The Basketball Court Swordsman

Al Horford's dunks undoubtedly gave the Pacers a good start in the second half. But dunks are not enough. The Pacers need to ensure that the opponent does not score when they score a goal in order to equalize the score as soon as possible.

Not to mention, Horford’s rage really boosted the morale of the rest of the Pacers, and this morale continued to the defensive end. For example, this time, David West flew Bosh's three-pointer out of bounds.

Due to the need for Horford to stay at the basket and protect the frame, on the defensive end of this game, Henson has been playing against Bosh with West. And when Horford had already performed on the offensive end, West did not dare to show weakness and sent Bosh a big risk.

Originally, both sides were very angry in this game, and Bosh and West even spammed each other more than once. This time successfully blocked the "Dragon King" shot, West naturally will not miss the opportunity to perform. He screamed wildly up to the sky, and Bosh couldn't help getting goose bumps.

Although this offense still belongs to the Heat, there is no doubt that the Heat's spirit has been hit to a certain extent.

Sure enough, the Heat then tried to attack for the second time, and Wade's mid-range was directly under George's interference and regretted to hit the iron. Horford grabbed a defensive rebound and the Heat returned without success!

All the Heat players retreated quickly to prevent the Pacers from taking advantage of missed shots to fight back. However, the Pacers didn't catch the counterattack at all this time, and Paul dribbled the ball leisurely past halftime.

Such a slow pace can only explain one problem-the Pacers have to play inside!

Leaning against Haslem with his back, he suddenly sat down where David West wanted to be. Haslem didn't expect that he would be spotted, and he was still spotted by a nasty guy.

Now in this league, there are not many teams that dare to play inside singles. It's not because I look down on those 2 points, but many teams simply don't have the inside line to complete singles in the low post!

Most of the team's inside players are pure muscle clubs or jumping men. Most of these players have rough skills and do not have any low-post offensive ability. Therefore, the requirements for single-defense players inside are actually decreasing. Therefore, Spoelstra dared to make such a lineup with Haslem starting at the fourth position and Bosh starting at the fifth position.

But the Pacers are different. West and Horford have impeccable scoring skills. Therefore, Haslem and Bosh's frame guard lineup is not enough.

The basic skills of West's position are very solid, and Haslem is trying to push this guy out, but to no avail.

Paul skidded the ball to West. As an old partner who has been cooperating since the Hornets period, Paul knows the best angle and strength to pass the ball to West.

West has the ball and the Heat have no double-teams! Seeing this, the "17-foot assassin" also got up boldly, sat back, and then turned over to shoot a jumper!

Heat captain Haslem worked very hard to block West, but he is helpless now that Haslem is not a very capable player. He did not allow West to score directly, but he took a foul and sent West to the free throw line.

"It's still a low post attack. It can be seen that Coach Henson wants to skip the strongest defensive part of the Heat! Coach Spoelstra didn't double-team, and his thinking is not difficult to analyze. He doesn't believe Horford and West can kill the game! Then let's see if these two elders can kill the game!"

In the quiet environment created by Pacers fans, West made two free throws. The Pacers succeeded in singles for the second time, with only 2 points left.

?? Spoelstra knows very well that when dealing with people like Henson, he must not be led by the nose.

Why does he play singles inside? Don’t you just want to attract double-teams to reduce the offensive pressure on the outside? Spoelstra knew how capable Henson was, and he was dominated by Henson more than once. But today, he just didn't adjust as Henson thought.

Want to kill the game with West and Horford? Okay, Spoelstra wants to see if James can kill the game or the two "exhausted All-Stars" can kill the game!

This thought just came out of Spoelstra's mind, and James hit the iron three-pointer.

In the first half, James made 2 of 2 three-pointers. But the first shot in the second half ended in failure.

In fact, the problem with James outside the three-point line is not simply inaccurate, but not stable enough.

Sometimes, he can score several consecutively. But sometimes, big open positions can also be lost.

Spoelstra failed to hit the three-pointer he expected, which means the Pacers have a chance to equalize or even overtake the score.

Can West and Horford kill the game? Henson will now let Spoelstra take a good look!

This time, although the Heat did not double-team, they also learned to be smart. Bosh defended Horford and prevented him from catching the ball. However, this also means that Bosh can no longer rush out to help defend Paul!

Thus, Paul passed Chalmers with a beautiful big arc. In the first half, when Paul broke through, there was always a Heat player coming out to make up for defense.

But now, Bosh hesitated. He didn't know whether he should continue to guard Horford or defend Paul.

When Paul had reached the edge of the three-second zone, Bosh knew he couldn't hesitate any longer. One second slower, Paul can throw a shot!

Paul raised the basketball and jumped high, which naturally attracted Bosh's defensive attention. But all this is just a feint. In the air, Paul took the ball off his head and threw it to Horford from Bosh's waist.

Chris Paul's pass was amazing!

When Horford received the basketball, Haslem had already defended to the basket. But the Heat captain's height of 2.03 meters really can't bring any threat to Horford.

I saw the Dominican center straightened his arms, raised his arms high, and made a layup easily. For such a height, Haslem was beyond the reach, 6-0! The advantage of the Heat's desperate efforts in the first half of the game disappeared instantly!

West and Horford scored 6 points together, and this is just the beginning.

In the game after the third quarter, all the Pacers' offense revolved around these two inside lines.

Horford was double-teamed at the basket and scored the assist for West in the shot.

West back and Horford played an inside pass, the latter leaning on Bosh to hit the hook.

Although after that, Chalmers made a three-pointer and the Heat temporarily stopped the blood. But soon, Horford suppressed the momentum with a fast-moving catch dunk!

With this ball, the Pacers suddenly fought back quickly, and Horford was the center who ran in the front! The fourth and fifth positions of the Pacers were completely liberated.

Paul saw stitches while he was marching, and put the comfortable taste of the ball in Horford's arms. Horford ignored Haslem, who was guarding the basket, and directly took off and dunked. Haslem did not evade in time and was knocked to the ground.

In this regard, Haslem thought it was Horford's offensive foul and had an argument with the referee. As a result, the Heat captain continued West, Battier and Bosh in the first half of the game and became the fourth player to be called a technical foul in the game.

With consecutive goals scored by the opponent and a technical foul, the Heat's rhythm on the court has been extremely chaotic. As a result, Spoelstra was forced to suspend the game.

But his purpose is not to change tactics, but to appease the mentality of the players! So after the timeout came back, the Heat's first defense, Henson found that Spoelstra still did not want to double-team!

"I really don't believe in evil." Henson made a few gestures at Paul and continued to attack the inside!

So, Haslem and Bosh, the two hapless ones, lived in dire straits.

West, the old churros, frequently fouls on the free throw line, and Horford's versatile skill makes Bosh extremely annoyed.

He can cut in, break through with the ball, shoot, and shoot long. In this era when the offense of the inside players is getting more and more tasteless, Bosh feels that he has not met such a difficult opponent in a long time.

Throughout the third quarter, George and Paul scored only 6 points for the two top scoring points. The other scores are basically handled by West and Horford alone!

The inside line of the Heat was beaten through! Inside, this is a common issue for the Heat. But because most teams in the league nowadays don't have good insiders, the Heat's problems are not too serious.

But when it comes to the Pacers, the Heat's shortcomings are undoubtedly magnified infinitely.

After entering the rotation lineup, the Pacers' internal offensive has not stopped. Even Yi Jianlian, who has been serving as the anti-aircraft turret for the Pacers, sat in the penalty area and beat Lewis twice.

If the Pacers' bench interior is not strong enough, then the Heat's bench interior is even harder to see. Even in his heyday, Rashard Lewis played the third position and was not an inside player at all.

And "Birdman" Anderson used his bounce to eat and drink on Joe Anthony's head, making multiple top-ups.

Spoelstra didn't want to be led by Henson, but in the end found that uncompromising was impossible.

The inside line of the Pacers can really kill the game!

Just when the Heat were at stake, James made a beautiful three-pointer layup that allowed the Heat to narrow the point difference to 8 points, single digits, before the end of the third quarter.

"If it weren't for LeBron, the Heat wouldn't know how many times they died. The Pacers reversed the situation in the second half. If the Miami Heat were still inactive, the 22-game winning streak would be closer to Indianapolis!"

Mike Brin took a deep breath, maybe, tonight is really a moment to witness history!

Double-teaming or not double-teaming?

Henson did one of his favorite things-put his two bottles of poison in front of Spoelstra, depending on which "flavor" he liked to die.

Once again, the Heat were enlisted by Henson!