The Basketball Court Swordsman

"You should ask if the Thunder can safely spend their three home games in Oklahoma."

During the intermission, Henson finally had the opportunity to say this to reporters. But there is no doubt that the Thunder fans all think that Henson, the **** coach, is bluffing. It was just the lead in the first quarter, and the Pacers were far from winning the game. Almost all Thunder fans are looking forward to the thunder three youngsters being able to use the next three quarters to swell the face of the Chinese coach.

However, the fact is that now that the game is in the fourth quarter, the Thunder fans in the stands have to consider another issue.

Can the Thunder spend their three home games in Oklahoma safely?

At this time, it was Chris Paul who was advancing with the ball. Seeing Paul holding the ball, the fans in the Chesapeake Energy Arena burst out the most violent boos. But in this boo, Henson heard fear.

Yes, the Thunder fans should be afraid. Because today, Chris Paul’s performance is indeed horrible...

With 1 minute and 28 seconds left in the game, the Pacers led the tenacious Thunder by 6 points 108 to 102. To be honest, the Thunder's tenacity is beyond Henson's imagination. He didn't expect at first that with Paul playing to the extreme, the Thunder could survive to the end.

This was mainly due to Kevin Durant's play and Derek Fischer's back-to-back 4 three-pointers.

But Henson believes that what the Thunder can do is just resist.

In a blink of an eye, Paul has taken advantage of Al Horford and David West to plunge into the penalty area. Everyone in the Thunder is nervous, they can't let Paul score a goal!

However, Paul shuttled through the crowd flexibly, and always took the initiative to confront Westbrook behind him. Westbrook is sweating profusely at this time. This may be the most awkward game he has played so far in his career. Since the "injured" Paul suddenly appeared on the field, Westbrook has been suffering.

After Paul took Westbrook, he suddenly accelerated and jumped for a layup. His changeable rhythm made Westbrook's stupefaction unpredictable. Just as Paul took off, Kendrick Perkins jumped over. He could no longer control Horford who was ambushing in the bottom corner, because he knew it well. Even if it is an open shot, it is better to put Horford on a three-pointer than to put Paul on a layup.

Take-offs, bends, draws, shots, nets, whistle, unfortunately, Perkins's supplementary defense did not play any role, Paul not only scored effectively, but also penalty!

"Chris Paul! He gave us a super show tonight! 38 points! Paul has scored today's 38th point! Kevin Durant, the leading scorer, has only scored 28 points so far , 10 points lower than Chris Paul!" Mike Brin must use a roar to explain the game, because the thunder fans booed the entire arena.

And Paul just silently high-five with his teammates, then stand on the free throw line, firmly grasping this opportunity to hit the three-pointer.

An additional penalty hit, 111 to 102, and the Thunder were almost pushed off the cliff.

"I have to say that coach Brooks's on-the-spot scheduling was not very beautiful today. Henson Joe caught this point and made a lot of targeted settings. He suddenly took out Chris Paul's move, even more so Brooks was caught off guard."

While talking, James Harden missed a layup under George's defense and Horford's perfect defense. This is Harden's tenth shot in this game, but only two goals have been hit before. With a 20% shooting rate, for the third consecutive game, Harden was completely locked.

George and Horford are in a tacit understanding, and George even often lures Harden to go to Horford, because he knows Horford will definitely appear where he should appear in time. It can only be said that George's single defense ability, Horford's assist defense ability, coupled with Henson's tactical emphasis on Harden, successfully turned the best sixth man into a transparent man in the finals.

Brooks' expectations were shattered again, and at the last moment, Harden still failed to end the fourth quarter like the previous series. The game was over one minute away, and Harden's miss almost sentenced the Thunder to death!

"It's time to witness the greatness, Frank." Seeing Paul hold the ball and push it again, Henson couldn't help standing up. This is the first time Henson has left the bench since the middle of the third quarter.

"Witness to greatness?" Vogel looked dumbfounded, and saw Henson pointed his finger at the large live screen on the dome, motioning him to look at today's game data.

Vogel looked up and was shocked.

On the court, Paul is still very excited. This is his closest to a championship, and God knows if it will be the closest in his career. So he is very eager to win the championship, wishing this game would be the last one.

In fact, Paul did play this game as the last one.

Leading by 9 points at the last minute, Paul remained positive. "Queen Bee" does not intend to give Thunder any chance to come back to life. He wants to secure the third victory in his hands before he is willing!

The exit halfway through the last game made Paul think that his dream of a championship was over again. Now that he can "recover from the dead", Paul will certainly not waste the opportunity God gave him!

Paul still doesn't know that this opportunity for him was not given by God, but by Henson and his badge...

Paul passed the ball to David West, who played Ibaka with his back. Ibaka stood ready and didn't dare to relax. At the last minute, if the Pacers scored another goal to widen the points difference to double digits, it would be over!

West moved back hard, and the referee watched attentively the two big guys fighting. After all, West's flopping performance in the last round of the game helped the Pacers win a lot of fouls.

But today, West did not do so. To be precise, he couldn't do that at all. This series is different from the previous round, and it is far from the point where it requires no compromise.

West suddenly waved his arm and passed the basketball. He is not the end point of this attack, the end point is still Chris Paul!

At this point, Paul has borrowed Green's off-the-ball screen to get a gap. Westbrook really has nothing to do with defensive screens. If Henson coached the Thunder, he would have let the "Swiss Army Knife" Sefrosa deal with Paul.

But after all, Brooks is not Henson, he is good at training players, but not good at directing the game. This situation is not the first time this season, everyone knows that the Thunder has a weakness that was caught by the opponent, but Brooks just doesn't change players! The reason is also very simple, he wants to play according to the rotation plan...

Thus, Paul made a three-pointer, which completely pierced the heart of the Thunder. 114 to 102, Brooks called a timeout. At the same time, Henson raised his arms, as if he had won the game one minute early.

Yes, Henson won!

"42 points, 10 assists, 7 rebounds and...0 turnovers! Chris Paul, he played an almost perfect game!" Mike Brin looked at Paul's game data. Can't help but shiver. And this is why Henson just said to witness greatness.

Paul directed such a perfect game himself, isn’t it great enough?

Still injured an ankle? Maybe you will have a difficult time? Henson Joe really didn't blush when he told a lie! Mike Brin now knows why most coaches don't like Henson Joe anymore.

This guy really does everything in order to win.

Paul exited, embracing everyone one by one. This scene made the Thunder fans in the stands very uncomfortable. Obviously the game is not over yet, Brooks is still hurrying to lay out tactics. Here, the Pacers seem to have begun to celebrate victory!

If Henson knew what the Thunder fans thought, he would definitely stand up and clarify for himself: We are not "as if" celebrating victory, we are indeed celebrating victory!

"Boss." The last person Paul hugged was Henson.

"Good job, you beat them up." Henson patted Paul on the back. Although his plan today was indeed to let the sudden appearance of Paul dominate the game, he didn't expect Paul to be so exaggerated. The data dominate the game.

"I think I can get an O'Brien Cup before I die."

"Of course, rest assured Chris, we will take the O'Brien Cup back to Indianapolis!"

After speaking with Paul, the timeout just ended. In this timeout, Henson didn't even take the tactical board, nor did he talk about a tactic. Just replaced all the substitutes and announced that the game has entered garbage time!

The Thunder fans were undoubtedly very angry about this, but in the last minute, Durant even scored 5 points and failed to save the Thunder.

114 to 107, the Pacers relied on Paul's great performance to rewrite the series total score in Oklahoma to 2 to 1!

All the Pacers players rushed to the court to celebrate and cheer wantonly. They know that they are getting closer and closer to winning the first championship trophy in the history of the Pacers...