The Basketball Court Swordsman

Paul George won a big open three-pointer, as long as he scores this goal, the gap between the Pacers and the Nuggets can become double digits.

Most of the time, this kind of big open three-pointer is impossible to stump George. But today, George's shots are out of the box. I can see that he was very upset. But the basketball game is like this, the chance is often only once. Once missed, it is difficult to get the same opportunity again.

Looking at George who was sweating profusely, Henson curled his lips. In addition to the touch and the opponent's defense, physical fitness is also a very important factor that affects a player's shooting accuracy.

When physical strength is not good, shooting stability will naturally be affected. Although shooting is the most basic of all scoring methods, it is actually the most accurate.

If the details of an action are not in place, it may cause problems with the flying accuracy of the basketball. And when a player is extremely exhausted, it is undoubtedly difficult for him to do all the actions to a standard.

George's missed shot allowed the Nuggets to control the point difference to 7 points. At this time, there are only 8 minutes left before the end of the game.

Subsequently, the Nuggets launched a counterattack. It can be seen that the Nuggets players are now full of firepower. Obviously, the fourth game had almost no physical impact on them. This is the terrible aspect of the Pepsi Center. The physical conditions of the two parties are often not equal.

Murray took advantage of Jokic's screen and directly shot a three-pointer, very confident. And it turns out that Murray is not blindly confident. Because of his hollow three-pointer into the net, this kid is surprisingly sure to make a three-pointer after borrowing the cover today.

"Jamaal Murray, he pulled the Denver Nuggets back from the edge of the cliff. With 4 points, the point difference was reduced to 4 points. Since Henson changed into the ultimate lineup in the first quarter, the Pacers have maintained Leading. But after the beginning of the fourth quarter, the situation suddenly changed. The Pacers have not scored for several rounds, and the Nuggets are close to the point difference with the help of Murray. It must be admitted that this is the strength of the Western Conference!"

After Murray scored, the commentators naturally blew at the Nuggets. Henson signaled the referee to suspend the game.

If this continues, the Pacers' advantage will be swallowed sooner or later. If the situation is not good, it is not impossible to be overtaken by the Nuggets. He had already taken care of everything, but he didn't expect the most worrying thing to come.

Henson must find a way to make the players last through the fourth quarter. If you lose because of altitude, then the loss is too stubborn.

The players walked down the court panting one by one, all sweating profusely. According to Henson's experience, the fourth quarter has only been played for four minutes. It stands to reason that the players will not be so tired. But the big drops of sweat on the players' foreheads have already explained their situation.

"All rest, all rest." Henson greeted the players to sit down, and then motioned to the staff to rush to express the towels.

Under normal circumstances, Henson only needs to let the ultimate lineup stay on the court, and play an efficient offense while running to death Jokic, and the game is over.

But today's situation is special, Henson still has to rotate in the crucial fourth quarter, and must change to a long rotation. Only when physical strength is guaranteed, players can play stable.

Use a long rotation in the fourth quarter...It is estimated that many coaches have never done this before. Nowadays, most coaches in this league like the 7-person rotation the most.

Why not use long rotation? Either a team does not have so many talents. Either that, the coach does not have the ability to control long rotations. For example, Tom Thibodeau, he likes to kill the main players very much, and the substitute players only need to play one or two on the court occasionally.

But these two problems are not a problem with Henson, so the Pacers have never been a team that only depends on short rotations.

Henson made the Pacers' bench depth so deep that it was for this time!

"Listen, I need the main players to rest. Next, I will send a rotation lineup to play. Your task is to stabilize the situation and not allow the Nuggets to overtake the score. In the last few minutes, I will switch to the ultimate lineup again. , When the time comes, I hope you can find your status."

The five forwards nodded silently, and then Henson began his long-round conversion plan.

It is a rotation lineup, but the lineup sent by Henson is actually quite luxurious.

Oladipo and Rajon Rondo formed a back line combination, Bogdanovic played the third position, and Kuzma topped his most familiar number four. And it didn't take long for Antetokounmpo to get my Lopez back into the battle today.

After the timeout was over, Mike Malone let out a sigh of relief when he saw Henson five ups and downs. In his opinion, as long as the ultimate lineup is not present, the Nuggets will have a very big win.

But if you take a closer look at Henson's so-called "rotating lineup", it seems to be stronger than the starting lineup of many teams...

"When are you going to change into the final lineup?" Becky Harmon asked Henson about his strategy as always.

"Last two minutes."

"What!?" Henson's answer surprised Becky Harmon. She originally thought that the current set of rotations was only for the main players to rest. But unexpectedly, Henson actually planned to let them play for so long.

"It's the last two minutes, the last two minutes, enough time for them to end the game. And now this lineup... believe me, they can't let the Nuggets go ahead!"

While talking, Rajon Rondo made a pass to assist Oladipo to cut into a dunk. In an instant, the Pacers were full of vitality again.

Henson has one criterion today, keeping the team alive all the time and speeding up the pace of the game all the time. If you don't want to be dragged to death by the Nuggets, you have to drag them to death first.

Although the Pacers have a clear lineup on the field, the Nuggets' offense is not much easier. The reason is simple, the defense of this lineup is also not weak.

Rajon Rondo entangled Murray so much that he wanted to scold his mother, but before he scolded him, Rondo spewed trash talk first.

On the other hand, Gary Harris's life is not easy. Oladipo tortured Harris with his strong body, he tried to cut to the basket several times, but Oladipo was blocked strongly.

In the end, Jokic had to hand the ball to his twin tower partner Plumli. Although Plumlee has average offensive ability, he has strength and height advantages compared to Kuzma. What's more, Kuzma's defensive ability is notoriously poor.

People ridicule that Kuzma is the worst defensive person on the Pacers, not one of them.

However, Plumlee clearly underestimated Kuzma. Kuzma is around a group of guys with perverted defensive ability, of course it seems that the defense is not good enough. But in fact, under Henson's long-term training, his defensive ability is definitely not bad.

As soon as Plumley received the ball, Kuzma made a steal. The white center from Fort Wayne did not expect Kuzma to be so decisive.

Kuzma also belongs to the kind of forward who can push the ball by himself, so the rhythm of offensive and defensive transition is very fast. Jokic sighed. This was his least favorite rhythm.

Kuzma handed the ball to Rondo, who took advantage of Bodanovic's screen to break through. When he hit the inside, Jokic had also retreated to the basket. But this is not difficult for Rondo, he used a pass without looking at the ball to the opportunity to Lopez.

Henson had already arranged Lopez's response point, and Rondo knew where his teammates were without even looking.

Because of the need for Antetokounmpo to play the fifth position, Lopez did not show much today, almost transparent.

Therefore, Jokic also habitually abandons the three-point line to cover the basket. Because most of the time Jokic is playing against Antetokounmpo, and Antetokounmpo can safely let him shoot outside the three-point line.

But the one outside the three-point line this time is much more accurate than the Greeks. When Jokic found out that Rondo was the real story, his eyes changed from triumphant to surprise.

Before he could rush out, Lopez had already shot. Rondo's pass is fast and accurate, and Lopez hardly needs to make any adjustments after getting it.

Just now, Paul George missed an open three-pointer due to physical problems. But physical fitness is not a problem at all for Brooke Lopez!

"brush!"

Mike Malone smashed the tactical board in his hands as soon as the sound of the Nets tumbling. He planned for so long and made so many targeted arrangements. The results of it? But was cleaned up by a rotating lineup.

After this three-pointer, the Denver Nuggets trailed by 9 points. Mike Malone hoped that the Nuggets could get the score back quickly, but now the Pacers have widened the difference.

Mike Malone is actually a good-tempered coach. Unlike the well-known Nuggets old coach George Karl, he likes to lose his temper so much.

But just now, Mike Malone's emotions broke out completely. From the start of the game, he has been controlled by Henson. Every time he seemed to see hope, he was immediately killed by the Pacers.

It was as if the Pacers deliberately let him see hope, and when he thought he could do it, he gave him a blow again.

Why, as No. 1 in the West, the gap between the Nuggets and Pacers is so huge. Mike Malone couldn't accept this fact for a while, and he felt extremely aggrieved. At the same time, a huge sense of powerlessness spread throughout the body.

He has tried his best, but he is still at the mercy of others. In the end, all emotions turned into anger. The tactical board of Keling became a victim of Mike Malone's anger.

In the ensuing game, facing the energetic Pacers, the Nuggets were once again suppressed.

Rondo’s ghost organization, Oladipo’s bombing of the basket, Bogdanovic’s three-point cold arrow, Kuzma’s versatility and Lopez’s excellent frame protection made Henson stunned by the so-called The "rotating lineup" stabilized the points difference.

In the last two minutes of the fourth quarter, the Pacers still led by 7 points. After this timeout, Henson brought his ultimate lineup back to the court.

At this point, the Pacers' ultimate lineup has been rested adequately. On the contrary, the Nuggets had just consumed a lot of physical energy.

"Go on the court and win. Then, let us leave this **** place."

Henson simply arranged a sentence and sat down on the bench.

Finally, he was going to conquer this **** thin air. He successfully survived in the Pepsi Center at an altitude of 1,606 meters.

Most importantly, Henson won the first place in the Western Conference. After the Oklahoma City Thunder, the second Western Conference team fell under Henson.

After this game, the Pacers' record will become 62 wins and 5 losses! The goal of 70 wins is close at hand...