Champions Creed

Chapter 120 119: More Than Just a Scorer

Chapter 120 119: More Than Just a Scorer (asking for monthly tickets!)

"Roger, you beast, do you mean she lives directly in your house?"

O'Neal looked at the photos taken by reporters in the newspaper, and then looked at the title: Roger drives a luxury car to take the beauty home.

He immediately started cursing, wondering how there could be someone as shameless as Roger in this world who brought someone into the house for the first time!
"My house is big enough for her to live in. Is that a problem?" Roger answered calmly while tying his shoelaces.

"You're still speaking righteously. Now I know who the bastards, beasts, and parasites of the Magic team are that Chris Webber is talking about."

"Shaq, let me remind you that Chris and I did play for the same two teams, but I was never his teammate. I hope you don't have a confused memory and don't curse yourself."

"Oh, I didn't say it was you. Why are you so nervous? I pushed the car so hard for you yesterday, but you took him home with you."

After O'Neal said this, the entire locker room fell silent instantly.

Everyone knew that Roger had a good relationship with the shark, but no one expected it to be this good!

"Shaq, what did you say!?" Roger covered his head speechlessly.

Shark deliberately smirked: "Is there anything I said that is not true?"

"Okay guys!" Brian Hill walked into the locker room at this time, "Let's get into fighting mode. There is no reason for us to let Chicago win twice in Orlando!"

Roger no longer worried about whether to push or not. What was on his mind now was Pippen’s arrogant words yesterday: “The God of Basketball and his helpers have come.”

God you are spicy next door!

The Orlando Arena is all about atheism!

As the players took to the court to warm up, NBC commentator Steve Jones also began his work.

"The Orlando Magic have been in a lot of trouble this season. Shaquille O'Neal's injury in the preseason has cast a shadow on the Magic's title defense. He was expected to return tonight, but because his body has not yet adjusted to its best condition, he will miss the game against the Bulls again.

However, Roger was very strong. Under his leadership, the Magic team, which lost Shaq, still had an excellent record of 17 wins and 4 losses.

Roger's improvement is not only in strength, his defensive efficiency has also greatly improved this season. The Bulls are very strong, but they can't necessarily take away the victory in Orlando. "

His partner Bobby Costa blew the bull:
“However, his opponent is even more terrifying.

没人料到芝加哥公牛会如此具有统治力,迈克尔换回23号后似乎也找回了当年的荣光,他们目前的战绩是20胜1负!1994年的休斯顿火箭曾打出过14胜0负的开局,但依然不如今年的公牛那么可怕!
So far, the Bulls have only lost to the Seattle SuperSonics, and that was due to the absence of Dennis Rodman.

Without Shaq and with Roger leading the team alone, can the defending champions defeat the powerful Bulls?
The last battle between the two sides was very intense, and a serious conflict broke out in the third quarter. Three players fought each other and one player was beaten.

Today, the atmosphere of tension will surely continue. This time, the match will surely be a feast for our eyes.

Yes, it will definitely be an exciting game, and don't forget the scoring battle between Roger and Michael.

No one has ever been able to take Michael's scoring title away from him. But this year, Roger's scoring average is way ahead of everyone else. I believe that these two great players will give us a wonderful scoring performance.

Take a short break and we will be back to the game soon! "

The signal was cut off, and Steve Jones looked at his partner Bob: "This will be a tough game, absolutely."

"For sure, with Shaq out again and the Sentinel doing a poll, the Magic locker room is probably going to be very delicate right now. It's going to be very tough for Roger, not just this game, but this season."

"No Bob, I'm saying the Bulls are going to have a tough game. They've been on a roll for too long, and this is going to be the hardest game they've played this season."

"Shaq isn't going to play."

"I know, of course I know." Steve Jones looked at Roger. Even if Shaq didn't play, he was enough to cause trouble for the Bulls!

Of course, few Bulls fans paid attention to Steve Jones' warning. Roger has improved? Who is he trying to scare? What is defensive efficiency? Is it useful?

Don't be surprised. Although the concept of defensive efficiency was proposed in the 70s, few people knew about or cared about it until the Internet era.

So almost no one listened to what Steve Jones just said.

Roger is warming up on the court and feels good about his shooting today. He shouldn't be like when he played against the Cavaliers and had to wait until the fourth quarter to find his touch.

Saroo was also hitting consecutively during warm-up, he knew his mission. Even if Shark was not there, he would help Roger win the game tonight.

While shooting, Roger turned his head and looked towards the sidelines.

Theresa waved at Roger. She was wearing a skirt, black stockings and a shirt, and she really looked like a French teacher.

Roger looked at the buttons of his shirt that seemed about to burst and took a few deep breaths.

Focus, focus, now you can only focus on one ball sport!
After Brian Hill arranged the tactics, the starting players of both teams entered the court.

Rodman stared at Roger and McKay. He definitely had not forgotten what happened last time.

Pippen took the initiative to greet Roger: "How does it feel to be second in the rankings and eat our exhaust gas?"

Roger said with a friendly smile: "Shut up, Scott. Have you forgotten the pincer attack tactics from last time? You are the only idiot who got beaten unilaterally."

"Fuck!" Pippen was about to curse again, but was stopped by Jordan.

"That's enough Scott, stop embarrassing yourself."

"what?"

Jordan meant what he said, no one knew Pippen's strength better than him.

Whether it was a fight or trash talk, you could always trust Pippen, he would lose.

Jordan patted Pippen on the chest and said, "Okay, the victory we took away is the best proof. There is no need to talk nonsense with them."

The game is about to start. Although the Sharks are not playing and the Bulls have a terrible record, Orlando fans are as confident in the Magic as Steve Jones.

The Magic did lose to the Bulls in the last game, but the Bulls lost to the Supersonics, and the Supersonics lost to the Magic. So, the team definitely still has hope of winning.

Well, the win-loss relationship between the three parties is like the 2024 Western Conference playoffs, helping each other shave their heads.

The referee kicks off and the battle is about to begin!
Longley got the ball, and the Bulls decided to use a triangle offense at the start of the game.

Dumars passed the ball to Pippen near the free throw line, then Dumars took away the defense and Pippen passed the ball to Jordan who came out.

As soon as Jordan received the ball, Harper pressured him like crazy.

Of course, Jordan couldn't be forced to stop by this pressure. He had a strong desire to attack today, so he planned to use this one-on-one opportunity to take the lead.

Jordan took a tentative step, then broke through to Harper's left and made a quick stop and jump shot from mid-range.

The basketball passed over Harper's fingertips, but the next second there was a "pop" sound.

A big hand swatted Jordan's jump shot away, and the basketball went out of bounds.

"Timely assist defense. I said, Roger's assist defense and sweeping ability has improved a lot this season! He appeared in the right position at the right time! Roger blocked Michael at the beginning of the game, and their confrontation will be quite intense from the beginning!" Steve Jones was very excited. Roger always liked to set the tone in the opening stage of important games.

So, will he be fighting Michael Jordan on defense today?
Last season, Roger basically did not take on too much responsibility on the defensive end. Firstly, he needed to take into account offense as well as his lack of ability.

But this season, because of Roger's improvement in assisting defense, the Magic may be the team with the strongest rotation defense in the entire league, and the defense of the entire team has improved a lot.

Even Michael Jordan has to be extremely careful!
After completing the block, Roger naturally couldn't let Jordan go: "Michael, where are you going to shoot? Is this how you got 20 wins and 1 loss?"

Jordan ignored him and prepared for the second attack.

Pippen passed the ball from the sideline to Dumars.

As soon as Dumars got the ball, he found Jordan leaning against Harper in the low post and raising his hand to ask for the ball.

Harper had tried hard to push Jordan out, but he wasn't as good at it as O'Neal.

He also tried to half-circle forward, but Jordan always managed to keep him behind him.

Dumas passed the ball steadily, and Jordan held the ball with his back to the basket. Facing McKay's double-team, he immediately raised the ball over his head and made a fake pass.

The move worked, and McKay thought Jordan was going to pass the ball, and even jumped up to intercept it. But after his feet left the ground, he realized that he had been made a fool of.

After the fake pass, Jordan quickly turned around and broke through!
Harper thought Jordan was going to shoot, so he put his center of gravity higher, but was easily broken through by Jordan.

Harper didn't know if Jordan felt his center of gravity, but in any case, the man who changed back to No. 23 was incredibly strong on the offensive end.

Jordan dribbled the ball into the paint, and facing Michael Cage who came to defend, he jumped directly, pulled the ball in the air to avoid Cage and Harper, and then held the ball without shooting, not until his body began to fall, and then he threw the ball towards the backboard.

When Jordan's body began to fall, there was no doubt that Harper and Cage had already landed. He deliberately chose such a time to shoot.

The reason why Jordan chose to attack the restricted area was simple - without the Shark, there was no risk of the restricted area being blocked.

Basketball is still on the rise, and there's nothing Cage or Harper can do about it.

But Jordan suddenly felt that the lights under the basket were blocked, and soon he saw Roger flying into the penalty area!
As the basketball flew to a high point, Roger swung his arm hard and slapped the ball directly out of the baseline, blocking Michael Jordan for the second consecutive round!

"boom!"

Seeing Roger hit Jordan twice in a row at the beginning of the game, the Orlando Arena completely erupted.

Jordan didn't expect Roger to come in to help defend so quickly. Is this kid's awareness of helping defense so good now?
Roger, who had completed the block, continued to fire: "20 wins and 1 loss? No, you are just a loser with a record of 1 win and 8 losses."

Roger was extremely focused on the defensive end today. He knew very well that scoring alone was not enough to fight against this Bulls team.

Even if you are exhausted, you must maintain intensity on both offense and defense!
The ball still belonged to the Chicago Bulls, and Jordan was a little embarrassed after being blocked twice.

He wanted to attack with the ball, but the Magic's sideline defense made it difficult for Jordan to receive the basketball.

Finally, Pippen passed the ball to Dumars who was running outside the three-point line.

Dumars had already calculated where the basketball would land. In fact, he had even figured out the direction of his next pass.

Great organizers can always see two or three moves ahead.

But Dumas' first step went wrong.

As the basketball fell towards him, the Magic team's No. 14 appeared in his field of vision.

Roger identified Pippen's passing target almost the moment he passed the ball. He appeared on the passing route in time, jumped up and easily caught the ball.

Roger blocked the Bulls' attack for the third time in a row!
Don't know what the defensive efficiency value means? It doesn't matter, Roger's excellent defensive performance today is obvious to the naked eye!
Everyone thought this would be a battle for the top scorer, a contest of points, but Roger took the lead with his excellent defense and gave the Bulls a head start!

Jordan cursed inwardly. He didn't expect to encounter such big trouble right at the start. Roger made Michael Jordan feel his own growth personally.

However, the one who felt it more deeply at this time was Phil Jackson. As Roger's coach in his rookie season, he certainly knew Roger's strengths and weaknesses in his rookie year.

In his rookie year, Roger could only avoid mistakes on defense. Now? He has begun to influence defense.

That guy is more than just a scorer!

After completing the steal, seeing that Dumars wanted to use close defense to stop his fast break, Roger immediately passed the ball to Harper.

After receiving the basketball, Harper went straight to the basket and launched a counterattack.

Michael Jordan followed closely behind, and Harper got to the basket, but instead of making a layup, he let the ball slip to the side.

Roger followed up quickly, caught the basketball and jumped high!
But Michael Jordan would not give up. He immediately turned around and jumped on the spot, trying to block the dunk!
In terms of absolute jumping ability, Michael Jordan would undoubtedly be better. But this time, Jordan jumped from the spot, while Roger jumped after sprinting.

So Roger suppressed Jordan in altitude with a slight advantage in the air, and after the fierce collision, he relied on his evolved upper limb strength to maintain his balance and was not knocked down directly by Jordan.

Now, there is only one last step left!
After suppressing Jordan, Roger seemed to be holding a sledgehammer and smashing it down hard, as if to smash Jordan's crown!

"boom!"

Michael Jordan sat on the ground, and Roger pointed at Jordan with one hand. This time Roger didn't say anything, but the final result said it all for him!
"Beautiful! Roger stole the ball and dunked over Michael! God, the last time I saw Michael dunked over was in February 92 against the Jazz. At that time, Karl Malone followed up with the speed of a guard and dunked over Michael after receiving the pass from his teammate. But Karl Malone's physique is well known to be terrifying. This is the first time I have seen a guard dunk over him from the front!"

2-0, after three consecutive strong attacks by the Bulls, the Magic took the lead first.

It was just a goal but, as Steve Jones said, Roger loved to set the tone at the start of big games.

Today, Roger used his tenacious resistance to tell the Bulls that even if they were invincible this season, they would never take anything away from the Orlando Arena!
Steve Jones was very excited when he saw Jordan sitting on the ground after being dunked.

Roger's performance did not disappoint.

But don't be too happy too soon.

In the game against the Bulls, all the key points are in the third quarter.

(End of this chapter)

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