Champion Creed
Chapter 126 - 126 074 Roger did it too!

126: 074: Roger did it too!

_2 126: 074: Roger did it too!

_2 The most thrilling aspect of this game was that it wasn’t just about Jordan and Roger being arch-enemies.

On November 22, the Bulls defeated the Clippers, and Webber had his best performance since joining the Bulls: 24 points, 12 rebounds, and 7 assists, with 5 out of 6 from the free-throw line.

Jordan felt that his coaching was effective, so he rarely praised Webber during the press conference, “Chris has found his rhythm.

I don’t understand why people keep saying that trading Roger was a loss for the Bulls.

Chris is great, Nick is great; we are strong.”

Webber also wanted to prove that he wasn’t the worthless top pick that O’Neal and the Orlando media described him as, eager to prove how foolish it was for the Magic to let him go for such a low price.

Thus, he had nothing good to say about the Magic: “Coming to Chicago, I realized this was truly the right place.

When I return to Orlando, I hope they won’t have regrets.”

All right, Webber actually felt that Chicago wasn’t such a great place either, and Jordan was even worse than Shaq.

But in front of his ex, he had to pretend to be happy.

The following two weeks were filled with intermittent trash talk between the two sides.

The Magic went crazy, creating an advertisement mocking the Bulls and Jordan.

The ad, titled “Roger’s Magic Show,” featured Roger pulling out a Bulls jersey with the number 45, and then using “magic” to turn it into a piece of prop dung made of chocolate.

O’Neal, with an exaggerated expression, exclaimed, “Holy shit, magic!”

Roger gave a slight smile, “No, It’s bullshit.”

Although the swear words were replaced by “beep” sounds, fans could still tell from their lip movements what they said.

Calling Jordan’s number 45 jersey bullshit, the Magic’s official prank showed no respect for Jordan.

Michael Jordan didn’t engage in such antics, he just became increasingly bloodthirsty.

On December 1st, in the game against the Atlanta Hawks, Jordan scored 43 points.

This was his second time scoring over 40 this season.

Considering that Jordan was about to face Roger in the next game, this was seen as a show of force.

Jordan was incredibly eager for victory in this game, the first public opportunity in over a year to defeat Roger.

During this period, the media, led by Nike, kept reiterating that Jordan would make the Bulls great again.

They incessantly used various statistics to prove that Jordan’s Bulls were much better than Roger’s Bulls.

Nike and Jordan spent a lot of energy and resources on this, but until they beat the Magic, these opinions held no credibility.

Only when Jordan’s Bulls genuinely exposed the Magic would people believe in Jordan’s greatness again.

People said the Bulls’ trade made Orlando.

Well, then I’ll destroy Orlando!

Finally, on December 3rd, the day everyone was eagerly awaiting arrived.

Michael Jordan arrived two hours early with the team at the Orlando Arena for warm-ups.

From the first second he stepped on the court, Jordan’s eyes seemed to be spitting fire.

He hadn’t forgotten the titanium implanted in his eyes; he hadn’t forgotten those words, “You don’t need MJ.”

It wasn’t just Jordan who was angry; Chris Webber hated every inch of this place.

Scottie Pippen could finally teach Roger a lesson.

When Jordan wasn’t around, you might have bullied me a bit, but now that Jordan is back, wouldn’t I take advantage of his return?

Moreover, by this time, Pippen was already with Larsa.

Because of their relationship, the media had recently dug up the news of Roger once driving Larsa back to school.

Although it wasn’t Roger who drove her, the media didn’t care about the details.

Pippen asked Larsa about it, and Larsa had honestly told Pippen that there was nothing between her and Roger.

But the media kept making jokes: “Scottie’s girlfriend, Roger did too.”

“Roger did too” even became a famous meme in the sports community, which shamed Pippen enormously.

Pippen truly didn’t expect that Roger, even after leaving the team, could still mock him.

So today, he was determined to vent all his frustrations!

However, the court wasn’t filled only with hatred.

When Roger entered the arena, he hugged another magician friend at center court.

Kukoc glanced at his warming-up teammates and whispered softly, “I really hope you beat up that old bastard, really, since he’s returned, I’ve realized Scottie is relatively kind.

But as a professional player, I must give my all in the game.”

“I understand, Toni, I really do.

Although you’ll be an obstruction, I’ll still find a way to kick that old bastard’s ass, I promise.”

After greeting Kukoc, Roger returned to his half of the court.

After the warm-up, both teams were making their final strategies on the bench.

Roger’s expression became serious as he told everyone, “I’m going to set the tone right at the start, the first round, I’m going straight for Toni Kukoc.”

Everyone on the Magic team looked puzzled, What?

Isn’t that your good buddy?

You were just intimately hugging.

Roger ignored the shocked looks of his teammates and continued, “If we get the ball, I want to take the first offense.

Grant, give me a screen, force Toni to defend me!”

Grant didn’t know what Roger was planning, but he nodded, “OK, but what if we start on defense?”