T-Mac hugged Roger tightly after winning the game, overwhelmed with excitement, and he was so emotional that he even shed tears.
From being discovered at Roger's training camp to defeating Roger for the first time in the NBA, T-Mac took four and a half years.
It was a long journey, witnessing his growth from a small-town youth to an NBA superstar.
Roger patted T-Mac on the back: "Go ahead, your mother and grandmother need your hugs more."
Roger knew T-Mac's background; he achieved everything today thanks to his grandmother working security at the elementary school and his mother cleaning at the Disneyland Hotel.
"No, Roger," T-Mac hugged Roger even tighter, "Without you, my basketball dream would have been stifled in the town of Auburn with fewer than 9000 people."
