The No.1 Anti-Fans in Basketball-Chapter 146 - 108: Torture (Extra update! Vote for monthly tickets!)

Chapter 146: Chapter 108: Torture (Extra update! Vote for monthly tickets!)

The benchwarmers ultimately defeated the starters with a score of 18 to 12.

This wasn’t a reflection of each side’s strength, but it allowed Hansen’s abilities to be fully showcased.

Randolph was defended with low efficiency, and Guy was in an even more sorry state.

Hansen’s mobility in defensive assists made Hollins’s eyes light up.

After losing weight and improving his core strength, Hansen’s lateral movement speed had almost returned to the level before he put on the extra weight.

This was also thanks to Tony Allen, who, on the court, successfully reduced the starting team’s offense to 4 against 5, allowing Hansen’s assists to be so unrestrained.

And on the offensive end, Hansen also demonstrated his excellent finishing ability, which he had been conserving before to show off his three-point shots, just as surprising.

At this moment, Hollins looked at Hansen, just as Larry Brown of the Bobcats had in the past, more and more admiring with each glance.

After the training, Hansen returned to the locker room.

Conley came to chat with him again, discussing assists on defense.

Conley’s talent was not much inferior to Guy’s, but in the end, Conley achieved much more than Guy, perhaps this scholarly attitude was one of the secrets.

Hansen was also happy to exchange with Conley, as a representative of cerebral point guards, Conley paid great attention to details on the court, and the exchange was very beneficial to him.

While chatting, Hansen felt someone approaching them, and when he looked up, he saw it was Guy.

Guy’s cheeks were puffed out, looking very angry.

He indeed had reasons to be angry, as he had been using his own methods to pressure Hollins to increase his status on the team, but in the end, Hansen disrupted his plans.

Seeing Guy’s expression, Conley quickly got up and pulled Guy to sit down and talk.

Although Conley hadn’t interacted much with Hansen, he knew Hansen wasn’t an unreasonable person.

Surprisingly, Guy was a bit irrational and shook off Conley’s hand, "Do you dare to challenge me to one-on-one?"

Alright then, Hansen took back his previous thoughts, Guy’s mind really did have some issues.

Settling scores through one-on-one? What a child’s play!

At this point, other people in the locker room were also drawn to Guy’s words.

Most of them were curious, while Randolph had the look of someone ready to watch a good show.

"What’s in it for me if I win?" Hansen was very pragmatic.

"What benefit do you want?" Unexpectedly, Guy was actually open for negotiation.

"For example, you go tell the coach to give me all the plays that were designed for you?" Since they were playing house, Hansen just threw that out there.

He wanted to make Guy back down, after all, losing a one-on-one publicly would completely embarrass Guy on the Grizzlies.

He came to the Grizzlies to confront the Heat’s Three Giants, to vie for the championship, his status in the team was important, but he had to tread carefully.

If it got to a fight to the death, for someone like Guy who signed an overpriced contract and couldn’t be traded, it would be a loss not worth the cost.

"Alright!"

Unexpectedly, Guy was stubborn.

Hansen had no choice now.

He also simply stood up.

This actually wasn’t a bad thing, after all, he had just joined the Grizzlies not long ago, and most of the team didn’t know much about him.

If he wanted to quickly secure his footing, fighting a battle to establish his dominance wasn’t a bad idea.

With Guy offering himself up, the timing was perfect.

Guy and Hansen left the locker room one after the other, with almost all their teammates getting up to follow.

Everyone loves a spectacle, especially when it’s related to them.

"How do we decide who starts with the ball?" Inside the training facility, the two had entered the court.

"You go first." Hansen was polite.

Guy, however, did not return the courtesy and walked straight to the three-point line.

In the prior full-court match, Hansen had relied on defensive clamps and double teams, but in a one-on-one, it wouldn’t be so embarrassing for him.

He quickly initiated an attack at the three-point line, cutting to the right side of the break.

Hansen stuck close, and Guy couldn’t shake him, ending with a forced drift-back jump shot.

Hansen timed his jump to block the shot, but Guy’s lengthy reach allowed him to raise his shooting point and evade the block.

Thanks to his exceptional wingspan, his jump shot had been dubbed "unguardable" by commentators.

Although the shot avoided a block and was highly difficult, Guy seemed to be accustomed to this shooting form, utilizing his hang time to still complete the shot.

The ball arced high and then went straight into the basket.

This immediately drew cheers from their teammates.

Conley looked at Hansen with a concerned expression, feeling that Hansen was underestimating the challenge.

Even though Guy indeed had slight shortcomings in basketball IQ, when it came to talent and one-on-one ability, those were Guy’s strengths.

However, the Hansen who failed to defend did not show any trace of panic on his face; instead, he nodded with a smile as if acknowledging Guy’s strong shooting ability.

This left Conley full of confusion.

Guy continued to attack, but this time, Hansen stopped him.

This surprised the teammates on the sidelines.

Guy was forced to choose a standstill back-to-basket move, then a turn-around fadeaway shot.

But such a forced shot from a dead-ball situation saw Hansen apply even greater defensive pressure, and although Guy escaped the block, the last shot fell short, bouncing off the front rim and out.

At East University, there was an old saying, "Know thyself, know thy enemy, a hundred battles will pose no danger," so to compete with Guy, Hansen had been monitoring him from the first day of training camp, then using his experience as a former trainer and video analysis to study Guy’s technical features.

Guy’s static and dynamic talents were indeed strong, but there was one aspect that limited his ceiling: speed.

To put it fittingly, Guy had the stature of a small forward, but the speed of a power forward.