273: 119: More than just breaking up (Vote for monthly ticket!)_3 273: 119: More than just breaking up (Vote for monthly ticket!)_3 Dumars had already calculated where the ball would fall, and in fact, he had even decided on his next pass.
Great organizers always see two or three moves ahead.
But Dumars’s first step went wrong.
As the ball fell toward him, Magic Team’s number 14 suddenly appeared in his line of sight.
Roger had almost instantly judged Pippen’s target the moment he passed the ball.
He timely appeared on the passing route, jumped up, and effortlessly intercepted the ball.
Roger had blocked the Bulls’ offence for the third consecutive time!
Don’t know what defensive efficiency means?
It doesn’t matter, Roger’s excellent defensive performance today was clear to the naked eye!
Everyone thought it would be a scoring title contest, a duel of scoring.
But Roger, initiating with outstanding defense, delivered a blow to the Bulls right off the bat!
Jordan muttered a curse under his breath, he hadn’t anticipated such trouble right from the start; Roger made Michael Jordan truly feel his growth.
However, at this moment, the one who felt it more deeply was actually Phil Jackson.
As Roger’s coach in his rookie season, he of course knew the measure of the rookie year Roger.
In his rookie year, Roger could only ensure not to make mistakes on defense.
He had begun to influence the defense.
That guy was no longer just a scorer!
After the steal, seeing Dumars trying to use tight defense to prevent his fastbreak, Roger immediately passed the ball to Harper.
Harper received the basketball and headed straight for the basket, forcefully pushing the counter-attack.
Michael Jordan promptly followed, and as Harper surged toward the basket, he didn’t go for the layup but instead passed the ball slightly backward.
The rapidly following Roger caught the basketball and leapt high!
But Michael Jordan would not give up easily, he immediately turned around, jumped in place, trying to block this slam dunk!
In terms of sheer jumping ability, Michael Jordan was undoubtedly superior.
But this time, Jordan jumped from a standstill, while Roger jumped after a sprint.
Thus, Roger gained a slight advantage in height over Jordan in the air and, amid the intense collision, used his evolved upper body strength to maintain balance, not being knocked down directly by Jordan.
Now, only the last step remained!
After overpowering Jordan, Roger wielded the ball like a heavy hammer, smashing it down as if to shatter Jordan’s crown!
Michael Jordan sat on the ground as Roger, hanging on the rim, singled out Jordan with one hand.
Roger said nothing this time, but the final result spoke for him!
“Beautiful, Roger steals and then dunked on Michael Jordan!
God, the last time I saw Michael Jordan get dunked on was in February ’92 against the Jazz when Karl Malone charged forward with the speed of a guard, received a pass from a teammate, and dunked over Michael.
But everyone knows the frightening size of Karl Malone; it’s the first time I’ve seen a guard dunk on him from the front!”
2 to 0, under the Bulls’ three consecutive intense attacks, the Magic actually took the lead in the score first.
It was just one basket, but as Steve Jones said, Roger likes to set the tone for the game early in significant matches.
Today, Roger told the Bulls with his stubborn resistance, even if their season record was unbeaten, they couldn’t expect to take anything away from Orlando Arena!
Watching Jordan sitting on the ground after being dunked on, Steve Jones was thrilled.
Roger’s performance did not disappoint him.
But it was still too early to celebrate.
With the Bulls, everything critical happens in the third quarter.