Basketball's No. 1 Anti-Fan

Chapter 46 Love but not getting it

Redick was definitely the most miserable one tonight. After suffering the humiliation of being kicked in the crotch and choosing to endure it, Hansen had no intention of letting him go.

In the next round, Hansen forced Redick to stop the ball and then stole the ball. Redick wanted to protect the ball, but he failed to protect it and was directly dragged to the ground.

Han Sen looked like he was going to eat Redick alive.

Fortunately, the late whistle saved Redick's life and the referee blew the whistle for a foul.

There was a burst of boos from the audience. Han Sen had already controlled the ball and was about to make a fast break when the referee's whistle sounded.

But behind the boos was their love for the newcomer Han Sen.

They don't know about the grudges on the court, they just think that the rookie selected by the team this year plays with great fighting spirit.

In fact, it's not just the fans who are affected by this.

Hansen beat Redick in a jump, and the Cavaliers also won the last attack opportunity in the first quarter.

West once again called for a three-pointer from the second position.

Hansen came out with the help of a screen, but this time Redick pushed his way through and held his defensive position.

Redick was the 2006th pick selected by the Magic in 11. As a lottery pick, he has never performed to match his draft position.

Last season was his peak season, but his average points per game was only 6 points. This season is his contract year. After being humiliated like this in the first game, he is afraid that he will be unemployed in the NBA soon.

So he has to show improvement, even in defense, which is not his strong point.

Hansen simply ignored Redick, caught the ball, jumped, and shot a three-pointer.

After running on the court for a while, especially after two consecutive dunks, he felt his hands were warming up.

Seeing this, Redick jumped up to interfere.

However, due to the difference in height and physical talent, coupled with the Cavaliers' usual three-point training method, this level of interference was useless to Hansen.

"Shh!"

With a crisp sound, Hansen hit the first three-pointer of his career (excluding preseason games).

At the same time, Han Sen's data for the night was displayed on the large LED screen on site.

出场2分58秒，4投3中，7分。

The scoring efficiency is explosive.

After scoring the goal, Hansen stretched out his hand to make a three-point celebration gesture, and after turning around, he shouted to the Magic bench:

"Did you send anyone to guard me? Did you really send anyone to guard me?"

It was fun to play basketball, but the number of haters cannot be reduced.

The Magic players' faces changed drastically, especially Van Gundy, whose face turned green on the spot.

How dare a rookie be so arrogant!
Looking at the increasing number of black fans in the system, Han Sen spread his hands towards the Magic team's bench with satisfaction.

The Magic's final attack failed to score, and the score of the first quarter was fixed at 28 to 31.

With the 7 points scored by Hansen at the end of the quarter, the Cavaliers have turned the unfavorable situation around.

"You're telling me this guy is a rookie?"

"They traded for a guy like this for just JJ Hickson? This is definitely their most successful trade in the past decade!"

The official commentators tonight are TNT's golden duo Barkley and Kenny Smith, and Barkley has already started to blow the horn.

Although more than half a year had passed, he was still deeply impressed when Hansen crowned himself the top scorer in the NCAA and recommended himself to him.

When Han Sen left the court, Ma Long secretly gave him a thumbs up.

Just as Han Sen thought, Malone strongly supported Han Sen's starting role, because Han Sen is highly adaptable whether paired with James or O'Neal.

But in the end, James's wishes decided everything.

But now, Han Sen's performance was really too impressive, even better than he had imagined.

After the second quarter, both sides made substitutions. Carter replaced Redick on the Magic side, and O'Neal and Cunningham replaced Varejao and Ilgauskas on the Cavaliers side.

It was impossible for Brown to go against James's will, but he actually had no prejudice against Hansen.

After all, no defensive coach would dislike a player who is good at defense.

Moreover, during the preseason, Hansen and O'Neal had a very good chemistry, so he replaced O'Neal earlier in the first quarter so that the two could be on the court together during this period.

The Cavaliers had the ball, West passed it to O'Neal in the paint, O'Neal backed up Gortat and then turned around to score on the rebound.

The Magic did not double-team O'Neal in this round, not because they didn't want to, but because they couldn't.

Except for O'Neal, three of the remaining four players on the Cavaliers have stable outside shooting. The only unstable one, Moon, was placed in the weak side corner. It was impossible for Pietrus to cross the entire half court to help defend.

After scoring the goal, O'Neal smiled and pointed at West, looking so happy.

This was definitely the most enjoyable shot he had played since joining the Cavaliers.

After he scored this goal, the Cavaliers had narrowed the gap to 1 point.

……

FedEx Center, Memphis.

Wallace was discussing Iverson's issue with his assistant.

Signing Iverson was an important summer acquisition for the team. Coupled with the fact that they traded for Zach Randolph from the Clippers, the Grizzlies are aiming for the playoffs this season.

But Iverson insisted on starting, which made it difficult for them.

"It seems like the Cavaliers have a game tonight?" Wallace suddenly remembered something.

The assistant nodded.

Upon hearing this, Wallace put down the work in his hands, asked his assistant to go ahead with his work, and turned on his computer to watch the live broadcast.

... "Boy, you are too arrogant."

In the Magic's turn, Carter held the ball with one hand and faced Hansen with a lecturing tone.

Han Sen just trash-talked the entire Magic bench. He really deserved a beating.

"I've been very restrained." Han Sen replied with a smile.

There are only a few people on the Magic bench. If he had not had the opportunity to appear at the press conference, he would not have cared about that little bit of black fans.

Carter's face turned dark instantly. He had been on the court for so many years and had seen all kinds of scenes, but he had never seen such an arrogant newcomer.

He must teach Han Sen a lesson tonight!

He held out his hand and motioned to pull it open.

The Magic traded for Carter to solve the problem of his one-on-one ability from the outside. When he waved his hand, the player on the strong side immediately slid to the baseline to clear the strong side, giving him enough space for one-on-one play.

Han Sen's expression was calm.

If the opponent now is Kobe, Wade, or even Durant, he should still feel a little pressure.

But Carter during this period was not really in that range.

Although he was once the league's face, Carter has fallen from a superstar to an All-Star since being tripped by Bowen several times. His explosiveness has further declined as he got older, and he has degenerated into a second-tier star who relies on outside shooting. Otherwise, he would not have been sold by the Nets.

Of course, psychologically despising Carter does not mean that Hansen despises him in action.

On the contrary, after exchanging trash talk with Carter, he showed great concentration.

Beating Redick is nothing, any player with a little bit of ability can do it, but if he can gain the upper hand in the matchup with Carter, he will not only win the recognition of the Cavaliers coaching staff, but also the recognition of more than 20,000 Cleveland fans at the scene.

If you want to be hacked, you must first become famous.

Carter passed the ball and Hansen chose to press forward directly.

Carter has the fewest offensive means among the "four great shooting guards". He has little threat from behind and is unstable from mid-range. He is better at breakthroughs and three-pointers.

Now that his explosiveness has declined, Han Sen's defensive focus is on his three-point shooting.

Carter chose to break through on the right.

His first step is very big, which is also his killer move for breakthrough.

However, Han Sen was not shaken off by him. Although he was close to him, Han Sen had already prepared for a side slide, and his lateral movement was also able to keep up.

Carter failed to gain position in the first step, and his subsequent breakthrough threat suddenly declined.

Seeing that he couldn't get rid of it, he simply chose to step back and shoot from mid-range.

Carter's ball control is underestimated, and this time he successfully created space for shooting.

But Han Sen reacted quickly, jumping up almost at the same time as he did, providing strong interference.

"when!"

Carter's shot hit the rim.

However, the ball bounced straight into Gortat's hands. After Gortat grabbed the rebound, he passed it to Williams who returned to the outside, and the ball was still in the Magic's hands.

"You can try again." Han Sen gave Carter a friendly reminder.

Carter's blood rushed directly to his forehead.

Han Sen didn't take him seriously at all!
He leaned his back against Han Sen and gestured, "Ball here."

This time Carter chose to play one-on-one with his back to the basket.

He wanted to bully Han Sen with his body.

But he soon discovered that Han Sen's resistance was much stronger than it seemed.

As a result, after two strikes, he not only failed to go deeper, but was pushed out by Han Sen instead.

Whistles of encouragement had already begun to be heard at the scene.

Carter finally chose to step back and jump shot at the free throw line.

Han Sen successfully predicted his move and rushed forward in advance.

After Carter made the move, he had no way back and tried to use his powerful air retention to complete a long fadeaway shot.

But Han Sen's timing was too good. He completed the shot before his body fell, but the ball was touched by Han Sen's fingertips on the way up.

This ball was blocked!

The basketball seemed to go soft instantly after being touched, and it missed all three shots.

The whistles at the scene instantly turned into explosive cheers.

In one round, he successfully defended the ball twice and blocked it in the end.

Han Sen crushed all of Carter's remaining reputation!

……

Looking at Hansen, whose presence was fully felt in the live broadcast, Wallace was excited and moved.

First showing offense, then defense, Han Sen's performance was fully worthy of the efforts he made in the draft.

In fact, after this year's summer league, he contacted Ferry again and raised the stakes to try to trade Hansen.

But because Hansen was specifically requested by James, Ferry ultimately did not agree to his offer.

Now that Hansen’s debut performance is so dazzling, it is even less likely that the Cavaliers will trade him.

This is really... love that cannot be obtained!

(End of this chapter)