The Basketball Court Swordsman

Popovich’s timeout did not have much effect. In order to gain an advantage inside, Popovich dropped Dior and replaced the Brazilian Split.

However, Horford did not go to match Split at all, he stayed by Duncan's side from start to finish. Split had to face Leonard, and the Spurs also hit Split in their first offense.

Split also averaged a small ten points per game during the regular season, but after entering the playoffs, it was less conspicuous on the offensive end. Split's offense is a little bit of everything, but it is not very sure.

The Brazilian is on the court and is more responsible for rebounding and defense. Score, this was never Split's job.

So even in the face of Leonard, who is about two meters tall, Split doesn't seem to have much advantage. He squeezed Leonard with his back, and when he reached the basket, he was about to turn around to hook. But at the moment he turned around and before raising the basketball, Leonard stretched out his long arms and stabbed the basketball in Split's hands with lightning speed. The Spurs made a mistake again!

"Mistakes, this time the dislocation did not succeed! Leonard's defense is always so deadly. This season, we have seen Leonard steal the ball from a defender, let alone a center forward. The inside advantage coach Popovich wanted hasn’t been formed.”

"Damn it!" Popovich murmured secretly. Of course he didn't blame Split, but just cursed casually.

Leonard, Leonard, if the Spurs could have him...

Leonard handed the ball to Paul, and Paul passed the ball to Ray Allen in the corner. In the fast break, even the Spurs' defense was sufficiently torn apart.

Ray Allen has been feeling very good since the fourth quarter, and he has some intentions of competing with Gary Neal. This time, Ray Allen still did not waste an opportunity. As one of the league's greatest big shooters, Ray Allen left the Celtics just to get a ring to retire. In terms of money, the renewal amount given by the Celtics can be much larger than that given by the Pacers.

Therefore, Ray Allen does not allow anyone to disturb his and the team's winning plan!

"brush!"

Ray Allen made a three-pointer again, and the fast-paced offense allowed Ray Allen to easily get many open shots. And Ray Allen's stability when facing open shots is unquestionable.

If Gary Neal is a draft projection, then Ray Allen is undoubtedly a long-range turret with stable output.

"Single digits! It succeeded, the Pacers succeeded! They reduced the point difference to single digits! Haha, the Spurs lost a good situation after playing less than half of the game in the fourth quarter! 7 points difference, With such a fierce offensive from the Pacers, the 7-point difference is not enough!"

"Rewind and rewind, forcing them to make mistakes, and seizing the opportunity of mistakes to fight back!" Henson's shouting made the players motivated one by one, while the Spurs players were somewhat lost.

They claim to be the most stable team in the league, but they collapsed in the fourth quarter. The Spurs don't want this, they must regroup!

Soon, Split would make up for it, and Leonard succeeded in the second inside singles. Leonard has always been an outside player, and Split, as an NBA-level center, still has the basic ball protection ability. Split beautifully beat this big misalignment.

But now, Henson is not afraid of the Spurs' two-pointer. It is the Pacers who are starting from beyond the three-point line. The Spurs' two-pointer and two-pointer can inevitably avoid falling behind!

After a few minutes, the two sides were in a fight. The recovered Spurs controlled the mistake, slowed down as much as possible, and grind the position with the Pacers. The Pacers seized every opportunity to fight back quickly.

But under the Pacers' more offensive rounds and more intensive three-pointers, they finally closed the point difference to only 2 points in the last 54 seconds!

"The Pacers were suppressed for a whole game. Since the eighth minute of the first quarter, the Pacers have not taken the lead! At most, the Pacers even fell behind the Spurs by 21 points! But now, They have the opportunity to overtake the score! Let's see what Coach Henson will do in the last 54 seconds!"

After the Spurs made two free throws by Ginobili, Henson stopped the game. The goal is simple, he needs to regain the lead after the eighth minute of the first quarter!

At such a critical moment, even a 1-point lead is enough to make the change together. Thus, Henson developed a three-pointer tactic. In the fourth quarter, the Pacers made a very high three-pointer, and the most accurate shot was Ray Allen. So for the first offense after this timeout, Henson needed Ray Allen to hit a three-pointer.

If this time the offense succeeds in gaining a lead, Henson will deploy a "death defense" to hold the victory and end the game!

After returning from the timeout, Popovich saw the Pacers re-launch their regular lineup instead of being a major or four minor. This means that the Spurs will not be able to gain much advantage inside.

Paul, Green, Ray Allen, Anderson and Horford, the lineup sent by Henson is as special as ever.

"Keep your position and your people, don't give them a chance to take easy shots!" Popovich immediately covered his mouth and screamed on the court. Although it was the Spurs leading by two points at this time, Popovich felt as nervous as two points behind.

The Spurs deployed heavy guards around Ray Allen. Ray Allen ran several times but failed to get the tactics out. In desperation, Paul can only execute Plan B that Henson just arranged.

Seeing Paul's gesture, Green suddenly pushed Ginobili, who was defending himself, and then bounced outside the three-point line, ready to catch the ball and shoot.

However, Ginobili is an old fritter, and Green's tricks will not make him lose his defensive position. I saw Ginobili ran up with Green, and then straightened his arm to interfere with Green's shot! This time the defense almost covered Green's face!

"Damn it!" Seeing this, Henson knew that Green's chances of scoring were not great. Originally Plan B was a helpless move, this tactic was too simple, and it was helpless to be defended by Ginobili.

Sure enough, the basketball knocked out and hit the side of the basket. Popovich raised his arms, the defense was done!

"The key shot missed. This defense almost killed the Pacers! Wait, Splitter was fighting for defensive rebounds with Chris Anderson. The two men shot the basketball into the air again. Control the basketball!"

Chris Anderson, this guy who is sure to be full of energy as soon as he gets on the court is more athletic than Split. So although Anderson's rebounding position is not as good as Split, he used his bounce to make up for his positional disadvantage. And this is why Henson sends Anderson to play now!

Although he could not directly catch the offensive rebound, Anderson interfered with the Brazilian center in the fight and shot the basketball into the air again!

Anderson found out that Stephen Jackson was also leaning on the basketball side. He seemed to want to work with Splitter to grab the rebound, so to speak...

As a result, "Birdman" Anderson spread his wings again and jumped high. Under the attack of Splitter and Stephen Jackson, he did not try to control the rebound, but shot the basketball towards the bottom line with a single palm in the air. Past!

"This is a......"

Before Mike Brin finished speaking, he saw Ray Allen in ambush at the bottom corner receiving a basketball shot by Anderson! Chris Anderson scored a crucial offensive rebound!

After receiving the ball, Ray Allen took the opportunity to retreat and retreated beyond the three-point line. Then, under the horrified eyes of the Spurs generals and Stephen Jackson's menacing defense, he calmly shot a three-pointer!

At that moment, Popovich felt the air freeze. From a lead of 21 points to a lead of only 2 points, Henson Joe, a guy with a bold decision, actually revitalized the game.

"brush!"

"boom!"

The basketball hits the net and the stands are boiling. Popovich's heart tightened and called a timeout to the referee. On the other side, Henson rushed into the court like a player, jumped up and met Anderson and Ray Allen in the air.

What an energetic head coach.

In the last 38 seconds of the game, the San Antonio Spurs controlled the pace of the entire game. Because of Chris Anderson's key rebounds and Ray Allen's share, they fell behind the defending champion Pacers by 1 point at a critical moment! Popovich knows very well that Henson is in full control of the situation now!

"What a wonderful game, a wonderful three-pointer! Although this is not a lore, although the Spurs still have a chance. However, Ray Allen's three-pointer almost changed the situation! This is already the fourth quarter of Ray Allen's game. He scored the fifth three-pointer, and it's no exaggeration to say that he saved the Pacers!"

Popovich knew that the team must score now, but he also knew that Henson would not let himself get his wish.

Sure enough, after returning from the timeout, Henson put in a "death defense" lineup with a high finish rate. Stephenson, Jimmy Butler, Leonard, David West and Al Horford.

It is very, very difficult to score points on top of this lineup.

After coming up, Duncan's first offense was resolved by the tacit double-teaming of Horford and West. Split did not have the ability to open space, so West and Horford were able to double-team boldly.

Subsequently, Leonard broke through the inside and made Split foul. Standing on the free throw line, Leonard made two free throws steadily and did not make the mistake of dropping the chain on the free throw at the critical moment.

3 minutes difference, 8.4 seconds left. Duncan used up the last timeout and replaced Dior. But Henson had already prepared. He replaced West with George and let Leonard return to the fourth position. A major and four minor death defense, Leonard has proven that he will not suffer in the matchup with Dior.

Although this time, Duncan succeeded in singles Horford in the interior. But now, the initiative is in Henson's hands. Duncan played two points and two points, obviously there was no way to bring the situation back.

The Spurs are still 1 point behind and they have to foul. But under Fraser's tuning, the Pacers players are quite stable in free throws.

George made two free throws and the Pacers still led by three points. Popovich was a little desperate. He didn't expect that he would one day be the backdrop for Henson to complete his great reversal.

The last shot of the game had already scored 24 points. Gary Neal, who made 6 of 9 3-pointers, failed to seize the last chance under the interference of Jimmy Butler. He hit a lot of three-pointers today, and at one point made the Pacers desperate. But Neal missed the most critical three-pointer.

At the moment of shooting and ironing, the electronic buzzer sounded and the red light on the backboard was extremely dazzling.

Popovich saw Henson rushing into the court with his arms raised high. Like the media who were going to watch Henson's jokes, he silently lowered his head.

Not everyone wants to see Henson's happy expression after his great reversal.