The Pelicans’ offense, Jas continues to play pick-and-roll with Davis.
This ti TT collapsed early to the basket, and Davis’ cut did not directly create an opportunity.
But right at this mont, Jas made a surprising choice. Instead of calling for Davis’ screen, he directly broke past Covington to the basket, causing Jokic’s defensive foul.
The foul call was sowhat forced.
But that’s not the point. The point is that Covington, the "Jas terminator," couldn’t keep up with Jas’ speed!
Is this...a new drug again?
Hansen recalled the feeling Jas gave him tonight, and connected it with the words Jas said this season, as well as his performance, making it hard not to draw such a conclusion.
However, all speculations are subjective judgnts; the truth requires practical testing.
While Jas was taking free throws, Hansen greeted Covington.
Jas hit both free throws, making the score 2-6, with the Pelicans still holding the advantage.
Hansen dribbled the ball past half court and also continued to play pick-and-roll with Jokic, with Jokic still popping outside.
This ti the Pelicans chose to double-team Hansen, but Hansen made a no-look behind-the-back pass to Jokic during his march.
Jokic, seeing Davis return to defense, made a convincing shot fake. After Davis jumped, he quickly dribbled down to break through.
His breakthrough speed was not fast, but it was smart enough.
After successfully starting the breakthrough, he used his hip to box out Davis, preventing Davis from returning to a frontal defense.
Additionally, his hand skill wasn’t just reflected in passing; he also had excellent ball control, allowing him to quickly approach the basket while boxing out Davis.
This eventually forced players near the paint to rotate over to defend him.
Just after reaching inside the free-throw line, with Jokic trapped by the front and rear defenses, he threw the ball high into the air.
While Jokic drew the Pelicans’ defensive attention, Hansen successfully positioned himself behind Huoledi.
The ball led the player, and Hansen soared into the air, grabbing the ball with one hand and executing a standing alley-oop dunk.
The crowd was in an uproar.
Slow motion showed that after Hansen jumped, his head was level with the rim, creating a visual impact full of excitent.
This scene reminded people of the thrilling dunk contest two years ago.
On the way back to defense, Hansen high-fived Jokic.
Although this was only the third season Hansen played with Jokic, not as long as with JR and TT, they were both players who could simplify the ga, creating chemistry beyond imagination.
Especially after Jokic had a qualitative improvent in strength this season, it beca even more apparent.
This was one of the reasons why the Cavaliers appeared to do well in record despite the internal and external troubles they faced this season.
Pick-and-roll is just a way of presenting tactics; the root is the strength and chemistry between them.
Back on defense, the Cavaliers made defensive adjustnts, and Hansen was matched up against Jas.
Davis stepped up for the pick-and-roll, and Hansen used Little Dog Steps to go around back, but Davis was indeed fast, and he successfully blocked Hansen as he went around.
It was at this mont that Jas sped up to charge the inside line.
TT couldn’t keep up with Jas at all, but Hansen, after shaking off Davis, chased Jas from behind.
He didn’t succeed.
Before Hansen could block from behind, Jas broke through to the inside and slamd it with both hands.
This dunk instantly ignited the New Orleans arena.
After landing, Jas was also very excited, imdiately turning around to make a "strong" gesture towards Hansen in celebration.
Hansen now could confirm that Jas was indeed on so new substance.
Last sumr, besides the coronation, another hot news related to Jas was the ESPN report that Jas annually spends over a million US dollars on body maintenance.
Hansen had seen this news before crossing over, and his attitude at the ti was skeptical.
But now as an NBA player in his 9th season, he could only say it’s pure nonsense.
Hyperbaric oxygen chamber, cryotherapy, those things have usage frequency, and the cost doesn’t reach the million-level.
Either it was exaggerated numbers for image-building or the money was spent elsewhere.
The Cavaliers’ offense, Hansen signaled Covington to co up for the pick-and-roll.
This ti Jas did not push Huoledi but switched directly onto Hansen, looking eager to try.
The familiar scene made Hansen more certain of his previous judgnt.
The fans in the stands began to stir things up.
A head-to-head confrontation between the self-proclaid world’s best and the league’s best.
Hansen held the ball with one hand, making a stride while gathering the ball on the left for a breakthrough, moving swiftly.
But Jas kept up.
Just when Jas was brimming with confidence, thinking he could now defend Hansen, Hansen suddenly changed direction to the right hand side and instantly lowered his center of gravity.
It was like a car suddenly changing gears; the ultra-low center of gravity allowed Hansen to accelerate again and shake off Jas completely.
"Bang!"
Hansen gave the Pelicans no chance for help defense. After breaking into the inside, he executed a swift gliding dunk.
The spectators were all stunned by this simple yet violently aesthetic move.
After swinging on the rim for a mont to dissipate force, Hansen turned around and shrugged at Jas.
World’s best, is this it?
Jas’ face showed anger.
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