The Basketball Court Swordsman

When was the first time I stood on the land of this world? Well, that was almost four years ago.

At uCLA, a violent impact turned Henson into a nerd scout who was about to be fired. But since then, the name Henson Joe began to change the history of the Indiana Pacers.

He successively selected Holiday, Matthews and Green for the team, and after becoming assistant coaches, he brought Paul George and Lance Stephenson under his command. After that, Henson Joe became the head coach of this team and brought Al Horford to this cornfield, and won the dream Leonard without compromise. And, a very unexpected and very important gain, Chris Paul.

From the first day he came to this world, Henson has been committed to building a perfect lineup for the Pacers in his mind. And now, seeing those five guys walking side by side on the court, Henson realized that his hard work should also be harvested!

"Coach Henson has changed. After playing the Miami Heat an 8-0, he did not maintain the lineup, but substituted early. He took down Danny Green and replaced Cavay Leoner. De. To be honest, I don’t know what coach Henson’s replacement was for. Maybe, he wants to consume LeBron in the form of a wheel fight."

Mike Brin is only half right, the half of the wheel fight. But Henson replaced Leonard, not just for defense!

Seeing Henson's substitution, and a substitution that was clearly aimed at himself, James was not nervous. Although the rookie named Leonard did suffer a bit during the regular season, James has proved one thing with the previous two victories-this rookie can't stop himself in the playoffs.

"Come on, we must equalize the score!" James yelled at everyone. Since he has won two wins in Indianapolis, there is no reason to return the series to that cornfield!

James personally took possession of the ball for halftime, but he found that it was no longer David West who was defending himself, but Leonard with a focused face.

Leonard did not stick to the defense, but a few steps against James. Don't let go of a sudden, this has almost become the iron law of the league when defending James.

James passed the ball to Bosh, and Bosh sat inside to challenge Horford. If West dared to double-team, then Battier will get the opportunity to open long shots!

The Heat's idea is perfect, but the reality is not so. Horford stiffly withstood the "Dragon King", so Bosh didn't even take advantage of it! After pushing it twice, Bosh found that he was just standing still!

"Bosh failed to shake Horford's defense. I don't know what Coach Henson ate or said to Horford, but he is really in excellent form today!"

With Mike Brin’s exclamation, Bosh awkwardly gave the ball back to James. Now that the Heat are 8-0 behind, Bosh dare not force his shot.

After James received the basketball, he didn't plan to pass it out. He beckoned to Bosh, motioned for a cover, LeBron wants to crush the restricted area himself!

A full-fledged James has proved that he cannot be defended in two games. As long as he wants, he can crush everything in front of him and get to the basket.

Even David West, the pure four position, can't take advantage of James' confrontation.

However, this time, James’ opponent is not simple...

I saw Leonard bypassing the screen very quickly, and then sealed James' breakthrough route with his long arms! Horford did not chase back, but stuck in front of Bosh, not giving him a chance to easily shoot the basket. In other words, the task of defending James fell to Leonard alone!

"Cut!" James saw that his breakthrough did not attract double teams, so he decided to start three steps to prepare for the layup. Leonard really couldn't beat James, but at the moment when James raised his basketball to layup, Leonard stretched his arm and jumped just right, stifling James' unformed layup in the cradle. .

"What!? This is the second time that LeBron James has blocked the game!" Mike Brin was shocked. In just a few minutes, James has been risked by Horford and Leonard each.

The Pacers are in surprisingly good form. I am afraid that even the "Chicken Soup Master" Rivers can't make a team behind 0-2 so excited.

James yelled at the referee and patted his forearm to signal that the opponent had committed a foul. However, just now everyone can see clearly that Leonard's defense is no more clean!

Leonard grabbed the basketball that was out of control. No one from the Heat stopped in front of Leonard. They all blocked their opponents and tried to cut off Leonard's passing route. .

Leonard didn't hesitate, he dribbled and pushed quickly! At this time, his mind was full of the words Henson said to himself.

"Fuck Paul, **** George, **** David! If you have a chance, you can do it yourself when you get the ball. Did you hear that!?."

As a result, Leonard went through the midfield alone and went straight to the penalty area. The Heat's defensive defensively loses the other, the door is open!

In the horrified eyes of the Heat, Leonard cut with one hand and officially widened the difference to double digits!

"What's the matter with the Heat's defense!? This is too bad!"

"They actually allowed Leonard to dunk with ease. This is a major defensive error!"

"Why didn't anyone stop him? Why did the Heat's players focus on other people!? It's Leonard who is advancing with the ball!"

The commentators expressed their incomprehension one by one, and Spoelstra also opened his arms on the sidelines and yelled angrily. The Heat players look at me one by one and I look at you.

They chose to seal the four most threatening offenses, and it seems right...

The Heat players are indeed right, but today's Leonard is no longer the previous Leonard who barely scored.

Subsequently, the Heat finally broke the scoring drought with Wade's "fairy layup". Under George's defense, Wade's breakthrough was staggered, seemingly out of focus. But that's it, Wade froze the ball up.

Henson gritted his teeth. Wade stumbled and scored 41 points in the Conseco Arena last game. Since he became the head coach, he has never seen Wade in such a good state.

But today, Henson believes that the Heat's performance will not continue.

"Dwyane, his key goal stopped the Heat for the Heat. Now, the Heat must first prevent the Pacers' fierce attack. They have already lost their eyes and the Miamians must hold their own position!"

In positional warfare, although the Heat do not like positional offenses, they are not afraid to sit on the defensive end with the Pacers. In the first two games, the Heat's positional defense did not let the Pacers taste the sweetness.

The experienced Battier can always defend George or Green with strange moves, and James's defensive effect on the inside is surprisingly good. After all, the Pacers do not have a heavy inside line, and neither James nor Horford are at a disadvantage.

This time, the Heat are still full of confidence. Paul frowned and waved from the outside, commanding everyone to run. George is undoubtedly the most positive one. This season, George is the Pacers' second scoring point besides Paul, and the Pacers' first catcher and shooter.

It can be seen that this guy has improved faster after being reused! People have begun to believe that this guy who played in the NCAA second-level league may really be an All-Star player.

Therefore, Wade's defense against George is also very tight. He knows that George's dribbling is not too stable. Although Henson increased the proportion of George's dribbling training at the beginning of the season, basketball is not an upgrade of the game. A player's skill needs to change qualitatively. Long uninterrupted effort.

Therefore, as long as Wade interferes with George receiving the ball and disrupts the rhythm of his receiving and shooting, the defense will be more than half of the success.

George went outside the three-point line, and Paul also raised his basketball in front of George. But the moment Paul passed the ball! Wade discovered that this was a fake eye movement, and Paul's passing direction was not the direction he was looking at!

Where did the basketball go! ? Flew to the right bottom corner, in the hands of the taciturn No. 2 forward!

"Leonard has the ball outside the three-point line! Shane Battier ignored it!"

From the very beginning, Battier didn't put the defensive focus on Leonard. He has been observing the movement of Paul and George, ready to make up for the guard line partner.

The reason why the Heat's defense in the first two games was so successful has nothing to do with Battier's timely defense. George didn't know how many times he thought he had gotten rid of the defense, but the moment he shot the ball he encountered Battier's blindfolded method.

Now, when the Pacers replaced Leonard, Shane Battier “released himself” and put his focus on assisting defense, because as everyone knows, Leonard will not attack.

He may occasionally be able to hit some large mid-range openers, but three-pointers? Come on. If Leonard can shoot a three-pointer, he cannot fall to the 15th overall pick before being picked.

Seeing that Shane was so far away from him, and he didn't mean to make up for it at all, Leonard didn't hesitate anymore and took the shot!

"Voted... I voted!? The child of Koling, he will be scolded **** by Coach Henson!" Mike Brin never thought Leonard would choose to shoot, Leonard In the regular season this season, he has only made 8 three-pointers, and only one has been missed. This is not a problem of instability in his three-point shooting, but not a three-pointer at all!

But it's such a small forward who can't shoot three-pointers at all. Now he has taken a three-pointer decisively. You know, in the playoffs, every coach puts great emphasis on efficiency, because every offensive opportunity is hard-won and cannot be squandered easily. Leonard made a direct three-pointer, which in people's eyes is no different from wasting an opportunity.

They don't know, Henson is eager for Leonard to shoot! After the attributes were strengthened, Henson could clearly see that Leonard's three-point shooting ability had gone from C to B-!

B-, it is indeed not enough to make Leonard a shooter. But it was enough for him to steadily hit those open opportunities.

The basketball cut through the air and went straight to the basket and fell. The Heat's generals are stuck in position and ready to fight for rebounds, and Wade has already begun to run to the frontcourt, ready to fight back!

However, the Heat get nothing. They can only watch the basketball hollow into the net, and the basketball and the net make a pleasant sound.

"You actually got in!?" Mike Brin widened his eyes, and Spoelstra was also unbelievable.

"The Pacers made a three-pointer and the Pacers widened the point difference to 11 points! Leonard's performance today is extremely good. He has scored 5 points in just two rounds! This young forward will become the X of this game. Factor!?"

If Henson could hear Mike Brin, he would definitely answer that.

"No, it's not just this game. Leonard, will be the X factor for this entire series!"