Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 257: 60 plus... Is this really the end of Su Wan’s game?

Su Wan didn't see the end.

I really can’t eat anymore.

The Heat's game is really fun to watch!
I ate three sandwiches in a row and ordered a McDonald's.

Finally, in order to help digest the food, he had an in-depth conversation with Ivanka in her study.

When he turned off the TV, the score between the two teams was 63 to 72, with the Heat trailing by 9 points.

The next morning, Suwan flipped through the sports section of the New York Times. The headline read: "LeBron returns to help Atlanta Hawks beat Heat 98-88 in an 'upset' victory."

What a wicked title!

Su Wan took a special look at the data of the players of both teams.

Especially the Heat:

韦德17投7中，三分球3投1中，罚球6罚4中，全场砍下了19分6篮板5助攻；

勒布朗-詹姆斯20投8中，三分球3投1中，罚球3罚3中，全场砍下了20分7篮板7助攻6失误；

克里斯-波什14投5中，三分球4投0中，罚球2罚2中，全场拿到了12分1篮板2盖帽；

……

Well, it’s the Heat team that Su Wan remembered.

Especially Chris Bosh.

He was so fierce before that Su Wan almost didn’t recognize him.

It’s LeBron again. One game brought him back to his original form!
Su Wan went online to take a look at the media's comments on the game. There was nothing surprising about it, only ridicule.

Previously, the Miami media called LeBron's debut "The league has officially reached its finale!"

Barkley responded immediately after the game: "I don't know whether the league will end or not, but now it seems that Miami should be the finale!"

Bill Walton said: "This game clearly shows us that 1 plus 1 plus 1 is never equal to 3 on the basketball court. Whether the players' styles are compatible is really a very important thing!"

Shaquille O'Neal reiterated his point: "You can always trust LeBron, he will never disappoint you when it comes to disappointing you!"

The Cleveland Plain Dealer said: "LeBron is capable, but his ability is limited to a lineup that is completely centered around him. He cannot adapt to others, which has been proven in Cleveland!"

In addition to these familiar faces, countless media people have emerged.

The rain is coming...

But Su Wan knew that the bigger one was yet to come.

NBA is a round-based game. Even if LeBron loses a game, as long as he wins the next one, his reputation will immediately change.

By that time, most of these critical voices will turn into praise for the Heat.

LeBron also knew this clearly, so after losing his debut, he was not too panicked, but changed from "confidence" before the game to "humility": "We still need some time to run in, but I believe that everything will be fine! We will play to our full potential!"

Wade supports LeBron: "We all know his strength. This is not just his difficulty, but the difficulty of all the players on our Heat. We will overcome it together. I firmly believe in this!"

Spoelstra repeated what he said before the game: "He hasn't played in a long time, and there was a lack of running-in before. We need some time. One game can't prove anything."

Suwan went to Madison Square Garden in the afternoon and was also asked about LeBron's poor debut and his post-game remarks. Suwan said: "It's good to have confidence, and what he said makes sense, but the key is... can they really get along well?"

Su Wan's words came true.

The Heat soon faced the second game of the "Big Three" together. They faced the Lakers at home, but lost again by 2 points with a score of 93 to 102, suffering a "two-game losing streak."

In this game, Wade and LeBron once again made meaningless passes to each other, and the team was not decisive in attacking when there were offensive opportunities.

In addition, Chris Bosh once again had 2 rebounds in a single game, which caused heated discussion.

You should know that before LeBron returned, Bosh averaged 10.8 rebounds per game, ranking 7th in the league's average rebounding list.

But after LeBron returned, he averaged only 1.5 rebounds per game...

The contrast is indeed too great.

And Chris Bosh's average rebounds per game have declined in more than just his average rebounds per game.

His scoring in these two games was only 12.5 points per game, which was 30 points less than his average score in the first 10 games of this season.

This is a very exaggerated "shrinkage"!
And it all started with LeBron’s return.

ABC commentator Hubie Brown said during the game commentary: "LeBron's return will have the greatest impact on Chris Bosh!"

Mitchell, Bosh's former mentor who won the "Coach of the Season" award with Chris Bosh, also said: "The Heat are not letting Chris Bosh be himself now. In order to make LeBron play comfortably, they have completely sacrificed Chris Bosh. Please respect Chris. He was ranked 7th in the league on the regular season MVP list that year. He is no worse than anyone else!"

Amidst the heated discussions and support for Bosh, the Heat faced the Thunder on the road. Kevin Durant scored 40 points, and in the final moments, he made consecutive mid-range and three-point shots at a 45-degree angle against LeBron, helping the team to a 109-point victory with a score of 95 to 14.

After this wave of "three consecutive losses", some Miami media could no longer sit still. They began to denounce Spoelstra, believing that he did not know how to use the "Big Three".

At first, only a few media outlets said so, but in just two days, a huge momentum was formed, and these media outlets demanded that Pat Riley come out.

Riley is such a smart guy, he knows very well that someone is causing trouble.

As for who it is...

He just had to wait.

Sure enough, Wade and LeBron knocked on his office door that night.

When Wade came in, he was a little timid, and looked at LeBron from time to time. LeBron looked calm, but he didn't dare to look Pat Riley in the eye.

Just by looking at it, Pat Riley knew:
LeBron came up with the idea, but Wade was instigated by him, and Wade will be the next to speak...

What a disaster!

Pat Riley's eyes narrowed.

Wade also spoke up at this time: "Pa, Pat, why don't you come coach? I think you have more experience and can definitely make all three of us perform well."

After he finished speaking, Pat Riley didn't rush to speak, just looked at him.

Wade felt like he had failed a high school class and was being stared at by his teacher. He unconsciously twisted his neck and poked LeBron with his arm, signaling him to continue talking.

But in the end LeBron didn't say anything.

"Leave now and I can pretend this never happened."

Pat Riley spoke, his voice was very soft, but it exploded in Wade's mind like a thunder. He walked out as if he was escaping, and pulled LeBron out with him.

"No, why didn't you speak just now!"

Wade looked at LeBron with a look of resentment on his face.

LeBron glanced at him, said nothing, but said in his heart:
Coward!

He had never seen such a cowardly team leader.

He was actually scolded like this by the team's general manager.

It really brings shame to the title of "the team's star player".

He had heard early on that Wade was afraid of Pat Riley, but he never expected that Wade was afraid to this extent!
It seems that the only one who really has the final say on this team is Pat Riley.

In this case, it is impossible to change the coach. If he wants to seize power, he can only find another way.

The Heat are currently experiencing a "three-game losing streak" and the outside world is full of doubts, especially about LeBron, who accounts for 7% of the doubts. But Rich Paul told LeBron that this is a crisis as well as an opportunity. As long as Spoelstra is removed, no matter which head coach comes back, even if it is Pat Riley, the team's tactical system cannot remain unchanged.

At that time, LeBron will have the opportunity to have more say.

Right now Spoelstra is trying to get the entire team to play with him, but it is within a limited scope. Wade is still the main body of the team.

The trump card tactic is for Wade to break through with the ball and then attack by himself, or pass the ball to Chris Bosh and David Lee.

Fortunately, he has a good relationship with Wade. Wade always takes his thoughts into consideration and is always looking for opportunities for him.

But as the team lost more and more games, Spoelstra became more and more determined to execute the original tactics. After three consecutive losses, he even talked to Wade. No one knew what he said to Wade, and Wade didn't tell him either.

LeBron, feeling something was wrong, had no choice but to take the initiative and fire Spoelstra.

It’s a pity that this is the Heat, not the Cavaliers.

If he were on the Cavaliers, he would just make a phone call and the team would have a new head coach reporting in the next day.

Here he can only rely on Wade.

Turns out Wade is a wimp!

He can only continue to wait for the opportunity.

But according to the current play style...

He was really beaten very hard!
Not to mention putting up dazzling statistics, it is difficult to maintain the data of "20 plus 5 plus 5".

As for winning...

He doesn’t even know how to play the game now, how is he going to win?
But what LeBron didn't expect was that after the training that day, Spoelstra took the initiative to talk to him: "Man, I hope you can put more energy into perimeter defense. You have such talent, I believe you can do this well!"

LeBron was struck by lightning when he heard this.

In his opinion, this meant that he had to transform himself into a "blue-collar worker"!

No, impossible, absolutely impossible!
He said to Spoelstra: "Man, I respect you very much. You are one of the best head coaches in the league in my heart. What I want to say is, can you try to completely revolve around me? I have experience in leading a team to win."

Spoelstra was silent for a while and then said, "LeBron, I know you are very capable. Let's get the feeling of winning back first, and then talk about other things. Believe me, I will find the best way to use you!"

LeBron was obviously unhappy. He turned around and left without even saying hello.

What he didn't know was that Spoelstra had actually contacted Pat Riley, and he also had the idea of ​​playing a few games with LeBron as the complete core.

But it was rejected by Pat Riley.

"This is not fair to Dwyane..."

Spoelstra was stunned for a moment. He didn't think his teacher was such an emotional person.

Then Pat Riley said:
"The Cavaliers have played with LeBron as the core for so many years, and what is the result?"

"Didn't he come to Miami after all?"

"and……"

"I don't think we can do him any better than the Cavaliers!"

Spoelstra understood now.

Pat Riley is afraid that his efforts will be in vain.

"Let him focus on the defensive end first. We'll see his attitude and then decide how to use him later!" Pat Riley gave the solution.

Spoelstra watched LeBron walk away angrily and shook his head slightly.

He knew very well what kind of personality his teacher had.

This is probably a test for LeBron. If LeBron is unwilling to invest on the defensive end, then Pat Riley's back-up will definitely be terrifying.

He has so many ways to suppress players!

LeBron better behave himself...

But unfortunately, the Heat lost the next game again, and LeBron became increasingly aggressive on the offensive end, dribbling the ball for a long time with his hands and directing his teammates to move.

It can be seen that he is really working hard to lead the team.

However, his playing style after returning to the Cavaliers turned Chris Bosh into a "high-post turret" squatting in the corner and Wade into a "spot shooter" on the wing.

The two people's skills were wasted by 70% to 80%.

The remaining David Lee and others are even worse off, having become "blue-collar workers" directly.

The ability of this lineup cannot compare to that of the Cavaliers.

More importantly, LeBron did not play in the previous two months. This was strictly his fourth game and his condition was not very good.

Pat Riley also saw this and asked LeBron to focus on the defensive end.

Through active fighting, we slowly regained our form on the court and put up a better performance on the offensive end.

But LeBron was unwilling to follow the path he arranged.

The Heat suffered a "4-game losing streak" and they haven't won a single game since the New Year.

Pat Riley watched the game in his office. Looking at LeBron who was doing his own thing, he said, "We can't delay it any longer. There are only two more games at most. If he still plays like this, I will tell him my decision!"

Spoelstra received a call from Pat Riley on his way back to Miami, with a tone of determination he had never heard before.

He knew the teacher was angry.

He turned his head to look at LeBron, who just looked up. Their eyes met and LeBron lowered his head again, like a 5-year-old kid who was angry about not getting a cookie.

What else can Spoelstra say?

Besides sighing...

LeBron had no idea what was coming.

The next day, Su Wan also learned about the Heat's "four-game losing streak", which surprised him a little.

The original "Big Three" did go through a period of adjustment in the early stages, and it is true that their performance once fell below 50%, but it wasn't that outrageous, right?
Can't win a single game?
Then he figured it out. When the "Big Three" were working together, other teams were also working together. Therefore, sometimes they would encounter teams with worse chemistry, and they would be able to defeat them with their personal abilities.

But it's already January.

The league's teams have completed all the necessary integration.

Their luck is still bad, as almost all of the teams in January were from the top eight in the East and West.

There is another reason. Last season, LeBron was eliminated as the "black eight". He went fishing in early May and was suspended for 5 games. He did not play until the end of 30, which is equivalent to a 2010-month "vacuum period". Now his condition needs to be adjusted, and with the addition of running-in, it will be even more of a mess.

From this point of view, a “4-game losing streak” is normal.

The only pity is that the New York Knicks failed to take advantage of this opportunity to overtake the Heat.

Stephen Curry suffered an ankle sprain in his first game in early January, and then Gallinari also suffered a shoulder injury. The team suddenly lost two main players, and the Knicks played four consecutive away games with a result of 1 win and 4 losses.

In the next game, they finally returned to their home court and faced the Dallas Mavericks, the third-place team in the Western Conference. However, since Curry and Gallinari could not return, many media outside the court said, "The New York Knicks' unbeaten home record this season will be broken by the Mavericks!" The Dallas media was very excited, and Cuban said, "This is the only thing the Knicks can brag about this season, but it will soon be ended by the Dallas Mavericks!"

Suwan faces a test with the New York Knicks.

On the same day, the Miami Heat played their fifth game of January at their home stadium. Before January, the Heat had never suffered a "two-game losing streak", let alone a "four-game losing streak". The atmosphere at the entire home stadium was at its lowest point.

Wade was eager to get the atmosphere back to where it was before.

If you are watching these two games, you will find that Wade's eyes are very similar to Madison Square Garden and Suwan's eyes.

The atmosphere at Madison Square Garden is much better than that in Miami.

The main reason is that the New York Knicks' record this season has improved a lot compared to last season. Such a result was unexpected by no one before the start of the season. Even the New York media said that even with Suwan, it would be a success if they could enter the playoffs this year.

The result is not just the playoffs, New York can aspire to something higher this year.

The results that exceeded expectations made New York fans extremely optimistic.

Although they still have some regrets in their hearts, the New York Knicks' "home undefeated" record will be ended tonight...

But there was no way around it. The Mavericks' characteristic was that their offensive firepower was too strong, and their players were all shooting types, not the type that Artest was good at defending. Plus, with two injured players from the New York Knicks, they couldn't defend or attack, so it was really hard to win this game.

Even if they have Su Wan...

But Barkley looked at Su Wan and said for no reason: "Kenny, maybe we will witness a miracle tonight!"

Kenny Smith said: "Even if Suwan scored 50 points today, it would be difficult for the Knicks to win!"

This season, the Mavericks averaged 100 points per game, with 10 players averaging more than 5 points per game and 9 players averaging more than 6 points per game. The New York Knicks have no defense and do not have enough firepower points. It is really difficult to rely on Suwan alone.

He also had a feeling that Su Wan would be a high scorer tonight.

But he should join the "empty cut group".

Barkley asked mysteriously, "What if it's more than 50 points?"

Kenny Smith rolled his eyes: "Charles, did anyone say that? You're like a charlatan!"

Barkley: “…”

The big screen on site showed the lineups of both sides:
"New York Knicks: Felton at No. 1, Suwan at No. 2, Artest at No. 3, Turiaf at No. 4, Tyson Chandler at No. 5!"

Even Bill Walton said: "The New York Knicks' offense in tonight's game depends entirely on Suwan!"

"Mavericks: Jason Kidd at No. 1, Caron Butler at No. 2, DeShawn Stevenson at No. 3, Dirk Nowitzki at No. 4, Brendan Haywood at No. 5."

This is a lineup with many offensive points and defensive capabilities.

Bill Walton looked at these five people and said, "If the Mavericks' defense today specifically targets Suwan, then the New York Knicks will have an even harder time on offense!"

The game then officially begins.

Tyson Chandler jumped to the ball.

Just as Bill Walton worried, as soon as Suwan got the ball, the entire Mavericks' defensive formation moved towards him.

Seeing this, Su Wan immediately passed the ball away.

The moment Felton got the ball, he ran over to catch it.

After receiving the ball, he adjusted himself and made a three-pointer.

The ball went into the net very cleanly.

There was no change in Su Wan's expression, but his brows relaxed a lot.

The condition tonight seems to be very good.

The Mavericks fought back, and Artest tried to stick with Kidd.

But Kidd was experienced and after luring him out, he immediately threw the ball to Jimmy Butler.

Butler faced Suwan and continued to pass the ball.

Nowitzki got the ball at the baseline and responded with a three-pointer.

As fast-paced play becomes more and more popular in the league, this kind of large-scale ball transfer has become a basic operation for many teams.

To a certain extent, large-scale ball transfer is the key to the team's shooting.

Because the most important thing about shooting is the space in which to shoot.

Apart from personal ability to break away from the opponent, is there anything else that can create open space more easily than passing the ball over a long distance?
The New York Knicks counterattacked, the ball came into Suwan's hands, and he shot directly.

"Arc top!"

Bill Walton yelled.

He has looked at Suwan's statistics. In this position, Suwan's three-point shooting is particularly high this season.

"Shh!"

The ball hit the net.

He started the game by making two three-point shots.

Barkley's expression became more excited:
Go crazy!

Go crazy!

There was also cheering at the scene.

At this time, Suwan walked to the bench and high-fived Stephen Curry and Gallinari.

This scene further stimulated the emotions of the fans at the scene. This action seemed to say:
This is for both of you!

At the ABC commentary booth, the person commentating on this game today was Suwan's former teammate Reggie Miller. He watched Suwan high-five Curry and Gallinari who were unable to play on the bench, and then said: "Suwan is like this, he always does something unexpected, but very heartwarming, and these actions will also stimulate the entire team to become more united!"

Certain actions at fixed moments, even if inconspicuous, can have an inspiring effect.

It was like the guy who was shot and the bullet passed by his ear, but he was still cheering with his arms raised under the protection of his bodyguards, which became the most classic photo in Time magazine.

If it were normal times, would waving one's arms have such an effect?

Obviously, impossible.

Su Wan's high-five at this time also carried a different meaning, and caused cheers to ripple throughout the stadium.

They knew that Su Wan would do everything he could to defend this home court tonight.

"Little General" Johnson's face was twisted.

Suwan made two three-pointers at the beginning, which was definitely a test for the Mavericks' overall defense.

This means the Mavericks have to expand their entire defense.

This is a troubling thing for the Mavericks, who have too many old guys.

However, Caron Butler responded to Suwan's second three-pointer with a "line-step three-pointer" after catching the ball.

New York's third attack...

Missed!

Turning his head, Jason Kidd passed the ball to the wing and hit a three-pointer, helping the team to overtake the score 8-6. Johnson's expression eased a little.

If you have the guts, you can kill all of us by yourself!

Given the state of the Mavericks tonight, he would accept it if Su Wan really killed them by himself.

As it turns out, this is very difficult, even for Su Wan, it is not something that can be done.

At the end of the first half, the Mavericks led by 56 points, 46 to 10.

Suwan scored 30 points, but unfortunately, the Mavericks were very powerful. Even though he played very well in the first half, he was still lagging behind by a large margin.

Kenny Smith looked at Barkley with a strange expression.

Barkley was right.

If Suwan could continue his performance in the first half into the second half, he could score 60 points!
It's definitely scarier than 50 points...

But tonight it seemed that even God wanted to break the New York Knicks' home court record, the Mavericks were in such a strong state.

And there is...

The New York Knicks' current lineup really only relies on Suwan!
During the halftime break, D'Antoni and Tyronn Lue discussed how to play in the second half. D'Antoni's opinion was to let everyone try to shoot and increase the shooting points. If others really couldn't do it, then G...

Ok……

A very D'Antoni-like formation change.

But D'Antoni felt that there was nothing wrong with his idea.

Despite Suwan's excellent performance in the first half, the team was still 10 points behind.

This proves that human resources are limited, and sometimes one person really cannot defeat a group of people.

He admires Suwan, but if he wants to beat the current Mavericks, he must let all the Knicks players try to participate in the offense. Even though they did not play a good offensive performance in the first half under the leadership of Suwan.

But this is the only way.

Tyronn Lue, however, believes that in the second half the ball should be given to Suwan to decide how to play.

As for everyone else, just try your best to defend!
This is not only a respect for Suwan's personal ability, but also a respect for Tyronn Lue's entire career.

Players like Suwan can burst out with incredible abilities on some nights.

He believes it.

As for Su Wan, he was searching the Internet for real-time reports from Dallas. Seeing them excitedly opening champagne in advance and hearing all kinds of ridicule, his inner anger continued to rise.

He knew very well that his anger towards Mark Cuban and the Mavericks was no less than that towards Cleveland and LeBron.

Especially after the "urine test incident", Mark Cuban was even more on par with LeBron.

As this wave of anger continued to hit his brain, Mark Cuban's comments completely set his eyes on fire.

Mark Cuban posted a live update:
"It can be seen that Su Wan has given up on winning. He has no intention of motivating his teammates. He just wants to get a high score to make his defeat look less embarrassing. It's okay... I'll leave the high score to you, and we, Dallas, will take the victory!"

What can I say?

Mark Cuban!

Thank you so much!
To thank you, let Dirk Nowitzki be on the "Shame List" again!

Su Wan felt that familiar feeling.

“The zone” is open!
When the second half started, the cheers from the audience continued one after another, especially when Su Wan came on the court, the cheers were so loud that they were about to blow the ceiling off.

Although the team is still 10 points behind.

But Su Wan's performance in the first half made them extremely excited.

Let’s put it this way, if any one of the Mavericks players doesn’t perform well tonight, Suwan’s firepower can suppress them.

It was just bad luck for the Knicks to run into the Mavericks, who were all on fire. Otherwise...

Su Wan is really competing against an entire team alone!

Ok……

That’s the atmosphere right now.

Not only New York fans think so, but everyone in the commentary booth, including Cuban, thinks so.

Su Wan will score high points tonight, even...

"I think Suwan will set a new career high in a single game tonight." Barkley took a look at Suwan's single-game scoring data. In the playoffs, he scored more than 6 points in Game 60 of the Finals two years ago.

That was the most classic finals in NBA history.

But he has yet to score 60 points in the regular season.

Suwan will fill that record tonight.

then……

Lost their first home game of the season.

Just as they expected, Su Wan continued his strong performance in the first half at the beginning of the third quarter, scoring various goals, refreshing his own score of the game, and soon broke through 40 points.

But the Mavericks were in excellent form tonight, especially after putting Jason Terry on the court, their firepower was fully able to match Suwan's scoring speed.

More than seven minutes into the third quarter, the Mavericks were still leading by 7 points.

But as the game continued, the atmosphere gradually became a little strange.

Su Wan played more and more crazy, scoring all kinds of unreasonable goals, which made the people watching amazed.

Barkley kept exclaiming in the studio:

"45 points!"

"Su Wan has already scored 45 points!"

"50 points!"

"OMG, there are still 3 minutes left in the third quarter, but Su Wan has already scored 50 points!"

"53 points!"

"Hit again!"

"55 points!"

Until the end of the third quarter, Su Wan, who was completely in a rage, scored 55 points in this game.

This means that in the third quarter, he scored 25 points alone!
His terrifying scoring ability stunned all the New Yorkers at the scene.

Kenny Smith looked at Barkley again, his pupils trembling noticeably. During the halftime break, he and Barkley agreed that Suwan could score 60 points in this game, which was already an exaggerated number, but now he wanted to ask:
"60 plus... is this really the end of Su Wan's game?"

(End of this chapter)