Basketball's No. 1 Anti-Fan

Chapter 342 2016~2017 Season Ends
"Champions always come with sacrifice. DW's sacrifice tonight was the key to our victory. He showed the heart of a champion."

At the post-game press conference, Malone praised Wade's performance.

Wade scored 19 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists as a substitute tonight, second only to Hansen's 41 points.

After finishing the press conference, Hansen and Jokic returned to the locker room.

Because it was an away game, most of the players had already showered and returned to the hotel.

Wade hadn't left yet. He had already changed his clothes and was holding his cell phone tightly in his hand, as if he was waiting for something.

"Did you receive the apology you wanted?" Han Sen was also straightforward.

It is possible that after the game, James asked Wade to go to a nightclub or bar to have fun, and then let reporters take pictures of him, using his behavior to explain that the push during the game was an accident.

Wade said nothing, just shook his head.

"It seems that you have no other value to LeBron except being 'my good brother'." Han Sen also teased.

Now "history" has changed. Wade failed to win the championship for James, and the brotherhood is naturally greatly reduced.

"You're right." Wade finally put down the phone he was holding tightly, like a deflated ball, but soon puffed up his cheeks again.
"That guy is a jerk!"

It takes a long time to understand a person, but it often only takes a moment to recognize a person.

Once you realize it, your understanding of many things related to that person will change.

For example, Wade has probably figured out the issue of giving up 80% of his military power back then.

If it weren't for James, he would have won the championship in 2011.

Han Sen didn't expect Wade to swear, but this attitude showed that Wade finally figured it out.

He reached out and patted Wade on the shoulder: "He owes you a championship. Go ask him to give it back this season."

Wade is unlucky enough. He now has the most runner-up titles among active players.

But he was lucky enough, because just as Han Sen said, he still had a chance to take back everything he had lost with his own hands.

After finishing the game with the Warriors, the Cavaliers continued their road trip in the West.

They will next face the toughest match of the season, facing the Texas Big Three, the Rockets, Spurs and Mavericks.

However, this experience eventually became an unforgettable one for Hansen during the season.

During the halftime of the game against the Rockets, the Rockets held a jersey retirement ceremony for Yao Ming.

During this period, Hansen witnessed Harden rushing towards Yao Ming and performing the famous scene of "throwing 200 pounds into his arms".

Han Sen also had some exchanges with Yao Ming, who officially became the chairman of the Basketball Association of the Dongda Men's Basketball Team in February this year.

Yao Ming's election will undoubtedly bring about great changes in the relationship between Han Sen and the Basketball Association.

After the game against the Spurs, the Spurs held a jersey retirement ceremony for Duncan.

This is also the first time Duncan has appeared in the public eye since the Spurs announced his retirement last summer.

Apart from his graying beard, Duncan still has a buzz cut and looks not much different from before his retirement.

Han Sen was also invited to attend the ceremony as a "special guest".

As the league's top player, attending the jersey retirement ceremony of Duncan, whom he calls the former "top player in the league," is a very romantic thing for a man.

The Spurs arranged the retirement ceremony after the game to show their respect to Duncan to the greatest extent, because the entire retirement ceremony lasted 50 minutes, more than twice as long as Yao Ming's.

Hansen basically watched the ceremony, and at the end he gave Duncan his blessing and a hug.

Duncan no longer needed to tell Hansen that the future was his, because it already belonged to Hansen.

Nowitzki's last stop is the Mavericks, and he currently has no plans to retire.

Although the Mavericks' strength has declined to the point where they can't even make the playoffs, the old driver is ready to play until he can't play anymore.

It was in the game against the Cavaliers that he scored 25 points, bringing his score to over 3 points, making him the sixth member of the "6 Points Club" in NBA history.

After ending their toughest road trip with a record of 3 wins and 1 loss, the Cavaliers are entering the final month of the season.

The benefit of having sufficient roster depth is that when the season reaches this stage, the team can minimize injuries through rotation.

However, Malone still gives the core rotation enough playing time, on the one hand to maintain their game form, and on the other hand because the Celtics are chasing closely behind.

Time flies and it is already early April. After more than five months of competition, the curtain of the 4~5 season has finally fallen.

The Warriors finished with a league-best record of 67.

库里场均27.4分4.5板6.2助攻，投篮命中率47.2%，三分球命中率43.7%；

詹姆斯场均25.1分8.6板8.7助攻，投篮命中率54.8%，三分命中率36.8%；

克莱·汤普森场均23.2分3.7板2.1助攻，投篮命中率46.8%，三分命中率42.2%。

值得一提的是，在去年12月对阵步行者队的比赛中，汤普森继两年前单节37分又一次展现出了得分爆发力，他在29分钟之内33投21中轰下60分。

格林场均9.2分7.9板3.1助攻2抢断1.4盖帽，投篮命中率41.8%。三分球命中率30.8%。

The Spurs are close behind in the Western Conference with 61 wins.

Leonard averaged 25.3 points per game, and he is the second Spurs player to do this since Duncan in the 2001-2002 season.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Spurs will have another cornerstone of the team that can be used for at least ten years.

The most surprising performance was by the Rockets, who ranked third with a record of 55.

Bosh was more thorough this year than in the past two years, as he was confirmed to be out for the season before the start of the season.

This also makes the Rockets lose the theoretical possibility of winning the championship.

However, Harden, who left Kardashian, has exploded this season, averaging 30.4 points, 5.5 rebounds and 8.8 assists per game.

The Thunder are fourth with 50 wins.

Anthony's scoring this season is the lowest since his rookie season, with his average points per game dropping to 21 points.

That was also the main reason why the Thunder tried to sell him before, but unfortunately they failed to sell him in the end.

However, Westbrook had the most brilliant season in his career. He averaged a triple-double of 25.4 points, 10.1 rebounds and 10.3 assists per game!
He had 25 triple-doubles this season, the most in the league.

I think back to the time when Ricky Davis turned to his own basket just to collect the last rebound to achieve a triple-double.

A triple-double is something that most players can only dream of, but Westbrook did it 25 times in one season.

This also made the outside world begin to compare him with that man, "Oscar" Robertson.

Some media even believe that Westbrook can average a triple-double per game in the modern basketball framework, and he should be the MVP candidate this season.

The Grizzlies are fifth with 47 wins.

Randolph became a substitute player for the Grizzlies, and the Grizzlies' inside combination is now Gasol Jr. and Noel.

Gasol and Conley both played their best performances of their careers, but Wiggins' average of 18 points per game in his third year was somewhat different from the outside world's expectations of him at the time.

The Jazz, Clippers and Trail Blazers ranked 6th to 8th. The Pelicans, who had previously attracted attention for their trade and formed the strongest twin towers in the new world, only won 34 games.

戴维斯场均28分11.8板2.1助攻1.3抢断2.2盖帽，考辛斯加盟鹈鹕之后场均也有24.4分12.4板3.9助攻1.5抢断1.1盖帽的表现。

The twin towers are not completely useless in the small ball era, but the biggest problem of the Pelicans is not the twin towers.

Anyone who has watched the Pelicans play will know that their lineup has too little space and they have basically no independent offensive capabilities from the outside.

If this top-heavy lineup wants to succeed, change is inevitable.

In the East, although the Cavaliers lost Irving in the middle of the season, their overall record improved instead of declining compared to the past two years, and they eventually won 61 games.

This is also the first time that Hansen has led the team to a 60+ win since returning to the Cavaliers.

他赛季场均31分6.2板9.1助攻2.4抢断1.6盖帽，投篮命中率52.4%，三分命中率42.1%。

约基奇场均18.5分10.7板6.1助攻，投篮命中率49.9%，三分球命中率32.4%。

Wade's statistics have declined after he became a substitute, but his efficiency is higher than when he was with the Bulls before. Including the previous Bulls, he scored 16.8 points, 4 rebounds, and 4.2 assists for the entire season, with a shooting percentage of 47% and a three-point shooting percentage of 33%.

The Celtics are second in the Eastern Conference with 59 wins, right behind the Cavaliers.

杜兰特场均25.8分6.8板5.4助攻，投篮命中率51.6%，三分球命中率41.9%创下生涯新高；

Thomas averaged 25.2 points, 2.7 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 46.3% and a three-point shooting percentage of 37.9%, all of which set career highs;

唐斯场均18.3分11.5板2助攻1.6盖帽，投篮命中率54.2%，三分命中率38.7%。

The Raptors are third with 51 wins.

They traded for Ibaka from the Thunder at the beginning of the season, and their inside strength has been improved again compared to last season.

DeRozan also set a career high by averaging 27.3 points per game.

The Bulls are fourth with 50 wins.

欧文场均23.8分5板6.9助攻，巴特勒场均21.3分5.2板4.3助攻，霍华德场均13.5分12.7板1.6盖帽。

The Wizards ranked fifth with 49 wins.

Wall and Beal both averaged 23.1 points per game, with Wall averaging 10.7 assists per game, making him the assist leader of the season.

The Pacers, Pistons and Bucks ranked 6th to 8th.

The Cavaliers will face the Bucks in the first round.

The Bucks have a record of 42 wins, which is a good record compared to their eighth place in the Eastern Conference in previous years.

But if compared with the Cavaliers, the difference of 19 wins is enough to show the strength gap between the two teams.

However, the attention this series has attracted is unprecedented.

The main reason for this is Antetokounmpo.

Before the end of the season, Nike reached a 9-year, $9000 million contract extension with Antetokounmpo.

This also makes him second only to Durant in the Nike system in terms of annual salary, and on the same level as James and Irving.

As one of Nike's future twin stars, ESPN is also working at full capacity to continue its packaging and promotion.

他这赛季场均22.9分8.8板5.4助攻1.6抢断1.9盖帽，外加52.1%的命中率，被形容为小球时代“划时代”的内线球员。

But this is not the main reason why this series has attracted attention.

It dates back to a live interview Antetokounmpo gave at the end of the season.

It was a TV show sponsored by ESPN.

In that show, the host asked Antetokounmpo about his idol.

NBA player idols have always been a topic that the outside world likes to discuss.

Especially when they start to shine, the idol seems to get extra points as well.

This is why O'Neal frequently praises Jokic in his commentary, and it is also the significance of this program.

Because ever since Antetokounmpo began to emerge, he has been constantly linked to James by the media.

"The next James" is the media's view of him and Nike's expectation for him.

So when the host asks the idols questions with a script, even though it is a live broadcast, he knows exactly what is going on.

Antetokounmpo first gave his idol before entering the league, and surprisingly, it was Iverson.

It is indeed rare for an inside player to regard an outside player as an idol.

Of course, this doesn’t matter, because Antetokounmpo quickly named his idol after entering the league.

Han Sen.

When this answer came out, the host was confused, and of course ESPN was probably confused as well.

Because this is so unconventional.

"When I entered the league, the Memphis Grizzlies had just defended their title. I witnessed Han defeat the extremely powerful Heat team. He became my idol. He proved with his actions that as long as he is strong enough, there is no opponent that cannot be defeated."

However, Antetokounmpo's reason is irrefutable.

So when the Bucks and the Cavaliers faced off in the playoffs, the topic became very popular.

Han Sen had mixed emotions when he heard the news.

As a time traveler, he was deeply impressed by Antetokounmpo's stepping on him, Irving, Porzingis, Anthony Davis, Capela...

The last star player to do this personally was James.

Of course, neither the topic nor Hansen’s attitude towards Antetokounmpo will affect the outcome of the game between the two sides.

The Bucks' current configuration, including their playing style and even their coaching staff, are clearly different from those of the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers also easily swept the Bucks 4-0.

After the series, Hansen affirmed Antetokounmpo's performance in the post-match press conference and encouraged him to continue to improve his skills.

阿德托昆博系列赛场均24.5分9.5板4助攻2抢断2盖帽的发挥还是很出色的。

In fact, putting aside the incident of stepping on someone's foot, Antetokounmpo was a mid-first-round rookie who was not the focus of training by the team when he entered the league. He was able to play well and become a superstar. This is a very inspiring story.

Including the character that Nike created for him, that could only be established if the person really did those things.

Therefore, Hansen also hopes that the expectations of his "idol" can allow Antetokounmpo to take a different path from "history".

Although after what happened to Irving, he felt that the possibility was not high.

But those are no longer important, because after eliminating the Bucks, the Cavaliers' real playoff journey officially began.

Their second-round opponent is the Chicago Bulls.

(End of this chapter)