93: 063: We don’t need MJ, now you all just need me!
(Asking for monthly votes)_4 93: 063: We don’t need MJ, now you all just need me!
(Asking for monthly votes)_4 Finally, Roger simply stretched his hand through the gap between Ewing and Mason and out of the encirclement.
At that moment, all four bodies began to plummet.
Before he hit the ground, Roger flicked the ball toward the basket.
Ewing immediately turned in midair to block the shot, but he was a step too late.
The ball that was tossed up swished through the net as the game clock ran out.
Surrounded by three players, Roger still managed to sink the ball steadily, tying the score just before halftime!
After the successful shot, Roger pumped his fist forcefully and then turned towards the Knicks’ bench, “Trying to force me to pass the ball, huh?
Pat, I’ve told you before, you benchwarmers will never understand the codes we superstars live by!”
Steve Jones, just like the New York fans, covered his head with his hands, “Oh my God, that incredible layup was like something Michael Jordan would pull off!”
This was already the second time this season that a commentator had made such a remark about Roger during the Eastern Conference Finals.
Michael Jordan himself was sitting in front of the TV at that moment, and he was not pleased.
What are they talking about?
How dare they compare him with me?
I’ve only been gone for a season, and you’ve forgotten what true terror is like?
At the venue, all New York fans were grinding their teeth.
41 to 41, the Knicks seemed to have the upper hand with excellent defense.
But after playing a half, they were merely tied with the Bulls.
They had still not managed to kill the raging Red Bulls.
Or rather, they hadn’t killed that 18-year-old rookie.
Riley turned away angrily, Roger’s 16 points in the half seemed too glaring for him.
Considering the team scored only 41 points in the half, this number was quite spectacular.
Well, New York, who had been shouting before the game, “Madison Square Garden won’t allow a kid to run wild,” had truly given up all their illusions at this moment.
They had to admit that the 18-year-old Roger, at just over nine months, had pushed the Knicks into a hopeless situation and turned Madison Square Garden upside down!
The next half was also the final showdown between Roger and Pat Riley.
David Falk took advantage of the halftime break to ask Jordan again, “When do you plan on returning to the NBA?”
Jordan still hadn’t answered, he just stared at the TV with eyes bloodshot from lack of sleep, his fists clenched, as if he was itching to jump into the game himself.
What are you doing, Pat?
Hurry up and finish the game!
This kid, has caused enough trouble!
During halftime back in the locker room, every Bulls player breathed heavily.
Roger’s 16 points in the half, capped with that unbelievable 1V3 layup to tie the score, were fantastic.
Still, the Bulls were very passive.
In the first half, Cartwright had already racked up three fouls in an attempt to guard against the strong inside play of Ewing and others, Wennington also had three, and A.
If this situation worsened in the second half, the Bulls’ already fragile interior would be wide open.
They had been relying on Roger’s hot hand from start to finish today.
But shooting touch, who can say for sure?
So, the scale of victory was still tipping towards the Knicks.
Roger could see everyone’s concerns, and he clapped his hands:
“Don’t worry, before our defense collapses, I’ll make the Knicks’ defense crumble first.
I don’t understand defense, and they won’t get it either.
If that number 23 were here, you definitely wouldn’t be worried.
But now he’s not, and you have to learn to trust me.
Put away all those extra worries, in the second half, I need a bunch of people who believe we can win.”
We don’t need him, now you only need me!”