The Basketball Court Swordsman

The Phoenix Suns has a team award called the Dan Marley Tough Player Award. Dan Marley averaged 11.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game in his 14-year career. He was one of the greatest shooters in the 1990s. Of course, what impressed people the most was his tenacity on the defensive end. Therefore, the Suns also regard him as one of the greatest players in team history.

After Marley retired in 2002, the Suns quickly announced the retirement of their No. 9 jersey and set up the Dan Marley Award based on his desperate spirit.

Every year, the Suns will vote through fan votes and coaching staff. The final votes are combined to determine the winner of the Dan Marley Award, and then Marley himself will award the award.

Since Tucker went to Phoenix, he has monopolized this award, becoming the winner of the Dan Marley Tough Player Award for four consecutive seasons.

From this point, it is not difficult to see what kind of player P.J. Tucker is.

Tough, passionate, not bowing to fate, hard work, giving... Without these qualities, Tucker would not be able to return to the NBA after years of wandering in Europe.

When Henson announced that he had signed Tucker and held a press conference, Tucker and reporters joked that "The Pacers got a mad dog."

The word mad dog does not mean swearing in English, but describes a person with a tenacious style and amazing will.

Today, P.J. Tucker, the "mad dog", gave Kevin Durant an experience of what a tough player is!

In the tenth minute of the fourth quarter, Kevin Durant held the ball and the Warriors trailed the Pacers by 4 points.

Since the first quarter, the Warriors have been chasing points. At most, they have overtaken the Pacers by 7 points. But the rhythm of the game is in Henson's hands from start to finish, so the Pacers can often get the score back quickly.

The whole game has come to the present in this rhythm. Durant knows that in the last two minutes, every round of offense is crucial, and every round of offense will determine the outcome of the game.

So, he needs to score, he needs to stand up and be the hero who saves the Warriors.

But P.J. Tucker obviously didn't want Durant to become a hero.

As soon as Durant received the basketball, Tucker went into a confrontation. Durant experienced the toughness of this guy on the defensive end last year. He didn't expect this year to be even better than last year.

To Durant's evaluation, if it weren't for Tucker's poor ball handling ability, he could be regarded as the Pacers' Draymond Green!

Under Tucker's tough defense, Durant felt it was difficult for him to move. In the first three quarters, Durant was able to use his super scoring ability to force a score on Tucker.

But with Tucker in the four quarters, Durant was already exhausted. Although this year people say that Durant can replace James as the first man in active service, but in the final analysis, he is also a human. As long as it is human, it is inevitable to feel tired.

Durant wanted to pass the ball, but found that Curry and Thompson had no chance to run. So he took the ball and stormed Tucker, but Tucker's block made Durant's advancement difficult.

Realizing that he couldn't hit the basket hard, Durant had to choose to shoot in.

However, Tucker's reaction was not slow at all, he interfered in time, and his palm was almost sealed to Durant's fingertips.

In this way, the first man in the league's shooting ended in iron. Henson clapped vigorously off the court, and he could see that his strategy finally worked!

The stamina of this guy Durant was almost drained by Tucker.

When playing NBA2K games before, Henson remembered one of the most perverted skills called "combatant." The effect is probably to speed up the physical exertion of the opposing player. This skill was very practical at the beginning, and almost all players must install it.

Today, Tucker is undoubtedly Henson's "combatant"! Durant's huge physical consumption has made his offense no longer robust.

Durant shot and hit the iron, Antetokounmpo jumped up high, grabbed the board with one hand, and then put both hands in his arms, making the basketball make a "bang".

Subsequently, the Greeks began to advance one-stop. However, Henson prefers to call it a marathon.

From his own basket to the opponent's basket, Antetokounmpo ran all the way, like an unyielding runner in a marathon.

Cousins ​​saw Antetokounmpo come in suddenly, so he stepped forward to block it. But Antetokounmpo was not afraid to collide with Cousins ​​at all, he took off against Cousins, in the air, with his body staggering, Antetokounmpo shook his wrist slightly and still scored the ball.

After landing, Antetokounmpo stretched out his hands and signaled that the referee was just 2+1.

This offense and one defense gave the Pacers a 6-point lead at a critical moment. Antetokounmpo and Durant showed diametrically opposite states, all of which were arranged by Henson from the first second of the game.

The reason why he went to Tucker today is to let him consume Durant as much as possible on the offensive end. No matter what level of star, as long as the physical strength is weak, the offensive stability will definitely be affected.

Why not use Antetokounmpo to defend Durant himself? Because that would also increase Antetokounmpo's own physical exertion.

Therefore, Henson simply used Tucker to do this tiring job and completely liberated Antetokounmpo.

And with Rondo starting, is to let others get the chance to score easily. Pacers players don’t have to be like Warriors players.

Henson's changes have always had his own thinking.

So now Durant and the others on the Warriors side are out of breath. Antetokounmpo is full of vitality and can even complete a layup against Cousins.

Henson's long line is finally about to start closing the net!

Indeed, it is impossible to defeat the Warriors with a mature system and championship DNA.

But as long as a long-term plan is made, the Golden State Warriors are not so invincible.

"The last 1 minute and 30 seconds of the game are left, and the Warriors are 6 points behind! This is the toughest game that the five-star Warriors have experienced since they combined! The Pacers used their tough performance to announce that the NBA finale is far away. Coming!"

Kerr was anxious, he chose to let Cousins ​​go inside to score. The actual purpose is to attract Pacers players to double-team. As long as the team doubles, the Warriors will use the opportunity to easily make a three-pointer!

But it is a pity that Henson does not eat this set at all. Cousins ​​wants to score? Okay, you go to score, and I go to win the game!

As a result, Cousins ​​screamed inside, and finally turned around Lopez with a back to finish scoring. So far, Cousins ​​scored 22 points, which is a new high in a single game since his comeback.

Cousins ​​has thought about the picture that he scored 20+ points again, and he felt that it should have been a glorious day.

But now, Cousins, who scored a new season in scoring, is not happy. Because if the game is lost, what's the point of scoring a new high?

Cousins' goal narrowed the difference to 4 points, and the game still had more than one minute. Cole was commanding nervously from the sidelines, while Henson sat firmly on the Diaoyutai.

At the last minute, he believed in his players, he knew the guys knew what to do.

Rondo was expressionless, he had seen countless big scenes, and a mere regular season could not scare him.

It is not difficult to see from his expression that Rondo is now at ease. He has not played such an enjoyable game for a long time.

As a veteran, he played more of the role of guiding young people in the Pacers this season. But today, he once again became the starting point guard that influenced the game situation!

After Rondo hit the screen with Antetokounmpo after the three-point line, the Warriors' lineup immediately shrank, because whether it was Rondo playing himself or passing the ball to Antetokounmpo, the choice of these two guys There is only the basket!

Rondo jumped halfway, but suddenly passed the ball back!

This pass was very sudden, because Rondo didn't even give his eyes. But the basketball froze precisely into George's hands, and at this time he got an excellent opportunity outside the three-point line!

Rondo used his brain to pass the ball, not his eyes. He knew Henson's tactics a long time ago, so he doesn't need to look to know where his teammates will appear in the next second.

"Rondo's ignorance is very beautiful. Clay tried to block it, but he still took a while. George shot! Can you get in!?"

George's shooting is much more stable than Durant, not because his hard power is much better than Durant, but because George is still physically active. Therefore, the shot is very stable.

"brush!"

Before Klay Thompson could turn his head, he heard the Nets tumbling laterally. This represents Paul George's hollow three-pointer into the net. When the game was about to end with less than one minute left, the Pacers led the Warriors by 7 points!

And this assist is Rondo's 15th assist in this game! This number accounts for almost half of the Pacers' total assists.

With 8 points, 15 assists and 9 rebounds, Rajon Rondo killed the game in the most elegant and clever way!

Cole called a timeout anxiously, but Henson believed that his timeout would not be very effective. It's impossible for this Chinese coach to give up his victory.

After returning from the timeout, although Stephen Curry made a super long-range three-pointer. But even so, there are still four points left. In the following dozens of seconds, Rondo steadily controlled the rhythm, dragging every attack for 24 seconds.

The steady shooting rate of George and Antetokounmpo made the Warriors gradually lose confidence.

In the last 8.2 seconds, Antetokounmpo succeeded in a layup with a four-point difference. Later, Curry also wanted to shoot from beyond the three-point line, but was interrupted by Rondo in time. With this shot, the Pacers will still have a 4-point advantage in the last 3.3 seconds of the game.

At this point, the Warriors had to use foul tactics. Paul George, a legendary Pacers player, used two steady free throws to completely end the game.

At the end of the game, the Warriors players stood on the court in disbelief. They look at me and I look at you. They don't seem to want to admit the fact of failure.

They are five-star warriors, and they are the most luxurious team in the league! But at this time, they lost!

They thought their time was coming, but the ending was exactly the same as in the past two years. In the bankers' life arena, there are only their lonely figures.

Cousins ​​looked at Rondo, who hugged his teammates to celebrate the victory, and looked at Henson, who was still steady after winning the game.

In Cousins' view, Rondo is already the smartest basketball man in the world. And the coach who can make Rondo follow him must be smarter than him.

Is a coach smarter than Rondo?

Cousins ​​shook his head. He really didn't know what the Warriors had to do to fight these two guys.

I hope they can find the answer before the finals.

After winning the game, Henson was calmer than expected. In fact, he prepared a backup plan for this game. If Rondo and Tucker fail, he will switch to the ultimate lineup and fight the Warriors.

But his ultimate move hasn't been used yet, and the Warriors have been knocked to the ground.

Henson couldn't help but smile, defeating the Five-Star Warriors to win the championship this year is no longer just a fantasy!

This yellow-skinned "bandit leader", even in the final season, will not let go of any harvestable honor...