to 104.
Riding on a fourth-quarter performance of 26 to 19, the Cavaliers beat the Heat on their ho court.
The Heat were still the Heat, and their style of play was the sa, but the difference was Hansen.
The last ti they faced each other, Hansen wasn’t even starting and only played 18 minutes, but tonight, he played for 38 minutes.
Hansen’s persistent defense on Wade made it difficult for him to play the pick-and-roll with O’Neal as he had done before.
Moreover, the Heat’s "Big Q," Quentin Richardson, due to injury and a lack of defensive motivation, was a disaster when matched with Jas.
Add to that Beasley’s negligible help defense, which forced Wade to step up his own defensive assistance.
As a result, Wade racked up a nice number of steals, but the physical toll on the defensive end resulted in a terrible fourth quarter for him.
By the end of the ga, Wade only made 11 of his 26 shots, contributing 24 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers.
In the post-ga stats, Heat’s Beasley grabbed 24 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists; Little O’Neal scored 17 points, 3 rebounds; Chalrs got 14 points, 6 assists; Richardson had 0 points, 2 rebounds and 5 fouls.
For the Cavaliers, Jas delivered 34 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists; Conningham scored 18 points (a career high); O’Neal had 14 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists; Williams got 13 points, 3 assists.
Hansen made a strong coback amidst the cheers of his Barry University teammates, hitting 10 out of 15 shots from the field, including 5 out of 7 from the three-point line, netting 25 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals.
During the ga, he had a highlight mont when he took Beasley off the dribble in a mismatch and drove to the hoop, converting a 2 1 against Little O’Neal.
After the ga, Hansen gave his signed jersey to Rondo, who had truly co to the ga with his girlfriend to support him.
Due to his outstanding performance, Hansen again had the chance to attend the post-ga press conference.
Since the last ti he rated himself a 7, he didn’t receive as many anti-fan points as expected, Hansen chose to let loose when faced with a similar question this ti.
"11 points."
He gave himself an over-the-top score, one point extra to ensure he wasn’t overwheld by pride.
"Tonight LeBron supplied you with plenty of ammunition; how do you rate the performance of the league’s best player?"
That question ca from... Carrell.
Hansen had been waiting for this.
"I think in so ways, LeBron is even better than Michael Jordan."
The statent sent shockwaves through the room.
Even Jas couldn’t help but show signs of excitent upon hearing Jordan’s na ntioned.
"LeBron is better at three-pointers than Jordan; he hit 2 out of 4 tonight, and he’s more versatile than Jordan."
Hansen went on with his speech, only able to silently apologize to that man in his heart. It was all for the anti-fan points.
Although Hansen tried to clarify, the restlessness among the audience didn’t stop; instead, it intensified.
Because as it stands, even though Nike and the dia are hyping up Jas, Kobe is still the one he’s chasing.
The topic of 23 vs 24 created by Stern is based on this too.
But now, did Hansen just suggest that Jas should bypass Kobe and compare himself to, oh no, challenge Jordan?
At this stage, that’s a bit ahead of the curve.
However, Jas was not just excited at this point; he was almost beaming.
Guess, why did Jas choose number 23?
"I heard you’re currently looking for sponsors; if you need to, you can co to ," Jas approached Hansen with a flushed face once out of the press conference room.
"No need," Hansen refused succinctly as usual and left on his own after saying it.
Jas watched Hansen’s retreating figure, unable to understand him, just like he couldn’t with Malone and O’Neal before.
In the shower, Hansen had already seen his anti-fan points skyrocketing at an astonishing rate.
This filled him with imnse excitent.
The previous comnt was a fluke, but this ti it was deliberate.
After returning to the hotel, he logged into social dia on his computer to check out the situation.
Boy, his social dia had exploded.
"That’s all LeBron’s got, and he dares to compare himself to Jordan? He should piss on himself and take a good look in the mirror!"
"All-around player? Hilarious, don’t you know that Jordan had a season averaging 32.5 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists? Could LeBron ever do that in his lifeti?"
"Do you only know how to stare at stats? You were talking about the new leadership era just before, but you can’t score when it’s crucial, what kind of leader is that?"
"Why don’t you just say LeBron is the GOAT! Seriously, have you no sha?"
"You claim you’re not a LeBron fan, but your brain seems to be oozing fan syrup, who knows what benefits you’ve received from LeBron behind the scenes!"
"It’s true what they say about bad company corrupting good character. How normal can people around soone who claims to be a king be?"
"Figure out how many championships Kobe has and how many LeBron has before you even talk about Jordan, you pathetic LeBron zealot!"
...
At a glance, nearly all the comnts were from Kobe fans.
Although 6 billion Kobe fans is just an approximation, at this ti, as the largest fan group in the NBA, their numbers were terrifying.
But compared to the Kobe fans, the reactions of the LeBron fans were the ones that really made it difficult to keep a straight face.
Because they had to argue with the Kobe fans while also finding ti to criticize Hansen.
"Has your brain short-circuited? Comparing our king with Jordan, aren’t you just attracting hate for him?"
"This guy is too damn sneaky, our king has never claid to be better than Jordan, but he’s forcefully making comparisons, that’s throwing our king into a fire pit!"
"I see it now, this guy isn’t just an ordinary LeBron hater, he’s a top-notch troll!"
"You cunning thief, don’t kill him with false praise! Our king just wants to play basketball!"
...
The comnts from the LeBron fans surprised Hansen a bit.
They didn’t seem like the sa group of LeBron fans he rembered.
There were quite a few sensible and intelligent people among this group.
But then again, that made sense since at this ti, LeBron hadn’t even made his first "Decision"; he was still the "Dragon Slayer" with a certain amount of personal charm.
After all, there were quite a few fans who abandoned LeBron because of the first "Decision", and these people probably included them.
This won’t do.
This was only his first attempt, and he was already being discovered so quickly, how was he supposed to continue to earn Anti-Fans points.
Yep, it was ti to pull out his 58 alt accounts again.
Hansen began logging into his alternate accounts, then entered the familiar mode of manipulating hot comnts.
"Are you really a LeBron fan or not, daring to say our king can’t compare to Jordan? Our king is destined to beco the GOAT!"
"Exactly, our king is the Chosen One, what’s Kobe but a top ten historical gatekeeper at best, he’s not worthy to be compared with our king."
"What’s wrong with you all, have you forgotten why you like our king? At 17, he dared to say he didn’t want to be the next Kobe, so why would he want to be the next Jordan? He’s ant to surpass! To be the first on everyone’s list!"
...
When Hansen woke up the next day, he found that his Anti-Fans points had risen by more than ten thousand overnight!
You have to understand, he had to rack his brains at Barry University just to get ten thousand Anti-Fans points.
This proved that his strategy of killing with praise was not only feasible but exceeded expectations.
Indeed, this had opened up a new avenue for Anti-Fans points.
The only regret was, the Anti-Fans System had no rental function.
Because after his comnts last night, it was LeBron who was getting hated on more.
If he could rent the system to LeBron, with him being the beneficiary, the re thought of it was exhilarating.
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