"Actually, not only the players on the field, but Hollins didn’t understand either."
Moreover, the ga had just started, so it wasn’t suitable for him to call a tiout. He could only have Johnson substitute in.
Johnson’s low post offensive ability was negligible, so now the Grizzlies had to rely entirely on Conley’s command.
Free throws were being executed on the court, Hansen took the penalty for Randolph. During this period, the technical foul resulted in two free throws and one throw-in, followed by the Cavaliers executing four free throws.
After both sides had taken all their shots, the score on the court was 3 to 5, with the Cavaliers leading, and they still retained possession of the ball.
Williams drove with the ball; under Conley’s defense, it veered off the basket, but Varejao and Jamison kept tipping it under the basket, eventually Jamison tipped the ball in.
Randolph’s unexpected departure not only caught the Grizzlies off guard, but it also boosted the Cavaliers’ morale.
Randolph’s importance went without saying—they went from having no chance to having an opportunity, and the players’ ntality translated into drastically different actions on the court.
Conley played a pick-and-roll with Little Gasol upfront, and Little Gasol’s layup was fiercely blocked by Varejao.
The Cavaliers launched a fast break, Williams caught the ball and soared for a layup to score.
to 7.
The Cavaliers seized control of the ga from the start.
"Defense! Defense!"
The ho crowd started to switch sides, cheering for their team.
Although they supported Hansen, as Cavaliers’ fans, who wouldn’t want their team to win?
After reaching the front court, Hansen started signaling tactical plays to Conley.
Johnson set a screen on the weak side, and Hansen used the "Conningham screen" to run.
However, the Cavaliers were very familiar with this tactic. After catching the ball, Hansen faced up against the help defender Jamison.
Jamison stuck close, and Hansen imdiately drove left, accelerating past him.
As a forr teammate, Jamison knew he couldn’t keep up with Hansen, so he intentionally coordinated with Varejao inside for a pincer attack.
But he quickly realized sothing was wrong. Before Vallejo could fall back to the basket, Hansen had already broken through underneath and scored with a rapid right-handed layup.
Jamison looked stunned. How had Hansen gotten so much faster?
Yet, while retreating, Hansen winked at him.
At this mont, cheers erupted from the Cavaliers’ fans.
Just one round later, Hansen had pulled back the defectors among the fans.
In doing so, he also stabilized the Grizzlies’ formation on the court.
The ball started coming into ao’s hands for the Cavaliers.
As a key player being grood by the Cavaliers, this forr top high school player in Arica needed to step up in monts like this.
Hansen hadn’t faced off against ao but was familiar with him, as Wallace had used ao as a "benchmark" during his tryout with the Grizzlies.
ao was full of confidence. During the tryout, Hansen was not enough of a match for him.
He initiated a drive, but Hansen was faster than he had anticipated.
By the ti he took a shot from the three-second zone, Hansen was there with strong interference, causing his shot to miss completely.
Compared to their tryout years ago, ao’s skills had stagnated, but Hansen had dramatically improved.
Especially under Grover’s training where "Steel Bones" was perfected, he clearly surpassed his opponent in strength.
Little Gasol picked up the defensive rebound, turned, and saw Hansen, who had just interfered, sprinting past the free-throw line the next second.
He hastily threw the ball out, and Hansen, after catching it, charged down the court, pushing past Williams who was chasing and scored.
Cleveland’s fast-break expert delivered again!
Cheers filled Quicken Loans Arena once more.
When Randolph was present, the Grizzlies’ offense revolved around the inside ga.
With Randolph’s exit, it directly triggered Hansen!
Cavaliers’ general manager Grant was present tonight, sitting in the middle of the auditorium. Hearing the continuous cheers around him, he furrowed his brows.
He didn’t know how the reporters would cover tonight’s ga!
It was preposterous beyond belief.
After Hansen scored four points, the Grizzlies also started to regain their defensive montum.
The Cavaliers launched two aggressive plays in a row and failed to create any opportunities.
Although Johnson lacked Randolph’s strength in offense and defense, his mobility on the defensive end was outstanding.
In the end, the Cavaliers still passed the ball to ao for the conclusion.
ao, facing Hansen’s defense, forced a driving jump shot. This ti Hansen didn’t heavily interfere but tid it...
"Bang!"
Directly, like a volleyball spike, he slamd the ball out of the court!
In terms of scoring, ao had outscored Hansen this season, but after two head-to-head rounds, just as when Hansen faced Jas, the theory of data shattered into pieces.
The Cavaliers ca away empty-handed, and looking back, Conley continued to pass the ball to Hansen.
Trying all ans to get the ball to the hottest hand on the floor is essentially what a classic point guard does best.
Hansen was mismatched against Jamison again.
This ti, Jamison anticipated Hansen’s change of direction, but in the end, he could only watch as Hansen blew past him on his right.
The imagery of both wearing helts and fishing together flashed by—today, Cleveland wasn’t going to have a dual authority.
Varejao stepped back into the basket with both hands up; Hansen saw his movent but didn’t stop, leaping high with the ball in both hands.
"Bang!"
There was physical contact between the two, but as Randolph described, Varejao was just soft, or maybe he was already accustod to it, and he simply went down to the ground.
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