Champions Creed

Chapter 352 Chapter 351: Humiliating death under Roger's gaze (asking for monthly tickets!)
Seeing that Karl Malone, who entered the league at about the same time as himself, was still being bullied by Roger in his forties, Michael Jordan suddenly enjoyed his current life.

At least he can play cards and Cuban models comfortably, or play cards in one hand and Cuban models in the other, without being tortured by Roger in the playoffs.

All those old guys who were beaten up by Roger in the 90s wanted revenge and wanted to put an end to their careers without regrets.

So Karl Malone found Kobe, and Gary Payton found Duncan, thinking that this would allow them to get their revenge and wipe out the humiliation of the past.

To Michael Jordan, this was an extremely ridiculous idea.

Even if they win, the victory belongs to Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan.

And what if you lose?

Their shame will be doubled!
Michael Jordan has accepted a fact that Malone and Payton have not yet accepted: they are all living under Roger's curse.

As a competitive person, Michael Jordan certainly refused to accept the defeat, but time forced him to accept the defeat.

There are some facts that you really have to learn to accept.

On the court, Kobe was also dissatisfied with Karl Malone's performance.

He walked over to Malone and muttered, "Who the hell are you to say anything about me and Steve?"

"what?"

"You heard me, Carl. You heard me. Why don't you just play defense, rebound, and screen for us? That's what you're doing, Carl."

"Why don't you score a goal? We're 10 points behind before the first quarter is even over! Whose fault is this? Who can't lead us to be threatening on the offensive end?"

"That's none of your business!"

"Okay guys," Nash saw Kobe and Karl Malone quarreling and stepped forward to stop them. "We will all give everything for this game. We all want to win, right?"

The quarrel was temporarily settled, but Phil Jackson smelled danger.

Karl Malone was not the only one to be afflicted by Roger's curse. The Phil Jackson was also deeply affected.

Just now, Karl Malone was challenging the "staircase rule" in his locker room. Kobe was no longer the inviolable person at the top of the stairs.

The fuse has been lit, which means the explosion is not far away.

If they fail again this season, the life of this group may be over.

Although this was supposed to be the Zen Master's last season, he was still unwilling to give in.

It was hard to imagine that another of his teams might be broken up by Roger.

It was hard to imagine that he would be defeated by a rookie coach like Spoelstra.

Phil Jackson has defeated many famous coaches. He defeated Chuck Daly, the godfather of the Pistons, Rick Adelman, who had a brilliant resume, and Lenny Wilkens before joining the Hawks. Among all these names, the one that Phil Jackson is most proud of is Pat Riley.

From 1991 to 1993, for three consecutive seasons, Phil Jackson's Chicago Bulls swept the New York Knicks. It was during these three years that Phil Jackson stepped on Pat Riley, who created glory in the 80s, and became one of the top coaches in the league.

Although many academic coaches do not recognize his status, their exclusion cannot change the fact that Phil Jackson's influence is growing.

As a once glorious coach, it was really hard for Phil Jackson to accept losing to the same person year after year, and it was really hard for him to accept losing to a temporary head coach.

We can't lose this game, absolutely not!

"Come on, everyone! Do you want to be the first to collapse? " Phil Jackson suddenly stood up and yelled.

The scene was as startling as a character in a horror movie crawling out of the TV, because the Zen master has always been known for his emotional stability.

But today, he was yelling on the sidelines.

However, it did work, and the Lakers players temporarily put aside their prejudices against each other and focused on the game.

But in the next attack, the Lakers missed again.

This time, Kobe chose to force a shot under the double interference of Roger and Tayshaun Prince, but even at his peak, it was impossible for Kobe to be a god in every game.

In this round of the series, Kobe has had two super games. One was in G1 where he and Roger exchanged 50 points, and the other was in G3 where he scored 42 points under the rule of rushing.

Even for a superstar, it's hard to ask him to play a similar game again.

"Damn it, damn it!" Seeing Kobe miss another shot and seeing his career heading towards the abyss step by step, Karl Malone couldn't help but curse.

At this time, Warriors General Manager Bob Buss in the luxury room remembered the response he got when he recruited Karl Malone last summer: "I would rather not have a ring than be Roger's dog!"

Very good, then you will be without a ring!
In the next ball, Stoudemire faked a pick-and-roll and immediately cut back, and Roger threw him an air relay. Stoudemire knocked away Theo Ratliff who tried to stop him in the air and dunked!
"Carl, why can't you keep a close eye on a sophomore rookie? How many points have you let him score?!" Kobe was no longer polite to Karl Malone.

"Fuck it, who is wasting the right to shoot and putting us in a passive position!"

The quarrel between Malone and Kobe started again, and this made Eric Spoelstra even more certain that today's game would not go to the last minute!
When Roger wants to kill you, you don't even have a chance to resist!
Throughout the first quarter, the Lakers were suppressed on both offense and defense.

Nash and Kobe couldn't get a breakthrough, but Stoudemire's offense went more and more smoothly.

And when he couldn't solve a problem, Roger, as the big brother, would always step forward to help him solve everything.

To make matters worse for the Lakers, Warriors sixth man Cutler Mobley finally exploded in the seventh game of the series.

This meant that the Warriors were able to continue to widen the score even if they used a transition lineup.

After the first quarter, the Warriors were already leading by 14 points!
In the second quarter, Kobe scored a few difficult goals here and there. This can solve the Lakers' scoring shortage, but it can't quench their thirst.

In the sixth minute of the second quarter, when Roger and Jason Richardson double-teamed Kobe, Kobe, who had missed three consecutive shots, reluctantly passed the ball to Nash.

After receiving the ball, Nash used a beautiful fake shot to get past Mobley, then made a quick stop and jump shot.

But the Lakers still didn't score, because Roger quickly pulled away from Kobe, got next to Nash and blocked the shot!
"Don't even think about it," Roger shook his head at Nash, "Neither you nor Kobe can escape unscathed!"

Spoelstra's tactics were executed perfectly by Roger. Today, Kobe and Nash were both held down at the same time, and the Lakers completely lost any stable offensive point to rely on.

Before this, Kobe and Nash's offense was the Lakers' foundation.

In Game 4, when Kobe was not in good form, it was Nash's abnormally efficient 20 of 15 that saved the Lakers.

In the last Game 6, it was Nash and Kobe who worked together to help the Lakers win the life-and-death battle.

And today, Roger's defense was equivalent to directly destroying the Lakers' offensive foundation.

So next, it’s the moment when the building collapses.

People have seen how good Roger's one-on-one defense is in the past few seasons.

And tonight, Roger showed just how far he can go with his help defense.

He is improving all the time, always making progress.

Everyone thought Roger was standing at the top waiting for them to challenge him, no, Roger was still climbing up!
Kobe and Nash were quite desperate. Every attack they made was extremely difficult. Every attack seemed like a gamble and they were not completely sure.

The score difference was getting bigger and bigger, just like the cheers from the audience, and the morale of the Lakers players was also being consumed by this score difference.

Kobe is very strong inside and he won't give up easily.

But what about his teammates?
Karl Malone was the person who was most obviously affected by his emotions. In the third quarter, he fouled Stoudemire twice, and both fouls were unnecessary.

In the seventh minute of the third quarter, on the bench, Malone and Kobe broke out into an argument directly in front of the camera.

"Karl, if you surrender, then you should have asked to leave the game earlier. Do you think that intentional fouling is a sign of toughness? No, you are as soft as toilet paper!" Kobe was so angry that he slammed the bench and vented all his frustration about the game on Malone. "Fuck, enough," Karl Malone stood up, "enough, I didn't get paid less to go through this! This is all just stupid!"

"Then get out! No one asked you to come!"

"You bastard, if it weren't for me, a criminal suspect like you wouldn't even make it to the playoffs!"

"You dare to say it again!?"

The timeout turned into a decibel war, with Kobe and Malone exchanging insults and greeting each other's families.

And when all this happens in a tiebreaker, it basically means the game is decided.

Once again, Phil Jackson did not intervene to stop it. He turned his head to look at Jeanie Buss in the second row of the stands and said calmly, "It's all over."

"We destroyed ourselves again!" Jeanie Buss was not as calm as the Zen Master. She looked at the chaotic bench in front of her and cursed everything.

But the Zen Master shook his head: "No, it was Roger who ruined us, every time!"

The following game became a foregone conclusion, and Roger showed people what a superstar with three heads in one is.

He is still working tirelessly to assist in defense and attack.

He trash-talked the entire Lakers team, enjoying the thrill of destroying his opponent.

In fact, the thrill is greater this year than in previous years.

Because the Lakers saw hope, they forced the series into a seventh game after falling behind 0-2.

This made them think that they could dethrone the king.

Just when they were fantasizing about those beautiful things, Roger dealt them a heavy blow and watched them become disappointed, quarrel, and collapse.

Give hope, and then destroy it with your own hands.

This feeling is really wonderful.

After three quarters, the Los Angeles Lakers were trailing by 28 points.

In the fourth quarter, the angry Kobe turned into a real Satan. He began to shoot wildly and indiscriminately, most of which were completely unreasonable.

After the argument just now, Kobe no longer trusts anyone.

If you knew what Kobe did in the 2004 Finals in the original timeline, you wouldn't be surprised by his performance now.

After all, Kobe is still a qualified leader.

He was strong enough, strong enough to force Roger into a tiebreak.

But that's about it.

In the fifth minute of the fourth quarter, Stoudemire's offense was blocked and Roger took over again.

Kevin Garnett watched TV and felt very powerless.

The TV commentator kept saying that Roger was the combination of the three-headed Timberwolves, and it was true.

If one really has to go this far to win a championship, then Kevin Garnett knows that he is still far from it.

Kobe rushed towards Roger like crazy, but Roger seized the opportunity to speed up, passed through the gap between the two and tore through the outside defense.

Theo Ratliff was blocked by Stoudemire, and Karl Malone returned to the basket to stop Roger.

He couldn't accept such an ending, he couldn't accept that his career would end in Roger's shadow. He wanted to emulate what he did to the Smiling Assassin in 1991, even if he lost the game, he wanted to leave a deep memory for Roger.

Facing Roger who rushed into the penalty area, Malone jumped up and tried to elbow him in the air.

However, his decayed body could no longer support the thoughts in his mind. Roger held Malone down with one arm and used the other arm to pick up the basketball and slam it into the basket.

When his most powerful weapons failed to exert their power, Karl Malone knew that his career was completely over.

A humiliating death under Roger's gaze.

Mike Breen excitedly punched the air: "Dunk over the defense! Roger broke through the defense of Kobe and George Lynch, and then went straight to the heart of the matter, with all his strength, hitting the soul!"

Karl Malone was lying at Roger's feet. Roger looked at him coldly: "Go away, old man."

At this point, the Warriors were leading by 38 points.

The game is over.

He ended Karl Malone's career and also ended the Lakers in a Game 7.

This recognized god maintains absolute dominance over the Los Angeles Lakers, and maintains absolute dominance over Kobe, Zen Master and Karl Malone.

Like Michael Jordan said, sometimes you just have to accept it.

After that, Roger was substituted off early, and Kobe's reckless shooting accelerated the Lakers' demise.

113 to 76, Roger led the team to easily win the seventh game even though he only played for five minutes in the fourth quarter!

After the game, Kobe and Karl Malone did not hug or shake hands with any Warriors players.

Only Steve Nash remained calm: "Congratulations, Roger."

"I'm so sorry, Steve."

"This is a victory you deserve."

"No, the championship is what I deserve. Maybe change teams, Steve? You can't break the curse in Los Angeles."

Karl Malone and Kobe Bryant also did not attend the post-match press conference. They changed their clothes and left the locker room directly.

Only Phil Jackson said his final goodbye and made an excuse: "This is the last game of my coaching career. I will not be on the Lakers' coaching bench next season. I did not lose to Eric, I did not lose to a rookie, I just lost to Roger."

Ten minutes later, Eric Spoelstra heard what the Zen Master said from a reporter.

He really couldn't believe that Phil Jackson would use such clumsy words to excuse himself from leaving him.

So, the rookie coach laughed and taunted: "Then Chuck Daly didn't lose to him, Rick Adelman didn't lose to him, Pat Riley didn't lose to him, they just lost to Michael Jordan, and it had nothing to do with Phil Jackson. Phil Jackson is just an opportunist who lives off his wife, is that what you mean?"

The reporters turned their attention to Roger: "Roger, how long do you plan to play in the league? I mean, you are indeed very young, but your honor is already difficult for future generations to reach. And every year you play, you are at risk of being defeated by others and falling from the altar. How long are you willing to take this risk?"

"Risk?" Roger also laughed and mocked, "It's not a risk for me to continue playing, but it means that others will still be unable to make a comeback. Before I retire, no one else in the league has a chance, ever!"

People found that Roger and Spoelstra really got along well.

They are all crazy and they all love to mock others.

"Even Tim Duncan has no chance?" A reporter very cleverly led the topic to the third round.

Roger's eyes were determined and he clenched his fists.

"No, no one!"

(End of this chapter)