Although Jordan understood Knight's expectations and knew the principle of "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown," there was still a distance between cognition and practice.
Therefore, in the following days, when Jordan faced some of Knight's unfair criticisms and even verbal abuse, he would still feel very upset.
Whenever this happened, he would think to himself, "What would Ah Gan do in this situation?"
Thinking of how Ah Gan always appeared nonchalant in front of Knight, easily defusing anything Knight said, Jordan's heart would also calm down.
After the game with the Indiana University alumni team concluded, everyone packed up and headed to their second warm-up game location, Providence.
Leaving Bloomington was a release for the players; they had been there for too long, training every day without the opportunity to go out, which was quite suffocating.
