In front of Spoelstra’s face, Hansen ran pick and roll with Guy once more.
Jas was sent again to face Hansen.
The jeering from the crowd grew louder.
This ti, Jas played tighter defense, and Hansen abruptly cut to the right.
However, he did not break through imdiately but quickly pulled back under his legs.
Because Jas was too close, and Hansen’s change of direction was both large and fast, it made Jas look as if he were being dragged along.
Then with a large change of direction, Hansen directly crossed him.
This move sowhat made a mockery of Jas.
Frustrated, Jas grabbed Hansen’s off-hand.
Since it was a significant move, the referee could not ignore it.
As the referee blew the whistle, Hansen did not stop his offensive action and continued to carry out the shot with his right hand.
Unexpectedly, his floater was too good, and with a bit of luck, the ball actually went in!
The crowd instantly erupted into cheers.
Hansen was amused as well.
Everyone has their monts of brilliance!
Turning around to see Jas frozen in place, he opened with a smile, "Keep it up, you almost stopped !"
See, as a forr teammate and Jas’s "good brother," Hansen was still primarily encouraging.
Jas didn’t react, much like he showed during the regular season, as long as he adopts the "I’m not listening" approach, he could ignore most trash talk.
Seeing this, Hansen didn’t go straight to the free-throw line but walked to the sideline first, suggesting to Spoelstra,
"You sure you don’t want to sub him out for a rest?"
It was genuinely a reminder, since in basketball you can only substitute players during dead balls.
Jas’s expression finally changed.
This was the trash talk Hansen used to spray at Pierce when he was still with the Cavaliers!
Hansen stepped up to the free-throw line.
The cara shifted to Jas, and ESPN depicted those so-called "Death’s Eyes" anew.
Hansen’s additional free throw went in, a personal run of 5 points, and the score was now 10-18.
The gap was nearly reaching double digits.
Jas took the ball in the frontcourt and signaled for everyone to clear out.
It looked like he was setting up to unleash a massive performance, like that in Ga 6 against the Celtics!
Once his teammates cleared out, he dribbled to a spot two ters away from the three-point line and began to sprint.
It was difficult to play against Hansen, but he was still confident against Guy.
Guy didn’t think much and directly confronted him.
As Jas started his drive, he began to show his improved skills, attempting a wide spin after getting close to Guy.
The idea was good, as Guy couldn’t react in ti.
However, the problem was Jas’s turning and ball-handling weren’t that good; he overran it, and during the turn, he flung the ball out of bounds like it was a discus...
The arena imdiately burst into laughter.
So much for the legendary "Death’s Eyes," huh!
And the laughter soon turned into more jeering,
As Hansen signaled to Guy again to co up for a pick and roll.
You see as a good brother, but I just want to beat you!
This ti, Jas tried to push Wade forward, but Guy used his brute brain to block Wade effectively this ti.
The result was Wade couldn’t get through, Jas didn’t want to go through, and Hansen ended up open with the ball.
These free points, Hansen naturally wouldn’t decline and casually scored two more.
10-20.
Hansen made a personal 7-0 run, pushing the gap straight into double digits!
Like the initial encounter during the regular season, Hansen was relentlessly exploiting Jas.
Spoelstra called a tiout.
He regretted it because he really couldn’t substitute during a live ball.
Right after the tiout call, Jas, with a look of exasperation, gestured to Wade.
The gesture ant Wade should have fought over the pick and roll instead of letting him switch since he had already failed defensively twice.
Hansen couldn’t contain himself.
Scared to defend, either missing threes or throwing turnovers in offense, and after playing nearly ten minutes, he still hadn’t scored.
He couldn’t resist walking up, and curiously asked Jas, "Brother, what do you do for a living?"
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