The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!

Su Wan stepped in from the side for defense, without sticking to LeBron, but instead positioned himself near the free throw line to potentially create a confrontation.

"Bang!"

As soon as the two confronted each other, LeBron decisively jumped and, with a very stiff posture, attempted to shoot the ball and draw a defensive foul on Su Wan. But as a result, Su Wan immediately retreated two steps after the confrontation, creating distance. His extremely awkward shooting posture did not cause any contact with Su Wan.

"Clang," a sound echoed.

Missed!

Tyson Chandler noticed Su Wan turning to grab the rebound, and he immediately sealed Howard behind him.

At this moment, Su Wan's opponent was left with only Kevin Garnett.

If it were 3 years ago, Su Wan would definitely not be a match for Kevin Garnett.

But it was now 3 years later, and Kevin Garnett had also suffered a serious injury. In the jump, Kevin Garnett might still have the "Wolf King" look in his eyes, but his jumping speed was significantly slower than Su Wan's.

"Pop!"

Su Wan secured the rebound one step ahead and immediately made a ball-handling counterattack.

Only LeBron James kept up with his speed.

LeBron instinctively quickened his pace, and by the time he realized it, Su Wan and he were already under the basket. Su Wan made a move as if to make a layup early, and LeBron jumped immediately to confront him.

But as he flew in the air, he realized Su Wan had jumped even slower than he expected, this guy again...

Took another step!

This very step made LeBron the one to jump early.

Su Wan directly bumped into LeBron, and with an extremely gentle "finger roll," he successfully put the ball into the hoop.

"Beep!"

A chance for a 2-plus-1!

When the ball went in, Su Wan did not make any celebratory gesture, even as the referee blew the whistle, he only nodded slightly, without looking at LeBron at all.

As if making this "2 plus 1" was something he had planned all along!

LeBron impatiently gestured to the referee.

He actually knew he fouled, but without doing this, it would be embarrassing for him.

The referee ignored him, and he reluctantly retreated to the sidelines, casting a glance at Su Wan at that moment, cursing inwardly:

If only he had pulled him directly down earlier!

Since the foul was already committed, letting Su Wan make a shot was his biggest mistake!

His aggressive thinking had its reason:

Just now, he attempted to create a "cylinder foul" on Su Wan, but Su Wan avoided it;

Even worse, in the following play, he was the one drawn into a "cylinder foul" by Su Wan.

Su Wan's move seemed to say:

See clearly, this is how the new rule should be used!

This made him feel embarrassed...

"Swish!"

Steadily hit!

Su Wan made the additional free throw.

The Forest Wolves were on the attack again.

Philip also noticed this time that the New York Knicks' focus in this game was on the pick-and-roll between LeBron and Howard.

When Howard rolled down, the New York Knicks would immediately double-team.

This caused Howard to struggle to receive the ball after the pick-and-roll.

LeBron would get a reasonably stable space, enough for him to shoot directly, but Su Wan's defense made him hesitant to make a shot.

This allowed the New York Knicks to confidently leave LeBron open.

Just like this play, the New York Knicks continued to leave LeBron open, double-teaming Howard, preventing him from receiving the ball under the basket.

After two consecutive missed receptions, Howard got slightly agitated, his temper clearly showing on his face.

LeBron was also like a "God," watching the huge open space in front of him gradually occupied by Su Wan, he immediately twisted and passed the ball to the cutting Kevin Martin.

Su Wan, who had lunged halfway, directly charged at Kevin Martin.

Martin shot urgently, but instead stopped short immediately.

"Clang," the ball bounced off the rim.

Su Wan just noticed Martin's overly hasty shot this play, attempting to draw a foul, hence he slowed down instantly.

Defensive interference, sometimes it's that simple...

Kevin Martin is considered the "Porcelain King" among shooters, his average free-throw count is hard to reach for ordinary shooters.

Grasping this point, Su Wan could influence Kevin Martin's mindset, causing him to make noticeably rushed shots. — Kevin Martin thought Su Wan rushed so aggressively that he'd crash into him.

Tyson Chandler and Howard were in a tussle,

Howard was indeed frustrated, jumping repeatedly, letting out quite a few farts, fortunately, his shouting covered it all, otherwise...

Ultimately, Howard grabbed the frontcourt rebound, but as he was about to put the ball back in, Dior fouled early, sending him to the free-throw line.

Howard dunked in vain, clapped his hands fiercely, and swore:

"Fxxk!"

Then standing on the free-throw line, he shot in vain.

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

Missed two consecutive free throws, Tyson Chandler this time steadily secured the rebound.

On the New York Knicks' counterattack, the focus was all on Su Wan, Stephen Curry, with a mouthguard, made his first three-point shot of the night, looking very relaxed.

This increased pressure on the Forest Wolves.

Under such pressure, the first thing they needed to solve was the misfire in their offense.

Someone needed to stand up and break this "scoring drought."

On the New York Knicks' side, Tyronn Lue from the sideline made a "shrink" gesture, instructing everyone on the New York Knicks to continue collapsing the paint after double-teaming, ensuring Howard didn't have the space for "secondary jumps," thus eliminating his chances for "Second Attack."