The Basketball Court Swordsman

The regular season will end in half a season, and the Pacers have won 70+ games after they have lost 9 games?

When Henson said this, most reporters on the scene felt that the Chinese coach was silly in hospital. They laughed at Henson and said, "Without Leonard, the defending champion can win the Blazers first."

So Henson really did it.

"The game is not optimistic for the Trail Blazers, although Damien Lillard played one of the best performances of the season today. But under the control of Coach Henson, the Trail Blazers' chances are becoming increasingly slim. ."

At this point, the game has reached the last three minutes of the fourth quarter, and the Trail Blazers are still 8 points behind the Pacers.

In fact, the Trail Blazers in this game were 15 points behind. If it weren't for Damien Lillard's amazing performance by the No. 0 guard, the point difference would not be forced to close.

Terry Stotts squeezed his fists nervously, and sure enough, the game with Henson will never be easy. He originally wanted to end the opponent with Aldridge's steady mid-range, but it turns out that Stotts underestimated Henson too much.

Even Henson, who has been away from the game for three months, can't be underestimated by Stotts.

In today's game, Aldridge has made 22 shots, but only hit 6 of them! Seeing Aldridge's shooting percentage of less than 30% makes Stotts feel incredible. The reason why Aldridge played this way was because Henson sent a combination of Antetokounmpo + Jimmy Butler to defend the poor No. 12 forward.

Henson's arrangement on the defensive end, Jimmy Butler's excellent double-teaming ability and Antetokounmpo's length and wingspan all put Aldridge in a tough fight.

Fortunately, Lillard's performance today was good enough. He made 4 of 6 shots from beyond the three-point line and made many breakthroughs in Paul's shot. Lillard has scored 32 points. If it weren't for him, the game might have entered garbage time.

In a burst of shouts, Stotts regained consciousness. He fixed his eyes, and it turned out that the Blazers' offense had failed again.

"LaMarcus Aldridge, his shot missed again under Antetokounmpo's defense. Antetokounmpo's height and wingspan caused Aldridge a lot of trouble. He made 6 of 23 shots. The shooting percentage was 26%! The Pacers completely misfired Aldridge. This was definitely Aldridge's most memorable night. It seems that Coach Henson had already studied him clearly."

Antetokounmpo turned around to grab the rebound, then strode forward with the ball himself. It can be seen that Antetokounmpo does have the potential to play five positions. Among players of the same height, Antetokounmpo's ability to handle the ball is already above the passing line.

In the process of Antetokounmpo's fast advancing, Lillard wanted to get the ball.

However, Antetokounmpo used a flexible back dribble that did not match his height to avoid Lillard's steal. Lillard's hand slapped Antetokounmbo firmly, defensive foul!

"The number of fouls for the Trail Blazers has arrived. Antetokounmpo has directly won two free throw opportunities!"

"In fact, Lillard has no choice. If Antetokounmpo rushes up, the Trail Blazers may not be able to prevent it."

There is no way, this seems to be a microcosm of the Blazers' helpless situation throughout the game.

At the free throw line, Antetokounmpo made 1 of 2 free throws, leaving some hope for the Blazers. At least, the difference has not reached two digits.

However, the Blazers did not seize this opportunity to close the score, because Lillard's somewhat impatient three-pointer was interrupted by Jimmy Butler and hit the iron.

Now Henson asked Jimmy Butler to defend Lillard himself. Compared to Paul, Jimmy Butler has a height advantage, and his defensive performance today is very good.

Batum's Batum made just 1 of 8 shots today, and his shooting percentage is exaggerated lower than Aldridge, only 12.6%. The French's unbearable shooting percentage is due to Jimmy Butler's excellent defense.

Every time he thought Butler could not catch up to interfere with him, Jimmy Butler would always use timely interference to break the French romantic fantasy.

Now Henson switched Jimmy Butler in front of Lillard, who was in perfect condition, and the effect was immediate.

Again, Henson stopped the Trail Blazers' momentum. The Blazers retired quickly and retreated very deeply to prevent the Pacers from hitting the rim in a quick attack. But this time, Henson didn't let the players go into the penalty area.

CP3 quickly put the ball on the move, George took the ball and shot it, letting Wesley Matthews, who had put George a step and a half, caught off guard.

Matthews played pretty well on the offensive end today and has scored 22 points so far. But on the defensive end, Matthews was brutally abused by George. George's offensive methods are simply too many, so many that Matthews has no way of predicting.

Just like this time, he thought George would make a breakthrough, but the tall No. 24 hit the ball directly from the three-point line.

Matthews himself is not dominant in height, and he has not blocked it for the first time. On this night when George felt hot, Matthews turned his head in despair.

"Swipe!" A three-pointer hit, and the 12-point difference was crushed by the Blazers. At this time, there was only 1 minute and 48 seconds left before the end of the game.

"Beep beep!" The referee's whistle sounded quickly, and Stotts was interrupted again.

George stood on the court and cheered. He is now more and more like a superstar.

"Paul George, he almost killed the game! Beautiful goal. This timeout is very important for the Trail Blazers. Coach Terry Stotts will determine their fate!"

After Reggie Miller finished speaking, the camera cut to a close-up of Stotts' face. I saw the Blazers coach looked pale and his eyes were erratic, he was not confident anymore!

Henson will always target every arrangement and every change I make today. At this critical moment, Stotts has lost his confidence. He was trying to figure out what Henson would do, how Henson would change, whether Henson would guess his layout... However, Henson didn’t think so much at all. He just told the players, “In Don't relax on the defensive end, we can win in less than 2 minutes!"

You see, what is more terrifying than strength is the psychological advantage. Henson has planted the seeds of nightmares in Stotts' psychology. Once that seed blossoms and bears fruit, Stotts will no longer be able to cause trouble to Henson.

As a result, Stotts considered too much and the tactics were too complicated. In the short timeout, the most taboo is to make the tactics too complicated. The complicated tactics must not be arranged during the time-out period, but have been practiced over time.

So in the last minute and 48 seconds, the Trail Blazers killed themselves with three errors. Overly complicated tactics and the players' impatient psychology made them fall under their own hands.

Stotts stood on the sidelines in a daze, and the old man of Kering became the first coach in the league to feel the terror after Henson's return.

118 to 106, the Pacers kept the 12-point difference to the end. After the All-Star Game, the Pacers won the first game. And Henson also announced his return in a high profile with a beautiful victory!

After the game, all fans stood up to pay tribute to the players and Henson. Henson, just like at the beginning of the game, just waved to the fans in the stands lightly.

After all, the victory of this game is nothing surprising to Henson. Killing Terry Stotts was just a routine operation.

"Boss, you hurt us badly." After the game, Wesley Matthews came up and hugged Henson.

"You performed well today, keep it up." Henson patted Matthews on the shoulder as a relief. Although George scored a game-high 34 points today, Matthews' performance is still remarkable. After all, there are not many people who can really limit George in this alliance now.

After that, Henson didn't forget to shake hands with Stotts in style.

The two exchanged greetings, and Stotts seemed to want to say something in the end, but he stopped talking.

He wanted to ask how Henson felt when he came back? But suddenly realized that he didn't need to worry about Henson at all. The Chinese coach is very good, as good as before!

With that effort, Stotts might as well worry about himself. After all, in the fiercely competitive West, losing an extra game is extremely fatal.

"This is a perfect return battle. Coach Henson got the Pacers out of the haze of injury and failure as soon as he came back. Let us look forward to what Coach Henson will say at the press conference."

Reggie Miller ended today's national live broadcast work with these words, although Henson looked a lot softer than before. He neither yelled at the players nor did an exaggerated celebration.

But Miller thought, Henson might just be gentle with fans and players. Treating the media, I'm afraid this guy is still as vicious as ever.

Especially when so many people say that he cannot win today...