The Basketball Court Swordsman

Malcolm Brogdon, an ordinary second-round pick, a 25-year-old super-old rookie, a player who will never attract your attention when placed in the crowd.

This season, experts from all walks of life predicted that he will become the best rookie of the season.

The NBA "Rookie of the Year" is the first prize that a player needs to compete for after entering the league, and has only one chance to win. Many NBA stars have not been able to win this award, such as Olajuwon, Kobe and so on.

Although the best rookie does not determine a player's lifetime achievements, at least this is the best start.

However, since 1966, the NBA hasn't had any second-round picks that can implicate this honor. If Brogdon really wins at the end of the season, it will undoubtedly break a terrible record unprecedented.

Let’s take a look at what cruel roles were selected before Brogdon: Brandon Ingram, the Lakers hope star known as the next Durant, European talented insider Dragan Bender, body Another strong "Little James" Jaylen Brown, the second generation star Sabonis...

Brogdon has been overwhelmed by these famous names this season. While other rookies are still adapting to the NBA game, Brogdon has become an indispensable lubricant for the Pacers.

With Ben Simmons and "The Great" Joel Embiid both reimbursed for the season, Brogdon does have a high chance of winning the Rookie of the Year award.

Today, Brogdon’s performance undoubtedly proves that as a second-round pick, why is he qualified to take advantage of this honor.

At this point, the game has hit the middle of the third quarter, the Cavaliers offensive.

LeBron James has begun to breathe out, and like the previous two games, he did not get any respite today. Tyronn Lu did not dare to replace James, because once James is off, the Pacers will completely take control of the game.

I have to say that Irving's ability to control the overall situation really needs to be improved. Otherwise, James doesn't have to worry about everything.

Today, the Cavaliers are in very good form, and everyone has played their part. For example, in this offense, J.R. Smith scored another interference half-stop. Oladipo has been sealed to J.R.'s fingertips, but there is no way, this "nerve knife" can enter.

But even if the goal was scored, the Cavaliers were still 6 points behind. This is what LeBron James is most worried about today-the Pacers performed as well as them!

From Brook Lopez and Channing Fry in the first quarter to Siakam and Danny Green in the second quarter. In the third quarter, Oladipo also rose strongly. Of course, how could one forget Malcolm Brogdon, the prime candidate for this year's Rookie of the Year?

In the training game yesterday afternoon, Henson encouraged the role players to take more shots, which greatly boosted Brogdon's morale.

In training, he found that he was not unable to score high scores. As long as you stay focused, your second-round pick can also score beautiful numbers in a game.

Hasn't Brogdon occasionally scored 20+ points during the regular season of this season?

So today, Brogdon extended his confidence and good state to the court. His personal ability may not be that strong. He can't beat James like Iverson flying Jordan, nor can he beat Huashan like Westbrook.

But as Oladipo's side helper, as long as he gets a chance, he will not let Henson down.

This is also true this time, Oladipo singles J.R. with the ball, seems to want to get back the face of the ball just now.

At the same time, Brogdon was not idle, but actively interspersed with running positions, looking for the best chance to meet Oladipo.

"Malcolm is very positive today." Watching Brogdon's running, McMillan commented.

"Today, which of our players did not perform positively?" Henson smiled and continued to watch the game.

Oladipo used a beautiful body forward to accelerate the breakthrough. JR, who was not good at defensively, couldn't stop him. He was surpassed half of his position in one step. Seeing Oladipo was about to hit the basket, James still chose to miss Siakam to make up.

Although Oladipo played very enjoyable today, he knew he couldn't be too top. Although James’s picture is beautiful, it is not very realistic.

Therefore, Oladipo's first thought was that he would always wait for his back partner in the best position. He broke the ball and passed it to Brogdon. Owen was ready, but Brogdon didn't hold the ball at all, but immediately transferred the ball to Siakam!

Since James just blocked Oladipo's passing route, Oladipo could not pass the ball directly to Siakam. But now after such a transit in Brogdon, the opportunity appears instantly!

Seeing this, James rushed towards Siakam like crazy. Siakam flicked a shot and tricked James into jumping away with a fake shot before taking the shot calmly.

Siakam is no longer the "problem boy" without self-confidence at this time. After Henson's guidance and the regular season and the first two rounds of the playoffs, Siakam believes that he is no worse than any player, and he can also Be a star.

Therefore, the Cameroon striker's shot is very stable. The basketball passed through the net and exploded into a splash of water. The Pacers hit a three-pointer, and the difference became 9 points again!

After scoring this time, his data became 8 points, 6 assists and 4 baskets. Do you think this is Siakam's data? No, this all-around data comes from Malcolm Brogdon!

He is not the kind of "superstar" player, he can't score 30 points alone to lead the team to victory. But there is no doubt that he is always the kind of player who makes a huge contribution to victory.

Just like a powerful engine can't live without the best oil, Brogdon is the lubricant of the Pacers, and this is his capital to compete for the best rookie!

After the ball, James bit his lip. Once again, the Pacers relentlessly opened the score when they just saw hope.

I don't know how many times this kind of thing happened in this game. The Cavaliers have just approached the score, and the Pacers can always widen the difference.

The Cavaliers are blooming across the board, and the Pacers are blooming across the board. In fact, it's not just Brogdon today. As long as the Pacers have played players, they can contribute to the victory of the game. It's just that Brogdon is the most representative.

James originally thought that after encouraging his teammates and stimulating their state, the Cavaliers would definitely be able to equalize at home.

But now, a very cruel problem is placed in front of James-he may face a situation of 0 to 3 behind!

An old-fashioned record: There has never been a team in the history of the NBA playoffs that can make a comeback after falling 0-3.

James will not put the hope of winning the series on an unrealistic fantasy. The sentence breaking records is easy to say, but it is not that simple to implement.

After that, James led the team's offense even more crazily. The fans were very enthusiastic about it. This battle might be the best game in the Eastern Conference finals.

With the efforts of the Cavaliers, they finally caught up to only 4 points. But Henson was not panicked, LeBron James was out of breath, and his main players were still energetic.

Today, due to the Pacers' explosive performance across the board, Paul, George and Antetokounmpo will not have to bear much responsibility. Therefore, they also get much more rest time than James, Owen and Love.

In the first three quarters of the game, Henson's strategy against Paul, George and Antetokounmpo was to save money. And all of this will play a role in the fourth quarter.

As a dynasty coach, Henson knew very well that there is no problem playing team basketball in regular time. But at the critical moment, it is absolutely necessary to fight for the performance of superstars! Therefore, Henson used the physical strength of his three superstars in the last quarter.

"Now, the strategy has changed." At the beginning of the break, Henson said this as soon as he came up.

"Chris, George, and Yangnis, untie your shackles. In the fourth quarter, let go of your hands and feet and attack me. Look around you, the Clevelandans have fallen into despair. So, there is no reason. Be merciful. In the last quarter, kick them down the abyss!"

Henson said, while making a hard push. With the full-line blooming performance to deal with the Cavaliers' full-line blooming performance, Henson's strategy today has been very successful so far. Now, it was time to give the Cavaliers one final blow.

As a result, in the fourth quarter, the Pacers suddenly changed their previous "style" and turned into a star-led attack mode.

Antetokounmpo’s unreasonable offenses made James extremely embarrassed, and George’s superb mid- and long-range shooting made the Cavaliers unable to completely shrink the defense.

Of course, how can you forget Paul? His passing and agile layup can always solve the attack in an instant.

The harder and harder James played, the harder he played. But the points difference above the head is getting bigger and bigger.

When the game was about to end with 1 minute and 48 seconds left, George took advantage of Lopez's screen and broke through with the ball, and then made a jumper from the free throw line. This ball put the Cavaliers behind the Pacers by 14 points in the last one minute or more.

The Cavaliers want to win the final game, only theoretical possibilities are left!

At that moment, the "emperor" reluctantly lowered his arrogant head. He was thinking that he might be trapped in the nightmare created by Henson again...