The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 492 - 218: Is This Something Great?_3

Chapter 492: Chapter 218: Is This Something Great?_3

Technical skills can be practiced gradually, and intensity can also be gradually adapted to, but this temperament is innate.

Facing Kevin Garnett, very few rookies can muster the right attitude, and Yi Jianlian’s performance caught the attention of the Atlanta Hawks’ head coach.

With the team’s tough attitude, the Atlanta Hawks even dragged the series to a seventh game, ultimately facing a regrettable defeat.

But for this team made up mostly of rookies, such a result was enough to end the season with their heads held high. frёeweɓηovel_coɱ

The domestic media asked Yi Jianlian to rate his rookie season.

Alian’s resonant bass voice was very distinctive, "60 points, just passing. There are many areas to improve over the summer, and I hope to perform better next season!"

It was clear from his demeanor while answering the question that he was a pragmatic kid.

This characteristic also made him very diligent and focused on training.

Among the people in the Huaxia Men’s Basketball Team, if not the first in diligence, Yi Jianlian was certainly among the top three!

The Celtics had their results, and the other two tense matches in the Eastern Conference had only just ended two days before.

The Pistons ultimately defeated the Brooklyn Nets 4-2. Shaquille O’Neal performed quite well, averaging 22.8 points, 10.2 rebounds, and 2 blocks in the first five games, but he was exhausted by the last match, scoring only 12 points and 6 rebounds.

Without the offensive power in the paint, the Brooklyn Nets couldn’t drag the series to a seventh game.

The few New Jersey fans who saw the game sighed heavily, believing it was time for the Nets to rebuild, as an aging Jide and an aging Shaquille couldn’t bring any hope to the team.

The Pistons successfully advanced to the semifinals.

After two years, Su Wan encountered the Pistons again.

However, the "Five Tigers" of that time were now only the "Four Tigers."

While the Pacers headed to Detroit to prepare for the first game of the semifinals.

The last Eastern Conference match-up also concluded; the Magic Team fought through six games to defeat the Heat Team and move on to the semifinals to face the top-seeded Celtics.

This match-up had a very attention-grabbing point:

Kevin Garnett and Dwight Howard were both strong contenders for the "Best Defensive Player Award" this year.

Everyone thought that the suspense of this award was greater than the regular season MVP.

Howard believed, "No one is more suited for this award than me!"

Kevin Garnett believed, "The Celtics’ record speaks for everything!"

Ultimately, Garnett easily outdid Howard with a considerable margin of 44%.

The Orlando media were very displeased with this result, believing that Howard had lost mainly due to less experience. Howard thought so too. This top "jumping inside man," who had made his name league-wide with a "Superman dunk" at this year’s Dunk Contest, was very unhappy about not winning the award.

This round of the series instantly gained an extra bit of combustibility.

Of course, if talking about combustible situations, the confrontations between the Pistons and the Pacers were the most intense.

A past "Locking Throat" incident left the entire Detroit media speechless, and afterwards, Su Wan’s three consecutive championships made them merely mutter about it internally.

Now, it was good news; the Pacers couldn’t escape the fate of past "Dynasties" and had fallen!

This season, they were ranked only sixth in the Eastern Conference!

Such a record, tsk tsk...

It was time for our Pistons to seek revenge!

What?

You say the Pacers’ "upset" victory over the Cavaliers already demonstrated their capabilities?

Haha~

When did LeBron, that "worthless sweetheart," ever beat Su Wan?

Him losing is normal; him winning would be abnormal!

Just wait and see, the Pistons will expose the true face of the Pacers as the sixth in the Eastern Conference, and their Detroit media and fans will harshly humiliate both Su Wan and the Pacers!

On the day of the match.

Zach Randolph, along with his Pacers teammates, walked out from the visiting team’s tunnel at Auburn Palace, startled by the immediate burst of boos. Then, he realized these boos were directed at Su Wan.

He took the opportunity to throw a jab, "Su Wan, why does it seem like fans in every city really hate you?"

It was the same in Cleveland and Auburn Hills.

Su Wan glanced at him, "What? Does a person who’s always disliked by home fans like you find this embarrassing?"

Randolph was at a loss for words, but Su Wan didn’t intend to let him off the hook, "For someone like you who’s never played beyond the second round of the playoffs, opposing fans would love you if they could. Why would they hate you? They’d wish for all players in the league to be like you; imagine how many championships they’d get..."

"Su, I was wrong!"

Listening to those piercing replies, Randolph couldn’t hold back any longer and raised his hand in surrender.

He shouldn’t have tried to provoke Su Wan just because he thought of a clever remark.

Obviously, he didn’t realize the real problem...

As everyone knows, if Beibei decides to diss in a song, no matter how he twists his rhymes, he’s destined to be crushed.

"Come on, guys, the first game of the semifinals, don’t treat the Pistons like the Cavaliers and LeBron, those weaklings. Everyone stay sharp. And you, Zach, it’s your first semifinal, I’ll allow you to be nervous, but try to avoid rookie mistakes!"

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