The Basketball Court Swordsman

Damien Lillard, the No. 0 defender left a very deep impression on Henson today!

He has lightning speed, Westbrook's scalpel breakthrough. Of course, this No. 0 shoots more reliably than the No. 0 in Oklahoma.

This rookie guard was picked by the Blazers with the sixth overall pick this summer. The reason why he fell to sixth is also very simple-he belongs to the older rookies.

As a junior in the NBA Draft, Lillard has disadvantages since his age. Generally speaking, older rookies are considered to be players whose technical level has been finalized, but not much potential can be tapped. However, Lillard's performance has hit the face of the league.

In his NBA debut, against the Los Angeles Lakers, Lillard scored 23 points, 11 assists and 3 rebounds in a double-double! This also makes Lillard the third player in history who can score 20+10 in the NBA debut after "Big o" Oscar Robertson and "Smiling Assassin" Isaiah Thomas!

And Lillard's outstanding performance is not an exception. This season, as a rookie, Lillard averaged 19.8 points and 6.5 assists per game, which is undoubtedly a very amazing data. It can be said that this year's competition for the best rookie award has lost its suspense.

It's such a talented little guard that gave Henson a headache today. His scoring threat forced the Pacers to shrink the penalty area again and again, and as long as they shrink, Lillard can get a chance to score.

At the beginning of the game, Lillard used his energy and enthusiasm to lead the Blazers to a wave of 14-3 offense. Although the huge disadvantage was subsequently overtaken by the Pacers' offense, Lillard's fiery state has remained until now.

This time the attack was the same, Lillard took advantage of Aldridge's cover and lightning speed to break through Paul, and went straight to the penalty area. It turns out that Lillard is never afraid to attack the basket in confrontation. Therefore, a Horford could not stop him at all. As a result, the Pacers' defense contracted.

Seeing this, Lillard wisely sent the ball to Wesley Matthews! Matthews will not miss out on the field he is most familiar with!

He shot the ball decisively and threw the ball before Paul George arrived. The basketball was caught in a hollow, and Henson sighed. This team of 8 wins and 10 losses may be more difficult to deal with than the team ahead of him!

"Matthews, the attack is beautiful, this is already his third three-pointer in this game! The back line formed by him and Lillard has caused the Pacers a huge problem."

Matthews proudly raised his right hand after scoring a goal and compared three fingers. In his opinion, his outstanding performance is the greatest reward for the Pacers and Henson.

At this point, the Blazers were only 1 point behind on the road, and the game has reached the last three minutes of the fourth quarter. As Henson expected, this was a tug of war. The Trail Blazers can always hold on to the end, offensive and defensive ends, the toughness demonstrated by this team is terribly strong.

After the Golden State Warriors, this is Henson's second Western Conference team that has risen rapidly in a short period of time.

The Blazers retired quickly, after all, most of the team are young people. The Pacers couldn't make a decent quick counterattack today, which is one of the reasons why they have not been able to open the difference.

Lillard is a typical new era point guard, how typical is it? Offense is greater than defense, and it is far greater than defense.

In Henson's view, Lillard's defense is still so far from the pass line. It stands to reason that it should not be a problem for Paul to win this rookie today.

But today Paul's feel is very bad, and the game has so far wasted too many easy shots. In 82 regular season games, almost no player can feel hot in 82 games, and Paul is no exception.

This time, Paul's breakthrough was still easy, and he continued to choose to stop the jumper at the mid-range position he was good at.

Under normal conditions, Paul's mid-range emergency stop is very, very stable. In many cases, Henson even thinks it's a pleasure to watch Paul do whatever he wants to control the emergency stop jumper.

But today, the basket seems to be deliberately not going with Paul. Lillard was cleaned up, but Paul's shots continued to knock out.

When the game was about to end in three minutes, Paul missed his eighth shot. Although he scored 18 points today, but 5 of 13 shots, only 38.5% shooting rate, obviously below average.

"Chris Paul continues to feel cold, this is the opportunity for the Trail Blazers to overtake the score!"

This time, George paid special attention to the position of his former teammate Wesley Matthews. Paul, on the other hand, clung to Lillard, fighting on the strength, not letting him take it easily.

The Blazers are different from other teams in that they have a lot of offensive points. Seeing that the outside line was locked, Lillard dropped the ball directly into the penalty area, allowing Aldridge to single West!

Aldridge is a low-key star, he was No. 2 in 2006, and Ade is still not famous until now.

Of course, this is not because of Aldridge's poor data. He has averaged more than 21 points per game for three consecutive seasons, and his shooting percentage is also very stable, all around 50%.

The reason why Aldridge is tepid is more because of his low-key and reserved personality. This guy seems more suitable to be a second-in-command, rather than a master.

The personality is low-key, but Aldridge has the strength. Leaning on West, Ade looked at his position, it was his favorite position!

So Aldridge took two steps back, but suddenly turned and retreated!

Aldridge, wearing a black No. 12 jersey, has a high shot and a soft touch. The most important thing is that it has the advantage of height and arm length compared to West...

West tried his best to block it up, but he couldn't do anything. I could only watch Aldridge as a stable machine, making a precise shot and scored his 18th point of the night.

"Beautiful low post offense, the Blazers configuration is really comprehensive! The game will be over with more than two minutes left, and the Blazers have overtaken! Is it possible that the Pacers' home court will be buried in the hands of the Blazers? Already!?" Reggie Miller is nervous, this is the horror of the Trail Blazers!

At the critical moment, no matter how strong you are. As long as you can't grasp the key ball, the Blazers may counterattack!

This tenacious team has only lost more than 10 points in two games so far this season. This is enough to explain the problem!

For two minutes, the Trail Blazers remained highly focused. Terry Stotts stood on the sidelines with a cold face, staring at his players. Seeing that guy's expression, Heng Suo couldn't help shivering.

Let any player play in such a gaze, he dare not work hard. Sometimes indifference is more scary than ferocity.

Thus, there is Lillard's magical three-pointer under Paul's strict defense, and French forward Batum's key corner shot. Until 5.4 seconds before the end of the game, a successful defense by the Pacers allowed the Trailblazers to still not complete the shot before the 24 seconds of offensive time ran out, which calmed Henson's beating heart a bit.

"103 to 105, the Pacers are 2 points behind! With 5.4 seconds left in the game, their only chance is to make a three-pointer!" Reggie Miller grabbed the microphone. He never thought of the Pacers today. Will be forced into this lore!

At this time, on the Pacers bench, all the players looked at Henson and thought of the tactic they had practiced for ten minutes this afternoon.

Henson picked up the tactical board and acted fairly calmly. In fact, he has already panicked a lot inside, 5.4 seconds behind by 2 points, who doesn't panic? But Henson can't panic, he panic, the player panic even more.

"Come here!" Henson yelled and bit the cap of the marker pen.

"No. 1 launched an offense with the ball in the high post, and No. 4 made an off-the-ball screen for No. 5 near the left waist! Al, after going around the screen, he mentioned the ball in the high position..." Henson said while drawing, Wo Geer's eyes widened as he listened.

"...Therefore, to create shooting space for position 2. There is only one chance, no one can make a mistake!"

After Henson finished speaking, the players nodded one by one. Vogel's heartbeat speeds up, isn't this just a...

Henson Joe, really a lunatic!