The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 116 - 101 I don’t want to watch his games anymore_2

Chapter 116: Chapter 101 I don’t want to watch his games anymore_2

They played through it!

"Attack, LeBron, Su Wan has already scored 6 points, while you have just 0 for 1! Show him what you’ve got, LeBron!" Barkley cheered for LeBron in the studio, sounding exactly like a LeBron fan at that moment.

There was also a burst of cheering for LeBron from the audience.

Big Z stepped forward once more, actively setting a screen for LeBron.

At times like this, "King’s" actions immediately became resolute.

Su Wan quickly moved around, trying to intercept, but failed.

The charging LeBron was like a roaring train, thundering past, hard to resist.

Not to mention, he also raised his elbows, swinging them left and right, clearing the obstacles on both sides. The movements were stiff and particularly large, making them extremely ugly. Foster, as the last barrier, attempted to intercept, prepared to be knocked out of bounds.

This was a game for the brave!

With a "toot," the referee’s whistle blew, and everyone looked towards the referee:

Cavaliers number 23, traveling!

"Hahahaha!"

The merciless laughter came from next to LeBron, and without guessing, it was Su Wan. Only he would mock LeBron so openly.

LeBron hurriedly went up to the referee to explain, even demonstrating his elbow-swinging action, Su Wan didn’t listen closely, but vaguely heard LeBron mention something about a "European Step", his attention was all on the replay on the big screen...

As the first replay ended, the originally thunderous booing at the venue suddenly quieted down significantly.

In the video, it was clear that LeBron James had taken two steps before approaching Foster and was at a distance to make a layup. But he didn’t jump directly, perhaps the pressure from the stationary Foster caused him to take another step to the right before he prepared to layup...

A very standard three-step layup.

Barkley, puzzled, turned to Kenny Smith, "Do you think there’s a possibility that LeBron thinks a three-step layup means taking three steps after catching the ball and then laying it up?"

Kenny Smith shook his head, LeBron usually had problems with traveling, but never this bad: "His coach would have reminded him by now, he’s just too nervous tonight! Remember, this is a do-or-die game for the Cavaliers!"

Kenny Smith was right about one thing, LeBron wasn’t just nervous tonight, but also impatient.

Think about it. Heading into a playoff do-or-die game, facing Su Wan, who had been provoking him in Quicken Loans Arena, challenging him to one-on-one, continuously shouting warnings about him walking to the referees. Honestly, from God’s perspective, this pressure wasn’t much less than the Finals’ Game 4 in 2011.

If "LeBron 2.0" of 2011 couldn’t handle the pressure, let alone the "Young James" of just 2005!

There was another point...

Su Wan kept scoring, hitting shots consecutively right from the start, LeBron wanted to catch up with his performance, inevitably becoming impatient, afraid of making mistakes, resulting in only more chaos and fear, leading to a series of ridiculous fundamental errors coming out.

But to say, was LeBron James’ true strength that bad?

Even Su Wan would have to admit honestly:

It really wasn’t!

Originally, he thought he might need to use the "Pacers Iron Bucket Formation" when necessary, employing the whole team’s strength, to pin down LeBron who was planning a "back against the wall" fight tonight.

After all, this was the same person who scored 25 points consecutively in the final quarter of Game 5 of the 2007 Eastern Conference Finals, helping his team to a comeback victory... As for why he needed those 25 points in the final quarter to secure a comeback victory, well, don’t ask!

Looking at it now, the LeBron who charged forward, leaving everything else behind to fight, and the nervous and impatient LeBron on the court, were two extremes.

But Su Wan wouldn’t go easy on LeBron just because of his slump; his performance tonight was exceptionally good, better than any day in March and the past ten days of April combined, echoing what all "in-the-zone" scorers would say:

Tonight, the hoop looked like the ocean!

You should know, Su Wan hadn’t even activated "The Zone" mode yet, but he felt like every shot he took would go in.

"Swish!"

Here, after LeBron’s traveling mistake, Su Wan turned back to face Newell and once again hit a mid-range jump shot.

By now in the first quarter, 4 out of 4 shots!

The audience unleashed a barrage of boos as he took his shot, but it had no effect and only provoked Su Wan to retort, "Do you think I’m that high school student? Still getting nervous during a regular game? Make the boos louder, or I really can’t hear them!"

The arrogant roar left a bitter taste in the eyes of some Cavaliers fans.

Originally, they didn’t need to boo Su Wan.

Originally...

Su Wan, performing so brilliantly, was wearing the Cavaliers number 99 jersey!

As Su Wan was about to score into double digits, and the first quarter wasn’t even at the 10-minute mark, a large bearded white man couldn’t stay seated any longer. He stood up and yelled towards LeBron, "LeBron, why aren’t you defending Su Wan? Jeff can’t hold him, Newell can’t either, why aren’t you going after him!"

He seemed to have come over after drinking; shouting while his stocky body swayed back and forth, almost unable to stand.

LeBron, when hearing the spectator instructing him on how to play, had his face twisted as if he was about to cry, irritated by these kinds of fans.

No clue at all!

If you could teach me to play, then why aren’t you the one standing here?

But when he noticed the fan had a large beard, had been drinking, and appeared to have some gang tattoo on his arm, he refocused on his teammates, urging them to inbound the ball quickly.

"Big Z" set another screen for LeBron.

However, both he and LeBron failed to notice Rick Carlisle signaling Stephen Jackson discreetly.

"Academic School coaches" have one characteristic:

They like to methodically arrange tactics.

Rick Carlisle was slightly different as his idol was Popovich.

He enjoyed, just like Popovich, ruthlessly exploiting the opponent’s weak points.

On the Cavaliers’ side, an impatient LeBron was clearly the breach.

This pre-planned double-team by Stephen Jackson and Su Wan startled LeBron, who was preparing to use the screen. He instinctively held onto the ball, only then remembering he was supposed to dribble through, and restarted dribbling, rushing past Stephen Jackson.

This scene dumbfounded ’Martial Saint,’ who turned to look for the referee:

Such outrageous moves, and you aren’t calling them?

This is where Jackson mistook the referee. From this season on, LeBron averaged 8 free throws per game, with peak seasons even seeing him getting over 10 free throws.

But traveling calls still needed to be made!

Otherwise, the referee could just ignore his steps, and there would’ve been no need to modify the "traveling" rules in ’09.

The referee didn’t call it this time because...

he genuinely didn’t see it!

Stephen Jackson’s positioning completely blocked him, also preventing the referee behind them from seeing LeBron’s actions.

Luck was on LeBron’s side this time, unfortunately...

Feeling guilty, he dribbled nervously and eventually fumbled the ball away.

Frankly, Su Wan knew quite a few fans looked down on LeBron’s fundamentals, with many last-two-minute reports frequently missing calls on LeBron’s travels, but tonight’s series of travels, re-dribbling, and dribbling error truly stunned Su Wan.

Is this really the fundamental skills of an All-Star player?

Su Wan was already flabbergasted, not to mention that excited fan. Seeing his loud shouts result in such a comical outcome, he couldn’t take it anymore. With a shocked expression, he started cursing as he left Quicken Loans Arena. Those nearby clearly heard him cursing:

"Is this shitty guy really our City Son? What kind of crappy future can he bring us? I don’t ever want to watch his games again, never again!"

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