Basketball's No. 1 Anti-Fan

Chapter 225 Hansen Horse Racing 2.0
Miami fans are proud because even though the gap has widened again and again, the Heat can still make up for it time and time again.

But Miami fans were desperate, because every time they were about to overtake the score, Hansen would stand up and score consecutively to widen the score again.

Grizzlies, why is there Hansen?
How can they have Han Sen while having the black and white bears?

Ferry, who was already a member of the Spurs management at this time, said it had nothing to do with him.

When the game came to an end, the Heat narrowed the gap to 5 points for the last time. After Hansen scored another goal against Wade, the Heat's morale completely collapsed.

They now seemed to have become the Song Jingang of Queshu Valley. After being defeated once, they gathered together and fought again, until they completely collapsed after the eighth round.

It’s not that they are not strong enough. You should know that when they beat other people, they are usually crushed with ease. But there is a cheater on the opposite side.

The final score on the field was 103 to 110, and the Heat unexpectedly lost G1.

赛后的数据统计，杜兰特31分6板，波什24分11板，韦德16分5板5助攻，雷·阿伦9分。

韩森36分6板4助攻，兰多夫20分8板，盖伊15分，小加索尔14分13板，康利13分9助攻。

"It's not easy to limit the Heat's score to around 100. Defense was the basis of our victory tonight," Joerger concluded in the post-game press conference.

"Where's Han?"

“He is our key to victory.”

"They are the stronger team, we are the better team, and teamwork is the basis for playing excellent defense." Randolph also emphasized the importance of teamwork when asked by reporters.

"The most important thing we did tonight was to tell everyone that we can beat them." Hansen emphasized the significance of this game.

After the Grizzlies defeated the Heat in Game 1, the online public opinion almost reversed.

Many of those who previously thought that the Heat would eventually win the finals are now looking forward to the scene where O'Neal drinks bath water.

"This may be a good thing for KD because he doesn't have to actually drink Han's bath water." Some fans even started to tease Durant.

Yes, there are Kobe fans, James fans, and even many Han fans in the league now, but there are very few Durant fans.

On the one hand, Nike had given its main publicity resources to James before this. On the other hand, when Durant said that "bath water", if you wanted to be with him, you had to consider the strange looks from people around you.

If you like him, then you must have the same taste as him, right?
You're dating me, don't you want to drink my bath water?

If there were enough Durant fans, Barkley and his team would have been rushed long ago.

Even if you ask James fans who they want to win at this time, they also hope it will be the Grizzlies.

After all, after Haslem blurted out "We were already the champions before you came", they didn't want the Heat to complete the loop.

If that were the case, James would not only lose his reputation, but also his position as Nike's top brand.

Two days later, the G2 between the Grizzlies and the Heat continued in Miami.

Spoelstra made a starting adjustment in this game, putting Ray Allen in the starting lineup.

Since our organizational ability is not very good, we will use enough offensive points to break up your defensive resources and prevent you from making quick defensive rotations.

It turns out that this approach works, although the direction of development may not be what Spoelstra expected.

Because Chalmers and Hill were not on the court, the ball was concentrated on Wade, and Wade showed his organizational ability.

As a combo guard, Wade plays the role of shooting guard most of the time and is not known for his organization.

In other words, no one can really do both organization and scoring equally.

After all, reality is not a game, and players only have one brain. When thinking about how to score, they have to analyze the possible defensive methods of the defender. When thinking about how to organize, they must read the game and judge the running positions of their teammates.

However, before forming the Big Three, Wade's average assists per game was maintained at around 7, which is not much less than James.

To make an analogy, his and Han Sen's current organizational abilities are at about the same level.

He is not the strongest, but if you ask him to, he can definitely do it.

21 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists, this is the stat sheet Wade handed in.

Led by him, the Heat scored 118 points.

What Kenny Smith said before is not wrong. The offense is often unstable, and the difference between the upper and lower limits can be very large, but the Heat are more likely to play to their upper limit.

In other words, in Game 1, the Grizzlies' shield blocked the Heat's spear, but in Game 2, the Heat sharpened their spear and pierced through the Grizzlies' defense.

After the G2 match, the online public opinion reversed again.

"The Heat lost in Game 1 only because their offense was out of sorts. Game 2 was their normal level."

"The era of winning championships with defense is over. In the end, the one who scores more points wins the basketball game."

"How can a 70-win team lose to a 62-win team? There's no way the Grizzlies can win."

It's like being in a turn-based game. No matter who wins a game, the reputation will be one-sided, and it's all well-founded.

In April of this year, the league introduced new rules, which would adjust the finals format starting in 4-2013, changing the existing 2014 format to 232.

This year's finals will be the last year of the old system.

So even though they lost G2, the good news for the Grizzlies is that they will have three home games next.

After returning to Memphis, the players felt a lot more relaxed.

When they were playing in Miami, the Heat fans used tricks on them.

After the G1 game, they made noise in the hotel late at night, stuffed colored CDs into their rooms, and even the calls transferred to the hotel front desk were harassing calls.

After losing Game 1, the Heat fans were in a very bad mood. After all, they were hurt too badly by the sweep last year, and it would be hard to accept losing again this year.

After returning to Memphis, Joerger gave the players half a day off to help them adjust their mentality.

Hansen and Jamison went fishing at the Mississippi River fishing grounds.

This time they not only went fishing, but also brought a chef to prepare the freshest fish for them while they were fishing.

But perhaps due to the influence of the tide, they fished for a long time but still came up empty-handed.

Finally, Han Sen asked the chef to buy fish from other fishermen and cook them.

Anyway, they are all the freshest and they are the same no matter who catches them.

A delicious fish hotpot, the two of them ate and chatted.

"If the team can win the championship this season, I'm ready to retire." Jamison said this with anticipation on his face.

"Aren't you planning to stay and build a dynasty together?"

"I want to start a new life as soon as possible." Jamison smiled and patted his legs. Athletes at this age have more or less injuries on their bodies.

For veterans who have earned enough money in their careers, the reason or obsession for continuing to fight is the championship ring.

Got it and retired right away.

Just like Jamison said, retirement is a new life.

For an athlete, nearly 40 years old is the twilight of his career, but for a person’s life, it is only the halfway point or even less.

Having money and free time means you can fully enjoy your life. It’s exciting just to think about it.

However, the premise of all this is that the Grizzlies can win the championship this year. If they fail, he will most likely stay and fight for another year.

"Han, I think it's very difficult to beat this Heat team by relying on defense." When talking about the championship topic, it is difficult not to mention the finals that are still being played. Jamison still has rich game experience.

Han Sen nodded. Defense is just about maintaining the lower limit. Given the Heat's strength, it is not easy to defend them to the lower limit every time.

"Do you have any ideas?"

"Our only advantage over them is you," Jamison said after thinking for a while.

The Grizzlies and the Heat played against each other 4 times, with 2 wins and 2 losses. In the two wins, one was due to Hansen's 61 points, and the other was due to Hansen's 36 points and locking down Wade.

So what Jamison meant was that Hansen should give up defense and put all his energy into offense.

Han Sen shook his head. He had rejected that approach when he first started talking to Jorgel.

Scoring 61 points in the regular season is not that difficult, but it is not that easy in the finals, especially when the opposing head coach is Spoelstra.

But after he shook his head, he suddenly stopped what he was doing with his mouth.

"What you said is wrong. Our advantage is not me."

After fishing that night, Hansen went to find Jorgel and the two chatted all night.

The next night, the G3 of the Finals between the Grizzlies and the Heat kicked off in Memphis.

The FedEx Center was packed to the brim, and the enthusiasm of the Grizzlies fans was no less than that of the Heat fans.

The fans also wore the dark blue T-shirts distributed by the stadium, plus the yellow towels, which created a great atmosphere.

Then when the opening ceremony started, the Grizzlies coaching staff also gave the Heat a surprise.

For the first time since the playoffs, the Grizzlies adjusted their starting lineup, with Battier replacing Gay as the starting small forward.

This made Spoelstra a little confused. What kind of injury did Gay suffer?
No one knows because the Grizzlies officially did not release any information before the game.

Game 3 started as the Heat were in a slightly confused state.

Hansen still faced Wade on the defensive end, and Battier's appearance seemed to be just to replace Gay.

The only change for the Grizzlies is that their defense is more ferocious than before.

However, they still failed to limit the firepower of the Heat, whose starting lineup had full offensive firepower.

But there were some unexpected surprises.

Battier is now as slow on his feet as Gay, and his effect with Durant is not the best, but he is more stable than Gay in terms of corner three-pointers.

In the first period, he hit two three-pointers in the bottom corner, showing what a master of the bottom corner three-pointer is, which prevented the Grizzlies from falling behind too much in the score.

After the starting period was over and both sides started rotating, Gay came on as a substitute.

He found an opportunity to cut in and score a dunk as soon as he came on the court, and he didn't seem to have any injuries.

Although Gay would also travel during this period in past games, it is obvious that the Gay who has consumed a lot of energy defending Durant and the Gay who is full of energy are two different people.

It was at this time that most people realized that after the Heat put Ray Allen in the starting lineup, their bench was too weak.

That forced Spoelstra to extend the starting lineup's playing time.

Such an approach only allowed the Heat to maintain their advantage. When Gay was on the court with full health, the Grizzlies' bench lineup could fight back and forth with the Heat.

In the first half, the Heat led the Grizzlies by a slight margin.

But in the second half, their physical strength declined and their offensive efficiency inevitably dropped as well. They began to be slowly caught up by the Grizzlies and then overtaken.

In the end, the Grizzlies lost first and then won, defeating the Heat 106-99 and getting off to a good start at home.

At the end of the game, Joerger and Hansen high-fived each other.

The two chatted all night last night, talking about the strengths and weaknesses of the two teams and how to maximize their strengths.

At the end of the discussion, Joerger realized that in Game 2 he was somewhat led by Spoelstra.

This is not surprising, as Joerger studied under Hollins and is good at defense.

Defensive coaches are passive when thinking about problems, because defense is about how to defend against opponents, which is a passive thing in itself.

So Spoelstra put Ray Allen in the starting lineup, and Joerger was thinking about how to match up against them and how to defend them.

Han Sen didn't realize this at first, but was enlightened by Jamison's words.

The Grizzlies' biggest advantage over the Heat isn't him, but their depth.

What James fans said makes sense. With three All-Stars, two quasi-All-Stars, and a group of high-quality substitutes, there is no other team in the league with better lineup depth than the Grizzlies.

As long as this lineup depth is properly deployed and the Grizzlies can always maintain a relatively high level, the situation will be completely different.

The 48-minute game was like a relay race. The Heat did have a better horse, and even after putting Ray Allen in the starting lineup, their horse was unbeatable, but they couldn't let their horse run the entire course.

The Grizzlies, on the other hand, can turn their inferior horses into mid-level horses through proper deployment.

So what's the use of getting ahead in the stage of superior horses against superior horses? Because you will lose more when inferior horses are against medium horses.

If you also try to turn your inferior horse into a medium horse, then by the end of the journey, your superior horse will be no match for the Grizzlies' superior horse.

Even in order to achieve this, you will see the Grizzlies playing harder on defense at the beginning of the game in order to consume more energy from the Heat's starters.

So this game was completely a victory for the Grizzlies' lineup depth.

Of course, it is also a victory at the strategic level.

And just like the Heat have the Big Three, the Grizzlies' lineup depth advantage is always there.

2-1, the Grizzlies now seem to be the one closer to the championship.

(End of this chapter)