The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 357 - 191: The Strongest Cavaliers Team Since the New Century_3

Chapter 357: Chapter 191: The Strongest Cavaliers Team Since the New Century_3

"The biggest difference is... he’s now listed as the small forward in the roster, but last season he was listed as the point guard."

"Are you saying he changed his position on the court but didn’t change his style of play?" the reporter keenly sensed the implication in Su Wan’s words.

"That’s an obvious thing."

"Could it also be possible that he took advice from the ’New York Times’ and referred to Scottie Pippen’s style of play during his time with the Bulls?"

"Would you dare say that to his face?" Su Wan asked with a smile.

The reporter fell silent, he certainly wouldn’t dare. Saying that in front of LeBron would mean losing the chance to interview him forever.

The two names LeBron dislikes the most are Su Wan and Pippen.

"How do you feel about Maria Sharapova saying you’re a good man in a recent interview?" Erin asked this question.

"She said that?" Su Wan genuinely didn’t know.

Erin gave him a "Stop playing dumb with me" look.

Su Wan replied, "Then she must have misspoken, I’m more than just good."

Erin: "..."

Seeing that Su Wan still had the mood to flirt with a female reporter, a Cleveland journalist really wanted to rush forward and ask:

Su Wan, can’t you give us Cleveland a bit of respect?

We are now your formidable rivals!

Do you understand?

You should show the attitude worthy of facing a strong team.

But never mind, once this game is over, you’ll realize that today’s Cleveland Cavaliers are different from before!

The Cleveland reporter had reasons for his confidence.

Su Wan could understand their confidence, since, after all, looking at the records, this season’s Cavaliers were indeed the strongest Cavalier team since the new century. Besides temporarily being in the first place in the Eastern Conference during the first month last season, when else had they climbed so high?

And this time, their hold on second place in the Eastern Conference was very stable.

They were three wins ahead of the third-place Pistons!

How could such a Cavaliers team not be confident?

Shaquille O’Neal entered Conseco Arena amidst boos, the noisy booing made him feel nothing had changed.

But turning his head, he saw not a "chubby face" but a dominant "square face," then looking down at his own jersey, all that was a change.

The first thing Su Wan said when he met him:

"When did the Heat Team change their uniform, and how come I didn’t know about it?"

That was clearly a taunt about him being discarded by the Heat Team.

Shaquille O’Neal’s face immediately darkened, "Just wait, your day will come. What do you think the NBA is?"

Su Wan scoffed, "Who do you think made you look this pathetic?"

Shaquille fell silent, he had no words to refute.

Su Wan wasn’t wrong, the biggest reason he was driven out by the Heat Team was their failure to win the championship; for two consecutive years, they were halted in the Eastern Conference Finals, and he was the main culprit.

And the person who made him the main culprit was Su Wan!

But Su Wan had no intention of letting him off: "How comfortable does it feel to lick LeBron’s boots in Cleveland? That’s your only way to survive now, I won’t hold it against you, the most dominant player in history!"

That statement directly pierced Shaquille O’Neal’s frail ego. He howled wanting to swing a fist, but luckily the people beside him stopped him.

Su Wan just watched with a cold smirk.

Shaquille knew why Su Wan was so heated upon seeing him tonight.

Since joining the Cavaliers, he had not stopped mocking Su Wan in front of the media.

He was also ready to have a verbal clash with Su Wan tonight.

But he really didn’t expect Su Wan’s words to be so venomous tonight, each word stabbing at his heart.

He couldn’t stand such humiliation!

This verbal clash added more intensity to the game.

The Pacers still started with their regular lineup.

The Cavaliers replaced LeBron with Gibson as the starting point guard, Quentin Richardson as the two, LeBron as the small forward, Channing Frye as the power forward, and Shaquille O’Neal as the five.

In the first round, Su Wan held the ball facing "Ah Q."

Although Battier said Quentin Richardson could defend well if he wanted to.

Everyone knew that the best Quentin died in the Clippers, after the injury, standing in front of everyone was "Ah Q."

His cross movement had deteriorated a lot, so much that when Su Wan forcefully made a breakthrough, he couldn’t stop him at all.

Barely struggling to reach the free throw line only to then be pushed away by Su Wan.

Shaquille O’Neal didn’t dare to come forward to defend, but Su Wan didn’t plan to shoot directly, he charged straight towards the basket, challenging Shaquille O’Neal.

Normally in such a situation, Shaquille’s choice would be to knock down his opponent.

But remembering what happened the last time he knocked down Su Wan,

unless he planned never to play against the Pacers again, he truly didn’t have the courage to knock down Su Wan a second time.

The Pacers would really retaliate against "violent fouls."

He didn’t dare to bet...

Eventually, he chose to watch as Su Wan completed the slam dunk.

How could this not be considered progress?

Mike Brown immediately shook his head.

The defensive capability of this Cavalier lineup was not very high, mainly dependent on whether Shaquille O’Neal was willing to step forward to block; with his size, if he were proactive, he could pose a threat to those attacking inside.