The Basketball Court Swordsman

The Trail Blazers have recently won a wave of four-game winning streak, and the team is in very good shape.

So after seeing the Pacers trailing by 12 points in the first quarter and Aldridge made 5 of 6 shots in a single quarter, McMillan also believed that the game was a win.

Everyone knows that Henson Joe likes to play with his small lineup. In many cases, in order to keep up with the Pacers’ offensive speed, their opponents will even reduce the lineup.

However, McMillan did not do that because he has an excellent power forward who can have an absolute advantage in the fourth position. The first quarter of the game also proved that McMillan’s trust in Aldridge is extremely correct.

But McMillan did not expect that the advantages of the Trail Blazers were almost exhausted so quickly. Since Henson asked Horford to defend Aldridge in the second quarter, Aldridge hasn’t scored a point.

“Increase your personal shots and don’t be led by Horford! As long as you can score a few goals on his head, we will naturally take the initiative again!”

McMillan needs Aldridge to take more shots. He is the only player on the Trail Blazers who has the advantage in the matchup.

Aldridge is a cautious guy. If the chance is not good or he doesn’t like the shooting position, then he would rather not make a shot than go crazy.

The advantage of this is that Aldridge’s scoring efficiency is extremely high. But the downside is that at critical moments, when you need Aldridge to score in difficult situations, he will disappear instead.

Now, the Pacers are close to the point difference to only 4 points, the Blazers undoubtedly ushered in today’s first critical moment.

Therefore, Aldridge must take up the task of scoring. If he can’t do it, then McMillan will “force” him to do it.

After the timeout, the Trail Blazers replaced Pulzbila, who had a poor performance, and entered the league in 1998. The first New Zealand player in NBA history, Sean Marks.

Sean Marks is not a very outstanding player. He has been roaming around in the league and has changed six teams. And even in the “peak season”, Max’s average data is only 4 points and 3 rebounds.

The reason why McMillan got on him was also helpless. Pulzbila’s poor rebounding performance forced McMillan to try Sean, the only remaining center forward. Marcus Camby’s injury left McMillan without a center.

Moreover, McMillan can’t use Aldridge to play the fifth position like in previous games. Because in that case, a freshman and a four-year-old are just right for Henson’s appetite.

Seeing the 40-year-old center Sean on the field, a new idea suddenly appeared in Henson’s mind. He patted his forehead, why didn’t he think of it just now? If you did this in the first quarter, the Blazers are now struggling to chase points!

He immediately yelled at the players and then gestured.

No one knows what Henson said, but the players know very well that the coach is asking them to play inside!

McMillan’s adjustments did not make the Blazers’ offense better. Aldridge made a decisive shot this time, but because of Horford’s interference, Aldridge’s shot still failed to hit.

So far in the second quarter, the Trail Blazers haven’t scored yet.

This time the Pacers attacked, McRoberts did not stay on the outside, but instead sat in a key position inside! This abnormal behavior of the Pacers caused McMillan to swallow.

Generally speaking, McRoberts does not have the ability to play low singles. But facing the elderly New Zealanders, Henson was full of confidence in McRoberts.

Holiday hung the ball to McRoberts, and the others tried to make room for McRoberts, Horford even pulled beyond the three-point line.

Ever since, the inside line became a one-on-one battle between McRoberts and Sean Marks.

I saw McRoberts suddenly turned his back after holding the ball, and with only one step, he threw away the extremely slow New Zealand center forward.

McRoberts walked to the basket, and looked back and looked at the moon easily to make a layup. Sean was too slow, both in reaction and speed. McRoberts smiled happily. He didn’t expect that he would have a good time in a low position.

Henson also grinned. This may be the first time the team has an inside advantage since he became the head coach!

Subsequently, Batum’s mid-range jumper allowed the Trail Blazers to stop the blood and bring the point difference back to 4 points. However, the resistance of the French is really painless.

After a round, McRoberts intends to continue to play Sean in the low post.

Perhaps for Sean, who is already 40, this singles is not fair. But in the arena of competitive sports, if you want to play, you must abandon absolute fairness!

Aldridge could no longer sit back and watch, he doubled up before McRoberts acted.

But don’t forget, McRoberts is the “big magician” of the Pacers.

McRoberts pretended to turn his back, but with his wrist, he sent the ball to Horford, who was ambushing in the right corner.

It must be too late for Aldridge to make up defenses. For Horford, who is full of hot spots beyond the three-point line, it is not difficult to hit this long shot from the bottom corner.

Horford made another three-pointer, and the 12-point difference became only 1 point!

“Change defense, change defense!” McMillan roared desperately so that Henson could hear him clearly. Sean was a colander.

After 20 seconds, the Pacers made a menacing comeback. McMillan asked Aldridge to replace McRoberts and Sean to deal with Horford who was floating on the outside.

However, Horford and McRoberts are not stupid, they also changed positions.

As a result, people desperately saw Sean confronting Horford in the low post, and Aldridge had to mark McRoberts who could also shoot three pointers.

McMillan covered his head in despair, he was completely defeated by the general!

Horford easily turned over a jumper after shaking his shoulders, allowing the Pacers to finally overtake the score! At the same time, the referee’s whistle sounded and McMillan must replace Sean. The New Zealander may be very dedicated, but his appearance is indeed a disaster for the Blazers!

“Unbelievable, the Pacers actually used the inside advantage to gain the upper hand. The inside advantage! Before today, the term inside advantage was incompatible with the Pacers, but today, Coach Henson showed us the Pacers again. Another possibility!”

Barkley in the studio was distraught. He couldn’t explain in front of him. He couldn’t relieve his pressure by complaining about Henson. He could only worry about the big screen.

Perhaps now, Barkley can’t put on his jersey and personally push into the post.

“Good job Josh, then you take a break, George, you come on, continue to attack their inside! Granger, you go back to the fourth position!” Henson waved his hand, replaced McRoberts, and started. I made my favorite one of the first and fourth children.

“Aren’t you afraid that they will regain the advantage?” Vogel was more conservative, so he asked more.

“Afraid? They should be afraid! Could it be possible that they still dare to put the weak center forward on the court to wait for the massacre?” Henson’s mouth curled up slightly, he should have taken the initiative long ago!

Neither Pulzbila nor Old Sean are good centers. But Henson’s inertial thinking made him still call the team to attack from the outside.

In fact, the Blazers’ inside defense is in a state of turmoil. Whether it is Sean or Pulzbila, the Pacers’ inside players can easily hang.

The last few rounds are the best experiments. As long as the inside line is opened, McMillan will have nothing to do with the Pacers’ offense.

Therefore, McMillan can no longer allow Sean and Pulzbila to play for a long time. As long as they play, the Trail Blazers will have an additional defensive loophole.

After the suspension, something surprising happened.

The Trail Blazers replaced Sean with a 2m03 second-year forward Dante Conlingham. In other words, Aldridge is now the only “center” of the Trail Blazers!

“Coach McMillan actually came up with a lineup of one big and four small!? What is going on!?”

Kevin Harlan was extremely surprised, but Henson looked calm.

He knew that allowing Aldridge to play center was the only option for McMillan. It’s just that McMillan didn’t expect that Henson would have changed a big and four small lineup waiting for him.

In the first and fourth children, McMillan is a younger brother in front of Henson!

Cunningham doesn’t have any three-point ability. He can play at the fourth position because this guy is aggressive enough and strong enough.

Although they are both big and four minors, the offense of the Trail Blazers is obviously not as smooth as the Pacers.

Aldridge continued to hold the ball in the low post, Granger did not even think about it, and immediately doubled.

Aldridge had no choice but to pass the ball to Cringham who was emptied. Cringham didn’t even make a three-pointer last season, and he was not known for three-pointers in college.

Faced with this big vacancy, Cringham didn’t dare to take a shot.

The big open opportunity was wasted. In the end, he passed the ball to Batum, but Batum’s breakthrough layup was not successful under George’s excellent defense.

The Trail Blazers still didn’t score, and Aldridge fell into a scoring drought.

After Holiday holding the ball and attacking, Horford made a strong push to the inside. In fact, he scored the ball brilliantly, allowing Matthews, who had obtained the opportunity without the ball to screen, to hit a third.

Matthews feels hot today. Strictly speaking, this year is Matthews’ real rookie season. However, in his rookie season, he averaged 13.5 points per game. The scoring ability of this undrafted pick is definitely seriously underestimated.

With a four-point gap, McMillan felt that he had no good solutions. He used all the people on the bench.

At this moment, he must miss Brandon Roy and Greg Oden so much…

A big and four small duel, so that the Pacers’ offensive firepower fully opened. It is also a big and four small, but the Pacers are obviously much more mature than the Blazers.

A cold shot by Matthews, Granger’s efficiency and Paul George’s aggressiveness today gave the Trail Blazers a 12-point lead in the first quarter. After the second quarter, they brought An 8-point disadvantage entered the second half!

The sudden change of the game in the second quarter shocked the Trailblazer fans who were ecstatic 12 minutes ago!

During the intermission, the reporter naturally approached Henson for a sideline interview.

Henson did not intend to answer the reporter’s question of “what adjustments have led to the team leading?”

“I won’t say why we can take the lead. I just hope that the air conditioner in the studio behind T.NT is warm enough.”

Henson smiled his iconic smile at today, but Barkley couldn’t smile anymore.

Maybe all the yellow-skinned guys will bring misfortune to him.