Chapter 812: Chapter 274: Su Wan Is Just Lucky—He Always Has Amazing Teammates
As Su Wan wins the championship, his influence is enough to affect the economy of New York!
Who in the underworld or the legitimate world wouldn’t be anxious?
The saying "Spring breeze takes pride in galloping swiftly, seeing all the blossoms in Chang’an in a day," Su Wan’s current recklessness is dozens of times that of Meng Jiao’s.
Pat Riley watches the direction of the New York media.
Meanwhile, he’s inevitably received some warnings from the New York Gang.
Yet he never planned to play any tricks like "trading sesame seeds for watermelons" anymore.
If he did this for two consecutive years, he fears David Stern wouldn’t be pleased.
As a veteran in the League, Pat Riley knows well what the consequences would be if Stern got angry, and he doesn’t want to end up like the "Red Priest" watching the Boston Celtics rise from above.
But this doesn’t mean he’ll sit and wait for his demise.
He’s already figured out a plan.
But this plan tests the players’ willpower intensely; he’s not sure if the Heat Team can withstand this "hurting oneself for five hundred without knowing if it will hurt the opponent five hundred" tactic.
However, the current situation is very clear: under normal circumstances, the Heat Team can’t beat the New York Knicks, so they must try something unconventional.
The reason he ultimately decided to proceed was LeBron’s performance in Game 7 of the first round gave him confidence.
Since he could show such a resolute expression in a "life-and-death battle," he believes LeBron has a steadfast character; it’s just that activating this steadfastness requires certain harsh conditions.
Now the Heat Team is trailing 0-2, and he’s uncertain whether the current situation qualifies as harsh, but truly, if it reached a 0-3 deficit, then it would all be over.
Game 3 of this series is the Heat Team’s desperate struggle.
He met the Heat Team players who returned from New York right away.
"Turn off the air-conditioning and play against them?" Spoelstra is stunned listening from the side.
Pat Riley insists: "Yes, that’s exactly what we’ll do, so in the next two or three days, you must practice in such an environment, get familiar with the steamy gym temperature in advance!"
"I believe, after adapting, you will definitely defeat the completely unprepared New York Knicks!"
Wade is as gullible as always, his eyes filled with fighting spirit.
Since it’s Pat Riley’s suggestion, then let’s give it a try!
Mainly...
He really doesn’t want to get swept by Su Wan.
Even though he lost the series to Su Wan before, at least he could win one or two games.
Now, having formed the "Three Giants," yet can’t even win a single game.
That’s too shameful!
This isn’t the situation he hoped to see.
Chris Bosh’s gaze is serious.
He knows this is definitely a challenge, he’s under pressure.
Of course, the professional ethics of a professional player leads him to choose compliance in the end.
Only LeBron...
Just hearing Pat Riley suggest turning off the air conditioning made his scalp tingle. Then he couldn’t help but say: "Isn’t there another way? I mean, we could try some other tactics!"
Pat Riley seemingly anticipated LeBron’s rebuttal a long time ago, his face showed no surprise.
What should he say!
LeBron has this problem, which is his constant concern for absolute sovereignty, for such tactically strict arrangements made without prior notice, he usually objects first, intending to show his absolute position in the team.
But if some arrangements were explained to him in advance and gained his approval yet result poorly, he wouldn’t step out to defend them.
For example, later when LeBron went to the Lakers, "Tou Bao" puts "Shui La" on the bench, letting "Little Li" start, and the Lakers lost several games in a row. Numerous media criticized "Tou Bao" for the change, he chose silence, it was finally "Tou Bao" who stated this was discussed with LeBron, that he found it acceptable.
But when the media asked LeBron, he acted as if hearing about it for the first time.
Throughout LeBron’s career, his greatest achievement is his acting skills.
Pat Riley didn’t cater to his faults at all, casually replied: "We’re already at the edge of a cliff, there’s no room for mistakes, so what we can do now is to defeat them in a way they wouldn’t expect!"
"Listen, trailing 1-2, we still have a chance!"
"But if we fall behind 0-3, then we’d really have no chance at all!"
"During the adaptation process, there’ll definitely be many issues arising, but I hope everyone can overcome these difficulties and treat this as the last game of your career!"
"I believe we’ll definitely win the first home game!"
Pat Riley’s tone was full of incitement, more importantly, his expression was unquestionable, even LeBron chose silence. He knew if he continued speaking, it would seem kind of petty.
He definitely isn’t someone petty.
But he didn’t know that from the moment he began complaining, Pat Riley already felt a certain frailty emanating from him.
Strange...
It wasn’t there last season.
Last season, LeBron was at most a bit soft and indecisive, but now this fragrance of pettiness is completely absent.
What’s wrong with this guy?
He’s puzzled.
However, everyone agreed, his "turning off the air conditioning" plan was finally smoothly implemented.
A piece of good news is that to allow other matchups to catch up in schedule, the Heat Team’s game with the New York Knicks will be four days from now.