Champions Creed

Chapter 202 Chapter 201: I want to burn him to death! (Please give me a monthly ticket!)

Roger's terrifying 50+10 data is still popular all over the United States, and the popularity has not declined.

After all, Michael Jordan only achieved such statistics once in his entire life.

What's more, these data were achieved in such a high-profile game.

Last season, there was Jordan competing with Roger in popularity.

At the beginning of the season, there was Shark who competed with Roger in popularity, and there was also Duncan who made people imagine a lot.

But now, Roger has become the most dominant player in the entire NBA.

But even though they are the most dominant stars in the NBA, news about Roger and Andy only occupies a very small space in the newspapers.

After all, not many fans actually care about how players perform in community activities.

Compared to the interaction between Roger and Andy, people are even more interested in discussing Roger and Pippen's new combination name - the 69 combination.

After Roger won the previous game with 52 points, Pippen, who only scored 17 points, almost said proudly, "Roger and I scored 69 points together."

Roger was also convinced. Sometimes he said that Larsa was a fellow traveler, and sometimes he said that 69. The things he and Pippen left behind in the 90s were so weird!

Most people didn't care about the poor guy with bone cancer, but Roger really did.

The day after returning from Andy's house, he shared this story with the entire team.

Everyone was very excited after hearing this, clamoring to break the Hawks' 30-year championship streak after moving to Atlanta.

This time, even the usually quiet Steve Smith joined in the roar, a rare occurrence.

"For Andy! For honor!" For the first time, there was a gleam of desire for victory in that guy's eyes.

The next day, in the game against the Chicago Bulls, Steve Smith finally recovered.

He scored 27 points and made 7 of 5 three-pointers.

During the game, he was very active both offensively and defensively.

On the court, his teammates began to pass the ball to him again.

In the locker room, someone finally started talking to him.

Big Ben was in the shower when he yelled to Steve Smith: "Hey man, my soap fell, help me pick it up."

Well, although it is just a meaningless sentence, it is at least a good start.

After the game, Bob Costa of NBC commented on the current Hawks: "After 10 games of the new season, the Atlanta Hawks have become a complete team and solved all their problems."

Atlanta fans are undoubtedly the happiest at this moment, because when Steve Smith is no longer a problem and the Hawks become complete, everyone is thinking about one thing - how close is Atlanta to becoming a three-crown city! ?
Now, the discussion of this topic has entered its first climax.

Because the MLB World Series is about to start. (The previous chapter said it would start in March, which was an incorrect time, and the previous article has corrected it)
In this lively atmosphere, more and more people are discussing the "Triple Crown City", and this year's MLB is also extremely popular in Georgia.

Everyone is looking forward to the Warriors getting off to a good start for the entire city of Atlanta.

As the owner of the Atlanta Braves, Ted Turner enthusiastically invited Roger to watch Game 6 of the Braves' division finals.

Roger didn't want to go at first, after all, he had never been interested in baseball.

When Roger watched baseball as a child, his only feeling was: I couldn't understand it at all!
Because baseball, as a ball sport, is really unconventional.

Most ball sports are pretty easy to play if you want to understand the rules, even if you don't know the rules.

Football: Just carry the ball across the opponent's half and into the opponent's goal. As long as you don't watch the Chinese league, it's not difficult to understand the rules of football.

Basketball: Just dribble the ball across the opponent's half and throw it into the opponent's basket.

Football is a little more complicated at first glance, because there is no dribbling or carrying the ball, and there is no obvious "goal". But it is nothing more than carrying the ball across the field and getting it into the end zone.

For these ball sports, even if you don’t know the details of the rules, you can understand their ultimate purpose, so it’s very easy to get started.

But the characteristics of baseball are different from any of the above ball sports. Its rules and gameplay are so abstract that you can't understand what they are doing even after watching for a long time.

If you watch a baseball game without any prior knowledge, your mental process might go something like this: Why is the guy in red running again? What is he running for? Huh? Why did he score? Why?
In order to appreciate the charm of baseball, Roger once watched the official MLB rules quick-learning video. I have to say that the official video was very carefully made, with clear logic, and you can basically understand the baseball game after watching it. The only problem is that the so-called "quick-learning" video is nearly an hour long.
Also, for most ball sports, the ball is large and comfortable, but baseball is small, hard, and feels terrible.

So, Roger never had much interest in baseball.

When he went to watch baseball live, he was really afraid that he would fall asleep in an impolite manner.

But there is no way, because the owner of the baseball team is also the owner of the basketball team.
Considering that Ted Turner listened to him in everything and gave him face, it would be somewhat impolite for him to refuse his kind invitation.

So Roger gritted his teeth and agreed to go watch the game.

On the day of the game, Roger entered the magnificent Turner Stadium.

This baseball field converted from the main stadium of the Olympic Games was very grand. Ted Turner wore a red hat, raised his fist under the American flag, and shouted passionately surrounded by the crowd.

This look and this energy reminded Roger of another old man who loved to play jokes on the god of death.

Currently, the Atlanta Braves trail the San Diego Padres 2-3 in the series.

However, considering that the team has turned the score from 3-0 to 2-3, Atlanta fans are still very much looking forward to the team creating a miracle.

Roger remembered that in baseball, a 0-3 comeback had indeed happened. It seemed to be the only game in the four major North American sports leagues where a 0-3 comeback had occurred.

But Roger is not sure whether it happened this year or to the Warriors.

This made Roger suddenly look forward to this game as well.

Could it be that I really am here to witness a miracle?

However, Miracles don’t work on Sundays.

Only cattle and horses work on Sundays.

Although the Atlanta fans were cheering hard and the cheers in Turner Arena made the floor under Roger's feet vibrate, the atmosphere at home was extremely good.

But in the end, the Warriors lost to the San Diego Padres and were eliminated with a total score of 4 to 2.

The enthusiasm of Atlanta fans was frozen. They originally wanted to spend a wonderful night, but now they can only watch the Padres advance to the finals in their home field.

At that moment, the reactions of the fans around him made Roger deeply feel what it felt like the sky was falling.

All the fans were extremely desperate, staring straight ahead with empty eyes.

Some even held their heads and cried, sobbing uncontrollably.

There were fanatical female fans who took off their shirts and shouted with their hearts open: "It doesn't matter anymore, it doesn't matter anymore!"

Outside the stadium, countless fans shouted in unison: "Fuck you, give me your money back!!!"

Ted Turner was also hit hard because the Warriors' defeat meant that the "Three Crown City" plan had fallen through just as it was getting started.

This was a disaster for Atlanta as a whole.

Originally, most fans thought that the Warriors were the most stable of the three championship contenders in Atlanta.

After all, the team only won the championship in 1995 and has been a powerhouse in the league since 1990.

As a result, the most stable team just happened to fail.

"Damn it!" After holding it in for a long time, Ted Turner finally uttered a word.

"That's how competitive sports are, Ted." Roger's understanding of baseball was limited to being able to watch it, so he couldn't say why the Warriors lost today. He could only use the simplest words to comfort his boss.

"I understand, but I'm sorry Roger, I thought tonight would be a party night because we won the previous two games so beautifully. Oh my God, I can't believe we lost."

As he spoke, Ted Turner turned his head and looked at Roger, like a student who failed the test and looked at his deskmate expectantly.

Since the football team didn't belong to Ted Turner, suddenly Roger was his only hope.

In fact, Ted Turner is not the only one who has this mentality.

As Roger walked out of the stadium, countless fans were shouting, "Roger, please, don't let us get nothing!"

Suddenly, the people of this baseball city placed all their hopes on a basketball player.

Suddenly, the burden on Roger seemed even heavier.

This is normal. When people are disappointed, they will want to find the next spiritual sustenance as soon as possible.

Just as the Chinese men's basketball team sets new shameful records time and time again, people always wonder "where is the next Yao Ming?"

Having others place high hopes on you is a very fulfilling thing, but it is also a kind of pressure.

Roger didn't answer the fans, but quickly got into the car with Ted Turner.

However, as the car drove away, Roger stretched his hand out of the window and made a V sign.

That was a sign of victory. The next day, media in other cities were all mocking Atlanta's "Three Crowns City" slogan.

In their view, this is the ridiculous consequence of extreme arrogance.

The city of three crowns? How dare you say that. Are the people of Atlanta still crazy now?

Reggie Miller, the Pacers' main player who had just visited Atlanta, even mocked in front of the camera: "They will be the city without a championship!"

There is no doubt that this act of rubbing salt into the wound angered Atlanta fans.

This is the case with Reggie Miller. If Roger hadn't intruded into the timeline, Miller could have become the mayor of New York with his talent for rubbing salt into wounds.

As the Hawks' next opponent, Reggie Miller will naturally not miss any opportunity to rub salt into the Hawks' wounds.

Moreover, Reggie Miller is feeling very angry right now.

Because last season, the Pacers and Reggie Miller both fell into their darkest moments.

In the 96-97 season, several of the Pacers' main rotation players missed a lot of games due to injuries, which led to a significant decline in the team's performance. Although the team eventually made it to the playoffs, it was not competitive at all and was eliminated early in the first round.

And Reggie Miller himself is in trouble.

Last season, fans complained all year that Reggie Miller's contract extension was too high, leaving the team with no salary space to strengthen the team.

Reggie Miller is undoubtedly very disappointed. You have to know his feelings and contributions to Indianapolis. He has devoted himself to this crazy basketball city. In the end, fans actually think that his salary is too high?
In addition, Miller's love life also had some problems.

His model wife stayed in Hollywood for a long time because she wanted to enter the show business, and she and Miller lived apart after marriage.

This is not a matter of only using hands. The long distance between them has led to more and more conflicts and suspicions between them.

With a wife of outstanding appearance living alone in the big dye vat of Hollywood, Reggie Miller was of course worried that something like "Roger did it too" would happen to him.

Miller's wife was also afraid that Sports Illustrated would suddenly reveal that Miller had a bunch of illegitimate children, just like it did with Rain Man.

And they have a major conflict: his wife likes the Hollywood life and has no affection for the cornfield of Indianapolis, but Miller believes that this is the root of his basketball life and he is unwilling to leave.

Therefore, the couple’s life can only be described as a mess.

However, as a mortal who dares to compare himself with gods, Reggie Miller will definitely not be defeated by these two things.

What almost made him collapse was that last summer, Miller received a notice in the middle of the night that the luxury villa he had purchased for $290 million and was renovating had caught fire. The investigation showed that the house was deliberately set on fire!

Miller was very disappointed because he thought the arsonist might not know that he was not in the house at the time, so the arsonist might have wanted to burn him directly. And the person who did this must be the citizens of Indianapolis.

In other words, some of his fans even wanted to kill him because of his contract renewal salary issue!

This incident completely broke him down.

If it weren't for Larry Bird, the Indiana basketball legend, who agreed to coach the team and boosted Miller's morale, Miller would probably have wanted to retire where he was.

Now, Reggie Miller's anger about all that has dissipated.

But the darkness implanted in his heart has not yet completely faded away.

So he is very violent and violent. He changed from the fat Majin Buu who was both good and evil to the thin Majin Buu who is pure evil.

He called on all his teammates to shave their heads and never grow hair until they won a championship, even white players like Chris Mullin and Rick Smits were no exception.

He and his teammates relied on that toughness to play the strongest defense in the league.

He tries to hurt his opponent as much as possible to find peace and release his emotions.

So, when seeing the topic related to the Three Crowns City, Reggie Miller couldn't help but make a joke, enjoying the Atlanta fans' desire to do something but unable to do anything to him.

He is full of resentment and is not afraid to make enemies with anyone.

On the morning of the game, many media reported one thing - Andy Calvis, a brave boy suffering from bone cancer, was invited to the Georgia Dome today to participate in the team warm-up and watch the game on the spot.

This was not a very common thing in the NBA in the 90s.

Roger brought up this matter to the league and the team. He was worried. Although he didn't want to, he was worried that Andy wouldn't be able to last as long as the finals, so he wanted him to come and watch the game in person in advance.

The NBA attaches great importance to the relationship between the team and the community, so David Stern quickly approved the proposal and was willing to cooperate in the promotion.

So now this news is all over the United States, which is very helpful for the image of the NBA.

However, Roger's original intention was not to hype it up, he just wanted Andy to come and watch a game in person.

During the warm-up phase, Andy had a lot of fun interacting with the players on the court.

Although he was too weak to even complete a simple shot, Roger lifted him up and performed his first dunk in his life.

After the warm-up, when Andy came off the field, the entire crowd stood up and applauded.

But the warmth is always short-lived, and next comes the real battle moment.

Because this incident had a wide range of publicity, when the Eagles players and Andy were doing this, there were always many cameras following them, making it difficult not to focus on this incident.

So when the game was about to start, Dale Davis, the starting power forward of the Pacers, deliberately said loudly and sarcastically: "That unlucky guy looked like he was going to die on the court, but he was still used as a tool for their hype. We are too honest, Reggie, who only knows how to play basketball and doesn't know how to market himself."

Under the influence of Reggie Miller, the entire Pacers team has been very tough and outspoken this year.

They spread the greatest malice in every away game and treat every opponent as a mortal enemy.

And Dale Davis is undoubtedly a loyal supporter of this style.

This is a very tasteless statement, but Dale Davis himself is a very tasteless person.

The fact that he was able to seamlessly transition into the Portland Prison Team in the future is enough to show what kind of person he is.

It's nothing that he speaks without restraint. After retiring, he even tried the stun gun because of the assault.

You can see all the stereotypes of the low-quality big black guy in Dale Davis.

Roger heard this and immediately walked up to him and said, "Reggie, hold your dog tight! Damn, the most annoying thing on the roads in Georgia is these unattended stray dogs, eating shit and shitting everywhere, making the city look terrible!"

Roger said this on purpose because Dale Davis is from Georgia.

"It's his freedom to say whatever he wants, and it's none of your business," Reggie Miller replied.

He actually felt that Dale Davis had gone a bit too far. Although the Pacers played a villain role this season, it was indeed a bit too much to use a sick child as an excuse.

Reggie Miller would talk about him in private, but openly, as the team leader, he would not offend his teammates in front of outsiders.

"Free your mother, do you know what he said?" Roger felt that there was no need to cover up such things.

"I don't care, he can say whatever he wants."

"Okay Reggie, where's your wife? Isn't she here? Don't worry, even if she's not here, she'll definitely be lying in the arms of some Hollywood handsome guy watching you play."

"Roger, don't go too far!"

"It's my freedom to say what I want to say, right? Dale dog, comfort your master."

"Fuck you!" Dale Davis wanted to confront Roger, but when he thought about the fighting strength of the Eagles, he calmed down.

Sure enough, Big Ben and Kurt Thomas quickly walked up behind Roger, like two strong prison guards: "Any questions, Warden?"

"I'm teaching the prisoner a lesson."

"Are they still obedient?"

"So far, they are quite obedient. It is better for them to remain obedient."

Reggie Miller didn't say anything else and pulled Dale Davis away: "Okay, Dale, let's deal with him in the game."

Roger was very angry. He couldn't believe that someone would tease Andy about such a thing.

Before the game started, Roger walked up to Andy and handed him his three championship rings: "Hey, although they are Magic rings, they also represent championships. Please keep them for me, OK?"

Andy put on the ring excitedly, his eyes shining: "Can you win tonight?"

"Win?" Roger smiled. "That's the most basic requirement. Tonight, it will be a war!"

After saying that, Roger stepped back onto the court.

At this time, an old acquaintance Hannah appeared and conducted a final interview with Roger before the game.

"Roger, what do you think of Reggie calling Atlanta a city without a crown? I saw you had a conflict with the Pacers players on the sidelines just now. Is that because of this?"

"It's not just about that. We have a lot of problems to solve. Reggie is a lucky bastard who didn't burn to death in his own house. But in Atlanta, he won't be so lucky. He will be burned to death in the raging fire, along with his wild dogs!"

Hannah was frightened by Roger's expression and tone. His angry eyes made it seem like he would really set a fire and burn Reggie Miller to death.

Don’t you really like to joke about life and death?
If you have no taste, then I have no taste either!
After saying that, Roger turned around and looked at his teammates: "I want those bastards in Indianapolis to lose face!"

(End of this chapter)