The arena replayed Su Wan’s premature celebration of his score over and over, and each ti the footage showed him pretending to press the remote, a gasp would rise from the crowd.
That image was just too eye-catching.
Even though this was MCI, the Wizards’ ho court.
But in such monts, it’s easy for so ho fans to switch allegiance.
And such monts are often great monts.
Su Wan had created one classic mont after another, but this ga-winning shot just now was by far his most classic mont on the court to date.
All the journalists present would describe the ga with such a headline:
Su Wan made the most spectacular shot of his career thus far.
Under the watch of "Special Agent 0".
In fact, until Eddie Jordan held his head, as a low murmur rose again and again throughout the arena, and so dejected Wizards fans left the stands, Arenas hadn’t yet snapped out of the scene before his eyes.
Less than 10 seconds ago, he was Washington’s hero, the most dazzling presence on the court tonight; 10 seconds later, he beca completely the backdrop for Su Wan.
His boastful ga-winning shot not only took control of the entire crowd but also rooted him to the spot...
Arenas felt like he had taken a severe hit!
Bill Walton was flipping through the stats of the two players tonight:
Arenas made 11 of 24 shots, 4 of 5 free throws, 2 of 6 from three-point range, racking up 28 points for the ga, along with 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 2 steals; Su Wan tonight made 9 of 17 shots, 5 of 5 free throws, scoring 23 points for the ga, with an additional 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block...
Comparing the numbers alone, Arenas had a slight edge.
But Su Wan’s ga-winner erased any advantage there was in the stats.
This is the NBA, where the last one to laugh is the biggest winner.
Su Wan’s ga-winner could compete for "the best regular-season ga-winning shot in history"... mainly because it was so morable.
Post-ga interview segnt:
"He is indeed an excellent agent. He completed his mission. He will grow up very well, making people look forward to his future." — Eddie Jordan on Su Wan;
"An incredible guy, his performance is just astonishing." — Jia Misen on Su Wan;
"He’s smart and has brains, and he combines skill with intellect and body perfectly. I’m not surprised by his flamboyant character now. If I could do as well as he does, I’d be crazier than him, but the fact is, I can’t." — Larry Hughes talking about his last-minute duel with Su Wan;
"I lost this ga, but I will win the next one and prove myself. This is what I’ve always been doing!" — Arenas ended his interview with a single sentence;
"Incredible, I’m really curious whether that early turn was impromptu or if he had the idea before taking the shot. It’s crazy, but that’s Su Wan." — Rick Carlisle on Su Wan’s last shot;
"Under the sa circumstances, he almost never lost, and tonight was no exception." — The pride in speaking about Su Wan cos with a gradual increase from the younger O’Neal;
"One of the best ga-winning shots in history, no doubt!" — Artest is routinely praising Su.
"What were you thinking at that mont, why did you consider turning early?"
"I just felt that this shot had to go in, and a real man never looks back at the explosion; that’s what I did, and it felt great."
"Your first ga-winner in your career, how does it feel?"
"Does this count as a ga-winner? The two teams were tied; even if I hadn’t made it, we could have gone into overti. There was no pressure in such a shot; to , it doesn’t count as a ga-winning shot, there’s no difficulty! If I couldn’t make that kind of shot, I’d imdiately practice shooting 500 more tis." — Su Wan kept on boasting after the ga, and it just felt one word: thrilling!
The next morning, as expected, the ga caused a sensational reaction all over the United States.
Mainly because Su Wan’s early turn and the act of pressing the remote were just too slick, even if he had only completed an ordinary mid-range jumper as the ga-winner, it was still eye-catching.
A ga-winning shot is always the most thrilling, and the "showboating" actions after a ga-winner are an indispensable part for the public as well. It’s like at a pool party full of "big Rays", an absolute bonus.
The discussion heated up, so much so that more details were unearthed.
Including Su Wan’s line, "Larry, I’m going to end it here," which gave so senior dia folks and old fans a sense of temporal dislocation.
Although the final result wasn’t exactly the sa, they still had that feeling.
They saw the "Big Bird" of the old days in Su Wan.
Yes, they always had this faint feeling, but until last night, they dared not connect Su Wan with Larry Bird, even though it was "the third greatest rookie in history"; that just seed too insane.
But after last night’s arrogant ga-winner and saying, "A tie ga-winner isn’t a ga-winner," they felt the "Bird King" aura in Su Wan was even stronger.
The reporters interviewed Larry Bird, asking if he saw his younger self in Su Wan, to which Larry Bird said, "Maybe a little, after all, he imitated my mont, not a bad result, not good either. He made the shot, but didn’t finish the ga-winner like I did, at the right place!"
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