Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 183 It’s broken, buddy, I’m not going to end up being Stephen Curry, am I?
"They played well, so we lost, simple as that."

"I think we played well, but we were restrained in terms of style, which is a problem we can't change."

"Summer plans? Let them enjoy this summer first. Losing to the Eastern Conference Finals is also a very long journey. They need to rest."

"I will not continue to serve as the head coach. This was just a rescue operation and obviously I failed!"

Pat Riley did not reveal much about his next move after the game, but only announced that he would resign as head coach and return to his job as general manager. After the interview ended and he returned to the bus, he pulled out the Heat's statistics for the five Eastern Conference Finals games.

The eyes looked from top to bottom, and finally stopped at Shaquille O'Neal's average data:
5场比赛场均15.6分7.4篮板2.2助攻1.2盖帽，投篮命中率52.3%，罚球命中率50%，场均上场时间28.6分钟。

This kind of data is quasi-first-line internal data.

But it is definitely not a top-notch inside statistic.

Especially Shaquille O'Neal's annual salary this season is 2 million.

And his annual salary will be 2 million for the next three years.

Pat Riley doesn't want to pay this money...

Back to Conseco Fieldhouse.

The Pacers lifted their second consecutive Eastern Conference championship trophy, and this time they did it not in the narrow visiting tunnel, but in the center of the arena.

The big screen at the scene gave a close-up of the Pacers players and the trophy.

Everyone's face was filled with excited smiles.

This time Artest's smile was no longer restrained.

He is no longer a spectator on the sidelines, nor is he just someone who helps the team on the training ground. He is standing on the field, providing huge help to the team on both the offensive and defensive ends.

The Pacers' success this year is inseparable from Ron Artest!

But their excitement is not only because they won the Eastern Conference championship, but also because they are about to enter the finals, and there is only one last round of series left before they can finally defend their title.

This is what makes them even more excited.

However, in the upcoming finals, both ESPN's Bill Walton and Barkley and Kenny Smith in the TNT studio believed that the Pacers would face considerable difficulties.

The two teams in this year's Western Conference Finals are the Suns and the Mavericks.

If the Suns make it to the finals, the Pacers, as Bill Walton calls them, "an enhanced version of the Suns," can sweep that team in minutes.

But now in the Western Conference Finals, after 4 games, the leading team is the Mavericks, who are leading 3-1.

The Pacers have a 0-2 record against the Mavericks in the regular season this season.

The excellent outside firepower and the huge advantage of Nowitzki always put the Pacers in a passive position when facing the Mavericks.

However, this is their opinion. Facing the Pacers fans, Suwan was extremely confident: "There are still four wins left, and this season's O'Brien Trophy will still belong to the Pacers!"

Are you kidding? He beat the original champion, and now he is playing against the "biggest loser" of the original finals. How can he not have confidence?
The cheers at the scene reached its climax at this moment.

The main thing is that Suwan basically fulfilled what he said. Now that he said that the Pacers will definitely win this year's finals, they believe that there is only one possibility for the result of the finals:
Indiana Champions!
However, the next morning, when Su Wan's statement that he had booked the championship in advance reached Dallas, it immediately attracted criticism and curses, and the headlines in the newspapers were not polite:

"The Chinese who stole the regular season MVP has obviously been carried away by the victory in the Eastern Conference Finals."

"A team that was swept by the Mavericks in the regular season now says they have already booked the championship. This is the best joke of the year!"

"Su Wan will be reduced to a complete clown after this year's finals!"

……

Barkley looked at the anger of the Dallas media and joked on Facebook: "Apparently these people have forgotten the advice Shaq gave just a few days ago."

Then he too was attacked.

But before dealing with Suwan, the Dallas community needs to watch the Mavericks kill another "traitor":
Steve Nash!

No surprises.

前4场比赛大比分3-1领先的小牛队回到主场，以118比107，11分战胜了太阳队，取得系列赛第4场比赛的胜利。

When the final whistle sounded, the scene where Steve Nash lowered his head could even be selected as one of the most physically and mentally pleasing moments in Dallas sports history this year.

Many fans know that Toronto fans hated Vince Carter very much until he was about to retire, and then they reconciled with Vince Carter. But to be honest, the hatred of Dallas fans for Steve Nash is no less than that of Toronto fans for Vince Carter.

In 2010, Steve Nash was selected as an All-Star and even caused crazy boos from the audience when he appeared in the All-Star Game in Dallas.

It is understandable that the Toronto Raptors hate Vince Carter. After all, the way Carter ended his "engagement" with Toronto was not decent. Coupled with the deliberate guidance of the Toronto media, it is normal for them to hate him so much.

But Steve Nash went to Phoenix because Mark Cuban gave up on him and thought he was not worth that much money. In theory, this cannot be blamed on Nash.

But Mavericks fans don't care whether the Mavericks gave up Nash or Nash gave up the Mavericks.

They only saw that Steve Nash played a regular season MVP performance after leaving the Mavericks. So what have you been doing all these years with the Mavericks?
It’s not that Nash’s performance in the Mavericks was bad. Later, some media described Nash in the Mavericks period as an ordinary main player in order to mythify “Nash’s late bloomer” and “dark horse”.

But in fact, even Nash during his time with the Mavericks was much better than Calderon. He was a standard first-class point guard in the league.

Given the tactical position the Mavericks assigned him, he has done his best to perform like this. But in the eyes of Mavericks fans, Steve Nash was just lazy and didn't use all his abilities.

Ok……

This is Dallas!

People say that New York fans are arrogant, but if we really have to talk about arrogance, it has to be the "cowboys" in Dallas.

Not only are the fans here extremely arrogant, but this is also the place where racial discrimination is most serious.

After the Western Conference Finals, these fans turned their guns and started firing at Suwan.

Looking at their appearance, it was obvious that Suwan was hated more in this city than Steve Nash.

In this way...

San Antonio, Houston, and then Dallas.

All of Texas was "pitch black".

Su Wan sighed again, if I... forget it, this system is really amazing now.

After two days of rest, June 2rd arrived, and the finals that the Indiana media and the Dallas media had been arguing about finally arrived.

The first game of the finals was held at Conseco Arena.

When the Mavericks players walked out of the visiting team's player tunnel, the audience seats on the sidelines, which were described by Donnie Walsh as a "mudslide", suddenly erupted with huge boos, as if a torrent had really erupted, about to engulf the Mavericks, especially Nowitzki.

This is the first trip to the Finals in the history of the Mavericks, and also the first trip to the Finals for all Mavericks members.

Such crazy boos were far inferior to any other away games they had faced in the previous playoffs.

The Mavericks players looked a little more nervous, but "Little General" Johnson's shouting like a military training instructor helped them adjust their form before the game started, and they played in good form from the start.

Although the Pacers had more experience, as all major media discussed before the game, this Pacers team could not defend Nowitzki in the interior against the Mavericks.

In the first quarter alone, Dirk Nowitzki made 5 of 4 shots, including free throws and three-pointers, for a total of 11 points.

The Mavericks played more and more excitedly, making 15 three-pointers in three quarters, which is a very deadly number of three-pointers in the current league.

In the end, the Mavericks "turned the tables" with a 109-point margin of 97 to 12, winning their first game of the finals at Indiana's home court.

德克-诺维斯基35分9篮板的数据，小压苏万的27分7篮板3助攻。

The Dallas media was completely excited, and all kinds of ridicule poured into Indiana:
"What's fake won't become real. Give Dirk the regular season MVP back!"

"Regular season MVP thief, now you know how big the gap is between you and the real MVP, right?"

"If you can't win, you can't win. Including the regular season, the Mavericks have won their third consecutive victory over the Pacers!"

"Thank you for the O'Brien Cup sent by the Pacers. The Chinese people stole the regular season MVP, so they should return it with the championship trophy!"

……

The Indiana media and fans are somewhat uneasy.

They were originally concerned about the fact that the Pacers were swept by the Mavericks in the regular season. They thought that after the consecutive sweeps and "gentleman sweeps" of the Eastern Conference powerhouses in the playoffs, the Pacers had adjusted to their best form and would definitely not be afraid of the Mavericks this time.

result……

They fucked me to pieces again!
Carlisle's expression became much more serious after the first game of the finals.

He made some changes in the first quarter, such as using Artest or Suwan on the wing to help O'Neal Jr. with assisting defense and double-teaming.

It just so happens that Nowitzki has a very good ability to assist and pass the ball, which means that the more they care about Nowitzki, the more the Mavericks maximize his tactical value.

After the first game, one thing was proved: conventional defensive strategies could not limit Nowitzki, and if you purely compete with the opponent in offense... the Mavericks' outside shooting group, once they get into good form, they cannot be stopped at all.

We still have to find a way to limit the opponent's attack.

It just so happened that the Mavericks' offense in the first game started with Nowitzki.

This way, the problem becomes a vicious circle.

Rick Carlisle, as a representative head coach of the "academic school", is a little overwhelmed at the moment.

Su Wan was also thinking about how to break the impasse.

During the Eastern Conference Finals, he kept recalling the original round of the finals.

Of course, the thought at the time was how the Mavericks won the first two games.

Now I am thinking about how the Heat will win the last four games...

The first thing is to use the most confrontational defense!

But this works for other Mavericks players, but not so much for Nowitzki, as O'Neal has already tried very hard in one-on-one defense.

But he just couldn't guard Nowitzki.

In his prime, Nowitzki had the speed of a small forward...

Small forward…

Su Wan came up with a good idea. The question now is whether Rick Carlisle will agree.

"Academic head coaches" often pay attention to "strictness", and Su Wan is not sure whether Carlisle will do so.

I don't know...

“You can try this style of play!”

Carlisle agreed readily.

So much so that Su Wan wanted to say: "Why don't you think about it again?"

He prepared many reasons to convince Carlisle.

It’s really painful that I can’t use any of these words right now!

This is too high a status in the head coach's mind, which is sometimes not a good thing. It is really easy to have no sense of accomplishment.

After a day of training, the second game of the finals continued at Conseco Fieldhouse.

The Pacers fans who arrived early booed the Mavericks like they did in the previous game. It seemed that they were not affected by the previous loss at all.

Of course, this is just on the surface.

In fact, many Pacers fans spent the entire day yesterday at home reading online expert analysis and were filled with worry.

But when they arrived at the fan plaza outside the stadium and saw Su Wan on the advertising wall, they were no longer nervous.

Even though many media outlets were saying that this was the first time the Pacers had lost the first game of a series in this year's playoffs, and that this was a very bad omen, seeing Suwan, they believed that no matter how difficult the situation was, they could get through it.

Before the game, Suwan's latest interview clip was leaked. Facing the ESPN camera, he firmly stated: "We will not go to Dallas with a score of 0-2."

The Indiana native was even more certain.

They will definitely not lose this game!

However, the Mavericks team, which won the first game, were obviously much more confident. Facing the boos from everywhere, their faces were full of calmness and composure.

No wonder...

Having won the first game of the finals, even if they lost the second game, they still had three home games to play and had a good chance of eliminating the Pacers in Dallas.

If only we could win tonight's game.

Then they could even have David Stern go to Dallas in advance to present the award to them.

This is also the reason why so many media were optimistic about the Mavericks after the first game.

Not only have they won all their games against the Pacers so far this season, but the schedule is also so favorable that the Pacers look precarious no matter how you look at it.

The big screen at the scene showed the starting lineups of both sides.

The Mavericks have not changed.

But when they met the Pacers fans and saw the Pacers' starting lineup tonight, they were stunned.

The Pacers directly used a "small lineup" to start tonight.

The Indiana players have seen this kind of change before.

Can……

Is this big screen broken?

Why is Dio playing the three position and Artest playing the four position?
The Mavericks were also a little puzzled, thinking that there was something wrong with the big screen.

After the referee blew the whistle and the players from both sides came on the court, the Mavericks and the audience were convinced that the big screen was not broken and that the Pacers would use Artest to face Nowitzki tonight.

Is this really possible?

At this time, the big screen on the scene showed Rick Carlisle on the sidelines.

The handsome standing posture with his hands on his elbows looked very calm and composed. However, the small movement of his fingers tapping his elbows did not escape Kenny Smith's eyes: "It seems that Rick doesn't know what effect this change of formation will have!"

The discussions in the audience were completely silenced as the referee blew the whistle.

O'Neal Jr. won the jump ball with Dampier.

The Pacers have the first move.

Amid cheers, Calderon brought the ball to the frontcourt to face Jason Terry. His intention to call for a pick-and-roll from O'Neal was seen through. Before the "Jets" completely blocked him, he passed the ball to Suwan.

Suwan faced Stackhouse, the "North Carolina guy" who once shouted to the media, "I'm not afraid of Jordan." ——This was an adjustment Johnson made specifically for Suwan in order to increase the height of the outside line.

However, although the 32-year-old Stackhouse is 1 meters tall, his sharply reduced explosive power cannot cause much interference in front of Su Wan.

In the last game, Suwan turned him into a sieve, but the Mavericks had the last laugh. Maybe for this reason, the "Little General" felt that this was not a fatal loophole, and he continued to stick to this kind of defense in this game.

Su Wan did not hesitate. He used "in&out" to shake Stackhouse's center of gravity. As he moved, he quickly exerted force and broke through.

Stackhouse quickly moved sideways and leaned forward, trying to confront Suwan.

His strength is definitely first-rate among "swingmen". As long as there is a confrontation, Su Wan's breakthrough steps will be stuck. Even if it is only a second, it is enough for the inside players to react in time.

But most of the time, Suwan was able to leave Stackhouse behind before he could get physically involved.

"Shh!"

The first attack at the start of the game hit the target steadily.

The cheers from the audience immediately filled the entire stadium.

But neither Suwan nor Rick Carlisle relaxed their gazes at this moment.

They knew very well that the success or failure of tonight depended most on Artest's defense against Nowitzki.

In the last game, the Mavericks opened the scoring with Nowitzki, so the Mavericks' first attack tonight will still be given to Nowitzki.

"King Nowitzki" was not too nervous when he saw Artest coming to defend him.

With his height of 2 meters, it would be easy for him to beat Artest who is 13 meters tall? As long as he holds the ball firmly and finds the shooting rhythm, why would he be afraid of Artest jumping up and hitting his knees?
I can only say that this is what happens when you are pushed into a corner.

In Nowitzki's opinion, the Pacers are in a classic desperate situation, trying all means to catch the mouse...

He was ready to use this shot to shatter the Pacers' fantasy!
only……

"Bah!"

"Bah!"

"Bah!"

He just caught the ball and hadn't found his feet yet when Artest came up to him, put his hands on his body, and pushed his lower body with various postures. He suddenly felt that his lower body was unstable, and he hurriedly passed the ball and pulled out two steps. Artest chased him closely, followed him to the bottom corner three-point line, and continued to entangle with defense.

Nowitzki was forced to call on his teammates to come over and receive the ball.

The Mavericks wasted seven or eight seconds with him, and the final attack ended in a miss.

Nowitzki was very eager to go back inside to grab the ball, but Artest, with his more flexible movements and solid lower body, kept pushing him outwards, and he had no way to exert any strength, and could only watch O'Neal grab the rebound in front of Dampier who symbolically reached out.

"start running!"

Dio shouted after receiving the ball, and immediately found Su Wan who was running down the field in the first moment. He made a delicate long pass, and when the ball fell, Su Wan just happened to be in front of the ball.

"Bah!"

An easy one-handed slam dunk.

Not only was there cheering at the scene, but Rick Carlisle was also clapping on the sidelines. While clapping, he excitedly said in his heart:

You can do it, you can do it!
This way of fighting works!
"Little General" Johnson took a look at Nowitzki and finally decided to continue to trust Nowitzki.

Are you kidding? He is the absolute core of the Mavericks, a "super scorer" who averaged 26.5 points per game in the regular season and scored over 30 points in the last game. How can we stop trusting him just because he was defended this time?

Johnson felt that Nowitzki might be a little uncomfortable facing Artest out of the blue.

After adapting in the first round, he should be able to adapt in the second round...

What a fart!
In this round, Artest still let Nowitzki receive the ball, but as soon as he received the ball and landed, the fierce confrontation made Nowitzki retreat step by step. Apart from dribbling the ball to the outside, he had no other choice.

Retreating to the three-point line, Nowitzki suddenly had an idea and rushed towards the basket with the ball, trying to pass Artest with his long legs.

Artest positioned himself in advance and just stood there, successfully causing Nowitzki to stumble during his breakthrough, and he barely passed the ball before falling to the ground.

The disadvantage in facing is so obvious.

Su Wan was not surprised by this.

When he thought of this trick, he was looking at the scout information of the players on both sides. He suddenly saw that Nowitzki was only 108kg at that time. Although he was 12cm taller than Artest, Artest weighed 114kg, which was heavier than many power forwards.

He is strong, powerful and has a low center of gravity. What is the difference between him and a "little drill" when defending Nowitzki?

During yesterday's training, the person who simulated Nowitzki was O'Neal Jr., and Suwan specifically told Artest that he should just treat Jermaine's anus as Nowitzki's anus and just "drill" hard.

O'Neal Jr. was defeated by him.

Looking at Nowitzki's embarrassed appearance at this moment, he smiled heartlessly.

Dirk, you have come to this day!

I told you not to hold back when you hit me.

Are you stupid?
Buddy, I’ll find a “drill” to drill your anus!
Su Wan named this change of formation:

Drilling chrysanthemum flow.

Mmm, quite an interesting tactic!
The Mavericks missed two consecutive offensive rounds, and Stackhouse's paper-thin defense on Suwan seemed very abrupt.

"Shh!"

Su Wan attacked the frame and scored another 2 points.

The "Little General" could only call for a timeout.

Su Wan turned to Stackhouse and asked sincerely: "Why did you dare to say that you were not afraid of Michael?"

With this level of ability, do you dare to say such things?

Although Suwan knew that Michael Jordan later gave him a bad beating.

But that didn't stop him from asking such a question.

Stackhouse moved his lips but ultimately said nothing.

He really wanted to curse at Su Wan:
How many times do I have to say it? I said I'm not afraid of Michael, but I didn't say I can beat Michael!
Even if he beats me to death, I can still say that I am not afraid of him!

These are two different things, okay?
But he wasn't sure if this counted as a response to "trash talk".

Dallas fans didn't take Shaquille O'Neal's words to heart, but Johnson reminded each of them before the start of the Finals:

"No matter what that guy said to you, just pretend you didn't hear it. Don't let him influence you and talk trash to him!"

Johnson also played in the league back then and knew very well what kind of people Shaquille O'Neal would bow to.

Take the "Four Great Centers" of the 90s for example. He didn't care about Ewing or Robinson. Only Olajuwon, whenever he was mentioned, Shaquille O'Neal would admit admiringly, "He's better than me!"

What kind of "monster" is Olajuwon?
In the 90s, besides Jordan, he was the only guy to win back-to-back championships. He shaved the head of Shaquille O'Neal of the Magic in the finals.

Only when someone can do this will Shaquille O'Neal bow his head.

But now he bowed his head towards Su Wan!
That only means one thing:
Please don’t say any “trash talk” to Su Wan.

Su Wan actually noticed this, or rather, he has been verifying this matter.

The way Stackhouse almost couldn't hold it in just now, but forced himself to hold it back, confirmed his guess.

However, for now, he has only verified this matter with Jason Terry and Stackhouse. Su Wan doesn't know whether others will follow this.

For example, Dampier, the inside player who thinks highly of himself and calls himself "the second best center in the West."

Such people are often arrogant and look down on others, and they easily take what others say as nonsense.

But Su Wan did not intend to test whether his guess was accurate.

There is only one such opportunity. If Dampier really retorts to him, the "Little General" will definitely let him sit on the bench because of his coaching style, which is inherited from Popovich.

Su Wan must keep him at the most critical moment.

He really didn't expect that even though there was such a fierce quarrel outside, the Mavericks could still tolerate his "trash talk" without any response.

I can only say that this is what cowards are like.

If it were Kobe, he would definitely say, why don’t you dare to have a fight with Su Wan?

I will quarrel with those you dare not quarrel with!

After the timeout, the game continued and Artest was obviously more excited.

This time, after receiving the ball, Nowitzki tried to shoot directly.

But anyone could see that the rhythm of his shot after receiving the ball was completely wrong, and the ball hit the basket and bounced out.

Too urgent!

O'Neal once again easily protected the rebound against Dampier.

Barkley looked at Artest showing off his biceps in front of Nowitzki and couldn't help but say, "I seem to see Dennis Rodman with Charles Barkley's body defending on the court!"

After the Pacers lost the first game of the finals, Feizhu was also thinking about how this team should limit Dirk Nowitzki.

He thought for a long time but couldn't think of a suitable candidate. He even posted a message on Facebook:
I think Dirk is going to dominate in this year's Finals.

As a result, the Pacers made a surprising move, using Artest at the power forward position, using his strength and confrontation to disrupt Nowitzki's normal shooting rhythm.

So far, the effect seems to be excellent!
Kenny Smith said: "If this game happened in the regular season, Rick Carlisle would become the best coach of the season because of this change, although this season, he was originally..."

Su Wan analyzed the reason why Artest was able to restrict the opponent so successfully from the perspective of a time traveler, and found another crux:
At this time, Nowitzki has a certain ability to "post up", but he is not yet proficient, especially when he has no advantage in confrontation, strength and tonnage, and he can't "post up". Facing such a matchup, he can easily lose his body center of gravity in the confrontation.

Now he mainly possesses various proficient face-to-face shooting skills.

If he were a normal power forward, he would have even better speed.

But now facing the extraordinary Artest, his speed seems to be even slower.

The height advantage cannot be demonstrated at all when the shooting rhythm is unstable.

As for using long legs to break through...

In the face of Artest's lateral movement, this is no different from seeking death.

Finally, at the end of the first quarter, Nowitzki, who had a great performance in the first quarter of the first game of the finals, only conceded one goal and scored 11 points, only made 5 of 1 shots tonight, only made 1 goal, and made 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 4 points. His scoring performance was completely different from the first game.

The impact of his inability to open up this point quickly spread to the entire team.

The Mavericks' outside shooting, which was going great in the last game, was equally weak tonight. By the end of the first half, only three players on the outside had made a three-pointer each.

It was not until the third quarter of the game that they finally made a "three-point rain", and the team made a total of 5 three-pointers in this quarter.

But at this time the rhythm was completely in the hands of the Pacers. The Mavericks' counterattack was like a small wave in the Yangtze River, which could not cause any waves at all.

At the end of the game, the Pacers, just as Suwan said, defended the rest of the home court and set off for Dallas with a score of 1-1.

Suwan scored 31 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists in the second game.

If his free throw ability had not returned to normal level and he made 6 of 5 free throws in this game, he would have become the "Chinese Jordan".

After these two games, Su Wan found that Wade played well, on the one hand because of the whistle bonus, but on the other hand, this Mavericks team really had no outside defensive players.

Josh Howard is the best perimeter defender on the Mavericks, but Suwan can make him disappear from his sight with just one pick-and-roll. If that doesn't work, then two pick-and-rolls...

This is the second weakest perimeter defense Suwan has faced since entering the playoffs, the first being the Cavaliers' wing.

If his statistics in the last game were a slight disadvantage against Nowitzki, then in this game, Nowitzki, who only had 18 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists but 5 turnovers, was not just a slight disadvantage when compared with him.

In his own words...he is not on the same level as Su Wan!

The reporter asked Suwan to comment on Artest's performance in this game.

Su Wan said: "What else is there to say? We have Indiana's own Dennis Rodman!"

Artest also said excitedly: "As long as it is a task assigned to me by the head coach, I will work hard to complete it. I believe in my ability and have the confidence to complete the head coach's task. The facts prove that I did a good job!"

Su Wan endured for a long time and finally managed to resist rolling his eyes at Artest.

Now he looks full of confidence again!
He really wanted to ask a question, but he didn't know who it was. When he heard that he was asked to defend Nowitzki, he looked worried, grabbed my hand and asked me if I could really do it.
Of course, Suwan understood why Artest was so worried.

We are trailing 0-1. If we lose one more game, and go to Dallas to face three away games with a score of 0-2, what's the difference between this and going to die?
In other words, the entire team placed all their hopes of survival on Artest, and the ostrich attribute that had not been seen for a long time broke out at that moment.

fine……

He withstood the pressure and became the perfect "x factor" - even though his final stats in this game were only 15 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

But anyone who watched the game knows how great his contribution is.

This was also reflected in the media news the next day.

All media covering yesterday's finals were surprised and shocked by Rick Carlisle's lineup change and Artest's effectiveness in limiting Dirk Nowitzki in the paint.

Bill Walton: "This is definitely one of the most amazing changes in the history of the Finals. Ron proved that this year's Defensive Player of the Year award should be his!"

Su Wan looked at the comments from the outside world and inexplicably felt that the atmosphere was a little familiar.

Then he remembered...

Oh no, man, we’re not going to end up being Stephen Curry, are we?
However, after careful analysis, he found that this possibility was not high.

First of all, he is the spokesperson for Nike.

Secondly, without LeBron on the other side, there is no such thing as the player who restricted LeBron making the greatest contribution and deserving of the Finals MVP award.

Another thing is that Artest was awesome at defending Nowitzki, but at the same time, Suwan broke down the Mavericks' wing on the offensive end alone, which was also an important reason why they were able to easily beat the Mavericks in the second game of the finals and win by more than 20 points!

In short, his situation is not going to become the next Stephen Curry.

"19 of 6 shots? So this kind of performance can make him the regular season MVP?"

"Everyone knows that the regular season MVP will not face one-on-one defense for the entire game and can't figure out a solution!"

"Obviously, Dirk Nowitzki still has a long way to go before he can win the regular season MVP!"

……

The NBA is a turn-based game, and this has been proven again.

After the Pacers tied the score, the Indiana media ridiculed Dirk Nowitzki for his poor performance in the second game.

Just judging from the reactions of the Dallas media and fans, they were not very anxious even though Nowitzki did not perform well and lost the second game of the finals.

Just as the Indiana media and fans are confident in Suwan, they also have great confidence in Nowitzki.

They were confident that Nowitzki could rebound strongly in Game 3 and push Artest back from the inside to the outside.

In their opinion, the ones who should be in real trouble are Suwan and the Pacers.

The Dallas media said confidently: "Suwan will hear the most horrible booing he has ever heard in his life, and he will never forget it!"

It turns out they weren’t exaggerating.

On the night of the game, when Suwan walked out of the visiting team's player tunnel, he was instantly drowned out by boos from the audience, and at the same time Suwan could hear a lot of racist swear words.

The fans in Dallas were clearly furious to the point of extreme anger.

Judging from the situation, even if Steve Nash came here, he would shudder.

Moreover, it can be seen that they were not trying to attract Su Wan's attention. When Su Wan looked at the fan who cursed the most fiercely, he even raised his fist towards Su Wan.

This shows how much these people hate Su Wan.

But amid the boos, Suwan still scored the team's first goal of the night with his signature mid-range shot in the first round. He did not forget to make a listening gesture while returning to defense, provoking all the Dallas fans in the audience.

This time the wave of racial discrimination has become even stronger.

But the moment Nowitzki caught the ball, the noise stopped instantly, and all the Mavericks fans looked at Nowitzki with anticipation, waiting for him to give a strong counterattack as they hoped, starting from the first ball.

Let everyone know that Artest is not the best solution to defend him.

But the result...

What they saw was that, just like in the previous game, in the confrontation, Nowitzki, who was beaten to pieces by Artest, threw the ball in a very stiff posture, making a "bang" sound.

"Snapped!"

O'Neal Jr. grabbed the rebound and passed it to Dio.

Dio moved forward and quickly found Su Wan.

Stackhouse's defense was timely, but Suwan changed his rhythm and jumped up early after approaching the basket, forcibly challenging his instantaneous explosive power. The former "Jordan's junior" was also known for his explosive power, but in this round, he jumped less than half the height of Suwan, and it was a pipe dream to want to stop Suwan.

"Bah!"

One-handed slam dunk.

It was Su Wan who scored 4 points in a row at the start.

It feels particularly familiar to Mavericks fans.

Jason Terry knew very well that if he continued like this, it would just become a "replay" of the previous game. He decided to try to open up the situation from his own point and rescue Nowitzki who was locked down by Artest.

"Shh!"

Don’t worry, he actually got in.

There was an immediate burst of cheers at the scene.

Rick Carlisle did not make any changes to his lineup.

He doesn't believe Terry can completely replace Nowitzki's role.

If he could really "single-handedly save the team", he would not have been abandoned by the Hawks in Atlanta that year.

Just a few rounds proved that there was no problem with Rick Carlisle's judgment.

After making this three-pointer, Terry took two consecutive shots, both of which ended in misses.

The "Jet" is also considered a famous "nervous knife" in the league.

To save the Mavericks, it still depends on Nowitzki.

But he...

"Snapped!"

It's not possible at all!

This time Dirk changed his playing style, receiving the ball directly outside the three-point line, and then while getting close to Artest, he took "slow three steps" to rush towards the basket. O'Neal Jr. was guarding the basket and slapped him in the face, making him lose his temper.

Cool!
O'Neal finally got revenge for the humiliation he suffered in previous games.

The pace of the game quickly fell into the hands of the Pacers again, 111 to 98, and they finally reversed the score with a difference of 13 points.

2 is better than 1!

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