Suddenly, Jefferson beca the most embarrassed man on the court, completely toyed with by Hansen.
He desperately tried to catch up to Hansen, but Hansen thwarted him with a rear bump and then, facing the assisting defense from Duncan, Hansen made a lob shot.
It wasn’t just Parker who could make lob shots, Hansen’s release point was even higher.
Plantar fasciitis acted like a suction cup, anchoring Duncan’s feet firmly to the ground.
Hansen’s lob shot flew over Duncan towards the basket.
"Swish!"
Once again, a clean swoosh through the net!
Before Hansen could get excited, Randolph was already ecstatic.
He excitedly ran over to Hansen and patted his head.
Duncan stared at Randolph with widened eyes, as if he had lost sothing.
Anyway, now everyone knew that after a 20-minute mid-ga adjustnt, Hansen had found his touch.
For the people of San Antonio, there couldn’t be worse news.
No, even worse, the people from mphis realized it too!
Hansen finding his touch ant they were getting back to the comfortable rhythm of Ga 1?
The Grizzlies’ defensive intensity on the court noticeably increased.
Manu Ginobili’s next drive to the basket was bluntly blocked by Little Gasol.
This ti, Hansen initiated a fast break very quickly, feeling sowhat excited after regaining his touch.
After controlling the rebound, Little Gasol imdiately hurled a long pass from the backcourt, and Hansen caught the ball and charged forward.
Parker chased him relentlessly from behind.
Hansen positioned himself well, not letting Parker overtake, and then accelerated a second ti once he reached the frontcourt.
Knowing he couldn’t guard Hansen, Parker could only attempt a steal.
But Hansen was ready for him, leaping up the mont Parker reached out and raising the ball high with his left hand while dodging.
The crowd erupted into noise.
Hansen’s jump height on this play was significant.
Then, the noise turned into gasps of amazent.
Because after jumping, Hansen stuffed the ball under his legs!
This was... a dunk between the legs!
"Boom!"
After Hansen switched the ball to his right hand and slamd it hard into the basket, AT&T Center fell into a dead silence again.
Hansen, though stifled by a cold hand in the first half, had broken free in the second half.
At this mont, Spurs fans recalled that Hansen was capable of hamring 40 over their heads!
Landing, Hansen took a deep breath, feeling refreshed and exhilarated.
In fact, he had wanted to try an under-the-legs dunk during the match against the Heat.
However, because it required switching hands, it was one of the more difficult dunks in actual gas.
Back then, he didn’t have the capability, but now he finally could perform it, and it was at the place he most wanted to do it.
"Spurs fans, I am very fired up!"
Seeing that the venue was still quiet, he waved his hands, signaling the crowd to make so noise.
Then the crowd couldn’t hold back anymore.
This was San Antonio, not mphis!
Suddenly, a wave of boos rolled through the venue.
But these boos were sparse, clearly, after Hansen’s showy dunk, the ho crowd’s morale had plumted.
The Grizzlies eventually scored a 30 to 17 rout in the third quarter and led by 15 points by the end of it.
For two teams that predominantly played a positional ga, this gap essentially ant the final quarter was garbage ti.
Unexpectedly, the main players of the Grizzlies didn’t just watch from the sidelines in the last quarter but continued playing until the last two minutes.
Popovich’s assertion to "beat the shit out of the Grizzlies" certainly wasn’t heard by them, but they had other reasons to act that way.
The ho crowd was furious but powerless; after all, the NBA has never prohibited laying into opponents ruthlessly.
Eventually, the Grizzlies triumphed over the Spurs in an away ga with a score of 108 to 83, leading the series 2-0.
Moreover, and more crucially, the Spurs had lost both gas at ho, making a series turnaround extrely difficult.
Just as Hansen had thought, after the gripping Ga 7 against the Thunders, the Grizzlies had undergone a transformation.
After the ga, the teams conducted the post-match handshake.
It was then that Duncan, holding Hansen, offered words of encouragent.
Duncan and his style are the sa, modest and low-key, and he is also good to his juniors.
That year, his words to Jas, "The future is yours," also ca from the heart.
Of course, it later beca a famous , but that’s another story.
Their exchange was also displayed on the LED screen by the photographer.
Barkley was also at the comntary saying classic phrases like "passing the torch."
But just then, from quiet to loud, a familiar chant began to rise in the venue.
"F*ck Hansen!"
This was the third ti tonight this chant had erupted, but this ti it was clearly different.
Hansen had experienced a similar scene when he was with the Cavaliers; back then, Cleveland fans shouted at the Celtics, "Who is your daddy."
Although the situations were different, the essence was the release of emotions.
After getting thrashed by the Grizzlies, they could only express their feelings this way.
After finishing the handshake ceremony, as the chant still hadn’t stopped, Hansen also rose to the bait.
He didn’t imdiately follow his teammates to leave the venue, but instead turned around, smiling, placed his left hand behind him, and with his right hand fluttered like a flower in front of his chest before he elegantly bowed to the Holy City fans in the venue.
After standing up, Hansen left the arena without looking back, leaving only the relentless chants behind him.
At the post-ga press conference, Hansen and Randolph appeared together.
Hansen beca the primary subject the reporters wanted to question.
"Your shooting was off in the first half, but you found your rhythm in the second half. What happened?"
"Maybe because I changed the fra?"
Hansen’s comnt drew laughter from the crowd; he was as humorous as always.
"You made a face-to-face block on TD during the ga. How did you manage that?"
"I know TD has been troubled by plantar fasciitis this season. Although he hasn’t ntioned it like others, I hope he gets better so I can really block him."
The reporters were surprised by the first half of his answer, but the second half brought them back to familiar territory.
"Tonight, it seed that the fans made so not so favorable noises at you. Do you have anything to say?"
"What can I say? Goodnight, San Antonio."
Social dia was destined to be lively that night.
"F*ck Hansen" surged onto the hot search, a rare occurrence to see venue fans treating a star with such "enthusiasm."
Perhaps it only traced back to Jordan’s rivals.
And Hansen’s mockingly full bow also turned that into a viral .
It didn’t buy Hansen much animosity, but it did bring a lot of new fans to his social dia overnight.
If the Celtics were said to have the most rivals in the league, then the Spurs followed closely.
And Hansen happened to be the unique existence that can break both Celtics and Spurs fans’ defenses.
Such a player, charisma maxed out.
Of course, the lively nature of social dia tonight wasn’t just because of "F*ck Hansen," although Hansen was sowhat related.
Because in the ga that ended the sa night, the Mavericks overturned the Lakers with a score of 32 to 20 in the final quarter and won 98 to 92.
Thereby, they had already taken a commanding lead of 3-0.
Hansen might not believe it if he said it, but at this point, the dia and Kobe fans really thought the Lakers could turn around a 4-3.
This thing he thought was just a really happened before his eyes.
It just shows, this creature called human chooses to believe what they want to believe.
Of course, Hansen wouldn’t miss such an opportunity. Already at the center of public opinion, he posted on his social dia that night:
"I bet the Lakers will be swept 0-4, $500,000, anyone want to bet?"
Kobe fans really gritted their teeth seeing this pleasure-seeking post.
And indeed, so actually wanted to bet with him.
Even Hollywood gastar and first Kobe fan, Nicholson, stepped up to the challenge.
This also made his social dia post break into new circles.
It looks like after the Lakers finish, he might gather quite a bit of animosity.
By now, his animosity count had already accumulated to over 500,000.
With this montum, he might genuinely exchange it for a First Gear of control or passing talent this sumr.
G2 ended, and there were two rest days in between.
And during these two days, sothing more interesting happened.
At the ti of the mayoral election in San Antonio, soone cast a vote for Hansen!
This ballot with its parody effect also gave Hansen another new identity: Mayor of Sacred City, F*ck Hansen.
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