Basketball's No. 1 Anti-Fan

Chapter 247 You Successfully Got an Angry Han Sen
In the last 10 seconds, Popovich did not call a timeout, and it seemed that he wanted to take the opponent by surprise.

However, Joerger reacted quickly at this time, rushing to the sidelines and shouting for the team to expand out to defend three-pointers.

The Spurs didn't get any outside chances, and in the end Duncan could only score a quick two points at the basket.

The Grizzlies called a timeout at this time. After the timeout, Gasol Jr. successfully served the ball from the sideline, and Hansen was fouled when he received the ball.

Amid the cheers of "MVP" from the fans, Hansen made both free throws.

There were only 5 seconds left and the Spurs had no choice but to try for a three-pointer.

Green's three-pointer was blocked by Carter and missed the basket.

Although Duncan grabbed the frontcourt rebound, there was little time left after he passed it to Ginobili.

He faced Han Sen's strong shot and finally missed all three shots, and the game ended.

111比107，灰熊队最终以4分优势获胜，从而以4比2的大比分淘汰了马刺队。

At the end of the game, there was a close-up shot of Duncan.

The legendary star of the league, who Han Sen always called "the strongest player in the league", now had red eyes.

He was not just reflecting on the win or loss of the game, but was also reflecting on his career.

Even though I tried my best, I still couldn't get the expected ending in the end.

Life is always filled with regrets.

After the game, both sides had a final handshake.

Han Sen also felt a little touched when he saw Duncan.

If it weren't for his appearance, Duncan would have won the fifth championship of his career this year.

But this is competitive sports, there is no happy ending, there is always only one winner.

He smiled at Duncan and said, "It's mine now."

Duncan originally had a lot of emotions in his heart, but after hearing Han Sen's words, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

When he said to James, "The future is yours," many people didn't know that there was also a sentence following it, "But now it's mine."

Han Sen was using his jokes to make him happy.

He reached out and pressed Han Sen's shoulder, smiled and nodded: "Yes, it's yours now."

After the handshake ceremony, the Grizzlies players greeted their fans and the scene was filled with cheers from the fans.

The only team left for them to complete their dynasty, which seemed impossible to achieve to the outside world, is the Heat, the opponent they defeated for two consecutive years.

Hansen and Joerger attended the post-match press conference together.

"I have to take my hat off to TD. He is a great legend, but I believe this will not be his final act. I look forward to playing against him next season."

The Spurs are the Spurs, and Duncan is Duncan.

Even if there is a connection between Duncan's honors and the Spurs' dirtiness, that still cannot deny Duncan's strength.

The reporter also asked about Hansen's final dunk.

"To be honest, I don't like dunks at all because they hurt. I choose to dunk because I hope the fans will say, 'Oh, Fake, we couldn't stop him tonight.'"

"Of course, that also includes Popovich." After saying that, Han Sen did not forget to make the final move.

It's emotional to say goodbye to Duncan, but it's joyful to say goodbye to Popovich.

"We see that your dunk times this season have increased a lot compared to the past. Will you choose to participate in the dunk contest in the future?" the reporter asked.

"Yes, I will participate. If nothing unexpected happens, next year will be the right time." Han Sen answered quite straightforwardly.

Because just after he completed the dunk over Duncan, his goal of "as long as he participates in the dunk contest he will be the champion" finally reached a bottleneck.

His answer instantly caused a stir at the scene.

Compared to James's bold words and excuses, Hansen's answers were much more straightforward, even to the point of being unbelievable.

However, considering that next year's All-Star Game will be held in Memphis, Hansen's statement seems reasonable.

This is the third season of the Finals between the Grizzlies and the Heat, and there are not many changes in the lineups of both teams compared to last year's finals.

But expectations for this year's finals are still very high.

In fact, it was only when the two teams actually met in the finals that many people realized how different this year's finals were.

Yes, the Grizzlies, a small-market team, are very close to completing their dynasty!

This will bring unprecedented expectations to all small-market teams.

Who will say that there are no miracles in business alliances in the future?
Just use the Grizzlies to shut them up!

At the same time, the pressure the Heat are facing will be reflected on everyone on the team, not just the players, but also the management.

Trading James for Durant and achieving 70 wins is undoubtedly a very successful deal.

Before last year's finals.

Just like before the Heat successfully formed the Big Three and started playing in the 2011 Finals, everything was full of beautiful fantasies.

But everyone knows the story that follows. The Heat's journey to the finals in the past three years can be described as a disaster.

Sweeped 1-4 by the Dallas Mavericks, swept 0-4 by the Grizzlies, 70 wins, runner-up, peak Big Three, first in odds to win the championship...

However, in the end, we only got three golden background boards.

If they still fail to win the championship this year, they may really have to face reconstruction.

Don't forget that Wade and Bosh's contracts are exactly the same as James'. Considering the increase in the league's salary cap, they will definitely choose to opt out of their contracts this summer.

With consecutive failures, the most difficult road is blocked. Not to mention the management, even the players will want to escape.

Before the finals started, sports people from major media outlets also made predictions for the finals.

The result was different from last year, when almost all media, even TNT, predicted that the Heat would win the finals.

The reasons they gave varied.

Some people use the regular season as an example. This year, the Heat completed a double kill against the Grizzlies in the regular season;

Some people use Wade as a weight in the balance of victory, saying that Wade had injuries and fatigue last year, but the Grizzlies will not be able to defend Wade this year;
Some even brought up Scarlett, who got engaged to Roman Darick in January this year, saying that Hansen no longer has the bath water advantage over Durant, which will change the matchup between the two.

These media outlets' pessimism about the Grizzlies is not without reason. It is undoubtedly related to Hansen's mockery of them for "voting with their feet" in the DPOY voting results.

What's more, Hansen, a yellow man, ruled the alliance, but he didn't maintain the humility that a yellow man should have, which made them even more unhappy.

They had reported Han Sen's big talk before because it was excellent news material, but now they just wanted to see Han Sen fail.

The extent of this wave of reaction from the outside world was somewhat unexpected, but it was something the TNT Big Three were happy to see.

They are worried that there will be no material available this year.

In the latest episode of TNT, Barkley transformed into a "lone hero."

O'Neal and Kenny Smith, including their invited guest "Magic" Johnson, are all optimistic that the Heat will win the championship this year.

Barkley still firmly supports the Grizzlies, just as he said before in the Western Conference Finals: "Whether the Grizzlies or the Spurs win, they will become champions."

For this reason, the classic bet between the two was online again.

And this time they played their trump card right from the start. O'Neal and Barkley really started a round of "big bet".

Because the target of the bet between the two is only G1, and the loser will pay 100 million US dollars to the other party.

Apart from anything else, this directly increased the attention on Game 1 of the Finals.

Because the Grizzlies have a one-win advantage over the Heat in the regular season, they have home-court advantage over the Heat in the finals.

Moreover, this year is the year when the finals format is changed to 22111, and the Grizzlies' home-court advantage is a real advantage.

The FedEx Center was bustling with activity during G1.

Although the media generally does not look favorably on the Grizzlies, that has not affected the confidence of Grizzlies fans at all.

After all, they were never favored this season, yet they still made it to the finals.

As some Grizzlies fans said on social media: "We are only four wins away from the dynasty."

During the pre-match warm-up, the live camera was given to the players of both teams, and the emotions of the two sides were very different.

The Heat looked more relaxed. They should have been relaxed after sweeping the Pacers and being highly favored by the outside world.

On the other hand, on the Grizzlies side, the players were in a more serious state, and no one would smile when being collectively looked down upon.

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

Heat: Chalmers, Wade, Durant, Bosh, Perkins
Grizzlies: Conley, Hansen, Gay, Randolph, Gasol

The same opponent, the same lineup, it felt like a continuation of last season's finals for both players and even for both fans.

Durant hit a mid-range shot against Gay right at the start, showing his excellent form.

Although the media's reasons are ridiculous, for Durant, who has been active on social media for many years, without the bath water pressure brought by Scarlett, his psychological pressure in this year's finals is indeed much less.

However, Hansen then showed his form with a violent dunk after breaking through Wade.

Or to be more precise, it is his mentality.

Han Sen certainly knew why the media were so obviously biased, but he would not tell himself: They don't think highly of you just because you offended them, so you shouldn't think too much.

On the contrary, he would tell himself: The whole world is not optimistic about you now, and you have to slap them in the face.

This is what inspires the desire to compete.

When we were playing the regular season before, the long season required off-court factors to stimulate and maintain excitement.

But in the finals, such psychological hints can mobilize his emotions and make him more excited.

Or as he said in his original press conference: Play with anger.

Because what those media said was not entirely wrong. This year the Grizzlies did get swept by the Heat in the regular season.

So no matter what the reason is, he must go all out to have a chance to beat this Heat team that is stronger than last season.

Of course, neither the fans nor the Heat will feel this at the beginning.

Bosh received the ball in the high post and challenged Randolph. He used his flexibility to successfully get past Randolph, but when he broke into the inside and faced Gasol's help defense, he was not as successful as in the regular season opener.

Players need time to adapt to the new rules. Gasol Jr. is a player with high basketball IQ. Although he suffered a serious injury at the beginning of the season, he has obviously adapted to it so far.

After Bosh stopped the ball and chose to force an attack, he seized the opportunity to block Bosh's shot directly.

The outside world is discussing Noah this season, because Noah not only won the first team and the second team, but also successfully defeated Hansen to get the DPOY.

But don't forget, last year's DPOY was Gasol Jr.

Moreover, the seriousness of the Grizzlies before the game was not only because they were not favored, but more importantly, they were determined to let Hansen leave without regrets during the Western Conference Finals.

The closer they are to their goal, the stronger their desire becomes.

This desire continued to be shown in the next round. Conley missed a shot from outside the basket. Gasol and Randolph continued to steal the ball under the basket. Finally, Randolph successfully grabbed the offensive rebound and scored 2+1 directly on Bosh.

The scene was instantly filled with the cheers of Grizzlies fans.

Although it is the same opponent and the same starting lineup, after going through a season, especially the different experience of the playoffs, their condition is completely different from before.

How the two teams will perform when they meet again, we will only know after the match.

From the opening, the Grizzlies played obviously more actively and proactively than the Heat.

In other words, their desire for the championship is greater than that of the Heat.

This is completely contrary to the media's analysis before the game.

After all, the Heat, who are on the verge of breaking up and have lost to the Grizzlies for two consecutive years, should be more eager to win than the Grizzlies.

But now the facts are right in front of us.

After Randolph made the free throw, the Grizzlies took a 5-2 lead.

After being double-teamed again while holding the ball, Durant assisted Wade to score two points in an open cut.

In the opening game, Durant showed his improved passing ability, but he lacked actual combat experience at that time. Now, after a season, although he is still not associated with the term "point forward", his timing of passing the ball has improved significantly.

The Heat's ability to easily beat the Pacers this year is related to the new rules and is also closely related to Durant's improved strength.

Putting aside his personal temperament, his current strength makes him a well-deserved top Nike player.

But the Heat fans didn't feel happy for too long, because Hansen broke through to the basket again and slammed the ball into the basket over Bosh's assisting defense!

It was not until this moment that everyone realized that Han Sen was different tonight.

Moreover, as Han Sen said in the post-match press conference, the scoring method of dunking, especially the dunk over the opponent, although it will hurt the hand, it is indeed enough to undermine the opponent's confidence in the game.

Of course, it will also greatly boost the morale of the team.

The Grizzlies played with the same defensive intensity as they did against the Spurs in the next defensive round, and finally forced Bosh to take a three-pointer from the top of the arc.

The result is predictable. Without James' "push", Bosh's three-point shooting ability was not effectively developed, and the ball was obviously short and bounced out at the front.

Gasol Jr. successfully grabbed the rebound and the Grizzlies launched a defensive counterattack.

After a series full of defensive counterattacks against the Spurs, the Grizzlies' game tendencies changed unconsciously.

The Heat's retreat this time was relatively timely, and they did not allow the Grizzlies to directly create a chance to score on a fast break.

Conley dribbled the ball to the front baseline and saw that there was no chance to reorganize. But at this moment, he saw Hansen following up to the three-point line from the middle, and quickly passed the ball to him.

Han Sen received the ball and accelerated, then he took a step into the air inside the free throw line, raised the ball high in his right hand and was about to perform another violent rim-shooting move.

Wade retreated to the basket at this time, and he jumped up to try to block Hansen's shot.

However, at this moment, Hansen did not choose to force a dunk, but pulled the ball back with his right hand in the air, switched to his left hand to avoid Wade's block, and changed the dunk into a layup, successfully sending the ball into the basket.

This scene brought a moment of silence to the venue, but it was immediately filled with sudden cheers.

What a replica of Jordan's classic scene!

No, it’s not a replica, it’s a transcendence.

Because Jordan didn't dunk for show back then, but Hansen used this trick to really avoid Wade's defense.

[As long as you participate in the dunk contest, you will be the champion] Reaching the bottleneck gave him this ability!
At this time, Gasol had just run to the three-point line. After seeing Hansen's score, he turned around, raised his hands high and celebrated with a shocked expression.

"Thank you ESPN, NBC, FOX, CBS, YAHOO..." Barkley listed all the major media in the commentary booth.
"Thanks to them, they have now successfully obtained an angry Han Sen."

(End of this chapter)