The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 314 - 182: Oh no, won’t my buddy end up becoming Stephen Curry?_5

Chapter 314: Chapter 182: Oh no, won’t my buddy end up becoming Stephen Curry?_5

In the 90s apart from Jordan, the only guy who took home a "back-to-back" championship was him, who gave Shaquille O’Neal from the Magic Team a clean shave in the Finals.

Only a person who achieved this could make Shaquille O’Neal bow his head.

But now he was bowing to Su Wan!

This could only mean one thing:

Never talk trash to Su Wan.

Su Wan had noticed this, or rather, he had always been verifying this fact.

The way Stackhouse almost couldn’t hold it in but then forcefully held back just now confirmed his suspicion.

However, for now, he had only verified this with Jason Terry and Stackhouse, he didn’t know if others would follow suit.

Take, for example, the power forward who pridefully called himself the "Western Second Center," Dan Piel.

People like that usually have high pride and look down on others, easily dismissing others’ words as nonsense.

But Su Wan had no intention of testing his theory.

He only had one chance, if Dan Piel were to retort, given the "Little General’s" mentorship under Popovich’s coaching style, he would definitely make him sit on the cold bench.

Su Wan had to keep him for the most crucial moments.

He really didn’t expect that with all the heated discussions outside, the Mavericks could still endure his "trash talk" without any response.

One must say, cowards are like that.

If it were Kobe, he would definitely say, "Why don’t you dare argue with Su Wan?"

A fight you don’t dare to engage in, I will!

After the timeout, the game resumed, and Artest was clearly even more excited.

This time, Nowitzki received the ball and immediately attempted a shot.

But everyone could see that the rhythm of his shot was completely off right after catching the ball; it slammed against the rim and bounced off.

Too hurried!

O’Neill once again easily obtained the rebound facing Dan Piel,

Barkley, watching Artest flaunting his biceps in front of Nowitzki, couldn’t help but exclaim, "I feel like I’m seeing Dennis Rodman with the body of Charles Barkley on defense!"

After the Pacers lost the first game of the Finals, Flying Pig also considered how to restrict Dirk Nowitzki.

He thought hard but couldn’t come up with a suitable candidate. He even posted a status on Facebook:

I feel Dirk will dominate this year’s Finals.

As a result, the Pacers pulled off a surprise move, using Artest as the power forward, utilizing his strength and aggressiveness to disturb Nowitzki’s normal shooting rhythm.

As it turned out, the effect was excellent!

Kenny Smith said, "If this game happened in the regular season, Rick Carlisle would become coach of the year due to this tactical change, though he actually is this season..."

From the perspective of a transcender, Su Wan analyzed why Artest could limit Nowitzki so successfully, and he discovered another pivotal issue:

At this time, Nowitzki had a certain ability to make back attacks, but it was not yet skilled, especially under conditions where he did not have advantages in physical strength and confrontation, making it even harder for him to post-up facing such a matchup, he could easily lose his center of balance during contact.

Now, his main skill was an array of skilled face-up shooting techniques.

If it were a typical power forward, he would be even faster.

But now facing the extraordinary Artest, his speed seemed even slower.

Height advantage, in unstable shooting rhythm scenarios, simply couldn’t be exhibited.

As for using long legs for breakthroughs...

In front of Artest’s lateral movement, that was no different from seeking one’s demise.

Eventually, the first quarter ended, Nowitzki, who had displayed brilliance in the first game of the Finals only missing one shot and scoring 11 points, scored only 4 points tonight with just one shot made out of five attempts, and two free throws out of two, showing a stark difference from the first game.

The impact of his point of attack not opening up quickly spread through the team.

The Mavericks’ perimeter, which got more heated with more shots in the last game, was equally limp tonight, and by halftime, three from the perimeter each made a three-point shot.

It was not until the third quarter that they finally experienced a "light drizzle" of three-pointers, with the team making five three-point shots altogether.

However, by that time the pace was completely in the hands of the Pacers, and the Mavericks’ counterattack was like a small wave in the Yangtze River, which hardly stirred up any disturbance.

Eventually, the whole game ended, and the Pacers, just as Su Wan said, defended their home court successfully, setting off to Dallas with a tie score of 1-1.

Su Wan scored 31 points, grabbed 6 rebounds, and gave 2 assists in the second game.

If it weren’t for his free throw ability returning to normal, making five out of six attempts in this game, he might as well have turned into "Huaxia Jordan."

After these two games, Su Wan noticed that Wade’s outstanding performance was one aspect, with additional help from the referees, on the other hand, this Mavericks team truly lacked any defensive stalwarts in the perimeter.

Josh Howard was possibly the best perimeter defender for the Mavericks, but Su Wan could simply call for a screen to make him disappear from his front. If not, then another screen...

This was the second weakest perimeter defense Su Wan had encountered in the playoffs, with the first being the Knight’s wings.

If in the last game his stats were slightly disadvantaged against Nowitzki, then in this game, the comparison wasn’t simple with Nowitzki scoring only 18 points with 7 rebounds and 3 assists but making 5 turnovers.

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