The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 561 - 232 The Most Gimmicky Finals_2

Chapter 561: Chapter 232 The Most Gimmicky Finals_2

It was like endlessly pouring water into a cup. Even though water was continuously being added, the cup had long been full, and it couldn’t hold any more. The excess water could only overflow. At this time, what needed to be done was to switch to a larger container.

Su Wan actually understood what Shaquille O’Neal meant.

Why did LeBron go to the Lakers later?

It was for the market in Los Angeles!

And when did he start crazily hyping the notion that he was the "GOAT"?

It was after he won the 2020 championship with the Lakers!

It’s always cooler in the shade of the big tree.

The same goes for the voice of public opinion!

Take Tom Brady, for example.

As the undisputed number one player in American football, and with football being the most popular sport all over the United States, and each year’s "Super Evening" being the equivalent of Spring Festival gala, his influence still isn’t as great as Michael Jordan’s...

From this, one can see the power that the voice of public opinion has in promoting an athlete.

As an international player, Su Wan especially needed the support of public opinion. He was clear about this and knew he definitely needed to take his talents elsewhere, it’s just... he didn’t feel that his relationship with Shaquille O’Neal was the right context to discuss these matters.

"You should focus more on how you’re going to deal with Yao!"

In the end, Shaquille O’Neal, who was eager to talk about more, awkwardly got up and ended the conversation following Su Wan’s curt retort.

The plane landed safely at Bolis Airport; it was already past 3 a.m., but there were still many Indiana natives to pick them up.

Randolph looked at the dark mass of people in front of him and suddenly remembered this time last year.

After the Eastern Conference Finals, they had flown back to Indiana overnight, where a swarm of fans had turned up to meet them, startling Zach Randolph.

However, the atmosphere now was completely different from back then.

At that time, the entire airport was filled with a sense of unwillingness to let go, but now...

There was only excitement and revelry!

Zach Randolph could even hear the fans excitedly greeting him, and he quickly waved back in the direction of the voices.

Then, from somewhere, a portable speaker was rolled out, and Su Wan took the microphone that was plugged in and declared directly, "There’s one more round of finals left, and Indiana will have its fourth championship banner. Believe in us, we can definitely do it!"

An outburst of unified cheers rose from the crowd off a simple sentence.

As the Pacers players filed into their cars one by one and drove away, the airport pickup came to a successful end, but the uniquely American celebrations were just getting started.

The next morning, the news that Su Wan, after a year, had led his team back to the finals topped the media headlines.

The media couldn’t help but marvel.

At the end of last season, the Pacers had already shown various symptoms of a "dynasty hangover," and even though they made trades over the summer, completing a rebuild on paper, this team still faced a multitude of doubts.

But Su Wan had stubbornly taken such a troubled team back to the stage of the finals.

Barkley said, "Even though we’ve described him with such words countless times, I still want to say, it’s unbelievable! Truly unbelievable! Su Wan is definitely going to achieve incredible things!"

If the original Pacers team before Auburn Palace already had the capacity to win a championship, Su Wan’s arrival was more about showcasing his ability to bond the team. Now, it’s almost a brand-new version of the Pacers, once again proving Su Wan’s leadership in the locker room, as well as his ability to lead different rosters to a championship.

Even though this team still had little O’Neal.

But we all know, O’Neal this season was not a core member of the team’s strategy.

This season, the Pacers’ tactical initiator was Billups, the tactical core was pick and roll, and Su Wan became a pure finisher, as well as an outside defender. He undertook a new team role and completed it exceptionally well.

What else is there to say, he was already looking forward to the day when Su Wan officially surpassed Michael Jordan!

Even though he had not yet secured his fourth career championship.

New York media routinely mocked Cleveland, saying they traded a watermelon for a sesame seed, not just one, not two, but three, and were about to lose the fourth!

And one day later, the media’s attention gradually shifted to the Western Conference Finals.

The first two games of the series had ended in a 1-1 tie.

After the Pacers finished their two away games in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Lakers and the Nuggets had also successively completed the third and fourth games of the series.

The Nuggets ultimately failed to make the overall score a favorable 3-1 on their home court.

They won one game at home, but then, Kobe exploded, scoring 42 points and helping his team win 103 to 102 away from home, tying the series.

Carmelo Anthony scored 41 points in that game.

His point-scoring duel with Kobe had the fans exclaiming with pleasure.

In the end, he was a point short, and the Nuggets lost by one point...

Now they would head to the Lakers’ home court to fight the "King Mountain Battle."

It was guaranteed to be a tense match.

And the result was as expected; from the beginning of the game, the two teams closely chased each other’s score, unable to pull away, with the lead changing hands 18 times by halftime!

It was simply...

Su Wan was also watching the match.

Honestly, it wasn’t just boasting, but he felt that the Nuggets truly owe Larry Bird a thank you for bringing them Foster.

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