Ultimately, Roger’s current goal is to win the championship.
Therefore, the Warriors’ official team didn’t arrange too many tributes. On the day Ga 2 started, the Warriors just placed those six chairs again.
Tom schery, Al Attles, Chris Mullin, Rick Barry, Nate Thurmond, five legendary players whose jerseys were retired by the Warriors, sat down, and on one chair was Wilt Chamberlain’s jersey — in fact, more fans thought there should be twenty thousand pairs of won’s pants placed in Chamberlain’s spot.
Six sumrs ago, when Roger first played in the Bay Area as a Warriors player, these Warriors legends also appeared, passing the torch to Roger.
Now, this fla has spread across the entire basketball world, and they will watch this magnificent view in the future.
Seeing Roger co onto the court, Tom schery, the original owner of the Bay Area’s number 14, stood up voluntarily and shook hands with Roger: "It’s an honor; now the whole world knows the story of the Warriors’ number 14."
"Tom, thank you for being willing to take down your retired jersey for back then, thank you for those poems you wrote for over the years."
"Go ahead, Roger, win this ga, let those New York bastards go back with a 0 to 2 score."
"I will, Tom, ’Don’t Miss the Opportunity,’ right?"
After this, Roger hugged several other legends; this was the entirety of tonight’s tribute ceremony.
Both starting lineups gathered, and even before the ga started, Warriors fans on site were already cheering.
Today, the entire Oracle Arena stands turned white, with almost all fans wearing the Warriors’ number 14.
Mike Breen looked at the fans rising as one, marveling: "It’s as if no one dares to blink because they don’t want to miss a single second of the world’s greatest player at Oracle Arena."
The New York Knicks couldn’t replicate as strong of a start as today; the first-quarter sensation yesterday was hard to co by.
The Warriors, on the other hand, had a very good start; in the pressing defense, Roger coolly passed the ball to the teammates with the best opportunity ti and again, and the Warriors seized the chances.
The entire Warriors team treated this as Roger’s last performance at Oracle Arena, so their effort was extraordinary, not wanting to leave any regrets.
Fueled by the excellent form of the entire team, the Warriors led by 34 to 27 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Mike D’Antoni, to avoid a potential loss in stamina, replaced Wade and Garnett early for rest, hoping they could save energy for the second half.
Taking advantage of Garnett and Wade’s rest period, Roger scored 14 consecutive points.
This is why Mike D’Antoni doesn’t like substitutions; the Knicks’ bench couldn’t bear the heavy task in the Finals at all.
In the second half, when the Knicks’ starters were exhausted again, they once cut the deficit to 4 points.
With 31 seconds left in the ga, Yao Ming caught the ball in the low post, turned and faded away against Stoudemire and Stephen Jackson, narrowing the gap to just 2 points.
Yao Ming punched the air and roared, showing the Knicks hope of snatching a ga away.
Tom Thibodeau picked up the tactical board; no matter what, two people must chase after Roger. Even if others get open shots, they absolutely must not let Roger shoot.
Therefore, before the sideline ball was sent out, two people were already tracking Roger.
The Warriors had to pass the ball to Brandon Roy; seeing this, Garnett rushed out to interfere.
KG jumped with all his might, and his height blocked Roy’s view of the basket completely.
But if Roy tries to pass at that mont, it’s highly likely to result in a turnover.
So, he could only shoot without seeing the basket.
The ball just grazed Kevin Garnett’s fingertips but bounced off the rim, and the Knicks’ defensive strategy paid off!
Yao Ming turned around, trying to grab the rebound, but due to exhaustion, he couldn’t jump high. Amar’e Stoudemire leaped and couldn’t catch the ball directly either, so he slapped it toward the three-point line mid-air.
Roger happened to be one step outside the three-point line, and because everything happened so suddenly, Wade and Kirk Hinrich weren’t sticking close to him.
At that mont, almost all New York fans’ hearts stopped beating, almost all Warriors fans raised their arms in advance to cheer.
Kevin Garnett imdiately left Roy’s side, rushing toward Roger.
But it was too late.
The ball went through the net, and Oracle Arena erupted like lava.
Over the past six years, countless scenes like this had played out here, marking the end of the golden era Roger started in the Bay Area.
"Isn’t this truly a stage play rehearsed countless tis?" Mike Breen glanced at the ecstatic fans around him and the calm and composed Roger on the court, finding it unbelievable, "If this is Roger’s last performance at Oracle Arena, then it’s undoubtedly the perfect ending."
At this mont, the audience started to stir.
Roger looked towards the source of the noise and saw a familiar figure he hadn’t seen in a long ti.
John Cage, the guy who rarely attended gas after the Warriors moved to Mission Bay, had once again taken off his shirt in the stands, dancing for Roger after so many years.
Beside him, the child who had grown up was doing the exact sa thing.
On both the father and son’s bodies were the words: "Roger is the eternal king of the Bay Area."
Roger smiled and pointed towards the stands; this ti, John Cage wasn’t taken away by anyone.
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