Next round.
When Barnes came at Su Yan again, he deliberately left half a step, giving him space to accelerate and break through.
He wanted to see just how fast Su Yan was.
"Giving me a step?"
Su Yan narrowed his eyes, "Then I apologize, but this will come at a heavy price!!!"
Without hesitation.
Su Yan again lowered his center of gravity, dribbled the ball, pushed off the ground to accelerate, and unleashed all the speed enhanced by Divine Speed Lv1.
Still as a virgin, swift as a startled hare.
In just one step, he instantly bypassed Barnes and once again charged into the paint.
"WTF?"
Barnes deliberately gave him space and was ready to chase immediately, but found he couldn't keep up at all.
He's really fast!
What's going on? This isn't within my research on Su Yan.
Marnes was bewildered.
Su Yan once again charged into the paint. Howard stepped up, striking a pose, ready to block Su Yan at any moment.
Not flustered at all.
He charged in.
Then... a pocket pass to Tyson Chandler, who was unguarded on the left side of the basket.
"Boom!"
A thunderclap from a clear sky.
Su Yan attracted all the defenders, and Tyson easily slammed it down with both hands.
"What incredible speed!"
Magic Head Coach Stan Van Gundy also looked surprised, "What's happening? This shouldn't be!"
Let alone the opposing coach.
Even Coach D'Antoni was very surprised at this moment, "This speed? Does this mean... Su Yan's strength has improved, and his speed has also increased?"
"This growth rate, he's a complete genius!"
Morris Barton noticed Su Yan's increase in speed and was excited, "Only a genius can grow so rapidly in such a short time!"
"A genius dubbed a 'vase'?"
Coach D'Antoni paused for a moment, then chuckled, "That's right, Su Yan must be a genius, a 'peerless genius' rarely seen in a century.
Otherwise... how could he lead such a New York Knicks team to an impressive 24-game winning streak and perform at the top of the MVP rankings?"
The more D'Antoni thought about it, the happier he became.
He didn't know how he had inexplicably signed Su Yan back then, but... now, looking back, that decision was absolutely correct.
Having made this decision.
Now, he would wake up smiling in his dreams.
Conversely, if he hadn't, he would be crying even while making love to a beautiful woman in bed!!!
On the court.
The game continued.
Carter against McGrady, a showdown between the four great shooting guards?
No.
McGrady was ruined by injuries; his decline was much more severe than Carter's. They were no longer on the same level.
Contest + acceleration.
"Swish!"
A pull-up jump shot.
The ball left his hand, two points scored.
Transition offense.
Curry, with a butterfly dribble between his legs, changed direction with continuous rhythm, faking a drive with his left hand, then another front-body crossover, shaking off Nelson, and charging in.
Facing Lewis, who came to help, he was completely unfazed, taking three big steps to cradle the ball, then pulling up in the air to evade.
A reverse layup.
A silky smooth combo.
However... "The Beast" Howard, who had remained still, calmly watched Curry's every move.
Waiting for him to shoot, then leaping up.
"Bang!"
A powerful block against the backboard, swatting the basketball away.
David Lee secured the Rebounding with a backward jump, then stepped forward and immediately took a short floater near the rim.
It was an open shot.
But Howard once again pounced, his backward jump preceding him, with astonishing long arms combined with terrifying leaping ability and explosiveness.
"Bang!"
Another slap to block David Lee's shot at the basket.
Two blocks in one possession.
This was "The Beast" Howard's dominance in the restricted area; this was the defensive ability of last year's DPOY.
Nelson, like a wild horse, dashed out, grabbed the swatted ball, and went coast-to-coast for a layup.
"He can block that?!"
David Lee was stunned.
Curry also shook his head, "My layup had already gotten past the defense, and The Beast was far from me; it was almost a sure thing.
I didn't expect it to be blocked.
This defensive range... is truly terrifying!"
Transition offense.
Su Yan once again faced Barnes, who decisively closed in again, playing tight defense.
"Oh?"
Su Yan was a little surprised and smiled, "Why aren't you giving me a step anymore?!"
"I could, but there's no need," Barnes said calmly. He would never admit the fact that Su Yan could get past him in one step.
"Oh."
Su Yan shrugged.
Facing the tightly guarding Barnes, attempting a direct Three-point Shot was very difficult, so... he decisively engaged in physical contact.
Barnes already couldn't handle the strength from a 180 kg bench press.
Now, with the strength from a 200 kg bench press.
With just a light touch, Barnes felt his chest being violently struck by a large stone, and he couldn't stop retreating.
"So weak!"
Su Yan complained, seeing Barnes frantically retreat to the basket, stumbling and nearly falling.
In an instant.
The space in front of Su Yan was wide open.
Unhurriedly, he dribbled back a step, first glancing at the disheveled Barnes, then at the hoop.
Then, as if in practice, he confidently and calmly shot a Three-point Shot.
Violence and elegance coexisted.
After the basketball arced gracefully through the air, it plunged into the net, a swish.
A direct hit.
Bringing Su Yan's entire offensive sequence to a perfect close.
"No, what's with this strength now?!"
The sharp pain in his chest made Barnes's face contort in agony, and he simply couldn't comprehend it.
He knew Su Yan was strong.
He had put all his effort into that last confrontation; he wasn't expecting to win, but he certainly didn't expect to be as fragile as straw.
"Could it be... his strength also increased?"
Barnes found this answer hard to accept.
However.
He had to verify it again.
The next possession, he once again actively sought out Su Yan for a confrontation. Su Yan was just about to experience the effects of his increased strength in a real game.
Barnes volunteered.
Then he wouldn't hold back.
Without any fancy Dribbling, Su Yan directly gave Barnes the intensity he wanted.
"Thump, thump, thump!"
With every physical confrontation, even as Barnes gritted his teeth and held on, he felt like his chest was constantly being slammed by a steel plate.
Once, twice.
"Ahhh~"
Barnes couldn't take it, crying out in pain as he was knocked to the ground by Su Yan's next charge.
The referee?
No reaction, it was a legitimate physical confrontation.
Su Yan once again charged in. Seeing Nelson and Lewis double-teaming him, he passed to the open Curry.
Curry caught the ball and shot a Three-point Shot.
A bullseye.
A swish.
Su Yan's terrifying strength made Barnes feel as if all his bones were about to fall apart, sending shivers down the spines of all the Magic players.
This was a huge blow to morale.
Fortunately... in transition offense, "The Beast" Howard aggressively posted up Tyson in the paint, disregarding the defense, and rose straight up.
"Boom!"
He completely overpowered Tyson, slamming down a dunk over his head.
An incredibly brutal Poster Dunk, earning a point back for the Magic and stabilizing the morale of the Magic players!!!
Seeing this, Su Yan's mouth curved into a smile, "Taking on Barnes offers no challenge.
To truly perceive the increase in strength.
I think... I need to actively seek out "The Beast" Howard and go head-to-head with him!!!"
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