When O'Brien and Pippen were at loggerheads, Combs was not in the locker room. He was taking Slee and Hinrich to a press conference.

Because the team lost, Ao Pang and others did not want to face reporters' questions, so they did not attend tonight's press conference.

Seeing that the two were about to fight, good old Grant Hill quickly ran over to make peace.

"We are teammates and should unite and help each other."

"This is just the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals. If you are having conflicts like this, how can we win the next games?"

Hill hugged O'Pang and said with his head towards Pippen.

"Solidarity and mutual help? Is there anyone who is as united and helpful as he is?"

"Even if I were next to Jordan and missed three shots in a row, Jordan wouldn't be able to find any fault with me."

"You, a guy who was blocked by Rodman, what qualifications do you have to criticize me?"

"We shouldn't have stopped him then and let him beat you to death on the court."

Pippen was still upset and brought up old things again, mentioning the 1996 Olympics scandal.

A season before Combs entered the league, O'Brien got a seven-year, $120 million contract with the Lakers. This made Rodman, who had just helped the Bulls win the championship, extremely dissatisfied because his contract was only $9 million.

When the Bulls faced the Lakers in the regular season, O'Brien didn't score zero points in the entire game, but didn't score a single point against Rodman.

The anxious O'Brien had a conflict with Rodman on the court. Jordan and Pippen held Rodman back and prevented the situation from deteriorating further.

After the game, Rodman naturally mocked O'Brien, and O'Brien also said that famous joke, my grandma and Jordan can win the championship together.

What O'Fatty said actually makes no sense, because before Rodman joined the Bulls, he had already won countless honors with the Pistons, including two championships, two DPOYs, All-Stars, Defensive First Team, All-NBA Team, and rebounds.

King, Best of the Month, etc. O'Brien made Rodman worthless.

"You have the nerve to mention Jordan? My grandma and Jordan played together and both won six championships and established at least two dynasties."

"What about you? If not for being tricked by Kong Bu in 1997, would the Bulls have missed the second dynasty?"

O'Brien also has a venomous mouth. In the 1997 Finals, Kongbu led the Menglong against the Bulls, ending the Bulls' second dynasty as an absolute dark horse.

The fact that the Bulls lost the championship had little to do with Pippen. It was the Bulls' insiders who really deserved the blame.

Who cares about this? He just says whatever words can hurt Pippen the most.

"I have at least five championships in my hands, what about you? You have a hair!"

"Don't tell me that you can win the championship under Kong Bu. I am also a member of the Bobcats. If you can have one more championship, I can have one more championship. I just have five more championships than you."

Pippen started getting sick and fat with the number of championships.

"You are a member of the Bobcats? Are you sure that Kongbu will still want you next season?"

"You're a piece of shit, even if you lose money, no team will want you."

The two are now in a stage of hurting each other, using the most vicious words to attack each other.

After Combu held the press conference, he led Sly and Hinrich back to the locker room. When they arrived at the gate, they heard the two people arguing.

Instantly, a surge of anger arose in Kongbu's heart. The team had just lost, and the two men started fighting among themselves.

Internal strife in the team has always been a bottom line for Kongbu, as every player he has coached knows.

Kongbu kicked open the locker room door, and the moment he stepped into the locker room, the system task was triggered.

"Congratulations to the host, triggering the system task "Reflection of Light"."

"Mission goal: In the next two games, arrange for Scottie Pippen to play no less than 45 minutes."

"Task reward: After meeting the playing time in two games, Pippen will return to the top in the next ten games."

Kongbu was stunned. This task was really outrageous.

It's said to be a mission goal, but in fact the system doesn't set any threshold at all, it just allows Pippen to play on the court for forty-five minutes.

There is no requirement for Pippen to get any kind of data. As long as he plays 45 minutes on the court, he can meet the mission goal.

The mission rewards are quite good, especially for the current Bobcats. It is likely to affect the future direction of the Bobcats.

The name of the task is very appropriate, and the ten games rewarded may really be the last moments of Pippen's career.

But it's hard to say. Maybe some stupid team will give Pippen a high-paying contract after seeing how well he played in these ten games.

This alliance will never lack smart people, and of course there will be no shortage of fools either.

But even if the mission is triggered, it is impossible for Kongbu to ignore this internal strife. Whether it is O'Brien or Pippen, they are challenging Kongbu's authority.

"Bah bang bang!"

"That's a good scolding. You two remind me of the two black ladies I saw scolding each other in the street when I was in Philadelphia. They jumped up and slapped their thighs and scolded each other."

"Why did you stop? Keep going."

Kongbu looked at the two of them jokingly, stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation, and asked the two to continue scolding.

Ao Pang and Pippen blushed, and for a moment they didn't know what to do.

Pippen was more afraid of Kongbu. He had witnessed many incidents of Kongbu's abuse over the years. He didn't want to be repaired by Kongbu before he retired, which would endanger him later in life.

In addition to being afraid of Kongbu, O'Pang also admires him. He knows that the only coach in this league who can lead him to win the championship is Kongbu.

If Kongbu abandons him, he will really be doomed. The title of the most dominant center in history is more like a joke.

Both of them fell silent, and Kongbu continued.

"What is it for?"

"It was Shaq who mocked me for missing three shots after I came on the court, which caused the team to lose." Pippen muttered, not daring to look directly into Kongbu's eyes.

Aopang wanted to retort, but when he saw Kong Bu's cannibalistic expression, he could only keep his mouth shut.

"Scotty, I will let you play in the next game and give you at least 45 minutes of playing time."

"But you don't have the authority to attack. Of course, that doesn't mean you can't attack at all. It just means you can't take action at inappropriate times."

As soon as these words came out, both O'Pan and Pippen were dumbfounded.

Pippen was a little confused. What on earth did Kongbu mean?

Let yourself appear on the stage for at least forty-five minutes? It seems like he is siding with himself in this dispute with Ao Pang, but he doesn't let him take action, and it doesn't look like he is siding with him.

What shocked O'Brien was that if this old guy like Pippen played forty-five minutes, the Bobcats would lose so much that they would lose their pants?

Others also looked shocked, completely confused about Kong Bu's intentions.

A conflict broke out between the two, and both of them were punished, such as team fines, team suspensions, etc. That would make sense. But now Kongbu lets Pippen play for forty-five minutes. Normal people can't understand Kongbu's mind at all.

loop.

Kongbu did not explain much, and took the players back to their hotel rooms to train normally the next day, waiting for the start of the second game of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The news of the Bobcats' internal strife in the locker room cannot be hidden from the outside world, especially since this is Thomas Sr.'s home court and the security personnel at the door of the locker room are all Lao Deng's people. How could they not inform Lao Deng of this news?

"Son, do you realize how hard it is to be a coach?"

"Before, you were a young man who had good luck and was well-disciplined. Now that you have these long-established superstars in the team, you can't control the situation, right?"

Lao Deng seized this rare opportunity to teach Kong Bu a lesson, and he couldn't help but tease Kong Bu some more.

Kongbu simply ignored him. He was also feeling pain in his heart now. He didn't know whether having Pippen play for so long was a good thing or a bad thing.

After playing at least 45 minutes in two games, it can almost be said that the Bobcats will lose the next two games.

In other words, the Bobcats will face a situation where they are defeated 3:0 by the Knicks.

In this case, unless the Bobcats can win four consecutive games, they will still be eliminated, and the ten games awarded by Pippen's mission will be meaningless.

But then Kombu thought again, if he didn't do this task, what would be the chances of the Bobcats beating the Knicks? It didn't seem to be very big.

In this case, it's better to give it a try.

Anyway, as a new team, the Bobcats have already reached the Eastern Conference semifinals. Both Jordan and the fans should be satisfied with this record.

The game on the court began. In the first fifteen minutes, the Bobcats played very well and even took the lead for a time. Unfortunately, after fifteen minutes, Pippen's physical fitness could not keep up, and his defensive intensity dropped significantly.

The overall situation of the Bobcats also collapsed.

When everyone thought that Kongbu would take Pippen off and replace him with Gill or Slee, Kongbu did not do so and continued to push Pippen on the court without hesitation.

When the game was about to end, Pippen's face turned green from exhaustion and he felt that if he played another ten or eight minutes, he might be foaming at the foam.

How can a 38-year-old man play in a playoff game with high offensive and defensive intensity and play the whole game?

Now Pippen feels that Kongbu is punishing himself and letting himself suffer on the court.

But then I thought about it, the price of this kind of punishment was a bit too high. Could it be that Kongbu would rather lose in order to punish himself?

After returning to the locker room, Ao Pang had complaints in his heart, but he did not dare to mention it to Kong Butu, so he could only sulk.

He didn't dare to mention it, but Jordan called from far away in Charlotte.

"Hey Kong, what the hell are you doing?"

"Did you give Scotty so much playing time because of me?"

"How much fake wine have you drunk? If he can play for so long, why should I retire?"
To be continued...