The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 276 - 168: Regular Season MVP Contest

Chapter 276: Chapter 168: Regular Season MVP Contest

Su Wan criticising Kobe is not without basis.

Tonight, the rest of the Pacers had also been in a slump.

On top of that, Michael Red and Bobby Simmons really looked like the SuperSonic’s "dual shooters" tonight.

The situation was very similar to when the Lakers played the Raptors.

In the end, Reid scored 31 points and Bob Simmons also scored 18 points.

Together, they had enough for 49 points.

But the team lost by 21 points.

Especially in the most critical later part of the third quarter and the early part of the fourth quarter, when they needed to score, no one could step up, which allowed the Pacers to go on a run.

And when Su Wan went on this run, he used 50 points, Kobe would have needed at least more than 70 points.

It was clearly a quick judgment of who was superior.

Of course, Su Wan was not degrading the 81 points, he still recognized it, but on the first game of March, their opponent was the Los Angeles Lakers, so he naturally wanted to mess with Kobe’s mentality.

Erin told Su Wan about Bogut’s post-game comments, and Su Wan snorted disdainfully, "Let’s talk about it when he has the guts to say it to my face."

He’s lost interest in "Young Bo" now.

He’d hoped that Bogut would play dirty, beat the crap out of him, and send him straight to the hospital.

But it turned out he was a softie.

He didn’t dare to fart face-to-face and kept chirping behind his back.

Continuing to acknowledge such a person is just giving him the limelight.

Besides, Bogut is probably the only person in the league who thinks I get a lot of calls.

After all, this is the "God" who got a technical foul right after complaining about a "body hair whistle" from the refs.

This story has already spread around the league, and there’s already journalists defending him, no, actually, it should be making harsh mockery of Bogut.

Erin also mentioned something else, "It seems like all of Milwaukee is afraid of you!"

Su Wan could feel it, whether it was Bucks fans or their head coach, their attitude towards him was two words:

Dread.

But then he thought it was quite normal, "I should have this much influence by now!"

Subduing the opposing team’s fans is a basic requirement for a "Superstar."

The only thing that puzzled Su Wan was, it seemed like he hadn’t really done anything significant in the game against the Bucks, so how did he manage to subdue them?

Of course, his performance tonight should leave a lasting impression on Bucks fans.

The next day, reports of Su Wan scoring 53 points were all over the media.

Especially after Erin’s report came out, it stirred up a lot of lively discussions from the public:

"I knew I was going to score 50 points against the Bucks. Su Wan: That Australian kangaroo had only one use!"

After this report was released, Bogut, who was still complaining about Su Wan relying on referees, instantly became a clown.

"(Provoking a league superstar) is a way for rookies to get exposure. Many new players do this. It’s also a way of survival in the league, but after being educated, you need to learn to shut up!"

"I watched the whole game, Andrew, you didn’t dare to look Su Wan in the eye. You’re a softie!"

"The No.1 in Australia is making the country of Australia a joke!"

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As Su Wan had predicted, all the media started attacking Bogut.

They like to see rookies challenging the veterans of the league; it’s an interesting thing.

But they really disliked rookies like Bogut.

He talked a big game before the match, but in the game, he completely failed to impress and got educated instead. Then he still talked nonsensical weird words after the game.

Do you want to take a look at the highlight reel of your fouls against Su Wan yesterday?

See just how helpless you looked when you committed those fouls!

Barkley also criticized fiercely, "Just be honest, Andrew, you chose the stupidest way to save face. Everyone knows how embarrassed you were last night!"

David Stern also stepped up and fined Bogut a whole $25,000 for making arbitrary comments about the referees’ decisions.

Making fun of the referees—is this something you, a novice, should be doing?

When Su Wan arrived in Los Angeles, he also learned about this incident. He originally wanted to log on to Facebook and say "good penalty" and then explain why it was "good," but then he thought about his previous statement of not wanting to give that guy any exposure and dropped the idea.

However, he soon found out that Dwyane Wade had won the "February Monthly Best Player Award." He still logged on to Facebook and posted a status congratulating Wade:

You know, Dwyane has always been the most talented player of the ’03 class, and he fully deserves this award—no one can stop him.

Finally, he didn’t forget to add a tribute to "Wade County" to honor someone’s relationship with Wade.

Wade quickly left a comment:

Thanks, bro!

Among the fans’ comments, the most striking one was:

——Does the ’anyone who can’t be stopped’ include you, Su?

Su Wan was also a candidate for the "Eastern Conference Monthly Best Player" for February, and his data and the team’s record were no worse than the Heat.

For February, Su Wan averaged 31.4 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.8 steals, and 1 block per game, with the Pacers going 11-4;

Wade averaged 26.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, 6.8 assists, 2 steals, and 1.2 blocks per game, with the Heat going 12-3;

Indiana media analyzed the reasons Su Wan lost to Wade, mainly that the team’s record was a bit worse compared with the previous month, while the Heat had played their best "single month" of the season.

And after this month, the Heat had also climbed to third place in the Eastern Conference.