Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 162 God's Test of the "Chosen One" Continues
The next morning, news of Indiana's victory over the Lakers spread across the United States.

Many media outlets were surprised by this.

The Pacers' win over the Lakers wasn't a big deal.

The Pacers' current record is already "second in the Eastern Conference and on the verge of first place". Even if Suwan had not been suspended and missed 6 games, with their fierce momentum in the late stage, they would have been first in the Eastern Conference and even in the entire league.

What can we say about a team like this beating a team ranked seventh in the Western Conference?

But they originally thought that Kobe would score high points in this game and the Pacers would win.

This is also very consistent with the way the Lakers have been losing this season.

They are rarely beaten by big margins.

But in the end, the Lakers lost by a full 25 points.

The fourth quarter directly turned into "garbage time".

Do you know what kind of situation becomes "garbage time"?

It doesn’t mean that when a team falls behind by 20 points, it is definitely “garbage time”. If that were the case, there wouldn’t be so many classic “reversals” in the NBA.

Instead, the head coach decided that the situation would only get worse if they continued playing, so he chose to give up the game.

This shows how badly the Lakers were suppressed.

Kobe only scored 18 points, which surprised all the experts.

So far this season, Kobe's lowest score in a single game is 24 points.

In this game, Kobe only scored 18 points.

The shooting percentage is a terrible 33%!

They couldn't remember the last time Kobe was this miserable.

The "trio" of Artest, Suwan and O'Neal Jr. has completely made a name for itself.

Hubie Brown, who just won the "Coach of the Season" award last season and retired due to injury, has become an ABC commentator again. He said: "This Pacers team is now able to lock down any top perimeter player in the league. This is terrifying!"

Because this means that when it comes to the bayonet fight in the playoffs, the opponent thinks they have thrown an atomic bomb, but after throwing it out, they find out that it is a "dud."

Bill Duffy also said: "This season we have focused too much on Ron Artest, who wants to win the 'Defensive Player of the Season', and their changes on the offensive end, and ignored that this team also has a very top-notch combat power on the defensive end."

Various voices of praise came flooding in.

The reason is very simple. The person they locked down was Kobe, who scored 81 points in a single game!

But when Suwan arrived at the locker room early in the morning, he found O'Neal sitting alone in front of his locker, sulking over a newspaper. He took a closer look and saw the words "Amare Stoudemire: A championship won by fighting is nothing great!"

Are these two still engaging in a war of words?

Su Wan remembered that ever since the last game against the Suns, when O'Neal Jr. said that he was an "enhanced version of Stoudemire", the conflict between the two has continued until today, almost two months.

Sometimes you have to admire a man's patience on certain G-spots.

O'Neal probably couldn't stand it anymore and launched a "killer shot": "Wait until this guy wins the championship before you continue arguing with me!"

But now it seems that O'Neal was defeated.

When he saw Su Wan, he seemed to have seen a "savior". He stood up and said very seriously: "Su, no, Su Wan, we must win the championship again this year. I must make Amare speechless!"

Su Wan looked at him like this and said "tsk" in dissatisfaction.

O'Neal was a little confused: "Did I say something wrong?"

Su Wan shook his head: "It's true that you can win the championship, but the ultimate goal of arguing with others is to win the argument and make the other person feel aggrieved, not to prove yourself. By the time you win the championship in June, it will be too late!"

"What kind of vegetable is day lily?" O'Neal's attention was temporarily diverted.

Su Wan: “…”

"Then what should I do?" O'Neal Jr. looked at Su Wan's speechless expression and quickly asked what he should ask.

Su Wan said: "You should ask Stoudemire to write a letter of complaint to the league and take back our championship."

"Won't he be sick to death?"

Little O'Neal smiled and nodded in sudden realization.

He got it!
February 2st is the day when the "Player of the Month" for January is announced.

The battle between Suwan and Dirk Nowitzki for the regular season MVP has reached a fever pitch.

Because this time, the two of them were elected together again.

The war of words between the Dallas media and the Indiana media has escalated, with the exchanges going back and forth and becoming quite lively.

In addition, the league also announced the starting lineups for the Eastern and Western All-Star games to be held in Houston in February this year.

After more than a month of voting, the final list was determined.

The two guards on the Eastern side are Dwyane Wade and Suwan, the forwards are O'Neal Jr. and Vince Carter, and the center is Shaquille O'Neal; the two guards on the Western side are Kobe and Steve Nash, the forwards are Kevin Garnett and McGrady, and the center is Yao Ming.

Su Wan became the final "ticket king" this year.

In addition to his stable domestic fans and Indiana fan base, he also received support from Asian and Asian communities this year, which allowed him to surpass Yao Ming and become the final All-Star voting leader with 2543255 votes.

Thanks to his more explosive playing style and the support of Chinese fans, O'Neal Jr. finally became the starting forward in the Eastern Conference.

Indiana became the biggest winner in this All-Star voting.

As for the biggest “loser”…

Anything more to say?
Cleveland and LeBron James.

The fierce struggle between Asians and Asians has caused LeBron to be under pressure and interference from the outside world during the voting period. In addition, McGinnis continues to bite like crazy, which makes his negative impact always exist.

Nike did not dare to make any effort at this time. If they really forced him to go up, if bigger problems arose, it would harm him instead.

Another point……

LeBron James' contract began in the third season, and it is a hard and fast rule in the contract that he must start in the All-Star Game. If he fails to make the cut, a portion of his endorsement fee will be deducted.

After all, the All-Star starters represent the commercial value of the players. Without this title, their market appeal will decline a lot.

In addition...

Just a little warning to LeBron James.

The results of the first season were pretty good.

But since the second season, LeBron has not yet played up to the kind of phenomenal rookie presence that Nike hopes to see from him!

This is a far cry from what they expected when they offered LeBron a 100 million yuan contract. Businessmen are profit-driven, and if they can’t make money, they will naturally be disappointed with you, even if you are the legendary “chosen one”!
This wave of losses will be at least one to two million.

However, God's test of the "chosen one" continues.

During LeBron's suspension, the Cavaliers had fallen to twelfth place in the Eastern Conference.

After LeBron returned, he was eager to win consecutive games.

But it was only his second game back and Larry Hughes was ruled out for the season!
It is worth mentioning that McGinnis is still suspended and unable to return. Zhu Fangyu, who replaced Snow, also chose to return to China to play in the CBA. His departure did not bring any rewards to the Cavaliers.

This means that all of Danny Ferry's efforts in the free market last summer were wasted, and they even lost McGinnis.

The Cavaliers' combat effectiveness is much weaker than last season.

In addition, after the "Cleveland plane incident", the whole team was demoralized, so even with LeBron's return, they only achieved a record of 1 wins and 4 losses after mid-January. Even the weak eighth place in the Eastern Conference currently has a record of less than 5%, but...

The Cavaliers still have a long way to go.

Everything seemed to have returned to the same period last season.

LeBron was filled with grief and anger, and his eye sockets began to feel hot again.

Because even with a Cavaliers team like this, he still has to lead the team into the playoffs.

otherwise……

He's going to be fined again!
He didn't know how he got to this point. At the end of the first season, he averaged 20+5+5 with his left hand and was the "Best Rookie of the Golden Generation" with his right hand. He was so powerful that even he was afraid of him.

How come a year and a half later, he still has to worry about not making the playoffs and getting deducted money by Nike!

The LeBron banner can no longer be raised, and Nike has put all its attention on Suwan during this period, frantically promoting his first "All-Star voting champion".

They announced that they would prepare special sneakers for Suwan during the All-Star Weekend.

In fact, it is Suwan’s second-generation "signature shoe", but after discovering that Suwan might win this year's "All-Star Ticket King", they decisively changed the original plan and designed this pair of shoes into Suwan's All-Star special edition.

There is no way. Wade of Converse has become a starter in the Eastern Conference All-Stars, and Carmelo Anthony of AJ has also caught up in terms of statistics, averaging 26.8 points per game this season. If there were not so many veteran forwards in the Western Conference, Carmelo Anthony might have become a starter in the Western Conference All-Stars this season.

Although AJ is a subsidiary of Nike.

But if AJ's spokesperson really stepped on his head...

I'm afraid even Michael Jordan would slam the table at the shareholders' meeting and scold them for their poor vision!
Jordan said he had poor vision...

Is there anything more embarrassing than this?

It was Nike's hype that made the Houston media see the possibility of fanning the flames. When they interviewed Yao Ming, they asked him again and again:
"This year, Houston is playing at home, but the top vote-getter that should have belonged to you was taken away by Su Wan. Do you think it's possible that Su Wan was deliberately competing with you?"

“Yao, are you worried that Su Wan’s influence in the country will surpass yours?”

"Yao, how do you feel about Su Wan snatching away the title of the top vote-getter?"

……

These news soon reached Su Wan's ears, and he immediately said to the camera: "Since you care so much about Yao Ming's status as the top vote-getter, why did you canvass for Tracy when you were canvassing for votes?"

“Why do I see more posters of Tracy in Houston?”

"Why are you all trying to persuade Yao Ming to sign a contract extension that is far below his price?"

"Why are you guys trying to get Tracy to win the All-Star MVP this year?"

"If you don't know, you might think that Houston has a new Toyota Center because of Tracy!"

"The media in this city are just like the owner of the Rockets. They are all ungrateful guys. Leslie Alexander, don't forget who helped you double your net worth now!"

He fired directly at the Houston media and owner Alexander.

The Houston media responded.

Another city that hates Su Wan was born.

As a result, this year's All-Star Weekend has attracted the interest of countless people.

They knew that Su Wan’s counterattack would definitely not stop there!

On February 2, the day after Suwan blasted the Houston media, they faced the challenge of the Miami Heat at home.

Wade met with Suwan the day before the game, but Shaquille O'Neal did not come this time.

He said he couldn't wait to team up with Suwan in the main game of the All-Star Weekend.

Su Wan said: "Dwyane, if I want to win the All-Star MVP this year, will you help me?"

"Is it because of the conflict with Houston? Of course, I will definitely help you. It is really unreasonable for the Houston media to say that you deliberately stole Yao's votes." Wade agreed readily.

Look how kind-hearted this “big cheeks” is!
Otherwise, how could he be fooled by LeBron into becoming the second?
Now that Wade is dealt with, it goes without saying that O'Neal will help him.

There is also Vince Carter, so I don't think there will be any big problems with him.

Don't give too much consideration to others, even if they don't have much friendship, he will not interfere with Su Wan just because Su Wan beat Bruce Bowen for him.

As for the remaining Shaquille O'Neal...

Su Wan didn't have to think about it at all.

All three of the starting lineups are his, and Shaq still wants to go all the way?
And he's just an inside player. If you watch Kobe's playing style in a few more Lakers games in the 03-04 season, you will know what to do to prevent Shaq from receiving the ball.

In short, four words:
No problem!

However, Shaquille O'Neal, who would not be a big problem for Suwan in the All-Star Game, became a big problem for the Pacers in the game between the Heat and the Pacers that day.

Since Carlisle wanted to test the effect of the "small lineup" that the Pacers had just developed this year against the Heat, the Pacers played with the "small lineup" on the court for most of the game.

Gary Payton, the wizened old man, showed a strong presence in front of Calderon, and the Spaniard had no temper at all. Coupled with his endless "trash talk", the usually calm Calderon actually became impatient.

No wonder, compared to Gary Payton, who entered the league in 90, Calderon has experienced too little.

A "trash talk king" like "The Glove" can even make Jason Kidd feel autistic, let alone a young man like Calderon.

The Heat were able to prevent the Pacers from picking up speed, allowing the weight-loss Shaquille O'Neal to demonstrate his ability to destroy small lineups.

In the end, Shaq scored 28 points and 14 rebounds, helping the Heat take the victory from the Pacers' home court.

As he left, Shaq said arrogantly, "This will be a preview of the Eastern Conference playoffs. The Pacers better pray they don't run into us!"

Rick Carlisle went straight into the small dark room after the game and began to study the video replay of the game.

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