Capítulo 1411: Chapter 442: New York Curse
As a New Yorker, I am disappointed with this result. In fact, I think without Roger retiring, no professional sports team from New York can win a championship. Clevelanders spend their entire lives not knowing what curse plagues them, but for New York, Roger is our curse.”
Spike Lee was very pessimistic, even after the Knicks had just won a big victory.
His words sparked a huge controversy, and New York Giants fans expressed their dissatisfaction: “Don’t compare us to the trashy Knicks!”
Three days later, the 2008 Super Bowl showdown would take place between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots.
New York can’t have a professional sports team win a championship if Roger doesn’t retire? Nonsense!
The New York Giants will win the championship!
No one can be New York’s curse!
Roger may be the GOAT of basketball, but he surely can’t extend to football, right?
Interestingly, the New England Patriots’ star player Tom Brady happens to be Roger’s close friend, which ties the Super Bowl ga to Roger in countless ways.
After the Knicks’ ga, Roger flew to Phoenix, the venue for the 42nd Super Bowl, to support his good buddy on-site. It was a habit they had maintained over the years, attending each other’s championship nights to cheer one another on.
Roger didn’t know much about football, but he rembered the 2008 Super Bowl champion was the New York Giants.
It was an outco akin to the Warriors’ 73-win stumble, because before the Super Bowl, Tom Brady’s team hadn’t lost even a single ga; he had personally beco the MVP of that season, showcasing unparalleled dominance.
As a result, in the Super Bowl, they were defeated by the New York Giants with a touchdown in the last minute of the ga, losing the championship.
On the night before the ga, upon seeing Tom Brady, Roger finally understood why this century-defying upset occurred.
“Roger, I’ve chosen several nightclubs in Phoenix to celebrate the victory; which one do you think is better?” he asked, taking out his phone to show Roger the photos of the nightclubs’ ambience.
“You haven’t won the championship yet, Tom.”
“Of course, of course, but the fact already proves that no one can beat us this season, right?” Tom Brady replied with a smile, while chatting with the nightclub’s marketing on his phone.
“So what? If you don’t get the Super Bowl, your MVP and all previous victories an nothing. The Super Bowl is the only standard to judge the value of your season, just like the O’Brien Trophy determines whether an NBA team is successful. Hey, rember the 72-win Bulls?”
Tom Brady looked up, bewildered: “72-win Bulls? Wasn’t it the 72-win Hawks? Oh wait, I rember, Michael Jordan did achieve 72 wins, which year was it again?”
“It was 1996, the year he not only achieved the NBA’s first 72-win record, but also earned the MVP by an overwhelming margin. In my era, no one achieved a better record than him. What happened then? When ntioning the 72 wins, most people’s reaction is like yours, only rembering the Hawks, not the ’96 Bulls. Why? In the year Michael Jordan achieved 72 wins, I was the champion. You see, 72 wins and an MVP without a championship are aningless.
The championship is everything; no matter what cup championship or random championship the NBA introduces later, regardless of how the dia promotes the value of such championships, they cannot define whether a team is deed successful, because the championship is everything!”
Tom Brady already knew what Roger wanted to say. He put down his phone, his expression serious: “You’re right, man, I’ve been a bit… Hey, Spike Lee’s right, you’re the damn curse of New York sports. If it wasn’t for you, that bastard, telling this, maybe the New York Giants really would have won the championship.”
The next day, at Phoenix University Stadium, Roger encountered many acquaintances at the grand event known as “Arica’s Spring Festival.”
Among them was Kevin Garnett.
As a New York legend, he naturally had to co to support the New York Giants’ ga.
The two sat together, cheerful but confrontational.
After all, they supported different teams.
As the ga started, it was very tense throughout, and the New England Patriots did not show the overwhelming dominance of an undefeated team, as the New York Giants remained very tough.
“Just like us,” Garnett said while watching the field, “Maybe the Golden State Warriors could be as invincible as the Patriots this season, but if we et in the finals, we’ll play with the sa toughness as the Giants. Spike Lee, the coward, was scared silly; you’re not New York’s curse, and the New York Curse will be broken by us and the Giants.”
“I don’t deny you’re as tough as the Giants, Kevin, but toughness and victory are two different things.”
“We’ll see Roger, Miracle Tom, the Coback Kid… whatever he’s called, your friend is dood tonight.”
The ga was indeed intense, and Roger was very nervous. His presence definitely changed many things, but most were related to basketball.
He wasn’t sure if he could change the final result of other sports.
With less than three minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, the Patriots took the lead with a touchdown from Tom Brady to Randy Moss. After scoring, Tom Brady pointed towards Roger in the VIP stands. In fact, because the football stadium was so large, it was impossible for him to see where Roger was. But he knew Roger’s general direction and knew his friend was cheering for him.
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