The Basketball Court Swordsman

Paul George is holding the ball outside the three-point line. He is waiting for his teammates to move and then send the basketball to the next catch point. But at this time, Paul George made two very low-level mistakes. First, the ball is held too high and the center of gravity is not pressed. Second, underestimated the opponent in front of him.

I saw a black shadow jumping over. Before Paul George could realize what was happening, he felt that the basketball in his hand had been stolen.

He subconsciously turned back and chased, but found that the speed of the stealer was not slow.

In the end, Chris Paul, who retreated in time, used his body to force the ball stealer to stop outside the three-point line, interrupting the opponent's fast break.

However, the stealer did not stop the attack. He turned around and approached Paul, stunned to push Paul away with his strong back. After getting the space, instead of breaking through, instead of stepping outside the three-point line, he made a decisive three-pointer!

In Henson's view, this is not an opportunity at all. Where would anyone single out from beyond the three-point line? Except for the lunatic of the Lakers, no one would do this!

But this time, Henson did not yell at the training court, nor did he stop the confrontation. Sure enough, after the basketball flew for a while, the Nets had "white waves" and hit a three-pointer!

"God, this guy's offense is advancing by leaps and bounds!" As Henson expected, Vogel immediately exclaimed.

"Yeah, he has put the main team in crisis several times." Henson smiled and looked at the player who had just finished stealing three-pointers. The players also looked at him.

Jimmy Butler, this is this year's pre-season training camp, Henson got a windfall! It was originally just a bet on the potential of the 30th overall pick, but I didn't expect that a lottery ticket was actually drawn.

Like the difficult goal just now, Butler has not performed once or twice in the training ground. Since then, Henson has been thinking, maybe in a certain game, he can appear as a surprise singles strong point, let him control the initiative?

A season is so long, who can make it clear? Well, maybe, there will be such a game.

Jimmy Butler dribbled the ball over the half-court, and then fell directly into the singles with Kevin Martin. Even the most daring coach in the world does not necessarily want Henson to dare to do so, let alone Scott Brooks, who has relatively poor flexibility of thinking.

Use a team's third point guard to play singles with the ball! What is this concept? If you change to the Lakers, this is equivalent to putting Kobe and Jodie Meeks on the court instead of sending Devin Ebanks on the court and letting him play singles with the ball!

You ask who is Devin Ebanks? Good question, this is the concept of letting the third point guard of the team play singles!

So seeing Butler didn't mean to pass the ball at all, Kevin Martin's first reaction was: What does this guy want to do?

As an old fried dough stick who has been in the league for many years, Martin still knows how much he has. He knew that his physical fitness was inferior to the "birds and beasts" in the alliance. And his defensive ability is far from excellent. But Martin doesn't think that a young bench guard at the end of the bench can single himself out!

"Damn rookie!" Martin felt that he was underestimated and insulted. He gritted his teeth angrily and focused extremely! Let a little rookie single himself? Then you come to try it!

In the face of Martin who gritted his teeth, Butler did not have stage fright. He knows his abilities very well, and he also knows that the head coach knows his abilities. Only this group of enemies, they still don't know what they can do!

"Coach Henson is crazy, he is absolutely crazy!" Kenny Smith shook his head, expressing his incomprehension to Henson.

And all Oklahoma fans booed the little-known Pacers.

In this context, Butler, who has been looking for a rhythm, started!

Martin retreated very fast, and he bet it was definitely one of the most focused rounds of his life on the defensive end. Martin thiefly blocked Butler's breakthrough line without giving him any space. Want to squeeze a way through brute force and toughness? It's not that simple!

But just when Martin and the Thunder fans were secretly proud, Jimmy Butler suddenly pulled his crotch back, retreated, and then shot!

"Small bugs!" Kevin Martin was focused today, so the blocking speed was very, very fast, but it seemed a bit... too fast.

Seeing Martin leaping towards him, Butler took the basketball back unhurriedly, and then took off and shot again against Martin! Martin's heart "cocked" a bit. As one of the best defenders in the league, Martin knew very well that he was hit this time!

The bodies of the two collided violently in the air, but Jimmy Butler's strength was still beyond Kevin Martin's expectations. Even under such a confrontation, Butler's shooting was not deformed, and he threw the ball against Martin. At the same time, the whistle sounded, Martin did not argue with the referee after landing, but immediately turned around and looked at the frame!

Now it is not a question of fouling or not, but a question of whether it will be marked as 2+1!

Whatever you are afraid of, Jimmy Butler's strong confrontation ability allows him to make this mid-range shot steadily in physical contact. Basketball nets, two points are effective, but also penalty!

"Yes! It was actually done!? Jimmy Butler, he won a three-pointer on Kevin Martin!" Kenny Smith said "Henson is crazy" a second ago. It's beautiful in one second.

Barkley snickered at the side, thinking that he was also rectified by Henson back then...

"My heart is about to jump out." Vogel touched his chest. Every time Henson made a bold decision, Vogel was the most nervous.

"Don't be nervous, with such a big singles advantage, I don't need a point guard at all!" Henson became proud. Why did he dare to send such a lineup that didn't even have an organization center? Because of the offense of this lineup, no organization is needed!

On the line, free throws, hits, hit three points successfully. Jimmy Butler ran back to halftime immediately after the free throw, opened his arms and waited for Kevin Martin to approach. Henson looked at his eyes, and only saw endless desire in his eyes, the desire to win!

Kevin Martin swallowed, he knew it now that he had stubble. And Scott Brooks is also dumbfounded. Although he knew something about Jimmy Butler before, his understanding was limited to him as an outside defensive gate, but no one said Jimmy. Butler is a comprehensive scorer.

What's more, last season Jimmy Butler was not even selected for the Pacers' 12-man playoff squad. Now that such a character suddenly appeared, Brooks didn't know what to do.

Compared to Wesley Matthews, Butler's defense is not behind. On the offensive end, Butler is better at holding the ball than Matthews. A strong offense with the ball happened to match a defensive loophole like Kevin Martin, and Brooks was unknowingly being generalized.

Subsequently, the Thunder's offense was still looking for Martin, after all, his performance in the first quarter was there. So far, Martin has scored 13 points, which is an achievement that cannot be ignored for any substitute player.

This time, Martin decided to treat teeth for teeth and porcelain for porcelain. As we all know, Kevin Martin is one of the league’s "Porcelain Kings". His superb acting skills are one of the reasons why he averaged 10 free throws per game in the 08-09 season.

Martin played his old skills and went inside with the ball. But Jimmy Butler's steps were not messy, he blocked cleanly. When Martin took off, Butler also leaped very quickly, and then shot the basketball in Martin's hands!

A big head and face, Jimmy Butler didn't let Kevin Martin take advantage of it! His reaction speed on the defensive end is so fast that this old "Porcelain King" can't even get a whistle!

Embarrassed! This is what Henson gave to Kevin Martin at this time.

"That monster!" Brooks was a little anxious. If the cycle of offensive climax of "You sing and I will appear" with the Pacers was expected at the beginning, then Kevin Martin can't lead the team to open the score. Beyond Brooks' plan! Not being able to score points, defensive end Martin still has to be caught.

After the Pacers attacked, Butler was still singles with the ball. But it can be seen that the rest of the Thunder are already afraid of Butler. Their defense is not as tight as before, and their purpose is to give Kevin Martin some help in defense.

"It's useless." The corners of Henson's mouth curled up slightly, while Butler passed by Martin like the wind.

Sure enough, as Henson thought, Ibaka saw Butler broke into the inside, and immediately rushed over, ready to let this innocent rookie taste the power of violent hot pot.

Butler stared at the basket as he marched, but his wrist shook! The basketball flew by Ibaka's waist and went straight to Yi Jianlian's hands!

Although Jimmy Butler is not a point guard, he can do the most basic pass in the air! Once the Thunder's defense is attracted by Butler, Butler is very willing to share the ball with his teammates!

Yi Jian connected the ball and immediately made a shot. The basketball was pocketed and the Thunder dropped consecutive points.

The first five in the West's starting five may be able to compete with the defending champions, and play a wave of offense, but what about the second team?

At the depth of the bench, Scott Brooks shook his head. The Pacers' bench is like a four-dimensional pocket, which is bottomless, but Henson can always pull something useful out of this "pocket".

From Paul George to Stephenson, from Leonard in the Eastern Conference Finals last season to Jimmy Butler...

Perhaps this is the most scary part of Henson's team.