Champions Creed

Chapter 358 Chapter 357: This is the true champion's creed (ask for monthly tickets!)

Detroit Pistons, a city of automobile industry.

The city is full of blue-collar workers and car assembling workers on assembly lines.

The two greatest eras of pistons are like two cars assembled on an assembly line, full of similarities.

Last season in the 80s, Chuck Daly took the lead in opening the assembly line in Detroit.

He assembled a group of players who believed defense was the truth, had tough personalities, were full of the indomitable spirit of blue-collar workers, had strong muscles, and were good at "killing and arson." He put together an invincible chariot that had no aesthetic appeal but was enough to crash through all obstacles. He opened the greatest era in Detroit basketball history and almost made Michael Jordan lose hope.

Sixteen years later, Joe Dumas, who was one of the parts of the invincible chariot back then, almost copied the same method and pieced together another invincible chariot from the assembly line.

Today's car is even more extreme. The 80s Pistons at least had a high-performance engine, but none of the parts Joe Dumars found for the current car can be called dazzling.

Ron Artest, an abandoned child in Chicago. Rasheed Wallace, a troublemaker in Portland. Chauncey Billups, a dud traded by multiple teams. Richard Hamilton, a frustrated mid-range shooter. Ben Wallace, an undrafted player in the 96 draft, a center who was seriously undersized, and a DPOY who was once considered unworthy of a maximum salary.

However, this group of unspectacular people provided everything needed for victory. They turned the Detroit Pistons into the toughest, most united and most stubborn iron army in the NBA since the introduction of color television broadcasts.

This blue army is as wild as the wild animals in the jungle. They seem to have brought the sound of blue-collar workers' muscles and steel colliding in Detroit factories to the basketball court.

Such a group of people are now about to push God into the world and make him a mortal.

The Dream Team coach Larry Brown, who came to inspect the game, was caught by reporters when he was leaving the stadium. He smiled and did not reject the interview. In fact, Larry Brown, like Phil Jackson, is a person who enjoys the spotlight.

"Coach, do you have anything to say about the current situation in the finals? Do you think the Golden State Warriors still have a chance to turn things around?"

"Roger has ruled the NBA for too long, but no rule in NBA history has ever been without its demise. The Blue Jackets are a symbol, just like the stable, unruly, fierce and united Americans who drove the arrogant British out of the American continent. They are about to drive out Roger, the ruler. I like the Detroit Pistons' games, and I want to take my hat off to their performance."

Larry Brown is very smart. Every answer he gives now will lean towards national sentiment, which can make American fans pay more attention to this summer's Olympics.

Of course, he did like the Pistons' performance because the Pistons were playing the same game that Larry Brown was also good at.

If the Pistons can succeed, then he can completely copy all of this to the Olympic Games to deal with Roger. In this way, there will be no obstacles to the Dream Team, and there will be no obstacles to his script of becoming a god.

When he returns from Greece, he will be greeted with flowers and praise.

He will be a hero.

An immortal legend.

Finally, Larry Brown said directly to the camera: "American basketball is beginning to take back what it lost."

This is not blind confidence. In Larry Brown's opinion, it is too difficult for the Warriors to make a comeback.

Eric Spoelstra may be talented in tactical arrangements, but does he know how to manage a team? Does he know how to activate a team that is down 0-2?

Amar'e Stoudemire, a sophomore high school rookie, experienced highlights in the last round, but suddenly fell to the bottom in this round. Can he adjust?

Marcus Camby almost turned Ben Wallace into ashes. Will he still play seriously facing such a strong opponent?
The problem this team needs to face next is not just the Detroit Pistons. Any team that is trailing 0-2 and wants to regroup must first overcome its own hurdle.

At this time, in the Warriors locker room, Roger's face looked like frozen pork.

The Detroit Pistons were even worse than he expected.

As a player who played in the 90s, Roger can responsibly say that the current Detroit Pistons' defense is more terrifying than the New York gangs.

Pat Riley pursued the ultimate defense all his life, and it was finally made a reality by Rick Carlisle.

Moreover, this Pistons team has offensive capabilities that New York does not have.

Yes, the Pistons' offense is not top-notch, but it is good enough to match their defensive capabilities.

If Roger and Shaq are the strongest duo in history, then peak Ben Wallace and peak Ron Artest are the strongest defensive duo in history.

Roger had never encountered such a defense in his career.

Of course, giving up was never an option in Roger’s career.

He was going to say something to encourage the team. Faced with a 0-2 deficit, the Warriors players must not admit defeat, otherwise the game would not be able to proceed.

But before Roger could do so, Spoelstra had already brought a bench and placed it in the middle of the locker room and sat down.

"Hey guys!" the rookie coach yelled, drawing all eyes to him. Just a few weeks ago, Eric Spoelstra was just an assistant coach who helped the head coach and occasionally flirted with cheerleaders.

For a rookie coach like him who took over the team midway, being behind 0-2 in the finals was almost a dead end.

How can he help the players in adversity if he himself is not prepared?
However, what he had gained during that period of time gave him the courage to face all of this at this time.

"Listen guys, I know we just had a 4-0 sweep of our opponents in a series, and we thought we could conquer the world. Now we are suddenly 0-2 behind, and this result is seriously inconsistent with our expectations, and it is inevitable that there will be a psychological gap.

But professional sports are like this, things will not always go as we wish, and things will not always wait until the moment we are ready to happen. Setbacks and difficulties are always inevitable, they will weaken your will and make an originally strong team fall.

But this will also make us stronger and closer!

I can tell you responsibly that these are nothing, everything is still the same, please believe me.

Don't complain, don't give in. We will continue to fight the Detroit Pistons until we win!
Roger felt very familiar with this sentence. It was what Hubie Brown told Spoelstra in the hospital after suffering a heart attack.

This made the nervous Spoelstra determined to get rid of Phil Jackson, and made him swear never to bend over again. Well, although he was soon taught a lesson by the cleaning lady.

Compared to the acting head coach position, this is probably Eric Spoelstra's biggest gain this year.

And now, he is giving back to the team with his harvest.

After listening to Spoelstra, Marcus Camby stood up.

"Eric is right. Setbacks and difficulties are inevitable, which is why the championship is so precious. But as long as we don't give up, no one can knock us down easily! I was also confused for a while because of injuries and gave up on myself. But when I cheered up, I found that I could still play a good game. So first of all, we have to cheer ourselves up!
And look at the fans waiting outside, they are still waiting for us to bring the championship trophy back to Oakland! For us, this is just one season. But for Oakland fans, this is their last chance to witness the birth of a championship in this city!
They support us unconditionally, and we must shoulder their expectations. As a professional player, this is our duty! ”

Marcus Camby also used his harvest this season to give back to the team. He almost gave up on himself and became a stat brush. He had never experienced the feeling of being loved by fans before, nor the feeling of fighting for fans. But the experience of this season allowed Marcus Camby to fill these gaps.

Roger could feel the locker room heating up, his teammates, who seemed a little disappointed, either clenched their fists or gritted their teeth.

Dikembe Mutombo glanced at Roger, his face showing joy, as if he was showing off: "Look, this is the guy you told to get out of the locker room. I told you he was a good guy!"

Next up is Amar'e Stoudemire.

“Although we are a new team that has only played together for two seasons, we have been through a lot. We experienced the failure of last season, and then put in sweat and time in the offseason to make ourselves stronger and finally get here. A year of waiting, immeasurable efforts, all of which are to play a role at this time.

No matter what the score is now, keep your heads up, guys. We didn't lose much in these two games. We are completely on par with the Pistons. We will definitely find a way. We just need to find a way to score four or five more goals per game to deal with them. They can take down our two home courts, and we can also destroy their home courts!
Lift your head, lift your head!"

For the Warriors, this is a season where everyone has made great gains. From Spoelstra to Stoudemire, and from Stoudemire to Camby, they are all very different from a year ago. They are all growing together imperceptibly. Craig Popovich ignored this point, which led to overconfidence.

Now, everyone’s individual gains and growth have come together and become the gain of the entire team.

Leading a team wholeheartedly, facing difficulties together, growing together, and then winning together, this is the true championship creed.

A championship-contending team that is temporarily assembled for quick success is destined to be unable to sail far, nor to create true greatness.

Roger joined the Warriors, who had nothing, with this determination and idea.

He wants a team with potential to dominate the league for a long time. To this end, he doesn't mind growing with everyone.

All the patience, waiting, teaching, encouragement and support are rewarded at this moment.

Finally, everyone looked towards Roger, waiting for their king to make his final speech.

But Roger no longer needed to say anything, this team was no longer the team that needed his comfort.

This is already a true championship team.

So, he just made a promise to the players.

"Listen, I can score, I can pass, I can defend, I don't know what else I can do, but I will do everything I can. Unless they carry me down, I will not give up. You can follow me to Detroit with confidence and follow me all the way forward without worrying that I will abandon the team halfway. We will either die in Detroit, or let Detroiters die in Oakland and be buried here forever with the championship!
Michael Jordan? Tom Brady?
Their scripts are not as good as ours!"
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I won't celebrate early because I know who Roger is. We won't feel happy until we win all four games. - Ben Wallace on the 2-0 finals.

The best defensive player was tortured to death by the real best defense, but when he went to Detroit, he knew what it meant to be trapped in a meat grinder. Has no one counted who is the king of missed shots in a single round of the series? I think Roger should be elected. - Ron Artest proudly talked about the Pistons' defense.

The Detroit Pistons are a tough opponent, but we are still confident. In fact, we already have a strategy to deal with them. This difficulty will not knock us down, but will only make us more courageous. ——Eric Spoelstra answered reporters at the press conference.

Tell Larry Brown that the rubbish that didn't make it to the finals should stop babbling on the sidelines! Don't worry, your turn will come! Now, useless old bastards like you better shut up and watch! - Roger responded to Larry Brown with fierce swear words at the press conference and was fined by the league.

(End of this chapter)