The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 486 - 217: You Should Reflect on Yourself, Chosen One!_2

Chapter 486: Chapter 217: You Should Reflect on Yourself, Chosen One!_2

A pretty exciting scene on the court.

Can’t lie, it really got our blood pumping.

Channing Frye and Quentin were actively making space for LeBron as soon as they hit the court.

Not to say they were working that well with LeBron.

To be honest, Gibson’s passes last season were much more comfortable for them.

But the hope of defeating Su Wan was right there in front of them, and they wanted to try to wash away the embarrassment they felt as Cavaliers players who seemed doomed to lose against Su Wan.

It was a matter of NBA pride.

Nothing else.

But their energetic running soon came to a halt.

Because...

LeBron, feeling something was off as he faced Su Wan, gave a "beep beep" backing-up signal, retreating to just before the midline, then approached slowly again.

But Su was standing right on the three-point line, completely unresponsive to his movement. — This position was tactical, LeBron would need to dribble forward another step to make an "eight-step layup".

And that gave the Pacers defense time to prepare for an interception.

Moreover, Su’s positioning could counter some of LeBron’s force, making his subsequent breakthrough less ferocious.

If Su’s position was too far forward or backward, it would give LeBron the space and timing to accelerate, enabling him to gain momentum.

The most fearsome part of LeBron’s breakthroughs was the impact of speed he built up, along with the finishing move of his handwork.

The rest wasn’t worth mentioning.

That’s also why you always see him backpedaling with the ball.

If he can’t build up enough speed, he knows even if he rushes in, he can’t push through the defense.

Seeing Su Wan wasn’t falling for it, LeBron had to "reverse" again, and seconds ticked away rapidly.

Frye and Quentin stopped moving as LeBron "reversed" twice, exchanging speechless glances with each other.

What could they do?

This was Cleveland’s LeBron James.

With less than 5 seconds left out of the final 24, the Cavaliers’ offense almost came to a halt, and suddenly he flung the ball to the right, passing it to Vince Carter.

Carter didn’t even look before he threw the ball towards the corner.

He sure didn’t want to be blamed for this mess.

Channing Frye at the baseline was genuinely shocked when the 24-second offense was reduced to the last 3 seconds as the ball was passed to him, he hastily raised his hand, but the ball had already flown by his side into the spectator stands.

"Toot!"

The referee blew his whistle.

The Cavaliers’ first offense after the timeout ended with an error at 23 seconds.

The cheers at the venue were deafening.

And Mike Brown, aside from sighing helplessly and casually stroking his "dog’s head", really had no other choice.

Was he supposed to be the Cavaliers’ head coach no matter what?

LeBron James was also shaking his head – what kind of divine teammates were these?

If they couldn’t even catch the ball, what use were they?

On the Pacers’ side, the ball was given to Su Wan again.

Su Wan tauntingly glanced at LeBron and, seeing he had no intentions to switch defense, faced Quentin and made a "jump shot" with ease, completing the score.

The 6-point difference suddenly shrank to just 2 points.

The crowd was now utterly restless:

"Defense!"

"Defense!"

"Defense!"

In unison, the chant shook the floor. The Pacers’ defensive quality was very high this round, and as LeBron finally managed to get inside, he was blocked by Zach Randolph, and Su Wan swooped in from the side, slapping the ball out of his hands with a fierce block.

That block was vicious.

Before LeBron could fully jump, Su Wan sprang up as if he had springs in his feet, and swatted the ball LeBron had just released straight back down.

Straight up and down, the ball smashed directly onto LeBron’s nose.

A spicy pain spread from LeBron’s nose, causing him to instinctively cover it as tears streamed down.

The audience gasped in shock.

Even Su Wan was a bit flustered.

He certainly did not expect his block to hit LeBron’s face.

But what was outrageous was...

LeBron, covering his nose and shedding tears, found the referee on the side of the court with striking accuracy, complaining that Su Wan’s move constituted a malicious foul.

Seemingly to lend credence to his argument, LeBron spread open his hands.

You could see the blood streaming down his face.

Then, a pitiful scene was born:

Crying, with blood running from his nose, LeBron spread his hands toward the referee, lamenting the injustice of fate.

The referee saw the play clearly, it was accidental, Su Wan hadn’t touched LeBron at all, it was just the blocked ball falling straight down onto LeBron’s face, so there was no foul to call.

To be fair, it was LeBron who interrupted the Pacers’ fast-break opportunity.

But seeing LeBron in such a sorry state, the referee still symbolically checked the video playback.

Su Wan initially felt a little guilty, but seeing LeBron’s true colors and trying to draw the foul, he could only suggest to the nearby referee with disbelief, "You might want to wipe that ball off; it’s not clean anymore!"

He’d never seen such an exasperating person.

In the end, the call remained the same:

LeBron’s injury was an accident, and Su Wan’s block was still valid.

So when the game restarted, the Pacers still had possession of the ball.

In the attack that could turn the score around, Su Wan went "Full Power" to the max, "1 versus 4" barging into the paint, then attracted the attention of all the Cavaliers players before dishing the ball off to Randolph beside the basket.

Randolph scored off the backboard, also drawing a foul from Channing, and with a successful free throw, took the lead for his team.