The Basketball Court Swordsman

"Just 24 hours ago, Coach Henson Joe was still expressing his views on fashion in the Center Mall. I think Henson must regret it now. He should not focus his attention outside the game. , If he could prepare well yesterday, now the Pacers would not be 10 points behind the San Antonio Spurs!"

On the commentary stage of The Banker's Life Arena, Kevin Harlan shook his head. At this point, the game has reached the middle of the third quarter. And as he said, the Pacers are currently 10 points behind the Spurs. Moreover, the points difference may continue to expand.

Henson frowned and stood on the sidelines, the Chinese coach looked a little nervous. Behind him, three generations of fans from the security family are shouting, hoping that their cheers can help the team reverse.

However, the Spurs were not enthusiastically bluffed by the Pacers fans. This time Parker's pass was destroyed by Paul, and the basketball flew straight into the auditorium. Little did he know that Tim Duncan was like a rejuvenation. At the age of 37, he flew out and dialed the basketball back. Then he fell heavily into the audience.

Tim Duncan’s hard work is undoubtedly admirable, and Gary Neal did not waste Duncan’s efforts. He took the basketball that Duncan rescued and took a 3-pointer! Although Paul George tried his best to seal it up, it didn't seem to interfere with Neal's shooting rhythm.

"No..." Henson gritted his teeth and stared at the basketball, but the result disappointed him.

Gary Neal hit a three-pointer, and Tim Duncan made an assist with a fly save! Of course, this goal also put the Pacers behind the Spurs by 13 points!

Three-pointer, **** three-pointer! The reason why Henson and the Pacers ended up in this field is really not that Henson's command was unfavorable, nor that the players played abnormally, or that the Spurs' three-pointers were too unusual!

In the first quarter, the two sides played fairly normal. After 12 minutes of the first quarter, the Pacers were only 4 points behind the Spurs. But in the second quarter, changes began to appear.

Today, the Spurs' backup joker Gary Neal was once again magical. He made 3 of 3 3-pointers in the second quarter, allowing the Spurs to open the gap for a while. Neal's fiery touch quickly spread to Ginobili. The two guards used various incredible goals from outside the three-point line to widen the point difference to double digits.

In the first half, the Spurs shot 8 of 15 three-pointers and Gary Neal made 4 of 6 shots and scored 14 points.

After the game entered the second half, the 15 minutes of the intermission did not cool Neal and Ginobili's touch. The Pacers’ offensive efficiency in the third quarter is actually very high, but facing the Spurs’ unreasonable three-pointers, the Pacers have been unable to close the points.

Slowly, the rest of the Spurs also entered the state. They got more and more courageous, so just now there was a scene of Duncan flying into the rescue.

To this end, Henson called a lot of timeouts and arranged a lot of tactics. But then he discovered that the Spurs' three-pointers were so crazy that it might not have much to do with his defense. Because he saw it with his own eyes, the Spurs made several three-pointer shots, all of them against the defense!

A team that has always focused on traditional offenses, but today has exploded on less traditional three-pointers... Sure enough, miracles in the NBA are everywhere.

"Coach Henson must find a way to contain the opponent's offense. The point difference is still rising. To continue playing like this is a huge disaster for the Pacers. You know, the game has reached the third quarter! If in the fourth quarter Before the decisive battle, Henson had no way to make the team narrow the points difference. The game will become very tricky! Going to San Antonio with a score of 1-1 and playing three consecutive away games, I believe Coach Henson does not want this situation to happen. ."

Mike Brin is worried for Henson, losing this game will have a great impact on the entire series. And with the fact that Henson participated in the endorsement yesterday, if he loses the game, he is bound to be overwhelmed by reporters.

However, the Pacers haven't gotten up yet, but the Spurs are getting more accurate. At this point, even Burris Dior made a three-pointer. The momentum of the Spurs did not mean anything to be interrupted at all, Henson walked back and forth on the sidelines. He couldn't think of a way, because there is actually no tactic that can cool the opponent's player's hand immediately!

In the middle of this quarter, the Pacers even fell behind the Spurs by 21 points after the Spurs' bombardment. With a 21-point gap, the Pacers rarely lag behind so much in the games Henson has coached.

Fortunately, at the end of this quarter, Paul George took on the heavy responsibility and scored 9 points by himself, which eased the situation slightly. Otherwise, Henson estimates that the Spurs can take the game away with a wave of the third quarter.

But even so, the points difference is still huge. In the last 8 seconds of the third quarter, Duncan scored a defensive rebound and then passed Ginobili to launch a fast break!

The Spurs are not actually a team that likes to fight back quickly. After all, their configuration is destined to be too fast. However, "Argentina Demon Sword" uses its own actual actions to explain what it means to be an old man chatting into a young man.

I saw Ginobili rushing fast, and then completed a one-handed dunk before the end of the third quarter.

With a buzzer dunk, Ginobili's performance is bound to make the whole San Antonio boil. But there is no doubt that it also made the Bankers Life Arena silent.

78 to 63, the San Antono Spurs ended the third quarter with a 15-point advantage. Their hand feels hot, and the extremely high morale has allowed the Spurs to play more blooming performances. In the last game, Henson figured out a way to spread the difference in a positional battle through a three-pointer, but he did not expect that it was his opponent who used this method to the extreme.

At the end of the third quarter, the reporter found Popovich and asked why the Spurs were so aggressive in this game.

"Stop talking about Henson not getting ready for the game. He just went to a commercial event. It seems like he will definitely win us without participating in a commercial event. I know the series too well, in the series. , After a loss, there will often be a rebound. Now it is our turn to deal with the loss. Let's see how we rebound."

Popovich is very confident, leading by 15 points into the fourth quarter decisive battle. With both sides relying on slow-paced offensive points to score, it is not easy to make a wave of 15-0. Unless, the Pacers also hit such a magical three-pointer.

But this is impossible, even Popovich knows that even the Spurs themselves can hardly replicate such an amazing game. Sometimes, the magical performance of the team cannot be copied.

"The Pacers are in big trouble. As we all know, the San Antonio Spurs are one of the most stable teams in the league. Maybe it's nothing to play against other teams and be behind by double digits. But the Spurs are behind by double digits and want to come back, but It's not that easy. Like Henson, Popovich is also a master of court control, and he won't easily lose a huge advantage."

Mike Brin is right, but he is one of the few people who worry about Henson. Most of the other commentators and reporters were gloating. They have prepared countless questions that will make Henson difficult, and are ready to throw them all over after Henson loses.

Endorsement of fashion brands? In the face of defeat, your endorsements are worthless!

Henson also knew that if he continued to grind his position with the Spurs, it would be difficult to turn the score back. Although there is still a whole section of the game, it has actually come to the moment of life and death. So Henson picked up the tactical board and sat among the players. When he spoke the first sentence, everyone was stunned.

"In the fourth quarter, we played a small lineup! Chris, George, Ray Allen and Leonard, you four will go together. Al, the task of protecting the rim is up to you. You must protect it. Rebounds cannot give the opponent a second chance to attack."

Beside Henson, Vogel and Stevens looked at each other. There is no doubt that Henson's arrangement was not reasonable. Playing a small lineup in front of the Spurs will definitely cause big problems on the defensive end.

But it is impossible for the two of them to directly question Henson in front of the players. It is not that Henson does not allow his assistants to question him, but if the assistant coaches questioning the head coach face to face, this will undoubtedly greatly dampen the head coach's prestige. So the two had to wait until the game restarted and the players all played before asking Henson's detailed thoughts.

Fortunately, the Pacers players trust Henson 100%. After Henson spit, the players stepped onto the court with confidence.

Since the regular lineup cannot play fast offense and offensive climax, then Henson created the conditions for fast offense himself!

"Coach Henson... actually sent a big and four small lineups!?" Of course, others did not agree with Henson's approach, including Mike Brin. "This formation, to be honest, Not very reasonable!"

"Henson, how do you think about it!?" After the players came on the field, Vogel and Stevens walked to Henson and asked.

"It's only a gamble, guys, it's a gamble." Henson touched his chin and began to explain his thoughts to the two assistants...