The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 500 - 220: Who Really, Spoke ’Trash Talk’ to Su Wan?!

Chapter 500: Chapter 220: Who Really, Spoke ’Trash Talk’ to Su Wan?!

The second half continued.

Paul Pierce looked dejected.

Originally, he had wanted to anger Su Wan and then overcome Su Wan’s so-called "The zone," letting everyone know that "The zone" was just bullshit. If he had teammates better than Su Wan’s, he could entirely crush him!

But the result...

The moment Su Wan activated "The zone," he started to panic.

In the matchups that followed, whether it was on offense or defense, he felt tremendous pressure from Su Wan.

Hmm...

That’s what it’s like for a child facing "The zone" for the first time.

Though Su Wan would play three games against the Celtics every season, the Boston Celtics had been too weak over the past three seasons. Often, they would fall without Su Wan even needing to exert much effort.

Even during seasons when Su Wan frequently activated "The zone," he had hardly ever done so in this arena.

If it hadn’t been Pierce’s first confrontation, he wouldn’t have been so reckless.

Having opened "Pandora’s Box," he was like a child who had made a mistake, hanging his head low throughout the halftime break. It was Kevin Garnett who comforted him, "Buddy, relax, even if he has activated ’The zone,’ he’s just one person. Together, we definitely won’t have any problem!"

Rajon Rondo also chimed in, even saying, "Even if we lose this game, it’s only the first of the series. The Eastern Conference Finals are just beginning. We all know the first game of the series is just a way for both sides to feel each other out. Paul, you’ve let us all see how Su Wan performs after he activates ’The zone.’ This is actually good for us!"

Knowing that "playing with fire can burn," you stop playing with fire.

They were all trying to console Pierce, except for Ray Allen, who sat quietly without saying or doing anything.

Consoling was impossible.

Because deep down, he felt that Paul Pierce had made a mistake.

It was also his mistake that had put the team in such a passive position.

Mistakes must be owned up to!

If this had been in the SuperSonic Team, he would have directly questioned Pierce, "What was the point of what you did?"

But this was Boston, and Paul Pierce was the nominal leader of the team. Turning a blind eye was the biggest concession he could make.

But what he hadn’t expected was that Rajon Rondo would turn to him at this moment and ask, "Ray, what do you think? Paul shouldn’t worry too much about this, right?"

Allen didn’t even lift his eyelids, just put on his headphones, and with his actions alone, answered Rondo.

Rondo’s "poker face" immediately fell.

He had always felt that Ray Allen, who came from a middle-class background, looked down on them folks from the slums.

The most obvious evidence was that Allen never attended the Celtics’ gatherings.

Now, when it was time to display team unity, he still remained silent.

Did he look down on us that much?

Rajon Rondo’s stubborn temper flared, and he was about to confront Ray Allen when Rivers sensed the change in the atmosphere in the locker room and clapped his hands, directing everyone’s focus towards him, "Guys, get your spirits up for the second half! First, stabilize the score, then try to slowly close the gap!"

Tactically, there was nothing wrong with that.

The only problem was...

He just told everyone to stabilize the score but didn’t specify how to do it, instead serving up a big pot of "Chicken Soup," filling everyone up.

Thibodeau was just about to say something when Rivers hurried the players back onto the court.

It was clear he commanded great authority; as he spoke, the Celtics players moved onto the court fully charged.

But when the game started, the Celtics players on the court belatedly realized:

Wait, how are we supposed to play the second half?

Rivers hadn’t said!

Just drank "Chicken Soup" without seeing any main course!

Consequently, the Pacers, driven by Su Wan, kicked off with a "Scoring Wave" of 13-3, instantly widening the score gap to 20 points.

Under Thibodeau’s constant urging, Rivers finally remembered to call a timeout.

"Wait a minute, just give me the ball!"

The first thing Su Wan said when he came off the court was to have everyone play around him.

He was ready to clinch the game early.

Because he could feel that, even if he tried his best not to dunk, the physical toll of just handling the ball on offense was too much to sustain through the fourth quarter.

If he waited for "The zone" to disengage automatically, he would hardly be able to stand.

Therefore, a 20-point lead was not safe enough; he had to create a 30-point gap.

With his current physical condition, he felt that maintaining "80% of full power," he could last around 5-7 more minutes, just until the end of the third quarter. He wanted to use that time to completely shatter the Celtics.

But Thibodeau seemed to have sensed his intentions. After the Celtics’ timeout and returning to the court, their defense changed, all obviously targeting him.

That was even better...

The ball moved from Su Wan’s hands to Dior’s.

The "French Magician" drove the ball himself straight to the basket for a Slam Dunk.

With all the defensive attention on Su Wan, the Celtics were caught off guard.

The first thing Su Wan had said after the timeout was, "Wait a minute, just give me the ball!"

But he hadn’t finished his sentence; there was more to it:

"If I pass the ball out, whoever gets it should just go for it, be proactive, be resolute!"—after all, with fewer than four people marking a ’The zone’ state Su Wan, he felt he was wide open.

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