Champion Creed-Chapter 892 - 295: It’s impossible to catch up with Roger in this lifetime (Requesting monthly tickets!)_4
Chapter 892: 295: It’s impossible to catch up with Roger in this lifetime (Requesting monthly tickets!)_4
Nike must be extremely happy now, because they can really see the possibility of Webber’s Kings killing the Hawks.
After scoring, the Kings swiftly retreated to defense, and the tone set by Chris Webber at the start made the entire team very proactive.
In their quick defense, the Hawks’ seven seconds or less had little room to excel.
This round the Hawks’ fast break didn’t succeed, and they didn’t get an opportunity in the half-court phase either. After teammates missed consecutive three-point shots, Roger decided to take control of this offense himself.
He didn’t make another breakthrough and pass, instead, he personally scored with a floater among the encirclement of the King’s players.
Webber’s defense couldn’t have been better, but Roger seemed to feel no pressure.
This goal stabilized the Hawks’ situation, but the Kings’ enthusiasm was not dampened.
One round later, the Kings’ passes and cuts were still operating elegantly, this time Divac backed to pass the ball to Webber, and Marion didn’t lose position, but Webber directly dunked over him!
"I’ll catch up to you, Roger, starting from this season!"
"Even if you win the championship this season, you’re still five short of me. Even if you start winning every year from now, it would take you six seasons to catch up to me. You have to understand one fact, a queen can never replace the real king."
Sacramento Queen, this insulting nickname invented by Shaq, sometimes you have to admit he is a genius at giving nicknames.
But this insulting nickname has always been hated by Webber.
"At least I’ll make you bleed, you bastard!" Webber answered through gritted teeth.
"Many people say so, Chris, and also, from Mike calling last night saying we would definitely lose today, to you saying you’ll make me bleed today, you’ve been disrespectful to me twice at my home court. Do you know what happens when a queen is disrespectful to a king?"
At this moment, the Hawks’ offense has opened up, Roger passed the ball to the cutting Marion, but his layup was blocked by Webber.
It’s evident, Webber is indeed playing very hard today, showing performance on both ends of the court.
Luckily, the ball blocked by Webber landed in Kurt Thomas’s hands, Thomas didn’t forcefully go up from under the basket, instead, he passed the ball back to Roger outside the three-point line.
Roger started instantly upon receiving the ball, breaking past Doug Christie by half a body.
As Christie chased desperately, Roger stepped back, gathered the ball, and shot.
But in this era of defense being the most brutal and tight, the step-back jumper is not an easy technique to execute.
During Roger’s retreat, Christie held onto Roger’s jersey tightly, so after shooting, Roger lost balance and fell to the ground.
The referee blew the whistle, Christie was annoyed that he must let Roger shoot three free throws.
Yet immediately after, he heard the sound of the basketball entering the net.
Roger sat on the ground, showed one finger to Doug Christie: "Don’t look so sad, Doug, I’ll just shoot one free throw."
"Four-point play! This is why we say Roger is the creator of history. Before him, no one would use the step-back three-pointer as their mainstream weapon. But now, more and more are imitating him, becoming him!" Matt Lauer continued to serve as the commentator for this match, the elegance of seven-second offense once made this former NCAA commentator look forward to the NBA, but he soon discovered that most NBA teams were still playing ugly defensive basketball.
Therefore, he applied to comment as many games involving Roger as possible.
Once again, Roger did not disappoint him.
When other teams’ shooters were still using traditional screening, catching, and shooting, Roger had already played the three-pointer into art.
On the free-throw line, Roger added the free throw successfully, earning four points.
This shot dealt a significant blow to the Kings’ morale; they had initially succeeded in defense but were forcibly changed by Roger.
And throughout the subsequent games, similar things kept happening.
Today, the Hawks were not shooting threes well, which made the Kings dare to further shrink into zone defense. Thus, the difficulty of cutting into the lane increased.
This is basketball, every strategy is tightly interconnected.
Compared to the previous games, the Hawks’ overall offense was not that outstanding.
Roger, after all, is Roger; he is an above-average playmaker but not a historic-level playmaker like Steve Nash.
When opponents retreat fast enough, Roger finds it hard to continue passing the ball to teammates in gaps.
There’s no shame in that; Steve Nash is one of the best offensive players in NBA history, his comprehensive influence on offense is terrifying.
The most crucial aspect is his ability to deliver ammunition to teammates in narrow spaces has reached the pinnacle.
Therefore, the Phoenix Suns almost never get their tactics locked down, their offense is truly unsolvable.
Roger doesn’t have Nash’s passing ability, but he has his own way to deal with tight defense, which is to take over the offense himself when unable to connect the team.
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This move was very effective; no one on the Kings today could lower Roger’s shooting accuracy.
Their strongest defender Christie was no more than this to Roger.
But the Hawks also encountered troubles, because Chris Webber kept cutting backdoor today, causing Shawn Marion to commit many fouls on him.
Webber was very determined in attacking the basket today, not habitually hanging outside for shots.
When the fourth quarter had 8 minutes left, Marion’s interference under the basket led to his fifth foul.
