Champions Creed

Chapter 126 125: No one can teach me how to speak! (Please give me a monthly ticket!)

In the stands of the Miami Heat, a man wearing glasses, looking silly, fat, with gray hair and resembling Gabe Newell, is smiling at the camera.

He is the big boss of the Miami Heat, Micky Arison. This summer, he just bought the shares from the other two major shareholders for US$3250 million, becoming the biggest boss of the Miami Heat and having the final say here.

Don't be fooled by this guy's kind face, but his experience of successfully defeating the Heat this summer is definitely tough enough.

In March of this year, Lewis Shafir, one of the original owners of the Heat, joined other large and small shareholders to suddenly attack the Arison family, trying to seize the ultimate control of the Miami Heat and kick the Arison family out.

Faced with such a sudden event, Mickey did not back down. He first calmly collected some negative information about small shareholders, successfully brought these people to his side, and divided the enemy's forces.

Then he exercised the legal rights corresponding to his equity and directly laid off all of Lewis Shafir's confidants, leaving him completely alone and without support overnight.

Mickey's decisiveness shocked another major shareholder, Billy Canning. Considering the Heat's poor revenue and not wanting to get involved in the fight, he took the initiative to sell his shares to Mickey and cashed out.

Lewis Shafir, who saw the situation was hopeless, had no choice but to withdraw and sold all his shares.

At this point, Mickey has killed the other shareholder. He looks kind with his glasses on, but the lenses are covered in blood.

Micky Arison knows very well that business competition requires toughness, decisiveness and cold-bloodedness, and the same is true for basketball in his mind.

That's why Mickey, who has a strong personality, likes Pat Riley, who also has a strong personality, and he was willing to sell 10% of his shares to Riley in order to invite him over.

He hopes his team can become a tough, iron-clad team like the New York Knicks, and Riley is the only one in the league who can do that.

As an owner who likes to win and truly loves basketball, Micky Arison is looking forward to this Florida derby.

Of course he knows that it is impossible for the Heat to win the championship with the lineup they have this season.

But as long as we can beat our arch-rivals in the same state, the Magic, a few more times, this season will be worth it!

Arison really appreciated Pat Riley's remarks before the game.

That’s right, basketball competition is just like business competition, sometimes you have to use any means necessary.

He believed that Riley's words must have affected the mentality of the young people on the Magic team. He liked to see the miserable looks of those super geniuses falling at the American Airlines Center!

Brian Hill also reminded Roger before the game: "Don't get caught up in individual singles. Riley said those words just to stimulate you. We played as a team today. It's best to pass the ball to everyone!"

The starting lineups of both teams gathered together. After the Magic lost two starting inside players, Brian Hill arranged a lineup of Salu, Harper, Roger, McKay and Cage.

Roger was pushed to the third position and McKay was pushed to the fourth position.

For the Heat, the starting five are Bimbo Coles, Rex Chapman, Billy Owens, Alonzo Mourning and Kevin Willis.

The Heat's starting lineup is not luxurious, but their defense is unsurprisingly among the best in the league.

Just like the Knicks, the Heat did a great job in some aspects that required hard work, discipline, and high-intensity confrontation, and all the Heat players were passionate warriors on the defensive end.

They just lack talent on the defensive end, but there is no problem with their execution and team spirit.

Although Riley is a bastard, he is indeed good at building a team's defense.

At the start of the game, tall Kevin Willis won the first attack ball for the Heat.

The Heat found Mourning on the first ball. They knew very well where the pain points of the Magic were after losing Grant and O'Neal.

Mourning received the ball, turned around and made a jump shot before the double team came up, easily beating McKay.

The Heat took the lead, 0-2.

"Why don't you let your biggest bastard play? You're not a challenge to me at all!" Mourning yelled at McKay after scoring the goal.

Roger jogged to the front court and found Rex Chapman pressing him directly in the off-ball phase.

The latest change on the defensive end after Pat Riley came to the Heat is to require physical contact with the main scoring points without the ball at all times.

Harassment at all times using fierce physical contact.

Whether it's touching or colliding, just don't stop!
In fact, Brian Hill copied, no, it was the same strategy as before when he dealt with Jordan.

Seeing that Roger was being tightly guarded, Salu decided to use pick-and-roll to lead the others to launch an offense.

He did not forget what the head coach said and wanted to play as a team as possible today.

Saroo called Michael Cage forward, but after bypassing the pick-and-roll, Kevin Willis and Bimbo Cole both chose to double-team him instantly.

Salu immediately passed the ball to Cage who was following the pick-and-roll during a double-team, and Cage took two big steps and made a layup.

It seems that this pick-and-roll tactic was successful.

But Cage failed to score, because the moment the basketball left his fingertips, Miami's No. 33 tough guy flew over and fanned the basketball out of his hand!

Most of the starting lineups on this Heat team are mediocre in talent, but Alonzo Mourning is clearly an exception.

He has all the qualities of a Heat player: active, unyielding, tough, and hardworking. At the same time, he also has outstanding talent. He has an outstanding arm span, strong athletic ability, and a good touch.

Pat Riley sees him as the cornerstone of the team and regards this center, who also comes from Georgetown University, as a Patrick Ewing-like leader.

In his prime, Mourning lived up to this responsibility. You can laugh at him for only getting to the first team twice in his career, one first team and one second team. But he will proudly tell you that these were earned by blood and sweat when his kidneys were completely broken and monsters were rampant in the interior!

Mourning's big shot really excited the Heat fans. Billy Owens picked up the basketball and threw it directly to the 185-cm-tall Bimbo Cole, who was as fast as lightning. Billy Owens was originally chosen by Nelson because he had a beautiful pass as a forward.

Bimbo Cole scored an easy layup and the Heat led 4-0.

"Is this your anger? You don't even have the courage to take the ball! Just leave the offense to others, I will be responsible for sending you home!" This time, Mourning yelled at Roger.

Mourning tried to boost the team's morale and motivate his teammates on the defensive end in this way.

He succeeded, because in this round even Chapman was inspired to start trash-talking Roger: "Liar Roger, accept the justice of Miami, where we will strip you of your disguise and make you laugh like a lame animal!"

Roger ignored them. His target today was Riley, and he didn't want to waste time talking to anyone else.

Roger was about to raise his hand for the ball, but Salu passed the ball to McKay in the low post as the coach had arranged.

McKay passed the ball to Harper who was cutting in along the baseline with his back to the basket, but Harper's layup bounced off the rim due to Kevin Willis' rough muscular defense.

Kevin Willis's playing style has always been soft, but after coming to the Heat, he has turned into a real bad guy.

To defeat the Heat's relentless team defense, you must have top-notch talent because they won't give role players easy shots.

Harper, McKay and even Saroo, their offensive power is difficult to play a role under such defense.

The Heat counterattacked, and Mourning drove past McKay after holding the ball in the mid-range and made a tough finish.

0:6.

"It's so sad, Roger. It seems that you can only vent your anger on that poor French model. You can only deal with women." Morning smiled and shook his head.

"That's enough, Saru, give me the ball next round." Roger shouted at Saru.

"OK, but the coach just told me."

"He's not an idiot. He can see our predicament and he will understand."

Finally, Roger used aggressive running to shake off Chapman in the third round, and then received the pass outside the three-point line.

After that, the ball was not passed again.

Not long after the game started, Roger disobeyed the head coach and gave up the team play.

But Brian Hill didn't yell or express dissatisfaction.

He knows very well that this is the privilege of a star player.

Whatever Roger does on the court can be done without the consent of the head coach.

Although Brian Hill was unhappy, he had no choice but to accept it.

Of course, Hill's patience with Roger was limited.

If Roger still makes mindless shots and misses again and again when facing tight double-teaming, Brian Hill will still curse at him.

But what surprised Hill now was that the Heat did not double-team Roger!

Roger looked at Chapman, who was only 193 cm shorter than him, and then looked at the other players on the Heat team and found that they did not double-team him.

It seems that Riley allowed Roger to play singles in the middle and long distances.

Riley knows that without Shark and Grant, the Magic's offense is highly dependent on Roger.

Therefore, he will not let Roger lead the whole team, and will not over-double-team and leave wide open space for role players.

He would rather let Roger fight alone at medium and long distances, making Roger a lone wolf.

Roger may be able to score a lot of points, but with the Heat players' all-round consumption from without the ball to with the ball, his touch will be exhausted sooner or later, and he can't carry the whole team. After seeing Riley's strategy, Roger boldly tried to stab forward.

Chapman, who was afraid of Roger's breakthrough, took a step back. With this step, Roger seized the opportunity and attacked directly.

Seeing Roger's move, Brian Hill began to grumble in dissatisfaction: "Damn it."

"brush!"

".Damn, we should have given the ball to Roger earlier!"

As a champion coach, how can he be bad at responding to situations? What matters is an active mind!

3 to 6, Mourning was ready to respond to Roger's trash talk.

But Roger didn't even look at Mourning. He retreated and pointed at Riley: "This is for you. This is for you! Don't worry, Pat. There will be more today!"

Roger did not forget the purpose of his trip. This was not just a regular season game, it was also a personal grudge!
Heat owner Micky Arison was excited. He likes this kind of competition and he enjoys this kind of game.

But he also believed that the person who would be thrown into the coffin in the end would be Roger.

What can he do with his firepower alone?

The game continued, and in this round the Magic successfully double-teamed Mourning. Mourning passed the ball to Kevin Willis, but his mid-range jump shot missed.

The Magic got a chance to counterattack, and Roger went straight to Cage who grabbed the rebound and asked for the ball. Since he would be consumed even without the ball, he might as well attack directly with the ball.

Roger controlled the ball across the midfield line, and still had no intention of passing the ball.

In this game, the Magic's offense completely turned into one person against four people.

Brian Hill doesn't like this kind of game, but the Heat's defensive strategy is to force Roger to do so.

Chapman continued to press without thinking, but Roger got past him with a big turn forward.

Chapman himself is not a very good one-on-one defensive player. They are indeed fierce and determined, and it does take top talent to deal with them.

Roger is not talented, but he happens to have top-notch talent.

When facing top-level talented offensive players, it is not enough to just have an attitude when defending.

After passing Chapman, Roger took a mid-range shot from one step inside the three-point line.

5:6.

Bill Walton at the scene knew that the anger was about to begin to burn!

"Pat, I thought you'd at least improve after being chased to South Beach. But you're still a loser, and your team is as worthless as you are. Where are you going to run to next time? The West?"

Roger continued to rant at the Heat bench.

"Watch what you say here, kid!" Alonzo Mourning would not allow anyone to insult his team and his coach in his home court.

Roger has tolerated Mourning for a long time. He has always wanted to ignore Mourning, but Mourning keeps finding fault.

Hasn’t anyone taught you that children shouldn’t interrupt when adults are talking?
"That's really interesting. What if I just didn't pay attention?" This was the first time Roger spoke to Morning today.

"Then I'll make you pay attention!"

It is well known that Mourning dislikes Roger and the Sharks.

Not to mention Shaq, there are few inside players in the league who like the arrogant and domineering O'Neal.

What about Roger? He said in high school that "Alonso Mourning will no longer be compared with Shaq after entering the NBA."

At present, this is indeed the truth.

But Morning felt that he was insulted, so Roger always had a bad impression in his mind.

Now, Roger is acting so unscrupulously in Mourning's home court, it's simply rebellious!

Morning secretly made up his mind that if Roger dared to break into the restricted area, he would definitely teach that bastard a lesson!

The Heat continued to attack. This time, Mourning ran out to set an off-ball screen for Chapman. Chapman is a very accurate three-point shooter. In the 90s, he averaged an unorthodox 6 three-pointers per game, but his hit rate was a stable 37.1%, so his long-range threat was still very large.

This set of off-ball pick-and-roll cooperation attracted the attention of the Magic team's defense, and McKay was still wondering whether to switch defense for Roger.

The next moment, after setting a screen without the ball, Mourning cut into the restricted area. At the same time, point guard Bimbo Coles fed the ball directly into the penalty area.

Off-ball screen is just a cover!
Because of his hesitation, McKay was a step slower, so he could only stay as close to Mourning as possible, but Mourning still relied on McKay to get to the basket and forced a jump to prepare for a layup.

The Heat's attack intention today was very clear, which was to bully the Magic's empty inside line.

As a result, when Mourning was about to shoot the basketball, he saw Roger rush into the penalty area, jump from McKay's side, stretch out his arm and directly fan the ball in his hand away!

After completing the block, Roger's body, which was still rushing forward, slammed into Mourning, knocking him down.

"Roger blocked Mourning with the ball. His defense was very fast in this round! That kid's anger is burning, burning fiercely!" Bill Walton couldn't help but shout. After Roger gained weight this season, his playing style has become more and more brutal.

Roger used to be about 10 points elegant.

Now it is 7 points of elegance and 3 points of brutality.

In the past, Roger might have been able to block Mourning, but with his weight, it would be impossible for him to knock Mourning down.

After Mourning fell to the ground, Roger bent down and fired at his face: "Answer me, what if I'm not paying attention, Alonzo? What can you do to me? How can you make me pay attention?"

"Fuck!" Mo Ning slammed the floor angrily, got up and was about to do it.

Derek McKay did not allow the fight to happen. He stood in front of Roger almost instantly: "Get out of the way, Alonzo. What do you want to do? Remember Dennis's red hair when he caused trouble with us last time? That hair was not dyed!"

Mourning retreated under the pull of his teammates and the warning of the referee.

He was extremely angry, but taking action now was obviously not a wise choice.

He must first ensure victory in the game.

Mourning tried to calm himself down, but the fans' excited hearts were still hard to calm down.

Roger really is becoming more and more like a tyrant this season, with more and more violent execution scenes.

This is the change that the increase in weight and strength has brought to Roger, and he also enjoys this change.

The Magic counterattacked, and Mourning stared at Roger. He must return the blow he just made! If Roger dared to break into the restricted area, he would die!

Roger continued to hold the ball and play one-on-one. His assists have increased significantly this season, especially after Salu successfully entered the rotation.

But today, Roger returned to his most classic version.

Roger knew Riley's strategy. He wanted to exhaust himself from the endless pressure and one-on-one play, and turn himself into Jordan in the second match against the Magic.

But when the Magic defended Jordan so well before, Harper was the most effective defender.

If Roger was pressed by excellent defenders like Pippen and Harper throughout the game, he would indeed be greatly exhausted.

But with these ugly guys on the Heat's outside line, Roger won't be affected by their pressing at all!
That was the case this time, Roger didn't even give Chapman a chance to get close.

When Chapman pressed forward roughly and tried to consume Roger, Roger skillfully dribbled behind his back, immediately avoided Chapman, and then broke through directly.

Morning was like a beast that had spotted its prey. He immediately reinforced his defense and appeared in the most suitable position, ready to hunt Roger.

He jumped with all his strength, but was still suppressed by Roger in terms of height in the air. This is the difference between a vertical jump and a sprint jump.

Roger had a head-on collision with Mourning in the air. With the help of inertia, Roger pushed Mourning away and slammed the ball with one hand!

Mourning fell out of the baseline in a mess and was brutally killed by Roger for the second consecutive round!

He just knocked Mourning over with the ball, and now he dunked him from the front. Roger's brutality made Miami feel terrified!
In the stands, Micky Arison couldn't laugh anymore. Yes, he liked tough competition, but he liked the Heat using their toughness to torture their opponents.

But now it is Morning who is being tortured by Roger!

Roger, who has gained weight and strength this season, has a much higher success rate in dunks.

Compared to his previous gentle stabbing like a sleeve arrow, Roger now prefers to raise his battle axe and directly chop off the enemy's head!
Assassin's Creed? Berserker's Creed!

Mourning fell to the ground, looking at Magic No. 14 in astonishment. He didn't expect that this once skinny high school student could burst out with such power.

Roger looked at Mourning proudly, his eyes cold. "Watch your words? No one can teach me how to talk, Alonzo! If you can't stop me, then shut the fuck up. I can say whatever I want! I don't want to hear you interrupt me anymore, understand!?"

After dealing with the interrupting Mourning, Roger retreated to look at Riley on the bench again: "There will be a lot more gifts for you today. Sit down and enjoy them slowly, you bastard Pat."

Roger kept yelling at the Heat bench, and Bill Walton began to sympathize with Riley:
"God, Roger would yell at the Heat bench almost every time they scored a goal. He didn't intend to let Pat go! I said a long time ago that being valued by Roger is never a good thing. Has Pat Riley started to regret what he said before? I think, a little bit."

(End of this chapter)