142: The Loyal Knight Fighting for the King, FMVP is a Major Issue (Requesting Monthly Tickets!)

Roger scored 37 points, creating a series of one-on-one highlights and led the team to a 19-point victory.

Gary Payton has simply lowered the value of the Best Defender award!

The next Best Defender in the playoffs as disappointing as this one probably wouldn't come around until Dikembe Mutombo in 2001.

To be honest, Payton's defense was actually quite good and truly worthy of the DPOY title.

Not everyone could limit Roger's shooting percentage to only 45% in one-on-one situations.

But to defeat the Magic, that was far from enough.

Even as the DPOY, it was very difficult to shut down a top offensive player by oneself.

Payton could make Jordan play like Kobe, but he should also thank his teammates behind him.

The SuperSonics, in their crazy attempts to double-team Jordan, had reached a point where they left their rebounds completely unguarded. In the most exaggerated game, the Bulls grabbed 24 offensive rebounds, which was double that of the SuperSonics.