Basketball's No. 1 Anti-Fan

Chapter 88 Real Honeymoon (Two in One)

Two days later, the Cavaliers traveled to Orlando for their second matchup with the Magic this season.

The Magic did not make any moves on the trade deadline, and Jamison of the Cavaliers was still arranged to play as a substitute by Brown.

However, in this game, Jamison became the key factor affecting the game.

他替补登场31分钟，14投9中，高效砍下19分8板2助攻1抢断1盖帽。

Not only did he play an offensive performance that was completely different from the previous game, but he also performed very well on the defensive end, which was rare.

He spent most of his time on the court facing off against Rashard Lewis. Under his defense, Lewis made 12 of 5 shots and only scored 12 points and 4 rebounds.

Jamison was not known for his defense throughout his career, especially after joining the Wizards, his defensive habits became very poor and he became a drag on the team on the defensive end.

But when it comes to defense, physical talent is what matters the most.

To give two extreme examples, McGrady and Vujacic, the former is never considered a sieve even if he doesn't invest much on the defensive end, while the latter is always described as air no matter how hard he tries.

Jamison is 2 meters tall, has a wingspan of 06 meters, weighs 2 kilograms, and has excellent shoulder breadth. This is talent.

When he is willing to invest on the defensive end, even though he is now 33 years old, he may not be a defensive gate, but he can still do his job without being a drag.

The final result, as Hansen said before, was that Jamison regained his form after just one game.

This also gave Jamison the opportunity to attend the post-game press conference.

And at this press conference, Brown smiled and announced in advance that Jamison would appear in the starting lineup in the next game.

According to Brown, the original plan of the coaching staff was to let Jamison play two games to get acquainted with the team.

But in fact, Jamison himself knew that he fought back with his performance.

After the press conference ended and he returned to the locker room, Jamison received warm greetings from his teammates, and everything seemed to be back to when he first joined the Cavaliers.

Except Han Sen.

Hansen just quietly made way for his teammates to greet Jamison, while he sat next to Cunningham and comforted his brother.

Jamison is going to return to the starting lineup, so the natural replacement is Cunningham.

Cunningham's situation at this time is similar to that of old Parker before. They did what they were supposed to do, but were replaced by more capable players.

But unlike old Parker, Cunningham is much more open-minded.

"I wasn't even a starter, and I can still play."

After Ilgauskas left, Varejao became O'Neal's substitute, and the time at the power forward position was basically divided between Jamison and Cunningham.

Now the two of them just swapped positions.

And even in the game that just ended, Jamison, who came off the bench, played for 31 minutes, and Cunningham, who started, played for 13 minutes. There was actually no difference between the starters and the substitutes.

Han Sen patted Cunningham on the shoulder. From the fact that he took the wrong shoes from the locker room, it could be seen that this kid had a very good mentality.

If an unexpected situation really happens and James plans to stay, and the agreement between him and Ferry takes effect, and he is traded, it would be best to take him with him if possible.

The next day, Brown did not arrange for the team to train in the morning. Hansen had been training a lot recently, so he gave his body a break as requested by the team doctor and slept in.

However, at about 9 o'clock, he was awakened by the ringing of his cell phone.

It was Jamison calling.

Seeing that guy was too happy yesterday, I didn't ask him to practice extra, and I didn't tell him that he would rest this morning. Could this guy be trying to drag him to training?

He picked up the phone, but he didn't expect Jamison to say he was downstairs at his house.

The two had gone fishing together before, and Jamison knew where he lived.

After hearing this, Hansen got up, went downstairs, opened the door, and found that Jamison had got a small truck from somewhere.

Jamison was also wearing polarized sunglasses, so if you didn’t know, you would have thought he was a truck driver.

There were two other people coming with Jamison, and under his command, they moved something down from the carriage.

After it was lifted down, Han Sen discovered that it was a massage chair.

When the massage chair was moved down, Jamison began to introduce it: "This is the model I have been using. It works very well after training. It should be helpful to you."

"Thank you for your hard work." Han Sen smiled and patted Jamison's arm.

It's really thoughtful.

After O'Neal gave him the Rolls-Royce, he now had everything he needed for the time being, but the massage chair was indeed of some use.

After strenuous exercise, the body will produce a large amount of lactic acid. If the acid is not excreted at this time, severe soreness will occur the next day after the lactic acid accumulates.

Like their athletes, after training, they do massage, ice packs, ice baths, etc., all for this purpose.

However, if they exercise frequently like this, they cannot eliminate the acid in time. Having a massage chair would indeed help a lot.

Of course, what made him happier than the massage chair itself was Jamison's attitude.

If I didn't consider him a friend, I wouldn't have chosen the gift so carefully.

After carrying the massage chair into the living room, Han Sen gave up the idea of ​​taking a rest.

After all, come here.

Then let’s go to the gym and practice together!
……

Time flies and it is already mid-April.

There is less than a month left until the end of the NBA season.

Over the past month, the Cavaliers have been on a real honeymoon.

They achieved a season-long 12-game winning streak.

This winning streak directly helped the Cavaliers overtake the Celtics and Magic and top the Eastern Conference standings.

Basketball games are not simple math problems, but when you have more ball-holding points on the court, the opponent's defensive pressure increases exponentially.

To give a very intuitive example, when Cunningham performs pick-and-roll, the opponent's defensive focus only needs to be on the ball handler, because Cunningham does not have any other threatening abilities in the NBA except for catching the ball and shooting.

But with Jamison, you have to defend him from the dribble, from the bounce to the three-point line, and even from his second-hand pass. What you need to consider will be completely different.

And this will make the Cavaliers' tactical system richer.

As for the most worrying issue of ball possession, Jamison showed his qualities as a North Carolina player and had no complaints about the reduction in ball possession.

Just like when he was traded from the Warriors to the Mavericks, and went directly from being the boss to the sixth man, he chose to accept it.

This is his character, and it is also the decisive factor that destined him to not become a top superstar, but it allowed him to integrate well into the Cavaliers.

Of course, no one is a good person. One thing that cannot be ignored is that Jamison only signed a four-year, $2008 million fully guaranteed contract in 4.

This contract means that he does not need data to fight for a new contract.

在这波连胜当中，詹姆斯场均27.1分7.3板8.8助攻，贾米森场均16.1分7.4板1.8助攻，韩森场均15.5分3.2板2抢断，威廉姆斯场均15.2分6.2助攻，奥尼尔场均12分7.8板。

The Cavaliers not only maintained their defense, but also played at a league-leading offensive level.

Moreover, in early March, the Cavaliers exploited a bug in the league's rules and signed back Ilgauska, who was cut by the Wizards.

This means that the Cavaliers only paid a future first-round pick and Cleveland's air to get Jamison.

This move caused strong dissatisfaction among other teams in the league, and the "Big Z Clause" was introduced shortly afterwards. Since then, NBA players who were traded could only return to their parent team after a year.

But like all other clauses, it will not be used against the person who caused it, and Ilgauskas can still return to the Cavaliers.

This time, maybe it's really like what O'Neal said, they really don't know how they lost.

Hansen's outstanding performance finally earned him his first career honor in March, the Rookie of the Month.

Prior to this, the award had always belonged to Brandon Jennings of the Bucks.

Jennings scored 17 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists in his NBA debut, a near triple-double. He also scored 29 points in a single quarter and 55 points in a single game against the Warriors on Thanksgiving Day last year, both of which set NBA rookie records.

The trophy was cause for celebration, but what made Hansen happier was the training he and Jamison had.

With the assistance of Jamison and the experience of the game, his shooting technique has improved rapidly and the bottleneck of the "Giant Killer" can already be seen.

Two days later, the Cavaliers will face the Lakers for the second time this season.

The team is in good shape this time, and the players are naturally eager to try, hoping to avenge the previous defeat in the Christmas game.

On the morning of the match day, the players arrived at the locker room one after another, preparing for the final training of the match day.

However, just as he was about to stand up, Han Sen noticed that O'Neal's seat opposite him had been empty.

"Shaq hasn't been here?" Hansen turned his head in confusion. Cunningham shook his head. He hadn't seen O'Neal today either.

Today's training content includes tactical training and is not open to the public.

It was only after arriving at the training ground that Brown announced the news that O'Neal would miss the rest of the regular season due to a ruptured ulnar collateral ligament in his right hand, which would require surgery to repair. Whether he could catch up with the first round of the playoffs would depend on the situation.

This is directly bad news.

Han Sen was also a little confused.

He remembered that O'Neal did suffer some injuries when he was with the Cavaliers, but he didn't expect them to be so serious.

Not only will tonight's game against the Lakers be affected, but the Cavaliers' playoff journey will also be cast a shadow.

However, injuries are part of the season. Kobe had missed nearly a month due to a broken finger and did not even participate in the All-Star Game.

The intensity of 82 regular season games is a huge test for the players' physical health.

In the game that night, the Cavaliers successfully avenged the Lakers with a score of 102 to 87.

詹姆斯33分6板12助攻7失误2抢断，韩森23分4板3抢断，贾米森13分4板，莫·威廉姆斯11分5助攻。

科比虽然轰下35分10板8助攻，但是他33投仅11中，加索尔11分6板，阿泰斯特13分7板，拜纳姆和奥多姆加一块得到10分。

Although O'Neal was absent, the other players on the Lakers, especially the three tall players, performed very poorly.

In fact, it can be seen from the Christmas game that the Lakers have big problems this season.

The reason is very simple. If you compare the championship to a goddess, you will be crazy about her before you get her, but after you really get her, your enthusiasm will quickly cool down.

Kobe still maintains his passion because, like O'Neal, he wants to win more championships than O'Neal.

But others want higher status, more shots, and bigger contracts.

However, these cannot be achieved by the Lakers, whose lineup is basically solidified.

After the game and showering, Hansen and Cunningham visited O'Neal at home with some gifts.

O'Neal had surgery on his finger, and other than not being able to play basketball, it didn't have much impact on his life.

When he saw Han Sen, he looked no different from usual. He even stood up and hugged Han Sen with a smile.

"I watched the game, you kicked Kobe's ass hard, and that guy still doesn't understand that there is no i in team."

He still loves to diss Kobe.

"But there's me in it?" Han Sen said with a smile.

O'Neal was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.

"What did the doctor say?" Han Sen was concerned about O'Neal's injury.

Even though the Cavaliers won easily today, that was because the Lakers' three tall players didn't perform at all.

But they won't always be like this. Hansen remembers this year's finals as a milestone for Gasol to get rid of the "softie" label.

O'Neal's presence was very necessary at that time.

And this is assuming that the Cavaliers make it to the finals. If they meet the Magic later, the situation will be completely different with or without O'Neal.

“Probably until May.”

“That’s good news.”

May, which means it’s almost the second round of the playoffs.

According to the current Eastern Conference standings, the Magic are hot on the heels of the Cavaliers, and the two teams will meet in the Eastern Conference Finals.

So O'Neal even has one more series to get back on track.

However, Han Sen suddenly remembered something. It seemed that the Cavaliers did not make it to the Eastern Conference Finals this year?
He remembered that the Cavaliers during James 1.0 era played against the Magic once in the playoffs.

If it wasn't the Magic, it would have to be the loss to the Celtics in the semifinals.

So this good news may have to be taken with a pinch of salt.

"Don't worry, even if I haven't recovered by then, I can still play with one hand." O'Neal said as he showed off the muscles of his left hand.

This made Hansen laugh. Did O'Neal want to become Emperor Oden? But this is not the NCAA.

However, O'Neal's fighting spirit can be felt from his words. 5>4, this year it depends on who is the 5 between him and Kobe.

If the Cavaliers can really make the finals with the Lakers and O'Neal has a new spring, he won't be surprised at all.

After chatting for a while, Hansen told O'Neal to take good care of his injury and then stood up to leave.

"You don't have to bring me these gifts." O'Neill only then noticed that Hansen and the others had left something at the door.

His career salary is close to 300 million, more than 100 million after tax deduction, not to mention his investments and endorsements.

Although not as high as Jordan, they are already among the highest-earning group in NBA history. Otherwise, why would he just give Han Sen a 40 yuan car?

In other words, no matter how expensive the gift Han Sen gave, it would eventually gather dust in the basement.

"It's the custom of Dongda people. Just treat it as if you can't go out to recuperate, so you ordered a takeout." Han Sen said with a smile.

O'Neill laughed out loud at Hansen's humor.

The reason why these two people were able to get along so well was not only because of their interests but also because of their personalities.

After returning from O'Neal's house, Hansen did not go home directly, but returned to the stadium and contacted the team doctor.

After playing against the Lakers, he felt some soreness in his knee.

The diagnosis given by the team doctor was the same as last time, but his tone was more serious than last time, and he even expressed concern.

Because Han Sen's training intensity has not only returned to its previous level, but he is also making more breakthrough attacks both in training and on the court.

In addition, as the season entered the second half, Hansen's physical endurance was approaching its limit.

He was worried that if Han Sen continued to fight like this, he would probably get injured due to physical fatigue.

Hansen's previous experience gave him full trust in the team doctor, so he was willing to listen to the doctor's advice again.

But this time, the team doctor's advice made him feel a little embarrassed.

Because in addition to reducing the amount of training again, the team doctor also asked him to reduce breakthroughs in the game, especially the instantaneous breakthroughs like the phantom step, which caused too much damage to the knees.

He can lose weight during training, but if he really does that during a competition, wouldn't that be destroying his own skills?

You have to know that he doesn't have many offensive methods now. The reduction in breakthroughs is equivalent to going back to 3D, and all his previous efforts will be wasted.

And how was he going to tell Brown? He said, "I'm afraid of getting injured, so you canceled all the tactics you arranged for me?"

That's totally unrealistic!
He then thought of Grover.

It’s not that I regret not listening to Grover’s advice, but that I’m facing the same situation as before.

If he had listened to Grover at the beginning, he would not have been able to excel so quickly in the Cavaliers, he would not have gained a lot of black fans later, and he would not have had his current status in the team.

This may seem like a multiple-choice question, but in fact there is no choice.

However, he still chose to follow some of the team doctor's advice and reduce his training volume, even though he was now breaking through the bottleneck of the [Giant Killer].

But it's better to go slower than to get injured and miss the game.

……

Time flies and it’s half a month later. There are only about ten days left until the end of the season.

It was during the game against the Bulls that he collided with Noah during a full-force breakthrough and left the game with a sprained ankle.

After all, reality is not fiction. Han Sen is not immune to injuries like the protagonist in the novel.

In fact, as a yellow man with a relatively high injury rate, the fact that he was able to hold on until this stage before getting injured is the result of his reasonable planning and his listening to the team doctor's advice.

But playing at the risk of injury means the possibility of getting injured.

Post-match tests showed that Hansen was lucky enough not to have any fractures or torn ligaments, which meant he only needed to rest for 2 to 3 weeks before returning.

Moreover, after this injury, his knee, which had originally not gotten any rest, now automatically got some rest.

So this can be considered good news in a sense.

But the bad news is that being injured at this time not only means that he will miss the Cavaliers' last week of games, but also the Cavaliers' first round games.

That's right, he went to accompany O'Neal.

(End of this chapter)