The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!-Chapter 726 - 265 The Regular Season MVP and Regular Season MVP are Different Too_2
Chapter 726: Chapter 265 The Regular Season MVP and Regular Season MVP are Different Too_2
Hearing Erin say he didn’t dare to trash-talk Su Wan, he immediately got defensive, "Everyone is scared of his story, but not me, I’ll prove that even if I trash-talk Su Wan, it’s no big deal!"
Erin gave Noah a big thumbs up right then and there:
"Young man, you’re super brave!"
If Noah had a tail, it probably would be standing up right now.
"Su, tonight Joakim will trash-talk you!" Erin immediately went back to report her success.
Su Wan wasn’t surprised.
Noah counts as one of the few basketball players with bigger guts in the 2010s.
Especially after he started showing results, he became even more...
When LeBron, Bosh, and Chalmers were arguing, he’d clap right beside them, "adding fuel to the fire."
However, having someone talk trash before a game and then challenging him during a match was really a piece of news these past few years.
Now, aside from Kobe, only Wade occasionally gets fired up and exchanges a few words with him.
Everyone else goes "mute" when they face him, a habit he has gotten used to.
But now, here comes someone announcing ahead of time that he’s going to challenge him during the game...
Bring it on!
Let’s see what happens next!
New York reporters, hearing the news, went to confirm with Noah once again if he was really going to use "trash talk" to challenge Su Wan.
At first, Noah was vague, but after repeating it, his tone became much more firm, "Yes, you can write it down, I will challenge Su Wan, and then we will shatter his myth!"
What’s the big deal!
Even if I’ve trash-talked him!
Can he...
Literally beat me to death?
The series is tied 1-1, not 3-1!
What Noah didn’t expect was that Thibodeau rushed into the locker room, very anxiously. Although Thibodeau had only joined for a season, Noah greatly respected him as the man who had given him so much trust and position on the team.
"Joakim, your job is to focus on the game, not this nonsense!"
Noah could see deep concern in Thibodeau’s eyes.
How could he not be worried?
As a member of the Old Celtics, he had stood beside Rivers for years, watching and hearing how Su Wan dealt with the "Peak Three Giants" one by one after hearing "trash talk."
In the end, the Celtics won.
But Pierce had the shit beaten out of him.
It showed just how grueling the entire game process was.
Now, Su Wan being able to trigger "The zone" has been confirmed.
But...
It doesn’t mean they can afford to provoke Su Wan like they have nothing better to do, right?
Noah struggled a bit with this.
He thought, maybe just back down?
After all, he couldn’t ignore what Thibodeau said!
But as the game officially started, amid the continuous booing aimed at him from the entire court, his expression changed when he saw Su Wan.
Then, seeing Su Wan grabbing the mic by the court and openly calling out to him, "Joakim, heard you want to challenge me?"
"Come on!"
"I give you the chance!"
Tough cookie!
There’s no escaping now!
Noah could only steel himself and say to Su Wan, "Don’t think you’re anything special, Su Wan? Just you wait, it’s definitely the Bulls who will come out of this series!"
The scene was immediately filled with ridiculing laughter.
Is this even considered mockery?
And judging by Noah’s unnatural performance, you could tell how anxious he was.
Hmm...
Even though Noah became an "All-Defensive First Team" player this season, he was still far behind Su Wan in terms of level.
Just like when Rajon Rondo clashed with Kobe, Kobe pointed at him, and Rondo immediately shut up, Kevin Garnett who was on his team still had to persuade Kobe, "He’s just a kid, don’t stoop to his level."
Now, Noah was the same, facing Su Wan, he was still somewhat timid.
But...
Who cares!
"The zone" has already been triggered.
Both teams didn’t change their lineup for this game.
Still using the starting lineup from the first two games.
Tyson Chandler won the starting possession for the team.
Su Wan, ball in hand.
Right as New Yorkers who sent a roar of cheers before the game were just about to sit down, when they saw Su Wan with the ball, they immediately stood back up, shouting loudly in anticipation of the scene where Su Wan schools Noah right from the start.
The Bulls’ main strength in the previous game was their tight defense, which prevented the Knicks from shooting three-pointers.
They defended like this in the first game and ultimately lost.
But in the second game, they won.
The already unstable three-point shot became even more unreliable on the playoff stage.
The issue still lay with Stephen Curry and Danilo Gallinari; the two of them combined went 2 for 11 in three-points in the previous game, a dire sight.
Without three-point shots, they could only try to attack the basket.
With their Breakthrough Ability, trying to penetrate Noah and Bozer’s basket defense was quite difficult.
Even at his peak, Danilo Gallinari had issues with ball-handling.
His impact towards the basket:
Mainly depended on cutting in from the wing and seizing opportunities to attack the basket.
His ability to attack the basket through confrontation still needed development.
Stephen Curry’s peak attack towards the basket could reach above league-average level.
But he still had not changed his way of exertion, and his ball-handling wasn’t that skilled yet, having started the transition to Point Guard only in his junior year. Therefore, his Breakthrough Ability wasn’t considered great.
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