Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 97 Agent 99 blew up the MCI Center
At 6 minutes and 34 seconds into the second quarter, the score between the two sides was 38 to 33.

The home team Wizards trailed by 5 points.

Eddie Jordan didn't know whether other Washington people could see the difference between Agent 0 and Agent 99, but he did.

"Agent 99" appears to have a flamboyant personality and is always looking to provoke his opponents, but he has a clear mind on the field.

When facing players like Arenas who have physical advantages over him, he will take the initiative and use his physical advantage without hesitation to look for scoring opportunities in the confrontation. Although his passing ability is not good, he made 6 of 3 shots with a hit rate of 50%!

When he faces a top perimeter defender like Larry Hughes, he will decisively choose to call for a pick-and-roll and cooperate with O'Neal Jr.

This duo, which Bill Walton called "Indiana's new double evil", has impressed him so far with their threat on the pick-and-roll end. O'Neal's running position created more breakthrough space for Suwan, and the fixed-point positioning also made up for Suwan's lack of passing vision; O'Neal relied on Suwan to have more open mid-range shots, and he could pull up to the high post to show off his more scoring skills. Jeffries became the background board for him to show off his "weapons" and was powerless to resist. Haywood moved too slowly and could not keep up with O'Neal's movements.

Look at Arenas.

Emotional shots, poor choices, and a style of play that completely ignores his teammates. Everyone can see that he has better breakthrough ability, better shooting ability, and better organizational ability than Su Wan, but his performance is not even one-fifth of Su Wan's.

His 11-for-4 shooting percentage alone speaks volumes.

But there is much more to this than that.

As upset as he was, Rick Carlisle was as excited as he was. He didn't expect Suwan to have a clear advantage in the matchup with Arenas. Of course, he could see that the main reason was that Arenas was too excited.

If he calms down...

That’s okay. The pick-and-roll tactics of Suwan and O’Neal are enough to allow the Pacers to continue to take the initiative.

He has such confidence.

As Arenas got carried away again and the team easily lost the offensive round, Eddie Jordan called a timeout again.

"Agents should judge everything calmly, man!" Even Larry Hughes was complaining this time.

Arenas didn't say anything, just glanced, and that look expressed what he wanted to say:

You still want to teach me how to do things?

Unexpectedly, the usually silent Jamison also said: "Let the other side see how our familiar Agent 0 plays, Gilbert. We all hope that you can play well instead of being suppressed by that newcomer. We know your ability, so we are surprised by your performance!"

Facts have proved that Arenas is a "smooth donkey". You have to stroke his hair before he will listen to your opinions seriously.

Arenas is definitely not a bad person. In order to give Nick Young more opportunities to play in the preseason, he deliberately said before the game that he felt discomfort in his knee and would miss the game. Then after the preseason, he directly admitted that "I did it on purpose, I just wanted Nick Young to play."

Let’s not discuss whether this behavior should be encouraged as a professional player. At least it proves that he is not a bad person and is a guy who can get along well with others.

Well, that's probably why Nick Young always tries to imitate his classic moves.

"Don't worry about what the rookie says to you, just treat his words as bullshit!" As the game was about to start, Jamison whispered a few words in Arenas' ear. He was not a talkative person, but Eddie Jordan saw that Arenas was listening to him, so he asked him to persuade him a few more times.

Arenas smiled and said, "You're right. I should have taken that guy's words as fart."

He felt confident that he could handle any trash talk from Su Wan.

result……

"You know what? I just heard a very interesting story from a reporter. The leader of a team was so upset by a rookie that he even asked the other players to coax him into playing. How did such a giant baby enter the NBA?"

"WTF..."

Just standing in front of Suwan and listening to him for 10 seconds, Arenas's finally adjusted mood was almost ruined.

Fortunately, he remembered Jamison's words in time and kept repeating in his heart:

When he farts, when he farts, just let him fart!
In the following time, Arenas proved with his performance why the Wizards' head coach and players have always hoped that he would return to his normal self, because Arenas, who combines shooting and passing, is the "offensive engine" of the Wizards.

All opponents who meet the Wizards hope that Arenas' style of play will be too much, because he is just like Kobe, he often can't win the game on nights when he scores high points, and his efficiency is even lower than Kobe's;

But when he doesn't get carried away, he is more terrifying than Kobe in leading his teammates.

This refers to Kobe without Pau Gasol.

Kobe's passes are not threatening, but Arenas' passes can really lead his teammates to win.

Just like in the second half of the second quarter of this game, the Wizards quickly wiped out the score difference.

In addition to Arenas playing at the level he should have, Jamison also had a night of bursting form. He made 5 of 4 shots from beyond the three-point line, and his efficiency was much higher than usual.

Such an explosive performance is a "fuel" on a night like this.

At the start of the second half, Eddie Jordan yelled, "Let's beat the Pacers. We can do it!"

The Wizards average 100.5 points per game and concede 100.8 points per game this season, with a difference of only 0.3 points in offensive points lost, which illustrates their team characteristics and how they won and lost most of their games this season.

They can fight with all teams until the last minute, no matter they are first or last in the league.

As long as they play their best, the Wizards are not afraid of any opponent this season.

It’s like among the students with average grades in the class, there are always a few “specialty students” who are as outstanding as the “academic masters” in the exams of the subjects they are good at.

The Wizards are on their "best track" tonight:

Arenas is reasonable, Jamison is explosive, and Larry Hughes doesn't need to provide much offensive screens. The Wizards have already played a fierce offensive. - Well, Larry Hughes did spend a lot of energy on the defensive end tonight. It is not an easy task to limit the pick-and-roll of the best "duo" in the league in February.

Especially after 5 minutes and 34 seconds in the second half, Larry Hughes clearly felt that Suwan had entered a certain state, and his performance improved a lot compared to the first half.

Could it be that he is a guy who gets more fierce as the fight goes on?

Larry Hughes could only put more energy into defending Suwan.

But this also meant that he had no time to take care of the defense of others, as the other Pacers players were also working hard.

Each team had its own advantages, and the score difference was closely tied, rising alternately. Even until the fourth quarter, neither team was able to pull away from the score difference, but the game became more and more tense. As time passed, players from both sides continued to stand out and complete "hero shots".

At 3 minutes and 45 seconds in the fourth quarter, Jamison drew his bow and arrow from outside the three-point line on the right side, and the ball... went in!

82 to 84.
This was his seventh three-pointer of the game.

The commentator shouted: "It's him again, our sharpshooter Antawn Jamison, who should have appeared in the archery event at last year's Olympics!"

Before he finished shouting, the Pacers launched a counterattack. The ball passed from Suwan to Stephen Jackson on the wing. The future "Captain Jack" also responded with a three-pointer, 85 to 84.
At 2 minutes and 34 seconds in the fourth quarter, Tinsley's signature play widened the gap to 87 to 84.
The ball dropped into the basket, and there were some anxious shouts.

Eddie Jordan kept yelling, "Calm down, it's just a one-ball difference, don't worry!"

Arenas took a step forward to the logo, jumped up and shot, directly eliminating all the points difference, proving that he was not wrong, 3 points was indeed the difference of one ball, 87 to 87.

There was a huge cheer from the audience.

It was as if the ceiling was about to be overturned. "The gap between agents is often reflected in the critical moment..." The on-site commentator took the opportunity to praise Arenas and belittle Suwan, but it became another "poisonous milk".

At 2 minutes and 04 seconds in the fourth quarter, Suwan called a "fake screen" to trick Larry Houston. Haywood was too slow to make up for the defense under the basket, so Suwan completed a layup against him and won the referee's whistle.

"Shh!"

The free throw was made, and the "3-pointer" made the scene silent again.

90 to 87.
Eddie Jordan saw that Arenas wanted to try a three-pointer in response, so he called a timeout the moment he received the ball. The ball flew out of Arenas' hands and did not go in, causing a low cheer from the audience.

The Wizards picked up this offensive possession.

After the timeout, the two teams stepped up their defense, and the score difference remained at 3 points due to consecutive misses. At the same time...

There are only 21.4 seconds left.

"It's time to defuse the bomb. This is the real test for the agents. Let's see who between Agent 0 and Agent 99 can complete the final bomb defusing!" Bill Walton's passionate commentary was very appropriate.

The ball belonged to the Wizards. The impatient Arenas was no longer so impatient at the critical moment. He kept observing the positions of his teammates and other Pacers players.

As the game entered the second half, he found that he could no longer shake Su Wan so easily. He could always adjust his center of gravity incredibly and stand stubbornly in front of him. With such a defender, coupled with timely backup, he would definitely not be able to score a goal.

The restricted area is too dangerous...

Arenas' eyes suddenly became determined, and then he suddenly broke through, forced Su Wan back, and stepped back directly to the three-point line, raised his hand and shot, the ball...

In!

The score difference is tied again!

"Ho!"

Arenas clenched his fist and roared.

The cheers at the scene also reached its climax at this moment.

"Agent No. 0 completed his bomb disposal mission perfectly. There are 6.4 seconds left. The defense is handed over to his teammate, Larry Hughes..." The commentator on the scene was extremely satisfied with Arenas' goal.

Larry Hughes also knew that it was his job to prevent Suwan from making the next shot.

After the timeout, as soon as he came on the court, he kept provoking Su Wan: "Come on, Chinese rookie, try to play one-on-one like Gilbert, come and challenge me, this is a special agent, don't dodge, don't call that damn pick-and-roll, face me head-on!"

Su Wan listened to these "rubbish" and had only two words in mind:
Want to laugh!

How can a poor imitation be effective?

"The one standing in front of you is the king of trash talk. Don't think that just because your name is Larry, you are Big Bird!" Su Wan started to talk nonsense. "But I can tell you what Larry said. I will kill you right there!"

He pointed to the high right side.

Larry Hughes' expression changed immediately.

How could he not know Big Bird’s most classic moment?
But as a top defender, he knows very well that this is simply a "war of nerves": the defender has to bet on whether the ball handler will actually go to that position.

Especially Su Wan...

If he didn't go to that position and completed the buzzer-beater, he would definitely shamelessly say, "Do you really believe in me?"

Larry Hughes: Forgive me for thinking that I can only think of this Chinese rookie saying this, because I am really not as "cool" as him.

"beep!"

The referee whistled, and Suwan's words increased the workload of Larry Hughes' brain. He felt that his brain capacity was a little insufficient. He was half a beat late to stop Suwan from catching the ball. When he rushed over, Suwan already had the ball in his hand. He was afraid of Suwan's dribbling breakthrough - Suwan's dribbling breakthrough was much sharper in the second half. This gave Suwan space to advance with the ball, and it was not easy for him. He called for O'Neal's pick-and-roll and started immediately.

Seeing him running resolutely towards the place where his finger had just pointed, Larry Hughes became even more confused, especially with O'Neal Jr. hurrying up behind him.

Damn it, let’s fight!
Larry Hughes decided to take a gamble and moved to the high position in advance to try to intercept Suwan.

As soon as Su Wan saw his movement, he knew his intention.

"Big Bird" is "Big Bird", and this psychological tactic really works.

Especially against black people whose brain stems are not big enough.

He continued to move quickly toward the designated position. When both feet were inside the three-point line, he suddenly moved sideways to the left, creating a huge space between him and Larry Hughes.

After a slight adjustment, Su Wan jumped up and shot.

Larry Hughes didn't realize that he had been fooled.

He pounced on him immediately.

But it was too late. The ball flew out of Su Wan's hands and his feet fell back to the ground.

Looking at the flying ball and its arc, Su Wan suddenly had a feeling in his heart:
This ball will definitely go in!
People who play basketball sometimes have this kind of certainty, and as long as it is not Nick Young's final feeling, it will generally not be wrong.

So the confident and powerful Su Wan...

He opened his arms and turned to walk towards the sidelines.

His actions caused misunderstanding among the players on the field and the spectators on the sidelines.

This is……

What do you mean?
Until the ball falls into the basket.

"boom!"

Su Wan even made a gesture of pressing the remote control.

There was silence at the MCI center, and silence was the most shocking noise.

Su Wan's early celebration was deeply engraved in their minds.

Bill Walton was also shocked, but as a professional commentator, a lot of words popped up in his mind, and his impatience made him stutter: "Bang! Agent 99 detonated the bomb and blew up the MCI Center!"

"It's a miracle that you can grow up safely, Larry!" Su Wan did not forget to give Larry a final complaint.

Larry Hughes shook his head helplessly...

See, I knew it!
This is the fourth update today, brothers, see you tomorrow.

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