Irving's dribbling, which appeared to be futile, suddenly burst into a drive to the right.
Hansen could feel that Irving's movements had sped up since last summer.
A rookie, when focused on by a team, grows rapidly.
But Hansen kept up with Irving.
Irving's body flexibility, agility, balance, and ball-handling skills were exceptional, but his absolute physical talent was average, particularly lacking in explosiveness, making it difficult for him to outmaneuver others like Iverson did.
However, it was precisely because of this that Irving had honed top-notch ball control.
And knowing Hansen's defensive abilities, Irving immediately followed up with a Sam God-style change of direction in the face of the body and darted past Hansen's left side.
During this, his hands were like those of Spider-Man, sticking the ball to them.
Only those who have played basketball know how difficult it is to execute this series of movements and to connect them so perfectly.