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The No.1 Anti-Fans in Basketball-Chapter 590 - 289 "We Are Very Close Now
Chapter 590: Chapter 289 "We Are Very Close Now
"This is the greatest scoring performance!" Barkley couldn’t sit still anymore.
He knew Hansen would score 60 points, but he never thought Hansen would actually break Jordan’s record.
Moreover, the Cavaliers now looked like they were going to win tonight’s game.
No, to win this series!
When you lose a game, no matter how high the score, no matter how spectacular the performance, people still call it stat-padding.
Even like Elgin Baylor’s 61 points game, even though they won, but since they didn’t win the series in the end, it would still be called a data brush. freёweɓnovel_com
But now, Hansen and his Cavaliers were very close.
There were only 12 seconds left in the game, and the Heat Team still had the last chance for a buzzer-beater.
Spoelstra called a final timeout at this moment.
A considerable number of fans had already started praying.
Actually, even if the Heat Team didn’t win the championship this year, they could still pick themselves up and push for another season.
But if they lost to this Cavaliers team in the conference finals, they really didn’t know how to accept such a result.
It was a brief timeout, but it felt as long as a century.
After the timeout, the players from both teams came back onto the court.
The Cavaliers made a very specific adjustment, Garnett subbed out Williams at the last moment, making the team’s lineup suddenly larger.
This tactical change caught Spoelstra off guard.
However, the Heat Team had also run out of timeouts at that point.
During the frontcourt inbound, the Heat Team’s first wave of tactics was to initiate with a pick and roll and double screen, but Durant was stuck by Hansen, and Big Gasol on the sideline couldn’t pass him the ball.
Wade finally got the ball, he wanted to pass back to Durant but Hansen’s lateral movement made him think twice about taking the risk.
Clearly, Spoelstra’s tactic arranged during the timeout had failed.
It was at this moment that Big Gasol reacted swiftly, he charged into the paint, setting up a pick-and-roll wall for Wade on the other side.
Wade, an experienced player, quickly took advantage of the screen and seized the opportunity to attack the basket.
Malone subbed in Garnett to enhance rebounding and interior protection since they had just lost a defensive rebound which resulted in a foul call, and no one knew if the referee would make a similar call a second time.
But this also exposed a weakness that the experienced Wade and Big Gasol could exploit.
Wade swiftly drove past Garnett towards the lane, and then made a high-arcing shot just before the buzzer sounded.
The hearts of the people in the stands soared with the ball.
Miami’s hero, the man who brought the first championship to this city, he was about to turn the tide again!
However, their hearts sank just as quickly.
Because at the moment Wade jumped, that familiar silhouette had anticipated the Heat Team’s choice and had already retreated to the interior in advance.
When the ball reached its peak, Hansen’s hand had already hooked the basketball.
With an action akin to catching the moon, Hansen directly snatched Wade’s shot right from the air.
The Miami people’s last hope was taken away once again by the very man who had continuously defeated them!
"Doot!"
The final buzzer also sounded at this moment.
The Cavaliers had won.
Even without being favored by anyone, even with Irving out for the season, they still won!
"This is the greatest victory!" This time it was O’Neal’s turn to be unable to sit still, his buttocks lifting from his seat again, as if he still saw himself as a part of the Cavaliers.
And the Cavaliers players on the court had already started rushing onto the field, surrounding Hansen and shouting wildly.
Although it wasn’t the championship, such a victory was unprecedentedly inspiring for them.
Keep in mind, this was the first time most of them had made it to the playoffs!
For veterans like Williams and Conningham, the result meant even more.
They had proven with a counterexample that the Cavaliers’ failure to make the finals in those years was not because of them, the role players, but because James wasn’t good enough.
The cameras were immediately focused on Hansen.
With a 64-point magnificent performance, Hansen had shown everyone in action that he was the ruler of this era.
Even if you threw him into a team that had never succeeded, a roster that clearly wasn’t good enough, he could still lead everyone to the finals.
It was unprecedented, a real shock.
The Heat Team hurriedly ended their handshakes and left the court, for there wasn’t much time left for them.
Hansen also headed straight for the locker room after the handshakes.
He was feeling somewhat drained now and needed to recuperate in the dressing room.
In the post-game press conference, Hansen and Malone appeared together.
"I wasn’t focusing on any scoring records during the game; I just wanted to make every shot and help the team win this series,"
The matter of breaking records was a must-ask question for reporters, yet Hansen did not pay much attention to it.
After all, he wasn’t even too concerned about the MVP, let alone scoring records.
Moreover, in such circumstances, he wouldn’t have had the energy to focus on that.
"But I’m feeling pretty good right now, winning and being able to break the record is a happy thing in itself,"
Think about it, breaking Jordan’s record, that’s even more exciting.
Because surpassing Jordan is a multidimensional feat, which is why James emphasizes being first in all lists in "history."
In fact, even when James was nearing retirement age, most of those lists were still dominated by Jordan.
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