Nice! Congratulations to Yang Hansen! The NBA referees were outrageous.

What is this nonsense? Is it incompetence or intentional?

The refs stirred things up, witnessing Yang Hansen being grabbed by Eddy’s arm and slapped in the face, yet ignoring it despite Eddy raising his hand to admit the foul.

Portland’s head coach Sprewell was furious about the call and stormed over to the referees demanding an explanation.

After the game, Sprewell remained upset and openly criticized the refs despite the risk of a fine from Adam Silver.He was very angry that the referees ignored players falling down, insisting they should at least take time to check if a player is okay instead of letting the game continue, and also allow time for challenging calls.

In the game where the Trail Blazers lost 96-119 to the Grizzlies on the road,Yang Hansen made his first NBA career start, playing about 19 minutes, shooting 2 of 5 (0 of 2 from three), scoring 4 points, grabbing 5 rebounds, dishing 2 assists, committing 2 turnovers and 5 fouls, and was one of only two players on the team with a positive plus-minus.The other was Sy Sokko (6 points, 4 rebounds, plus-minus +5).

In this match, Yang Hansen battled fiercely with second-year Chinese-American center Eddy (the 9th pick in the 2024 first round). Eddy played about 22 minutes, contributing 12 points, 10 rebounds (5 offensive), 3 assists, but also had 6 turnovers and 6 fouls, with a plus-minus of +4.

When asked in an interview how he would rate his first career start, Yang Hansen politely declined to give a score, saying, “I won’t rate it, honestly it wasn’t that good.”

Just the previous game he was playing in the Development League, and then Yang Hansen was urgently recalled by the Trail Blazers and put into the starting lineup because Klingen and Lowry were both out against the Grizzlies, and with a 7-foot-3 center Eddy on the other side, Sprewell dared not use his preferred small-ball lineup for long.

No matter what, Yang Hansen finally became an NBA starter and proved during his time on court that he has the ability to be a rotation or even starting player, but to firmly establish himself in the world’s highest basketball stage is still a long and tough journey.

It’s worth mentioning,Yang Hansen flew 7,000 kilometers in the past five days.The spotlight doesn’t ask about the traveler’s pace...

Trail Blazers’ stats are as follows:

Grizzlies’ stats are as follows: