The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 225 - 147: Tomorrow, You Will Announce to the Media_2

Chapter 225: Chapter 147: Tomorrow, You Will Announce to the Media_2

Now, the Pacers relied on these two unknown newcomers to make it happen.

Facing the cameras, the expressions of the two also revealed their personalities.

Calderon was excited. After two years in the NBA, he finally had his moment in the spotlight, and he knew as long as he maintained his current performance, more journalists would continue to surround him.

Dior reacted completely differently; the moment the game ended, his lazy demeanor returned, and he showed no signs of nervousness. The reporters interviewing him were puzzled, wondering why he looked as if he had entered "sage mode."

Su Wan waited for Calderon to finish his interview and asked, "How does it feel?"

Calderon honestly said, "I feel like a star."

Su Wan said, "This is the exposure of defending champions, and now I can officially say to you, welcome to Indiana. This season we’ll win the championship together!"

Calderon nodded, feeling that he was slowly becoming an important part of the team.

Su Wan returned to the bus where Artest had already arrived early, sitting there playing with his phone. Looking up and seeing Su Wan, he managed a forced smile.

Su Wan: ???

The Pacers gradually returned to the bus, all except Little O’Neal who was still in front of the cameras, not showing off, no, being interviewed.

Today he got a "double-double" with 25 points and 13 rebounds, overshadowing Little Si’s 21 points and 10 rebounds.

Reporter: "Jermaine, we can see that you played this game as if you were another Amare..."

Little O’Neal’s smiling face immediately turned serious, interrupting the reporter, "I’m not another Amare; I joined the league six years before him, I have a championship ring, and my style of play with the Pacers has been this way from the start, but I’m not just about these abilities. If I have to say, I should be considered an enhanced version of Amare..."

He reminded the reporter, the chicken came before the egg; Little O’Neal came before Little Si, and that logical relationship should not be confused.

Reporters were dumbfounded. He had only spoken half a sentence; how did it provoke so many words from this guy?

Nevertheless, Little O’Neal’s words would inevitably cause dissatisfaction from Little Si, which would be a small gain for the reporter.

The next day, as the reporter predicted, Little Si was very unhappy with Little O’Neal’s words. The two exchanged jabs over the air, and a "spit war" between top-tier, similar-style big men began.

However, this "spit war" was just a minor episode.

The real hot topic was the Pacers’ victory over the Phoenix Suns.

It was the second match between the Suns and the Pacers, and everyone knew how badly the Pacers had lost the previous game.

A full 18 points.

Su Wan’s return to close this 18-point gap would be very difficult.

After all, the NBA is not a place where 1 plus 1 equals 2.

Sometimes 1 plus 1 can even be less than 1.

Yet Su Wan, rigidly, demonstrated a wave of 1 plus 1 being greater than 2...

If the first game after his return was purely a display of Su Wan’s personal ability, then the second game was a manifestation of Su Wan’s ability to drive the team.

Calderon and Dior had not just received playing time in this game; they had both had the opportunity to play in the six games without Su Wan but had not made a lasting impression.

It was Su Wan’s return in the second game that did it.

It can only mean that Su Wan’s return had galvanized them.

And some of the media who still insisted on the "flash in the pan" view of the Pacers even after defeating the Grizzlies remained quiet.

Of course, they were only silent temporarily, but don’t give them a chance, for as soon as they find one, they will jump out and bite hard, like ESPN’s Bill Simmons, who jumps out as soon as he finds an angle, like a toad latching onto a foot, purely irritating.

The Pacers can only keep on winning to forever shut these "clowns" up.

Usually, defending champions don’t face so many doubts, mainly because there’s some relation to the Pacers’ championship process in June.

Although they were already leading the Spurs 2-1 before the "Conseco incident" and had about a 10-point lead in the third quarter of the fourth game, these people insisted that, if not for the "Conseco incident," the Spurs might have been able to turn around and win the championship.

But regardless, two consecutive wins have lessened the sense of crisis for the Pacers.

Walsh has been sleeping much more peacefully lately.

As for "Big Bird"...

This man has never been tense from beginning to end; during the previous six games with a 1-5 record, when Walsh went to find him, he still calmly waved away the concern: "It’s fine, it’s fine, don’t worry!"

At that time, Walsh really wanted to kick him.

Of course, now...

It indeed turned out to be fine!

But Walsh insisted that Larry Bird wasn’t really confident; this was just a symptom of "putting on airs," a habitual arrogance that formed over time, forcing a calm demeanor even when anxious inside.

After defeating the Suns, the atmosphere within the Pacers was better, and they grew even more confident.

After all, they had beaten the top team in the Western Conference, and now they wanted to ask:

Who’s next?

The winning streak continued to five consecutive victories. Then in a "back-to-back," they narrowly lost to the fully fired-up Magic Team by a point, and had it not been for Furong’s super long three-point buzzer-beater from half court, they wouldn’t have lost that game.

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