After the goal, Roger pointed aggressively at Kobe and bellowed, "Gods never need a Plan B, you're trying to teach me how to do shit, Motherfxxker!"
At this moment, Paul Pierce also understood what true toughness meant.
Toughness is not just endlessly spewing trash talk, not just fierce confrontations.
Taking out the opponent's two strongest players at the most critical moment, never letting the team down during the kill stage of the game.
That's what being tough is all about!
The lead had reached 7 points, with less than 1 minute left in the game.
The Los Angeles Lakers started to panic, and Kurt Rambis immediately called a timeout.
Kobe and Shaq didn't blame each other because they both knew that both of their defenses had problems, and both were responsible.
But the fans didn't see it that way.
They had just seen O'Neal fail again to protect the rim.
So, sitting on the bench, O'Neal heard Lakers fans behind him bursting into curses.