The Basketball Court Swordsman

Larry Drew knows where his team's strengths and weaknesses are. He knows that after the loss of Joe Johnson, the Eagles have been missing a decent single point. Therefore, this season, the Atlanta Hawks not only emphasized defense, but also emphasized team offense.

Since there is no suitable single point, use the strength of the team to make up. Therefore, in Atlanta, some media even boast that the Eagles are the "Eastern Spurs."

Against the Pacers today, Drew is hoping to use his powerful team offense to stop his old rival Henson Joe.

In any case, this time, he must succeed!

So far this season, the Hawks and Pacers have met three times. Unlike the previous two seasons, the Pacers directly beat the Eagles 3-0. The Hawks this season seems to be unable to shake the authority of the Pacers.

This time, it was the last time the Eagles met the Pacers this season. If you are unlucky...it is also very likely that Old Drew will play against Henson as the Eagles head coach for the last time.

The uniforms of the Eagles have made it very clear, "If the team's performance this season still can't make a breakthrough, then we probably won't renew your contract."

The so-called performance breakthrough is divided into two levels. One is the regular season record and the other is the playoff record. Although the Eagles are now ranked fifth in the East, this obviously does not meet the expectations of the Eagles management. In other words, although the regular season will end in less than a month, Drew still has to do his best to win as many victories as possible.

This has nothing to do with glory, but about Larry Drew's job!

Therefore, even if he was killed by the Pacers, he had to bite Henson. When people are on the edge of a cliff, their combat power is beyond normal.

Drew has studied many game videos of the Pacers, and he also knows that the Pacers have now lost their two main players, and the situation is not good. So the day before the start of the game, Old Drew had already mobilized everyone.

"We have no reason to be defeated by the same opponent four times! In Indianapolis, those **** guys are waiting to see our jokes and to humiliate us! What we have to do is simple, let them all go to **** Go!"

Drew's impassioned speech naturally moved the Eagles players. When you raise the outcome of a game to the level of shame or failure, any young Lisheng player will be inspired.

So today, when Henson saw the Eagles players in the Bankers Life Arena, he couldn't help but feel nervous.

"This... what did Drew give them? Doping?" Henson heard two loud noises while he was still warming up. "New Eagle King" Josh Smith was so excited to show two dunks, and it can be seen that the Hawks players are very engaged even if they are only in the warm-up phase.

"Old Drew has a hard time, and he has lost to us three times this season. From the coach to the players, they are very unwilling."

"Really? It turns out that the Hawks have lost to us three times this season...more than I thought."

"Puff!" Vogel almost vomited blood after hearing Henson's words. If Old Drew heard this, he would have shut himself down.

But Vogel no longer worried about Henson's confidence. Because in yesterday's confrontational training, Livingston's performance was much better than he expected. Maybe he could really catch the Eagles by surprise!

The Hawks' warm-up was eye-catching, and the Pacers also attracted the attention of commentators when they warmed up. And the player that caused concern was Livingston.

"We saw that Sean Livingston was practicing a jump shot under Fraser's leadership. In other words, after almost three months, Livingston was back on the basketball court again! And, very likely Play in today's game!" Chris Webber stretched his head, he thought Livingston would disappear from now on, but he didn't expect to be back. Moreover, still in the defending champion team.

"Three months... To be honest, I doubt that Sean Livingston can find his form. Just look at his resume over the past few years. Although I say that Pacers fans must not like to listen, but I In addition, I am very optimistic about the prospects of Livingston in the Pacers. Coach Henson wants to add to Paul that he is warming up. He almost forgets that the Pacers had such a contract a month ago. Up.

"Don't worry about him, that guy can't make any waves. Even if we play, it won't make any difference. We continue to act as planned, do a good job of defense, and play team offense." Drew waved his hand and did not continue to observe Leven. Ston.

It's just a waste. No matter how amazing Henson is, it is impossible to bring a waste back to life! Want to confuse yourself with Livingston? There are no doors!

After the warm-up, the game officially began. Although Livingston is not a starter, even sitting on the bench, he feels his heartbeat is accelerating.

Defending champion, this is the first time in his life he has played for a championship-level team. Naturally, it is the first time to feel such a warm live atmosphere!

? But soon, Livingston calmed his breath and tried to calm himself down.

He must become familiar with the rhythm of the game, the atmosphere of the scene, and even the taste of the game as soon as possible. He doesn't know when he will get the chance to play, maybe he will play in the first quarter, maybe it's garbage time. But he firmly believes that he will play, because the Chinese coach never breaks his promise. At that time, he is about to show his strength. He cannot fail himself, his family, and Henson Joe...

Livingston knows exactly what he is like now. The coach can't give himself too much time, even if the Pacers lineup is not complete. And if he can't seize the opportunity in the limited time, then...what use is he? Which team will raise a dead man? Will he continue to wander? Wandering to the day when no team is willing to take over?

You know, in two more years, he will be 30 years old!

So, Livingston put his chin on his hand, his eyes closely following his teammates running on the court. He must be prepared, he must be prepared!

Livingston calmed down, but Henson got up from the bench early.

The start of the Pacers did not go well.

For the first offense of the game, Josh Smith broke through with Anthony Tolliver's screen.

Since Tolliver is a short insider who plays outside the outside line, the starting fourth position sent by Henson today is Yi Jianlian.

Faced with this cover, Yi Jianlian's defense is very active. But helplessly, Josh, known as the "poor man's version of James", has an incredible physical fitness that Yi Jianlian can resist.

I saw Josh slammed Yi Jianlian with his shoulders, and then dunked high before Horford made up the defense, making the basket in Banker's Life Arena tremble for a while.

Subsequently, the Pacers attacked. The Hawks’ starting second position was Dengtai Jones, who used to play for the Pacers.

Dengtai Jones, as a member of the 03 Super Platinum Generation, began his career in Memphis. In the 08-09 season, Dengtai Jones moved to the Denver Nuggets and acted as the team's starting shooting guard with his strong defense. In the playoffs, he became the Nuggets' most underrated player, not only has repeatedly staged breakouts. The good show, but also caused a lot of trouble on the defensive end, Kobe was very uncomfortable by him in the series with the Lakers.

After the season, Jones won the Pacers contract with the Nuggets. Of course, the Pacers at that time, Henson was still an unknown person in the team. Then, Henson traded Jones to the Bulls for the 30th overall pick of the Bulls. And that draft pick is now Jimmy Butler. In the middle of the season, the defensive Jones drifted to the Atlanta Hawks.

Although Jones has passed his physical peak, as a player who can prevent Kobe from being uncomfortable, his defensive end is certainly not only physical.

Jones has a very strong ability to read the opponent's offense and anticipation. Paul George's reverse run was spotted by Jones. He caught up in time and interfered with George's catch and at the same time interfered with the rhythm of George's catching and shooting.

As a result, the Pacers missed the first attack! The Hawks' starting center, the Frenchman Johan Petroleo jumped up and grabbed the rebound. The Hawks feel like one word today-excitement!

"Each of them is running desperately, jumping desperately, for fear of the basketball slipping through the fingers. I must say, this may be one of the most curious games for the Eagles this season!" Bill Walton applauded. comment.

Subsequently, Josh Smith sat in the back and hit Green. As a strong swingman number three or four, Josh is more than enough to beat Green with his weight.

He headed into the basket and hit the ball under Horford's interference. After 20 seconds, Josh broke through and attracted Yi Jianlian's attention. As a result, Anthony Tolliver was missed.

Josh steadily divided the ball into Tolliver's hands, and the latter fired a long-range shot directly at the top of the arc, piercing the Pacers' heart by three points! 7 to 0!

Team basketball and tough defense, the Eagles played the situation Drew expected to see.

"Time, Time!" Henson had no choice but to stop the game after a few rounds.

The crazy eagle seems to be more difficult to deal with than he thought!