The Basketball Court Swordsman

Isn't Henson nervous? Isn't Henson afraid? No, his heart is almost jumping out! With 5.8 seconds left in the game, the two sides tied, and the Spurs held their next offense! Faced with such a situation, even many fans who watched the game on the scene covered their eyes. You can see how nervous the head coach must be to participate in the game.

But he can't panic, can't express his nervousness. He is not an assistant coach, nor a player, nor is he Larry Bird smoking a cigar squinting in a luxurious box! He is the head coach and the soul of the team at the critical moment! At the critical moment, his players have to listen to his command! If even he panic, who will listen to his command! ?

Therefore, Henson tried his best to restrain his emotions. First of all, you have to restrain yourself from speaking. When you can't set up tactics for the players, the voice is trembling.

"Al, look up! We haven't lost yet! Don't give me a dejected expression!" Henson first scolded Al Horford loudly. Horford missed the key goal just now. Henson is not surprised. he.

Not to mention Horford, even a great player like Jordan or Kobe can't hold every key shot. This is human nature, Henson can understand. But he couldn't accept it. His players were demoralized because they missed key shots.

In fact, Horford's low morale is not just because of just shooting. But because he was almost suppressed by Duncan for the entire game today.

Playing the Bucks in the first round of the series, Larry Sanders did not put any pressure on Horford. In the second round, he played against Noah with the Bulls. Although Horford had a bit on the offensive end, he was still comfortable on the defensive end. Hit the Heat in the third round, not to mention. The Heat's weak inside configuration makes Horford and West play well or not.

In other words, from the first round of the playoffs to the finals, Horford played smoothly. But today, a Tim Duncan suddenly appeared. This guy was stronger than everyone before. Horford could not get rid of Duncan's dominance on both ends of the offense and defense.

The game didn't go smoothly, and finally missed a key shot.

This huge sense of difference is the cause of Horford's low morale now.

Although after hearing Henson's words, Horford nodded. But Henson knew that he was a **** and not a god, and it was impossible to bring Horford's morale back in one or two sentences. So no matter what Horford's morale is now, Henson can't take it anymore. The timeout is limited, he must find a way to win the game in 5.8 seconds, the offensive possession is not his own!

Even though they lost the game, the Pacers will not lose all. But this is the finals, and no one will easily give up any game victory in the finals.

"Chris, I want you to be close to Parker. You can't give him any space or opportunity. If there is cover, you will delay decisively. In short, you can't let Parker stand out!" After thinking for a moment, Henson wondered Bobo. The idea of ​​Vicki decided to focus on the defense of the French defender.

Indeed, it was Tim Duncan who kept the Spurs to the end today. But at several critical moments today, Popovich chose Parker as his offensive point.

Originally, the French are in good shape today. So far, he has scored 21 points and 6 assists, and his hit rate is as high as 50%. Apart from anything else, just in that attack, if Parker hadn't scored a magical goal, Henson wouldn't need to be so nervous now.

Duncan has been in singles for a long time today, but after Duncan's physical fitness declined in the fourth quarter, his shooting percentage has also plummeted. Duncan's role in the fourth quarter was more defensive than offensive. Therefore, Henson has reason to believe that Tony Parker is the most likely scoring point for the Spurs next!

"If the opponent misses a shot, he immediately grabs the rebound and immediately pauses! Remember, we still have another timeout, and we still have a chance to change the situation! We haven't lost yet, and no one can give up!"

Henson yelled and drew many complicated marks on the tactical board. The electronic buzzer sounded, and both sides returned to the court!

"From the player to the coach, this is a classic game that can't be anymore! Both coaches were calm at the last moment and did not use the last timeout, and it turns out that Popovich’s approach is correct. He is only now The time-out gave the Spurs a chance to counterattack! But Coach Henson...I’m not sure, the time-out in his hand has not been used yet."

Mike Brin is a little worried, after all, there is only 5.8 seconds left in the game.

After the game restarted, the two sides formed a ball near the free throw line. The Pacers players hope to surround the Spurs players so that they cannot run away. But this kind of formation is completely trivial to the Spurs.

Paul was ready, and he clearly remembered every word Henson said to him. Once on the court, Paul's eyes never left TP9.

"We are set to win, Pop!" On the sidelines, Spurs assistant Budenhorse could not wait to celebrate the victory. He believed that Henson would definitely not think of the Spurs' tactics.

However, Popovich did not follow suit, but leaned on his chin with one hand, "Everything has not been settled, Mike."

The referee blew the whistle and the Spurs began to serve. Parker tried to squeeze out at the moment the whistle blew, and Paul was slyly delayed by Duncan! Duncan's screen is not very clean, there is a suspicion of moving screen. But Duncan is always an old churros, his moving pace is very small, not let the referee notice.

Seeing this, Split hurriedly sent a sideline ball. Sure enough, the low-key Tony Parker caught the ball. He knew that Paul, who was delayed, would pounce with all his strength, so Parker rushed with the ball and hit the reverse center of gravity of Paul!

"Parker broke through, and Paul was not able to chase him back in time due to inertia, but..."

Just when both Parker and Mike Brin thought that the breakthrough was successful, they saw Paul turn around abruptly, and then stretched out his hand! His movements are so swift that it is estimated that only slow motion playback can be seen clearly. Parker was about to speed up, but found that the basketball was out of control.

Chris Paul, the best defensive point guard in the league, took Parker's basketball from behind!

Of course, basketball is not directly controlled by Paul. Paul just knocked out the basketball, but didn't get the ball. The basketball flew out of bounds and eventually out of bounds.

Everyone on the Spurs let out a sigh of relief. After all, they own the ball.

However, the referee did not let the Spurs do what they wanted. He pointed to the other half, indicating that the ball was touched by a Spurs player!

"Yeah!" Henson waved his fist, Budenhorse opened his mouth wide, and cursed his mother at the referee.

Although the two sides quarreled together, with the help of modern technology, you still figured out the real situation.

The truth is that Parker subconsciously wanted to protect the basketball when the basketball was taken away. As everyone knows, the spinning basketball hit his finger and bounced off the sideline! In front of the high-tech playback video, the Spurs were speechless!

"Pause, pause!" After seeing the referee confirming that the ball belongs to Henson, the Chinese coach called for a stop 2.4 seconds before the end of the game! The timeout he left until the end finally worked!

"Damn it!" Budenhorse yelled, and Popovich just shook his head slightly.

Now, I feel nervous for them!

"The Spurs are fatal! In the final 2.4, the game may change! God, this game is really exciting!"

Henson had no time to waste. He called Danny Green and Ray Allen to replace West. In the upcoming game, he will send Paul, Allen, Green, George and Horford on the field. It was the last offense anyway, without considering the defensive issue. So, just send all the people who can shoot!

Popovich also guessed that Henson would use this lineup, but he couldn't guess who Henson would make the shot. In this regard, he is different from Henson. The Pacers were able to defend successfully because Henson guessed that the Spurs would give Parker the final blow.

The coach, who already has 4 championship rings in hand, was a little uneasy at this time.

"Al!" Henson didn't have time to hesitate, he took the lead in calling Horford to the front.

Before the start of the game, people knew that this would be a battle like sparks hitting the earth. But no one expected that this war would actually be in such a situation.

"The Pacers players are back on the field. Coach Henson sent in Ray Allen and Green, who performed well in today's game, leaving only Horford as a center. There is no doubt that Henson needs everyone on the field. Players have shooting threats, even shooting threats from the three-point line."

Mike Brin's heart was beating wildly, he really didn't know how Henson and Popovich dealt with this pressure. If he was directing the game on the sidelines, it is probably not clear what he said now.

The Spurs' strategy is to defend four perimeters 1 to 1 as much as possible. Popovich believes Horford is just a support point or screen. He knows very well how bad the kid was hit by Duncan today, and he missed a key ball dozens of seconds ago. Therefore, Henson's choice must be four outside lines.

After returning from the timeout, George sent a sideline kick, Horford stood at the free throw line to cover, Green flicked out to catch the ball, but George did not give it! Green is just a cover, the real catch is Paul!

Paul suddenly caught the ball and went in with Horford's screen. With little time left, Duncan made up to Paul without hesitation!

But just when Duncan left Horford, Paul passed the ball! His passing goal is Horford on the free throw line!

"Impossible!?" Popovich couldn't help yelling, he didn't believe his judgment was wrong! This ball, there is no reason to vote for Horford!

Horford looked firm and was not surprised when he received the basketball. This proves that this ball is not Paul's whim, but was designed like this before!

Raise the basketball, take off slightly, press the wrist to shoot. Horford's action was done in one go, without lack of confidence because it was a key shot.

Henson was not a god, he couldn't make Horford's morale soar with just a few words. But Henson another thought, why not?

I don’t have a spell to reset player morale to 100. I haven’t used it...

Sometimes there is a thin line between God and man.

"Beep~~~~" The red light on the backboard lit up the moment Horford took the shot.

Henson stared at the basketball. He knew Popovich couldn't think Horford was the final point. Therefore, we use the most unlikely point to end the game. Hopefully, Horford's morale is enough for him to defeat the demons.

The basketball looked a little dazzling under the lighting of the scene, so Henson couldn't help squinting his eyes. In fact, he found that he still couldn't see anything afterwards. I don't know if I can't help but close my eyes.

After a long, long time, Henson finally heard the sound of the Nets rolling. At that moment, he just felt that he was soft. Then came the deafening cheers from the stands behind...

So, come in! ? Henson found himself slumped on the bench, sweating like a nightmare.

Looking up at the court, Horford was rushing towards him.