Super Basketball Manager

Chapter 349 The Road to Glory
He's been at the end of the bench...

The second game is also...

He didn't wait for his own redemption...

And his team was almost thrown into the [-]th floor of hell at the same time...

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Facing the Rockets with one team and four teams, Mavericks coach Carlisle offered a team that was almost copied...

But that big one made the Houstonians embarrassed...

Dirk Nowitzki…

As Dirk clasped his hands and screamed, the Rockets were nearly futile in Dallas...

Yao Ming looked at the unfamiliar Dallas with his waist down and sighed...

And McGrady didn't say a word in the face of the boos and jokes from the audience, but walked towards the locker room with a sullen face...

Because they say again: "you-will-be-back! yes! we-know! see-you!"

Barkley: "Maybe 4:0, McGrady will be nailed to the pillar of shame forever..."

Only O'Neal remains...

He seemed to be hesitantly peeking left and right...

He wanted to say something, but finally found that he couldn't say anything...

When G1 was defeated...

After the game, some media said that O'Neal should be replaced at the most anxious time of the game...

G2 crashed again...

Someone has already sent a letter directly to Ron, questioning Adelman's coaching level...

"...I don't want to discuss with you about Mr. Aristotle right now...He has been busy for the whole season...Now he is tired and recharging..." Ron said with a smile: "Believe me, he will return when everyone needs him the most..."

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"...Dirk Nowitzki jump shot! Got it! Houston's amazing run may be over!"

There are 3 minutes and 50 seconds left in the third quarter...

Houston has trailed by 19 points...

Everyone knows the consequences of losing G3 again...

No one can come back from a 3-0 deficit...

Ron, who is proficient in human nature, also knows this...

G3, maybe trying to make a change, Sharks still played, and after 8 minutes of the first quarter, he played the rest of the game until it was too bad to watch, and was replaced 4 minutes before the end of the first half...

And at this moment, the rocket seems to be a lamb on the chopping block that has exhausted all the tricks and is only ready to go to righteousness...

Dirk is so mean...

By his side, the Mavericks will see everyone as dead...

The continuous momentum offensive makes it difficult for the old or immature rockets to parry...

Everyone started holding their heads and sighing...

There was only one person at the scene under the wet towel, staring at him seriously...

only one person…

Sharks, Big Diesel Engines, Wade Brothers, Cactus, Big Aristotle; Orlando, Los Angeles, Miami, Phoenix, Cleveland Houston... whistling past you yesterday, where is the stop, catch the tomorrow he gave?
"Look, buddy, I've already said that Shaq is just a dying sick man. How many centers in the league can play such a bad game?" Bill Walton, who served as the game commentator in the ESPN broadcast room, was attacking Shaquille O'Neal's performance in the entire playoff series against Stephen Smith beside him.

"I gotta say, Bill, you seem to be being too hard on him," Smith countered unceremoniously. "It's just a 38-year-old man's game."

At the center of their debate, Shaquille O'Neal, played 12 minutes before the break, had four points, five rebounds, and three fouls.

Time is cruel and merciless.Everyone used to call him the big shark, the big diesel engine, the most dominant player, and the world's number one center forward, but now, they are chattering about whether he is the worst 20+10 club player in history.

Perhaps, even the Houston fans themselves did not expect O'Neal to make a wonderful "debut" show. After all, the last time he played worthy of his status was on January 1.

Neither coach Adelman nor Ron have ever had the experience of cooperating with two super centers.Everything takes time.

But O'Neal himself didn't think so.Yes, he can lose to any team for good reason, the problem is, the person standing across the field is not Kobe Bryant, but Cuban - one of the most in this league he wants to reach out and strangle.

Being defeated by the enemy's team is the greatest pain in the universe, just like Real Madrid cannot tolerate losing to Barcelona.As a result, people quickly saw in the first half that O'Neal sprinted, flew to save the ball, and scrambled with the young players on the floor, as if he was not the winner of the 4-time championship and 3-time Finals MVP, but a nameless rat who had just entered the league and signed a 10-day short contract with the team.

It is a pity that despite all his efforts, O'Neal did not win the trust of time, data and others in the end...

"Yes, Shaq can help us break the opponent's defense, but sometimes, we need the team to run up." Adelman explained his move.

This is an obvious sign.

Whether O'Neal did not integrate well into the team, or the team did not provide O'Neal with a suitable tactical system, all in all, at least for now, these may really be just Ron's business factors.

According to Bright’s statistics, the FSNAZ broadcast of the Lakers-Rockets game had the highest viewership ratings in the United States this season, reaching a peak of 12 points. In other words, in Houston alone, more than 15 households watched O’Neal’s resurrection show on TV.

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In this way, 12 years ago, he was the Michael Jackson who detonated the earth, and 12 years later, he is the outdated Britney Spears...

When he was sitting on the bench, watching his team gradually go to the abyss... and he might say goodbye to the battlefield with regret, he cursed himself in his heart unconsciously and bitterly...

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"...What I signed with 300 million is not the you who can do anything and everything in the past...I signed you who is now...a you who can adjust the atmosphere of the whole team...a veteran you with rich experience..."

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300...

a number...

I don't know what this means...

But am I worth it now?
Time is so terrible and ruthless, any strong man against the sky will taste the bitterness of aging and being forgotten in the ticking of the clock. The essence of the NBA is business. When you can no longer bring benefits and profits to the boss, the biggest possibility is to be abandoned.Perhaps, you have met a compassionate and loyal boss, but one day, you will not be able to tolerate your incompetence caused by age, and you will actively choose to quit.Look at George Mikan, who has retired, he made a sudden comeback in the middle of the 55-56 season, on the grounds that he could not watch the Lakers go down.But what he can contribute is only 37 games and 10 points.The Lakers ended the regular season with a record-breaking number of losses and went home to fish in the first round of the playoffs; in the 5-88 season, after averaging 89 points, 10 rebounds and shooting less than half of the field for the first time in his career, the 1-year-old "Skyhook" finally gave up and announced his farewell to the professional arena forever. The sad figure of No. 4; even Chamberlain, who once left a season average of 5 points, quietly took off his uniform after scoring 42 points in 7.

He remembered that he once said: "The tradition of the NBA is that there will always be great centers: from the great George Mikan, to the great Wilt, to the great Kareem, to the great Hakeem, and then to the great me. I am the great evangelist of the NBA."

When he said this, he must have never thought that he not only inherited the glory of the giant in his prime, but also inherited the giant's desolate evening scene.

isn't it?Compared with O'Neal's earth-shattering relocation in the past, the shock brought about by this Houston deal seems to be more in the sense of media hype.These days, no team is really scared or disturbed by a shark swimming into the desert, instead, people are approaching it with a kind of "hey, is Megatron coming back next episode" mentality.

Yao Ming said: "I'm eager to see what happens, because I can't imagine how Shaq can keep up with our fast pace. Of course, this is actually none of my business."

ESPN columnist Bill Simmons put it more directly: "The whole world is not looking forward to Shaq's resurrection."

O'Neill had to accept this earth-shaking transformation.

He can no longer jump up and smash the ball into the basket surrounded by three strong men, no longer be able to turn around and throw opponents out of sight, and no longer be able to cover 1/4 of the rebounds on both ends of the court.He played hard, lost 20 pounds, flattered Stoudemire by calling him "the best big man in the league" and only missed carrying McGrady's bags, but people still blamed him for the series' poor results.

Yes, O'Neal has made Houston very rebounding and a threat to the penalty area, but Adelman is not happy to see only 4 people running in front every time he launches a fast break; McGrady also doesn't like playing inside-out. 300 percent center?
"I'm trying to adapt to a new role. Like protecting the rebound, throwing a long pass to start a fast break, or attracting double-teams, and then passing the ball to open teammates." Sounds like a normal role player's job?That's right, let's accept the fact that the Rockets' No. 32 now has only one similarity with the previous Shaquille O'Neal who scored 24 points, 28 rebounds and 15 blocks.He didn't need to do more, and couldn't do more.Even in the playoffs, the so-called "Shaq will transform" playoffs, at this point, how different will it be?

This old giant shark is almost at the finish line.No matter how fast and crazy the journey is, when we approach the end, we must slow down.There is nothing you can do.

Maybe it's time to put the guns down...

This is the end of my playing days...

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But why am I still so unwilling?
Why is my hot palm still sweating crazily, desperately hoping that someone can shout a sentence within a limited time: "Hey! Shaq, it's your turn...we need you..."?

It-will-never-end.

won't end...

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10 minutes and 27 seconds into the fourth quarter...

Yao Ming 5 commits…

Houston managed to recover from 19 points to 10 points...

Rather…

He looked somewhere at the end of the bench, then looked up at the sky...

Is it over?

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Do not!
No!

"Hey! Shaq..."

He bounced off the bench like an arrow off the string...

He has his back to everyone on the bench...

Because he didn't want his tears to roll in his eyes when Adelman said "It's all up to you..."

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Some words are ridiculous, and promises can't be kept...

Some dreams are subtle and wash away after waking up…

Some love is often late, too late to give a hug...

It's never too late to let you know...

Some things are ridiculous, love and hate are always in place...

Some people are very boring, they are obviously lonely and pretend to be proud...

Some love is looking for, I can't tell who is important...

I can't tell who is for whom first, the heartbeat...

If time goes backwards, who do you want to see, what feeling do you want to get back?
The music you listen to, the basket you smash, every time you are funny on the All-Stars, in our hearts, it will never be erased forever...

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Yes!

Everything that is familiar seems to be back again...

When he set foot on this familiar playing field again...

For a while, the wind stopped and the rain stopped...

He shook his head and squinted at the bright red score on the scoreboard...

Then wipe away the tears from the corners of my eyes...

This is an honorable path!
　Why is my hot palm still sweating crazily, desperately hoping that someone can shout a sentence within a limited time: "Hey! Shaq, it's your turn...we need you..."?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)