Champions Creed

Chapter 179 Chapter 178: He is completely out

Chapter 179 Chapter 178: He is completely out (asking for monthly tickets!)
Dominique Wilkins has been playing in the air all his life, but this time he had his finest moment on the floor.

No matter how high an eagle soars, it will eventually have to dive to the ground to catch its prey.

Wilkins stretched out his claws and left Jordan with a fatal wound.

From now on, he will no longer suffer from the regrets of 1988.

From now on, he will no longer shed tears for not having taken the ring.

Watching Roger run past Jordan without saying a word, Wilkins just felt lucky.

Roger's 27-point performance in a single quarter tonight was exactly the same as Bird's.

Endless catch-and-shoot shots will defy your defense and destroy your confidence time and time again.

Michael Jordan's role became Wilkins himself, and he tried his best to stop it, but to no avail.

27 points in a single quarter, Roger is not the only one who has done this in the playoffs.

Charles Barkley in 1994 and Mark Aguirre in 1988 also had performances of 27 points in a single quarter in the playoffs.

"Sleeper" Sleepy Floyd even set a historical record of 1987 points in a single quarter when facing the Showtime Lakers in the 29 Western Conference semifinals.

But one thing is certain - Roger's 27 points in a single quarter is the most legendary of all these stories.

Because with these 27 points, he completed his complete domination over the "God" and snatched the torch from Michael Jordan.

Jordan looked helplessly at the score on the big screen, unable to believe that the team was now 11 points behind.

The photographer in charge of filming the Magic documentary in the NBA entertainment department immediately gave a close-up of Jordan's incredible expression. He knew that this moment was the climax of the documentary.

It was even more exciting than the moment I won the championship.

There will be championships every year, but there is only one person who can completely end Jordan.

New York fans were collectively speechless. Just before the start of the fourth quarter, they were still expecting Jordan to have a great night.

Fantasizing about avenging the previous defeat in the seventh game.

But Madison Square Garden was once again dominated by Roger.

It seems that he is the real owner of the garden.

At this point, Roger had 49 points and Jordan had 45. At first glance, this seemed like a close match.

But statistics can be deceiving. Anyone who has watched the game will know that Roger was simply humiliating Jordan.

He ended Michael Jordan and his era in the most direct way.

When Magic Johnson lost to Jordan in 1991, he acted very quietly, like a gracious abdicated emperor.

Jordan didn't understand at the time. He felt that if he was defeated by a junior one day, he would definitely be furious.

But now, Jordan is very quiet, just like the magician back then.

He finally understood the magician's feelings: when you are enveloped by a strong sense of powerlessness, your emotions will be unusually calm, because at that moment you will know that no matter how hard you struggle, it will be in vain.

After Roger dunked the ball, Phil Jackson called a timeout.

This timeout was more like a farewell to Michael Jordan.

The Zen Master looked at No. 23 in front of him and patted him on the shoulder: "The meaning of the championship may not be great, but the process of striving for the championship is great. Many years later, when we can get together, we can all smile and say, 'I am proud that we fought to the end.'"

Most Knicks players thought that the Zen Master was saying goodbye to this season. They had no idea that the Zen Master was saying goodbye to a legend.

"Forget it," Jordan sat back on the bench expressionlessly, "This is nothing to be proud of."

Jordan really felt it was ironic. It was the first time he realized that the Zen Master was so good at comforting people. If you don't lose a few times, you won't know how much your coach is good at saying these bullshit.

The outcome was decided, but Jordan did not leave the game early.

The pride in his heart prevented him from doing such a thing.

When he came back on the court, Jordan wanted to make a quick two-point shot, but missed the target due to Roger's tight interference.

Ewing grabbed the offensive rebound and shot hard under the basket, but what greeted him was a fierce block from Shaquille O'Neal.

Ruthless, Roger and the shark showed no mercy.

This is the cruelty of competitive sports.

Believe me, if Kobe Bryant was still a championship contender in 2016, his final game would not have been so dignified.

The combination of Michael Jordan and Ewing is like a dream for New York fans.

Nice, but impractical.

The 11-point difference remained until the end, 113 to 102, the Orlando Magic defeated the Knicks in New York.

The total score was 4 to 2, reaching the finals for the third consecutive year!
Roger said there would be no game seven this year, so he ended the suspense with a performance of 27 points in a single quarter.

As usual, Jordan walked up to Roger and shook his hand.

He was tired of it, and for the third year in a row, he shook Roger's hand as the loser.

He didn't know what the point of his persistence was.

After hugging Roger, Jordan turned and left.

In the past, Jordan and Roger would not say anything after shaking hands.

But this time, Roger stopped him and said, "Michael, tell me, do you regret letting the team trade me? If you hadn't done that, you could at least have won a championship. Even though you're a complete jerk, I think I'll stay with you for at least a year before we completely fall out."

Jordan was stunned for a moment, did not answer, and continued walking towards the player tunnel.

Roger already had the answer, and if he didn't regret it, he would definitely say it out loud.

In another twenty or thirty years, the story of Jordan forcing the team to trade Roger will become the beginning of his shame.

People will divide Jordan's career into before the trade of Roger and after the trade of Roger.

Before Roger was traded, Jordan's career was perfect, great, and flawless.

After the trade of Roger, it is a story for another era.

At this point, no one knows how much of an impact this game will have on Jordan's historical status.

But what is certain is that Jordan's image in people's memory has begun to change.

For people in the past, the Jordan they remember is the one who averaged 41 points per game in the finals, the one who knocked Drexler down a level, and the one and only winner of three consecutive championships.

But after today, people's most profound memory of Jordan will become the night when he was slaughtered by Roger.

You can imagine whether people's most profound memory of the Smiling Assassin is the two consecutive championships or being defeated by Jordan.

From now on, no one will ever say that Michael Jordan is the best in history.

From now on, Roger took over Michael Jordan's fate: to rule the league like an emperor.

Watching Jordan leave, Roger jumped onto the technical table.

This is his reserve item after winning at Madison Square Garden.

This time, Roger didn't say any excessive trash talk. He just faced the audience and bowed like an actor in a play to take his curtain call.

From Pat Riley to Michael Jordan.

No matter who New Yorkers invite, there will always be only one person as the protagonist of the garden.

Behind him stands the tombstone of the Knicks.

After jumping down from the technical table, Wilkins was the first to rush up and hug Roger.

"We're going to the finals, we're really going to the finals! I love you so much Roger, I fucking love you so much!"

Wilkins has played basketball for more than a decade and has never known what it feels like to be in the NBA Finals.

He was as excited as an old virgin who finally waited for the technician to come to the foot massage parlor.

Roger patted Wilkins on the face and said, "Don't be so excited Dom. Now, there is nothing that can stop you from getting the ring."

The reporter, the colorful-clothed man Sage, came up and shook hands with Roger with a smile: "Congratulations, Roger. This is a game that is destined to be praised. In the fourth quarter, what made you play so horribly?"

"I'm always chasing championships, that's all."

"Michael Jordan scored 45 points today. Do you want to talk about him?"

"I've been answering similar questions for the third year in a row, what else can I say? He's a great underdog."

If you think Roger is going to say something like, “You know, Michael is an extremely good player,” you’re dead wrong.

Roger would never be hypocritical in praising Jordan, at least not now.

"In the fourth quarter, your shot seemed to be blessed by God. How did you find the feeling?"

"God doesn't have time to worry about my jump shot. All I know is that my shot shames the black God."

"Last question, which team would you rather play in the finals against, the Houston Rockets or the Utah Jazz?"

"It doesn't matter. I will destroy whoever comes."

Crazy, this guy is really crazy.

Every answer was outrageous.

People found that Roger was beginning to look more and more like Michael Jordan!

That kind of condescending, contemptuous and self-centered aura is exactly the same as Jordan before.

However, he does have the qualifications to be so arrogant.

After all, it only took him four years to overthrow the basketball empires of Nike and Jordan.

What will happen next? No one knows what kind of legend Roger will create in the NBA. Afterwards, Dominique Wilkins, crying and covering his face, suddenly broke into the camera and hugged Roger: "I love you, really, I love you!"

Unfortunately, in the Magic fans' fantasy, the person who broke into the camera should be Shaq. They also fantasized that a great victory could dilute the contradictions between them.

But where was Shaq? Where was Shaq? No one had seen him on the court since the game.

However, Wilkins's statement when he broke into the camera and said this was also full of storytelling.

A few months ago, the conflict between Wilkins and Roger was a hot topic that all media rushed to report.

But now, Wilkins is a completely different person.

Seeing this, Sager changed the interview subject to Wilkins: "Dom, congratulations on reaching the finals for the first time in your career. We all know that you and Roger encountered many difficulties in running-in when playing together at the beginning of the season. What about now? Do the difficulties still exist?"

Wilkins smiled and wiped away his tears:
"Of course there is. The biggest difficulty now is that during the game I always can't help but stop and admire his performance."
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Back in the locker room, everyone poured water on Roger.

Of course, O'Neal was not involved.

He watched all this silently, almost crumpling up the Magic jersey in his hands.

Who saved Roger from having to go into attack mode in the first three quarters? Himself.

Who made Patrick Ewing and Oakley afraid to expand their defense? It was me.

But at the moment of victory, the whole world only remembered Roger.

Shark always felt that what he said during the last argument with Roger in the locker room was correct. That bastard was just a vulture gnawing on the corpse of his companion.

Why should I let him eat it willingly?

Roger also didn't look at O'Neal. Although their lockers were next to each other, they were no different from strangers. The Eastern Conference championship trophy was placed between them, like a dividing line.

At this time, Salu found that a team staff member brought a box of "Dynasty Feast" sold by Roger into the locker room and placed it in the corner.

Since defeating the Bulls in the first round, a box of "Dynasty Feast" has been moved into the locker room every time a series is won.

It's now on the third box.

These wines are always with the Magic team. If they go to an away game, these wines will be moved to the away locker room.

No one knows why Roger moves all this wine around.

If it was just for celebration, he could just move in on the day he won the championship. There was no need to follow the team every day. And Roger never opened the wine and had no intention of drinking it.

Saroo asked curiously, "Roger, what do these drinks mean? Even if we want to celebrate, it's too early."

Roger smiled mysteriously: "You will know, Saru, after we win the championship, you will know."

On the other side, the Knicks locker room was dead silent.

The Knicks players couldn't believe that they lost the series with Ewing and Jordan.

Moreover, they don’t even qualify for a tiebreak.

To encourage everyone, Larry Johnson shouted again and again in the locker room: "It's okay guys, we will be back next year! We will come back and fix it all!"

But no one was inspired and every player was indifferent.

Because Jordan and Ewing, the core of the team, kept their mouths shut after the game and didn't say a word.

If even they are so depressed, if even they don't have the confidence to say "We will come back next year".

Where does the confidence of the other Knicks come from?

The Zen Master looked at Jordan who had been silent, tilted his head, called Ewing, and the three of them went to the physical therapy room.

Behind closed doors, the Zen Master said bluntly: "Next season, we have a chance to win the championship. Michael, will you come back?"

"We can win next season, Michael!" Ewing was much more excited than the Zen Master.

Patrick Ewing's basketball career is always full of tragedy.

1982年3月29日，帕特里克.尤因最接近冠军的日子。记分牌上还有32秒时，乔治城大学以62比61领先他们的对手北卡。

In the final moments, North Carolina's core player James Worthy was trapped by Georgetown University's tight double team defense, and he had to pass the ball to the sweaty freshman.

The freshman caught the ball, jumped up and shot amid the cheers of more than 60,000 people in New Orleans. Patrick Ewing prayed that the ball would not go in, but the ball fell into the net with a "swish".

North Carolina won the game in the final moments, and the freshman who changed everything was called Michael Jordan.

This was the beginning of all Ewing's tragedies.

From then until he entered the NBA, most of Ewing's tragedies can actually be summed up in one sentence - from the 80s to the 90s, from the NCAA to the NBA, Ewing always met Jordan.

Now, Ewing finally fights side by side with his biggest nightmare, Jordan, and finally sees the light of hope.

As a result, Jordan is going to retire after playing in New York for only one year?
Ewing couldn't understand.

He didn't want the group to fall apart.

Therefore, he is now much more excited than the Zen Master.

Jordan raised his eyes, looked at the Zen Master, and then looked at Ewing:
"Again? You don't understand at all. Just now, we lost our last chance to beat the Magic. There won't be a next time. Next season, Shaq will definitely leave, and this dynasty team is about to end their days."

"Yes, that means we have a chance!" Ewing shouted.

"No, it means we can never beat this Magic team again. Even the most powerful media can't change that fact.

Last season, most people could easily beat the Los Angeles Lakers after Magic Johnson's brief return, but that doesn't mean you can beat the Showtime Lakers.

Even if we beat the Magic 50 times in the future, we will never be able to make up for the few times we lost.

We were all killed by Roger!"

Jordan said, looking at his hands and struggling.

In December 1984, just five weeks into his career, Jordan was asked, "How will your career end?" He thought about it for a long time.

"I hope I have done my best and won a championship by then," he thought for a moment, and then added, "If possible, at least play in an All-Star Game. Well, if I can accomplish these two achievements at the end of my career, then I can retire with peace of mind."

Today, Jordan has gone much further than he expected, and this journey is great enough.

Of course, Jordan is dissatisfied with the current outcome.

But he couldn't change anything anymore.

He and Roger have already decided the winner.

It was time to say goodbye. Michael Jordan had been dealing with this world of the jungle for too long and he was really tired. When he shook hands with Roger just now, he felt a strong sense of boredom.

Perhaps, I should be like the magician in 1991. Calmly accept the reality, and then watch the next era come.

Jordan raised his head and glanced at Zen Master and Ewing.

"Goodbye Phil, Patrick, my dear friends."

Michael Jordan would never have imagined that Roger would say something similar to Toni Kukoc when he asked Roger to leave Chicago in 94.

Now, it's Jordan's turn.

The cycle of reincarnation has ended, and Roger has put an end to it all.
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Roger is the best. I have seen Dr. J at his peak. I have seen David Skywalker Thompson score 73 points in a single game. I have seen Bernard King score 50 points in two consecutive games at Madison Square Garden. I love Larry, Magic and Michael, but Roger is the best. I am willing to pay to watch him play and even to watch him train. -- Knicks diehard Spike Lee talked about Roger in an interview outside Madison Square Garden. He was completely conquered.

In the summer of 1997, Roger could say goodbye to Michael Jordan. From now on, the name of that man would no longer be mentioned in his era. Michael lost the three-year confrontation in an extremely tragic way. He lost his last chance. After all this, no one was sure whether he would return to the Knicks lineup next season. -- Magic Johnson commented on the impact of this brutal Game 6 on Jordan and the Knicks.

The value of that deal is still rising, and Jerry Krause will be recorded in history forever. Because of this man, he personally created two dynasties in the 90s. ——Sports Illustrated writer Andrew Sharp satirized the Bulls in his article.

"If you knew how badly Roger was criticized after he lost the finals, you would understand how precious this night was. Roger overcame his fate and turned the media's reputation around.

At first, they laughed at Roger, saying that he would never become a historical player in his life and that he was just a young egomaniac.

Because Michael can lead the same Bulls to a championship and Roger can't, Roger is garbage.

Because Michael never lost in the finals and Roger never did, Roger was a loser.

They ridiculously believed that a mere round of the finals could sentence Roger's entire career to death.

But look, now, who is the loser lying on the ground? Who is the trash who was kicked out?

No one can laugh, and like Roger said last year, they can still brag about Michael's undefeated record in the Finals, and this is all the pitiful decency he has left.

This is the greatest significance of tonight.

He turned all those who slandered him and mocked him into truly ridiculous clowns! "

——Slam Dunk Magazine.

As David Falk and Nike had expected, the defeat was devastating.

The media they controlled were useless because no one could change the fact that Jordan was dominated by Roger.

For a time, Jordan's reputation fell to the bottom.

For a time, Roger became the darling of the media.

There is no place for Jordan in this basketball world anymore, he is completely out.

For Jordan, his legend has completely ended.

But for Roger, his legendary career has just passed its initial stage.

Just imagine when Roger reaches Michael Jordan's age.

There will be so many trophies piled up behind him.