Champion Creed
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137: 078: Michael, who has lost face, solves the locker room problem (Requesting monthly pass!)_2 137: 078: Michael, who has lost face, solves the locker room problem (Requesting monthly pass!)_2 Although Roger won the game, even though he scored 50 points, the focus of attention was all on Michael Jordan.

Tony, Kukoc thought Roger was good, the departed Bill Cartwright thought Roger was good, head coach Phil thought Roger was good, and general manager Jerry also thought Roger was good.

So, who exactly didn’t want Roger to stay on the team?— “Chicago Tribune”.

If they really were to trade Roger, the Bulls should have received a player of Shaquille O’Neal’s caliber.

But because someone didn’t want Roger on the team, the team hastily dealt with him.

This person had better bring the championship to the Bulls, otherwise their actions will be unforgivable.— “Chicago Morning Post”.

Michael Jordan scored 47 points, but still wasn’t the most outstanding player on the court.

Finally, there was someone who could still outperform him on a night when Michael Jordan was on a rampage.

Luckily, this person is in Orlando.

In yesterday’s poll results, 100% of fans thought Roger could win, congratulations, all of you chose correctly.— “Orlando Sentinel”.

Besides, the footage of Jordan being stepped over by Roger was played on TV stations on a 24-hour continuous loop.

Roger even started to feel jealous of Jordan; the footage of him dunking over Pippen, scoring his 50th point amidst the combined defense of Pippen and Jordan, didn’t generate much heat.

Jordan just had to lie on the floor with someone riding him to capture everyone’s attention.

Sigh, maybe that’s what real power is.

The real winner of this game was Reebok.

What could be a more wonderful sight than Roger wearing the latest Reebok shoes stepping over Nike’s most important spokesperson?

This was more effective than investing hundreds of millions of US dollars in advertising!

Of course, Roger’s move also sparked a fair amount of controversy.

Many media outlets felt that Roger had gone a bit too far.

Even in competitive sports, stepping directly over an opponent was considered extremely disrespectful.

“He could have just gone around Michael!” Mark Stein of ESPN criticized Roger like so.

So, Reebok had Fleisher notify Roger: “They want you to pay attention in the future, make sure not to get caught by media interference or be morally hijacked, take the opportunity to step over if you can!”

Reebok realized that Nike had signed all these nice guy types, so they decided to play a different game.

O’Neal, Roger, they are not the traditional ‘nice kids’.

Let’s take rebellion to the extreme!

Of course, Reebok didn’t forget to give Roger some motivation through Fleisher: “They also said that if you can maintain this momentum, they would be very willing to sign a contract similar to that between Michael Jordan and Nike when your contract expires.”

Meaning, a lifetime contract with shares!

Roger didn’t pay much attention to this, as anyone can say words.

Moreover, if Roger really could maintain such performance until the end of his five-year contract, whether Reebok gives him that kind of contract or not will no longer be up to them.

After defeating Jordan, Roger’s reputation soared.

Now, everyone is discussing how many championships Shaq and Roger could win together.

Suddenly, the always low-profile Orlando became an important part of the basketball section, considered by most fans and media as the championship favorites.

But the NBA never lacks those “Hey, can’t just be me who thinks differently, right?” kind of people.

Karl Malone is one of those people.

And indeed, he put an end to Magic’s recent winning streak.

Right after the Bulls, Magic immediately faced the current number one in the West, the Utah Jazz.

In that game, Karl Malone racked up 36 points and 13 rebounds, while Stockton took home 18 points and 14 assists.

A typical Jazz performance, as unchanging as Salt Lake City itself.

The two old guards performed normally; it’s something coach Brian Hill could accept for both of them to get such stats.

But for O’Neal to let Antoine Carr also score an efficient 19 points was too much for Brian Hill to accept.

Antoine Carr, a 34-year-old veteran, was averaging just 9.6 points this season.

Most critically, although he plays the five, he’s only 208 centimeters tall.

In theory, such a player should not be able to threaten O’Neal.

And indeed, if it were a straight competition, Antoine Carr is not even enough to get stuck between Shaq’s teeth.

The reason he scored so many points is actually very simple, NBC commentator Steve Jones pointed it out on the spot: “Every time Shaquille defended Carr and Stockton’s pick and roll, he didn’t follow out, he just watched as Antoine scored 19 points from mid-range shots after the pick and rolls.”

Besides that, the performance of the Magic’s role players was also very poor.

Today, the team, except for Roger, Shaq, and Grant, did not have a third player score in double digits.

After the game, Karl Malone took the opportunity to talk against the wind, “That’s good for the young guys, but championship?

They’d better be glad not to run into us in the finals if they can make it there.”

Karl Malone didn’t have any malice towards Roger and Shaq, but the recent public opinion in the media really irritated him.

Last season’s Jazz made it to the Western Conference Finals, and this season, some discordant voices within the Rockets greatly damaged their fighting capacity.

Logically, the Jazz should be the championship favorites.

It was Utah’s turn in the queue.

But the whole world forgot them, elevating two up-and-coming youngsters instead.