Champion Creed
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777: 263: Victors constantly change, only interests are eternal (Please vote for the monthly ticket!) 777: 263: Victors constantly change, only interests are eternal (Please vote for the monthly ticket!) Roger actually knows better than anyone how outstanding Ray Allen and the Milwaukee Bucks were in the 00-01 season.

You can totally regard the 01 Bucks as Ray Allen’s first peak.

As everyone knows, apart from the OK combo in 2001, the most successful player was undoubtedly AI.

But in reality, AI’s position should have belonged to Ray Allen.

Because that year, during the seven games of the Eastern Conference Finals, the 76ers received too much favoritism from the league.

In that series, the 76ers had 66 more free throws than the Bucks, 9 fewer technical fouls, and there were controversial calls against the Bucks in the crucial moments of the first and fourth games.

The most absurd part was that “Big Dog” Robinson didn’t get his first free throw in the series until the fifth game, and several commentators were fined a total of $80,000 for discussing the manipulated game topic during the series.

In terms of personal performance, Ray Allen averaged 27.1 points, 3.3 rebounds, 5.4 assists, and 2.1 turnovers, with a shooting percentage of 46.8% and a three-point percentage of 50.9%.

Compared to Iverson’s 30.5 points, 4.8 rebounds, 6.8 assists, 3.2 turnovers, with a shooting percentage of 34.4% and a three-point percentage of 33.3%, he’s not inferior.

In the sixth game, Ray Allen also broke the playoff record with 9 three-pointers in a single game.

Meanwhile, AI’s shooting percentage in the first three games was a frightening 26%.

It’s hard to say if the 76ers would’ve made it to the finals without these advantages.

It’s also hard to say how Ray Allen’s popularity would change if he advanced to the finals and led the team to win one or two games against the Lakers.

But one thing is certain: the 00-01 Milwaukee Bucks were indeed a finals-level team.

Ray Allen and his team were not just strong starters.

The day before the game, Ray Allen learned that the match against the Hawks had been temporarily switched to a national broadcast.

Countless players struggling in small markets yearn for such opportunities, and Glenn Robinson is no exception.

However, the most popular sport in Wisconsin is football, even though the Bucks had a good start in their record, and even though this was the best Bucks team since the era of Big O and Skyhook, they didn’t have half the attention of the Green Bay Packers.

Ray Allen doesn’t have Roger’s charm to turn a baseball city into a basketball city overnight.

So, the chance to show up on a national broadcast is especially precious for Glenn Robinson.

Yet Ray Allen was fed up with this national broadcast.

He felt this national broadcast was like charity.

“Look at those lucky Milwaukee poor guys, getting a national broadcast opportunity to perform just because they’re playing against Roger.

They should really thank Roger, or else who would care to watch the Bucks’ game?”

These voices kept echoing in Ray Allen’s mind.

He couldn’t change anything.

The national broadcast was already a given fact.

The only thing Ray Allen could do was win the game during this national broadcast.

To tell the world they earned the national broadcast opportunity with their strength.

The day before the game, the underwear commercial starring Roger and Gisele Bundchen started airing on TV.

The director of this ad was Andy Li, who shot it almost like an art film, with Roger and Gisele Bundchen wearing the products doing many intimate actions on a vast white round bed, flirting wildly with the edges.

Since they were actual couples, their performances were very natural, and their moves were very skilled.

The only difficulty for Roger was that he often couldn’t control his excitement during filming, causing shooting to pause.

Regardless, the finished ad product turned out extraordinarily well.

TNT’s Charles Barkley joked, “I don’t understand why anyone thinks Ray Allen can win.

Look, he can’t even film bedroom scenes as well as Roger!”

This comment truly made Ray Allen angry, as if everyone was waiting to see the Bucks get massacred in this game.

What is this?

Do they really think he’s the only one progressing over the summer?

The day of the game, Milwaukee, Bradley Center.

As soon as Roger appeared, he captured all the reporters’ cameras and fans’ attention.

It seemed as if Bradley Center was Roger’s home court.

But Ray Allen continued to warm up seriously, unaffected by Roger.

He felt very confident about his touch today; whatever he threw, it went in.

Could this scorching touch burn Roger?

Glenn Robinson was excited: “Ray, I feel like we can win tonight.”

“Hmm,” Ray Allen answered coldly, “As long as we solve one problem, we can win tonight.”

“What problem?”

“Look at my shoe tongue; is it aligned?

It always feels crooked, making me uncomfortable.”

Glenn Robinson: …

With both starting lineups gathering, the atmosphere grew wild, and the game ratings started to climb.

For most fans, tonight was the true opening game.

The Bucks’ starting five were Cassell, Ray Allen, Big Dog, Tim Thomas, and Earvin “Magic” Johnson.

Meanwhile, the Hawks were finally fielding their championship starters, Roger, Pierce, Pippen, Marion, and Big Ben.

Big Ben won the jump ball, and the Hawks targeted Roger for their first offense.

In the past eight games, the Hawks have a 4-4 record, which is far from dominant.

Pierce’s offense is excellent, but not yet as freewheeling as Roger’s, and he can’t create a qualitative gap compared to most star players.

For example, in the opening game against the Lakers, facing the firepower of the Lakers’ Big 3, Pierce’s 25-point performance was impressive but not enough to win.

And today, Roger opened the game by showing what it means to be freewheeling.

Against Big Dog, Roger scored the first point for the team with a casual mid-range stop-and-fade shot.

Glenn Robinson felt his fingertips were just a touch away from the ball, his defense as tight as possible, but Roger still scored effortlessly.

However, Ray Allen soon demonstrated his terrifying prowess as the league’s top offensive win contributor.

Ray Allen didn’t play off the ball; instead, he took a pass from Cassell at the arc and went one-on-one against Pippen.

This was a cross-era matchup; no one would consider Pippen and Ray Allen as stars of the same era.

Seeing them compete was like watching an old car race against a modern sports car.

And that’s exactly the case, as Ray Allen bypassed Pippen with a simple crossover and acceleration, the same guy who terrified countless perimeter players in the ’90s.

This season, Pippen’s condition has further declined, and his lateral speed makes it difficult for him to guard point guards.

It used to be a pipe dream for Ray Allen to bypass Pippen like this, but now, it’s reality.

Ray Allen leaned into Pippen as he charged into the paint, using quicker steps to surpass him, then faced Marion head-on and rose for the slam.

The most frequent rumor about Ray Allen is that he was a dunker in his youth, but in reality, he seldom dunked at any stage of his career.

However, unlike players like Curry or Thompson, Ray Allen’s occasional dunks were truly spectacular, never causing laughter.

In this play, Gentleman Ray powerfully slammed the ball in with one arm, confronting Marion in midair and scoring successfully!

Ray Allen’s face showed a murderous intensity, and George Karl was so excited he pumped his fist.

Most of the time, George Karl doesn’t like Ray Allen.

He thinks Ray Allen is like a Barbie doll: exquisite and beautiful but not ruthless enough.

Ray Allen once lived in Europe, where people love gentlemen, poets, and philosophers; they love elegance.

But Americans don’t share these preferences.

There’s no long-standing aristocratic tradition in this country.

In the 200-plus years of American history, it’s filled with cavalry, whaling ships, cowboys, boxers, and Western pioneers, so they worship blood and violence.

Moreover, George Karl’s glory was built on the brutal and passionate Kemp and Payton.

Therefore, Ray Allen could never be to his liking, and he has mocked Ray Allen at press conferences more than once.

But this season, George Karl discovered some changes in Ray Allen.

In certain games, Ray Allen would abandon his elegance and refinement, embracing crudeness and battling with blood.

Against the Toronto Raptors, facing that glamorous slammer, Ray Allen repeatedly pierced through hard and scored 31 points to overwhelm him.

Against the New Jersey Nets, when Stephon Marbury shot 4 for 13 for the entire game, Ray Allen scored 35 points, completing the beatdown.

Against the Spurs, Ray Allen firmly responded to Derek Anderson’s 4-for-7 three-point shooting with his own 5-for-6 performance from beyond the arc that night.

He began to exude a killer instinct and started to enjoy the pleasure of crushing opponents, savoring the taste of blood.

This transformation allowed Ray Allen to clash tooth and nail with AI in the original 00-01 season for seven games.

This was the change George Karl wanted to see, and tonight, Ray Allen undoubtedly entered that state again.

Around later, Roger’s three-pointer bounced off, and the Bucks secured the rebound.

Cassell controlled the ball, using his seasoned experience to pass it to Ray Allen, who cut to the right three-point line.

Pippen was again a step slow, as his athletic ability had significantly declined.

Although he sealed Ray Allen’s face with his arm length, the Bucks’ number 34 still shot with textbook form.

Ray Allen’s scorching three-point touch from warm-ups had not betrayed him; the ball went through the net, leaving Pippen helpless.

“Another three-pointer hits!

Just when people thought Roger would control the game, Ray Allen turned the tide with two offensive plays!

This season’s Ray Allen is the most dangerous man in the league, the sharpest sword!”

Ray Allen showed his sharpness and added two more three-point shots after the first quarter, going 5-for-3 on threes in the quarter and scoring 15 points!

Roger scored 11 points, but with Big Dog and Cassell also performing well, the Hawks still trailed 25-33 after the first quarter.

At the end of the first quarter, the entire Bucks team roared excitedly on the bench.

They seized this opportunity to perform on a nationally televised stage.

The Hawks, on the other hand, seemed a bit downcast.

In the past eight games, they hadn’t found the dominance that won them 72 games last season.

They thought Roger’s return today would help them regain control of the game, but it remained tough.

In front of the luxurious giant screen, Bruce Levenson put down his glass in disappointment: “This is the star player you’ve been indulging, Steve, see?

There’s no such thing as an undefeated general in this world, and there’s no god, either.

If he can bleed, he’s not a god; he’s just a victor.

Victors are always transient, only interests are eternal.”

Steve Belkin also frowned: “Shut up, Bruce, you know nothing about competitive sports.”

“I’m just not as blindly optimistic as you are, so go ahead and pray, see if the gods will answer you.”

Bruce Levenson picked up his glass again, and for some reason, he suddenly felt like his team losing tonight might not be such a bad thing.

He and Bruce Levenson held the same shares, but because Belkin knew more about basketball, he had slightly more voice in the board than Levenson.

Thus, he indulged Roger’s various behaviors.

But what if Roger could bleed too?

Levenson would surely make a big deal out of it.

In this way, he might at least regain control of the team’s voice.

God?

Haha, these people are truly crazy.