Basketball's No. 1 Anti-Fan

Chapter 241 2013~2014 Season Ends
When someone challenges you, all the honor and status are empty talk, and the only effective way is to fight back head-on.

From the expressions of Westbrook and Anthony, it can be seen that Hansen's offense and defense in the previous round have made them lose their temper.

Of course, the game will not end here. After James leaves, Oklahoma City will no longer have weak knees.

Moreover, the adaptability shown by Anthony and Westbrook is the key to their return to the upper half of the Western Conference this season.

The two teams fought until the final decisive moment.

Hansen sounded the defensive horn for the Grizzlies with a steal. They played the same high-pressure defense as in the third quarter of last season, allowing the Thunder to score only 3 points in the last three minutes and win the game.

At the end of the game, the Grizzlies players celebrated wildly, as if they had won not just a regular season game but the championship.

But perhaps only they themselves can understand the feeling of finding back something they had lost.

"We did everything we could, but they beat us. They were the better team tonight and we will come back to win next time we play."

In the post-game press conference, Westbrook calmly accepted tonight's loss.

Although I didn't win the game in the end, there is a difference between losing and winning.

Last time they really lost on their knees, and this time they really lost while standing.

The reporter naturally asked about the shot in which Anthony was blocked by Hansen.

Anthony was already laughing before he even started.

"To be honest, I can score 100 out of 99 times on that kind of ball. You saw the only time, and that was not a block that a normal person could complete."

Anthony's answer was quite impressive. Not only did it make people ignore the fact that he was blocked, but he also praised Hansen while also praising himself.

Of course, if Han Sen heard this, he would probably refute it, saying that the number should be 98, because there is another guy with a very long name who can do it.

Beating the Thunder gave the Grizzlies a good start to the second half of the season.

They defeated the Celtics, Magic and Trail Blazers in the following games, achieving a four-game winning streak.

The Grizzlies experienced a Justin Bieber-like life this time, confused and dazed, but when they returned, they were found to be still the same young man.

If the Grizzlies continue to play at this pace, they will have a chance to take first place in the Western Conference.

And at this time, the Grizzlies players are also very keen to do this.

Because the Heat played a very healthy style of play in the regular season this year, and the performances of the Bulls, Wizards, Raptors, and even the Bobcats were unexpected, the competitiveness of the Eastern Conference increased, resulting in their current record being similar to that of the Grizzlies.

In this case, if the Grizzlies can get first place in the Western Conference, coupled with Hansen's explosive statistics this year, currently ranking first in the league in scoring and steals, he has a good chance of winning the MVP.

You should know that Hansen has won 2 championships and 2 fMVPs in his career so far, and also won the All-Star Game MVP last season, but he has not yet won the regular season MVP.

What could better reflect "not for the championship, but for Han Sen" than this?
Time flies and it is now late March, and the battle for the top spot in the Western Conference between the Grizzlies and the Spurs continues.

At this time, another interesting thing was happening.

Hansen's scoring title was threatened.

The threat does not come from Durant or Anthony, but from James.

It took James more than half a month to recover after the last match between the Grizzlies and the Knicks.

Then, Nash was sidelined due to a back injury.

This caused the Knicks' record to decline significantly. Now they have not only been overtaken by the Nets, but have even fallen behind the Bulls, ranking only fifth in the Eastern Conference.

By the time James recovered, it was already too late.

Moreover, in early March, Nash announced that he would be out for the season due to a back injury that had not been cured for a long time.

This time, the Knicks’ record will never improve.

Without a record, no matter how powerful Nike is, it is impossible to make James the MVP.

Then the question arises. James has no record and no MVP this season. He has been a runner-up for two consecutive years. This year may even be worse because no one thinks that this Knicks team has more hope than the Thunder last season. In this case, what else can he fight for?
"Han, do you want to compete for the scoring title?" Guy pulled Han Sen aside to discuss after the training.

Competing for the scoring title is not uncommon in the NBA.

The most famous one was the one between David Robinson and O'Neal. In order to help Robinson win the scoring title, the entire Spurs team accompanied him and scored 71 points. O'Neal also resentful for a long time because the scoring title was snatched away from him.

"We must fight for it." Han Sen hadn't paid much attention to it before, but after listening to Guy's general description of the situation, his attitude was very clear.

He doesn't care about honors like scoring title. If he cared, he could have gone for it last season.

But if you say that James has ideas about this scoring title, then we have to fight for it.

Because according to the plan of [Operation Decapitation], we must not miss any opportunity to suppress James this season.

And Han Sen is also very interested in this matter.

There are too many famous quotes in James' career, but there are two that are similar and people talk about them with relish.

One is the slam dunk contest, which he said he could win if he participated but he never does, and the other is the scoring title, which he could win but doesn't.

"I can be the scoring champion every season if I want to."

Not one, not two, not seven, but each and every one.

However, James, who scored 4 points in the end, only won the scoring title once in his early career.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to, it’s that he is kind.

In fact, the only person in NBA history who is qualified to say this is Jordan. Jordan won the scoring title 15 times in his 10-year career, and this includes his season of serious injury, half a season after his comeback, and his season with the Wizards.

If you really want to exclude these, the only time in his 11-year professional career that he didn't win the scoring title was his rookie season.

So if James wants to win the scoring title, no matter it is due to brand competition or personal grudges, Hansen cannot let him do so.

"That's awesome!" Guy was actually surprised, because Hansen's career with the Grizzlies could really be said to be one in which he never competed for any honor.

Now that he wants to fight for it once, these old friends will definitely cooperate with him with all their strength.

So, when it came to April, fans suddenly discovered that Hansen's presence began to increase explosively.

On April 4, in the game against the Clippers, Hansen scored 1 points and began to warm up.

Two days later, Hansen scored 44 points against the Cavaliers, scoring 40+ points in two consecutive games.

Then, in the back-to-back game against the Raptors at home, Hansen scored 63 points, setting a new personal career high.

In the final game of the week against the Kings, Hansen scored 43 points to finish the game off successfully.

Hansen led the team to a 4-0 record, scored 4+ points in four consecutive games, helped the Grizzlies overtake the Spurs to top the Western Conference standings, and won the Player of the Week award.

Then he averaged 47.5 points per game this week!
As we all know, the Grizzlies are a team-oriented team.

But all Han Sen did was to leave the defensive work to his teammates, and then he put all the energy that should have been invested in defense into the offensive end.

In contrast, James has also worked very hard in the past week.

When Hansen scored 41 points, he also scored 76 points against the 40ers.

After Hansen scored 45 points, he scored a career-high 61 points against the Bobcats.

He was in great form in that game, making 33 of 22 shots, including 10 of 8 three-pointers, as if he was assisted by God.

When asked by reporters after the game whether he wanted to compete for the scoring title, he smiled and agreed.

However, after Hansen scored 63 points, perhaps because he tried too hard against the Bobcats, or perhaps because the opponent was too strong, James only scored 23 points in the game against the Pacers.

In the subsequent game against the Bucks, he only scored 29 points.

The originally close average score was suddenly widened.

And there are only three or four games left. Unless he can average 45+ points per game in a week like Hansen, there is no hope for him.

There was no need to wait until the last minute to decide the winner like O'Neal and Robinson did. Han Sen only exerted a little force and James fell.

James does have the ability to score points, but the key problem is that he is too easy to be targeted.

Your opponent is not a fool. If he sees that you have scored a lot of points, he will definitely double-team you.

Unless you have strong hard-solving abilities or enough scoring methods, you can only hope for a good feel.

But the feel of the hand is as unpredictable as a woman's mood.

After the game against the Bucks, James was once again asked about the scoring title.

This time, James performed a classic reversal for the reporters.

"No, that's not my goal. No matter how many points I score, my goal is to help the team win the game."

I lost, but as long as I announced that I didn't participate, it didn't count as a loss.

This reaction was within Han Sen's expectations.

Then when the reporter asked him the same question, he neither answered directly nor denied it, but repeated what James said:

"I can be the scoring leader every season if I want to."

This passage is not only a show-off, but also a reminder to everyone of what James said back then.

It turns out that even if James wanted to, he wouldn't be the scoring champion.

What is even more heartbreaking is that, because the battle for the scoring title was no longer suspenseful, Hansen chose to rest the last two games.

You can't say that he took this break on purpose. After all, the regular season is about to end and the playoffs are about to begin. The Grizzlies have done this in previous years.

It is April 4th. After one season of competition, the curtain of the 16~2013 season has officially fallen.

In the Eastern Conference, the Heat finished first with a record of 59 wins and 23 losses.

The Heat played very healthily this season, but Wade still only played 54 games due to injury, and his knee injury is irreversible.

But the good news is that before entering the playoffs this time, his physical condition was relaxed and he was not as tired as last season.

The Pacers are second with 56 wins.

They sent Granger away on the trade deadline in order to strengthen the team, but in fact it was also to officially promote Paul George.

In addition to Irving, George also occupies an important position in the new generation of Nike camp.

The Nets rank third with 50 wins.

Although the record is worse than last season, Howard's team is happy.

The Bulls are fourth with 48 wins.

Rose is doing better this season than last season. He played in 10 games before being ruled out for the season.

The Bulls even sent Luol Deng to the Cavaliers in the middle of the season.

但靠着诺阿打出生涯最巅峰表现（12.6分11.3板5.4助攻1.2抢断1.5盖帽），以及吉米·巴特勒的成长，他们依然打进了东部上半区。

The Knicks finished fifth with 46 wins.

詹姆斯场均29.8分7.6板8.3助攻1.6抢断1.4盖帽，投篮命中率54.4%，三分命中率33.5%。

This final result is definitely not due to James' performance, but because of Nash Glass and his teammates CBA.

The Raptors, Wizards, and Bobcats ranked 6th to 8th, and their final win total was 44 or more.

DeRozan, Wall, Kemba Walker, the Eastern Conference is dim in star power, but there will always be someone to fill the missing piece.

However, it is worth mentioning that the Cavaliers made a lot of efforts this season, successively trading for Hawes and Luol Deng, but the final record was only ranked tenth in the Eastern Conference.

For Cleveland fans, this is the fourth consecutive season that the team has missed the playoffs since the 2009-2010 season.

They must have missed Han Sen more than ever at this moment.

But from Han Sen's perspective, he knew that this result might not be a bad thing.

In the Western Conference, the Spurs finished first with a record of 62 wins and 20 losses.

The Grizzlies took appropriate rest at the last minute for the playoffs, and their record was fixed at 60 wins and 22 losses.

Hansen put up explosive numbers in his fifth year of professional career.

他赛季出场79场，场均能够砍下30.4分5.5板6助攻2.9抢断1.5盖帽，投篮命中率51.1%，三分球命中率40.5%。

He won the scoring title, steals title, and reached the "180 Club" for the first time in his career!
Han Sen has proved one thing with his actions this season. His performance in the playoffs over the past two seasons was much better than in the regular season. It's not because he has some mysterious attributes, but because he really sacrificed for the team in the regular season.

The Rockets finished third with 58 wins.

They are the most surprising team in the Western Conference this season.

Originally, the outside world believed that Paul and Harden were both ball-holding players and there would be conflicts over ball possession.

As a result, the two of them played with excellent chemistry, Harden's average points per game increased to 27+, and Paul also played 20+10.

In fact, this record was quite surprising from Hansen's perspective.

Because he knows that when Harden and Paul worked together, the Rockets had already started playing "Moneyball", but now they are still playing conventionally.

Moreover, the mode of cooperation between Paul and Kobe before is not much different from the mode of cooperation between him and Harden now.

But the final result shows that Paul is indeed not very happy playing with Kobe.

In other words, his current cooperation with Harden is more like his later cooperation with Booker.

Theoretically he is the second in command, but because of his seniority, he has the highest status in the team.

Moreover, the Rockets' small forward position was somewhat weak after they traded Parsons, but they signed Granger on the buyout deadline to fill the gap.

Now they definitely have a strong lineup.

The Thunder ranked fourth with 54 wins.

Westbrook proved not only with his mouth but also with his body how happy he can be without James.

The Trail Blazers also won 54 games, but they ultimately finished fifth because of their head-to-head record with the Thunder.

The Lakers are ranked sixth with 52 wins.

Kobe suffered some injuries in the middle of the season, but they were not season-ending injuries as Hansen knew.

The butterfly effect of Paul joining the Lakers changed the trajectory of his career.

However, if nothing unexpected happens, he is destined to be just a running-in role in the final stage of his career.

The Warriors are seventh with 51 wins.

The Mavericks ranked eighth with 50 wins.

They failed to keep Mayo during the offseason, but signed Curry's former backcourt big brother Monta Ellis.

Ellis is also thriving in Dallas and enjoying a second spring in his career.

The Clippers (49 wins) and Suns (48 wins) unfortunately missed the playoffs.

The severity of the Western Conference this season was even more exaggerated than Stan predicted, with 10 teams achieving a record of nearly 50 wins.

Although the strength of the top teams has declined, the overall level of hell has only increased compared to last season.

As a result, the Warriors, whose record improved by 4 wins compared to last season, are forced to face the Grizzlies in the first round.

(End of this chapter)