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The first quarter of the game, O'Neal brutally scored 13 points.
As a regular commentator for New York, Marv Albert found it difficult to watch, "Patrick is experiencing everything David went through in 1995!"
But New York fans were still cheering because after Shaq nearly demolished the entire paint, the Knicks were still ahead by 3 points.
Michael Jordan was in control of everything.
Of course, this wasn't because Jordan had become five years younger overnight, nor was it just because Jordan was thoroughly angry.
There was another very important reason—the stamina of Dominique Wilkins and Harper had seriously declined, and the fatigue from the long season was slowly dragging them down.
Their defensive energy lasted only minutes before they became sluggish.
The once indestructible "wall" of the Magic Team began to show cracks under Jordan's fierce assault.
As the cracks multiplied, the wall would completely collapse.
