Wade’s shots from under the basket accounted for over 60% of his total shots, with the majority of his offense being completed there.
Frequent whistling made sense,
but an average of 9.9 free-throw opportunities per game still blinded most of the media.
They had thought that after entering the playoffs, of the first round’s four games, only one game reached 10 fouls, with the others all below nine, the least being "just" six. They believed the referees had finally stopped favoring him.
However, in the first game of the semifinals against the Wizards, he was awarded 19 free-throw opportunities.
Arenas and his teammates were all numbed!
In the end, in the five-game series, Wade had games with over 15 free-throw attempts more than three times...
Barkley had this to say about Wade: "I’m not denying Dwayne’s abilities, but with such a number of free throws, I think Shaquille could team up with his grandma and still beat the Wizards."
There was a lot of controversy. "The Washington Post" even furiously criticized the referees: "If the League really wants the Heat to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals, we might as well not play!"
The referees were more restrained in this game, but by the end of the first quarter, Wade still received two fouls, getting four free-throw opportunities.
Su Wan was responsible for one of them.
But Su Wan admitted that he did indeed commit a foul that time.
With Wade performing well, the Heat continuously suppressed the Pacers, and by halftime, the Heat led by six points, 53 to 47.
And this was still after Stephen Jackson and Reggie Miller had done their part, combining for five three-pointers from beyond the arc in the first half.
Otherwise, their deficit would have been even greater.
In the second half, Su Wan went straight into "The Zone" mode.
There was no choice, he had to reach that level of play, or there’d be no competing with Wade, and the team couldn’t keep the score close.
"Hey, Su, if you don’t get into The Zone soon, we’ll widen the gap even further. Or are you already in The Zone but still can’t beat us?!"
Shaquille O’Neal’s trash talk came over again.
So noisy!
At first, Su Wan even bantered back with a smile.
But gradually, he found that every bit of Shaquille’s trash talk revolved around "The Zone", and he wondered what had struck at his petty pride.
When a joke goes too far, it’s not funny anymore, let alone that Wade and he had a good relationship, while he was just average buddies with Shaquille.
If he wanted to taste "The Zone" at Full Power, then Su Wan would grant his wish.
Resolved, Su Wan in the second half asked Little O’Neal for a screen and then, after rounding Little O’Neal, quickly exploded with speed. His velocity surged to its maximum in an instant, as Haslem, coming up to defend, had no time to react and just watched Su Wan blitz by him towards the basket.
He felt something was off but couldn’t quite put his finger on it. On instinct, he shouted "Shaq" to remind O’Neal to help defend.
"The Shark" had been itching to slap Su Wan again and actively moved to Su Wan’s side of the attack, ready for the block.
But just as he arrived under the basket, he saw a figure soaring high, with the Pacers jersey number glaringly obvious:
Number 99!
Am I about to be dunked on?
No!
I absolutely cannot get dunked on!
Shaq hadn’t expected Su Wan to come up so fast, and by the time this thought popped into his mind, his hand instinctively reached out, pulling the airborne Su Wan down to the ground. fгeewёbnoѵel_cσm
"Bang!"
Su Wan hit the ground hard.
Even with "The Zone’s" ability to control his body, Su Wan couldn’t do anything about it. By the time he realized what had happened, he was already lying on the floor, which showed just how vicious Shaq’s pull had been.
Feeling the intense pain coursing through his body,
Su Wan couldn’t help but grimace.
Luckily, the "injury resistance" he had recently improved had slowly risen to 90 points.
Otherwise, he definitely would have been injured.
Amid the gasps from the sidelines, Shaquille O’Neal also realized he might have been too aggressive. He hurried over, ready to help Su Wan up: "Su, you all right? I didn’t mean it, Su..."
He bent down and reached out his hand, but just as he was about to touch Su Wan,
"Slap!"
Su Wan on the ground swatted his hand away.
At the same time, he roared angrily,
"Get lost!"
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