208: Goldway in a Bad Mood (4K(2/2)
"Fuck!" Wade walked away angrily and started arguing with Wayne. He was completely asking for trouble!
Wade was furious before Wayne even put on his jersey.
On the court, both O'Brien and Artest could not hide their disappointment.
They both think they should do better, and at the same time, they also think the other person should do better.
Being reversed and won by the Heat was the most demoralizing thing.
Think about it, the victory that was clearly achieved was suddenly snatched away by others.
Who wants this?
At the press conference after the game, a reporter asked Wayne: "If you were here today, the Pacers would probably have won. Do you regret this?"
"I don't want to talk about what has happened, because that can't be changed. We lost this game, but it doesn't mean we lost the entire season.
This season is still long, we’ll see.”
Wayne tried to avoid sensitive topics. The team was already in chaos, so there was no need to straighten things out.
Of course, Wayne did not lie.
Because in the second game of the season in Orlando, Wayne, who was back on fire, helped the team easily defeat the Magic with the Happy Beast.
The Happy No. 1 pick has fulfilled the high expectations of Magic fans this season. No matter how high school players are, they should stand out this season.
However, the joint defense of Wayne and O'Neill told Orlando fans: "This is not Disney, there are no beautiful fairy tales here."
Under the joint defense of the two, Warcraft, which lacked offensive means, only made 3 of 9 shots from the field.
To be honest, Howard has improved a lot this season.
But the main reason is that the Magic still let him play power forward.
When Tony Barty moves inside, there is no room in the three-second zone. Howard has no other offensive means, so it would be uncomfortable to play.
After Howard started playing center and paired it with two anti-aircraft turrets, Lewis and Turkoglu, Orlando knew what Warcraft was.
Of course, although the Sparks' offense is a bit stretched, their defense is really good. There is no pressure to keep up with Wayne's speed, and even if they have to defend from the outside, they will not suffer.
In addition, the game was decided early, and most of the fourth quarter was garbage time. The main players did not play, which kept Wayne's scoring data relatively low.
17 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks. The score is a little less, but overall it is still a good data.
The main reason is that Sparks failed to live up to his expectations, and there was no anxious moment in this game. Otherwise, it would be over if Wei Shen didn't show his strength.
You won't score until the critical moment.
92 to 87, the Pacers finally showed the strong side of the defending champion.
Wayne's late debut did not disappoint the Chinese fans.
As he said: "We'll see."
Defeating the Magic was just the beginning. After Wayne returned, the Pacers immediately went on a four-game winning streak.
On the 5th, against the 76ers, Webb was beaten repeatedly, allowing Wayne to get a double-double of 23 points and 11 rebounds.
Now that Wayne is defeating Webber, people will no longer be surprised or surprised.
Isn't this how it should be?
Weber: "Is this what my status is now?"
In addition to Wayne, O'Brien and Artest also performed very well.
One is 21 points and the other is 20 points.
It seems that the three heroes of the cornfield have indeed maintained the level of a championship combination.
After the 76ers, the Pacers immediately took revenge on the Heat.
Although this time it was an away game in Miami, Shaq's absence due to injury still dealt a big blow to the Heat.
It is said that Shaq is no longer the core, and Wade is the protagonist of Miami.
But when Shaq was missing, people realized how important he was to the Heat.
After all, he was second in the MVP rankings last season, and he was only one step away from winning the MVP.
There is no Shaq today, and the Heat's interior line consists of Haslem and Mourning.
What else can you say?
Hit him!
Wayne scored 22 points, O'Brien scored 24 points, and Artest scored 17 points. The Pacers revenged the Heat 95-87.
After the game, Wayne passed by Wade and shrugged at him.
"Sorry, the defending champion won again."
Until the Pacers defeated the Nets on November 11 and won four consecutive games, the Pacers still looked promising this season.
They started with 4 wins in 5 games, and maintained a complete victory when the lineup was intact, allowing ESPN to temporarily place the Pacers at the top of the rankings.
It seems that the chaos at the beginning will once again be replaced by continuous victory.
But the locker room interview after defeating the Nets broke the calm again.
At this time, Wayne was changing clothes and preparing to leave. Next to him, Artest was still being interviewed by reporters.
This guy came up with his own album again and took the opportunity to promote it.
Everyone in the locker room was surprised by this.
At this time, a reporter put his microphone to Artest's mouth.
"Ron, how do you feel about Larry Bird being stepped down after all this time?"
"Larry? I support Larry without a doubt. He did his job with the Pacers and he got fired because of some misinterpreted remarks.
To be honest, I am quite disappointed, it is such a pity that he left."
As soon as Artest finished speaking, Wayne, who was preparing to leave next to him, immediately couldn't walk.
Artest seemed to realize that what he said was too absolute. After he and Wayne looked at each other, their expressions suddenly became awkward.
Brother, can you speak beyond your head?
What? You ask me what’s in my brain!?
You can't take back what you said. Although Artest realized something, it was too late.
He supports Larry Bird and is disappointed with management's decision.
No doubt these words will be part of tomorrow's front page headlines.
Sure enough, while training the next day, Artest was interviewed by Walsh.
Wayne picked up a newspaper, which was full of criticisms about Artest.
"Ron Artest supports Larry Bird's remarks".
"Challenging management? Artest expresses dissatisfaction with Bird's firing".
"Damn, these reporters are really good at their jobs." Wayne was speechless. Their skills in making things out of thin air must have been fully utilized.
An hour later, Artest walked out of Walsh's office frustrated.
As a result, Artest will be internally suspended for one game.
This internal suspension will not deduct wages, and the Pacers will claim that Artest cannot play due to injury.
Walsh was trying to scare the monkeys, telling the players: "Don't wade into this muddy water in the future, and don't discuss any issues related to skin color or Bird."
Walsh was really frightened. Things that had apparently calmed down were brought up again, pushing the Pacers to the forefront of the storm again.
He's really had enough.
So the decision was made to ban him.
"Fuck, this suspends me." It was obvious that Artest was a little unhappy about this.
Wayne is also a little unhappy. Damn it, the team is winning consecutively, but you want to ban a main player internally.
Although the Bucks are not a strong opponent in the next game, the sudden loss of one of the main players still dampens the atmosphere.
Everything going wrong this season has made Wayne very irritable.
On November 13, the Pacers came to Milwaukee to face the Bucks away from home.
The Bucks started the season with 3 wins and 1 loss, which gave them high morale.
Artest appeared on the sidelines wearing a suit, looking innocent.
Wayne was not in a good mood. He didn't like the gloomy sky in Milwaukee, and with all the bullshit going on recently, he was very irritable.
And today we were facing Bogut, but he couldn't take action due to the ban on fighting, which was very depressing.
One black and one black, Miller was gone, Bird disappeared again, and after Walsh took full control of the team, the troubles never stopped.
When the game started, Wayne didn't want to have anything to do with the Australian No. 1 pick.
Chapter completed!