knife point guard

Chapter 249 [Advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals, Batty’s comparison]

You just can't play too complicated with the Bulls. If you play too complicated, you will be tied up.

When Su Xi appeared at position 2 and used singles to break the game, the Pacers' offense immediately became clear.And also began to suppress the Bulls on the defensive end.

It feels like you are beating a second-rate expert as if you were a first-rate expert, and your hands are tied, but you are beaten back and forth by others.

But if you let go of some constraints and let go.

How can a second-rate master compete with a first-rate master?
What's more, the Pacers are not just top-notch players.

Suhi had a crazy single on the scoring end, and he broke the defense of Hinrich and Ben Gordon.

The Pacers found a way to break the game, quickly overtook the score, and widened the point difference.

The Bulls are back where they belong.

After a period of hard work in the fourth quarter, the Bulls trailed by an ever wider margin.

In the end, the Pacers defeated the Bulls 118:96 and won their first victory in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

"When you see me in the future, remember to be low-key."

"There's a difference between a dream and a wishful thinking," Suhi told Hinrich after the game.

Hinrich was unhappy.

But it's not up to him.

Failure is in front of you, whether you are happy or unhappy, there is no difference.

"To be honest, we are already thinking about our opponents in the next round." Ron Artest said in front of the camera.

Currently, another group of Eastern Conference semifinals is in full swing, with the Miami Heat and Detroit Pistons playing fiercely.

In comparison, the Pacers and Bulls are clearly strong and weak, while the Heat and Pistons are about equal in strength. Whoever can win is likely to win. Many people predict that these two teams will fight until the seventh game.

And no matter who wins in the end, they will face the Pacers who are busy and waiting for work.

No. [-] in the Eastern Conference has become the best schedule in the Eastern Conference.

This is completely opposite to the West, where the San Antonio Spurs have made a calculation. Now the Phoenix Suns, No. [-] in the West, and the Dallas Mavericks, No. [-] in the West, are about to lose their brains.When the Spurs hit the SuperSonics, it's not like they have a handle on their hands.

Although Artest pretended to be a big guy, he didn't stir up waves.

After all, he is not arrogant, he is telling the truth.

Fans are already thinking about their next opponent.

Let alone him.

The bull was quite angry.They felt insulted.

Artest didn't take it seriously, but instead intensified: "When the Bulls traded me for a player of Jaylen Rose's caliber, they should have thought that one day I would come back for revenge!"

This bad thing about Chen Guzi was brought out by Artest, which shows that this series is really not interesting.

After Su Xi's first game, he specifically challenged Kobe Bryant for a one-on-one challenge.For Su Xi, the importance of one-on-one with Kobe exceeds this playoff game.

Even though he was dueling with Kobe, he could no longer stimulate the improvement of his super offensive skills.

But Su Xi's current super offensive skills of 87 points are completely enough to beat opponents of the Bulls' level.

Moreover, Su Xi's 87 points are better than Kobe's own 87 points.

Su Xi's talent is better than Kobe. In addition to his jumping talent, if Su Xi's jumping talent is further improved, he will become a true hexagonal warrior and his offensive skills will be greatly improved again.

For a shooting guard like Su Xi who is 193cm tall, jumping talent is very important.

In many cases, in the minds of many fans, jumping height is even the most important criterion for judging a player's talent.If you can jump high, you have good talent.

This is due to the publicity of a bunch of super guards such as Jordan, Drexler, Carter... etc.

In fact... there are very few super shooting guards who don't bounce well.

In this age full of confrontation, the higher the bounce, the stronger your ability to escape from defense.

The world is still dominated by two-stage jump shots, and the era of one-stage jump shots has not yet come...

Kobe was always recruiting Su Xi after the confrontation. He hoped that Su Xi would go to Los Angeles to create dominance with him. He also promised to treat Su Xi well in the future.He said that the breakdown of his relationship with O'Neal was not like what the media said. He was not a bad person, let alone a paranoid who insisted on his own way: If I was really that selfish and cold-blooded, would I come here to recruit you?
Logical and self-consistent!

Kobe's sincerity was overwhelming.

He also brought greetings from the Buss family, and told Su Xi a long story about the Lakers' glorious history and rich heritage.

In the end, Su Xi could only say: I only think about the playoffs now, and I don’t have the slightest idea about other things.

Kobe didn't get Su Xi's verbal commitment and left a little disappointed.

In fact, Su Xi's agent O'Connor is receiving various flattery calls every day. 80.00% of the teams in the league have called him, hoping to get Su Xi to join.

However, O'Connor only pretends to be cool and arrogant. He never promises.

He just enjoys this feeling of having his eyes above his head.

O'Connor just needs this psychologically now.

He's not interested in anything else.

After all, he had spent the first half of his life wild and had all kinds of fun.Now, I just want to experience the feeling of being 'superior to others'.

Su Xi provided him with the perfect window.

He enjoys it.The second game against the Bulls came on time.

The Bulls' young boys worked hard after losing the first game, and Artest's pretentious remarks made them more motivated.

Then... they started hammering.

It's not good for young people to be too excited.

Their spirit surpasses their body, and blacksmithing becomes a matter of course.

On the contrary, the walker's blunt knife cut the flesh slowly and leisurely.

The bulls were beaten to a pulp.

Before the third quarter ended, the suspense of the game was lost.

The Pacers' overall lineup is too strong. They use defense to drive offense and crush the young Bulls on both offense and defense.

This makes many Pacers fans feel regretful: Without the battle at the Palace of Auburn Hills, would we be able to break the regular season record of 72 wins?
From the data model analysis, this is entirely possible.

However, the fans are sorry, but they still feel that the future is promising.What is not completed this season will be done next season.

But Larry Bird was not so optimistic.

Now the whole league is chasing Su Xi.

Su Xi has become the biggest fish in the free market in 2005.

Many media even bluntly stated that Su Xi's departure or stay will change the league structure.The influence will be no less than that of a shark swimming eastward.

This actually forms a kind of paradox, because on the one hand, many people do not think Su Xi is a superstar who can change the league's structure, and on the other hand, they are talking about the huge impact Su Xi's change of team will have on the league.

Some of them even said Suhi was the second Sprewell and Skywalker Thompson.

Because Sprewell and Thompson both debuted at the top of their game, and then slowly became ordinary All-Stars, not even ordinary All-Stars.

The crazy Sprewell entered the league's first and second defense in the second year after his debut. He was unparalleled and was considered to be the embryo of a superstar, but he soon lost his peak due to various reasons.Madmen have a bad temper, and Su Xi has the same problem in the eyes of these people, that is, gossip. They think Su Xi's gossip is as harmful as Sprewell who almost strangled head coach Carlesimo.

Skywalker Thompson and Su Xi are more similar. They are about the same height, both 193cm, and both became famous at a young age.Thompson won most of the honors in his career before he was 24 years old, including two first-team appearances, the ABA Finals, and 73 points in a single game... Isn't this the same for Su Xi?
With these two 'jewels' in front, these people's predictions will appear more confident and sufficient.

Su Xi automatically blocks outside sounds.

In Chicago, he led the team to a Game [-] victory and then a Game [-] win.

They were all easy wins with no twists and turns.

The huge gap between the two teams cannot even be smoothed out by the home whistle.

The Bulls took 11 and 12 more free throws than the Pacers at their two home games respectively.

This result is due to the Pacers' fierce defense on the one hand, and the home whistle on the other.

The Pacers advance to the Eastern Conference Finals at least a week early.

On the other side, the Heat and Pistons are playing 2:2, each winning their own home court, and following this trend, they are heading for the tiebreaker.

"I don't know what great achievements Michael Jordan accomplished when he was 20 years old, but the god of basketball in my mind is Suzy the Sheep."

Gossip Tony Barty caused a media uproar when he made such a statement in Chicago, the birthplace of Miracle.

Obviously, before him, few people compared Su Xi with Jordan.

It's not up to par.

In fact, even if Su Xi wins the finals MVP and regular season MVP, these two honors best represent the 'league No. 1'.The media and the league still treat him as a young superstar, and do not even completely separate his status from LeBron James, let alone compare Su Xi with O'Neal, Duncan... these superstars.

But Tony Barty is Tony Barty.

He directly compared Su Xi with Jordan, and even compared Jordan.

He has a point.

Jordan is still playing in the NCAA at the age of 20. What achievements has he made? He is following a group of seniors to win the NCAA championship.

But Su Xi has already put on a yellow robe. NCAA championship, NCAA MOP, NBA championship, NBA finals MVP, regular season MVP.

From the age dimension and horizontal comparison, Jordan did lose cleanly.

However, there was little media support for Tony Barty's claims.

Some media even commented with ridicule, saying that this was a Tony Barty comparison.

In the hearts of most fans and ball commentators, Jordan's status is unbreakable, and his legendary story has long been unquestionable.

Now, no one can challenge Jordan's goat status.

O'Neal, who has won three championships and three MVPs, is the closest, but still far behind.

Duncan has two championships and two finals MVPs, and the first one was won as an absolute core in his second year, but he is even further behind. He has not yet established a dynasty.

Therefore, comparing Su Xi with Jordan is considered to be wishful thinking.

Suchy himself had no interest in the comparisons, but he was unhappy that Tony Barty was being caricatured.

When he returned to Indiana, while chatting with reporters accompanying the team, he asked frankly: "So, what has Michael Jordan accomplished at my age?"

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(End of this chapter)