn the game into garbage time in the third quarter.

Brent Barry and Rashad Lewis are two-choice, and Li Lei asked Arte to choose the latter. Although Brent Barry is a dunker and has a strong physical fitness, the gap between him and Rick Barry is still quite big. However, he is one of the best basketball talents among his brothers, and the others cannot be watched. If Rick Barry is on the court, it is estimated that just using the free throw of the urinary pot to make the Bulls collapse. That guy's ability to make fouls cannot be underestimated in the history of NBA.

In the fourth quarter of the game, Payton was not ready to end, and the Bulls still let Crawford go to deal with him. In the last fight, Crawford was bullied miserably against Payton, but Crawford was still not afraid. He had the chance and just swung and did it. Whatever is reasonable or not, if he entered, it is reasonable, and everything he won is awesome. This is Crawford's basketball philosophy.

Faced with Payton's biting defense, Crawford made several consecutive attacks, and his success rate was much lower than before, but he had achieved his goal. He used to consume Payton's physical strength.

Li Lei and the starters both came up, and Brand came up and dunked at Wenbaker. In this game, Brand had already scored 18 points. He vented all his anger about being ravaged by Ma Long on Wenbaker. The carrier of the garbage contract had no room for resistance. Maybe he wanted to end the game early and go home to continue drinking.

The Supersonic fans were very upset. They kept booing in the audience, but it was useless. With 2 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the difference between the two sides reached 18 points. The Supersonics chose to raise the white flag to surrender, and the Bulls won the victory.

Payton scored 22 points and 8 assists in the whole game, while Li Lei had 27 points and 11 assists. The data of the two players was not much different, but Payton made 5 more shots than Li Lei, while Payton made 17 shots in the whole game, while Li Lei only had 12. If Peyton hadn't had Peyton's defense strong enough, Li Lei's shots might have been smaller.

With victory, the Bulls came to Portland overnight to challenge the next opponent.

The current situation of the Trail Blazers is similar to the other two opponents in the Northwest, the Jazz and Supersonics, currently record 24-21, which is completely in proportion to their salary ranking. Their salary ranking this season is 84 million, second in the league, second only to the Knicks' 85 million, but New York's fans are not comparable to the football market.

The Trail Blazers are still quite good this season. They coached the Trail Blazers for four seasons and believed that "the closer to the basket, the higher the shooting rate", and replaced them with Philadelphia legend Morris Chicks. In addition, the Trail Blazers also introduced Steve Cole, Derek Anderson and Ruben Patterson during the offseason.

These people introduced the Trail Blazers to send out several lineups in five positions, but Morris Chicks does not have that ability. He is just a head coach with mediocre ability. After all, players and head coaches are completely different concepts.

Li Lei and the whole team came to Portland Rose Garden in a low-key manner. Although this place is very small, because Paul Allen is willing to spend money, the team's facilities have always been top in the league. Of course, their veterinarians are as famous as the Suns' miracle doctors.

Because it is back-to-back, Li Lei did not train too much. This game is not very difficult for the Bulls. Although the Trail Blazers have two sets of candidates in the five positions, none of them are top superstars. From the All-Star voting, although many of their teams are on the list, it is still too difficult to get a seat.

"Jason, I really want to leave Portland. I've been so stupid." Before the game began, Randolph grabbed Richardson and complained. They were teammates in college, but Randolph was at the Trail Blazers this season, and he was the absolute water dispenser manager. The road that O's once walked, he had to walk again. The only difference is that his physical tolerance is much higher than O's.
Chapter completed!