Chapter 267 LeBron, you deserve it!

Leading 3-1, the New York Knicks are just one game away from advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals.

ESPN published an article stating that “Joakim Noah’s trash talk ruined the Bulls’ efforts throughout the season.”

TNT also said: “Joakim Noah, Jono Noah, why did you mess with that guy Suwan?”

Of course, the player who was more obviously compared by the media was Derrick Rose.

He was tied with Suwan for most of the game, and the team even led New York for most of the time. But in the final moments, Suwan defeated him on both offense and defense.

Barkley was besieged by the New York media.

When did the regular season MVP become a consolation for losers?
When did players not needing the regular season MVP trophy to prove themselves become a reason for not getting the regular season MVP?

What the hell are you…

It is true that Suwan won three regular season MVP trophies.

but he……

I have never won this award as a New York Knicks player!
In the history of the New York Knicks, there is only one player who has won the regular season MVP wearing a Knicks jersey, and that is Willis Reed in the 69-70 season.

Exactly 41 years ago!

This is really too far away!

The New York media and New York fans are eager to see Suwan break this embarrassing record for them.

Suwan definitely has hope this year. Before the start of the season, the general perception of the outside world about this team was that it would be a first-round playoff team, ranked around 6th to 8th in the Eastern Conference.

But in the end, the New York Knicks finished third in the Eastern Conference with 58 wins, and the fact that the Bulls failed to hold on to their first place in the Eastern Conference greatly increased Suwan’s chances of winning the award.

Most importantly, Suwan won the “scoring champion” with an average of 36.4 points per game, in addition to 6.8 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.2 blocks. His shooting percentage was 48.5%, 42.3-point shooting percentage was 87.4%, and free throw shooting percentage was %.

He scored an astonishing 83 points in a single game!
The New York Knicks are the only team that has not lost a home game this year.

Putting these achievements together, even if Derrick Rose has the bonus of a “rising star”, the probability of the two winning the “regular season MVP” is 50-50.

So the New York media is very sensitive now.

Even though they knew that the voting had ended and the results were waiting to be announced,…

They still don’t want to hear bullshit like Barkley.

Barkley quickly said, “I just empathize with Derrick’s situation. I know very well that it is a sad thing for an excellent basketball player to meet another even better basketball player at the same time!”

I am a fan of Tiesu!
The New York Knicks got the match point, and the other Eastern Conference semifinal matchup between the Heat and the Pacers also ushered in their fourth game.

The home of the Pacers.

Coincidentally, like the Bulls, the Heat, who have the home advantage, are now trailing by a large score of 1 to 2. If they lose this “away game”, they will fall into a situation of trailing by a large score of 1 to 3.

Before the game started, each player of the Heat was under a lot of pressure.

The Pacers, on the other hand, are full of fighting spirit.

One of the reasons:
Su Wan said that we would meet in the Eastern Conference Finals.

O’Neal Jr. has answered this question in front of the media: “This is definitely a very interesting thing, we look forward to it happening!”

The momentum of both sides also affected their start.

The Pacers kept scoring goals in their strong inside area from the beginning. More than five minutes into the first quarter, they doubled their lead at 5 to 12.

Compared to them, who can score as long as they have a singles opportunity under the basket, it is undoubtedly much more difficult for the Heat to score.

Their first attack was opened by Chris Bosh from near the bottom corner.

But it almost turned out to be a mistake.

Chris Bosh, like Kevin Garnett, is unable to deal much damage when facing an inside combination like Zach Randolph and O’Neal. He still needs to get through this wave of the Pacers before he can play the “space-type No. 4” role of a top superstar.

It wasn’t until Wade dribbled the ball to the basket that the Heat scored their first point, which shows how difficult it was for them.

The reason why it was so difficult for them was that the space could not be pulled apart.

Chalmers’ three-point shooting percentage is pretty good in the regular season, but it plummets every year in the playoffs.

The instability of three-point shooting is brought to the extreme.

As for James Jones…

He was originally abandoned in the playoffs because his defensive problems would be infinitely magnified in the playoffs.

And his three-point shooting cannot maintain the stability during the regular season.

These reasons resulted in the Heat’s starting lineup having good space in the regular season, but becoming extremely crowded in the playoffs.

The Pacers can double-team Wade and Bosh without any worries.

Spoelstra’s change of formation was to shrink the basket and leave the Pacers’ outside line open.

But Billups and Afflalo’s three-point shooting is not comparable to Chalmers and James Jones, and they have truly experienced the test of the finals and are not at all nervous in the playoffs.

The “lower seeds” that have been able to create miracles in the playoffs in the past all have the same characteristics:

Rich experience, and the team’s core players are still in their prime.

For example, the 95 Houston Rockets, the team that said “Never underestimate a championship heart”, and the original 11 Dallas Mavericks.

The current Pacers team also possesses these qualities.

This doesn’t mean they will definitely win the championship, but…

The fighting power they can show in the playoffs is definitely more outstanding than their fourth ranking in the Eastern Conference.

Especially when they meet a team whose style is restrained by them!

I heard you are No. 1 in the league this season?

What a coincidence, I’m number one in the league!

LeBron James came on the court earlier this time than any other time before. Spoelstra came on the court just seven minutes into the first quarter.

The only game the Heat have won so far was by relying on the “Big Three” to use their personal abilities to continuously break through the basket.

Now Spoelstra can only hope that this lineup works again.

Of course, from Rick Carlisle’s perspective, this was completely stupid of him.

Obviously, I could have used “zone defense” to shrink the basket, but I chose “man-to-man” defense, so I had to rip Peter to pay Paul. When the score fell behind, I just remembered, yes, I still have a zone defense to use!
The score kept narrowing, but in the end, time was running out.

In the end, they lost by 91 points, 96 to 5.

The biggest impact on the Pacers’ lineup after Suwan left is that they lack scoring explosiveness.

Therefore, once they fall behind by too many points, it will be very difficult to catch up.

This was also the original problem of the Grizzlies.

However, the problem of that Grizzlies team in this regard was even more serious. The current Pacers at least have more scoring points and a variety of inside styles. Rick Carlisle’s mind is also clearer than the head coach of the Grizzlies at that time.

Facts have also proved that when the Pacers set up a double team defense, even if the Big Three are on the court at the same time, the Heat cannot gain any advantage.

At the end of the first half, the Heat were trailing by 42 points at 52 to 10.

The constant cheers from the audience made the Heat’s bench seem a little dull.

It is worth mentioning that the Pacers fans originally entered the stadium to support Herbert, but as the season went on, they found that even though Suwan was gone, the team’s situation was not that bad.

Especially in this series, they were very excited to see that they could still beat the Heat and LeBron.

“Beating LeBron is in the blood of this team,” said Bobby Leonard, the “Voice of the Pacers,” from the commentary booth.

This is one of the treasures that Suwan left to this team.

Various sarcastic voices rang out at the scene:

“LeBron, now that you have top teammates, why are you still unable to beat the Pacers? Oh, by the way, we don’t have Suwan this time!”

“Admit it, LeBron, you just can’t do it!”

“The Pacers will always be your daddy, LeBron!”

……

damn it……

These damn guys!
LeBron James looked very ugly.

Every word the Indiana man shouted struck him right in the heart, making him feel that his self-esteem was being trampled upon.

You know, before this series started, he was very confident that the Heat would beat the Pacers this time, even though their record against the Pacers was not good during the regular season.

But LeBron believes that after he made enough sacrifices, the Heat are on the right track.

Unstoppable!

Whether it is Suwan’s Knicks or the Pacers without Suwan, they were his nightmare in the past.

This time he will use them as sacrifices.

He will prove that if he is given teammates of the same level, he can also do what Su Wan has done, or even better than him.

But now, reality gave him a heavy slap in the face.

The facts prove that…

Even if he was given two peak teammates, he still couldn’t beat the Pacers, even if this Pacers team didn’t have Suwan…

Do not!
This is impossible!

There must be something wrong!

LeBron James doesn’t believe that his strength is inferior to Suwan, he is the “chosen one”!

He soon discovered the problem:
Chris Bosh and Wade!
These two are sad!
Let you not take me as the core. If you take me as the core, how could we lose?
Right, that is it!

The reason has been found, it is because Wade and Bosh are unwilling to make me the core!
LeBron immediately understood the “key” to the problem.

But now, he has more important things to do than denouncing these two people…

That is to lead the team to win against the Pacers.

Yes!

You have taken the honor, but now I have to lead the team forward.

I knew earlier…

No more coming to Miami!
LeBron now regrets joining these two helpless villains.

What made him feel even more uncomfortable was that he sacrificed a lot of data and honors for the team, but when he returned to the court in the second half, he was the one who was booed the hardest.

These damn Indiana people only seem to have eyes for him…

Then don’t blame me for being rude!

LeBron felt that the Indiana people asked for it.

If they had won the game quietly and without provoking him, he would never have done that.

Now he is very angry…

No matter what method he uses, he must win the game.

The third quarter came and he was extremely aggressive in getting to the basket.

That look surprised Spoelstra.

In his impression, LeBron James would not do dirty work like boxing out because it was too physically demanding. He would not guard players who held the ball for a long time because it was too physically demanding. All his physical energy was used by him on the offensive end.

This is why he has unlimited energy and does not feel tired even after playing for 48 minutes.

It is rare to see people actively engaging in confrontation like they are doing now.

The Pacers were not polite at all in the face of his confrontation.

During the confrontation, LeBron’s anger continued to grow. In a scramble for a frontcourt rebound, Zach Randolph held him tightly behind him. LeBron couldn’t get a position and could only watch him jump up to protect the rebound.

But just as Randolph jumped up, he pushed with both hands and pushed Zach Randolph out of bounds.

He caught the ball that Randolph missed.

“beep!”

The referee blows the whistle.

“Heat No. 6 fouled!”

He immediately smiled and spread his hands:

No way, is this also a foul?

Then how do we play basketball?

Zach Randolph next to him looked at his shameless appearance and gritted his teeth in hatred.

When LeBron saw this, he immediately adjusted his target.

In the Pacers’ counterattack, O’Neal Jr. flew past him and grabbed the “offensive rebound” before him, and then “took off again”. At the moment he put the ball in, he put his hand on O’Neal Jr.’s waist and “gently” pushed him, and O’Neal Jr. almost lost his balance.

Having suffered the same move from LeBron a few years ago, O’Neal immediately complained to the referee in dissatisfaction.

But the referee gave him a “T” in the end.

LeBron smiled smugly at that moment.

As if he was doing the right thing by irritating O’Neal Jr.

Appeared……

LeBron’s “basketball IQ”, which is often mentioned by LeBron’s fans, helped the Heat get an offensive opportunity.

He didn’t notice at all that the resentment of the two inside players of the Pacers was growing.

In the next offensive round, LeBron actively set screens for Wade.

Afflalo tried hard to entangle Wade, but ended up bumping into LeBron while moving sideways. That wasn’t the most important thing, as LeBron raised his elbow and Afflalo’s face hit his elbow directly, causing blood to flow all over Afflalo’s face.

LeBron looked at Afflalo, who was lying on the ground and covering his face in pain, and a mysterious smile flashed across his face.

There was a lot of noise at the scene.

The Pacers fans watched the replay on the big screen and immediately started cursing.

Zach Randolph and O’Neal had just suffered a loss at the hands of LeBron, and now they saw LeBron deliberately raise his elbow and directly hit Afflalo’s eye, so they angrily came to LeBron to ask for his “autograph”.

LeBron said firmly: “Hey, this is a basketball court, anything can happen! I’m also sorry that this happened!”

But his body kept retreating and hid behind Chris Bosh and Wade.

It’s really scary when O’Neal Jr. and Zach Randolph get angry.

LeBron was really afraid that these two men would rush over regardless of the consequences.

This city has such a tradition…

The referee gave LeBron a “first-level flagrant foul” at this time.

Zach Randolph and O’Neal were immediately upset. Afflalo bled so much, and only got a “first-degree flagrant foul”?
However, under Rick Carlisle’s persuasion, the two of them did not chase the referee and “bite” him. They also knew who they should really fight against.

Seeing that the two of them had calmed down and were no longer hysterical, LeBron felt less anxious.

It seems that as long as that “madman” is not here, this city is not that crazy!
He felt reassured.

The fans at the scene booed loudly, first at the referee, then at LeBron James, and shouted loudly:
“LeBron, who is your daddy!”

“LeBron, who is your daddy!”

“LeBron, who is your daddy!”

Normally, LeBron’s face would turn ugly when he heard such shouting.

However, he was secretly happy as he had just eliminated a main player of the Pacers. He did not take the boos to heart at all and even hummed in his heart.

Afflalo’s condition was a bit bad. Not only was his eye opened, but he also had a slight dizziness, which made the team doctor afraid to let him play. Of course, according to the league’s regulations, Afflalo was not allowed to play again.

Dwyane Wade was untied, and the Heat immediately caused huge damage on the wing.

But Rick Carlisle didn’t say anything, just watched…

The person who replaced Afflalo was none other than Dengtai Jones, whose confidence was shattered by Suwan that year.

He was not in demand in the free market this year, but received a minimum salary contract from the Pacers. He had not had many opportunities to play before. Rick Carlisle only said one thing to him:

“Tai Deng, I want to see blood!”

Jones nodded. He knew who to make bleed without Rick Carlisle explaining it.

And after he came on the court, he was always looking for opportunities.

Soon he found an opportunity…

He received the ball in an open position and was about to shoot, watching LeBron running straight towards him.

The “forward rocking” action that obviously did not intend to leave him any gap made Dengtai Jones very clear that this was an attempt to trip his feet.

Either you die or I die…

Jones directly made a one-legged attack, raised his foot, and kicked LeBron hard in the crotch.

LeBron covered his crotch in pain, and his whole body deflated like a balloon that had all the air sucked out of it.

But Jones’ show continues…

He kicked LeBron in the crotch, pretended to have lost his balance when he landed, and stumbled forward, then kicked LeBron in the crotch again.

“Ugh!”

LeBron, who was already in unbearable pain, rolled his eyes in pain.

Then he couldn’t help it, and a warm current came over him, and the floor near his crotch became wet.

The audience noticed this at the time:
“LeBron peed!”

“LeBron peed!”

The shouting caused the camera to focus on LeBron’s crotch.

Everyone saw his wet crotch.

The whole place was filled with laughter.

No one cared about his painful appearance.

Because the director on the scene was very considerate and replayed the scene where he just elbowed Afflalo and made him bleed.

It’s all your own fault.

Dengtay Jones looked “apologetic” and said to the painful LeBron: “Hey, are you okay? What did you say? This is a basketball court, anything can happen! I’m also sorry that this happened!”

The team doctor frowned and brought a stretcher.

LeBron, lying down, was still holding his crotch in pain.

Dahntay Jones was given a “second-level flagrant foul” by the referee.

The Indiana people at the scene were not happy with this!

Why was it just a “first-degree flagrant foul” when LeBron made Afflalo bleed?
Dahntay Jones was sent off directly just because he caused LeBron to have urinary incontinence?

Whose home court is this?

“Referee sucks!”

“Referee sucks!”

“Referee sucks!”

There were insults directed at the referee at the scene.

Rick Carlisle tapped Dahntay Jones on the shoulder as he walked by.

Although there was no bleeding, it was enough to put LeBron on a stretcher.

After LeBron James left the court, the Pacers firmly defended their home court and eventually defeated the Heat by 94 points with a score of 83 to 11, changing the score to 3-1.
At the instruction of Rick Carlisle, Dahntay Jones directly admitted his behavior after the game: “I did it on purpose. LeBron made small moves more than once on the court. He pushed Zach Randolph from behind when he jumped up to grab a rebound. He pushed O’Neal’s waist directly when he was on the ‘second offense’. When I tried to shoot, he also wanted to trip me. The most serious thing he did…”

“You all should know it without me telling you!”

“Aaron’s face was covered in blood and he had a concussion!”

“But he can still hurt us on the court without restraint!”

“If that’s the case, then why can’t I do these dangerous moves on him?”

“Just allow the Heat players to hurt us, can’t we fight back?”

“Or……”

“Now that Su Wan is gone, do you think the Indiana people are soft persimmons that anyone can bully?”

“We respect every opponent. If they want to solve the problem with basketball, we welcome it. If they want to solve the problem with dirty tricks, we will fight back!”

“We firmly believe it!”

“Justice will prevail!”

……

These words caused the whole of Indiana to riot.

The next morning, Indiana media published articles to denounce LeBron, the Heat, and the league referees for their favoritism towards LeBron: “They turned a blind eye to LeBron’s little tricks, which is the main reason for all this!”

“As for the Heat…”

“They’re just a dirty team!”

The New York media also immediately expressed support for the Indiana media:

We testify that the Heat are a bad team that will resort to despicable means to win the game when they cannot win.

The New York media mentioned the 97 semi-finals.

In that game, the Heat used PJ Brown’s flagrant foul to arouse the anger of the New York bench, leading to a fight. In the end, a group of Knicks starters were suspended, thus losing the semifinal game.

Now they are using the same old trick again, trying to use LeBron’s “flagrant foul” to anger the Pacers, so that O’Neal and Zach Randolph will lose their minds like the “Auntie” and the “Gorilla” back then, and take direct shots, resulting in a suspension.

“But this time they didn’t succeed!”

“Rick Carlisle saw through their tricks, and they only paid the price of one Dengtai Jones to complete a beautiful counterattack!”

“From what we know, LeBron’s testicle was ruptured, but he should thank God that Dahntay Jones’ second kick missed!”

“But although it didn’t hit the target, it hit LeBron near the groin area, which caused LeBron to have some problems with his groin.”

“This is something that deserves our reflection…”

“Have we ever pretended to be sick on purpose?”

“It turns out that this is a big no-no!”

“If you keep pretending to be sick, then the illness you pretended to be will definitely come back to you!”

“In ways you wouldn’t expect!”

“With all these problems combined, it may take LeBron one to two months to recover!”

“This means his season is over!”

“But there’s no need to feel sympathy for LeBron because…”

The New York media put a photo of LeBron showing a mysterious smile after elbowing Afflalo, causing him to bleed on the face, after this paragraph.

Finally, one more sentence:

“It’s all my own fault!”

Suwan also immediately expressed his support for his former club: “I am very happy to see that they responded in the right way. When dealing with dirty guys like LeBron and Bruce, we should make them feel the pain, or even double the pain, so that they will know how wrong it is to do this!”

“LeBron, God gave you a rare talent in basketball for decades, not for you to use to hurt other players.”

“I hope you can reflect on your behavior while lying on your hospital bed!”

After the interview, Su Wan learned about LeBron’s testicle rupture.

Wow, now I’m really the same type as his fans.

When Suwan heard that Dengtai Jones’ second kick went astray, he had only one feeling:
God is still too merciful.

It should be Dengtai Jones who made this kick to “cut off his family line”!
He watched the game yesterday, and even though he was watching it on TV, he saw many of LeBron’s little tricks. When he saw him elbow Afflalo in the face, Suwan wanted to immediately put on the Pacers’ No. 99 jersey and elbow him hard in the face.

Tooth for tooth.

Then Dahntay Jones’ counterattack made him extremely comfortable.

It was probably LeBron’s attempt to trip him that irritated him.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so ruthless…

This also verifies the saying:

God knows what you did!
When the disaster strikes, it will be of no use even if he thanks Beyoncé.

Then there was a wave of judgments against LeBron. Suwan did not pay attention to the follow-up events because he still had a semifinal to play.

In the fifth game between the Bulls and the Knicks, the battlefield returned to Chicago.

Before this game, Tyson Chandler received the first “Defensive Player of the Season Award” in his career.

Amid the overwhelming celebration in New York, Tyson Chandler also burst into tears: “Choosing to join the Knicks is the best choice in my career!”

He was also particularly motivated in tonight’s game.

Boozer was blocked three times in one game.

At the end of the game, his stats were 15 points, 12 rebounds and 5 blocks.

His ability to protect the basket as the “Defensive Player of the Season” was fully demonstrated.

You have to know that he is facing Joakim Noah, who is also on the “First Team of the Best Defensive Team of the Season”.

This performance is more convincing.

Boozer was limited by Tyson Chandler tonight, but he was just a microcosm of the entire Bulls team tonight.

The Bulls, whose lives were hanging by a thread, were in mediocre overall condition when they returned to their home court. The desperate spirit they displayed in the previous game was completely gone.

Including Derrick Rose, they also struggled on the offensive end in this game.

Therefore, in the end, at home in Chicago, the Knicks won the fourth game of the series with a score of 108 to 90, an 18-point difference, without any bloodshed.

The overall score is 4-1.
A wonderful season for the Bulls came to an end.

After a moment of silence, the Chicagoans cheered for Derrick Rose and applauded the Bulls.

虽然今晚罗斯的表现并不算好，只有18分6助攻，但整个5场比赛打完，他的场均数据为28.6分4.8篮板7.4助攻。

An absolute “regular season MVP” level performance.

He is only 21 years old and has a bright future waiting for him!
Chicagoans believe that when the “rose” fully blooms, the fragrance will fill the entire Chicago.

Suwan mentioned the regular season MVP again after the game: “They can get the regular season MVP because they are just regular season MVP-level players. I am the regular season MVP because the highest individual award in the NBA is only the regular season MVP. No matter who gets this award, now I have taken the victory first!”

A day later, the LeBron-less Heat returned to their home court to face the Pacers.

The outside world is all condemning LeBron.

But as a Miami native, I naturally have to denounce the Pacers for LeBron.

The entire game was filled with tension from the very beginning.

Pat Riley’s personal supervision turned the game into a war without the smoke of gunpowder.

The referee noticed something and tried to control the intensity of the game. But Haslem threw O’Neal over the shoulder when he was grabbing a rebound.

O’Neal Jr. fell to the ground in pain.

Zach Randolph lost control of his temper and got into a fight with Haslem.

Rick Carlisle immediately stepped forward to ask Zach Randolph to calm down, but at this time, Zach Randolph could no longer calm down.

And Haslem was obviously more irritable, “biting” Randolph tightly and not giving him a chance to calm down.

In the end, the referee separated the two of them.

Zach Randolph and Haslem were directly ejected, and O’Neal Jr. was also lying on a stretcher due to a dislocated shoulder.

It’s like Haslem was traded for Randolph and O’Neal Jr.

The Heat still have Chris Bosh and Wade.

Rick Carlisle laughed angrily.

Okay, okay, that’s how we want to play it, right?

Then stop playing.

Harrington and Millsap came on the court later, at the signal of Rick Carlisle, one of them wrestled with Chris Bosh, and the other punched Wade directly on the temple, causing “Big Cheeks” to faint on the spot.

This time it was Pat Riley’s turn to be dumbfounded, and he looked at Rick Carlisle.

Carlisle’s face was full of anger and he glared at him.

madman……

Riley cursed.

But he had no other choice. The “Big Three” all left the court, but the Pacers still had Marc Gasol and Chauncey Billups.

In the end, the score was 89 to 80.
The Pacers still won the fourth game of the series with a difference of 9 points.

Rick Carlisle said after the game: “I’ve never seen such a disgusting opponent as the Heat!”

Second update today.


(End of this chapter)