Champions Creed

Chapter 203 Chapter 202: The warden knows how to reform villains (please give me a monthly ticket!)

The relationship between Reggie Miller and Roger was complicated.

Miller was the first person to stand up and support Roger during Jordan's "All-Star Freeze Incident".

Roger also said during the draft interview that his favorite player was Reggie Miller.

It can be seen that they admire each other in some aspects.

But on a competitive level, Roger and Reggie Miller have always been hostile to each other.

And today, the hostility between them has undoubtedly been further deepened.

Reggie Miller stared at Roger and smiled like a villain: "We are your Santiago Padres! The City Without a Crown is a long-determined ending!"

Before the series began, the San Diego Padres had been inconspicuous, ranking only fourth in their division.

This is also the reason why Atlanta fans have always believed that the Warriors can make a comeback. It is the same mentality as the "Lakers reversed the Mavericks 5-4."

As a result, they were confident that they would win the championship, but were defeated by the inconspicuous Padres team.

So, Reggie Miller's meaning is very clear.

He wants to lead the insignificant Pacers to humiliate Roger!
But Roger choked Reggie Miller with just one sentence: "Come on, if you are really that good, would your fans want to burn you to death?"

These words made Reggie Miller feel a burning pain. For a moment, his throat seemed to be stuck and he couldn't speak.

As a player who can enter the "Trash Talk Hall of Fame", Reggie Miller actually didn't know how to respond.

Roger's ruthless burning of Reggie Miller has begun.

What Miller didn't know was that this was just a warm-up. The real fire hadn't been lit yet.

At this time, the starting five of both teams had already moved close to midfield.

The Pacers' starting lineup was Mark Jackson, Reggie Miller, Chris Mullin, Dale Davis and Rick Smits.

This lineup has excellent rim protection capabilities, as Dale Davis and Rick Schmitz are both over 210 cm tall.

Moreover, the bald look of all of them does give people a sense of oppression.

However, what is truly terrifying about the Pacers is not this starting lineup.

Instead, they also have players such as Jalen Rose, Antonio Davis, and Travis Best sitting on the bench.

This means that the Pacers can maintain their hardness for 48 minutes.

Anyone can get hard for a while, but how long they can get hard for divides people into different types.

The Pacers' record and performance this season are excellent, and they definitely have the strength to compete with any team in the league.

But before the game started, Pacers coach Larry Bird looked solemn.

He knows the importance of this game. If the Pacers want to break out of the East, they must deal with the Hawks.

But Roger is not so easy to defeat.

At the start of the game, the 224-centimeter Dutch giant Schmitz fought for the ball.

The Pacers were ready to challenge the Hawks, but in the first round of the game, the Pacers were made to struggle by the Hawks' defensive intensity.

Rick Schmitz wanted to use his height advantage to get the ball in the low post, but Kurt Thomas' rough defense and leg-kicking made it difficult for Schmitz to even get into position.

At the same time, Reggie Miller was directly targeted by Roger. No matter how he moved, he could hardly get rid of Roger who was full of energy.

Pippen was originally responsible for defending Reggie Miller, but Roger took the initiative to apply to face Miller: "If he wants to win here, he has to step over me!"

This switching of defenses also has its advantages. It is difficult for Mark Jackson to organize the offense smoothly when he is entangled with Pippen, the big spider monster.

Originally, Mark Jackson was very good at using his size and huge butt at the number one position to back-up his opponents and create space.

But in front of Pippen, Mark Jackson's advantage disappeared.

For Pippen, this level of shock is just a daily routine with Larsa.

So at the beginning of the game, the Eagles increased the defensive intensity to the maximum.

The Pacers don't have much offensive talent, and the only players on the team who average more than 15 points per game are Reggie Miller and Rick Smits.

80% of their terror comes from defense.

In the 98 series that dragged the Bulls into a seventh game, Reggie Miller averaged only 17 points per game, but they suppressed the Bulls and prevented them from attacking. This was the key to winning all three games against the Bulls.

As for the offensive end, faced with this situation of being completely locked down, the Pacers had no way to solve the problem.

Finally, Mark Jackson passed the ball to Schmitz with difficulty. Schmitz took a step back, but found that he could not take advantage of the shorter Kurt Thomas. Finally, he chose to turn around and hook.

The basketball missed and Alan Henderson grabbed the rebound.

Roger began to chatter in Reggie Miller's ear: "You and your dog will apologize to that boy, right?"

"Fuck you, that's impossible!"

"OK Reggie, I respect your choice, but you also have to respect mine. I'm going to burn you into coal!"

In this attack, Roger failed to get a decent chance facing Reggie Miller's pursuit and defense, and finally ended up with Pippen's mid-range shot missing.

Reggie Miller couldn't help but laugh: "Are you going to burn me like this?"

But soon, Reggie Miller's smile disappeared completely.

Because Roger forced Reggie Miller to have no space to pass the ball on the defensive end!
Pushing, bumping, and elbowing, Roger made Reggie Miller miserable.

There was no other way, Mark Jackson could only look for the second attacking point on the outside, "God's Left Hand" Mullin.

Mullin shot directly after receiving the basketball, but Steve Smith's interference almost hit the face of this Dream Team senior.

Since going to Andy's house, Steve Smith has been playing very hard.

Today, the little boy was at the scene, and he was even more excited.

Under Steve Smith's excellent defense, Mullin instantly turned into Bronny, and his three-pointer was ridiculously crooked.

"You couldn't catch the ball for two consecutive rounds? No wonder your fans want to burn you to death." Roger stuck close to Reggie Miller, not giving him a second to relax.

"You didn't catch the ball either, Roger!"

"Oh, yeah, I haven't tortured you on the offensive end yet." After saying that, Roger pushed Reggie Miller away and went to the top of the arc outside the three-point line to ask for the ball.

The moment Roger received the basketball, he immediately accelerated and broke through, leaving no chance for Mark Jackson to double-team him.

But as soon as he entered the mid-range, Dale Davis raised his arms high to make a follow-up.

Roger stopped suddenly, raised the basketball, and kicked both Reggie Miller and Dale Davis.

Of course, this was a fake shot. After they were all alerted, Roger jumped up, used his excellent upper body strength to withstand the impact of Dale Davis, stabilized his upper body, and threw the ball.

The basketball went into the net, the referee blew the whistle, and Roger spread his hands.

"Reggie, stop letting your dog eat shit. Feed him something good. He's too weak. By the way, which idiot just said I couldn't catch the ball?"

Dale Davis and Reggie Miller were shaking with anger, and Roger made the free throw steadily.

Reggie Miller knew that he had to step up and score to stabilize the morale of the team.

But now, either he couldn't get out of position, or after he got out of position, Mark Jackson was pressured by Pippen and couldn't pass the ball.

Steve Smith also attacked the aging Chris Mullin madly, and Larry Bird's off-ball system instantly lost its effect.

Forced into a corner, Mark Jackson had to call for Dale Davis to come out and provide cover.

Davis did a very good job as a blue-collar worker. This pick-and-roll was quite solid and blocked Pippen.

In this era, the inside line is the inside line. There will be no magical scene where Embiid shoots a three-pointer and Curry grabs the rebound.

As an excellent blue-collar inside player, Dale Davis can do all the inside work very well. Mark Jackson broke through with the help of this high-quality screen, Alan Henderson immediately made up for the defense, and Pippen also turned around to chase.

So, he used a precise and timely ground strike to find Dale Davis who was following him.

After receiving the ball, the latter immediately jumped up and prepared to dunk. But halfway through his jump, Dale Davis was violently pulled down by Roger who had retreated in, and fell heavily to the ground.

The referee blew the whistle, but only gave a normal foul.

Roger glanced at Dale Davis, who was grimacing in pain while holding his arm, and muttered in a cold tone, "You are closer to death than anyone else on this court."

Roger was very angry. This was Larry Bird's most intuitive feeling at the moment.

He didn't know how Reggie Miller and Dale Davis had offended Roger, but this undoubtedly made the game more difficult.

Dale Davis missed two free throws. As a blue-collar center, he is almost useless except for defense and rebounding. His free throw shooting percentage this season is only 46%, which made Ben Ben on the bench sigh: "There are still masters."

0 points.

This is the score the Pacers scored in these rounds.

Reggie Miller was upset because he couldn't catch the ball and couldn't help the team.

What was even more disturbing was Roger who kept pestering him: "If you keep doing this, your wife will turn off the TV and go out on a date. Go Reggie, find a way to score a few goals and keep your wife in front of the TV."

"Roger, I'm really going to beat you up!"

"Okay, Reggie, come on, hit me on the head." As he said that, Roger hit Reggie Miller's forehead.

Of course Reggie Miller wouldn't do anything, he didn't want to be sent off at the beginning of the game.

Roger made Reggie Miller back down in a very humiliating way.

Finally, this time Miller finally caught the ball.

But catching the ball was just the first step, and he still didn't get a good chance to shoot.

Seeing that other teammates were also being closely guarded, Reggie Miller chose to break through with the ball.

In any case, at least there is a chance to get two free throws.

But Reggie Miller couldn't even get to the basket and was completely trapped.

Roger stayed close to Miller from the beginning to the end, not letting him relax even a little bit. Therefore, Miller's breakthrough was completely slow.

With Alan Henderson and Pippen attacking him again, Miller had no choice but to stop the ball where he was.

At this time, Miller's first thought was to find Mark Jackson who was left open by Pippen.

But Pippen's hands were quicker than Miller's thoughts.

The moment Miller stopped the ball, Pippen cut it off with great force.

When facing a defender like Pippen, you must not hesitate in front of him.

Roger picked up the slapped basketball and threw it forward like a Frisbee.

Pippen would take it away, Roger was very confident about it.

Sure enough, Pippen quickly ran up and received the ball, then slammed it with one hand under the pursuit of Mark Jackson!
5:0.

"Not bad Reggie, you've made progress. But unfortunately, you still haven't scored. I don't understand, is it difficult to score?"

After that, Roger leaned against Miller in the offensive position to get the ball. Miller thought Roger was going to turn around and jump shot, but Roger suddenly turned his back and passed him, then faced the tall Rick Schmitz and made a layup.

7:0.

"Now I can say that Roger's layup surpasses the Iceman and is the best layup in NBA history. The Pacers want to be another San Diego Padres, but it doesn't look easy." As soon as Steve Jones finished speaking, the fans at the scene became agitated.

The fans at the scene felt extremely happy watching Roger beat up the guy who said Atlanta was a city without a championship.

Roger didn't talk to Miller this time. Instead, he turned to look at Bird and said, "Larry, replace this loser. You are better than him now!"

"Shut up!" Miller answered for Bird.

"Shut up? Did you forget? I wasn't the one who spoke first! I didn't say anything about the city without a crown, and I didn't say anything about teasing the little fans. Reggie, you really made me angry today! You are finished today, you are finished!"

Reggie Miller, the devil who always brings the greatest malice to his opponents, is now being roasted by another devil.

In the subsequent games, Reggie Miller failed to score.

He was locked up by Roger, and he struggled forward amid Roger's entanglements, trash talk and elbows.

He couldn't catch the ball, and even if he did, he couldn't make a shot, let alone a chance of breaking through.

Roger used the same method Miller used on others to deal with him.

He was burned by Roger's anger and felt like dying!
What's even more embarrassing is that it's not just Reggie Miller who didn't score, but the entire Pacers team couldn't score!

None of the Eagles had forgotten the warden's order: humiliate these bastards.

Therefore, the Hawks played at full intensity from the very beginning, and the Pacers, a team with mediocre offensive talent, were unable to score despite the Hawks' high-intensity defense.

Larry Bird called two timeouts, but to no avail.

It’s not that the team didn’t have opportunities, but the Pacers players didn’t seize those few opportunities.

So in the first quarter, the Eagles started to widen the score!

In the sixth minute of the first quarter, Reggie Miller, whose mentality was about to collapse, was still looking for the team's first scoring opportunity.

In this round, he finally got rid of Roger who had been pestering him through a double cover.

Mark Jackson just shook off Pippen and passed the ball to Miller on the left side of the court.

Miller raised the basketball and stood on tiptoe facing Roger who was chasing him quickly.

Roger raised his center of gravity but did not jump directly to block the shot.

Roger, who is in his fifth year of professional career, will not be easily provoked like he was in the past!
Reggie Miller saw that he failed to deceive Roger and there was not much time left in the 24-second offensive time, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and shoot against Roger and try his luck.

But Roger didn't even give Reggie Miller a chance to gamble. He jumped at the right moment and slapped the ball to the front court with a clean slap.

This time, it was like Reggie Miller, who was in a sea of ​​fire, finally found a door to escape, but Roger suddenly appeared and slammed the door shut!

Next, Reggie Miller could only struggle in agony in the sea of ​​fire.

This is the warden's punishment for disobedient prisoners.

Reggie Miller was pushed in the air, so he couldn't keep his balance and fell to the ground.

After Roger finished blocking the shot, he glanced at Pippen and Steve Smith, who were already running forward and no one could stop them. He did not join the attack, but stepped over Miller, walked into the audience, and sat next to Andy. Then he pointed at Miller coldly, as if he was pointing at a stray dog:
"If you don't want to apologize, I will make you make it up to me in my own way."

The warden's authority reached its peak at this moment.

"boom!"

As soon as Roger finished speaking, a loud noise came from the other side of the court. Pippen assisted Steve Smith who followed up with a two-handed dunk.

Now, the score is a shameful 19 to 0!

This was the most ferocious offensive climax in NBA history, and also the most humiliating start!

The Pacers, who are good at using rough defense against their opponents, were knocked down by the rough defense today.

Reggie Miller looked at Roger who was teasing him on the bench and the bloody score, then he knelt on the ground, pounded the floor angrily, and yelled "Damn it, damn it".

His dignity had been burned by Roger at that moment. His mentality was tortured to the point of complete collapse.

Now, Hannah on the sidelines understood what Roger meant by his words before the game.

The fierce fire in Atlanta really made this big villain who brought bad news to other teams scream and struggle in pain, with nowhere to escape.

The morale of Atlanta fans was greatly boosted. When the Warriors were eliminated, all the media were mocking this city, and even Reggie Miller dared to say "the city without a crown", Atlanta people really needed such a night to be proud of themselves!
The fans prayed to Roger and he answered them.

At this moment, Roger became the only god in Atlanta.

Steve Jones looked at the vicious Pacers being beaten directly and shook his head:

"Don't ever try to be a bad kid in the Georgia Dome, because the warden knows how to reform bad guys."

(End of this chapter)