James Team’s offense, Curry continues to run for a three-point opportunity.
At this moment, a mind-boggling scene unfolds before the fans: James has the ball at the top of the arc and finds himself wide open for a three-pointer, yet no one from Hansen’s team comes over to defend, because apart from Hansen watching Durant, everyone else is surrounding and cutting off Curry’s movement!
Curry ultimately doesn’t manage to find a good three-point opportunity, and as James dribbles the ball, still unable to locate a good passing angle, he can only take a three-pointer from the arc himself.
The basketball bounces off the rim, and Davis, quickly retracting back under the basket, grabs the rebound.
At this point, there are 40 seconds left in the game.
Davis picks up the ball and sees Hansen speeding ahead, then makes a long pass from the backcourt.
This pass is a bit off and falls short compared to Jokic.
But fortunately, Hansen is the one on the fast break; he changes his direction after seeing Davis’s pass.
After successfully jumping to catch the ball, Hansen spins and charges toward the frontcourt.
At this moment, James’s figure appears from behind him.
James’s expression is sinister, his mind echoing Hansen’s words at the free-throw line earlier.
What he thought was merely a provocative comment has become stark reality at that moment!
He didn’t choose to pass to Curry in that possession, and now James Team has no chance of winning.
Hansen jumps in the frontcourt for the fastbreak, and James leaps almost simultaneously from behind him.
The two are in succession, James bulges his cheeks, fiercely chasing after Hansen’s shot with an attempt to block.
If he can do it, he certainly will!
Even if this game is lost, as long as he can make this block, he won’t consider himself defeated by Hansen.
James’s attempt to block is swift, yet just as his hand is about to make contact with Hansen, the ball disappears from his sight.
He forcefully slaps the air.
Like before his countless attempts against Hansen, he can’t block him.
Under the gaze of the fans, Hansen performs a gliding reverse windmill slam dunk against James’s defense.
The moment the ball is slammed into the basket, there’s a brief silence at the venue, followed by an eruption into a boiling ocean.
With the windmill as the brush, James as the backdrop, the dunk competition judge Hansen performs a "perfect score of only 50 points" dunk on the All-Star stage!
After landing from the dunk, Hansen looked at the tightly frowning James, and shrugged towards him.
This time, he didn’t walk away immediately but took the opportunity to say what’s on his mind:
"It’s not your fault, you’ve tried your best, it’s your teammates not being as good as mine."
James snorted coldly, Hansen figured it out.
The size difference between the two teams is significant, not to mention the interior where they were being crushed by Hansen’s team.
"But you picked these teammates yourself!"
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Previously, the East-West confrontation could be chalked up to differences in star power.
But this year, every inch, interior superiority or disadvantage, was teammates selected by their captains one by one!
If James had picked Davis with his first pick, those so-called advantages would belong to James’s team.
After Hansen finished, seeing James still standing there without reacting, he shook his head boringly and walked back.
With 18 seconds left in the game, Hansen’s team stretched their lead to double digits!
Hansen’s dunk put a premature lid on the game’s outcome.
The winner has been decided, yet now James, having come to his senses, is very angry, demanding the ball from Green in the backcourt.
But then, a scene that’s hard to hold back appears.
Green staunchly refuses to give the ball to James who is reaching for it right in front of him, instead moving across the baseline and passing the ball toward Curry, closer to midcourt.
Curry, holding the ball, pushes forward and hurriedly shoots a three-pointer.
This rushed attempt doesn’t go in, and Hansen, watching the ball fall, successfully grabs the defensive rebound.
Now there are only 10 seconds left in the game.
Hansen dribbles the ball across half court, then upon seeing James still trying to rush in for the steal, he directly steps on the basketball.
This action sends the fans into a frenzy.
What a scene of "I’ve stepped you under my foot!"
The final buzzer sounds, Hansen’s team ultimately defeats James’s team, winning the All-Star Game’s final victory.
The fans now stand up and cheer enthusiastically.
Before the game, they had a feeling both sides would engage in a genuine confrontation in the final quarter, and in the end, their wish came true.
Moreover, as the first All-Star Game with player selection, this match is destined to be historic.
Especially how Hansen’s team sealed the game with an 8-0 run at the end also provided fans with new topics for conversation during their leisure time.
Of course, also that image of Hansen stepping on the basketball.
After the match ended, the MVP award ceremony was held on-site.
The result was unsurprisingly.
Tonight, Hansen, having been fed by his teammates throughout the match, racked up 45 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists.
If he had pursued breaking records in the last quarter, he could have had a chance of surpassing the All-Star Game record previously set by Davis.