Hansen wouldn’t say it, but he needed to achieve this too.
"You put on an extre personal show tonight, if you were to score yourself, how many points would you give?"
The classic scoring segnt, usually marked by Hansen’s 11 out of 10, took an unexpected turn this ti.
"This is not a victory of my own, no one can win a ga single-handedly, without TT’s offensive rebounds, without JR’s three-pointers, without Matthew’s aggressive plays, without everyone on the team giving their all, we wouldn’t have won this ga."
Hansen wasn’t just speaking for his teammates, because, obviously, Jordan’s unsuccessful years weren’t because he wasn’t good enough. Basketball is a team sport, and success is the result of everyone’s effort.
"Playoff 64 points, Hansen surpasses Jordan to beco the number one in history."
"Turning the impossible into possible, the greatest in history will change from number 23 to number 77."
"The two most important days in a man’s life, the reason Lue beca the highest-paid assistant coach in history."
After the Eastern Conference Finals, a flurry of news reports sward in.
Fans had thought Hansen’s performance in the first round against the Bulls was crazy enough; who would have thought that he would deliver an even more insane series.
Still with four 40 gas, but two of those were 50 points, one even breaking Jordan’s scoring record.
This was the ultimate personal show, deserving of the description "unprecedented, no one to co after."
No, there might still be soone to co after, and that might be Hansen himself.
Upon ending the Eastern Conference Finals and returning to Cleveland, a massive crowd of Cleveland fans gathered at the airport, welcoming their team like heroes.
When Hansen appeared, the scene went into madness.
People even started chanting "Emperor."
Despite Hansen having said previously he didn’t like that nickna, it didn’t stop fans from using it to express their excitent.
In just one year, Hansen had made people forget the person who had been there for seven years.
Because compared to that self-proclaid emperor, Hansen was the true basketball emperor who could lead them to success.
And this scene was extensively covered by major dia outlets.
Even the officials released a poster of Hansen’s ga-winning shot imdiately, with the caption: The true emperor.
Silva clearly didn’t want to see this result, but he had done everything he could, yet still couldn’t stop Hansen.
At this ti, one really could feel as if it were destiny.
When the overwhelming news coverage swept in, so celebrated wildly, naturally, there were also those who were devastated.
Jas was nearly suffocating.
After enduring a season of humiliation, he not only failed to make it to the finals, but now, even the nickna he cared about most was being stripped away.
Even social dia was joking that fans of East University were teasing that Jas was the Little Emperor, while Hansen was the Emperor—no conflict there.
He couldn’t imagine what the scene would be like if Hansen truly brought a championship to Cleveland.
It wouldn’t just be Hansen’s triumph, but also a negation of his career with the Cavaliers.
And now, having been defeated and wandering, yet unable to achieve success, only his ti with the Cavaliers remained worth ntioning.
No, he absolutely couldn’t let that happen!
He called Rich Paul and asked him to bring that new drug he had once scoffed at.
Next season, he would transform!
While the coverage of Hansen’s performance in the Eastern Conference continued, the League also began to promote the upcoming Finals.
It was at this ti that people finally realized, the three super teams Nike had built last sumr, were all blocked from the finals!
Curry, holding his nearly finished copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, finally understood what Hansen had said:
The finals will be an internal war between two UA teams!
This match, which no one had imagined at the beginning of the season, was truly about to happen.
However, the comparison between the two teams was also stark.
The Warriors’ offensive and defensive efficiency values were both second in the league, they had two all-stars, two all-NBA teams, two defensive teams, and the deepest roster in the league.
The earlier skepticism about the Warriors had mostly dissipated after they defeated the Lakers.
Even Barkley and O’Neal had since conceded, acknowledging the Warriors as the best team of the season.
Even the Cavaliers were facing a situation more difficult than when they had faced the Heat.
Because Irving couldn’t play in the finals.
Hansen might score 64 points in one ga, but could he do it in every ga?
It looked like, for the Cavaliers, not just winning the championship, but winning even one ga seed far-fetched.
But because of Hansen, by the ti of the finals, no one would say that anymore.
Having finished the Eastern Conference Finals, Hansen had beco that person who could turn the impossible into possible.
Ga 1 of the finals took place at Oracle Arena.
The progress of this ga shocked everyone.
Theoretically, especially after the huge effort in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Cavaliers, facing a stronger Warriors team in G1, were likely to face a rout.
But in practice, morale is sothing that carries on.
And the Warriors clearly weren’t ntally prepared for that.
The teams were locked in a tight contest throughout the ga.
It was only in the fourth quarter that the Cavaliers, due to a decline in physical strength, finally succumbed.
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