Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 66 Post-match Public Opinion
new York.

NBA Commissioner's Office.

David Stern covered his cheek while watching the "Christmas Game" between the Pistons and the Pacers, as well as ABC's interview with Suwan.

He was very pleased to see another Chinese player gain a foothold in the NBA. This means there is another bridge between the Chinese market and the NBA. It will definitely play a positive role in promoting the "NBA internationalization" strategy.

But he had a doubt...

Did Su Wan go to Indiana to play basketball or to engage in rebellion?
"The Palace of Auburn Hills", an event that was supposed to be a final conclusion, has become a scepter in his hand to "add fuel to the flames". The entire Pacers fan base is "intoxicated" by him... I heard that a group of Indiana people have already paraded in the streets to speak up for Artest.

After waiting for his speech to the ABC host to be broadcast tonight, it is not difficult to imagine that similar voices will continue to appear.

It seems that not all Chinese players are "good guys" like Yao Ming, who are witty and humorous.

There are also "traitors" like Su Wan!
The good news is that Suwan is a Chinese. If he were an Indian, he would have become a senator from Indiana in no time.

This guy has one trick after another to win people's hearts.

Another person who is also having a headache is Cleveland's "City Son" LeBron James.

Just now, the Goodwin brothers faxed him several reports, the contents of which were similar, all comparing Suwan's performance tonight with his previous performance against the Pistons.

The comparison of these rows of data is simply...

shocking!

Especially Su Wan’s words, “It’s normal, he’s just a high school student, it’s normal for him to lose to the Pistons.”

When LeBron James saw this, he said unconvincedly: "If I had Jermaine and Reggie, and Jeff Foster who grabbed 14 rebounds, I could also beat the Pistons."

古德温兄弟很想提醒他，那场比赛德鲁-古登以64.3%的投篮命中率砍下了18分10篮板，但凡勒布朗不是以19%的投篮命中率打了45分钟只拿到11分，他们不至于输得这么惨。

But this was not the time to debate this issue. The Goodwin brothers said, "Nike's media has assured us that they will not report this, but..."

He did not continue.

But it's not hard to guess what he's going to say:
America’s media isn’t just Nike.

So, these contents will definitely appear in the newspaper tomorrow.

"You guys better think of a solution quickly! Up to now, I haven't seen you guys form an effective counterattack. What's the point of just saying that he has a bad shooting habit?" LeBron James was very angry, and even more unpleasant words were already stuck in his throat.

The Goodwin brothers on the other end of the phone looked at each other and saw helplessness and disdain in each other's eyes.

Here's the thing:

Su Wan performed poorly in the games a few days ago, and shooting became his weak point.

Seeing this, the Goodwin brothers realized that their chance to turn things around had come.

Originally thinking that LeBron would take advantage of this period to perform well, they immediately arranged for the media to follow up, compare the two, and severely criticize them.

Unexpectedly, in the game against the Pistons, LeBron's shooting percentage was as low as 19%.

Such a great opportunity was missed.

God has given you LeBron a chance, but you are useless!

Now we are blamed for not being able to come up with a solution...

"This little brat is so difficult to please." The younger one of the Goodwin brothers complained.

"If you hadn't been having an affair with his mother, we wouldn't be so passive and have to look to him for his approval everywhere!" The brother glared back fiercely.

The younger brother made a bitter face: "Don't blame me, it was Gloria who took the initiative."

"Forget it, let's not mess with that Chinese guy recently. Cancel all the press releases criticizing him. The All-Star starting lineup voting is coming soon. Let's get this done first."

Being selected as the starting player of this year's All-Star Game is an important step in LeBron James' career planning. Not only does this give him enough experience to suppress the new players that the Cavaliers will add in the future, but Nike's 9 million sneaker contract also includes a provision for being selected as the starting player of the All-Star Game.

The impact is too great to afford any loss.

My younger brother nodded in agreement with this.

LeBron waited for a long time, and finally heard the Goodwin brothers say "Don't mess with Suwan for now". He smashed his phone directly, and his eyes became sharp. At this moment, he made up his mind:
He wants to replace these two useless guys, the Goodwin brothers!
The next morning, the news that the Pacers defeated the Pistons by 18 points was all over the major media.

Most media experts did not expect this outcome.

Originally, they thought that even though the Pistons had not been in good form recently, they should be able to easily win against the Pacers, who were without Artest and Jackson, and whose team Suwan had hit the "rookie wall."

Let’s put it this way…

In their opinion, the probability of the two teams experiencing another "Conseco incident" is greater than the probability of the Pacers defeating the Pistons. As a result, the Pacers not only won, but also won by 18 points!
The New York Times specifically commented on Suwan's 19 points in the second half:

"A player with a big heart, China's super star Su Wan was born for big occasions!"

B/R B/R called his dunk over Prince "the best dunk of the season so far."

His performance was so outstanding that the media naturally compared his performance with LeBron's previous performance against the Pistons.

Interestingly, more and more media outlets have begun to use the term “a high school student who still needs to grow” to refer to LeBron James, just like Suwan did.

There is no way, the shooting percentage of 19% is really too eye-catching.

In addition, Suwan's remarks also attracted a lot of media coverage. The Detroit media was very dissatisfied with this. The latest poll showed that he was already the most unpopular athlete in the Detroit area.

When Su Wan knew about this, he didn't take it to heart. Given his current position, he was destined to be incompatible with Detroit.

He doesn't need Detroiters to like him.

In fact, if Pistons fans liked him, there would be a real problem.

He read a lot of reports comparing him to LeBron, and it made him happy.

One word:

Cool!
In addition to the game between the Pacers and the Pistons, another "Christmas game" also attracted a lot of coverage.

Although the Heat and the Lakers played against each other for the first time, the Heat had a record of 21 wins and 7 losses before the Christmas game, which was much better than the Lakers' record of 14 wins and 11 losses. Therefore, most experts had no objection to the final result:

The Heat will have the last laugh.

In the end, as they expected, the Heat won the game.

However, the whole process was unexpectedly tense.

The Heat only won by 104 points, 102 to 2.

韦德29分3篮板10助攻的发挥不可谓不好，沙克-奥尼尔24分11篮板3助攻3盖帽的数据同样出色。

Normally, the Heat would always be able to easily win any game this season when Wade and O'Neal played at the same time, but unfortunately, a "Gundam" emitting "black smoke" appeared in the enemy camp!
Kobe scored 42 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal. It's not an exaggeration to say that this performance is "high". As for why it is "smoky", we have to mention that he made 9 turnovers and shot 30 of 12.

Kobe's playing style was very consistent from beginning to end throughout the game:

Catch the ball and shoot!

Catch the ball and shoot!

There were no teammates or opponents in sight, only the basket.

This can be considered a typical game for Kobe during this period when he led the team alone.

You can see his role on the court, which cannot be replaced by anyone, and you can also see the damage he causes to the team.

Whether the team can win depends on whether he causes more damage to the team that night or uses it more...

If the effect is greater, we win; if the damage is greater, we lose;

Like tonight, the effect is as great as the damage, and the game was regrettably lost until the very last minute!
Well, to be precise, Kobe caused more damage to the Lakers tonight. Whether it was the high number of shots or the number of turnovers that were just one shot away from double digits, they were all serious "debuffs".

The Lakers were able to hold on until the last minute of the "Christmas Game" thanks to the performance of Lamar Odom.

This was the first "OK internal fight" between Kobe and O'Neal, and it was also Odom's first time facing his old team, the Heat. He also held back his energy and played very impressive data:
24分11篮板4助攻1抢断2盖帽，投篮命中率60%！

Last night’s “Lama” could definitely satisfy most people’s fantasies about his upper limit.

He can do anything!

The only pity is that Odom is a "limited edition". You can't ask Jay Chou to sing the lyrics clearly, and you can't ask Odom, who regards P as his lifelong career, to focus all his energy on basketball like Kobe did.

Otherwise, he would not have become the biggest regret of the 99 draft.

After reading about the excitement in the newspaper, Su Wan was on his way to the stadium when he received a call from Bill Duffy.

"It has been checked out. There are indeed people from LeBron's team behind the scenes who are fanning the flames. That's why so many media outlets have been reporting on your poor shooting."

Su Wan nodded. It was only a few games, but news about his poor shooting was flying everywhere. He was in Indiana, not in Los Angeles. This situation was very abnormal.

Sure enough, someone from LeBron's team is causing trouble here.

Okay, then don’t blame me for fighting back!
"Bill, find some media and expose the conflict between me and LeBron in the Cavaliers."

(End of this chapter)