Champion Creed
Chapter 823 - 823 275 Good Person Roger

823: 275: Good Person Roger?

(Seeking Monthly Tickets!)_4 823: 275: Good Person Roger?

(Seeking Monthly Tickets!)_4 In fact, Pippen feels that this is not only about Reeves’ progress, but it’s also the result of Roger’s improvement.

Pippen still holds the view: If it were Roger from a few years ago, Michael Reeves’ confidence would have been crushed in the first two months of the season.

Roger’s hits and pressure might have made Michael Reeves mediocre from that point on.

But the current Roger is like a seasoned professional woman, knowing well when to relax and when to tighten up.

He can integrate everyone into this team, unify them, and channel energy into the team.

Starting with Stevie Smith’s departure which prompted Roger to reflect, to Paul Pierce, and now Michael Reeves.

All these examples prove that Roger is truly a great leader now.

The Atlanta Hawks ultimately finished with 68 wins, taking first place in the East with a landslide.

Because the 76ers in second place in the East won 12 games fewer than the Hawks.

On the other side, the Lakers’ big three finished first in the West with 66 wins.

With Shaq missing 14 games, Kobe missing 12 games, and Grant Hill missing 13 games, grabbing 66 wins, Los Angeles fans can’t ask for more.

The Zen Master has been protecting his players in the regular season, preparing for the playoffs.

Considering Roger took a break for minor injuries early in the season for 8 games, it’s evident this year the Lakers and Hawks didn’t give their all in the regular season.

And this means the two teams will burn more fiercely in the playoffs.

Roger became the scoring king for the sixth consecutive year with an average of 35.4 points per game, finishing first in the MVP rankings at the end of the season.

Another noteworthy Hawks player after the regular season is Big Ben, who is the rebounding king + blocking king this season, and at season’s end, he’s ranked first on the DPOY leaderboard.

Now almost everyone thinks that Big Ben, who averages less than double digits, is qualified to receive a max salary.

However, despite getting Steve Belkin’s early promise, Big Ben has yet to receive a contract extension.

Big Ben is puzzled by this, after all, with both parties willing to cooperate, early renewal is the safest way.

The team can avoid players entering the free market.

Players can focus on games with peace of mind after renewing early.

But the Magic hasn’t done so; after Belkin last mentioned offering Big Ben a max salary, the matter completely vanished.

Big Ben’s agent can only explain it this way: “Maybe they just want you to maintain momentum in the playoffs, forget about renewal, you’ve already been promised, once you win the championship everything will fall into place.”

Big Ben has no doubt about this; he believes in the Hawks’ promise.

Now, the team has entered playoff mode, ready to pursue a two-peat.

And the Hawks’ first-round playoff opponent is precisely the Orlando Magic.

The Orlando Magic finally achieved 46 wins, and succeeded in ranking eighth in the East.

Fate has invisibly arranged these two teams together.

Based on the experiences from past years, Roger’s team generally does not face any trouble in the first round of the playoffs, nor does the game have any suspense.

But this year, the Orlando Magic shocked everyone in Atlanta by taking the first game!

Big Ben dominated the interior with 11 points and 18 rebounds, but as the first in the DPOY rankings, he couldn’t stop the Magic from scoring today.

Because all those deadly Magic shots came from beyond the three-point line.

Just like their regular season wins against the Hawks, the Magic won by relying on two things: suppressing Pierce, and then matching Roger’s firepower with collective firepower.

Paul Pierce was off tonight, dropping balls repeatedly and getting frustrated by Larry Hughes’ trash talk.

T-Mac relied on excellent perimeter shooting, with a 53% shooting rate throughout the game, scoring 33 points.

As a player playing the playoffs for the first time, T-Mac’s performance is simply phenomenal.

Scottie Pippen tried his hardest but still found no solution against T-Mac.

Now Pippen can understand why Jerry Krause always wanted to trade him for this sleepy-eyed guy back in the day.

Of course, if it were only T-Mac, surely it wouldn’t suffice to defeat the Hawks.

The Magic’s two major shooters, Mike Miller and Darrick Stoudamire, were incredibly accurate with their threes today.

The open space also gave Larry Hughes the opportunity to break through.

Although Roger scored 36 points, he still couldn’t withstand the Magic’s concentrated attack.

107 to 101, the Orlando Magic took the first match, leading the series 1-0!

This is Roger’s first time lagging behind in the first round of the playoffs in his career!

After the game, as usual, T-Mac greeted Roger.

According to Kobe, Roger would completely transform in the playoffs.

But T-Mac didn’t notice any difference in Roger, he remained amiable and even wished T-Mac good luck in the next game.

At this moment, T-Mac could confirm that Kobe is simply prejudiced against Roger.

Roger is now trailing 0-1 in the first round of the playoffs, surely he wouldn’t still not see him as an opponent?

At the post-game press conference, Larry Hughes was very active, somewhat dazed by the unexpected victory.

You know young men, they tend to easily forget themselves after achieving a bit of success.

When a reporter asked numerous Roger-related questions, Hughes shrugged.

“Can you stop asking about Roger all the time?

Maybe you can ask about our plans for the second round.”

At that moment, the entire press conference went silent.

No one knows what Larry Hughes was thinking.

Winning one game against the Hawks, great, you deserve credit.

But do you f***ing think you can upset the first seed?

Ten minutes after the press conference, T-Mac received a call from Kobe on the team bus.

As soon as it was connected, T-Mac heard Kobe laughing hysterically.

“Hahahahaha!

Tracy, are you ready?

Soon you will witness the real Roger, you’ll fall into a true hell!

Hahahahaha!

You’ll be the first to stain his crown with blood!”

T-Mac:…

Because Kobe’s voice was so loud, Larry Hughes sitting next to T-Mac also heard what Kobe said.

He grumbled discontentedly: “Enough!

Don’t listen to that fool, Tracy!

If he’s bad, it’s his own problem, Roger isn’t that scary!

Just win one more game, and we’re close to advancing!”

On that day, Kobe Bryant laughed even happier.

(Yesterday I went out only to realize it was Sunday, hahaha, but what I wrote yesterday afternoon fits perfectly for today, so I don’t need to take leave today.)