Champions Creed

Chapter 78 077: A Jordan who can't even play in the finals? Great!

"Roger slaughtered all the bulls that came from Chicago, he was such a cruel butcher!
50 points in a single game. After becoming the youngest 40-point player last season, Roger became the youngest 50-point player in NBA history tonight!
Rick Barry, this arrogant and unruly guy, held the record of the youngest player to score 21 points at the age of 261 years and 50 days for 30 years. Finally, tonight, this page was turned over by an even more arrogant and unruly guy!

At the age of 19 years and 101 days, Roger wrote his name on a brand new page! This time, this record may last longer than Rick Barry!

This is the magical world of Wizarding World, folks, and this is the immortal show of Orlando's greatest magician!"

Mike Fratello used all his praise on Roger. In the game with Jordan, he never praised anyone other than Jordan like this.

But tonight, a lot of things have changed.

A person who can snatch praise from Jordan, a person who can snatch attention from Jordan, a person who can snatch victory from Jordan, has appeared!

It's not just Fratello. Many fans across the United States have realized that the era of Michael Jordan may really be slowly fading away.

Of course, it is impossible for Roger to overthrow Jordan's rule in one go. No matter how terrible Jordan's performance was tonight, his greatness of winning consecutive championships remained unshakable.

But at least the emergence of Roger has created a huge unstable factor in Jordan's rule.

Jordan hopes to refute this through his return and victory, but his return and his matchup with Roger tonight just prove that his dominance is beginning to be shaken!
At this time, Roger made a "shut up" gesture to Jordan on the court.

This time Roger said nothing. To be exact, he didn't need to say anything.

Because there couldn't be a more perfect final blow.

He dribbled past Jordan's defense, faced Pippen's backup defense, and scored his 50th point of the game over the heads of these two people who dreamed of him leaving.

This is even more perfect than the finale of the "Avengers" series. To say anything more would be a waste of time.

Roger doesn't need to say much, 50 Cent will speak for him.

This time he didn't have to say anything to make Jordan feel tons of insults.

No, this was the second time in this game that Roger made Jordan feel tons of insults.

Magic fans were extremely satisfied, just like moviegoers always want to see a wonderful easter egg after the movie. When Roger stepped over Jordan in the first quarter, fans were looking forward to Roger doing a similar wonderful scene again.

Their expectations became reality.

At this point, there was only a little over a minute left in the game and the Chicago Bulls were trailing by double digits.

This almost made them lose their will to fight.

Phil Jackson quickly suspended the game to interrupt Roger's hot hand.

It's ridiculous. When Pat Riley did this in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, the Zen Master sneered at this ugly way of playing. He thought it was a sign of incompetence.

But now, he himself has become Riley.

There was dead silence on the Bulls bench. Webber became autistic after being scolded by Jordan, and Pippen became autistic after being scolded by Roger.

Jordan was also silent. Roger really told him to shut up.

The last time he lost to Roger, it was just an informal one-on-one match. Therefore, Jordan can still save a bit of face.

But this time, he was defeated twice in a row by Roger in a nationally broadcast game in front of all the fans!
And 50 points in a single game is something Jordan has not been able to do this season.

He lost completely!
The last time Jordan felt so frustrated was in 1990.

At that time, the Chicago Bulls finally forced the Detroit Pistons into a seventh game and thought they finally had hope of defeating the Pistons.

As a result, the team suffered a crushing defeat of 74 to 93.

However, in that game, even on the Pistons side, no player's individual performance could surpass Jordan's.

他全场拿下了31分8个篮板9次助攻，活塞的微笑刺客不过21分8个篮板11次助攻。

In that game, the Bulls lost because Grant and Pippen made only 27 of 4 shots combined.

But today, it was a completely different kind of defeat.

As usual, Michael Jordan put in a crazy performance, scoring 44 points.

But Roger made his second consecutive 50+ game worthless with 40 points.

Roger not only led his team to victory over the Bulls today, but also completely surpassed Michael Jordan in personal performance! "Now, even Jerry Krause has to admit that Roger's trade was a complete mistake!" Jordan heard Fratello's words, and he looked at Nick Anderson and Webber beside him, and was furious.

His decision got him into trouble.

In the last minute or so of the game, the Bulls, who had completely lost their morale, were unable to create any waves.

Michael Jordan's personal score also stopped at 47 points, failing to surpass Roger.

In the end, Roger became the only player in the game to score more than 50 points and took away the victory!
When the buzzer sounded, Michael Jordan walked directly into the player tunnel without shaking hands with anyone from the Magic team.

This is extremely ungraceful behavior for a top player in the league like him.

The media spurned the Detroit Pistons for refusing to shake the Bulls' hand after losing the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals, but when Jordan also suffered a humiliating defeat, he was no more graceful than the assassin.

Toni Kukoc was the only Bulls player to hug Roger after the game: "My chest still hurts like hell, asshole!"

"Do you need me to call two massage girls to your hotel room to help you relieve the pain?" Roger joked.

“Man, you didn’t like these back in Chicago!”

"It wasn't me, it was Shaq who pressed it too. I can ask him to help you arrange it."

Kukoc congratulated Roger, but he was a Bulls player after all, so it was impossible for him to attend the celebration party tonight.

So after talking to Roger for a few words, Kukoc left the court.

But the Magic players' praise for Roger cannot be expressed in just a few words.

After the game, no matter who on the Magic was interviewed, they would mention Roger.

My job tonight was to sit on the bench and watch Roger score one great goal after another and wave the towel. So I have nothing to regret, I did my job well. - Shaquille O'Neal talks about his six fouls tonight.

50 points, 4 assists, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, without a doubt, this is the most incredible individual performance I have ever seen. I really want to praise Michael, but I'm sorry, I really can't praise anyone except Roger tonight. -- Brian Hill talks about Roger's 50-point night.

Roger taught Michael a lesson! Let me be a real leaker for once. I guarantee that after today's game, Jordan will scold Chris Webber and make him cry! He is that kind of person. He can't accept failure. He will force the pain of failure on others. The perfect teammate is just an illusion. There are few news about Michael that are true! - Horace Grant excitedly talks about beating Jordan.

Roger himself was highly sought after. From the stadium to the player tunnel to the locker room and then to the post-match press conference, he felt that he spent more than an hour just being interviewed.

Although he had answered many questions before, Roger was still frequently called on by reporters at the press conference.

"Roger, you scored a game-high 50 points. How do you feel now?"

"I was very excited, but not because of the 50 points, but because I scored 3 more points than Michael Jordan."

"On the 50th point, what did Michael say to you on defense? Can you tell me?"

"Of course, Michael didn't say anything bad. He just said that I was traded because I couldn't lead the team to win a championship, but he could. As a result, you all saw how I responded to him."

"So, would you like to talk about the trade the Bulls made for you?"

"I said it was a complete disaster. Now, I believe Chicago fans feel the same way."

"Then, one last question. If you were replaced by Michael last season, would the Bulls have a chance to win four consecutive championships?"

Roger put away his smile and prepared to answer this question seriously:
"That's the biggest what-if in NBA history. Hakeem is a great player, and so is Michael. Most importantly, they never played against each other in the playoffs. So, this what-if is impossible to predict. And that's why I don't like what Michael said!
He made it seem like he was there last season, so they would definitely win! I could also say that if I was in the 90 Bulls, the Bulls would have already beaten the Pistons.

Who wouldn't assume what if?

Before, there were many unfriendly comments about me in the media: the Bulls were nothing without Michael, Michael could lead Scott to win the championship but Roger couldn't, so Roger would never be able to surpass him in his life, Roger was the world's number one braggart because he proved that the Bulls still needed Jordan.

Listen, these stupid remarks can be stopped completely! No one knows what the outcome of something that has not happened is, and you should not act as if the Bulls will definitely win if you replace me with Michael last season.

Let me tell you what is bound to happen. If Michael is replaced by me, it will soon become a well-known fact that the Bulls will not even make it to the finals!
Not just this season, as long as I'm in the East, he may never make it to the Finals again. You can tell that bastard what I said!
Hey, you guys must have seen the 'Roger the Magician' commercials, right? That brainless bull said I was a one-hit wonder, but now I can turn him into bull shit with just one hit!

This is the moment Roger has been waiting for. Every day after being traded by the Bulls, he has been waiting for today, waiting to give 200% in the game against the Bulls, defeat Jordan, and then say everything that is in his heart!
In Orlando, Roger didn't know how many championships he could win or whether he could dominate the league.

But he will try his best to dominate Michael Jordan first!

A Jordan who couldn't even play in the finals? That would be so cool!

By then, he should be able to learn how to respect others, right?
(End of this chapter)