The No.1 Anti-Fans in Basketball-Chapter 474 - 240 The 2013-2014 Season Comes to an End_2
Chapter 474: Chapter 240 The 2013-2014 Season Comes to an End_2
"As long as I want, I could be the Scoring King every season."
It’s not one, not two, not even seven, but every single one.
However, James, who ended up scoring 40,000 points in his career, only managed to win the Scoring King title once early in his career.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to, he was just too kind.
In fact, the only person in NBA history who really had the right to say this was Jordan. Considering his 15-year career, Jordan managed to win the Scoring King title 10 times, even if you include the season he was severely injured, the half-season he came back, and his Wizards seasons.
If you exclude those, in his 11-year career, there was only his rookie season when he didn’t take the Scoring King title.
So, if James wanted to claim that Scoring King title, whether it was for brand competition or personal grievances, Hansen simply couldn’t let him have his way.
"That’s really great!" Guy was actually surprised, because Hansen’s career with the Grizzlies really can be described as one where he didn’t compete for any honors.
Now that he rarely wanted to contend for one, their band of old guys would definitely give their full support.
So, when April came around, fans suddenly realized that Hanson’s presence began to explosively increase.
On April 1st, in a game against the Clippers, Hansen dropped 40 points to start warming up.
Then two days later, in a game against the Cavaliers, he scored 44 points, recording back-to-back 40+ point games.
Then returning to the home court in a back-to-back game against the Raptors, Hansen exploded for 63 points, setting a new personal career high.
That week ended with a game against the Kings, where Hansen scored 43 points and completed a smooth finish.
Hansen led the team to a 4-0 record, achieving four consecutive 40+ point games, helping the Grizzlies to overtake the Spurs for the top spot in the West, and incidentally, he was named the Player of the Week.
He then averaged 47.5 points per game that week!
As everyone knows, the Grizzlies are a team-oriented team.
What Hansen did was just hand the defensive duties to his teammates, and then he invested all his energy that would have gone into defense into the offensive end.
In comparison, James also worked incredibly hard that week.
When Hansen scored 41 points, James also managed 40 points in a game against the 76ers.
Later, when Hansen scored 45 points, James even reached a new career high of 61 points in a game against the Bobcats.
During that game, his shooting was explosive, 22 of 33 from the field, including 8 of 10 from three-point range, as if divinely assisted.
In the post-game interview, when asked if he was aiming for the Scoring King title, he smiled and implicitly acknowledged it.
However, after Hansen scored 63 points, perhaps James exerted himself too much against the Bobcats or maybe the opponents were too strong, he only managed to score 23 points in a game against the Pacers.
After that, in a game against the Bucks, he scored just 29 points.
His average scoring quickly widened the gap.
And by this time, with only three or four games left, unless he could average 45+ points per week like Hansen did, it was definitely not going to happen.
It didn’t even come down to a last-moment showdown like it did originally between O’Neal and Robinson.
Hansen just exerted a little effort, and James was already out of contention.
James certainly had the ability to score, but the key problem was that he was too easily targeted.
Opponents aren’t fools; seeing someone score a lot will surely lead them to double-team that player.
Unless you have strong individual abilities to counter them, or a variety of scoring methods, you can only hope for a good shooting night.
But like a woman’s mood, shooting touch is unpredictable.
After the game against the Bucks, when James was asked about the Scoring King title again.
This time, James performed a classic reversal for the reporters.
"No, that’s not my goal. No matter how many points I score, my goal is to help the team win."
He lost, but as long as I declare I wasn’t competing, it’s not considered a loss.
This reaction was something Hansen had anticipated.
When the reporter posed the same question to him, he neither answered directly nor denied but simply echoed James’s statement from years ago:
"As long as I want, I could be the Scoring King every season."
This statement was both boastful and a reminder to everyone of what James had once said.
In the end, even if James wanted to be the Scoring King, he wouldn’t be.
And what was even more devastating was that with the Scoring King title no longer in doubt, Hansen chose to rest the final two games of the season.
You can’t even say he did it deliberately; after all, the regular season was coming to a close, and the playoffs were imminent, which was how the Grizzlies usually operated.
As April 16th rolled around, after a season’s struggle, the 2013–2014 season curtains officially came to a close.
In the East, the Heat Team finished first in the conference with a record of 59 wins and 23 losses.
The Heat Team played conservatively this season, but Wade still only played 54 games due to his irreversible knee injury.
However, the good news was that before this postseason, his physical condition was relaxed, not fatigued like the previous season.
The Pacers ranked second with 56 wins.
They traded away Granger at the trade deadline for reinforcements, but it was actually to officially promote Paul George.
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The Brooklyn Nets ranked third with 50 wins.
Though their record was a bit worse than last season, with Howard’s team, happiness was all that mattered.
The Bulls ranked fourth with 48 wins.
Ross played a bit better than last season, lasting 10 games before ending his season.
The Bulls even traded Luol Deng to the Cavaliers mid-season.