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But in reality, these two games had some things in common.

First, the opponents had players who exploded.

Against the Jazz, Hornacek finally toughened up, scoring 24 points in the game and even bringing his daughter to tears.

Against the King, the standout was Rauf.

Second, in both games, Stevie Smith struggled significantly.

In both matches, he failed to score in double digits.

In fact, it was him who was defending both Rauf and Hornacek.

This was a player who averaged 20.1 points per game last season, nearly making the All-Star team.

No one knew what he was going through.

Roger didn't know what was up with Stevie Smith, but he knew that Stevie had been having a tough time recently.

After the battle with the Trail Blazers, Stevie Smith and Pippen became aligned with each other, and in that camp, it was just the two of them.