Chapter 265: Restoring order and bringing order to the world

The New York Knicks swept the Magic and easily advanced to the next round.

The New York media immediately sent customized data: “Since the league adjusted the first round to a 7-game 4-win schedule, Suwan is the first player to lead the New York Knicks to complete a sweep in the first round!”

It sounds a bit far-fetched.

But in fact…

Since the start of the 02 playoffs, the league has implemented a best-of-seven format, and the New York Knicks have only made it to the first round of the playoffs once, and lost.

So sometimes, the data doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.

Just like LeBron later spoke up on Twitter for a black man who was shot and killed by the police, and was angry about it, as if the police had done something extremely outrageous.

But in fact, the black man shot by the police broke into the house and raped, robbed the car, and waved a controlled knife in front of the police. It was completely reasonable for the police to shoot him.

In summary, LeBron, like his statistics, cannot stand up to scrutiny.

But this kind of data that cannot stand up to scrutiny can have a greater impact.

Just like now, when the New York media said that Suwan led the team to sweep the Magic, and Suwan was the first player in New York history to lead the team to complete a sweep after the first round was changed to a best-of-seven system.

Which expression sounds more awesome?
And for passers-by who don’t click on the news and only read the headline, which headline will impress them more?
That’s the beauty of custom data.

People are always more impressed by the “first”.

But Barkley found a more convincing set of data: “Suwan has never lost a single game in the first round of the playoffs in his seven-year career.”

This is related to the fact that the teams he plays for are mostly stronger “superior horses”.

So far, Suwan’s team has only been a “lower-tier team” once, and then they defeated the Cavaliers that year, and…

Also a sweep!

“Su Wan never fails against weak teams, and often creates miracles when facing teams that are stronger than them on paper!”

On the other hand…

“Some people’s teams are always called the most championship-caliber teams by the media before the season starts, but as the season progresses, they often fail to reach the expected heights.”

“This is actually a manifestation of dominance!”

The next day, the Heat also made it out of the first round, sweeping their opponents 4-0. Now they are waiting for the Celtics and the Pacers to decide the final winner and become their second-round opponent.

While they wait, Suwan and the Knicks’ second-round opponents are officially confirmed:

Rose and the Chicago Bulls.

With the Chicago media’s hard hype, the topic of who is most qualified to win the regular season MVP this year, Suwan or Rose, has become a hot topic.

Between the two of them, one is a “superstar” who has made great progress compared to the second season of his career, and his team’s record once led the entire league; the other is the “face of the league” who came to the “Big Apple” as a “savior” and pulled the city out of a quagmire.

It’s safe to say…

If we have to pick a few names of “challengers” for Su Wan from the current alliance.

Then one of them must be Derrick Rose!

He has reached such heights this season.

And now, the topic that has been debated for a season has reached the atmosphere of a “final battle” as the two strong teams meet in the semi-finals.

In fact, the media’s voting has already ended, and no matter what the result of this series is, the final regular season MVP candidate will not change. But in order to create an atmosphere, the media is still willing to continue to hype this topic.

Before the series officially started, the New York media asked an interesting question: “Derrick, as one of the few rookies selected by Suwan to win the regular season MVP, is this an extra motivation? Are there any factors on your way forward? Is it because of Suwan’s words that you have reached your current height?”

Derrick Rose said: “There are a lot of motivations for me to move forward. I can’t deny this, but more importantly, I do it for this city, for my family, and for myself. All of this is a more important factor!”

For the New York media, that’s enough!
That afternoon, they dubbed Derrick Rose “Suwan’s Disciple”.

The Chicago media was naturally unhappy, but since it was Derrick Rose who said it, they could only say sarcastically: “New Yorkers can start praying now. It would not be a glorious thing if Suwan lost to his disciple!”

The New York media didn’t care what the Chicago media said. In order to prove this point, they asked Su Wan: “Do you have any good advice for your disciple Derek?”

Su Wan thought about it and said with some emotion: “He should protect his knees!”

There are a lot of “what ifs” in the NBA, and one of those “what ifs” is what Derrick Rose’s peak would have been like if his knee hadn’t been injured.

Of course, Su Wan is also very clear that without the “black technology”, Derrick Rose’s injury is inevitable. His playing style itself is a high-risk style, such as “not slowing down and changing direction” and “dunking without hanging the rim”.

It is indeed handsome, but the impact that the knees have to bear is really huge.

But then again…

His sharp attack comes from his talent and the way he plays.

Because persuading Derrick Rose to change his playing style is as false as asking LeBron to play real basketball.

The league announced the best lineup of the season at this time:
“First Team: Suwan, Derrick Rose, Kevin Durant, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Howard;”

“Best Second Team: Dwyane Wade, Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Dirk Nowitzki, Tyson Chandler;”

“Best Third Team: Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook, Zach Randolph, Pau Gasol, Amar’e Stoudemire;”

Kobe’s fall from the “Best First Team” was expected by the media and also by Suwan.

There is a lot of support for Derrick Rose to be the regular season MVP this season.

There was no way he could fall out for a while.

Not to mention Suwan, the “hotshot”. Even without this title, his “scoring champion” performance of 36.5 points per game was enough for him to surpass Kobe and become the final “scoring champion”.

A rather unexpected name on the “First Team” list is Chris Bosh!

But if you think about it carefully, it’s not surprising…

As the team with the best record in the league, the Heat deserve an “All-NBA First Team.”

Wade can’t compete with Suwan and Rose, let alone LeBron. A “best sixth man” entering the “best first team” is a mockery of the “best lineup”. What’s more, he didn’t qualify to be in the “first team” in the first place.

That can only be Chris Bosh.

His average of 23.4 points and 11.6 rebounds per game is not much different from other forwards.

Coupled with the Heat’s league-wide ranking, he is absolutely qualified to take this position.

Speaking of which…

Chris Bosh is the Heat’s only All-Star starter this season and now he is the Heat’s only All-NBA First Team member.

Good guy…

As LeBron was suppressed by Suwan, this guy became the boss of the Heat!

But Chris Bosh is absolutely qualified to be the “caller”. Originally, LeBron sent a text message and went back to the Cavaliers. The Heat team is led by Chris Bosh, who brings the aging Wade to fight in the Eastern Conference.

At the beginning, the team’s record was pretty good. If blood clots had not been suddenly discovered, the Heat would not have had to immediately enter reconstruction.

You have to know that Chris Bosh, whose peak period was ruined by LeBron for 4 years, was still capable of serving as the team’s leader. Now this “peak Velociraptor” has no pressure at all to become the team’s “boss” with the tactical system favoring him and Wade at his peak as his partner.

As for Wade, he didn’t sacrifice either.

In this dimension, because of Su Wan’s sudden appearance, he has not been able to sit in the “Best First Team” seat for a long time.

He has always firmly held the spot of “Best Second Team”.

The only major sacrifice among the Heat’s “Big Three” was LeBron.

But this is in line with the law of development of things.

As a newcomer, can you rely on the existing core members of the team to make way for those who came earlier to give up their positions to you?

Just because you are the “chosen one”?
Su Wan called this wave of actions “restoring order out of chaos” and restoring order to Miami.

LeBron, just wait, good days are yet to come!

In addition, Tyson Chandler also made it to the center position of the “Best Second Team”.

This has a lot to do with the decline of the center position.

But it also has a lot to do with the fact that Tyson Chandler is now in New York, not Dallas.

Originally, the Mavericks were the eventual champions this season, and Nowitzki had a “god-making season”, but why did he have a “god-making season” in this season?

The reason is also very simple…

The original Tyson Chandler was also in his best form this season.

It was he who took on all the responsibilities on the defensive end for Nowitzki, allowing him to fully devote himself to the offensive end, which led to Nowitzki’s “destroying” performance in the Western Conference playoffs.

However, once Nowitzki has to deal with the forward line by himself, his performance immediately declines.

This was evident when he faced the Heat’s longer-range inside players in the finals.

He did have a cold and did need to put more energy on the defensive end, which affected his performance on the offensive end.

This season’s Tyson Chandler is definitely at the “Defensive Player of the Season” level.

It’s just that the Dallas media didn’t promote him, so all the limelight went to Nowitzki alone.

But it was different in New York. There were enough media outlets to hype him up, and all the media people saw his success, so he surpassed Stoudemire and became the “Best Second Team” center.

Before joining the New York Knicks this season, he had never been selected into the “Best Team”, let alone the “Best Defensive Team”.

Barkley said: “Another inside player has become a higher level player next to Suwan!”

Previously it was O’Neal Jr. and Zach Randolph.

As for Foster, although his status has not increased in terms of honors, his annual salary has actually increased.

A new face on this list is Russell Westbrook.

This season, he averaged 21.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game, and his average shooting percentage also increased to 44.2%!

Su Wan has always had a good impression of the “Tang Suit Divine Turtle”.

He averaged a triple-double for several consecutive seasons, which directly blew up his efficiency value and made the data that LeBron James always talked about a joke. This is also one of the reasons why Su Wan likes him.

If you are a fan who likes LeBron because of his statistics.

Su Wan really wanted to ask:
Shouldn’t Westbrook be preferred?
Interestingly, most LeBron fans hate Westbrook the most.

But it is understandable. The value of the data has been lowered like this. How can we not hate it?

“The best defensive team: Suwan, Tyson Chandler, Dwight Howard, Rajon Rondo, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett;”

“Best Defensive Second Team: Tony Allen, Andre Iguodala, O’Neal, Joakim Noah, Chris Paul;”

There’s not much to say about the “Best Defense” team.

Basically, those who should be on the list are on the list, and those who shouldn’t be on the list are not on the list.

That night, the semifinals between the Bulls and the New York Knicks officially kicked off.

At the end of the All-Star Weekend, the Bulls made a last-minute trade to acquire Boozer from the Jazz.

The chain reaction caused by this transaction was that Deron Williams and Jerry Sloan had a complete falling out.

Sloan announced his retirement and Deron Williams is on the verge of being sent away. The Jazz will most likely rebuild directly.

An era has come to an end.

But as far as this deal is concerned, Sloan has trained a very good power forward for his old club.

Boozer can be said to be a perfect fit in the Bulls’ current system.

Moreover, when he runs pick-and-roll with Derrick Rose, he can easily complete various breakthroughs.

As for his catch-and-shoot offense, it also brought some changes to the Bulls’ offense.

Let’s put it this way, standing next to Allen Iverson is a “weakened version” of Karl Malone!

The Bulls’ record also proved this point. In the end, they were only two wins behind the Heat.

On par with the Spurs, who are first in the Western Conference.

Strong strength is the reason why the Chicago media is so confident.

Chicagoans are obviously very confident about the Bulls this season. The stands were filled with Bulls fans early on. When Suwan and others walked out of the visiting team’s player tunnel, the boos from the audience almost drowned him and the other Knicks players…

Suwan looked at Curry and Gallinari, then at Paul George.

He suddenly felt like he was taking a group of kindergarten kids out to challenge themselves.

The good news is that after the first round of adaptation, even if the boos in the United Arena are about to swallow them up tonight, the expressions of these “kids” are just a little unnatural.

In the last round, even their hands were shaking unconsciously.

If Howard hadn’t gone crazy and insisted on proving his ability to hold the ball and play one-on-one under the basket, with Stephen Curry averaging 14.5 points per game in the first round with a 40% shooting percentage, and Gallinari averaging 11 points with a 33.3% shooting percentage, it would have been difficult for the New York Knicks to complete a sweep.

All I can say is that Su Wan’s “championship luck” has always been good.

The past seven seasons have proven this point. In many games, they did not win so easily, but they always encountered opponents with stronger styles and were eliminated early, or other accidents.

Therefore, even if the team is led by a single core player, there will be more teams with championship potential this season than in previous years, but Su Wan doesn’t care at all.

Who knows what will happen until the last moment!
In his opinion anyway…

No matter who the New York Knicks play against, they are not certain to lose.

As long as there is a possibility of winning, anyone can fight!
Even now, looking at the better mentality of Stephen Curry, Gallinari and Paul George, he also said in his heart:
Look!
Another huge improvement!
Moreover, this kind of progress can only be achieved by a young team like the Knicks.

Other teams simply don’t have this kind of transformation.

Oh, and the Thunder in the West also have this quality…

But it seems unrealistic for them to break out of the Western Conference this year.

It is definitely not enough for Kevin Durant to just want to drink the bath water… He also needs stronger helpers, such as the growth of James Harden.

The big screen at the scene showed the starting lineups of both sides:
“Derrick Rose at No. 1, Keith Bogans at No. 2, Luol Deng at No. 3, Boozer at No. 4, and Joakim Noah at No. 5!”

This is almost an all-star lineup.

Therefore, if the team wants to achieve good results, it is impossible without spending money.

Although the New York Knicks are a “young team”, their salary this year actually exceeds the luxury tax!
Suwan, Artest and Tyson Chandler. One “super maximum salary”, one maximum salary, and one sub-maximum salary.

The three of them alone are almost filling up the team’s salary cap.

Plus the arrival of Vince Carter…

Even though most of the main players of this team are newcomers, it still exceeds the luxury tax.

What can I say?

New York, that’s it!
The Knicks’ starting lineup has not changed. Even with the arrival of Vince Carter, the New York Knicks have made very few changes this season. It mainly depends on whether the players can perform stably.

Tyson Chandler took the first attack for the team.

Stephen Curry dribbled the ball across half court and passed it to Suwan.

Suwan forced a breakthrough, testing the Bulls’ determination to defend him today.

In a triple-team, he passed the ball to Stephen Curry on the wing.

Curry just throws the ball.

The three-pointer hit steadily…

After all, he later became the regular season MVP.

Even for a sophomore, it only takes one round to adapt to the playoffs… Forget it, let’s not worry about it!
Stephen Curry is a guy who is really terrible when his shooting is sluggish!

The Bulls fought back.

The New York Knicks’ defense against Derrick Rose was the same as in the regular season, with strict blocking.

But now with Boozer, facing double-team, Rose decisively gave the ball to Boozer.

With a smooth run, Boozer hit the ball and completed 2 points.

Suwan signaled Tyson Chandler to serve quickly.

Stephen Curry took the ball and threw it, Suwan got the ball in the frontcourt with Bogans standing in front of him.

Thibodeau’s adjustments to the team’s defense are indeed at the Popovich level, and the team’s defensive quality is very high.

Suwan strode forward with the ball. Seeing Bogans retreat, he jumped up and shot without hesitation.

There was a low cry at the scene.

In the studio, too.

In fact, this is a common tactic for the New York Knicks this season.

All kinds of incredible “chasing three-pointers”!
For example, Su Wan is now…

It was definitely not a fast break opportunity, but because the defensive players were wary, he looked at the open space and shot.

The three-pointer hit the frame.

A fast break opportunity that originally didn’t exist was created.

D’Antoni was so happy to see this ball that his mustache stood up.

No matter what method, as long as the offensive speed is fast enough and the final shot is a three-pointer, it is a good attack for him.

Mike Malone has said the same thing to the media more than once since he came to the New York Knicks:

Fortunately, this team has Su Wan!
otherwise……

This style of play simply won’t work!
6-2!

The Bulls counterattacked, and Derrick Rose again initiated the attack. This time Boozer gave a “fake screen” and turned around and moved to the high post on the other side.

Suwan and Tyson Chandler failed to block the ball in time and watched Rose rush into the basket through the gap between them.

“Shh!”

A steady layup.

Ok……

It’s so stable and the pull rod can actually be put together.

But Derrick Rose really doesn’t make layups without a pull-up.

This waist…

The Bulls are a “defensive team” and the Knicks have two “Best Defensive Team” members, but once the game started, both sides kept scoring.

Neither side could stop their main scorer.

D’Antoni was not panicked at all.

In addition to his own basketball philosophy of “offense wins everything”, there is another point: most of the New York Knicks’ goals are three-pointers, while the Bulls score 2 points at a time, with three rounds equal to two rounds for the Knicks.

Just look at the score. At 5 minutes and 35 seconds into the first quarter, the New York Knicks took a 6-point lead thanks to a series of three-pointers at the start.

Thibodeau couldn’t stand it anymore and called a timeout.

Then the Bulls began to spread their defensive circle.

Block Gallinari and Stephen Curry’s shots.

Seeing this, D’Antoni brought in Vince Carter to replace Artest.

Facing the Bulls’ lineup, Artest’s role is not very big. And his shooting ability outside the three-point line is definitely not as stable as Vince Carter.

Since joining the New York Knicks, Vince Carter has averaged 28 minutes and 14 seconds per game, scoring 15.4 points and shooting 48%!

If LeBron wasn’t so abnormal, he would have a good chance of winning this year’s “Best Sixth Man”.

After putting him on the court, the New York Knicks’ lineup became: Curry at No. 1, Suwan at No. 2, Vince Carter at No. 3, Gallinari at No. 4, and Tyson Chandler at No. 5.

This is a lineup that would make LeBron cry with envy.

The entire outer space was stretched to infinity.

Suwan got a lot of opportunities to play one-on-one with the ball.

He began calling names in the wing.

This makes the Bulls feel uncomfortable.

Whether it is Bogans or Luol Deng, their defensive restrictions on Suwan are limited.

If a double-team is adopted, Suwan’s vision ability has now reached the league’s top level. Coupled with the Knicks’ firepower, as long as the Bulls frequently double-team, they will pay a heavy price.

But they only harassed him occasionally, which was not a big deal for Su Wan now.

Fortunately, the New York Knicks’ lineup relies more on Suwan and Tyson Chandler on defense, and the others are all sieves, so the Bulls played smoothly on the offensive end.

The two sides went back and forth, and the scene was extremely intense.

After the score gap widened to 6 points, it continued to remain so and entered a tense state.

At the end of the third quarter, the score was 78 to 74. With Derrick Rose’s buzzer-beater at the end of the third quarter, the Bulls narrowed the score to 4 points.

As soon as the fourth quarter started, Suwan opened fire from beyond the three-point line, and a three-pointer over Bogans expanded the score to 7 points again.

Barkley said a set of customized data at this time: “The player with the most three-pointers in the league this season is Dorell White of the Golden State Warriors. He has made a total of 194 three-pointers. Curry is second only to him, making 184 three-pointers. Suwan’s 154 three-pointers can only rank 8th in the league. But… Suwan is the player with the most three-pointers shot with the ball. He has made a total of 102 three-pointers shot with the ball!”

This season, Suwan’s dribbling three-pointer has become his signature scoring move.

Of course, most of Suwan’s offensive areas with the ball are still in the mid-range.

There is no way. If he also shoots three-pointers from the outside, then once the Bulls defend him like they did tonight, the entire New York Knicks team will be passive.

As the core of the team, he naturally has to be the one to change the opponent’s defensive formation.

Just wait there for a fast break, or call a pick-and-roll and attack directly inside, and then pick on the opponent’s weakest defender…

I feel relieved, but what about my teammates?
Facing an opponent who is stronger than you, this is the CBA!

And from Su Wan’s perspective, frequently attacking the basket or mid-range with the ball can make opponents afraid of his breakthrough, and instead allow him to get open space on the three-point line.

Generally, before he wants to shoot a three-pointer, he tends to use mid-range shots more often. The purpose of doing this is to regain his touch through closer shots, thereby ensuring that his shots outside the three-point line are more accurate.

The effect of this set of shooting adjustments is quite good. This season, Suwan’s three-point shooting percentage is as high as 42.3%!

The hit rate is as high as 9th in the league.

Such production and such efficiency…

This season, Suwan has already transformed into one of the league’s top three-point shooters.

It’s just that the outside world is more impressed by his breakthroughs and mid-range shots, so not many people talk about his three-pointers.

Su Wan himself would not mention it on his own initiative.

That would only make opponents pay more attention to his three-point shot, thus making it more difficult for him. Why bother?
This is especially true in a season like this where he is needed to carry the team.

This goal was quite a blow to Bogans.

He was constrained by Suwan’s offensive choices throughout the night and had a hard time playing.

As long as he gives himself a little more space, Su Wan will be able to finish with a three-pointer.

If he chooses to defend closely, Su Wan will break through frequently.

The entire three-point line is within his shooting range. A guy like this is really hard to defend.

If he hadn’t been switching defense with Luol Deng and had adjusted his mentality, I’m afraid he would have shouted at this time: “Give me the ball, I want to go home!”

This guy is really not someone that ordinary people can defend against.

However, the Bulls quickly completed a counterattack.

Or Derrick Rose…

With the precise insertion of a surgical knife, Rose scored two more points with a breakthrough layup.

He is not the same style of player as Michael Jordan, but watching Rose score on the court, Chicagoans are now thinking more and more about the bald man wearing No. 23.

This is especially true tonight…

Any defender who can compete with Su Wan is not an ordinary defender.

Derrick Rose did it tonight!
Suwan’s score is about to break the 40 mark, and on the Bulls side, Derrick Rose is about to get his 30 points.

The score remained tense until the last moment.

After Suwan made a mid-range jumper, he and Tyson Chandler closed the door in time, causing Derrick Rose to make a dribbling error. The moment the ball was in Suwan’s hands, Rose had no choice but to foul, sending Suwan to the free throw line and ruining the last hope of the game.

With Suwan making two free throws, the New York Knicks widened the score difference to 10 points.

In the last 24 seconds, even though Rose and Boozer scored another goal, the New York Knicks still won the first game of the series at the Bulls’ home court.

Barkley said: “On the road to becoming the regular season MVP, Suwan taught Rose, the ‘Suwan disciple’, a lesson!”

At the last moment, it is not only the offense that determines the outcome, but also the defense…

“We often overlook Su Wan’s individual defensive capabilities!”

“Of course, this is normal because he is so outstanding on the offensive end!”

The final score was 106 to 99.
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The exciting duel between the two made people exclaim “This is the regular season MVP level contest.”

Many media outlets believe that this series will not be decided until the sixth game.

Sure enough, in the second game of the series, the Bulls won a victory at their home court and the score was tied at 1-1.

At the same time, another set of semifinals in the Eastern Conference officially kicked off.

The final team to make it out of the first round is…

Indiana Pacers!

The Miami media was a little scared.

While they were sweeping the league, there was one team that they were afraid of.

Not the New York Knicks…

After LeBron found his position, the Miami media believed that the New York Knicks were definitely not their opponent.

But the Indiana Pacers are a team that actually defeated them after the All-Star Break.

The current weakest point of the Heat team is definitely their inside line, as they don’t have a true rim protector.

The Pacers’ main player is an outstanding player under the basket.

The Heat have an excellent bench, and the Pacers also have many capable players on the bench, including Harrington, Jeremy Lin, “Little Potato”, and Millsap!
The key point is that LeBron was obviously uncomfortable playing against the Pacers’ lineup, especially when Rick Carlisle put Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol under the basket, his breakthrough efficiency dropped.

And when O’Neal Jr. was on the court, he felt equally bad.

This was also reflected in the competition.

The Heat did not get off to a good start, so Spoelstra sent LeBron into the game early. As a result, he was called for an offensive foul on his first shot.

This is how the whistle for the “sixth man of the team” is treated.

When it comes to defensive rebounds, it’s even more…

He couldn’t hold his position at all.

It was a rare occasion that the Heat fell behind during their bench rotation.

LeBron watched O’Neal Jr. constantly grab rebounds in front of him, raising and lowering his hands several times, and a “flower of evil” grew in his heart.

This is a year we absolutely cannot lose…

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