Chapter 1073: Chapter 344: Roger First, Michael Second, Then the Rest
In a dance that combined elegance with frenzy, Michael Jordan’s last dance concluded.
In 1993, when he averaged 41 points per ga to beat Flying Pig and win the championship, Michael Jordan didn’t celebrate wildly, nor did he scream in passion.
He simply hid in the therapy room, where only the ESPN reporter was present, and then lit a cigar alone.
At the golden age of 30, having completed a three-peat miracle and becoming the best basketball player in the world, he was incredibly calm.
At that ti, standing at the pinnacle, Michael Jordan would never have imagined that 11 years later, he would cry for playoff qualification.
To be precise, the Atlanta Hawks haven’t completely secured their spot in the playoffs yet. Whether they make it depends on the results of the last ga day.
Only if the Cavaliers lose on the last day will Michael Jordan safely lock in the eighth seed in the East.
But Jordan thinks that the Cleveland Cavaliers have no chance of winning on the last ga day, given their opponents are the defending champion Pistons.
Indeed, the Pistons have started to rest players in the last three gas, with Rick Carlisle strictly limiting the playing ti of regular starters.
Yet, the defending champion’s hard skills are evident here; even if the starters’ ti is limited, they are not easy to deal with.
Last ti, didn’t the Warriors, while resting players, conveniently wipe out the Cavaliers?
So might say it was because Roger went all out to defend Jas, which is why the Cavaliers lost.
Does anyone really think that the stubborn Ron Artest wouldn’t go all out to defend Jas?
Therefore, the probability of the Hawks ultimately getting the playoff spot is very high.
No matter what, Michael Jordan didn’t let the playoff qualification slip out of his hands. He defeated that damn shaless bastard and pushed the Cavaliers, who originally needed just one win in the last three gas to secure a playoff spot, to the edge.
He has completely burned himself out with nothing left to regret.
Jordan sat in front of his locker and cald his emotions for a long ti, while Pippen was right next to him, silently.
The two old fellows just sat there, seemingly organizing those long and chaotic mories.
The other mbers of the Hawks did not disturb them; everyone knew that after such an intense soul-stirring ga, those two old guys indeed needed so wise ti to gradually absorb.
A dozen minutes later, Pippen broke the silence between them.
“I got three rings in Chicago and four in Atlanta. Many people often overlook that my number of rings is already more than Larry Bird, more than Magic Johnson, even more than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. And now, with seven rings in hand, I feel delighted for the chance to fight into the playoffs. Can you believe it, Michael? It’s just so magical.”
“At least decently, Scott,” Jordan’s expression was very calm, repeating what he had said before the ga, “At least decently.”
After saying that, Michael Jordan smiled.
He was relieved, thinking he had made LeBron Jas pay a painful price for his backstabbing behavior.
Is missing the playoffs the price?
No, no, no, it’s far more than that.
If the Cavaliers lose again to the Pistons, if Jas, with a three-gas-win-one scenario to make the playoffs, screws everything up, the overwhelming public criticism will surely make Jas understand what the price is!
By then, the people at Nike and LeBron Jas would no longer have any excuses.
Michael Jordan, on the contrary, felt fortunate to have been traded away by the Cavaliers. Otherwise, if the Cavaliers ultimately failed to make it into the playoffs, this black pot would have to be carried by him.
Nike is now evidently determined to push Jas, even if it uses the forr cornerstone Jordan as a stepping stone; it doesn’t matter. So if Jordan was on the Cavaliers and the Cavaliers failed to make the playoffs, ultimately public opinion would certainly be like this: “LeBron tried his best, bla Michael for holding him back.”
Now it’s well, the whole world knows, if the Cavaliers don’t make it to the playoffs, it’s solely because LeBron Jas himself is incompetent.
After all, after Michael Jordan left, he personally got into the playoffs.
Thinking of this, Michael Jordan felt that the last season of his career didn’t seem to be that unbearable.
As the second best of the 90s, he might not handle Roger, but suppressing LeBron Jas wasn’t that hard?
On the other side, at the Cavaliers’ press conference, LeBron Jas’s mood was all over his face.
From the mont he entered the press conference, he hadn’t smiled once; his expression looked like he had eaten two mating flies.
This 19-year-old boy’s eyes were hollow, completely lacking the vigor of a young player.
This tiline’s LeBron Jas is unfortunate.
In the original history, LeBron Jas had the support of Nike’s power, whereas now Nike’s influence in the league can’t help him much.
In the original history, LeBron Jas’s biggest opponent was no other than Carlo Anthony. But now, he has to face Michael Jordan and Roger, two generations of basketball gods.
In the original history, even if LeBron Jas’s team results were far worse than Sweet lon’s, he had Nike’s promotional machine to back him up.
But now, when LeBron Jas is repeatedly being beaten by Roger and Michael Jordan, no one can help him cover up the facts of failure.
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