The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 411 - 202: Kobe, stop talking trash to Su Wan!_2

Chapter 411: Chapter 202: Kobe, stop talking trash to Su Wan!_2

Of course, when the time came, it wouldn’t just be the domestic fans going crazy; I’m afraid the entire basketball fan community in the United States would be abuzz.

Su Wan clearly felt that he was standing at a crossroads in his professional career. One more step, and at 22 years old, he would’ve completed a journey that took a historical level "Super Star" a decade to accomplish.

Moreover, he was lucky to join the Pacers, a team that already had the strength to win championships. Plus, his "minor contract" meant the team wouldn’t have any salary cap issues for the first three years.

This kind of opportunity would only come once in Su Wan’s entire career.

Regardless of the angle, he had to seize it.

The game time arrived quickly. For the Pacers, who had made it into the finals and lifted the Championship Trophy for two consecutive years, the finals could be summed up in two words:

Familiar!

Anthony Parker and Millsap’s state was clearly tense; even their walking seemed a bit off.

Especially when they walked out of the home team’s tunnel and saw the "hazy" scene, they were...

Entirely blank-minded!

It was only after Su Wan gently nudged them from behind that they seemed to have rebooted their systems and resumed moving.

Su Wan was somewhat surprised to see someone on the bench:

"Future Princess" Ivanka.

What surprised him was that he remembered not receiving any message from Ivanka.

Was this a surprise attack?

Ivanka noticed his gaze and simply nodded with a smile as a greeting.

Su Wan didn’t know if it was because he knew this woman would help him handle important matters in the future, but whenever he looked at Ivanka, he saw her as dignified and well-educated, a rare temperament among American women.

But Su Wan’s gaze quickly returned to the Lakers.

Tonight...

That’s what he should be concerned about the most!

Soon, he noticed some good news: aside from Kobe and Fisher, the other Lakers had never been in the finals.

Compared to the playoffs, the finals were even more intense because of the proximity of the O’Brien Cup.

Su Wan felt that he could first make the other Lakers players pay their dues.

Rick Carlisle...

Had the same idea!

The game officially began quickly, and the Lakers had the ball for the first possession.

But as soon as Fisher just crossed half-court with the ball, the entire Pacers team immediately began an aggressive defense. Artest was practically stuffed inside Kobe’s jersey. "Black Mamba," under such circumstances, received the ball with difficulty, faked Artest with a "drop" move of the ball that made Artest step back, then surged strong from the right and broke in.

Su Wan quickly followed from the side, but Kobe’s speed was too fast; they couldn’t form a "door" to stop him in time.

Artest, biting at Kobe’s heels and unable to stop him, wrapped his arms around mid-flight Kobe and "took him down" in a way that it seemed like he was going for a "Thunder slam down."

Yao Ming was dumbfounded.

Of course, as soon as Kobe regained his balance, Artest let him go.

Kobe clapped his hands amid the referee’s whistle, a smile spread across his face:

That’s the flavor; that’s the flavor!

This is the finals!

After making both free throws smoothly, it was the Pacers’ turn to counterattack.

Su Wan faced Kobe with the ball.

The two of them had a lot of trash talk before the game, but once the game started, Su Wan twice taunted with trash talk, and Kobe did not retaliate, just looked at him coldly. Su Wan, now with ball in hand facing him, taunted again, but still, Kobe didn’t speak.

Suddenly Su Wan thought of something, "It seems Shaquille’s advice worked, that’s right Kobe, you should listen to him, absolutely don’t trash talk me, or you’ll definitely lose! Staying silent is the best choice!"

"Darn it, who do you think you are!" Kobe blurted out as soon as he heard Shaquille’s name, breaking his composure.

Beside him, Phil Jackson couldn’t help but cover his face.

That quick?

Before the game, he repeatedly warned Kobe not to provoke Su Wan, and that winning the game calmly was the best approach.

He knew all too well what kind of person Shaquille O’Neal was, and even someone as proud as him said not to provoke Su Wan. He felt it was necessary to be cautious.

But the look Kobe gave him, as if he was looking at an idiot, made him realize his warnings were in vain.

Yet he didn’t expect that Kobe couldn’t resist the third provocation by Su Wan!

Seeing Kobe respond, Su Wan couldn’t help but say to himself:

Still Kobe, huh!

Truly "hardheaded!"

However, he didn’t immediately activate "The zone" but called for Tinsley’s screen to initiate a mismatch and single out Fisher.

But the Lakers chose the same strategy the Pacers had used against LeBron before.

Kobe and Fisher double-teamed Su Wan, and Tinsley was left wide open.

Of course, when the Pacers defended LeBron this way, it was because they knew his field of view for passing wasn’t as good as imagined, and the double team would certainly make him back off.

The Lakers treated Su Wan this way not just because of his poor passing but, more importantly, because Tinsley lacked the ability to shoot after catching the ball.

By the time he started his offense with the ball, Fisher could easily guard him again.

The Lakers’ move evidently caught Su Wan off guard, and by the time he passed the ball to Tinsley, Fisher had indeed managed to get back in front of Tinsley just as expected.

Another important point was that Fisher, although weak in other areas, was still capable of holding his own in a confrontation.

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