The Basketball Court Swordsman

The game has not yet played, people open their mouths to be the Rockets championship, even Henson, who is now trying to become gentle, will be annoying.

Real champions don't get the respect they deserve. The Rockets, a team that didn't even win a Western Conference championship last season, turned out to be a "genuine" championship. It's as if the Pacers are the challenger.

Reporters should ask whether the Rockets have confidence in threatening the championship's status, not whether Henson will be threatened.

Therefore, this originally very special regular season has made Henson pay more attention to it.

Before the game started, Henson's roar was unexpectedly loud.

"Listen well and guard our three-point line! Never let the Rockets shoot from beyond the three-point line. I want you to focus on perimeter defense all the time. As for the inside, if Capella wants to dunk Let him buckle. Let’s not shrink! Because once you shrink, the Rockets will get a chance. Do you understand it all!? If anyone shrinks, let me watch the game next time! When I understand, go up and play. !"

Ross and Rondo nodded seriously. It was the first time for these two new Pacers to see Henson so serious before the game.

After arranging the tactics, Paul walked towards the Pacers bench. Obviously, he came to hug his teammates.

"Boss, I didn't expect to see you again, we will become opponents." Paul smiled. Although he left the Pacers, he was still very happy to get a 160 million contract.

You know, the Pacers and George's post-90s George signed the contract only 137 million US dollars. And Paul can win 160 million at the age of 34, which is undoubtedly a successful operation.

During the offseason, people predicted that Paul's annual salary would be up to 25 million a year. However, Paul's annual salary for the Rockets is 40 million!

For a player his age, choosing money or honor seems to be a dilemma. But Paul frequently has both fish and bear paws. In the Rockets, he not only gets a high salary, but also still retains the chance to hit the championship.

"Be careful today, Chris." Henson and Paul hugged, but he wouldn't take the initiative to release water just because they are good friends with him.

"You have to be careful too, Boss. That guy is not annoying." Paul turned sideways and pointed to Harden. In the Rockets for several months, Paul has been deeply aware of Harden's strength.

It is not an exaggeration to say that George and Antetokounmpo are more tender than him.

Paul still remembers that his first championship ring was obtained from the Thunder. At that time, Harden's performance in the finals was simply the scene of a car accident.

But now, James Harden is very different.

"I'll worry about my business, you better worry about your own business. By the way, I don't want you to conflict with Longdo. I told him to let him not do anything to you, but I'm afraid that **** is inevitable."

"Hahahahaha," Paul shook his head, "to be honest, I really don't want to see that bastard."

The drama of this game seems to be getting stronger.

After the greeting, under the arrangement of the referee, the starting players of both sides stepped into the designated positions.

Henson took a look, and the Rockets' starting lineup remained the same as before.

Paul and Harden continued to work together, and the inside was handed over to Capela and the undrafted Gary Clark. The small forward is played by James Ennis, and the advantages and disadvantages of this lineup are very obvious.

The back line is the most luxurious place of the Rockets, and the forward line is the weakness of the Rockets. Clarke and Ennis are in other teams, 80% of them can't start. But in the Rockets, they have a chance to start.

Of course, Carmelo Anthony and Gerrard Nine Fingers Green can come on the bench to play forwards at any time. Therefore, D'Antoni let two little-known guys start, which can be considered as a deep consideration for the bench.

For the Pacers, Henson was not so polite. After Oladipo was injured, he changed the starting line again.

Brogdon, George and Antetokounmpo played outside. There is no doubt that this will put a lot of offensive pressure on the Rockets' perimeter. Inside, Henson lifted P.J. Tucker up and let him partner with Lopez.

The Rockets' power forward position is not the traditional four, so Henson is also relieved to let Tucker play. In this way, the Pacers actually have a strong ability to switch defenses in all four positions.

From the very beginning, Henson didn't want the Rockets to shoot.

Of course, this is not his ideal lineup. If this lineup doesn't work, he has a more extreme back-off...

"Coach Henson has changed. From the standpoint of his position, Antetokounmpo at 2.11 meters will play a small forward, while Tucker at 1.98 meters will play a power forward. Of course, I don't know Antetokounmpo. Is Bo a point guard or a small forward..." Reggie Miller said and found himself stunned.

"In short, the Pacers lineup is that the division between positions is not obvious. There is no doubt that this is very close to the perfect lineup in Pat Riley's mind."

Before the game started, Henson remembered the interviews of the reporters. Now, there must be a lot of **** guys looking forward to the Rockets threatening the defending champion!

Well, my favorite thing is to let you down!

At the beginning of the game, Capella of the Rockets won the basketball by an overwhelming advantage. After all, he and Lopez's athletic ability are not at the same level.

Don't underestimate Capella, people ridicule that he is the "cake king". But if you don't have the ability in the NBA, you can't even eat pie.

The most typical counterexample is Drummond, the "God" of the Pistons. His terrible finishing ability makes him even unsuccessful in eating pie.

So, for the first ball after the game started, Capella, who was extremely excited, received a relay pass from Paul, and then dunked with both hands vigorously!

This ball made the Rockets bench boil. At the same time, it certainly strengthened the Rockets fans' determination to overturn the defending champion!

Capela and Paul close high-five, with Harden feeding the ball last season, Capela is already cool enough. This season, there is another Paul, Capela can eat this cake.

"It can be seen that the Rockets are very aggressive. Their purpose is to break the Pacers' monopoly on the championship!"

However, when the other party was extremely happy, Henson did not react at all.

He just stood quietly on the sidelines and didn't even say anything. After all, Capella can score a goal, Henson allowed.

There is a kind of, your Rockets let Capela use a dunk to end the game. Can't? So what's so scary for me?

In the subsequent offense, the Pacers had nothing new, just using Antetokounmpo to break the ball. To put it bluntly, Antetokounmpo is still a point guard.

For the first time, the Rockets did not double-team, and D'Antoni was a little overconfident about Capella's ability to protect the frame. Capella did a good job of defending this ball, if it was an ordinary small forward, he would have taken it.

But Antetokounmpo's height of 2.11 meters and terrible wingspan are not so easy to come off. The Greek's layup in the confrontation ensures that the action is not deformed, which is equivalent to ensuring the accuracy of the head.

Although he was knocked to the ground by Capella, Antetokounmpo still scored. 2 to 2, the defending champion was not disrupted by a dunk from the Rockets.

Subsequently, Paul and Harden started the singles mode. First, Harden, who held the ball on the perimeter with a nice retreat against George's defensive shot. This ball is extremely difficult, but it is hollow into the net.

Harden was so excited that he was no longer the kid who didn't know what to do during the finals.

Subsequently, Paul used his league's top mid-ranger to score in front of Brogdon. Although Brogdon has the advantage of arm length, Paul has better control of the rhythm.

Harden and Paul have scored goals, and it seems that the defending champion's defense is really not enough.

"The Rockets' guard line is really terrible. Every one of them is enough to kill the game. Let alone get the two together."

"Is it terrible? The game has just begun." Reggie Miller dismissed the Rockets' performance because he found that the Rockets' two goals were scored in interference.

So the question is, after Harden and Paul's physical strength decline, do they still have such strong anti-interference ability?

Henson thought the same way, so he was still not nervous and stood calmly on the sidelines. When the Rockets start to fight, it is the time for the Pacers to take advantage of the victory.

So the first quarter of the game was almost spent in turns among Harden, Paul and Capela.

Harden's unreasonable three-pointers and body whistle, Paul's mid-range and Capela's dunk, are the Rockets' main source of points. Anthony? Anthony didn't score in the first quarter and missed all 2 shots. Not everyone is Ross, who can stage a good show of Nirvana rebirth.

After the first quarter, the Rockets lead the Pacers by 5 points 28 to 23. From the scene, the Rockets seem to have suppressed the defending champion.

Therefore, the media have cheered. The era belonging to the Warriors and Pacers will finally be broken by the Houston Rockets!

Henson was not angry, the result of the first quarter was in his expectation. The Pacers fell behind in the first quarter mainly for two reasons. First, the Rockets' shooting percentage has not been affected. Second, the Pacers did not grasp the three-point chance on their own side.

Today, Tucker, Brogdon and Lopez seem to have a bad feel. Many of Antetokounmpo's wonderful passes have not scored.

If you figure out why you are behind, the problem is much simpler.

If Harden and Paul of the Rockets misfire, then D'Antoni will be at a loss. But the three players on the Pacers side misfired, but Henson still has someone to change.

"Siakam, Kuzma and Bogdanovic, in the second quarter, I want you to start!"

Henson waved his hand and changed three people at once. And this time, Henson had planned for a long time. He is certain that his substitution will cause a great sensation. But he doesn't care, he just wants to try every possible way to win.

On D'Antoni's side, he is still cautious, or in other words, is still using nine people to rotate.

The three players named by Henson all looked at each other. They all have one thing in common-they all seem to be about the same height.

If Pat Riley was present at this time, he would have opened his mouth wide in surprise.