Chapter 266: Regular Season MVP is different from Regular Season MVP
The Heat are a strong offensive team.

Whether it is Dwyane Wade or Chris Bosh, their more lethal weapon is definitely the breakthrough to the basket.

Then there are other means.

The same was true for LeBron on the bench.

The key reason why this “strong attack” style of play allowed them to sweep the entire league is…

No other team has a strong enough inside combination.

This was also the main reason why they originally swept the East.

The decline of traditional centers and the advancement of the “small ball era” have put the league’s interior in a period of change, and most teams in the league are looking for more mobile interiors. The only “old-school” interior combination completed the “black eight” against the Spurs in the chaotic Western Conference, but due to its own lack of talent, it ultimately failed to reach a higher ceiling.

But now, such a team appears in the East.

Moreover, compared with the original Grizzlies, the Pacers’ inside line is deeper, and the team’s inside style is also very varied:

Zach Randolph, Marc Gasol, O’Neal Jr., Millsap…

There are those who defend top, those who protect the rim, those who attack strongly, and those who shoot from long range!

It can be said that it has everything.

Not only is LeBron restricted, but Chris Bosh is also restricted.

More importantly, the Pacers’ wing Afflalo has grown into a very good wing defender. Although he can’t withstand Wade’s offensive, he has no problem causing some obstruction.

It can be effective as the first line of defense, and the inside line can also provide more timely backup.

In addition, Rick Carlisle is now the “super meritorious coach” of the “Pacers dynasty” with 6 championships in 5 years. There was no head coach with more rings than him in the entire 00s. Inspired by Suwan, his current coaching ability even exceeds that of his peers.

Spoelstra, the still somewhat immature head coach, was clearly not up to par in front of him.

At the end of the game, the Heat lost the first game of the semifinals at their home court.

damn…

The ominous premonition that had already come true.

Now the Miami media is even more panicked.

Chris Webber, who had just taken office in the commentary booth, joked: “It seems that the Pacers’ dominance over LeBron has not disappeared with Suwan’s departure!”

The next morning, Suwan also learned about Webber’s ridicule from reporters. He said: “I look forward to seeing the Pacers on the stage of the Eastern Conference Finals. It will be a very interesting scene.”

This made the Bulls reporter next to him very dissatisfied, and he reminded: “Su, the score is now 1-1, you should respect us!”

Su Wan said: “I have always respected the Bulls and I regard them as my opponent, but this does not mean that I have no confidence in reaching the Eastern Conference Finals. Even if you call Michael, I still think that the team that will reach the Eastern Conference Finals is the New York Knicks!”

The Bulls reporter was speechless.

Another reporter said, “If the Pacers really beat the Heat, Su, will you be embarrassed? Because it means that it’s not you who has dominated LeBron for so many years, but the Pacers’ lineup.”

“That’s a good question!” Su Wan glanced at the reporter, “But your memory doesn’t seem to be very good. Please answer me, who is the only one who swept the Heat in the regular season this season?”

The reporter fell silent too.

The only team that has swept the Heat this season is the New York Knicks.

Even the Pacers still lost one game to the Heat in the regular season.

This interview soon reached the ears of Joakim Noah, and his reaction was even more intense than that of the Bulls reporter: “Suwan will soon realize that he is not in Indiana, and he does not have so many strong teammates around him to support him. He is no longer qualified to speak such big words!”

Irene was among them. After hearing what Joakim Noah said, she emphasized the point: “Are you saying that Suwan mainly relies on his teammates in the Pacers?”

“Isn’t it? Jermaine and Ron were the best forwards of that era. No team had that kind of forward configuration!” Because the Bulls were despised, Noah began to deliberately say some words that belittled the value of Suwan’s performance in the past six years.

Erin could tell that Noah was a little vague.

His nervousness caused his hands to dance around.

It is not easy to provoke Su Wan.

But Irene didn’t intend to let him go. It was so hard to find someone trying to provoke Su Wan. This was too rare in this era. She continued to ask: “Qiao Jin, will you provoke him in front of Su Wan?”

“…”

With just one sentence, Noah shut up.

As a rookie in 07, when he entered the league, it was exactly the fourth season of Suwan’s career. At that time, a saying was widely circulated in the league:

“Don’t ever trash talk him!”

Not many people have mentioned it in recent years, but it is like an unwritten rule in the league. Every rookie will hear the old bird’s warning to them before their first game against Suwan.

Noah is sure that if he dares to provoke Suwan, Thibodeau will definitely spit the shit out of him.

“It seems, Qiao Jin, you don’t have the courage either!”

Although Irene’s several attempts to devote herself to Suwan were unsuccessful, as a “heavenly dish” in the “European and American circles”, she has a fatal attraction to players like Noah.

Now when he heard Irene say that he didn’t dare to provoke Su Wan, his tone hardened: “Everyone is scared by his story, but I won’t. I will prove that even if I talk trash to Su Wan, it’s nothing big!”

Irene gave Noah a thumbs up at that time:

Young man, you are so brave!
If Noah had a tail, it would have stood up by now.

“Su, Joakim is going to talk trash to you tonight!” Erin immediately went back to take credit.

Su Wan was not surprised.

Noah is considered to be one of the more courageous players in the 10s.

Especially after achieving good results, it is even more…

When LeBron, Bosh and Chalmers were arguing, he just clapped and “added fuel to the fire.”

However, it is news that in recent years, some people have threatened before the game that they would provoke his players during the game.

Now, apart from Kobe, only Wade would occasionally exchange a few words with him when he gets motivated.

He has gotten used to other people automatically going silent when they see him.

Suddenly, a player appeared and announced in advance that he would challenge him on the court…

come on!

Let’s see what happens next!

New York reporters heard the news and went to Noah again to confirm whether he really wanted to provoke Suwan with “trash talk”.

The first time he said this, it was a bit vague, but after saying it more, Noah’s tone became much tougher: “Yes, you can record it, I will provoke Su Wan, and then we will break his myth!”

What’s so great!
Even if I sprayed him!

He can still…

Are you going to beat me to death directly?
The overall score is now 1-1, not 3-1!

But what Noah didn’t expect was that Thibodeau rushed to the locker room. Although Thibodeau has only been here for one season, Noah has great respect for this “Bo Le” who has given him enough trust and a position in the team.

“Joakim, what you need to do is focus on the game instead of these messy things!”

Noah could see the deep fear in Thibodeau’s eyes.

How can I not be afraid?
As an old Celtic, he stood beside Rivers during those years and witnessed how Suwan, who heard the “trash talk”, beat up the “peak big three” one by one.

In the end the Celtics won.

But Pierce got his shit beat out of him.

It can be seen how much pain he suffered throughout the entire game.

Now, it has been confirmed that Su Wan can open “The zone” by himself.

Can……

This doesn’t mean that they have nothing better to do than to provoke Su Wan?
Noah is struggling a bit now.

He was thinking, why not just admit defeat?
After all, he can’t disobey Thibodeau’s words!
But when the game officially started, he saw Su Wan amid the continuous booing at him by the audience, and his expression suddenly became strange.

Then he saw Su Wan holding the microphone on the sidelines and shouting at him: “Qiao Jin, I heard you want to provoke me?”

“bring it on!”

“I’ll give you this chance!”

Good guy!
There is no way to avoid it!

Noah could only bite the bullet and said to Su Wan: “Don’t think you are so great, Su Wan? Just wait and see, the Bulls will definitely be the team that comes out of this series!”

There was a sudden burst of laughter at the scene.

Is this also considered a mockery?
And looking at Noah’s unnatural performance, you can tell how frightened he is.

Ok……

Even though Noah became an “All-Defensive First Team” player this season, he is still far behind Suwan in level.

Just like when Rajon Rondo had a conflict with Kobe, Kobe pointed at him and he immediately didn’t dare to speak. Kevin Garnett, who was next to him and was on the same team with him, advised Kobe, “He’s still a child, don’t bother with him.”

The same is true for Noah now. He still feels a little guilty when facing Su Wan.

but……

who cares!
Anyway, “The zone” is already open.

Neither side changed their formation in this game.

The starting lineup for the first two games is still the same.

Tyson Chandler took the first attack for the team.

Su Wan holds the ball.

The New Yorkers who had cheered loudly towards the court before the game started were just about to sit down, but when they saw Suwan get the ball, they immediately stood up again, shouting loudly, waiting for the scene of Suwan coming up and teaching Noah a lesson.

The Bulls won the last game mainly by relying on close defense and preventing the Knicks from shooting three-pointers.

They defended like this in the first game, but ended up losing.

But in the second game, they defended like this and won.

The already unstable three-point shooting became even more unstable in the playoffs.

The problem still lies with Stephen Curry and Gallinari. In the last game, they made a total of 11 of 2 three-pointers, which was terrible.

Without the three-pointer, they can only try to attack the basket.

With their breakthrough ability, it is still very difficult for them to break through the basket of Noah and Boozer.

Gallinari had problems dribbling even in his prime.

His attack on the rim is similar to LeBron’s:
He mainly relies on opportunities to cut into the wing to complete his attack.

The ability to defend against the rim has yet to be developed.

During his prime, Stephen Curry’s attack on the basket was above the league’s top level.

But now he has not changed his way of exerting force, and his dribbling is not that skillful. He started to change his position and play the No. 1 position in his junior year. Therefore, his current breakthrough ability is not very good.

In the last game, the only person Suwan could rely on was Vince Carter.

He became a very stable point most of the time.

But just having him as a helper is not enough for Su Wan to lead the team and defeat the Bulls team who had played with all their strength in the last game.

However, the New York Knicks did not make any lineup changes in this game.

D’Antoni believes that even though Curry and Gallinari were in a slump in the last game, the team did not lose easily, which shows that there is no problem with the general direction of the tactics. What they need to pay attention to now is to create better open spaces for these two people.

This point is also recognized by Tyronn Lue and Mike Malone.

The main reason is that there are too few changes in the formation. The next changes may not necessarily achieve the current results. It is better to keep them unchanged and wait and see.

At the instruction of these head coaches, Su Wan had a special chat with Stephen Curry and Gallinari: “Don’t have too much pressure. Regardless of whether we win or lose, the media’s spotlight is on me!”

This true statement made the two newlyweds laugh.

But it can also be seen that they are obviously not that nervous anymore.

It can be seen from the two people’s running positions that it is smoother than before.

Suwan looked at the Bulls’ formation that was gradually being pulled apart, and Noah who was standing near the “three-second zone” ready to support at any time. He immediately ran out at full power. Bogans had been staring at Suwan’s feet, but when he saw Suwan’s feet raised and his body subconsciously tried to react and move sideways, Suwan had already left him behind.

With lightning speed!
Su Wan arrived at the reasonable collision zone.

Noah instinctively wanted to step forward to help defend, but just as he took a step, he felt a black screen in front of his eyes.

then.

“Bah!”

There was a loud thunder overhead.

His body staggered immediately afterwards.

The shadowy figure in front of him fell in front of him:

Apple red.

And the conspicuous number:
Number 95!
The cheers from the entire Madison Square Garden were deafening to him.

But he clearly heard what the person in front of him said to him:

“This is just the beginning, Joakim!”

“You chose it yourself!”

Then he saw the Knicks bench in chaos, Thibodeau spreading his hands helplessly, and the New Yorkers in the audience who were so excited that they had started dancing.

“Don’t provoke!”

“Don’t provoke!”

“I’ll say it three times. No one should provoke Su Wan. That’s asking for trouble!”

Bill Walton looked serious and observed a moment of silence for Joakim Noah.

Although he didn’t hear Su Wan’s trash talk.

But he knew very well that this was just the beginning, not the end.

Soon Noah also truly felt the consequences of angering Su Wan.

Every time Su Wan attacked, he would actively look for opportunities to contact him.

At first, he fought back very hard, but…

“beep!”

First I got a foul.

Then he was almost dunked again.

Noah is scared.

When Su Wan rushed in front of him again, he stopped and hid to the side.

It was this action that caused the audience to boo wildly.

The commentator on the scene shouted: “Suwan defeated Joakim in less than one quarter!” The voice was so loud that Noah could hear it.

The subsequent laughter from the audience became even more harsh.

Can……

He really couldn’t stop Su Wan!

To be honest, the biggest reason why Noah dared to challenge Suwan was because he was named the “Best Defensive Team”. On the night he won this honor, Joakim Noah was so excited that he couldn’t sleep all night. When he woke up the next morning, he saw everyone as a stab in the back.

Including Su Wan…

What he was afraid of was the other party’s status in the underworld.

If a fight really came to that, he felt that he could at least impose some restrictions on Su Wan, and if he was lucky, he could even give Su Wan a hat or something.

But in the end, Su Wan proved with his actions that the so-called “Best Defensive Team” is nothing in front of me!

“beep!”

In a hurry, Noah quickly received his second foul, and at this time only about 7 minutes had passed in the first quarter of the game.

Thibodeau had no choice but to send him off the court.

Without Noah, the Bulls lack height in the interior, and Boozer’s height of 2 meters is not enough to provide high-quality rim protection.

Whether it was Curry or Gallinari, the marks binding their bodies loosened at this moment, and they all showed threats to the basket.

The Bulls had problems under the basket, forcing them to shrink their defense, and then…

It rained a “three-point heavy rain” in New York!
When Noah was finally able to play again, the New York Knicks had already opened up an 11-point lead.

Moreover, after Noah came on the court for less than 2 minutes, Suwan frequently attacked the basket and blocked it again.

The Bulls could no longer hold on, and with four minutes left in the first half, the New York Knicks launched an 4-11 scoring spree. By the end of the half, the score difference had reached more than 4 points.

Noah walked into the visiting team’s player tunnel with his head down.

他上半场的数据是刺眼的8分13秒，3投1中，2分1篮板，3次犯规。

Kenny Smith looked at his back and said, “Now, he should know what serious consequences will result from trash-talking Su Wan!”

Barkley was still unsatisfied: “I don’t know when the next newcomer who will talk trash to Su Wan will appear, or maybe there will never be one!”

He complained: “In this era, the players who enter the league are all good kids, unlike our generation who have personality!”

Noah returned to the locker room and took the initiative to admit his mistake. He said, “I will definitely play well in the second half.”

Thibodeau really wants to say, “If you can stay on the court for 10 minutes, it will be a success!”
But he was afraid of affecting the boy’s enthusiasm, so he didn’t say it out loud. But he kept repeating this sentence in his heart, and it came true. Back on the court in the second half, Suwan still didn’t forgive Noah and continued to hurt Noah.

Noah tried very hard to stay on the court for 6 minutes, but in the next round, he was suddenly “dunked” by Suwan.

This dunk directly knocked Noah to the ground.

At the same time, Madison Square Garden exploded again.

Because Noah did not jump, the referee called a “blocking foul”.
The moment Su Wan stepped onto the free throw line, the whole audience shouted “MVP”. After he made the free throw, the score difference of the game was widened to more than 20 points.

最终106比93，回到主场的第一场比赛，苏万豪取46分8篮板6助攻的数据，带队23分大胜公牛队，大比分来到了2比1.
Bill Walton said: “The Bulls may have lost their best chance to defeat the New York Knicks!”

In the last game, the Bulls defeated the New York Knicks at home, proving that Thibodeau’s defensive strategy can indeed limit the New York Knicks’ style of play. Tonight was supposed to be a night for the Bulls to take a further step forward.

But because of Noah’s provocation, the team suffered a crushing defeat.

This 23-point defeat will undoubtedly have some impact on the Bulls’ mentality, and even affect their condition for the fourth game of the series two days later.

The next morning, some media still believed that this was the gap between Derrick Rose and Suwan.

Rose actually performed well in last night’s game, scoring 31 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, which was better than usual. But in front of Su Wan, he was still a little bit inferior.

ESPN thinks so: “Derrick Rose has definitely reached the regular season MVP level this season, but the regular season MVP is different from the regular season MVP!”

“Karl Malone is the regular season MVP, and Michael Jordan is also the regular season MVP!”

“Nowitzki is the regular season MVP, and Suwan is also the regular season MVP!”

“But their dominance over the game is completely different!”

“Derrick Rose, he’s not at Suwan’s level yet!”

The New York media is overwhelmingly promoting this sentence:

Don’t come to challenge New York!
Su Wan, don’t come to challenge me!

The previous sentence was said by Suwan on the night of the 83-point score. At the end of the regular season, the New York Knicks still maintained a record of winning all home games.

The latter sentence was added by the New York media after the game. After all, up to now, anyone who dared to provoke Su Wan in the game has suffered a heavy blow.

Joakim Noah’s final stats were only 4 points and 3 rebounds.

Although he is not a “stats expert”, he really hasn’t played such a bad game for a long time…

Even if Thibodeau hadn’t seen the game as a foregone conclusion and replaced all the main players in the last 2 minutes, Noah might have been fouled out.

A dark cloud covered the whole of Chicago.

However, in Game 4 of the series, the Bulls were not affected by the disastrous defeat in the previous game. Instead, those reports seemed to inspire the team, especially Derrick Rose, to play very fiercely.

Noah was also very involved in the game.

Even on the court, it is obviously much less than before.

Being “extroverted” once will lead to being “introverted” for life.

The messy “sky rocket” on his head now looks a lot more low-key.

This made him concentrate very much.

Driven by these two people, the Bulls were even in the lead for most of the game.

At the end of the third quarter, the score was 78 to 75.
The Bulls still lead by 3 points.

Curry and Gallinari, who had been in great form in the last game, were in a slump again in this one.

But it’s normal. He’s a rookie. He’s good in one game and bad in the next during the regular season, let alone the playoffs.

Su Wan didn’t put any pressure on them. He just pulled Vince Carter aside and said, “The younger one can’t take over. You, the older one, have to take over, right?”

“Uncle Carter should act like Uncle Carter!”

“You have to make up for the points Stephen missed in this game!”

Vince Carter glanced at Su Wan coldly, but looking at his expression, Su Wan knew that this old comrade took it seriously.

The fourth quarter then officially began.

As soon as Carter received the ball at 45 degrees on the right side, he shot a three-pointer without hesitation, hitting the center of the target, leveling the score difference and giving the Knicks a good start in the fourth quarter.

D’Antoni shouted “nice” on the sidelines!
Tyronn Lue and Mike Malone also looked at each other.

One thing that has been confirmed so far in the series is that the New York Knicks can only win by attacking.

The main reason is that Derrick Rose is a very rare breakthrough player that even Suwan can’t limit.

And he is the “engine” of the entire Bulls team. Failure to limit him means failure to limit the Bulls’ offense.

This is not…

As soon as Carter scored a goal, the Bulls team immediately cooperated and completed a counterattack.

It can be said that Boozer had a great time facing the newcomer Gallinari.

In this game, he scored 25 points without realizing it.

Su Wan continued to look for Carter.

Carter was really amazing and hit another three-pointer.

The New York Knicks took the lead.

Thibodeau quickly called a timeout.

Carter shouted at Su Wan, as if to say:

Can I, Uncle Carter, fill in for Curry’s firepower?

Su Wan gave him a thumbs up.

Stephen Curry excitedly high-fived Carter: “So cool, Uncle Carter!”

I only knew that his uncle was good at dunking, but I didn’t expect he was also so good at three-pointers.

It seems that he not only needs to learn dunking from his uncle, but also three-point shooting.

Carter’s two three-pointers are priceless.

Not only did it help the New York Knicks reverse the score, but more importantly, it gave Suwan a chance to catch his breath.

In this way, he can safely hand over the offense to Carter, while he is mainly responsible for containment while conserving his energy for the last few minutes.

After the timeout, the Bulls began to target Carter.

And their offensive remains fierce.

In the previous round it was Boozer, and in this round it was Derrick Rose’s own sharp breakthrough, and finally a one-handed slam dunk, which not only made the Bulls the leading team again, but also made the Bulls’ momentum more positive.

In the last five minutes of the fourth quarter, the Bulls established a 5-point advantage.

Su Wan started to attack.

In this round, Thibodeau predicted that Suwan would take action on his own, and the entire defensive formation moved closer to him. However, facing heavy double-teaming, Suwan first made a large “forward change of direction” and threw Luol Deng behind him.

Then he rushed straight to the basket, lowered his center of gravity while moving, and broke through the defense of Boozer. Facing the last Joakim Noah, he first deliberately sprinted to the right, but when he received the ball, he “changed hands behind his back” and stepped to the other side at the same time, a move similar to Wade’s “Phantom Step” to trick Kevin Garnett into a layup, but his movement frequency was faster. By the time Noah realized that he had been tricked, Suwan had already jumped in the air and scored with a layup.

“One versus three”!
Amid the cheers from the audience, Su Wan landed gracefully, pointed at the ground with three fingers one by one, and finally waved his hand towards the camera, as if to say:

Three defenders?
just so so!

This scene further stimulated the cheers from the audience.

The difference is 3 points.

Derrick Rose’s eyes hardened.

In the first game of the series, Suwan scored in the final moments and defended him.

Outsiders say that this is the gap between him and Su Wan.

In the third game, he played like the regular season MVP, but outsiders said that Suwan’s performance had surpassed the regular season MVP.

Once, twice, he got tired of these comments and wanted to fight back.

Now he was very clear that this was his chance to fight back!
The Bulls were leading for most of the night, and they were still leading by 3 points until the final moments.

And so far, Suwan has scored 34 points and he has scored 30 points.

Almost the same.

As long as he wins this game tonight, he believes that no media will say that he is not as good as Su Wan.

They would put him on the same level as Su Wan.

if only……

He can defeat Su Wan tonight!
His strong belief made his eyes sharp, and he was not afraid even when facing Su Wan who took the initiative to switch defense in front of him.

He wants to challenge Su Wan!

Do not……

He wants to defeat Su Wan!

With a skilled “starting move”, Derrick Rose saw an opportunity to rush into the basket while shaking his shoulders, but just after he completed the breakthrough and pulled up for a layup, the ball flew out of his hands.

Su Wan followed closely behind and completed a “block shot”.

The two bodies collided, and Derrick Rose fell to the ground in a mess, rolled twice, turned his head and looked at Su Wan. Only then did he realize that Su Wan’s eyes were also hunting eyes.

His whole being was filled with aggression.

Just like this “nail board hat”.

“It’s covered!”

Bill Walton yelled.

The rebound was protected by Tyson Chandler and fell into Suwan’s hands the next second.

He strode forward.

The fierce attack caused the Bulls players who had already returned to defense to unconsciously retreat inside the three-point line, forming a sufficiently dense zone defense.

There was no way. Su Wan’s one against three just now was still replaying in their minds.

Such monsters cannot be limited by ordinary defense.

then……

One step before the three-point line, Su Wan jumped high, still carrying the inertia of moving forward.

The most stable point:
Top of the arc!

The ball flew out of his hands.

“Shh!”

Enter!
The score was tied, the atmosphere became more and more heated, and the New York Knicks’ defense intensity also increased.

Derrick Rose’s confidence was not destroyed. This time he broke through Suwan and completed the attack.

But in the transition between offense and defense, Suwan hit another three-pointer, which completely detonated the entire Madison Square Garden.

The Bulls’ offensive momentum stagnated.

Bill Walton shook his head slightly: “Although I don’t want to admit it, it seems that the league has indeed entered a new era!”

The weapon that Suwan used to keep chasing points was a shooting option that was despised by the entire league 15 years ago.

But 15 years later, it became a weapon for the New York Knicks to defeat the Bulls.

Of course, in addition to this weapon, there is also…

“Dangdang!”

Derrick Rose’s layup missed this time, and Boozer’s “second attack” after grabbing the rebound was blocked by Tyson Chandler.

After Su Wan protected this extremely important rebound, he was fouled.

With his two free throws, the New York Knicks secured the victory.

Barkley said: “Again, Derrick Rose is the regular season MVP, but he is still not as good as Suwan!”

In fact, he particularly understood Ross at this moment, because he had also experienced such a moment before.

In the 93 Finals, his performance was impeccable, but Jordan played like a “God of Basketball”.

“I think Derek is worthy of winning the regular season MVP this season because it is a consolation for him, because… Suwan doesn’t need this regular season MVP to prove himself!”

First update today.

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(End of this chapter)