Capítulo 1429: Chapter 448: LeBron Is a Leader, But Only for Three Minutes
After Roger entered the arena, he casually greeted all the familiar faces in the audience. Then, it was ti for the MVP award ceremony.
Yesterday, the NBA officially announced that Roger reclaid the MVP after three years. This was the seventh MVP trophy of his career, making him the player with the most MVPs in NBA history.
Most importantly, Roger received all the first-place votes this ti, becoming the first unanimous MVP in NBA history.
Fans of LeBron Jas and Kobe Bryant would surely complain: This is just a damn Reebok League.
But Roger’s unanimous MVP did not actually cause much controversy because his performance this season was indeed impeccable.
73 wins, top scorer, dominance… all of these made any choice other than Roger completely aningless.
When Roger received the MVP trophy from David Stern, Mike Brown believed Roger’s dominance had reached its peak.
Before this, he missed out on the MVP for three consecutive years, and everyone thought his sweep of the MVP was over.
But now Roger was undoubtedly telling everyone: As long as I want it, I can get it. Whether I can win MVP has nothing to do with how good you are.
After the award ceremony ended, everyone in the arena suddenly stood up and cheered.
Because Roger walked directly with his MVP trophy to the Lakers’ half-court.
He wanted to go greet those four guys.
Kobe stood at the front, his eyes locked on Roger, expressionless and motionless.
LeBron Jas wanted to move to the front; he didn’t want to stand behind Kobe like a little brother.
Roger just carried the MVP trophy and approached Kobe, their noses almost touching.
This highly charged scene made the fans in the stadium extrely excited, and even before the ga started, the cheers had drowned Oracle Arena.
Roger glared at Kobe, lifting the MVP trophy: “Maybe you’re still dreaming of your future, but they’re already sealed by .”
LeBron Jas stepped forward and spoke to Roger: “Our future is in our own hands; no one can seal it.”
Roger’s gaze moved from Kobe: “LeBron, if your future is in your own hands, why are you clinging to Kobe’s coattails? Kick out of the league? One of the big reasons I want to retire is because wastes like you make feel like the future holds no challenge.”
Roger’s trash talk almost made Jas lose it, but this wasn’t even Roger’s fatal blow.
Roger placed a hand on Jas’s shoulder: “Why are you so angry? I rely stated so facts.”
Jas felt exposed; yes, Roger was simply stating facts.
This is the most peculiar phenonon with LBJ: speaking the truth is equivalent to mocking him.
After saying this, Roger lifted the MVP trophy and returned to his half-court, like a boxing champion flaunting his belt before the match.
Roger’s actions had already ignited the scene, and both teams’ starters were in place, like two waves of troops ready for the Helm’s Deep battle in the “One Ring” movie.
Jas’s desire to defeat Roger reached its peak, and this season he broke the spell of not winning against Roger consecutively. He was confident he could also break the curse of being swept by Roger in the playoffs.
He had to win, or else his decision to leave Cleveland and all the criticism he endured would be aningless.
Kobe reminded Jas: “Think about what kind of person you are, LeBron, and don’t let anger make the decision for you.”
On the other side, Roger winked at Roy: “Go for it, Brandon, the ti has co.”
The ga began, and Dwight Howard won possession for the Lakers.
The Lakers’ first attack was led by Jas, with Roger defending him directly as he had during the regular season.
And the way he defended hadn’t changed one bit.
Seeing Roger give him so space, Jas drove, made a sudden stop, and jumped for a shot.
It was the ugliest pull-up jumper Roger had ever seen from an outside star; Jas always gave the impression of being uncoordinated when playing. To put it bluntly, the issue most forwards have: his ability to rge with the ball wasn’t top-tier.
This resulted in a clear dividing line between Jas and a “surefire championship team core”; he seed more like a “superstar with obvious limitations.” So any team building around him would always worry about this or that problem. It’s said that role players are ant to make up for a star player’s shortcomings, and Jas’s evident limitations require too many quality role players. In fact, he must have another star in his pri alongside him.
But this ti, Jas’s ugly pull-up jumper went in. Just like in Ga 4 against the Mavericks, he seed to have truly beco a complete LBJ with a mid-range and three-pointer.
The ball went in, and Jas excitedly pounded his chest.
He absolutely loved this feeling of controlling the ga; he absolutely loved it!
One possession later, Roger used a screen to break past Chauncey Billups, drove into the paint to compress the defense, and dished the ball to the open Roy.
But Kobe quickly recovered, not winning DPOY didn’t diminish his passion for defense.
Seeing his shooting space blocked, Roy abandoned the shot and decided to drive instead.
Roy is more of a classic shooting guard; his threes mostly co from catch-and-shoot situations, rather than shooting directly off the dribble. Shooting threes off the dribble in today’s ga is a skill not many can master.
Roy drove in, bracing against Kobe, and went for a layup in the paint.
His move was sowhat contorted, the aggressive challenge Kobe just posed was incredibly fierce.
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