Chapter 419: Lue’s Ultimate Adjustment.
Everyone knew—Han Sen never talked trash without purpose.
If the opponent was Kobe, trash talk would only fire him up, make him go into full killer mode.
But with LeBron James? It could crack him mentally.
And that’s exactly what happened.
Or to be more precise—you could already hear it in LeBron’s postgame comments after they lost Game 5. His mindset was unraveling.
You could see it in how little he wanted to attack.
Most of the time, LeBron just stood on offense with his hands on his hips, looking completely deflated.
And when your leader shows that kind of energy, it ripples through the whole team.
As the saying goes: When the general is useless, the whole army suffers.
Earlier in the series, even when LeBron underperformed, the Pelicans’ roster depth still kept the games close.
But once their leader lost his will to fight, the entire squad collapsed.