Champion Creed
Chapter 396 - 396 157 Always at the forefront of the league in the tactics of slaughtering rookies seeking monthly tickets!_2

396: 157: Always at the forefront of the league in the tactics of slaughtering rookies (seeking monthly tickets!)_2 396: 157: Always at the forefront of the league in the tactics of slaughtering rookies (seeking monthly tickets!)_2 This time, Roger’s jump shot was somewhat underpowered, and his body still a bit soft.

But Roger adjusted the intensity of his shot in mid-air, and the basketball ultimately flew into the hoop.

The ball went in, and Roger turned his head to look at Kobe.

“What right do you have to talk about Dom?

Your highlights aren’t even as good-looking as his.

Not talking now?

Dell, why won’t you let him play?

That kid didn’t go to college, he should get some other education, right?”

Roger even started standing up for Dominique Wilkins.

Yes, Roger had never considered movie highlights as friends.

But a teammate, that’s like one’s own child.

You can complain and curse all you want, but outsiders aren’t allowed to judge and criticize.

The cameras captured this scene, documenting Roger’s violent acts.

Actually, fans who understood Roger weren’t surprised by such a scene.

Penny, Stackhouse, Pat Riley, Payton…

the list of victims under Roger’s outbursts was endless, he was always a perpetrator.

Kobe was just one of them.

Los Angeles fans just didn’t expect Roger to treat Kobe like that, weren’t they on very good terms?

Wasn’t Roger the elder brother to all high school rookies?

Why didn’t Roger treat Kobe the way he did Garnett?

There’s no reason; it’s just the diversity of personality.

Facing different people, Roger could also become a different person.

Facing a compliant Garnett, Roger couldn’t stand tough, but facing a Kobe who couldn’t figure out his “position” was another matter.

Roger didn’t want to burn bridges with Kobe, but since Kobe wanted to compete, this was the consequence of competing against himself!

At that moment, Kobe had also realized that this was the man he would face for many years to come.

This, was the real Roger!

Just like that, along with a roar towards the Lakers’ bench, Roger casually scored 17 points in the second half of the game.

During this period, Lakers fans thought numerous times how good it would’ve been if Kobe hadn’t provoked Roger, then Roger wouldn’t have played at all!

Roger’s shooting percentage was not as high as before, his speed was not as fast as before, but he still managed to break through the Lakers’ defense, a weakened Roger was still unstoppable for a lottery team like the Lakers.

In the end, because the point difference was too large, the game entered garbage time, and Roger finally stopped his onslaught.

When the game ended, the score stopped at 104 to 87.

Orlando Magic narrowly defeated the Lakers in Los Angeles, taking their eighth consecutive victory, and continued to maintain their unbeaten record.

A crestfallen Kobe didn’t leave immediately after the game ended.

He walked onto the court and hugged Roger.

“Felt my 38-degree sharpness?

Regret letting me play?” Roger asked purposely.

“Honestly, I do regret it.

But I’ll get you, sooner or later.” Kobe replied, his gaze still sharp.

“Right, maybe when I’m as old as Michael Cooper, you’ll manage it.

Oh, maybe not, by then you’ll also be 37.”

Well, the scariest thing about Roger was that he wasn’t actually much older than Garnett and Kobe!

Meaning, Kobe wanting to win couldn’t choose the strategy of “wearing Roger down.”

By the time he wore Roger down, he himself would also be old.

Roger was like Tim Duncan about to enter the league; in front of them, being the longest river was useless.

If Kobe wanted to win, he had to try to defeat Roger at his peak!

Roger remained unyielding in the conversation, offering no comfort to Kobe.

Just when everyone thought Kobe would swing a punch at Roger’s face, he instead initiated a joke.

“Would things have been different if I had invited you to dinner yesterday?”

“That depends on what you had invited me to eat.”

“You could eat anything you wanted, as long as you let me train with you next summer.”

“Are you sure?”

“I’m sure, I can handle any level of training.” Kobe answered decisively.

“Alright, I wish you all the best in your rookie season.”

The two laughed a little, hugged, and went their separate ways.

This was Kobe.

He was willing to extract any essence, whether you were an enemy or not.

Wade said the coolest moment of his career was when the already successful Kobe called him during the Finals to ask how to break the Celtics’ defense.

It’s hard to imagine Roger one day calling Jordan to ask how to train or how to defeat an opponent.

But such a thing could happen with Kobe; that was the difference between him and them.

Roger brutally defeated him, even humiliated him.

But he wouldn’t break ties with Roger because of it.

He would only think about how to aggressively win back next time.

He truly believed he could do it.

Anyway, Roger created another classic moment.

With a fever of 38 degrees, in response to the young man’s challenge, he stood up and devastatingly kicked the man’s ass, despite not originally planning to play.

He consolidated his league status, telling the world he could be a good big brother or a complete jerk.

When interviewed on the sidelines, Roger didn’t say much: “Nothing special to say, just an ordinary victory.

The Lakers and Kobe might have many possibilities in the future, but for now, this is all they can achieve.

Alright, I have to go check if my temperature has gone up again.”

After the interview, Steve Jones glanced at Roger’s shot chart and chuckled, “Bill, remember last season?

Same thing with the rookie Jerry Stackhouse upsetting Roger, Roger played the entire game with his left hand, got 42 points in three quarters, and tore Jerry into pitiful pieces.”