The Basketball Court Swordsman

The Atlanta Hawks are more powerful than Henson imagined. Not only are their morale high, but their players are indeed very good. Henson must admit that this is the most stressful time for the Atlanta Hawks this season.

During the timeout, Henson mainly told everyone not to double-team easily, to change defenses quickly, and to exert pressure on the ball. He knows that the Eagles want to kill themselves with team offense, so they will try to keep their team offense from running.

On the offensive end, Henson only needs players to deal with it cautiously.

"Don't make mistakes, and you can't give the opponent a chance to fight back! Unless the 24 seconds is about to end, otherwise you will give me a chance to shoot!"

With two minor changes, the game continued. In the first round after the Pacers came back, Paul George used his height advantage to make Dengtai Jones a foul.

This was a very beautiful breakthrough with the ball. Dengtai Jones couldn't keep up with George's speed and pace. But even so, the defensive champion still sticks to George's side inseparably. George forced into the basket under the opponent's tough confrontation, but was unsuccessful. The pressure given by Dengtai Jones to George made him unable to stretch out his body in the air.

But thanks to his height of 2 meters 06 and slender arms, George was not blocked, but won two free throw opportunities.

"Jones fouled, he would rather foul the Pacers than let the Pacers players score easily. Perhaps this is the attitude of the Eagles today. The Pacers want to score easily? There is no goal!"

Indeed, the attitude of Dengtai Jones is the attitude of the Eagles today. Therefore, although George got two free throw opportunities, Henson still couldn't laugh. This kind of uneven offense is not what he wants.

Two free throws were made. As the team's leading scorer, George did not waste this free throw opportunity. Henson clapped his hands vigorously when the Pacers began to retreat, "Concentrate, concentrate!"

Hearing Henson clapping and shouting in his ears, Livingston felt a little enthusiastic. He can't help but shake his legs, he can't wait, can't wait!

Facts proved that Henson's call still played a role, the Pacers players resolutely implemented a tight man-to-man defense. Don't forget, almost everyone on the Pacers team pulled out, they are single-defense Titans.

As a result, Jeff Teague's breakthrough did not attract double teams. Without attracting double-teams, the imaginary gap does not appear. The gap did not appear, Teague's only option was to bite the bullet and layup!

However, in front of Chris Paul, it is so easy to want to score.

At the moment Jeff Teague took off, Paul secretly grabbed his jersey, making him unable to get up. After that, he raised an arm high and used his strong body to lay between Teague and the basket.

Under the dual effect of Paul's small movements and strong body, Teague's layup knocked to the basket's neck. A successful defense, the basic quality of the defending champion is still there, it is impossible for the Eagles to score goals again and again.

But at the moment Teague made a layup and hit the iron, all the Hawks players seemed to be practicing a return run, and all their brains returned to their own half!

There is no marking, no interference, no one to grab rebounds and no one to try to cut steals. Quick retreat, this is the most decisive quick retreat that Henson has ever seen. Almost at the moment Teague shot and hit the iron, everyone on the Hawks had already returned to their own half.

"Old Drew knows you very well. You are like old friends." Vogel shook his head without a quick counterattack. It would be difficult to open the score in the state of the Eagles today.

Henson did not answer Vogel, but the players on the court pressed down with both hands. Steady the rhythm, grind slowly, there is also a way to win.

In this way, the two sides fell into an endless offensive and defensive position. It is not easy for both sides to score goals, but it is not easy to completely defend the other side.

Josh Smith is full of impact today. It's rare for him not to waste opportunities on the outside, but to use his physical advantage to go in again and again.

The Pacers also blossomed more under Paul's organization, but because they couldn't fight back quickly, the points difference could not be opened.

Livingston has been looking forward to the rotation time of the first quarter. Unfortunately, the Chinese coach did not call his name. The only thing Livingston can do is to wait!

In the first quarter of the game, Stephenson was not calm, making the Eagles substitute white shooter Korver a 3+1.

With this 3+1 score, the Hawks will fill the four-point gap. At the end of the first quarter, the two sides tied 26 to 26. Both teams have good shooting percentages and many assists. It can be said that both sides performed the team offense vividly.

After the start of the second quarter, the Hawks' bench players were still crazy. Shelvin Mark first took advantage of the Pacers' defensive slack to win the first point of the second quarter, and then Stephenson made some too direct breakthroughs and was taken out by the strong Shelvin Mark.

Shelvin Mark, the guard, is also Stevens's lover, who also played for the Butler University Bulldogs. The player is strong, defensive, decisive and accurate. And on the offensive end, there are no obvious shortcomings.

It's perfect for such a player to defend Stephenson. Defending Stephenson, the two most critical points are to withstand the impact, and then disrupt his dribbling rhythm.

Stephenson always has a streetball background, dribbling fancy, but insufficient caution. And Shelvin Mark has a good way to deal with such players!

Stephenson made a mistake, and Shelvin Mark personally held the ball and pushed quickly. Mark's absolute speed is not fast, looking at the league in the first position, it is only a mediocre level. But he is smart and strong enough.

Seeing Stephenson chasing from behind, instead of dodge, Mark took the initiative to push back. His sturdy big ass, on the contrary, allowed him to get layup space.

Mark drove Stephenson away for a layup, but Stephenson, who was already hot, grabbed Mark.

"Hey." Henson covered his face, and as expected, the referee's whistle immediately rang through the audience. Whether Stephenson is good or not depends entirely on whether he brings his head to the court today.

"This is a very unnecessary foul. Maybe Stephenson was suffocated because he was steal by Mark. But there is no doubt that his actions will only harm the interests of the team." Bill Walton shook his head, which is also the case. Henson Joe is here. If he were replaced by any other head coach, it would be impossible for a player like Stephenson to get such a stable chance to play.

Taking advantage of this dead ball opportunity, Henson replaced the hot-headed Stephenson and brought Paul back up. Seeing this, Drew immediately replaced Mark and replaced Jeff Teague.

"Old fox!" Henson yelled. This is not the first time this happened today. The guy Larry Drew has been following Henson all the time today! If Henson does not change, he does not change. Once Henson changes, he will definitely change!

Drew knows very well that in these recent games, Henson has made the starting and substitute playing time very even. Therefore, as long as the substitutions follow Henson, the Hawks' rotation will not be seriously unbalanced. When needed, replace the person who can restrain the opponent's players most. Old Drew's preparation for this game is not only perfect, but very superb!

As soon as Paul George was on the court, Drew went on stage. Jones defended firmly. As soon as Jimmy Butler played, Drew went to Korver for a three-pointer. As soon as Stephenson came on the court, Old Drew would bring Mark up. Yi Jianlian came on and Drew went to Tolliver. Leonard is in the 4th position, Drew goes to Mike Scott, who is 2.03 meters tall...

Targeted substitutions, this is Drew's winning plan today! He can't completely contain the defending champions, so try to disintegrate them personally!

In the case of Henson's egalitarianism and the loss of two main players, Drew's use of this method can really work.

In this way, the two sides almost copied the first quarter of the game. The two teams played back and forth, restraining each other, so it was so lively. But in the end, no one can pull the score apart.

58 to 55, the Pacers only led the Hawks by 3 points after halftime. And the advantage of 3 points is almost negligible when there is a whole half of the game left.

"The Pacers are not invincible, we will squash to the end!" Larry Drew was very imposing in the interview at the end of the game. In front of Henson, he hadn't raised his head for too long.

Henson did not accept an interview with reporters, he went straight back to the locker room as soon as the game ended. Old Drew's strategy is very clever, but he overlooked one point. In the first half of the game, Henson deliberately left a card and didn't play it...