The Basketball Court Swordsman

Henson Joe, this guy is undoubtedly the nightmare of LeBron James, the first man in the league. People don't know, if Henson does not leave those two years, LeBron James will hold back a championship trophy for Cleveland.

People only know that now, this season, this doubt can be answered.

On November 16, more than half a month after the NBA regular season of the 16-17 season began, the Pacers finally met the strongest opponent, the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers!

The staggered fate of Henson and James made this game a lot of attention. The excellent record of the Pacers and Cavaliers also makes many neutral fans want to witness the style of strong dialogue.

Therefore, there is no doubt that T.NT TV has long listed this game as their national live broadcast. Vivek and Stephen Simon must have laughed so hard that they couldn't keep their mouths together. After all, the cost of broadcasting a national live game is quite high.

And as long as Henson is there, the Pacers are not afraid of not having the opportunity to broadcast across the United States.

How hot is today's game? When Henson stopped his Cadillac and was about to enter the player tunnel, he was surrounded by reporters at the player tunnel entrance.

Henson has always been very disgusted with such things. It's just that Henson has become a lot more gentle this season, so reporters will be more and more stubborn.

So this time, Henson responded to reporters' questions in a gentle but unfriendly way.

"How did the Pacers prepare for this game? I will let the players get in the car, drive to the arena, then get the players out of the car, and then play. That's how we prepared for the game."

Henson finished speaking and smiled absent-mindedly at the camera.

After that, no reporter dared to stop Henson again. They all know the temper of the Chinese coach is temperamental, and if he scolds a **** head, they can't eat it.

Twenty minutes later, the Cavaliers team bus arrived at the Bankers Life Arena. LeBron James appeared in front of everyone wearing a leather jacket and skinny jeans.

It can be seen that James' expression is relatively relaxed. Although, he once broke the sand three times in this arena! But now the Cavaliers are the defending champion, and he also has two new helpers, Irving and Love.

The 73-win Warriors were defeated by the Cavaliers last season. What's so terrible about the Pacers with a mere 10 wins and 1 loss?

"Tense? Why are we nervous? We are relaxed. We are one of the best teams in the league. So, we don't have to be nervous for any team!" When interviewed by reporters, James' attitude was obviously much gentler than Henson .

The attitude of the two in the interview undoubtedly made the reporters like James and the Cavaliers a little more. As a result, a point of view was walked into the ears of the fans before the game started.

"Coach Henson was overly emotional because he was overly nervous."

"Nervous!? There may be any emotions in Henson Joe, except for nervousness! Believe me, even if this guy is allowed to be the president of the United States, he will not feel nervous." On the commentary stage, Charles Barkley Expressed disdain for reporters' rumors.

"But to be honest, LeBron James' team is bound to cause a lot of trouble for the Pacers. Times have changed, and the current Cavaliers are even stronger than the Miami Big Three back then. And face this shameful opportunity , LeBron’s performance is certainly not bad. Maybe today, we can witness the birth of a triple-double?"

Kenny Smith said, looking at James' data this season. This season, James averaged 26.4 points per game, averaging 8.7 rebounds and 8.6 assists per game! And these two data are James' career highs!

At the age of 32, he can still hit a new career high. It is not an exaggeration to say that James is stronger than before.

Therefore, Kenny Smith’s view is different from that of Barkley. He believes that facing such a terrible athlete, any coach will feel nervous, including Henson Joe!

"Nervous ass, it's not me who played the game." On the court, facing an interview with Sager, Henson responded to this controversy for the first time.

"Speaking of nervousness, I am nervous about your health. You look thinner than the last time we met, Sarger. How is your body?" Henson looked at the field in a bright blue suit before his eyes. Bian reporter asked with concern.

"Hahahaha, your eyes are really harsh, Henson. As I answered you last time, my body...not very good. After this game, I decided to rest for a while." Sager gestured. The on-site cameraman turned off the camera, so this conversation can be regarded as a personal communication between him and Henson.

"If you are not in good health, don't come to the United States to broadcast this kind of hard game."

"What? I'm warming up for your finals interview. By that time, the atmosphere will be several times more lively than it is now." Sager smiled and patted Henson on the shoulder. He was always so optimistic. .

"Come on, Henson. You know, if you don't defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers, you can't make the finals."

"Cut, what do you mean? After the game, wait to hear my victory speech!" Henson waved his hand and returned to the bench.

Nervous, really not nervous. But Henson also knows that if this game is easy, it is certainly not easy.

The Cavaliers’ current lineup makes it harder for LeBron James to be contained...

After the game started, Kevin Love made a clean three-pointer. No one thought that in the grievance between James and Henson, it would be Kevin Love who led the first goal!

But in fact, Love's goal was not accidental. Because from the beginning, Henson planned to use George and Antetokounmpo to jointly contain James. As everyone knows, James's vision is only broad, much better than him during the Heat.

He lightly scored the ball and assisted Love to hit a three-pointer. The feel of Love today might make Antetokounmpo unable to get too far away from him.

Subsequently, Henson tried the defensive style of double-teaming James with Danny Green and George. It's just a pity that Iman Shumpert's three-pointer once again cost Henson.

This is the biggest difference between the Cavaliers and the Heat. In the past, in the Heat, Henson could always double-team James to death. As long as James can't open it, Wade and Bosh will find it difficult to open the situation by their personal ability.

The Heat's not excellent three-point shooting ability allows Henson to unscrupulously put the defensive focus on James.

But now it's different. The "one star and four shots" style created by Tyron Lue completely liberated James. Irving, Shumpert and Love, they are all masters who can shoot three points. Once James is double-teamed, he can split the ball and assist. Without being doubled, James was unstoppable.

This is also the reason why James came to the Cavaliers to have more comprehensive and better data. In addition to James' own outstanding ability, the completely different systems of Tyronn Lue and Spoelstra are also the reason why James is able to play like a fish.

In the opening game, Henson was beaten 6-0 by the Cavaliers. He also knows that the Cavaliers will not miss opportunities outside the three-point line today.

So afterwards, Henson did not double-team James again, but tried to use the help of the inside to prevent him from hitting the basket.

But to be honest, the effect is very average.

Since then, with George and Antetokounmpo's two major attack points, the Pacers can match the Cavaliers on the offensive end. But on the defensive end, neither team can do anything about the other.

During this period, Henson also tried many methods. For example, let Antetokounmpo go to defend James alone. Even Henson let James' "old friend" Stephenson go up and try for a few minutes.

But the result is not quite satisfactory.

What's more, the Cavaliers also have the second ball-holding point of Irving. Although so far, Wade's career is greater than Owen. But Henson must admit that the young Owen's offensive ability with the ball is much stronger than Wade during the Heat's Big Three.

Even in the face of Paul's defense, Irving can use a gorgeous breakthrough to score again and again. No matter how bad, he can also eat the "pie" sent by James to hit the open shot.

In this way, the two sides played equally, and the situation was very anxious. This situation continued until the last 3 minutes of the game. After the Celtics, the Pacers were once again forced into a desperate moment.

"In the last 3 minutes of the game, the Cleveland Cavaliers led by 4 points with the excellent performance of the Big Three! We all know that LeBron's dominance at critical moments is very strong. This is not Isaiah Thomas or Al. Horford can compare! Today, Coach Henson wanted to complete the comeback at the last minute like playing the Celtics. It was terribly difficult to succeed."

Henson suspended the game, and in the last 3 minutes, he must find a way to contain LeBron James.

At this time, Henson's eyes fell on Brogdon, who had scored 10 points in the game and was very efficient.

Combining the conversation with Nash last night and Brogdon's performance today, Henson suddenly had a bold idea.

The key moments of basketball games may not always belong to superstars...