Champion Creed
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406: 160: Basketball, sometimes it’s not that complicated (Requesting monthly passes!)_2 406: 160: Basketball, sometimes it’s not that complicated (Requesting monthly passes!)_2 This is great, last season when Shaq was injured, Roger had already proven his ability to lead the team alone.

But everyone in Orlando knows that the upcoming Christmas Day game still needs Shaq!

The combination of Michael Jordan and Patrick Ewing is indeed powerful, they are eagerly waiting in New York to take Roger apart.

On Christmas Eve, the 24th, Roger and the team arrived in the Big Apple.

On the team bus, Roger remembered the first time he and Shaq came to New York to see a Saint Laurent spring show.

Those times were truly…

Suddenly, Roger felt it was absurd.

Recalling the Saint Laurent spring show, the first thing that flashed through Roger’s mind wasn’t Yasmeen Ghauri, the first woman he had as a professional player, nor those beautiful models, but Shaq’s chubby face.

This is too absurd!

How could I be so inhumane?

Shaking his head, Roger didn’t think further.

Now was not the time to reminisce about good times.

He never wanted to remember that idiot again, never!

When the team bus reached the hotel, Roger was immediately surrounded by reporters as he stepped off.

All around, fans held up signs, and the shouts of “Fuck Roger” almost shattered the hotel glass.

Security personnel did their best but struggled to clear a wide path for Roger.

Reporters extended their microphones past the security line towards Roger: “Roger, has Shaq mentioned when he will return?

What if Shaq doesn’t come back?”

“Whether he is here or not, we will fight to the end.”

“Michael says the Knicks will defeat the Magic again and again, what do you think?”

“Oh, I wasn’t the one swept 8-0 in a single season.”

Roger’s responses were still strong, but this time, New York fans took it as mere bravado.

The Magic’s record of 21 wins and 3 losses was already impressive, but the Knicks had even one more victory, standing at 22 wins and 2 losses up to now.

This New York Knicks, how could the Magic win?

To improve the Magic, you need a good foil.

You need to hire some pretty sexy ladies to assist, so the audience’s attention will focus on the ladies, not on your magic props.

But now, O’Neal, the foil, doesn’t even want to do it, how can Roger perform magic?

On the night before the match, the bored Roger watched TV in the hotel.

On TV, ESPN interviewed many celebrities asking their opinions about the Christmas Day game.

Spike Lee grinned: “The real suspense now is by how many points will the Knicks win over the Magic, isn’t it?”

Fred Klein, who holds the record for the longest-period Knicks season ticket holder and even postponed his wedding to watch a Knicks game, was also beaming: “All of New York believes this will be a very meaningful Christmas Eve.

Years from now, people will remember this Christmas Eve as the beginning of a great dynasty.”

The Editor of the Sports Department of “The New York Times,” Randy Archibald, also declared: “Over the past years, I’ve reported countless tragic stories about New York basketball.

But from tomorrow, all tragedies that happen to the Knicks will be returned to the people of Orlando in full!

Tomorrow will be a historic night for the New York Knicks!”

This is the current atmosphere; all of New York considers tomorrow’s Christmas Day a celebration, not just a game.

New Yorkers hate Roger too much, although he’s only played against the Knicks in two series, but those two were enough to make him the most hated NBA player in all of New York.

They haven’t forgotten the ’94 playoffs when Roger famously “stuffed the defeat into Pat Riley’s mouth,” nor have they forgotten the ’95 playoffs when O’Neal and Roger nearly dismantled the Knicks.

The two sides have a deep hatred, so Roger’s misfortune is the Knicks fans’ joy.

Roger and Shaq’s success was cemented at Madison Square Garden, and likewise, their downfall must also begin there!

The next day, by noon, Madison Square Garden was already swarming with people.

New York fans gathered outside this place called “the Mecca of Basketball,” holding up various signs, singing songs to each other, insulting Roger, wandering the streets.

No one could be more pleased than NBA Commissioner David Stern; the heat of this game proved his efforts were not in vain.

Michael Jordan, the Knicks, Roger, the Magic, these names alone constitute everything great.

At three in the afternoon, the Magic were ready to leave the hotel and head straight to Madison Square Garden.

Any later, and the traffic near the arena would be very congested.

Just as the bus was about to depart, O’Neal had still not rejoined the team.

Roger didn’t want to think about that anymore; even if he had to face Jordan and Ewing alone, Roger would not step back.

As everyone boarded the bus and was ready to depart, a majestic Hummer drove up to the hotel entrance.

Under the shocked gaze of reporters and on-site staff, the towering Shaquille O’Neal emerged from the car and directly boarded the Magic’s team bus!

He chose to rejoin the team in the final moments before they departed!

From the Hummer to the team bus, O’Neal’s simple few steps murdered countless rolls of film in the reporters’ hands.

Talking of irony, it had been a long time since O’Neal and Roger’s fallout had garnered such attention.

Not just the reporters, even the Magic’s players were surprised.