Su Wan was his good brother; he hadn’t done anything wrong.
Shaquille O’Neal was his teammate, the best partner for winning championships. He had issues, but Wade couldn’t say anything.
What could he do?
He could only...
"Next question!"
The next morning, the ga hit the headlines all over the United States.
"This is Indiana, Shaquille O’Neal, you’ve hit a snag!" — "Indiana Starlight News";
"When you don’t want soone to dunk on you, you shouldn’t dunk on others either, or they’ll do the sa to you. Shaquille, you need to grow up!" — "Los Angeles Tis";
"Before you think about laying hands on Su Wan, think carefully. You’re ssing with Indiana’s new team spirit!" — "Open-air grandstand";
Apart from Miami and cities like Detroit, the dia in most cities sided with the Pacers.
After all, Shaquille was the first to get physical.
Since he could pull on Su Wan, who was in mid-air, others could do the sa to him.
In the afternoon, the injury report for Shaquille O’Neal was released.
Miami’s fans had been praying since the night before.
And, believe it or not, a miracle did happen:
The final MRI results showed that Shaquille O’Neal was fine, and his ribs were not broken.
It was just that the pain persisted, and the team doctors, including Shaquille O’Neal himself, didn’t dare to take any risks, so he did not return to the ga after leaving the court.
After examinations yesterday and today, the results were the sa:
Shaquille O’Neal’s ribs were fine!
When this news ca out, Miami’s fans felt as if dawn had broken.
Shaquille O’Neal made a public appearance in front of the dia that afternoon, greeting the reporters with a burst of energy.
However, as soon as the reporters ntioned the "pulling" incident, Shaquille O’Neal’s face fell.
Clearly, he did not want to talk about it.
One reporter daringly asked, "Aren’t you planning on reconciling with Su?"
And was promptly escorted out.
Shaquille O’Neal’s reaction was understandable.
He hadn’t expected that so many in the dia wouldn’t speak up for him.
What angered him the most was that Kobe, who was already off fishing, had actually taken an interview to say, "This is a lesson Shaquille had long needed. He should thank Su Wan!"
Thank my ass!
Now, in his eyes, Su Wan and Kobe were in cahoots; there was no way he could reconcile with Su Wan.
Facing the cara, he assertively declared, "From now on, I will focus on the ga. The Heat Team will quickly even the score. I have confidence in myself and my teammates!"
The "Big Shark" who had talked tough indeed focused a lot more the next day.
However, to the disappointnt of Barkley, Bill Walton, and others, he did not apologize to Su Wan.
In their view, this was sothing Shaquille should have done.
Su Wan was not surprised. In fact, if his stepfather hadn’t gone to berate him, he wouldn’t have apologized to Yao Ming for using racially discriminatory language.
This man’s pettiness matched his temperant.
A child, really.
The kind of kid who thinks, "I can hit you, but if you hit , I’ll get angry."
Usually, such kids are those who were less scolded by their fathers when they were young.
Shaquille O’Neal was just like that.
When he was born, his biological father had abandoned him, and he had never felt the strong presence of "fatherly love" until his stepfather ca into his life.
However, even Su Wan had to admit that at this stage, if Shaquille O’Neal kept his focus on the ga, Foster would have a hard ti stopping him.
Eventually, as the ga concluded, the "Big Shark," who had left in a wheelchair midway through the last ga, ca back full force, scoring 24 points with 12 rebounds, helping the Heat Team to even the major score at 1-1.
After the ga, he expressed dissatisfaction, saying, "If I had been there for the second half of the last ga, we would be leading 2-0 now!"
When the Pacers heard this, they were all eager and ready, wishing they could take imdiate revenge. However, since the semi-finals between the Phoenix Suns and the Houston Rockets had not yet concluded, in order to balance the progress on both sides, the third ga between the Heat Team and the Pacers in Indiana would be played a week later.
"Train well, maintain good form, and win back the next ga!"
This was probably the episode where the Pacers players listened to Rick Carlisle the most.
Su Wan obviously wouldn’t stay quiet until the next ga. He replied sarcastically, "Actually, he could have chosen to make a royal coback last ga, but he gave up. The bigger he looks on the outside, the softer he is on the inside!"
Shaquille O’Neal, hearing Su Wan’s response, was furious.
But in this matter, standing by the sidelines and snapping his dislocated finger back to continue playing, Su Wan had the absolute high ground; there was no way Shaquille could play the victim.
With the Eastern Conference Finals temporarily paused, everyone’s attention turned to the Western semi-final between the Houston Rockets and the Phoenix Suns.
Su Wan also checked the scores after each ga in their series.
As the series deepened, the competition between the two teams beca increasingly fierce.
And it was clear, each had their own "key to victory"; basically, whoever got into their rhythm first would ultimately co out on top.
The Phoenix Suns took the "King Mountain Battle", thinking they could sweep to victory, but the Rockets stubbornly clinched a win back on their ho court.
The first "Ga 7" battle of the Eastern and Western semi-finals officially comnced.
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