At the start of the season, upon hearing that Amar’e Stoudemire’s season was over, they adopted a "everyone can slay Lu Bu" stance.
But now, without exception, they have all fallen under Roger’s blade.
Charles Barkley’s analogy wasn’t wrong; the Warriors indeed resemble masked Jason.
Roger’s performance in December, constantly turning the tide at critical monts, has driven fans wild. Yet Roger still attributed the credit to the whole team: "The secret to victory? We believe!"
We believe, not I believe.
As Roger put on a spectacular show during this period, a new buzzword began to rapidly spread across English networks: luojie.
It’s equivalent to the Chinese internet’s often-used phrase "Brother NB."
When playing gas or interacting with others online, you often use "luojie" to praise soone’s remarkable performance.
Roger and excellence are already deeply intertwined.
Of course, the most heavyweight match in December has yet to arrive.
After the Christmas showdown, the Golden State Warriors would face the Cleveland Cavaliers for the second ti.
This is LeBron Jas’ last chance this season to prove himself.
Yes, his promise not to lose to Roger even once this season has beco nonsense. But winning one ga is always better than not winning any.
Tonight, LBJ’s shooting from beyond the three-point line was on fire, once scoring 45 points.
With 8 seconds left, the Cavaliers were still trailing by 1 point, and the whole world was holding its breath, waiting for a do-or-die mont.
Mike Breen shouted with sweaty palms: "Will LeBron shoot!?"
Indeed, the biggest suspense was not whether he would score, but if he would shoot.
In his third season, LBJ showed a trait that even Cleveland fans disliked — he was too team-oriented.
This month, the Cavaliers had already displayed two unsettling performances in critical monts.
The first was at the beginning of the month, Cavs vs. Magic, with the Cavaliers trailing by 1 point in the final monts, Cleveland fans were hoping LeBron Jas would rescue the team like Roger and Kobe.
As the countdown was about to end, the ball ended up in Larry Hughes’ hands. Indeed, Larry Hughes’ three-point shooting percentage this season was as high as 36%. But anyone who watches the gas knows the truth; Larry Hughes has made less than 20 three-pointers this season, so his shooting percentage has no reference value due to the small sample size.
Yet here was this unreliable three-point shooter, surprisingly receiving a pass from Jas at the last mont, and he missed the shot.
At that mont, Cleveland fans felt as if they were Shaq, being force-fed by Paul Pierce in the finals.
After this ga, the dia harshly criticized LeBron Jas for being overly team-oriented and lacking killer instinct.
But Cleveland fans never thought they were actually worse off than Shaq.
Because LBJ force-fed them for a second ti within a month.
In a ga against the Detroit Pistons, with only trailing 81 to 83 in the final monts, LBJ again made a pass instead of taking the shot, passing the ball to AK47, who then missed the ga-winner.
After the ga, facing reporters’ doubts, he simply answered: "I thought it was the right play!"
Being force-fed twice within a month, Cleveland fans were in misery.
What they didn’t know was that LeBron would continue to tirelessly serve them this way for over a decade; in this aspect, he was much more diligent than Paul Pierce in dispensing dung.
So today, at this mont, the whole world was speculating what choice LeBron Jas would make; whether he scores or not beca secondary.
Jas dribbled at the top of the arc, finding his rhythm amidst the ocean of Bay Area fans holding countless signs saying "We believe," the Chosen One finally drew his sword.
He jumped up and took the shot, pulling the trigger. As the smoke cleared, LeBron Jas blew the smoke from the barrel, and Mike Breen behind the comntary table erupted.
"The shot is good! The shot is good! It’s LeBron Jas’ first ga-winner of his career! God, is this the LeBron people have been waiting for? Is he finally going to defeat Roger!?"
Jas looked at Roger, his archenemy who didn’t even need to fake politeness, pounding his chest and roaring: "This ti I beat you!"
Jas’ ga-winner brought the ga to a climax, but unlike movies that often end with the climax, this ga continued after the climax, ushering in another high point.
After the suspense of "Will LeBron Jas dare to shoot," ca an even bigger suspense: Will Roger deliver a fourth ga-winner this month!
The ghosts of Spurs, Knicks, and Lakers wailed mournfully, reminding Cleveland fans that nothing was over yet.
Last 5 seconds, the Warriors inbounded the ball, and because of the Warriors’ reputation for three-point threats this season, the Cavaliers didn’t dare to imdiately double-team Roger.
This scene allowed Gregg Popovich, studying the ga from afar, to sense the breath of death; his Spurs had perished under the strategy of not daring to double-team.
Would the Cleveland Cavaliers et the sa fate?
Roger dribbled to the top of the arc, with Jas standing at the three-point line defending. Suddenly, Roger pulled up for a shot from a step away from the three-point line.
Jas’ desperate block told him that Roger’s shooting space had rendered his interference useless.
"Swish!"
"Bang!!!"
Roger took off his jersey, revealing a white tank top underneath, with two big words written on the front: We believe.
The back of the tank top bore the signatures of all Warriors players.
This was a special preparation by the Warriors’ whole team today; the team’s plight ended with the Cleveland Cavaliers and so did their path to glory start from them.
Roger then turned, looked at LBJ, gestured the disrespectful Korean sign: "Almost there (to defeat )."
For the third consecutive season, LeBron Jas did not win a single ga against Roger.
The curse remained in effect.
The declaration to "Surpass Roger" had completely beco a joke, until "not1not2not3..." appeared, it would likely remain the biggest joke in the basketball world.
The wild December ended with Roger’s fourth ga-winner of the month.
This winter, the Bay Area was hotter than Dubai’s average temperature of 40°C.
And this glorious December was enough to sustain the Warriors’ passion through to the end of the season.
Despite Gregg Popovich’s rather discouraging comnt after the ga: "Four ga-winners in one month just indicates the Warriors’ excessive reliance on Roger. The Warriors lack talent and have no second star, unable to dominate playoff-contending teams, and those ga-winners rely obscure these issues with victory. However, in the playoffs, these issues will collectively explode."
But his evaluation did not affect people’s appreciation of Roger’s greatness in December.
At the end of December, around this ti each year, the Oxford Dictionary would announce new words to be included this year.
Many Chinglish terms would be listed, with the most notable one being "kale" included years later.
And now, a Chinglish term that allowed the NBA to break into mainstream culture, earlier by many years compared to kale, was included.
luojie: A top representative figure in a domain.
(Offering 7000 words, today’s word count slightly reduced, had to handle transferring my dad to a new hospital for recovery-related treatnt in the afternoon. November was busy, took many leaves, and I’m truly sorry. December will be more stable, and there will be no long absences anymore.)
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