Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 105: Heat Soars
"OMG, Larry, did you watch the game? Sue scored 54 points in less than three quarters. 54 points, OMG!"

In the general manager's office at Conseco Fieldhouse, Larry Bird watched Walsh slam open the door, rush into his office, and yell at him, not surprised at all.

When he saw this scene, he knew that the president would definitely come to find him. Sure enough, in just 2 minutes, a distance that normally should take 5 minutes, Walsh actually rushed to him, which shows how excited he was at the moment.

"It seems that you have completely forgotten what you said!"

"What, what?" Walsh didn't understand what Larry Bird meant.

Larry Bird said: "You said at the time that I was playing with fire. We brought in another 'bomb' so soon. It's not enough to have strength. Sitting on the sidelines like Ron can't do anything. Even if we have it, it's the same as not having it. Then, um... I'm old and I can't remember some of it. That's about it, isn't it what you said?"

"Uh..." Walsh was a little embarrassed to see Larry Bird bringing up the past on such a happy day, and hurriedly changed the subject, "Would you like some coffee, Larry? I've been really into hand-brew lately, let me make you some coffee!"

Larry Bird made a "please" gesture, and the smile on the corner of his mouth could hardly be suppressed.

It feels really great to have won so much.

Su Wan...

Sure enough, he was not disappointed.

"Are you superstars all so petty?" Walsh complained. It was such a long time ago, and they were still bringing up old things.

Larry Bird curled his lips indifferently: "So we are the superstars, no... that kid is far from it, he just scored 50 points in a single game in his rookie season."

"But this is something you haven't done, Larry. If I remember correctly, your first 50-point game was not in your rookie season." Walsh suddenly found an opportunity to fight back.

Bird was silent.

He did not score 50 points in a single game in his rookie season.

The first player in NBA history to score 50 points in his rookie season was Allen Iverson.

Something that even Jordan has never done...

Now Su Wan is the “second person”!

Larry knew that Indiana would truly have new owners.

Suddenly, there was a burst of excited howling from outside the window, and they both hurried to the window and looked down.

A bunch of Pacers fans.

They came out of the bar next to the stadium and were having fun in the fan plaza.

I think it was Su Wan's 54 points in three quarters that ignited the "fire" in his heart.

Gradually, more and more people came, not only in the fan square in front of them, but also in the pedestrian street, business center, department store in the distance... The howling sounds came one after another, sometimes far away and sometimes near.

Indiana will be a city that never sleeps tonight.

The next morning, the shock continued to escalate.

The New York Times: "54 points in three quarters, bewildering LeBron and crushing the Cavaliers' hopes of entering the playoffs. Suwan is crazy!"

"Bleacher Report": "Cleveland, do you regret being crowned the 'youngest 50-point player' in history at Quicken Loans Arena?"

Los Angeles Times: "54 to 7. This is not the final score of any game. This is the difference in points between LeBron and Suwan after three quarters of the Cavaliers vs. Pacers. It was the night when the Cavaliers' dream was shattered, and also the night when the 'chosen one' fell from the throne."

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Su Wan was well-deserved headline in various media, and many media not only made this news the headline of the sports section, but directly made it the front page headline of the entire newspaper.

50 points in a single game has always been one of the media's invisible rules for "superstars".

If he has never scored 50 points in a single game, his status as a "superstar" will easily be questioned.

This is especially true for some "super giants" who are known for their scoring ability.

This also shows how difficult it is to get 50 points in a single game.

In fact, in the NBA, apart from Chamberlain, the "monster", he scored 118 points in a single game 50 times in his career. Among other players, the abnormal "old rogue" Michael Jordan "only" scored 31 times, followed by Kobe with 25 times...

You know, these two people are considered to be the top three "super scorers" in the NBA scoring list. In thousands of regular season games throughout their careers, the probability of scoring 50 points is less than 0.03%!

More importantly, Su Wan is only 19 years old!
At the age of less than 20, he scored 54 points in three quarters, which is unheard of in the entire NBA.

Even though Allen Iverson had unlocked the achievement of scoring 50 points in a single game in his rookie season before him, Allen Iverson was already 20 years old when he entered the league, and he was 21 years old when he unlocked this achievement.

Su Wan is 2 years younger than him.

When Suwan reaches Allen Iverson's age, God knows what kind of performance he will be able to achieve.

Don't forget, he scored 54 points in just three quarters. If he had played the whole game, it would have been... well, let's do the math.

The unknown is what people look forward to most.

Take Kobe for example. After leading his team to two consecutive championships in 2009, his historical status once reached second place in NBA history. However, his hard honors at that time could not squeeze out "Magic" and "Bird" behind him. Wasn't it his unfinished career and the strong momentum at that time that he relied on?
Su Wan is in the same situation now.

Many general managers even called Larry Bird overnight, trying to trade Suwan, but before they could finish their words, as soon as they said "su", a busy tone came from the microphone.

This is not as simple as "not for sale".

Let’s put it this way, if Suwan now calls him the “Son of the City of Polis”, no Polis person will object!

This is the impact of being the “youngest 50-point man in history”.

Of course, this is also due to the goodwill that Suwan had accumulated in Indiana, which led to the sublimation of these.

In addition to these reports that focus on Suwan being the youngest "50-point man", there are also many reports mocking LeBron James.

For example, TNT directly released a data comparison chart between Suwan and LeBron James after three quarters in the morning news. It is no exaggeration to say that it is "heartbreaking".

Some media even called out to LeBron directly: "Su Wan didn't care about the record of being the youngest player to score 60 or 70 points, but you stayed on the court after the game had lost suspense, and only left the court after filling up the entire table with the remaining 'garbage time'. This is not what a superstar does, LeBron!" The main contrast was too strong. In their opinion, Su Wan's state at the time would have no problem scoring 70 points in a single game after the fourth quarter, but he did not continue to play, but chose to rest off the court, giving up the opportunity to beat the "dog in the water". But LeBron stayed on the court desperately to make his data more brilliant. It would be fine if he could recover some points, but the final score difference was still 30 points. He did not play any role except making his data look better. What else is this if not brushing data?
It really makes people unable to help but complain.

In fact, if it were normal, this news would not be released at all. Nike would never allow such news to appear in the public eye, which would damage LeBron's image too much.

But this time, there were too many media outlets complaining, so they bought out some of them, and for the rest, they could only let them criticize LeBron.

LeBron can only blame himself.

In such an important game, they performed like this.

Even Nike couldn't help but want to find the media to scold him.

But the initial investment was too huge, so they can only make the best of a bad situation and continue to increase Suwan's exposure as the "youngest 50-point man" to divert public attention away from LeBron.

Nike gave up struggling, and the Cleveland media didn't care about LeBron at all.

Su Wan's performance last night was like a thunderbolt for these media people. Now they only had one angry thought in their minds, which was:

why?
Why trade Suwan?

Danny Ferry, you have to give an explanation today!
As the target of condemnation, Danny Ferry did not dare to leave the general manager's office for a whole day. It was not only the Cleveland media who condemned him, but also the Cavaliers fans.

They directly surrounded the Quick Loans Arena.

Whenever Danny Ferry went out, a "crazy fan" with a controlled knife or a clarinet might pop out from the bushes, shout "Cleveland", and then gank him.

Even his lunch and dinner were delivered to his office by his assistant.

Two bodyguards were also arranged to guard the office door.

Fortunately, the Cavaliers fans didn't know which direction the window of the general manager's office faced, otherwise the fans' warm greetings would have gone straight to his office along with the stone.

For Ferry, sending Su Wan away has always been the thing he regrets the most.

But he didn't expect that Su Wan could be so crazy last night.

LeBron was crushed by him!

He suddenly thought of the joke Suwan made to him in the conference room before he left. If he had really sent LeBron away and kept Suwan, would he have become Cleveland's "city hero" now?

Danny Ferry doesn't know who will be the "Best General Manager" this year, but he is sure that the "Most Unlucky General Manager Award" will definitely be his.

Also blown up was the 960 million square kilometers of land on the other side of the ocean.

On April 4, "Sports Express", "Sports News" and "News Broadcast" successively reported the news that Suwan scored 11 points in three quarters in the Indiana Pacers' away game against the Cliff Cavaliers.

Su Wan's name immediately became famous all over the country...

People in China are actually not unfamiliar with Su Wan. They heard this name a lot during the Olympics last year. Many media called him and Yao Ming "the best inside and outside line partners of the golden generation of Chinese men's basketball team."

Hearing his name again at this moment.

Normally, people who watch basketball were shocked, and all they could think about was "Su Wan is awesome." Those who like to surf the Internet went straight to the "Su Wan Bar" and left comments under Su Wan's previous posts, saying things like "I'm so impressed, my brother," "Brother Su, take it easy, or we'll think the NBA is easy," and "Brother Su: The small NBA is easy to master."

Su Wan felt unsatisfied after seeing these comments, so he opened a small account and left a message below:
If Su Jiujiu had not been born, the Chinese men's basketball team's outside line would have been in darkness forever!
This sentence quickly became popular and there was a lot of praise from the comments below.

The style of painting has gone a little off track.

As for those who don’t usually watch basketball, they will also chat with friends who understand basketball, and ask them to give examples to explain the significance of Su Wan’s 54 points in three quarters in the NBA.

Friends who know basketball all use Yao Ming as an example: "Yao Ming joined the NBA in 02, and now his highest score in a single game is less than 40 points. Besides, the NBA has a history of 54 or years. Su Ge is also the first player to score points in three quarters in his rookie season."

If you still don't understand, they will all mention the same name: "Just think of him as the Liu Xiang of basketball. He has done things that Big Black can't do in the field he excels in."

With this said, even those who don't understand basketball can intuitively feel the value of Suwan's 54 points in three quarters.

Suwan also felt his own popularity intuitively. After arriving in New York with the team, he received a call from Bill Duffy:
Sports Illustrated wanted to invite him to shoot a cover.

This was the first time Su Wan received an invitation from Sports Illustrated.

As the best-selling sports magazine in the United States, Sports Illustrated can be regarded as a weather vane for the entire American sports industry. The hottest topics are all in their latest issue.

The cover character of each issue must be the "hottest" person at that time.

Bill Duffy thought this was a good promotion opportunity for Suwan.

Su Wan thought for a moment and said, "Tell them that if there is no more explosive title than The Chosen One, I will not shoot it."

"The Chosen One" was definitely the "masterstroke" of Sports Illustrated that year. The first person they used this term to describe was "Tiger" Woods, and the second was LeBron James.

Both covers caused a sensation.

Su Wan actually asked Sports Illustrated to come up with a more explosive headline, otherwise he would reject it.

This……

In Bill Duffy's opinion, what's the difference between this and a direct rejection?
However, Su Wan felt that his popularity was worthy of such a request. It didn't matter to him whether he shot the cover or not. He did not regard it as an honor. After all, it was just a magazine that would be discontinued in 2024!

Just like he never thought of Madison Square Garden as a "basketball mecca."

He admitted that this old arena has seen too many stories, but that is not the reason why it has become the "Mecca of Basketball". When the arena has six championship banners hung up, it will not be too late to talk about the "Mecca of Basketball".

The Pacers' next game is an away game against the New York Knicks.

However, in the pre-match interviews, reporters' interviews with Suwan were still related to the Pacers vs. Cavaliers game the day before.

After yesterday's fermentation, many players and head coaches commented on Su Wan's 54 points in three quarters, making this matter continue to be hot.

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