212: No one can defy the will of the Savior (Seeking monthly votes!)

Last season's Eastern Conference Finals, Roger said the same thing.

Facing Jordan's New York Knicks, Roger said he wouldn't play a Game 7.

Then Roger, with a godlike performance of 27 points in just the fourth quarter of G6, ended Michael Jordan's career.

Not playing a Game 7 was Roger's confidence as the reigning dominator.

Facing the resilient Reggie Miller, Roger had the same confidence.

At least most of the media believed that whether or not there was a Game 7 really depended on Roger's word.

But Shaquille O'Neal and Michael Jordan definitely did not wish to see such an outcome.

Atlanta, Gold Club.

Michael Jordan and Patrick Ewing were in a private room enjoying the air conditioning.

Ewing and Jordan looked at each other, both feeling nostalgic about the passage of time.

A year ago, they were still competing for the championship.

A year later, they had become old men with no games to play.