At last, Roger had waited for the Eastern Conference Finals he'd been longing for.
This time, the Eastern Conference Finals were a showdown with an old enemy. Since winning with the Rockets in 1995, Roger had not experienced what's called a "revenge series."
If he couldn't defeat the Heat to win the championship, Roger would feel that this year's championship was incomplete.
Fortunately, Pat Riley's team was very impressive.
The night before the game started, Spoelstra and Roger had dinner together.
Perhaps it was fate, during the years when Pat Riley and the New York Gang blocked Jordan, Jordan had a good personal relationship with his two lieutenants, Oakley and Ewing.
While when Riley was trying to establish his own basketball empire in Miami, Roger got along well with his assistant coach.
This made Riley always feel like he was being set up.
Of course, he trusted Spoelstra's professionalism.
There was no way the guy would reveal any Heat strategies to Roger.
