Roger's loud shout from the technical desk at Madison Square Garden echoed through the night sky on Christmas Eve in 1996.
That shout was like thunder in a furious storm, making all of New York tremble.
In the end, Michael Jordan and Patrick Ewing still lost that major showdown, which the league had been promoting two months in advance.
Madison Square Garden seemed cursed, never allowing the Knicks to lift their heads in front of Roger.
From the Pat Riley era through the Jordan-Ewing era, the Knicks had no good outcomes whenever they faced Roger.
This bloody rivalry, which started in 1994, always saw the Knicks getting hurt!
Although Michael Jordan scored 36 points with 6 assists and 7 rebounds, not inferior to Roger, and Patrick Ewing also had 29 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks, and although the New York Knicks only lost by one point—
in such an important game, the result was ultimately what the fans cared about most.
