The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 690 - 258 LeBron’s Last Chance

Chapter 690: Chapter 258 LeBron’s Last Chance

The commentators were speechless, and Wade, as LeBron’s best buddy, didn’t know what to say to excuse LeBron.

It was undeniable.

He didn’t know what had happened.

LeBron had just scored a basket right before the timeout, narrowing the deficit to three points.

When he called for a timeout and walked towards the bench, he was full of energy, declaring "We’ll definitely win tonight!"

But after the timeout ended, he was like a different person, missing his free throws and making two passing errors.

This...

This wasn’t just undercover work.

If it weren’t for Wade knowing how tough LeBron’s situation was, he might think LeBron was obviously acting.

Chalmers made a sarcastic comment, "If you can’t handle the ball, then don’t, toiling all night for nothing, the game is freaking suffocating!"

LeBron stiffened at his words, wanting to argue with Chalmers, but then he thought about what he was about to face and suddenly lost the mood.

Then Wade learned that Su Wan had scored 83 points at Madison Square Garden, single-handedly defeating the Western third-ranked Mavericks, maintaining the New York Knicks’ "home court invincibility."

He also double-checked with reporters if the news was true.

After getting an affirmative answer from the reporters, his eyes were filled only with shock.

He was so stunned that his cheeks appeared puffier than usual.

He probably knew what had triggered LeBron’s sudden "outburst"...

It must have been the shock of hearing the news.

But he didn’t understand.

Isn’t pressure supposed to be a good thing?

Why was LeBron playing worse than usual?

However, he was clear that LeBron was about to face a storm.

Especially after the reporters relayed Su Wan’s post-game remarks...

"You think I’m the same level as LeBron?"

And tonight, LeBron’s performance in the final moments was a true embodiment of Su Wan’s words.

He was sure that tomorrow, LeBron would be the subject of mass ridicule.

But very quickly, Wade realized he was wrong.

Because the mockery...

Had started right after the game.

When he passed by Chalmers in the players’ tunnel, he heard him telling reporters, "It’s normal for the Heat to suffer six straight losses because we don’t have a teammate who can score 83 points in a game, but we do have someone who keeps making passing errors and missing free throws in the final moments. We are not Su Wan; it’s hard to win under these circumstances."

Chalmers was stubborn, especially on the court.

Right was right, wrong was wrong.

Many of LeBron’s habits on the court were annoyances to him.

The friction between the two had been happening ever since the incident where LeBron "mistakenly pointed the finger," blaming Chalmers for a defensive error that was his own fault.

This time, Chalmers clearly felt too aggrieved by the loss and started making sarcastic comments to the media.

Wade was then still unaware of the severity of the problem until...

He had just returned to the locker room when Chalmers and LeBron entered one after the other.

The first thing LeBron did upon entering was to shut the locker room door.

In the locker room, there were only Wade, Chalmers, and Haslem—

And of course, LeBron.

Without addressing anyone else, he confronted Chalmers directly, "Dude, what do you mean by saying that to the media? Don’t you think I want to win?"

Chalmers had only just vented his frustration, hearing LeBron’s retort, flared up again with a sneer, "You’re so eager to win, LeBron. If that’s the case, why play like that in the final moments? Why not pass the ball to Dwayne?"

LeBron hadn’t expected Chalmers to dare counter back, and immediately threw statistics at him, "At least I got 27 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists tonight, what about you? You only scored 9 points and got 3 assists. Who should really take responsibility for tonight’s loss?"

"You’re forgetting your nine turnovers, LeBron!" Chalmers said with a cold laugh, "Before you came back, I had similar stats, but the Heat was number one in the Eastern Conference, and we never suffered ’two consecutive losses.’ But ever since you came back, we’ve never won!"

"I can take responsibility for tonight’s loss!"

"But LeBron, shouldn’t you also be responsible for the Heat’s losses since January?"

"You’re disrupting the team’s chemistry. Chris was playing at an All-Star level every month, but because of your return, his stats aren’t even on par with an All-Star!"

His gaze shifted to Haslem, and all the rumors he had heard came flooding back:

"You even wanted to get rid of Udonis, as if we’re all fools who don’t know about your backdoor dealings!"

"You want to be the absolute core of the Heat!"

"But even if you wish came true, what then?"

"Turning Miami Heat into the Miami Cavaliers, will that make you successful?"

"You didn’t succeed in Cleveland, and you can’t succeed in Miami either!"

"But you’ve still the audacity to want to bring eight championships to this city!"

"Why didn’t you bring a championship to Cleveland first?"

"Stop boasting!"

"You are not Su Wan, and you never will be!"

LeBron was both annoyed and panicking, even glancing subconsciously at Haslem, until at the mention of Su Wan, rage was all that remained in his eyes as he lunged at Chalmers.

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