Basketball's No. 1 Anti-Fan

Chapter 212 2012~2013 Season Ends
With the end of the final game between the Thunder and the Rockets, the curtain of the 2012-2013 season slowly fell.

The West is getting a lot of attention.

The Grizzlies eventually achieved a record of 62 wins and 20 losses and ranked first in the Western Conference.

This is the first time in the Grizzlies' history that they have won first place in the division and the first time they have won more than 60 games.

韩森在自己职业生涯的第四年交出了场均25.1分4.7板5.8助攻1.8抢断0.9盖帽的数据单，投篮命中率48.7%，三分命中率38.6%。①
The Lakers are second with 58 wins;
The Spurs are third with 57 wins;
The Nuggets are fourth with 56 wins;
The Warriors are fifth with 47 wins;
The Mavericks are sixth with 47 wins;
The Clippers are seventh with 46 wins;
The Thunder ranked eighth with 45 wins.

The Rockets (44 wins) and Jazz (43 wins) missed the playoffs.

In the Eastern Conference, the Heat's final record was 70 wins and 12 losses.

This makes them the second team in the NBA to win more than 70 games after the Bulls.

However, unlike the Grizzlies, the Heat also paid a lot to win the championship.

Ever since the media reported the possibility of breaking this record, the Heat and their opponents have been swept up in it.

If the Heat don't strive for this record, it would be a shame to the outside world's expectations, and the Heat's opponents don't want to become the background of their record.

So even though the Heat were very strong, they fought until the last minute.

Especially in the last game against the Pacers, this possible preview of the Eastern Conference Finals went until the very last moment, and they only managed to get through thanks to Wade's buzzer beater.

This regular season journey is legendary, but their consumption is also visible to the naked eye.

The Nets are second with 53 wins;
The Pacers are third with 52 wins;
The Bulls are fourth with 45 wins;
The Knicks are fifth with 44 wins;
The Eagles are sixth with 42 wins;
The Celtics are seventh with 41 wins;
The Bucks are ranked eighth with 38 wins.

The Thunder are ranked eighth in the Western Conference, but their record would rank fourth in the Eastern Conference.

To paraphrase some fans: "If possible, LeBron wants to return to his Eastern Kingdom in the next second."

But the reality is that the Thunder will face the Grizzlies in the first round.

This is by no means an easy task for them, because in the regular season when the two teams met, the Grizzlies swept them 3-0.

"The Bucks have no resistance against the Heat, and the Thunder may just make the Grizzlies sweat slightly." Stan did not give the Thunder any face in his prediction for the first round of the playoffs.

"We won't care about what the outside world says, we'll do our best to win, just like the Warriors in 2007." Westbrook refuted Stan's remarks.

When analyzing the first round, ESPN also believed that the Thunder were the team most likely to defeat the opponent.

"The Thunder's lineup is the best among all the teams in the bottom half. Their final low ranking is due to the running-in factor. At the end of the season, they are one of the best teams in the league. They will cause great trouble to the Grizzlies."

ESPN is right, the Grizzlies are indeed feeling some trouble now.

If you let them choose, they would definitely want to play the Rockets or Jazz in the first round.

It's not that the Thunder is much stronger than those two teams, but the current Thunder is a team after the "Shocking Kneeling" version, and you can guess with your toes that it will be a 5 vs. 8 game against them.

Although the Grizzlies have adapted to playing with biased whistles this season, that doesn't mean they want to play this kind of game.

Before the game started, Joerger held a pre-game mobilization meeting with his players.

This mobilization meeting was also very special. It was not to encourage the team members to work hard, but to give everyone enough preventive measures.

This is very necessary because the situations in the first round and the finals are different. If a conflict really occurs and a suspension occurs, the Grizzlies will be the ones who suffer.

After all, their goal is to defend the title, and they need to consider the subsequent games.

Before the first round of games, Hansen received a text message from Harden. The content of the message was concise, but the tone was firm.

"Help me kick their asses!"

It can be seen that even though several days have passed, Harden still can't swallow that anger.

After replying the text message, Han Sen suddenly thought of something. Harden had not sent him a message until today. Could he have been memorizing the rules of the game in the nightclub for the past few days?

The opening game between the Grizzlies and Thunder is attracting everyone's attention.

When the live broadcast of the game began, support for online live broadcast showed an overwhelming trend.

The Grizzlies have a support rate of over 75%, or three-quarters.

This is scary. You have to know that the Thunder has James, but he has his own fans.

This shows that the number of fans who supported the Thunder in the last game of the regular season was seriously underestimated, and it also shows how great the negative impact was after James' shocking kneeling.

The FedEx Center was also packed.

The KT boards held high by fans are also quite impressive.

"Grizzlies vs. LeBron, 11 to 0", "Grizzlies barber, professional shaving heads", "The whistle can't save you"...

Unlike fans on social media, Grizzlies fans can bring their unhappiness directly to the scene.

During the pre-game warm-up, the camera also focused on James.

James looked all smiles, seemingly unaffected by everything around him.

But this is not surprising. After all, when he was on the Cavaliers, the Celtics fans' greetings were much more direct than this.

After the opening ceremony, the starting lineups of both sides were announced one after another.

Thunder: Westbrook, Afflalo, James, Ibaka, Lopez Jr.

Grizzlies: Conley, Hansen, Gay, Randolph, Gasol

Ibaka jumped to win the ball for the Thunder and the game started.

The Grizzlies set up a 2-1-2 zone defense right from the start, with Hansen standing at the "1" position.

The playoffs are not the regular season, and Joerger won't be polite to you.

Westbrook took the ball and played pick-and-roll with Lopez, then stepped on the accelerator and rushed in.

The Grizzlies quickly retreated, and he made a sudden stop and zombie pull-up shot to give the Thunder the lead.

Looking back, the Grizzlies played positional play in the frontcourt, with Gasol Jr. and Randolph playing in the high and low post, and Randolph crushed Ibaka in the paint and scored the ball.

Westbrook used the same trick again, but this time his mid-range shot went wide due to Hansen's interference.

The Grizzlies continued to play positional defense, and while Randolph was distracting the defense, Hansen cut in from the weak side, received the pass from Randolph, shook off Afflalo, and scored with a one-handed dunk.

This instantly ignited the emotions of the fans at the scene.

Compared to the regular season, Han Sen's desire to compete is obviously much higher.

The Thunder switched to James, who was defended by Conley when he backed down Gay. He passed the ball to Westbrook, whose three-point shot from the outside was interfered by Hansen and went wide. The rebound was secured by Gasol Jr.

The Grizzlies still played positional defense. This time, Hansen broke through and attracted a double-team before passing the ball to Guy.

Gay's three-pointer from outside missed, but Gasol grabbed the frontcourt rebound and scored directly over Lopez Jr.

Lopez Jr. committed a foul on this ball, but the referee did not blow the whistle.

However, with Joerger's prior precaution, Gasol Jr. just retreated after the referee signaled.

James took the ball and rushed straight in.

He knew that the Grizzlies were playing a zone defense, and this ball was a bomb-carrying style of play, obviously intended to draw a foul.

But when he really jumped up and prepared to confront, Gasol Jr. and Hansen dodged to the left and right.

He suddenly lost his force point in the air and lost his balance instantly.

Although he habitually spread his legs to try to control his body, his coordination was so poor that he only had time to throw the ball in the air.

There was no confrontation on this ball, so the referee had no chance to blow the whistle.

The ball finally hit the front of the basket and went out, and the rebound was secured by Gasol Jr.

Gay had already rushed out of the three-point line at this time. After receiving the pass from Gasol Jr., he took three big steps to the frontcourt and directly showed off a windmill dunk.

The emotions of the fans at the scene were ignited again, and they could feel that it was not just Hansen who was different from the regular season.

2 to 8. Although Westbrook scored the first goal for the Thunder, the Grizzlies came from behind and had a perfect start.

Generally, teams that have rested for a long time will be in two states. One is slow to warm up and need time to regain the feeling of the game; the other is full of energy, like a beast that has been locked in a cage for a long time and is finally released.

Obviously, the Grizzlies belong to the latter.

This has something to do with their own playing style, and of course it also has to do with the emotional value provided by the Thunder.

After all, for the defending champions, the first round is often the time when their emotions are the lowest. As a result, because their opponent is the Thunder who knelt down in shocking fashion, their emotions were maxed out.

The camera turned to James again, and there was no smile on James' face at this time.

If they continue playing at this pace, the Grizzlies may not even need halftime to beat the Thunder in the first quarter.

At the critical moment, the referees realized that they should increase their efforts.

Gay was called for two consecutive defensive fouls when defending James' back-to-the-basket shot, which directly sent James to the free throw line.

This made Guy laugh, but he didn't say anything and just turned around and left.

Joerger did not replace Battier, but instead used Carter, who had faster feet.

His idea on the defensive end tonight was very clear, which was to prevent the opponent from breaking through and letting him shoot.

When James went to the free throw line, a familiar shout suddenly began to sound from the audience.

"who is your daddy!"

This slogan, which was originally used by Cavaliers fans to mock the Celtics, seems particularly appropriate at this moment.

After all, after James' shocking kneeling, he, the chosen one, received more whistles, and it was clear who the father was.

The photographer on the scene was also very good at using the camera and gave Han Sen a close-up shot.

James looked gloomy and made one of the last two free throws.

During the Grizzlies' offense, Hansen's breakthrough attracted James' help defense, and he passed the ball to Carter without even looking at him.

James showed his help defense ability by defending Carter.

But he regretted it as soon as he blocked it, because he didn't expect Carter to fly up from the ground.

Just because Carter can't dunk like he did when he was younger doesn't mean he can't dunk.

After all, he is Vince Carter!
Carter's jump was too fast and James was not prepared. He didn't even have time to reach out and push him before Carter dunked over him.

Carter's habitual bending of his legs almost fed James the bird.

The scene exploded instantly.

What year is it tonight!
Carter was also a little excited after landing. He made his signature "motorcycle riding" celebration move to the camera.

This once again made the scene boil.

They felt a little regretful when the Grizzlies sent Crawford away, after all, he was the "Super Six" who belonged to Memphis.

But when Carter completed the dunk just now, that feeling of regret disappeared instantly.

Carter also found Hansen and high-fived him while retreating. Seeing Guy being whistled repeatedly, he was a little emotional.

"Be careful or he'll step on your feet," Han Sen warned.

For someone who has been tripped on several times, dunking over someone who has been tripped on several times before, this reminder can be said to be quite timely.

"Defend! Defend!"

Carter's dunk ignited the emotions of the fans at the scene, and the shouts of defense resounded throughout the stadium.

Afflalo received a pass from Westbrook from the outside and missed the three-pointer.

Lopez grabbed the frontcourt rebound and passed the ball to James on the outside, but the three-pointer was also missed.

After the Thunder started the game, all their three-point attempts from outside missed. Good touch is contagious.

Looking back, Hansen directly played pick-and-roll with Carter, found James, passed him, and then made a quick stop and shot to score.

Although Carter was reminded to be careful about being tripped, he himself was not worried.

After all, he was knocked out by Johnson with one punch in the finals last season. Even if you give James ten times the courage, he would not dare to step on Han Sen again.

3:12.

Whistles have already started to sound at the scene.

Even with the help of the referee, the score difference on the field still headed for double digits.

The Grizzlies put all their energy, which they had been holding back for more than half a month, on the Thunder!

When the offense and defense changed, the defensive shouts from the scene were overwhelming again.

The Thunder's outside shooting was not good, and even though they knew the Grizzlies were playing a zone defense they still had to keep rushing inside.

After all, no matter what, the whistle is always on their side.

James carried the bomb again, and this time he found the right position for Gasol Jr.

There was a physical confrontation between the two when he made the move.

But this time the baseline referee did not blow the whistle.

It’s not that there is a traitor among the referees, but that the whistle cannot be blown biasedly all the time. If it is blown all the time, it will become a black whistle.

How will the Grizzlies react to the black whistle? The scene of overturning the table in last year's finals is still vivid in our minds.

So they don't dare to blow the whistle to the extent of black whistle.

James spread his hands and looked at the referee with a puzzled look.

But at this time the Grizzlies had already started another fast break.

The Thunder had been beaten before, so this time their retreat was relatively quick.

But when both sides really got down to the battle, they found that it was 4 against 5 on defense.

James is still in the backcourt!
The Grizzlies certainly would not miss such an opportunity. After continuous passes, Randolph scored a goal at the basket.

3:14.

This time the score difference has really reached double digits!
Seeing this, Brooks reached out and called a timeout.

Players from both sides were walking towards their respective benches.

The Grizzlies' half court is on the other side, so go to the other side.

Only then did James walk back to the Thunder bench from the backcourt.

Seeing James still muttering to the referee when he came back, Han Sen couldn't help but said as the two passed by each other:

"How about you kneel again?"

Perhaps in that case, the referees could ignore the Grizzlies' possible table-turning and go straight to the standard of black whistle.

However, when he said this, Hansen glanced in the direction of the camera and walked between the camera and James' position, as if waiting for something.

James did not react much, after all, he was immune to Hansen's trash talk.

However, Westbrook, who was not far away, blushed when he heard this, as if he had suffered a great humiliation.

-Dividing line-

①2012~2013赛季得分榜（小说）：安东尼（28.7）杜兰特（27.3）詹姆斯（26.2）哈登（25.9）科比（25.3）韩森（25.1）威斯布鲁克（24.3）韦德（23.2）库里（22.9）欧文（22.5）

(End of this chapter)