He rembered getting a guarantee from Danny Ferri that Shaquille O’Neal would be traded after this ga.
So he stopped pretending and laid it out, "As the highest-paid player, you really should be ashad of how you manage your body, Shaq!"
"Ashad? Why should I be ashad?" Shaq seed to have been waiting for his coback, suddenly spirited, "Without you, I led the Cavaliers on a four-ga winning streak, and without , you’re about to be swept 0-4, admit it, LeBron, you need Su Wan, but damn, you need too!"
"Put away your arrogant face, LeBron, I’d like to know which O’Brien Cup has your na on it! Do you even deserve to call yourself ’King’ in front of ?"
Shaq’s words left LeBron with no ability to retort.
Helplessly, when "The Shark" pulled rank, there really weren’t many in the League who could challenge him one-on-one.
Whether it was Shaq’s words or just his own lack of resilience, LeBron, who had managed to maintain a "glorious in defeat" stance in earlier gas where they lost, was off his ga tonight.
Moreover, Rick Carlisle saw his intention to shoulder the offense alone, and tonight’s defensive setup against him was similar to what the Spurs had done back in 2007.
They trapped him near the high post and intercepted his passing lanes.
In the 2007 Finals, the Spurs’ defense held LeBron Jas to a re 35.6% shooting average and caused an average of 5.8 turnovers per ga.
The Pacers’ defense had an even higher limit and added agility, making this defensive strategy even more potent.
Eventually, LeBron Jas had a dismal performance tonight with 6 successes out of 19 attempts, a 31.5% shooting accuracy, and committed 8 turnovers.
He ended his first trip to the Eastern Conference Finals with 15 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, and an "impressive" "near quadruple-double".
Barkley shared so statistics, "Since Su Wan left the Cavaliers in ’04, he’s undefeated against LeBron in the regular season at 8-0 and the sa holds true for the playoffs!"
Kenny Smith was stunned upon hearing this, "Have they really played each other that many tis?"
More surprisingly, despite playing 16 tis, LeBron hadn’t won a single ga...
Su Wan’s title as LeBron’s bane was indeed accurate!
But wait, it wasn’t just a "bane" anymore, it should be called...
Blood suppression!
In other words:
LeBron, I am your father!
At the buzzer, Su Wan stood at the sideline, watching the Clevelanders leave dejectedly, just like last year, feeling a sense of gratification.
No matter how many tis he saw this scene, he never got tired of it.
Erin captured this mont in a photo titled "Su Wan Still Hasn’t Forgiven the Cavaliers".
Then she watched as Su Wan lifted the highest honor of the Eastern Conference for the third consecutive year at Quicken Loans Arena.
This ti, it was in Cleveland!
So after the ga, she asked, "This ti lifting the Eastern Conference championship trophy, Su Wan, do you feel any different than before?"
Su Wan replied, "No different, just wondering, Cleveland dia, how long has it been since the Cavaliers touched the Eastern Conference Finals trophy?"
The answer was:
This team, established in 1970, had never made it to the Finals, so they had never touched the Eastern Conference Finals trophy...
And Su Wan, for the third consecutive year, was holding it high.
But actually...
He didn’t even bother to lift it anymore.
Like before, Su Wan consistently avoided touching the unattainable trophy of the Cavaliers, not even sparing it a glance.
This scene brought a profound sadness to the Cleveland journalists.
Because at that mont, Su Wan’s attitude toward them was the sa as his attitude toward the Eastern Conference trophy.
Just then, a Cleveland journalist mustered the courage to ask, "Su, have you thought about coming back to Cleveland in the future?"
Su Wan just gave him a cold smirk; he didn’t even bother to answer the question.
The Cleveland journalists failed to grasp the real implication of Su Wan’s reaction.
They witnessed Su Wan’s dismissive smirk, but Erin saw sothing more...
"You really thought about this, didn’t you?" Erin asked Su Wan earnestly.
Su Wan feigned ignorance, "What?"
"Have you thought about returning to Cleveland? No, wait..." Erin felt she had missed the main point as she began a "brainstorm," recalling all the details she might have overlooked...
First of all, given Su Wan’s persona, he’d never again beco teammates with LeBron.
But...
From what she knew, Su Wan did ponder the possibility.
Under what circumstances, without having to work with LeBron, could Su Wan return to Cleveland?
"Su, do you think LeBron might leave Cleveland?" Erin voiced her bold thought.
That took Su Wan completely by surprise.
Even though he knew these journalists were cunning, for Erin to deduce such a fact just from his expression was truly baffling.
"No way?"
Looking at Su Wan’s expression, Erin knew she had guessed right.
But this revelation was truly astounding.
Given that most of LeBron Jas’s glory was bound up with Cleveland, he was the city’s "Son." If he left the Cavaliers, the criticism he would face could drown him.
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