Capítulo 1416: Chapter 444: FO! FO! FO! FO!
What’s more, there’s a personal rivalry between Jordan and Jas.
In fact, Roger’s relationship with Jordan could only be nded thanks to Jas.
It was him who made Jordan realize that a rival facing you head-on is worth more respect than a rival who sches behind your back.
Roger’s retirent tour continued, and in most places, he could receive applause and blessings from fans.
In fact, Los Angeles and San Antonio were the only two places where Roger couldn’t get applause.
In mid-March, when the Spurs defeated the Warriors after acquiring Gasol, Tim Duncan told Roger in his deep voice: “Now is the future, we’ll never ss up again.”
This was Duncan’s response to Roger’s past words to Duncan: “The future is yours.” In this tiline, it ironically beca Duncan’s curse.
Duncan’s confidence wasn’t unfounded, he’s not an arrogant person. After all, his harshest words were simply “We’ll never ss up again.”
He was confident because he had a seamless partnership with Gasol, their styles didn’t clash, and they made winning effortless.
All of this beca Duncan’s strength, the strength to defeat Roger.
In early April, the Lakers defeated the Warriors for the second ti this season.
In this ga, Brandon Roy was once again shut down by Kobe, going 5 for 14. Initially, when Kobe said he wanted to win DPOY and shut Roy down, Roy coolly replied, “See you in Los Angeles.” But in two away gas in Los Angeles, Roy’s performance was less than satisfactory.
Kobe practically gave him a resounding slap.
This is normal, as a seriously defending Kobe is indeed one of the best periter defenders in the league.
Furthermore, Roy is just a second-year rookie.
But Roy didn’t believe that ti spent in the league can be used as an excuse for losing, he didn’t know why he seed to forget how to play basketball in front of Kobe.
That evening, Roy’s role seed swapped with Jas in the season opener.
In the season opener, Jas perford poorly, whereas Roy was exceptionally outstanding, proving he was a better helper than Jas.
But tonight, when Roy was lost, Jas scored 25 points, with 6 assists, and 8 rebounds, playing brilliantly.
Such an outco left Roy feeling unwilling, he believed Roger was unquestionably stronger than Kobe. So the only reason the Warriors lost was that he was far inferior to LBJ.
Such thinking was hard for him to accept, after losing the ga, Roy stayed in the locker room for a long ti.
Roger had the others take the bus to leave first, he stayed to accompany Roy.
In fact, he wanted to supervise the fool and stop him from overtraining his shots.
The playoffs are coming soon, Roger didn’t want anyone to miss the gas due to injury.
Not until one in the morning did Brandon Roy finally want to leave.
Rain started falling in Los Angeles in the early hours, when the car reached the hotel, Roger handed him an umbrella: “Go back and rest well, playoffs are the place to decide a player’s position.”
Roy looked at the umbrella in his hand and the heavy rain outside the car window and recalled the scene from last sumr when he and Roger went to Shanghai for a business event.
On that day, it was also Roger who shielded him from the rain.
But after this season, Roger couldn’t shelter him from the wind and rain anymore.
Brandon Roy returned the umbrella to Roger: “I don’t need it, it’s just a few steps.”
After finishing, he opened the car door and dashed into the hotel lobby through the rain at a speed that left the hotel valet no ti to offer an umbrella in welco.
Roger looked speechlessly at Joe Abunassar driving the car: “Old Joe, Brandon must think he looked cool running through the rain just now, right?”
Joe Abunassar couldn’t help but laugh: “That’s how young people are, who hasn’t had so cringe-worthy embarrassing history with tightly clenched toes when they were young?”
Despite losing to the Spurs and the Lakers, the Warriors’ record continued to rise steadily.
On April 10th, the Warriors faced the Nuggets for the fourth ti this season. Tonight Roger’s shooting wasn’t on point, going 10 for 26. But Roy wreaked havoc, scoring 42 points.
With Roy’s performance, the Warriors ultimately defeated the Nuggets. At the end of the ga, Roger calmly hugged his teammates.
But the excited reactions of the fans now showed that this victory wasn’t ordinary.
This was the team’s 70th victory of the season!
The Warriors players weren’t overly excited because this was expected.
Moreover, their hearts were already in the playoffs.
In the last three gas of the season, the Golden State Warriors continued their winning streak, setting a regular-season record at 73 wins – the most regular-season wins in NBA history.
Roger achieved half of his goal, showcasing his unparalleled dominance in the regular season, but just as Brandon Roy said during a post-ga interview: “The 72-win Bulls without a ring have never been selected in any ‘greatest teams in history’ list.”
Thus, the playoff matchups were fully revealed.
The Los Angeles Lakers played an outstanding 68-win season, but in the face of a brighter 73-win season, they could only rank second. The Dallas Mavericks were third, the Spurs, after acquiring Paul Gasol, once had a 15-3 record, but due to the lead they lost before the trade, they only ranked fourth.
The Hornets, originally second in the West in the tiline, were forced down to fifth.
The Warriors’ first-round opponent will be the Portland Trail Blazers, ranked eighth in the West. This tiline’s Trail Blazers didn’t have Roy, but compared to the Kings, Clippers, Timberwolves, SuperSonics, and other tanking experts, the Trail Blazers were “forced” into the playoffs.
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