Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 182 Shaq, Retire
25投15中，三分球5投3中，罚球17罚15中，总共砍下了48分，另外还有6篮板2助攻4抢断1盖帽。

He scored 48 points out of 18 in the last quarter!
Helped the team come back from a 10-point deficit and win this crucial game. If the Pacers lost this game again, the score would be back to a 2-2 tie, and the importance of this is self-evident.

This was the first time this season that Su Wan fought to exhaustion. 20 seconds before the end of the game, he heard a prompt from the system that he was about to exit "The zone" mode.

Fortunately, in the last 10 seconds, the other party had given up struggling, and Su Wan just had to stand there.

If he needed to run back and forth, he would probably fall as soon as he took a step.

Facing Wade, he did a lot of extreme moves, and now the aftereffects were all reflected on him.

And the momentum is growing.

When the buzzer sounded, Su Wan felt a force drain from his body, and then he fell to the side involuntarily. Artest and O'Neal Jr. were quick to catch him.

Erin framed the photo nearby.

Pat Riley also saw this scene and subconsciously looked up at a jersey above the stadium, which made him even more jealous.

When Rick Carlisle saw Su Wan's appearance, he hurried forward to ask about his well-being, while thinking to himself: Is this guy's physical fitness good or bad?

He is even more confused now!
Ten minutes later, Su Wan was sitting in the visiting team's locker room with his feet in an ice bucket and ice packs tied around his body, even on his knees. This finally made his hot body feel less uncomfortable.

Before the reporters started asking questions, they kept taking pictures to record Su Wan's appearance.

A great performance requires a tragic image.

Su Wan's individualistic heroic performance tonight is what the Americans like.

They love this final look even more!
Just this appearance alone can make people speculate a lot:
He should be tired a long time ago, right?

The belief in winning kept him going until the end, which enabled him to deliver such a perfect performance.

This guy's willpower is beyond ordinary people!
During the questioning session, the reporter mentioned what Shaq O'Neal had just said in the interview: "Shaq thinks that it was because he trash-talked you after leading by 10 points that the team suffered such a big reversal. Do you have anything to say about this? You scored 18 points in the last quarter, and it all started with Shaq trash-talking you. Did his words touch you and make you want to win more?"

"Everyone will get angry when they hear others talk trash to them, and I am no exception. This does make people want to perform well, so like Shaq said, don't talk trash to me, otherwise you will die miserably!" Su Wan said the last sentence in a joking tone, which made all the reporters laugh.

"Shaq was defeated by you. Does this mean that the feud between you is over?" another reporter asked.

Su Wan shook his head: "No, even though he started the war, I have the final say on when it ends!"

Are you kidding me? Could he let this "fathead shark" go so easily?
impossible!

You have to put on a tough face.

The next morning, Suwan's 48 points in a single game became a hot topic across the United States.

Many media used the term "a battle to become a god" to describe Su Wan's performance last night.

There’s nothing I can do, it’s really too exaggerated!
In just a few minutes, one person reversed the opponent's 10-point lead.

Not only did he score, but he also made two steals against Wade and Shaquille O'Neal.

Bill Walton said at the time: "In these two rounds, Suwan made Dwyane and Shaq look like they were not on the same level as him!"

Look at Pat Riley again!
This is "NBA living history" who has experienced the "show time" period and seen Jordan in his prime. After this game, he also said, "Tonight it is Michael Jordan who is playing on the court wearing No. 99 for the Pacers," which shows how shocked he is.

Besides, Shaquille O'Neal is well-known in the league for his pettiness, and the conflict between him and Su Wan is well known. For him to say such words under such circumstances, it can be seen how much Su Wan's performance last night shocked his heart.

In addition, Su Wan’s “The zone” once again caused heated discussion.

All media were speculating whether Su Wan had entered that state again.

Then in Erin's latest interview, they got their answer.

Su Wan has indeed entered that state!
"When I want to win, I can feel my focus turn on me."

This is a topic that Su Wan would not mention in front of other media, and fellow reporters all cast envious glances at Irene.

With the blessing of the "Suwan buff", she got another contract extension from ESPN, which she had just signed for two years last year. This time it was a three-year, $2 million contract. In the journalist industry, her contract is considered to be among the best.

Those who are in this position are all senior veterans in the industry.

Although her status at ESPN has risen over the past year and she has expanded her network of contacts, she still cannot compare with other reporters with the same contract. In the final analysis, she was able to get such a big contract mainly because of Su Wan.

Irene herself was very clear about this. The first thing she did after signing the contract was to report to Su Wan.

Suwan's words reminded people of Shaquille O'Neal's words "Never talk trash to him."

After all, angry people want to win more!
"So when facing Su Wan, if you don't want him to enter that mode and don't want him to be in such a terrifying state, the first thing you need to do is learn to be silent? This is a very interesting phenomenon!"

When Drexler talked about this topic, he thought of his contemporary.

In the 90s, there was a saying in the NBA, especially for rookies, who would often be warned: "Don't mess with that black-brined egg. All you have to do is stand on the court and follow the coach's instructions to execute the tactics on both offense and defense. No matter how that guy greets you, don't talk to him or look at him!"

Now Su Wan has done the same thing.

And the one who gave this warning was not just any random person, but the famous Shaquille O'Neal!
The Indiana media was about to praise Suwan to the sky. They finally found an opportunity to loudly question the entire league: "Now tell me, who else doubts that Suwan won this year's regular season MVP because of his age, because everyone wants to witness history, and not because of his strength?"

Apart from two "haha"s from Dallas, all the other media people who had previously voiced doubts fell silent.

Are you kidding? Even the "leader" Shaquille O'Neal remained silent. How dare they question whether Suwan deserves the regular season MVP title?

Moreover, even if Shaquille O'Neal is still not convinced, they will have to be convinced after watching yesterday's game.

48 points plus 18 points in the final quarter, peak Jordan is here, and that's it.

When Su Wan woke up the next day, it was already 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

He got home at 2:12 in the morning and fell asleep straight away, and has been sleeping till now, a full hours. What's more exaggerated is that in the past, after sleeping for such a long time, he would feel refreshed when he woke up, but today, when he woke up, he still felt a little limp.

It seems that the more energy you have, the more you consume it in "The Zone" mode, and the more you overdraw your body.

However, this is not difficult to understand.

It's just like that, the time limit is too tight and there will be a reaction afterwards.

Su Wan really played to the limit yesterday, and even used the "change of direction without slowing down" technique at the last moment.

But facing the 06 version of Wade, only such a limit can completely suppress him at the critical moment.

In fact, it's not just "full power". If Nike hadn't given him the "whistle buff", based on Wade's condition yesterday, it would have been difficult for the Pacers to win even if he had turned on "full power".

You know, he scored 15 points from free throws yesterday, and the Pacers only won by 7 points in the end.

Without these whistles, the Heat would have won by 8 points.

Moreover, if it weren't for the "whistle" protecting him, when he didn't open "The zone" before, he wouldn't have made the Heat so afraid to come into contact with him, and he wouldn't have had enough physical energy to open "The zone".

In short, in addition to Suwan's personal performance, this victory was also thanks to his foresight off the court and his early call to Nike.

As for now, I can describe it in a poem:
The light boat has passed ten thousand mountains!
A score of 3-1 and a tie of 2-2 are two completely different situations.

From the Heat's perspective, they were completely pushed to the edge of the cliff and were under tremendous pressure; from the Pacers' perspective, they now had three match points and were in a strong position. There were no random thoughts in their minds, only the excitement of entering the finals.

It's even worse for the Heat:
The loss in the last game turned what Pat Riley thought was a "turnaround point" into a "laughing point". Now the Heat's defense has no idea where to start. If all the defense is concentrated on other people, he is worried that Suwan will have another big outburst like in the last game, making his coaching ability a joke - to a certain extent, NBA head coaches are no different from Saint Seiya, they cannot be defeated by the same trick.

In the last game, it was Suwan who beat the Heat alone. If there was no change in the lineup and Suwan played again in this game, the media would definitely say the next day that Pat Riley was "old", "can't keep up with the times", and "just be the general manager of your team"...

You can continue to target Su Wan...

The first and second games of the series have proven that this is not an approach that works.

Both roads are blocked, which means one thing:
The Heat are indeed not as good as the Pacers this season.

Pat Riley's final choice was to change the formation with the main purpose of limiting Suwan.

Even if they lost, at least Su Wan was restricted. From the outside, it had nothing to do with him as the head coach. After all, his adjustments were very obvious. The main reason was that the Heat players were no match for the opponent...

Ok……

This is how the "magic calculator" "sacrifices the rook to save the king".

The final result was no surprise.

Suwan was restricted by the Heat's heavy defense in this game and only scored 20 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in the whole game.

But Rick Carlisle also guessed that Suwan would be targeted in this game, so the tactical arrangement was mainly based on O'Neal's inside attack in a "small lineup".

With Haslem being mobilized, Shaquille O'Neal's problem of being too slow under the basket was completely exposed. O'Neal's physique is not as good as Haslem, but he can use flexibility to beat Shaquille O'Neal.

If Shaq followed him out of the restricted area, he would use counter-running or cutting to get rid of Shaq and get into the basket early, creating a forced open space to score.

O'Neal's footwork under the basket is very beautiful, and for this reason, many industry experts believe that he should have a beautiful low-post singles ability.

If O'Neal stayed under the basket and didn't come out, O'Neal would use his accurate shooting to score goals again and again.

In short, he played very easily and finally scored 26 points in this game!
In addition, the Pacers' shooting firepower tonight was also very fierce, especially the defense against Suwan required a lot of double-teaming and help defense, which resulted in a lot of open spots for the Pacers tonight. Artest and Calderon alone made 6 three-pointers tonight.

Therefore, even though Wade scored 36 points again, the Heat still lost to the Pacers by 95 points, 109 to 14.

Bill Walton was filled with emotion: "The Pacers completely defeated the Heat with offense tonight!"

What he really wanted to say was that in the last game against the Wizards' "Three Musketeers", they had the last laugh with their defense...

When facing teams with different styles, they can come up with different responses, and they can dominate in each style. This year's Pacers are really strong!
As soon as the game ended, Suwan looked at Shaquille O'Neal, who was walking by him and trying to leave in a hurry, and shouted to him, "Shaq, why don't you retire? Dwyane can't carry you even with his 30-plus points per game. I don't think you can win a fourth championship trophy."

"or……"

"You can take the hardest path possible!"

"Joining the Pacers might be the only way you can kick Kobe's ass!"

"It's a pity. We were the champions before you came. People will definitely say you are just a bootlicker!"

humiliation!

The ultimate humiliation!
Wade was standing right next to them, and he heard every word Su Wan said.

But every sentence put together was... He grinned secretly.

Isn't this too aggressive?

Shaquille O'Neal wanted to put on a smiling face that looked like he was about to cry, and begged Suwan for mercy:
I'm already honest, please let me go!

But after hearing Su Wan's humiliation, he finally walked away with a dark face.

Wade still congratulated Su Wan generously, just like last year.

But unlike last year, looking back at Conseco Fieldhouse, he's not sure if he can beat Suwan and the Pacers next year.

High probability...

Or will it fall like this year?
Good morning, brothers, I'm asking for monthly votes. By the way, I'd like to ask what you think of the combined chapters. If possible, I'll write two chapters a day, 8 words each. Or I can write a coherent plot, more.

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