Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 219 Is this something remarkable?
The league officially announced the best lineup of this season:
"The best team: Suwan, Kobe, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Yao Ming;"

"Best Second Team: Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade, Paul Pierce, Pau Gasol, Dwight Howard;"

"Best Third Team: Deron Williams, LeBron James, Carlos Boozer, Dirk Nowitzki, Amar'e Stoudemire;"

Best defensive team:
"The best defensive team: Suwan, Kobe, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Dwight Howard;"

"Best Defensive Second Team: Ron Artest, Kirilenko, Raja Bell, Shane Battier, Chris Paul;"

The Pacers had three players selected to the All-NBA or All-Defensive teams last year.

This year, the number has dropped sharply to 1.

This actually shows what the Pacers have experienced this season.

However, it was the first time in Suwan's career that he was selected to the "First Team and First Team Defense" in the same season, which brought some comfort to Indiana.

Irene asks Suwan how he feels about this.

Su Wan said: "Is this something extraordinary?"

Irene smiled. Indeed, compared with the "three consecutive championships" dynasty, this honor was not worth mentioning.

Being selected for both the First Team and the First Team Defense shows that this player can have an impact on the game on both offense and defense this season, which is proof of his presence on the court.

But the influence on the court that this thing can prove is completely incomparable to the "three consecutive finals MVPs".

The difficulty is not at the same level at all.

Let’s put it this way, if “First Team and First Defense” represents the current media opinion of LeBron James, then “three consecutive championships” is the current media opinion of Su Wan…

With the announcement of the "Best Team", the results of the four Western Conference playoff matchups have gradually come out. Except for the game between the Spurs and the Mavericks, there were no major surprises in the other matchups, including the Jazz vs. the Suns, which should have been the most similar teams in strength.

The energetic Jazz easily eliminated the Suns 4-1.

Kirilenko shined in this series. Facing the highly mobile Suns team, he fully utilized his static physical talents. Various timely backup defenses made it difficult for the Suns' three-point shooting to find its feel.

For the Suns, who regard three-pointers as the lifeline of their entire tactics, not being able to shoot three-pointers is a real headache.

At times like this, the Suns will expose their weak defensive capabilities.

The Jazz relied on the pick-and-roll of the "New Utah Duo" to penetrate the entire Suns' defense. The Suns were defeated step by step, and the score was widened at the beginning of the fourth quarter in almost every game.

Steve Nash had no way to deal with Deron Williams' strong physique.

Fortunately, they could rely on pick-and-roll on the offensive end to find the problem of Deron Williams' slow legs and feet and give him a taste of his own medicine. Otherwise, Deron Williams would have been "eating, sleeping, beating Paul and beating Nash".

The two players' statistics in this series are:
Deron Williams averaged 18.2 points and 10 assists per game; Steve Nash averaged 16.8 points and 8 assists per game.

Nash was at a slight disadvantage, but not to the extent of being crushed.

In fact, as players of the same type, Stoudemire and Boozer have similar statistics.

小斯4场比赛20.6分10篮板，布泽尔18.8分8篮板。

The Jazz won on defense, while the Suns lost because they failed to open up the three-point shooting.

In 5 games, the Suns' best three-point shooting was 25 of 11, and this game was also the only game they won.

In other games, their three-point shooting percentage was below 30%.

The worst one was only 20%!

After this series, D'Antoni announced his resignation as head coach of the Suns.

It’s not that he wanted to leave, but the newly appointed general manager Steve Kerr gave him an ultimatum.

This is also done to give D'Antoni some dignity.

Some media believe that the Suns' "Fast and Furious" era will come to an end: "Phoenix's most glorious period in the 00s is over!"

The Jazz will face the Lakers in the second round.

Therefore, on the night when the Suns were eliminated, the Jazz players all looked very serious at the press conference. Deron Williams said: "The war has just begun!"

It was the Lakers who eliminated the Jazz in the playoffs last season.

This time they met in the semifinals. Although they were stronger, the Jazz players were still eager for revenge.

As for the Lakers, they eliminated the Warriors 4-0 early on and are waiting in the semifinals.

Interestingly, when the Warriors once again entered the Western Conference playoffs at the last minute as the eighth seed in the Western Conference, the entire Golden State was boiling.

After all, if you really want to say it, the final record of this Lakers team was "only" 70 wins, which is only 5 more wins than the Mavericks last season.

Is this a big deal?

We have done it against the 65-win Mavericks, so we should also have the confidence that we can beat the 70-win Lakers!
Before the playoffs officially started, the Golden State media generally had this fantasy.

Of course, with the first game over, the Golden State Warriors returned to reality.

120 to 100…

The Warriors kept scoring, but the Lakers also kept scoring. Yao Ming, Kobe and Pau Gasol scored a total of 80 points in a single game, which directly confused the Warriors.

Basketball is not a one-person sport, it is a three-person sport...

Whether it's Kobe or Yao Ming, the Warriors have no one who can limit them.

As for Pau Gasol…

If he was the only one standing on the court, he could be restricted, but the current situation is that Yao Ming and Kobe are standing next to him, so it is difficult to restrict him.

They can't limit these three people. The Golden State media is not the Cleveland media who deceive themselves with all kinds of fantasies all day long. They know they can't win.

The final result also proved this, a 4-0 sweep.

The Hornets encountered some setbacks in the game against the Nuggets, but eventually eliminated the Nuggets 4-2.

After this round of series, the title of "the strongest 183cm on the planet" officially moved from Allen Iverson to Chris Paul.

After two seasons together, the Nuggets were still eliminated in the first round, and news came from the Nuggets that they wanted to trade Allen Iverson. It would be fine if the team's performance did not improve, but the problem now is... Carmelo Anthony was led further and further astray by him, and he also followed Allen Iverson in getting a "grooved" hairstyle, which made him look like a slightly larger Allen Iverson.

This was definitely not what the Nuggets management had in mind at the beginning.

In order to prevent things from getting worse, the Nuggets management believed that they had to "cut the Gordian knot."

When Su Wan saw the news, he realized that the "idol" he once admitted to himself was at a crossroads in his career. But "Answer" himself obviously didn't know about this.

The day after the game, reporters photographed Allen Iverson attending a gang party, with Carmelo Anthony following beside him, looking like a driver.

Just from this one scene, Su Wan knew that it was enough to be the last straw that broke the camel's back!
The "Mavericks-Spurs War" between the Mavericks and the Spurs can be regarded as a classic series in the NBA playoffs. Tim Duncan and Nowitzki were the "four major forwards" in the early 00s, and their peak periods almost overlapped.

Both of them are representatives of one person and one city, but their fates are completely opposite:

As soon as Tim Duncan joined the team, he had the assistance of the "big brother", and he was already a "max-level player" when he entered the league, so he easily won the first championship trophy in his career, and then the second and third.

But Nowitzki didn't realize his dream until the 13th year of his career.

When he first joined the Mavericks, there were only three or four players who could play, and Nelson was still doing various scientific researches, and the team had not yet gathered its fighting power. The entire Mavericks team almost gradually became a strong team in the West with his growth!
Another difference is that Nowitzki had experienced various "overcoming the strong" situations by being "black eight" and "black six". Before he officially won the championship in 11, he was always labeled as a "softie".

But in fact, Tim Duncan has been defeated by the underdogs in the playoffs just as many times as him. During the Tim Duncan era, the Spurs experienced being defeated by the "Black 6", "Black 7" and "Black 8".

Including this time, Nowitzki led the Mavericks to successfully defeat the Spurs.

But no one says Tim Duncan is a wimp!

Ok……

For someone like Tim Duncan, who won the championship in the second year of his debut and led the team to win the championship in 03, it is indeed impossible to call him a "softie".

From this we can see how important winning a championship is to a player's reputation...

Of course, there are also those who won the "championship" but whose reputation is getting worse and worse!

“Black 6” also appeared in the West!
After the Mavericks defeated the Spurs 4-2, the second round of the Western Conference matchup was officially announced:

Lakers vs. Jazz, Mavericks vs. Hornets.

What’s interesting about the Eastern Conference is that the Pacers easily defeated the Cavaliers by defeating the stronger team.

The other three matches were all tough battles.

The most tense series was the one that no one expected, the Celtics, ranked first in the Eastern Conference, versus the Hawks, ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference.

Because of Yi Jianlian, domestic fans are also paying close attention to this series.

Originally they thought the Hawks were bound to lose, so they hoped Yi Jianlian could perform well in his limited playing time.

The final result was completely opposite to what they expected...

The Hawks did not lose ground to the Celtics from the beginning, but instead fought back and forth with their opponents.

If we lose this game, we will win it back in the next one.

Unfortunately, Yi Jianlian did not do anything impressive in the limited 10 minutes of playing time.

Yi Jianlian played a total of 76 games in the regular season. He averaged 23 points and 13 rebounds per game, playing for 8.6 minutes and 4.3 seconds, showing great impact and "second offense" ability.

Unfortunately, in the more intense playoffs, and perhaps because of facing Kevin Garnett and Perkins, Yi Jianlian did not show these two aspects.

Only 2.5 points and 1.5 rebounds per game.

His playing time was also reduced to around 10 minutes.

The only thing that made domestic fans excited was that in the confrontation with Kevin Garnett, facing Garnett's rough push, he did not show any fear, but pushed back directly.

This tough attitude still satisfies domestic fans.

The Eagles head coach was also very satisfied with his attitude.

You can practice the skills slowly and adapt to the intensity slowly, but this temper is innate.

There are really not many rookies who can show their attitude when facing Kevin Garnett. Yi Jianlian's performance made the Hawks head coach take notice.

Thanks to the tough attitude of the entire team, the Atlanta Hawks even dragged the series to the seventh game before ultimately losing.

But for this team composed mostly of newcomers, this result is enough for them to end the season with their heads held high.

Domestic media asked Yi Jianlian about his rating for his rookie season.

Alian's "bass" voice is very recognizable: "60 points, barely passing, there is still a lot to improve in the summer, I hope I can play better next season!"

You can tell from the look on his face when he answers questions that he is a pragmatic child.

This kind of character also makes him always very diligent and focused on training.

Among the Chinese men's basketball team, if we only talk about diligence, even if Yi Jianlian is not the first, he is definitely in the top three!

The Celtics got the result, and the other two tense games in the Eastern Conference had just ended two days before them.

The Pistons eventually eliminated the Nets 4-2. Shaquille O'Neal performed very well, averaging 22.8 points, 10.2 rebounds and 2 blocks in the first five games. He was exhausted in the last game and only got 12 points and 6 rebounds.

The Nets also lost their lethality in the interior and ultimately failed to drag the game into the seventh game of the series.

The few New Jersey fans sighed heavily after watching this game. In their opinion, it was time for the Nets to rebuild. The aging Kidd and Shaq could not bring any hope to the team.

The Pistons made it to the semifinals.

Two years later, Su Wan met the Pistons again.

However, of the “Five Tigers” back then, only “Four Tigers” are left.

As the Pacers travel to Detroit to prepare for the first game of the semifinals.

The final matchup in the Eastern Conference also had its final result. The Magic defeated the Heat in 6 games and advanced to the semifinals, where they faced the Celtics, the first team in the Eastern Conference. This matchup had a very eye-catching highlight:

Kevin Garnett and Dwight Howard are both strong contenders for this year's "Defensive Player of the Year Award."

Outsiders believe that this year's award is more suspenseful than the regular season MVP.

Howard believes: "No one deserves this award more than me!"

Kevin Garnett believes: "The Celtics' record speaks for itself!"

In the end, Garnett easily defeated Howard with a huge advantage of 44%.

The media in Orlando were very upset to see this result. They thought Howard lost mainly because of his seniority. Howard thought so too. The "top inside jumper" who won the league's dunk contest with a "superman dunk" was very upset that he did not win the award.

This round of series suddenly became more tense.

Of course, when it comes to tension, the matchup between the Pistons and the Pacers is the most tense.

The "chokehold" that year left the entire Detroit media speechless, and then Suwan won the championship for three consecutive years, which made them only able to silently recite this account in their hearts.

Now, the Pacers have not escaped the fate of previous "dynasties" and have been defeated!

This season they are only ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference!

Such a record, tut tut tut...

It's time for our Pistons to take revenge!

what?
You said that the Pacers' ability to defeat the Cavaliers by "overcoming the strong" already shows their ability?

Haha~
When did LeBron, that "useless snack", ever beat Suwan?

It's normal for him to lose, it's abnormal for him to win!

Just wait and see, the Pistons will expose the Pacers' true colors as the sixth-place team in the Eastern Conference, and their Detroit media and fans will severely humiliate Suwan and the Pacers!

Game day.

Zach Randolph walked out of the visiting player tunnel of the Palace of Auburn Hills with his Pacers teammates, and was startled by the boos that filled the venue. Then he realized that the boos were all directed at Suwan.

He took the opportunity to say something sarcastic: "Su Wan, why do you feel like the fans in every city hate you?"

This is true in Cleveland and in the Palace of Auburn Hills.

Su Wan glanced at him and said, "Why? You are always disliked by the home team's fans. Do you think this is embarrassing?"

Randolph was speechless for a moment, but Su Wan had no intention of letting him go: "For a player like you who has never played in the second round of the playoffs, fans of other teams can't wait to love you, so how could they hate you? They wish the whole league was full of players like you, so how many championships would they win..."

"Su, I was wrong!"

Randolph listened to these responses that stabbed at his heart, and finally he couldn't bear it anymore and raised his hands in surrender.

He shouldn't have provoked Su Wan just because he thought of something naughty.

Apparently he didn't realize the real problem...

It is well known that if Beibei releases a diss song, no matter how he plays with the rhymes, he will only be defeated.

"Come on, guys. It's the first game of the semifinals. Don't treat the Pistons as weaklings like the Cavaliers and LeBron. Cheer up. And you, Zach, you're a rookie playing in the semifinals for the first time. I allow you to be nervous, but you better make fewer stupid mistakes!"

Although Randolph raised his hands in surrender, Su Wan still singled him out and scolded him at the beginning of the game.

Randolph has no fxxk to say.

Although he entered the league in 01, as Suwan said, he only played in the playoffs twice in his entire career, and his best result was only reaching the 7th game in the first round and then being eliminated.

Tonight is his first time touching the semi-final floor.

However, Rick Carlisle got inspiration from the first round of the playoffs. As long as Randolph can play enough offense in the interior, the opponent will naturally shrink the defense. At that point, Suwan can easily complete the 1v1 whether facing Billups, Hamilton, or Prince.

therefore……

Although it is the first time to play in the second round of the playoffs, Zach Randolph is under a lot of pressure.

The good news is that in the first attack, Zach Randolph successfully scored at the basket.

Although the Pistons quickly added Antonio McDyess after Ben Wallace left, as the old saying goes, "you get what you pay for", McDyess is really no match for Ben Wallace. He and Rasheed Wallace could not form a tacit understanding between the "double Wallaces", and he also did not have good enough one-on-one defense or backup defense capabilities.

So much so that Zach Randolph kept holding the ball under the basket, and the Pistons had to use a double-team tactic...

Zach Randolph's passing ability was very good later, averaging 2 to 3 assists per game, and many of his assists came from passing the ball after being double-teamed.

But now he still has a lot of abilities that need to be improved, including passing ability.

Whether in the Trail Blazers or the New York Knicks, passing the ball is not an option for him after getting the ball. He mainly plays the "lone wolf" mode with only the basket in his eyes.

Rick Carlisle has been training him since he first came to the Pacers two months ago, but the effect has not been apparent so quickly. He has a lot of bad habits.

Finally, the playoffs are about to begin, and he has not yet developed the ability to pass the ball enough to deal with frequent double-teams.

Rick Carlisle had no choice but to arrange "tactical points" and arrange players to provide support when he really couldn't see his teammates.

In this case, there is definitely no chance of launching a direct attack.

But the purpose of attracting double-teaming and forcing the opponent's defense to shrink was achieved!

Su Wan played very easily and calmly on the outside.

Especially when he and Prince are not on the same side, often a "quick stop jump shot" can leave the Pistons with no way out.

The Pistons' inside players simply had no way of immediately defending when Randolph was standing under the basket.

if that is the case……

Suwan will instantly find Zach Randolph under the basket and assist him to complete the "turnaround hook shot"!
Barkley finally discovered: "Su Wan's vision now seems to be better than before?"

Kenny Smith nodded: "It's normal. This is already the fourth season of his career. He plays so many games every year. With his speed of improvement... WOW, Suwan's pass is a great shot!"

Kenny Smith was not surprised at first, because many veterans in this league did not have much passing ability when they were young, but after playing more games, their passing skills have improved.

There are only so many basketball systems, and although each team has different focuses on their running positions, the landing positions are pretty much the same. After playing many games, you will know where to look for teammates.

This is why veterans rarely make mistakes...

But just as he was speaking, Suwan suddenly made a "no-look pass" while moving, and beautifully passed the ball to Anthony Parker on the wing, assisting him to complete the "fatal three-pointer".

This kind of pass cannot be accomplished with experience alone.

This requires enough space for imagination.

Actually...

Being able to deliver such an assist was thanks to his improved vision. Suwan caught a glimpse of Anthony Parker's jersey flashing past the corner of his eye.

A "tile" with good vision can see the enemy and shoot by relying on a tiny change in pixels.

Players with good vision can also use just a glimpse of their figure to capture the open positions of their teammates at the first moment.

Of course, Su Wan’s current vision ability is not that amazing.

However, it was enough for him to have a flash of inspiration and occasionally complete a "no-look pass" that amazed TNT at a certain time.

This leaves the Pistons coaching staff scratching their heads.

It was difficult to defend Suwan, and they could only use his poor vision and passing ability to leave teammates who were not on the same side as Suwan open and double-team them. But now he can occasionally find teammates in open positions on different sides and complete timely passes.

It can be said that Suwan has completely completed the class leap in terms of technology, and now he has all the qualities to become a "historical forward-guard swingman."

Coupled with Zach Randolph's double-teaming in the paint, Suwan became even more unscrupulous. By the third quarter, Suwan had already scored 21 points and 5 assists.

Don't think that the score doesn't seem like much.

Although the defensive ability of the "Pistons Big Four" is not as good as that of the "Pistons Big Five", they are definitely a strong defensive team in the league.

Moreover, Su Wan has not yet opened "The Zone", and his performance is entirely based on his personal ability...

Well, the main reason was that he was in very good shape tonight.

As his body control ability is almost reaching 90%!

On nights when he was in good form, he was already in a "pseudo The zone", reaching about 80% of the strength of "normal The zone". As for the "The zone at full power" mode, the difference was a bit too much.

The main reason is that he can't have the 100% control over his body that he has in the "full power The zone" mode...

Even so, with the help of Randolph, there was no pressure at all to deal with the "Four Tigers of the Pistons".

Of course, this is what he is thinking now.

In the first game of the series, the Pacers maintained their strong performance against the Cavaliers in the first round, defeating the Pistons by 107 points, 93-14.

扎克-兰多夫砍下19分11篮板，苏万砍下35分6篮板6助攻，多少有点“小勒布朗”的味道。

The only difference is that Suwan never suddenly passes the ball when there are less than three or four seconds left in 24 seconds.

At that time, the best way for a player like Su Wan is to attract the opponent's inside defense, take a mid-range shot, and make an assist!
In this way, even if the shot is not made, the probability of the "2-on-1" teammates grabbing the rebound will greatly increase. Even if there is no chance of "second attack" after grabbing the "offensive rebound", the offensive time returns to 24 seconds and the offense can be reorganized.

Isn't this more reliable than passing the buck to teammates and letting them take a random three-pointer?

such a pity!
LeBron can't play like this.

Firstly, he doesn’t have a stable mid-range shot and doesn’t dare to take a mid-range shot; secondly, you know... James is a very "efficient person" and he won’t shoot such an inefficient ball. As for who will shoot, don’t ask, anyway, the game will end with the shooting percentage. James tried his best, CBA!

I thought we had found a way to win the first game of the series, and that we would win the entire series easily.

But in the end, the Pistons showed their resilience and the foundation of a team that once won the championship...

They quickly adjusted their defensive approach against Zach Randolph, using Wallace and Antonio to double-team him in the paint, blocking him at the last moment so that he couldn't shoot, and fighting with him the entire time to drain his energy.

After playing for a bad team for so many years, Randolph's lazy side was revealed. He began to choose inefficient long-range shots to solve his shooting problems. There were all kinds of "clang clang clang" sounds of missing the ball, and the basket was almost crooked by him.

The Pacers also entered the second half of the second game of the series, trailing by 43 points, 47-4, in the first half.

Su Wan returned to the visiting team's locker room and scolded Randolph harshly: "If you can't play in the basket, just sit on the bench. Does this team need a shooter like you? Paul, you go!"

Millsap became the starting inside player in the second half, but his touch was not very good tonight. As for his other special skill, the "second attack" after grabbing a rebound, he was fooled by the "old fox" Rasheed Wallace and had no chance to fight back.

The Pacers trailed by 5 points entering the fourth quarter.

Unable to bear being on the bench, Randolph habitually bowed his head to Su Wan: "Su, let me play in the fourth quarter! I will definitely grit my teeth and go to the basket, and I will never shoot again!"

In addition, he was surprised to find that he could not stand the feeling of sitting on the sidelines and watching his teammates chasing points. He felt that this was too uncomfortable and he wanted to go on the court to help the team.
Su Wan nodded and said in a cold tone: "It's better, Zach, this is not the regular season, this is the playoffs, this is a battlefield, don't be like a coward and just think about hiding!"

Then Randolph, who sat on the bench for the entire third quarter, came on in the fourth.

It is true that because he did not play in the entire third quarter, his condition was not very good in the beginning and he missed shots repeatedly, but his ruthlessness in wanting physical contact made Rasheed Wallace grit his teeth.

Whether it was him or Antonio, one of them alone could not hold him down.

In this way, Randolph still played the role of shrinking the inside line.

Suwan started to play, scoring 6 points in the last 10 minutes to tie the score. Unfortunately, in the last 3 seconds, Billups made a buzzer-beater with a 3-pointer, and the Pistons finally held on to the rest of the home court.

After two games, the score was 1-1.
After the game, Randolph took the initiative to reflect: "I was cowardly. This is the main reason why the Pacers lost. The Pacers lost this game because of me. I need to review my own attitude. This is a battlefield. I can't be a deserter!"

His self-examination shocked the entire New York media the next day...

Oh my god!
Is this really Zach Randolph?

Even Portland was filled with exclamations.

They really want to know who is on Randolph's body!
How could this "bad guy" be such a responsible man?
impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
The Indiana media was also shocked by Zach Randolph's transformation. Could it be that... this is really the "City of Redemption"?
Randolph: I don’t know whether he can be saved or not, but it’s really uncomfortable to sit on the bench!
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