Basketball's No. 1 Anti-Fan

Chapter 330 "The Earth is Flat"

7:4.

The Celtics still maintain the lead.

However, after Thomas's offense was suppressed by Hansen, Stevens waved his hand and Durant took over the offense.

"As a supplement to the team's tactical system", this may not sound very good, but in fact it is a top-level integration ability.

Someone like James who has his own system and needs teammates to cooperate with him obviously does not have this ability.

Even Kobe needs suitable tactics to unleash his offensive abilities, but Durant can fit into any system without distinction.

Or to put it simply, it is first-class fast hardware decoding capability.

This requires top-level talent, and there are probably only two people in the current league who have that: Hansen and Durant.

Leonard and Anthony can only be considered half.

After receiving the ball, Durant leaned against Tucker, then turned around and made a quick stop and shot.

Tucker pulled Durant's hand during the process, but failed to disrupt Durant's shooting rhythm.

The referee blew the whistle and Durant still made the shot steadily.

His stronger body this season did not slow him down much, but his overall scoring stability has improved significantly.

After landing, Durant turned around and glared at Hansen fiercely again. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Hansen's words before the game were a teasing.

However, Han Sen's reaction once again stunned him.

Because after seeing his goal, Hansen gave him a thumbs up, affirming his performance.

This made his original action of shouting out stuck there.

Han Sen is not playing by the rules tonight!

After Durant made the free throw to help the Celtics maintain their lead, Hansen turned around and continued to play pick-and-roll with Jokic.

This has a bit of the flavor of "you do yours and I practice mine".

And the key is that the Celtics couldn't defend the pick-and-roll that the Cavaliers practiced.

With four minutes left in the quarter, the score was 4 to 25, with the Celtics leading.

Both sides began to rotate at this time.

On the Cavaliers side, Hansen and other main players were substituted one after another, leaving Jokic on the court to continue the "Tian Ji Horse Racing" strategy.

Malone's intention to cultivate Jokic this season is obvious to everyone.

On the Celtics side, veteran players Ray Allen and Pierce also made their debuts.

When he saw these two people, Han Sen's memory seemed to be pulled back to six years ago.

Especially Pierce, as his first anti-fan leader, they also competed against each other on the court back then.

But after the game really started, he found that Ray Allen was in better shape than Pierce.

This guy last played in the 2013-2014 season. I didn’t expect that after resting for two seasons, he can not only play but also be in good shape.

All we can say is that his style of play will always have a place in the NBA, and he must have put in a lot of effort over the past summer.

Irving was troubled by fouls, and the last four minutes of the quarter were a test for the Cavaliers.

What was unexpected was that the Cavaliers actually tied the score during the game!
Malone was quite surprised.

During this period, Irving and Hansen were not on the court, and the Cavaliers' ball possession was concentrated on Jokic.

In other words, Malone wanted to see if Jokic had the potential to be a ball-handling core.

It turns out that Jokic has more than just potential.

In this round of Tian Ji horse racing, his horse, the champion of the Songbol horse race, is at least a medium-level horse.

After the first quarter, the score was 31 to 30, with the Celtics leading by a slight advantage.

In the second quarter, Irving, who had sat out almost the entire first quarter, returned to the game.

Irving had a strong desire to attack after he came on the court, but his performance was still unsatisfactory.

On the one hand, he sat on the sidelines for too long and his touch was completely gone, and on the other hand, Smart on the opposite side defended very well.

As the No. 2014 pick by the Celtics in 6, Smart's greatest feature is defense. He is fast, tall, strong and passionate. He is like an enhanced version of Dellavedova, and his style is very restrained in Irving.

The Celtics also took the opportunity to widen the gap to double digits in this transition period.

When the main players returned in the second quarter, the Cavaliers continued to play pick-and-roll between Hansen and Jokic.

And after falling behind in the score, Han Sen began to increase his shot ratio.

Pick-and-roll is mutual, and the improvement in the quality of Jokic's pick-and-roll also makes it easier for him to score.

Hansen scored 16 points in a single quarter, and the Cavaliers tied the score at 58 at halftime.

Ma Long dares to use competition as training because he has Han Sen as his trump card.

Moreover, tonight is the team's championship night, and Hansen's desire to win is strong enough.

In the second half of the game, Malone used a small lineup as usual.

Stevens responded by replacing Towns with Jae Crowder.

Crowder was the starting small forward for the Celtics last season. He is a 1-meter swingman and a top 98D player like Bradley. He can fully adapt to the power forward role in this lineup.

The Cavaliers were unable to widen the score in this quarter.

The Celtics' lineup is strong enough, and it is inevitable that the Cavaliers will be studied as the defending champions.

The more you use this set of cards, the easier it is for your opponent to target you.

After three quarters, the two sides entered the final quarter with a 85- tie.

In this final quarter, Hansen and Durant once again staged a classic confrontation moment.

However, when they both started to force the opponent into a high-intensity double-team, Irving was unable to respond to Thomas on the opposite side.

Jokic's physical strength declined in the final quarter, and he had a hard time playing against the twin towers of Towns and Horford.

After the final four quarters, the Celtics defeated the Cavaliers 114-108 to get off to a good start in the season.

韩森拿下41分7板7助攻，约基奇有18分11板5助攻的表现，欧文发挥失常，只拿到了14分4助攻。

小托马斯发挥出色得到31分5助攻，杜兰特30分6板，唐斯16分11板，霍福德12分8板。

The Cavaliers suffered a loss on Ring Night, but Malone didn't care about it in the post-game press conference:

"Kyrie just had a bad touch tonight. The most important thing for us is to develop new team tactics."

Hansen was definitely not happy about losing, especially on championship night, but he did not blame Irving. Instead, he reiterated what he said last season:

“We have to trust the process.”

No one can practice tactics and win games at the same time. Irving's success last season shows that some roads must be taken.

Although they lost the opening game, the Cavaliers quickly rebounded and won nine consecutive games, ranking first in the league with a record of 9 wins and 9 loss.

This winning streak has a lot to do with the schedule. As the defending champion, the league naturally has a preference in the schedule arrangement.

This also explains why Malone practiced in the game against the Celtics, because tactics are only truly useful in tough battles.

Jokic's performance in the past ten games is also eye-catching.

In these ten games, he averaged 16.4 points, 10.7 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 55.8% and a three-point shooting percentage of 32%.

Except for the three-point shooting percentage which has declined compared to last season, other statistics have improved across the board.

This has a lot to do with Malone improving his tactical position, but it is obviously also inseparable from his own excellent game state.

After all, opportunities come to those who are prepared.

In the latest episode of TNT, Barkley exaggeratedly stated "how the hell did the Cavaliers get him".

The Cavaliers' management has also been elevated to the same level as the Thunder and Warriors' management.

After all, the core members of the Cavaliers' current lineup, Hansen, Irving, TT, Jokic, and Cunningham, all come from their own draft picks.

Just when the Cavaliers were starting to get back on track, a sudden piece of news sparked heated discussions outside.

This news is about Irving.

The life of an NBA star is not just about playing basketball. On off-days, they also often attend sponsor events and other shows.

For example, after James joined the Warriors, he often participated in activities of Bay Area technology companies with Green to enhance their influence.

This news about Irving is related to the Fat Lun Show.

Scarlett Johansson's "Hulk Smash" on the Hulk Show made Hulk famous among Hollywood actresses.

Nike now attaches great importance to Irving, so he will naturally appear on this show to continue to enhance his personal influence.

They talked about the topic of "Do aliens exist?"

Hollywood science fiction movies are at their peak, so it's not surprising that this topic is brought up.

However, when Fei Lun said that the earth is round, Owen suddenly asked back: "Do you believe that the earth is round?"

And after Fernando asked back, he followed up with his own opinion: "The earth is flat, and that's not even a conspiracy theory."

Fat Lunxiu is very well-known, and Irving is now the successor of Nike, so his remarks instantly became a hot topic.

Most people criticized Irving's views.

Because "the earth is round" is the most basic common sense and has long been verified by human science.

This is not even a question of whether it has been verified, because from the perspective of satellites and the International Space Station, the Earth is just a blue planet.

The most excited ones among them were the geography teachers, because as a star player, Irving has a fan base, including many students.

Irving's remarks will guide those people's common sense judgment and greatly increase the difficulty of their teaching.

However, there are also many people who support Irving's statement.

Among them, there was an unexpected person, "The Big Shark" O'Neal.

O'Neal expressed his support for Irving directly on the TNT show.

He also put forward his own argument for this:

20. I took a -hour flight today, and I didn’t “flip over” or “turn upside down”;
30. People say that the earth rotates? There is a lake in my home. I have lived there for more than years, but I have never found that the lake moves to the left or right.

Hansen learned about this when he was asked questions by reporters during the team's open training.

He did not comment on this matter in front of reporters.

He had heard of the "Owen's Flat Earth Theory" before he traveled through time. At that time, he did not know the details of the matter, and his reaction at that time was mainly speechless.

But now, after playing in the United States for so many years, his views have changed a lot from before.

Because many seemingly magical things can only be understood in light of national conditions.

For example, vaccination. In the normal understanding of people, it is a natural thing with only benefits and no harm.

But this is the United States, and Hansen has seen news reports that many medical institutions have used the guinea pigs to test drugs on American citizens under the guise of vaccination.

As for the theory of the earth being flat, Hansen had heard of it when he was still playing at Barry University.

That is essentially a lack of trust in NASA.

They don't trust the so-called moon landing photos and videos of Mars exploration released by NASA.

In their eyes, that is NASA's means of deceiving the people and misappropriating their taxpayers' money.

"The Truman Show" is very popular in the United States, and many of his loyal fans are also supporters of the flat earth theory.

They feel that NASA is the mastermind behind turning the real world into The Truman Show, so they need to wave the flag and cheer, break the shackles and break through the boundaries.

So there was no need for Han Sen to express his opinion.

Because everyone can have their own different opinions, whether they are right or wrong, and of course the more important thing is that it will not have any impact on the Cavaliers.

Han Sen thought so, but the subsequent developments were somewhat beyond his expectations.

The Cavaliers will face the Spurs on the road on Thanksgiving, their second strong opponent in November.

Ma Long also takes this game very seriously.

In the training session the day before the game, Irving missed the training due to physical discomfort.

It's not a big deal.

However, in the game, Irving played poorly and the Cavaliers lost the game.

Including the opening game, the Cavaliers lost two strong matches. Although this is a process, Hansen is obviously not in a good mood.

But he was not angry. He just practiced harder after returning to Cleveland.

After all, losing is not the responsibility of one person, it is everyone's responsibility.

However, a piece of news that broke out on the Internet at this time finally made Han Sen unable to hold back.

Irving's participation in the F.A.L. Show was not the end, but just the beginning.

Because Irving then accepted TNT's invitation to participate in a TV debate on "Is the Earth Round or Flat" as the main guest.

This also shows that O'Neal's previous remarks were not personal thoughts, but just publicity for this episode.

The show was very successful and Irving's fame was further increased.

According to statistics, 20% of people in the United States believe in the flat earth theory. Irving immediately won the support of this group of people, which also laid a solid foundation for his subsequent advertising campaigns.

Of course, this is not what makes Han Sen angry.

After all, this is just a form of commercial movement, and "black and red are also red" is nothing new in the United States.

What really pissed Hansen off was that Owen filmed the show on the night he missed training.

In other words, Irving's absence from training was not due to some ridiculous physical discomfort, but an excuse to catch a plane to attend the show.

Because of Ma Long's personality, he would definitely not be able to get the other party's agreement by using this reason directly.

(End of this chapter)