Chapter 48: How Shameless Can a Person Be?
The Magic called their final timeout, with only one second left on the clock.
When Han Sen stepped off the court, he was met with wild cheers from the fans, and as he walked to the bench, his teammates were shouting and cheering at him.
He had only been substituted into the game in the final minute, yet he helped the team rewrite the outcome of the game.
Coach Brown's face was beaming as he also enjoyed the feeling of orchestrating a victory.
In the final second, the Magic set up an alley-oop play for Howard, but the Cavaliers' defense was on point, and the play couldn't be executed. Carter received the ball and threw a desperation shot from way beyond the arc, but it was both off target and too late.
The final score was 103-102.
Thanks to Han Sen's miraculous 3+1 play at the last moment, the Cavaliers completed a stunning comeback.
"Han saved the Cavaliers. He saved LeBron," commented Barkley once again as the Cavs stormed the court and the crowd erupted in celebration.
It was hard to imagine how things would have looked for the Cavaliers and for LeBron, had they been eliminated by the Magic again this season, especially after losing to them in the season opener.
Having sealed the game with a buzzer beater, Han Sen was, unsurprisingly, invited to the post-game press conference.
LeBron joined him for the interview as well.