Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 107 The end of the season
The atmosphere before the game was a bit warm, but the game was very bloody.

Suwan didn't know whether Reggie Miller was moved or not. Anyway, during the game, the New York Knicks winger defending in front of him was in a dilemma and didn't dare to move.

最终苏万延续上一场的好状态，砍下28分7篮板5助攻的数据，帮助球队以109比92，17分大胜纽约尼克斯。

Of the 28 points, 5 came from free throws. When Suwan stepped onto the free throw line for the last time in the game, the audience roared in unison:

"MVP!"

"MVP!"

"MVP!"

This scene made Barkley laugh: "As far as I know, Conseco Arena has never heard a unified MVP cheer for Suwan."

Unexpectedly, New York fans snatched away Suwan’s “first time”.

And this is the "New Yorker" who entertains himself.

When the team cannot provide them with emotional value, they can always find "emotional value" for themselves, such as cheering for the best player of the other team.

After the game, Reggie Miller attended the press conference with Suwan.

The reporter asked Reggie Miller: "Did you expect to be cheered by the whole audience when you came out today? How do you feel, Reggie?"

Miller shook his head. He really didn't expect that in the last game of his career against the New York Knicks, he would receive such courtesy from New York fans. Logically, these "New Yorkers" should hate him very much.

If it weren't for him, the New York Knicks would have been even more glorious in the 90s.

“This reminds me of some of the things that happened here before!”

When he said this, Miller's eyes showed some memories.

Su Wan saw all of this. After the interview, on the way to the bus, he couldn't help but ask, "Do you miss your former omnipotent self, Reggie?"

He wanted to know what these veterans were really thinking as they approached retirement and faced their inability to compete on the field.

Because he will get old one day.

Reggie Miller thought seriously about Su Wan's question, but he didn't expect Su Wan to mutter: "Forget it, it's useless to ask you. After all, you were not omnipotent when you were young..."

"Go to hell!" Miller immediately realized that Su Wan was setting a trap for him to fall into.

He actually thought about Su Wan's question seriously.

"Actually, my career isn't that bad...is it?" After walking out of the stadium, Reggie Miller turned around and took another look at the ancient stadium, then turned back to look at Suwan.

Ok……

Not bad!

Not only is it not bad, it's pretty good.

He has been selected to the All-Star Game many times, and has also been selected to the "Best Team". He has created famous scenes in the regular season and playoffs, and even the name "Reggie Miller" is recorded in the NBA records.

Being able to do this, Reggie Miller is at least better than 98% of NBA players.

You can't say it's a bad career.

Otherwise, the careers of 98% of NBA players will be meaningless.

There is only one Jordan, but everyone can be the "Michael Jordan" in his basketball story.

As a bystander, Su Wan can give a clear conclusion on this issue.

But he could miraculously understand the hesitation and uneasiness in Reggie Miller's question.

All of this is because he doesn’t have a championship.

He was drafted by the Pacers in 1987 and has been with the Pacers for his entire 17-year career, which is an amazing achievement…

But without the championship, his persistence is imperfect and regretful!

This is the cruelty of competitive sports.

Everything depends on results.

Others can say that your career is meaningful even without a championship, but Reggie Miller can't say that about himself.

If he hadn't realized this, he would have retired long ago.
He keeps fighting on the court just to make up for this regret.

Reggie Miller really wants to say to Suwan now:

Let's work together, Sue, and win the championship this year.

But the veteran's awareness reminded him that he should not put more pressure on Su Wan.

So far, Su Wan has done a good job!

He got the Pacers back on track and Indiana rejuvenated.

Who could have believed that a week after the "Palace of Auburn Hills incident" broke out, they would eventually rank third in the Eastern Conference this season.

All these changes were brought about by Su Wan's arrival.

He couldn't disrupt Su Wan's rhythm.

A championship is not a necessity for Suwan at this stage.

Su Wan noticed his hesitation and said, "Reggie...what do you think is the luckiest thing in your career?"

"Huh?" Reggie Miller didn't know what Suwan meant by asking this question. He thought about it carefully and finally gave an answer, "I was selected by the Pacers. I believe that I can't achieve greater success in any other team than here!"

Su Wan nodded in agreement. He admired Reggie Miller's sense of identity for the team: "Soon, you won't think so anymore!"

"what?"

"After June this year, Reggie, when a reporter asks you the same question again, I believe you will change your answer."

Suwan has some gratitude towards Reggie Miller, not just because Reggie Miller accompanied him around Polis on his first day in Indiana.

Also because he knows that the current atmosphere of the Pacers is stable, and Reggie Miller has played a lot of roles both overtly and covertly.

He saw how the real "team spirit" helped a team complete the transition of power in the storm in his later years. This is not comparable to those "fake team spirits" who used the banner of "retirement" to cover up the fact that they were "shaved" bald in the Western Conference Finals 0-4.

There is nothing Suwan can do for Reggie Miller except win the championship this year...

That's it!

The conversation ended tacitly as the two people approached the bus.

The Pacers flew back to Indiana overnight.

On April 4, Suwan received another call from Bill Duffy. He thought it was a reply from Sports Illustrated, but it turned out to be a call from a Nike representative.

"They are going to record a small documentary about your 54-point night, which will be released before your first signature shoe, but this requires you to make some time for interviews."

Su Wan was a little surprised.

It’s not that Nike is planning to make a documentary about him.

But it was his "54-point night". The "background board" was their "chosen one". Could it be that they were so reluctant to give up this wave of popularity?
Ok……

I really can’t bear to part with it!
The peak of this wave of popularity was widely discussed throughout the United States and China. When LeBron James was called "the chosen one" by Sports Illustrated, he set the whole United States on fire. After entering the NBA, he has not been discussed by the whole nation like this.

Oh, now it has!

While Suwan became the youngest "50-point man" in history, his poor performance as the "strongest background board" was mercilessly criticized by American fans. After all, Nike also wants to make money.

If we don't maintain the current popularity, it would be like watching a large amount of US dollars slip away from us.

Even if LeBron is the biological son of the Nike president, I am afraid that the senior executives will collectively "force the abdication" and force the Nike president to hand over their "biological son".

Su Wan said: "Let's hold the interview on the morning of the first day after the regular season ends. It's only half a day."

He didn't want to affect his preparations for the playoffs.

On April 4, the Pacers played their last game of the regular season.

I don’t know if it was the discussion Barkley’s words caused after the game that made Indiana fans feel the competition:
Those bitches in New York are trying to steal our men from Indiana, right?

In this game, when Suwan took his first free throw, the Conseco Arena immediately rang out in unison with cheers for MVP.

Su Wan was so amused!

Compared to Cleveland people, Indiana fans are so much cuter.

In the end, they successfully won the last game of the regular season, with a record of 50 wins and 32 losses, locked the third place in the Eastern Conference, and ended the regular season journey of the 04-05 season.

Due to the ups and downs and hardships this season, the Indiana people were very satisfied with the final result. As soon as the buzzer sounded, the audience gave a unified cheer and applause to thank the Pacers players for their efforts this season.

When the camera turned to Reggie Miller, cheers filled Conseco.

There are increasing signs that the "Polis Legend" who has played for Indiana for 17 years will announce his retirement after the end of this season.

Now he plays all regular season games in the final season of his career.

As a 40-year-old veteran, he averaged 23.45 minutes of playing time, 11.3 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 43.7%. You can't ask for more from him.

Reggie Miller bowed and thanked the fans for their cheers. He always felt sorry for the Indiana people.

Then the camera turned to Su Wan.

The cheers that filled the venue grew louder, almost breaking through the ceiling of the entire arena. Everyone could see that after the "54-point night", Suwan's popularity in Indiana reached another peak.

O'Neal can see it too...

But he feels that “Rising Star” is like that.

He had just started to shine in Indiana and the Pacers fans loved him. He was cheered wherever he went. But the soul of the team was still Reggie Miller.

Now, this should be considered a repeat of the situation.

At the post-match press conference, Su Wan sat in front of the microphone, with a sea of ​​darkness in front of him.

For the first question, reporters asked Su Wan to summarize his rookie season.

Suwan's final statistics for this season are:
场均23.2分5.8篮板5.9助攻1.8抢断1.8盖帽，场均2.2个失误2.5次犯规，投篮命中率45.4%，三分球命中率32.6%，罚球命中率84.5%。

Ok……

Just so so!

比不了“老流氓”的场均28.2分6.5篮板5.9助攻，也比不了沙克-奥尼尔的23.4分13.9篮板3.5盖帽。

He is still a little bit away from the two "historical rookies" of "choose Joe if there is Joe, choose Shaq if there is no Joe".

His statistics only surpass those of "the Chosen One" LeBron and "the two greatest players of all time" Carmelo Anthony.

Any functions?
No, no, really no!

hee hee~
"I don't have any special feelings..." Su Wan was silent for a moment, as if he was thinking about this question seriously. "I just feel that if I had been selected by the Pacers from the beginning, I might have performed even better. You don't know how hard it is to take care of high school students."

Then...

The popular daily "milk magazine".

The reporters smiled knowingly. They were not surprised. Did they know Su Wan’s new nickname among them?
Sky feels uncomfortable if he doesn't criticize LeBron during the interview!
Next is the outlook for the playoffs.

The regular season has come to an end, and the Eastern and Western Conference rankings have been settled. The third-ranked Pacers will face the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the playoffs.

Due to Suwan's popularity at the end of the season.

After scoring 54 points, he scored 28 and 26 points in succession.

Reporters wanted to know: "Will you try to break the record for a playoff debut?"

The current NBA rookie career playoff debut record is 36 points set by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

It looks very difficult.

But because it was Su Wan, the reporters thought it was something very interesting.

What is more favorable to Suwan is that their opponent, the Chicago Bulls, is also a "young team" with little playoff experience. Compared with them, the Pacers as a whole have more playoff experience. Therefore, among the eight matchups in the first round of the playoffs, the Pacers and the Bulls are generally recognized as a matchup with little suspense. The Pacers will quickly deal with them and enter the next round.

Su Wan did not say anything definite. Since his current goal is to win the championship, he will do things that can make the team win more easily in the playoffs instead of deliberately breaking some records.

His interest in "breaking records" is similar to Jack Ma's interest in money.

The remaining three matchups in the Eastern Conference are: the first-place Heat vs. the eighth-place Nets, the second-place Detroit Pistons vs. the seventh-place Philadelphia 76ers, and the fourth-place Boston Celtics vs. the fifth-place Wizards.

Aside from the matchup between the Pistons and Philadelphia, the Eastern Conference matchups this year are generally unimpressive.

Now the reporters' questions have made Suwan's first playoff debut in his career full of excitement.

Su Wan was sure that this was a media reporter from Nike.

The four matchups in the West are: the first-place Suns vs. the eighth-place Memphis Grizzlies, the second-place Spurs vs. the seventh-place Nuggets, the third-place SuperSonics vs. the sixth-place Sacramento Kings, the fourth-place Mavericks vs. the fifth-place Rockets...

Su Wan didn't know what the focus of others was.

But when he saw the match between the Rockets and the Mavericks, he immediately called Bill Duffy and asked, "Have you collected the evidence I asked you to collect?"

Bill Duffy said: "Just got some clues!"

Su Wan said: "After the first game between the Rockets and the Mavericks, find someone to submit this evidence to the FBI!"

Bill Duffy didn't hesitate: "Okay!"

After finishing all this, Su Wan murmured, "Dayao, this is the only way I can help you. You should be able to get past the first round now, right?"

Yao Ming has many regrets.

One of the regrets is that in the early stages of his career, he was always reversed when he was leading 2-0 in the playoffs.

In the subsequent series with the Jazz, we were naturally restrained and there was nothing we could do.

But Su Wan felt that the 05 playoff series with the Mavericks could have been avoided.

Since Mark Cuban is shameless, there shouldn't be any problem if he just overturns the table of the league, right?

As for why I want to help Yao Ming...

What else is there to say?

Regardless of the "red complex" before the time travel or the many cares received after the time travel, Su Wan felt it necessary to help out.

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