No one understood what "miserable" meant more than Alonzo Mourning
As a powerful center, he was first knocked to the ground by the guard Roger.
Then Roger dunked on him with an impactful face-to-face dunk.
When it came to frequency of being knocked down among centers, that could only be compared to the Philly Emperor many years later.
Mourning was the soul of the entire Heat team, his toughness was the toughness of the Heat, his resilience was the resilience of the Heat.
As a result, Roger had smashed his toughness and resilience to pieces.
So for the Heat, Roger's attacks were direct hits to the soul.
Micky Arison watched Roger who was unleashing his fury at Riley, starting to get nervous.
His opponent seemed to be tougher and more decisive than his own team!
Mourning clambered up from the ground in a sorry state, angrily pounding the soft pad on the basketball hoop.
He swore to himself that he would never again speak a word with Roger in private!