After Roger continuously scored at the start and still displayed his arrogant demeanor in the Rose Garden, the Trail Blazers' movements on the defensive end became increasingly aggressive.
Roger might be a lone wolf, but wolves need to pack together to have fighting power.
A lone wolf, on the other hand, becomes a target for the hunt.
The prison bosses of Portland started their offensive against the lone wolf.
In the fourth minute of the first quarter, Roger broke past Isaiah Rider.
But just after getting past Rider, Rider directly grabbed Roger's jersey and yanked him down to the ground.
The referee blew the whistle, but Rider didn't care and even taunted Roger on the ground, "In the Rose Garden, you've got to learn to bow down, bastard."
That wasn't the end of it. In the sixth minute of the first quarter, Roger was getting ready for a jump stop shot when out of nowhere, Brian Grant brutally knocked him down.