Champions Creed

Chapter 264 263: Winners are always changing, only interests are eternal (ask for monthly tickets!)
Roger actually knows better than anyone how great Ray Allen and the Milwaukee Bucks were in the 00-01 season.

You can totally regard the 01 Bucks as Ray Allen's first peak.

As we all know, apart from the OK combination, the most successful player in 2001 was undoubtedly AI.

But in fact, AI's position should have belonged to Ray Allen.

Because of the seven Eastern Conference Finals that year, the 76ers received too much care from the league.

In that round of the series, the 76ers had 66 more free throws and 9 fewer technical fouls than the Bucks. There were controversial calls against the Bucks at critical moments in both the first and fourth games.

The most outrageous thing was that Big Dog Robinson didn't get his first free throw of the series until Game 8. Several commentators were fined a total of $ because they couldn't help talking about the topic of game manipulation during the series.

个人表现方面，雷.阿伦场均27.1分3.3个篮板5.4次助攻2.1次失误，命中率46.8%，三分命中率50.9%。

对比艾弗森的30.5分4.8个篮板6.8次助攻3.2次失误，命中率34.4%三分命中率33.3%并不落下风。

In Game 9, Ray Allen made three-pointers in a single game, breaking the playoff record.

In contrast, AI's hit rate in the first three games was only a terrifying 26%.

It's hard to say whether the 76ers would have made it to the finals if they didn't gain these advantages.

It's also hard to say how Ray Allen's popularity would change if he made it to the finals and led his team to win one or two games against the Lakers.

But one thing is certain: the Milwaukee Bucks in the 00-01 season were indeed a finals-level team.

There's more to Ray Allen and his team than just starting out strong.

The day before the game, Ray Allen learned that the game against the Hawks was temporarily changed to a national live broadcast.

Countless players struggling in small markets long for such an opportunity, and Glenn Robinson is one of them.

The most popular sport in Wisconsin is football. Even though the Bucks have had a good record at the beginning and even though this is the best Bucks since the Big O and Skyhook era, their attention is not half as much as the Green Bay Packers.

Ray Allen doesn't have Roger's charm to turn a baseball city into a basketball city overnight.

Therefore, the opportunity to appear on national live broadcast is particularly rare for Glenn Robinson.

But Ray Allen was bored with the nationwide broadcast.

He felt like the nationwide broadcast was a charity.

"Look at those lucky Milwaukee bastards who got to play Roger on national television. They should give Roger a kowtow, because who would want to watch the Bucks?"

This voice has been echoing in Ray Allen's heart.

He can't change anything. The nationwide live broadcast has become an fait accompli.

The only thing Ray Allen can do is win this nationally televised game.

Tell the world that they earned the nationwide live broadcast based on their own strength.

The day before the competition, the clothing commercial shot by Roger and Gisele Bundchen began to be broadcast on TV.

The director of this commercial happened to be Andy Lee, who shot the commercial almost in the manner of an art film, with Roger and Gisele Bundchen wearing the products and performing many intimate actions on a large white round bed, almost bordering on the edge.

Because they are a couple, both of them performed very naturally and their movements were very skillful.

The only difficulty for Roger was that he always lost control of the gun during filming, causing the filming to be suspended.

Regardless, the final ad is an excellent one.

Charles Barkley of TNT joked: "I don't understand why anyone thinks Ray Allen can win. Look, he can't even shoot sex scenes as well as Roger!"

This sentence really made Ray Allen angry. It seemed that everyone was waiting to see the Bucks being slaughtered in this game.

What is this? Do you really think he is the only one who has improved over the summer?
Game day, Bradley Center, Milwaukee.

As soon as Roger appeared on the stage, he attracted the attention of all reporters and fans.

It was as if the Bradley Center was Roger’s home court.

But Ray Allen was still warming up seriously and was not affected by Roger at all.

He felt that his touch was very good today and he made every shot.

Can this fiery touch burn Roger?
Glenn Robinson was excited: "Ray, I feel like we can win tonight."

"Well," Ray Allen replied coldly, "We can win tonight if we solve one problem."

"what is the problem?"

"Look at my shoe tongue. Is it aligned correctly? It feels a little crooked. It looks uncomfortable."

Glenn Robinson:
As the starting lineups of both teams gathered, the scene began to become lively and the ratings of the game began to rise.

For most fans, tonight is the real opening game.

The Bucks' starting five is Cassell, Ray Allen, Big Dog, Tim Thomas and Earvin Johnson.

The Hawks finally put out the championship starting lineup again, Roger, Pierce, Pippen, Marion and Big Ben.

Big Ben won the jump ball and the Eagles found Roger on the first attack.

In the past eight games, the Eagles' record of 4 wins and 4 losses is not dominant.

Pierce's offense is great, but it's far from being as free as Roger, and he can't create a qualitative gap with most stars.

For example, in the opening game against the Lakers, facing the firepower of the Lakers' big three, Pierce's performance of 3 points in a single game was good enough, but it was not enough to win. Today, Roger showed what it means to do whatever he wants.

Facing the big dog, Roger scored the first goal for the team with a mid-range and long-range quick stop and fade away, which was an understatement.

Glenn Robinson felt that his fingertips were just a little bit away from touching the ball. The interference was as tight as possible, but Roger still scored so easily.

However, Ray Allen soon demonstrated his terrifying power as the league's top offensive victory contribution value.

Ray Allen did not play without the ball, but instead received a pass from Cassell at the top of the arc and played against Pippen.

This is a cross-era matchup. No one would consider Pippen and Ray Allen as stars of the same era. Watching them compete on the same court is like watching a classic car and a modern sports car race against each other.

This is indeed the case, because Ray Allen used a simple change of direction and acceleration to pass Pippen, the guy who once frightened countless outside players in the 90s.

This season, Pippen's condition has further declined, and his lateral speed has made it difficult for him to defend guards.

It was almost a pipe dream for Ray Allen to use this move to get past Pippen, but now, it is a reality.

Ray Allen relied on Pippen to get into the inside, overtook him with faster steps, and then faced Marion and dunked.

One of the most common rumors about Ray Allen is that he was a dunker when he was young. In fact, Ray Allen's dunk frequency was very low at any stage of his career.

But the difference between him and Curry, Thompson and others is that Ray Allen's occasional dunks are really entertaining to watch and will never cause a joke.

For this goal, Gentleman Lei confronted Marion in the air and then forcefully slammed the ball into the net through Marion with one arm, successfully scoring!

A murderous look appeared on Ray Allen's face, and George Karl waved his fist excitedly.

Most of the time, George Karl didn't like Ray Allen.

He felt that Ray Allen was like a Barbie doll, delicate and beautiful, but not cruel enough.

Ray Allen once lived in Europe, where people love gentlemen, poets and philosophers, and elegance. But Americans don't have such preferences, and there is no long-standing aristocratic tradition like Europe. In the more than 200 years of history of this country, there are cavalry, whalers, cowboys, boxers and western pioneers, so they admire passion and brutality.

What's more, George Karl's glory is built on the rough and hot-blooded Kemp and Payton.

Therefore, it was impossible for Ray Allen to agree with him, and he mocked Ray Allen at press conferences more than once.

But this season, George Karl found that Ray Allen had changed a lot.

In certain games, Ray Allen would put aside his elegance and refinement and embrace crudeness and bloodshed.

Against the Toronto Raptors, facing the gorgeous flying man, Ray Allen scored 31 points with one tough sprint after another and blew them away.

Against the New Jersey Nets, when Stephen Marbury shot 13 of 4 shots, Ray Allen completed the slaughter with a 35-point performance.

Against the Spurs, Ray Allen responded to Derek Anderson's 6-of-5 three-point shooting that night by shooting 7-of-4 from beyond the arc.

He began to become murderous and started to enjoy torturing his opponents and the taste of blood.

It was this transformation that allowed Ray Allen to fight AI for seven games in the original 00-01 season.

This is the change that George Karl wanted to see, and tonight, Ray Allen undoubtedly entered that state again.

One round later, Roger's three-pointer bounced off the rim and the Bucks secured the rebound.

Cassell controlled the ball, and with his experience, he passed the ball to Ray Allen who cut out to the right three-point line at the most appropriate time.

Pippen was half a beat slower again, and his athletic ability had declined seriously.

Although he still blocked Ray Allen's face with his long arms, Bucks' No. 34 still shot the ball in with a textbook posture.

Ray Allen's hot three-point shooting during warm-up still did not betray him, and the basketball went into the net, leaving Pippen with only helplessness.

"Another three-pointer. When people thought Roger was going to take control of the game, Ray Allen used two attacks to regain the momentum! This season, Ray Allen is the most dangerous man in the league, the sharpest sword!"

Ray Allen showed his brilliance and made two more three-pointers in the game after the first quarter. He made 5 of 3 three-pointers in a single quarter and scored 15 points!
Although Roger scored 11 points, the Hawks still trailed 25-33 in the first quarter because of the outstanding performances of Big Dog and Cassell.

At the end of the first quarter, the entire Bucks team roared excitedly on the bench.

They jumped at the chance to perform live across America.

The Hawks are a bit depressed. In the past eight games, they have not found the dominance that led to their 72 wins last season.

I thought Roger's return today would allow everyone to regain the feeling of dominating the game, but the game was still difficult.

In front of the huge luxurious screen, Bruce Levinson put down his glass in disappointment: "This is the star player Steve you have always indulged. Do you see it? There is no such thing as an ever-victorious general in this world, and there is no God at all. If he can bleed, he is not a God, he is just a winner. Winners change all the time, only interests are eternal."

Steve Belkin also frowned: "Shut up, Bruce. You know nothing about competitive sports."

"I'm just not as blind as you are. So just pray and see if God will answer you."

Bruce Levinson picked up his glass again. For some reason, he suddenly felt that his team's loss tonight was not a bad thing.

He and Steve Belkin own the same shares, but because Belkin was the original founder of the consortium, he has always had a slightly higher voice on the board than Levinson.

So he indulged Roger in all kinds of behavior.

But what if Roger also bleeds? Levinson will definitely make a big deal about that.

In this way, at least he will be able to take control of the discourse.

God? Haha, these people are really crazy.

(End of this chapter)