Basketball's No. 1 Anti-Fan

Chapter 286 "Cleveland, your emperor is back!"

During this period of substitute transition, the Cavaliers unexpectedly not only did not fall behind in the score, but they evened the score when the main players returned.

This was something no one had ever thought of, but was witnessed with their own eyes.

Everyone underestimated this team's desire to win.

And this is crucial.

At the end of the first half, the two teams were tied at 64.

The Heat are very strong, and the Cavaliers were unable to defend against their fierce offensive firepower, but they used their superb offense to keep up with the Heat!
"If the Heat can't widen the score in the third quarter, they're going to be in real trouble." Barkley also started to get excited in the commentary booth.

Spoelstra's idea was correct, but if Hansen entered the fourth quarter with normal strength, the Heat would be in trouble.

After all, when it comes to scoring ability at the critical moment of the fourth quarter, who can compare to Han Sen?

After the halftime break, Durant began to significantly increase his offensive frequency.

Spoelstra showed his level of adjustment. Since he couldn't limit the Cavaliers' offense, he consumed Hansen's energy on the offensive end.

There is never only one road to Rome.

Seeing this, Malone immediately stood up and signaled Tucker and Hansen to switch defense. Although he did not have as much coaching experience as Spoelstra, he reacted quickly on the spot.

But Tucker obviously can't defend Durant.

Although Tucker is about to turn 30, he has been playing in overseas leagues before and is strictly speaking only a third-year player.

Han Sen also began to increase the frequency of his attacks at this time, and he also began to target the enemy.

Irving's resolute offensive style at the beginning gave him an entry point.

Gasol received his first personal foul early in the first quarter and was then replaced because of two fouls. That was why he appeared as a substitute in the first half.

Including the foul he received in the second quarter, Gasol now has three fouls.

Han Sen directly asked TT to go to the three-point line to play pick-and-roll.

The Heat's offensive efficiency ranks first in the league this season, but their defensive efficiency is only seventh, which is not bad, but only slightly better than the Cavaliers.

Moreover, it is not so easy to provide help defense in the pick-and-roll at the three-point line.

This is also the point that is difficult to defend against with the Warriors' small lineup. With a full-space lineup plus three-point pick-and-roll, if you can't defend just one point, your defense will collapse.

TT's pick-and-roll ability has improved significantly after learning from Garnett. After blocking, he immediately moves down and forces Wade to follow him.

Han Sen was not in a hurry at this time. He waited until the dislocation was formed before starting to play one-on-one against Gasol.

In fact, you don't need to memorize any rules at four in the morning to commit a foul, because for a true super scorer, if he just wants to foul you, he will probably be able to do it.

Unless you play passive defense, there will always be a moment when he shakes you off.

Hansen broke through Gasol to the free throw line, stopped suddenly and shook off Gasol, successfully causing the latter's fourth personal foul.

It was also at the moment when he heard the referee's whistle that Spoelstra put his hands on his head and realized Hansen's intention.

But his reaction was obviously too late, or perhaps he actually had no other choice.

The whistle sounded on the sidelines and Vucevic came on to replace Gasol.

This adjustment brought the game into a new situation.

Vucevic is the kind of machine who can consistently contribute double-doubles if you give him enough time, but the help he can actually bring to the team is much smaller than that of Gasol.

He has no ability to coordinate, and more importantly, in this high-end game, his defensive weakness is fatal.

After targeting each other, both sides took advantage of the opponent's weaknesses and then played a close game again in the starting period of the third quarter.

This is obviously good news for the Cavaliers, as the game is now heading towards a three-quarter stalemate.

However, Han Sen did not over-expend his energy.

Of course, if the Cavaliers can play well in the third and fourth quarters.

Hansen was substituted out for rest with 3 minutes left in the third quarter, and Irving was still leading the Cavaliers.

This time Spoelstra also made adjustments. He let Dragic and Wade lead the team at this time.

And Wade was defending Irving at this time, and his intention was to widen the score in these few minutes.

In fact, it doesn’t take that long to widen the score. It only takes a few rounds of successful offense and defense.

Spoelstra did a good job in deploying his troops, but things did not develop in the direction he expected.

Wade failed to defend Irving.

Irving's game strategy tonight can be summed up in one word: get going.

Wade's athletic ability and explosiveness have declined due to years of knee injuries, and he can't keep up with Irving.

Moreover, when Irving was double-teamed, he didn't pull up, but just went inside to cause damage and sent himself to the free throw line.

Tonight his stats showed that he only took 7 shots, but in fact he had already taken 8 free throws.

Coupled with his 7-of-4 shooting percentage tonight, his scoring efficiency is terrifyingly high.

At the end of the third quarter, the score was 103 to 102, with the Heat leading the Cavaliers by only 1 point.

When Wade missed the last buzzer beater in the third quarter, Riley in the audience had already frowned.

The game came to the situation he least wanted to see.

The scene was also very agitated. Would the Heat really lose in Game 1?

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Spoelstra's deployment finally took effect.

The reason he let Wade lead the team in the third quarter was so that Durant could be on the court at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

Moreover, Gasol, who had left the court early in the third quarter, returned to the game in this transition period.

Even Durant played the power forward position on the court.

Spoelstra fully learned the lessons from the substitute transition period in the first half.

No matter how capable the old knights were at charging, they were obviously no match for this force.

Durant broke through the inside and made two free throws to damage Garnett.

Immediately afterwards, Sefolosha also interfered with Williams' shot. After Gasol grabbed the rebound, the Heat launched a defensive counterattack. Durant received the ball at the 45-degree three-point line and made a quick stop and three-pointer.

After scoring 5 points in a row, he pumped his fist and roared, and the whole audience was boiling.

The Cavaliers have Hansen, but the Heat also have their own MVP.

It was at this time that Han Sen walked towards the technical desk.

In the next dead ball round, Hansen came on to replace Cunningham.

This substitution means that he will be directly facing Durant on the court.

This was obviously not arranged by Ma Long, but Han Sen's own request.

At the edge of the technical desk, Hansen high-fived Cunningham and touched his head.

"Leave the rest of the game to me."

Cunningham and the others have done enough tonight.

After entering the court, the Heat had the ball.

The score at this time was 108 to 102.

Durant didn't expect Hansen to come up and defend him, but he still started running without the ball.

However, his continuous running failed to shake off Han Sen.

Because he needs to carry the team on the offensive end, just like letting Tucker defend Durant in the first half, Malone tries to reduce Hansen's consumption on the defensive end.

But in the fourth quarter, everything changed. Durant finally received the ball after handing it over to Gasol, but his shot went out of the basket due to interference from Hansen.

The defensive pressure from the new DPOY.

After grabbing the defensive rebound, Garnett turned around and saw Hansen who had already rushed out of the three-point line.

A long pass across half court, Hansen received the ball and rushed to the frontcourt, shook off Qian Moss and made a tomahawk slam dunk.

The scene exploded instantly.

After Hansen came on, the momentum of the entire Cavaliers team instantly changed.

Durant's running position in the frontcourt was still closely followed by Han Sen. He simply gave up in the end and leaned on Han Sen's body to communicate with Han Sen.

"Aren't you afraid of running out of energy if you keep fighting like this?"

He was not wrong. Whether it was full-strength defense or fast break dunking, it would consume a lot of physical energy.

However, he was soon left speechless by Han Sen's answer, just like before.

"Before you have it, I must have it."

Durant wanted to slap himself in the face for asking too many questions.

The effect after Hansen came on the court was immediate. The Cavaliers not only held on during this substitute transition period, but even tied the score thanks to the defensive enthusiasm driven by Hansen.

This put pressure on Spoelstra because he realized a problem. That is, in the current situation, he did not dare to replace Durant easily before Hansen went off the court to rest.

Because of Han Sen's performance, if Durant comes on, the Cavaliers might actually widen the score.

Then Hansen showed no intention of leaving the court to rest in the fourth quarter.

When the main players of both teams came back, Hansen and Durant both aimed to play the entire fourth quarter.

When the time came to the last five minutes or so, Irving's breakthrough caused Gasol's sixth personal foul, and the latter was knocked down!

Dragic and others are just icing on the cake, Gasol is the core driver of this Heat team.

As soon as he left the court, the Heat's offensive firepower instantly dropped a level.

However, the Cavaliers failed to seize this opportunity to widen the score, because after Hansen invested more in offense and defense in the early stages, his offensive efficiency also declined.

So the scene that fans are seeing now is also very special.

After three and a half quarters of fierce offensive and defensive battles, the two teams finally started a shooting battle.

With one minute left in the game, Durant finally made a shot, allowing the Heat to overtake the Cavaliers 126-125.

Malone called a timeout at this time.

This pause came a little early, but it came at Lu's suggestion.

The purpose is to allow Han Sen to have some rest time.

Even the person handing Han Sen water was Lu.

Otherwise, how can Lu get along well with all the players?

"The Cavaliers won them a last-minute chance to win in an incredible way!" Barkley was now more excited than O'Neal.

His previous prediction of the big score can be understood as the Cavaliers winning one game, and now the Cavaliers are going to win the first game!

"The Heat players should be under more pressure now because they can't afford to lose the game tonight," O'Neal continued.

This is not just about losing G1, but a blow to confidence in the game.

Han Sen has defeated them too many times. If he can lead his team to defeat them despite the huge gap in strength between the two sides, does that mean Han Sen is invincible to them?

After the timeout, the Cavaliers attacked.

After Irving advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, he passed it directly to Hansen outside the three-point line, and then ran to the weak side to create space.

At a 45° angle on the strong side, Hansen and Wade are one-on-one.

Seven years ago, Wade could not have imagined that his temporary caddy from the NCAA Division II Miami Heat and his sparring partner would stand in front of him in this way.

Back then, Han Sen was weak but fearless. Now, Han Sen is powerful and intimidating!
There was an overwhelming shout of defense at the scene. It was their shout and also their fear.

Without much forward movement, Han Sen held the ball with one hand and quickly stepped down to start the breakthrough.

Wade tried hard to catch up, but Uncle Drew made Hansen's ball-handling skills fully utilized, and he made a huge change of direction and pulled back to shake off Wade.

One on one, no one can defend against Han Sen.

Han Sen did not go too deep. After shaking off Wade and taking a step forward, he directly chose a mid-range pull-up shot.

Before this, he had missed two consecutive shots due to his physical decline, but the timeout just now allowed him to catch his breath.

The Heat's defense couldn't provide any help, and only Wade's efforts to return to defense could cause interference, but it was very limited.

After the basketball flew out of Han Sen's hand, it drew a perfect parabola in the air.

"Shh!"

With the crisp sound of the ball entering the net, the cheers from the audience came to an abrupt end.

127 to 126, the Cavaliers took the lead!

With 40 seconds left in the game.

Spoelstra called a timeout.

"This is Han! You can always trust him at critical moments!" O'Neal was excited in the commentary booth.

In fact, five years ago, Han Sen was playing the role of a key killer, which was the origin of his "Technical Station Terminator".

After the timeout, Spoelstra arranged an off-ball tactic for Durant.

Durant successfully got rid of Tucker, but his shot after receiving the ball went wide of the basket.

Although Han Sen's words hurt, they were the truth.

While he still had the energy, Durant no longer had it.

TT grabbed the key defensive rebound.

Malone did not call a timeout because Hansen got the ball and quickly moved forward.

Wade had a premonition of something at this moment, and the memories of the dead attacked him frantically.

He tried to steal the ball from Hansen, but Hansen dodged it with a behind-the-back dribble.

"Stop him!" He chased Hansen and then shouted to Durant who was retreating.

By the time Durant reacted, Hansen had already reached the front three-point line.

He didn't know what Han Sen was going to do, so he subconsciously took a small step back.

Han Sen was right to use a small force to defeat a bigger force and prevent a breakthrough.

Wade knew he was doomed by this time, and he tried hard to chase but still failed to catch up.

When Han Sen dribbled the ball to the 45-degree three-point line in the frontcourt, he stopped suddenly and shot a three-pointer.

Durant reacted and rushed over, but it was too late.

The basketball flew over Durant's head and fell rapidly towards the basket under the horrified eyes of the fans on the scene.

"Shh!"

This is the verdict from the Terminator!

O'Neal could no longer suppress his emotions and stood up from the commentary booth, which caused the headphones on his head to be pulled off. However, he was completely unaware of it and just shouted excitedly:
"Cleveland, your true emperor is back!"

(End of this chapter)