"Just 24 hours ago, Henson. Coach Joe also shared his thoughts on fashion in the Circle Center Mall. I think Henson must be quite sorry about it now. He shouldn't be focusing on the outside of the game, and if he had prepared well yesterday, the Pacers wouldn't be 10 points behind the San Antonio Spurs right now! ”

On the commentary stand at the Bankers Living Arena, Kevin Brown. Harlan shook his head. At this point, the game was already in the middle of the third quarter. And as he said, the Pacers are currently 10 points behind the Spurs. In addition, there is a possibility that the score difference will continue to widen.

Henson stood on the sidelines with a frown, and the Chinese coach looked a little nervous. Behind him, three generations of fans from the security guard family were shouting loudly, hoping that their cheers would help the team turn around.

However, the Spurs weren't enthusiastically bluffed by the Pacers fans. This time Parker's pass was broken by Paul, and the basketball flew straight into the audience. As everyone knows, Tim. Duncan, however, was like a rejuvenation, pounced on the court at the age of 37, pulled the basketball back, and then fell heavily on the audience.

Tim. Duncan's hard work is undoubtedly admirable, and Gary. Neil didn't waste Duncan's efforts either, he took a three-point shot after receiving the basketball that Duncan saved! Although Paul. George did his best to seal it, but that didn't seem to interfere with Neil's shooting rhythm.

"No," Henson gritted his teeth and stared at the basketball, but the result disappointed him.

Gary. Neil hit a three-pointer, Tim. Duncan made a flying save to complete an assist! Of course, this goal also left the Pacers 13 points behind the Spurs!

Three-pointers, damn three-pointers! The reason why Henson and the Pacers ended up in this position is not because Henson's command is unfavorable, or because the players are playing abnormally, or because the Spurs' three-point score is too unconventional!

In the first quarter of the game, the two sides played quite normally. After 12 minutes in the first quarter, the Pacers trailed the Spurs by just four points. But in the second verse, things begin to happen.

Today, Spurs bench Wonder Gary. Neal was once again magical, shooting 3-of-3 from three-point range in the second quarter to allow the Spurs to pull the gap away for a while. And Neil's hot hand soon spread to Ginobili, with two guards using a variety of bizarre goals from outside the three-point line to widen the difference to double digits.

In the first half, the Spurs shot 8-of-15 from three-point range. Neil alone scored 14 points on 4-of-6 shooting.

And as the game entered the second half, the 15 minutes of halftime did not cool Neal and Ginobili's hands. The Pacers' offensive efficiency in the third quarter was actually very high, but in the face of the Spurs' unreasonable three-point shots, the Pacers have been unable to close the difference.

Slowly, the rest of the Spurs got into the groove as well. They became more and more courageous, so there was a picture of Duncan flying to save the ball.

To this end, Henson called a lot of timeouts and laid out a lot of tactics. But then he found out that the Spurs' three-point shooting was so crazy that it might not have much to do with his defense. Because he saw with his own eyes that the Spurs made several three-point shots, all of which were scored against the defense!

A team that has always been dominated by traditional positional offense, but today it exploded on the not-so-traditional three-point shot, and sure enough, miracles are everywhere in the NBA.

"Coach Henson has to find a way to contain the opposing offense, and the point differential is still rising, and continuing to play like this is a huge disaster for the Pacers. You know, it's the third quarter of the game! If Henson doesn't have a way to close the gap before the fourth quarter, the game will be very tricky! Going to San Antonio with a 1-1 score to play three consecutive away games, I'm sure Coach Henson doesn't want that to happen. ”

Mike. Brin was worried about Henson, and losing this game would have a huge impact on the entire series. And with Henson's endorsement yesterday, if he loses this game, he is bound to be drowned in the saliva of reporters.

However, the Pacers haven't gotten up momentum yet, and the Spurs are getting more and more accurate. At this time, even Burress. Dio also hit a three-pointer. The Spurs' momentum wasn't interrupted at all, and Henson was walking back and forth on the sidelines. He couldn't think of a way, because there wasn't actually any tactic that could make the opposing player's hand cool down immediately!

In the middle of this quarter, under the Spurs' indiscriminate attack, the Pacers even trailed the Spurs by 21 points at one point! With a 21-point difference, the Pacers have rarely trailed so much in a game Henson has coached.

Fortunately, at the end of the quarter, Paul. George took on the heavy responsibility and scored 9 points in a row by himself, which eased the situation a little. Otherwise, Henson estimates that the Spurs will be able to take the game away with a wave in the third quarter.

But even so, the difference is huge. In the last 8 seconds of the third quarter, Duncan won the defensive rebound, and then made a long pass to Ginobili to launch a fast attack!

The Spurs aren't actually a team that likes to play quick counter-attacks, after all, their configuration is destined to be too fast. However, the "Argentine Demon Knife" used its own practical actions to interpret what it means to be an old man talking about juvenile madness.

Ginobili ran quickly throughout the court, and then completed a one-handed dunk before the end of the third quarter.

With a whistle dunk, Ginobili's performance is bound to make the whole of San Antonio boil. But there is no doubt that it has also made the Bankers' Living Arena silent.

78-63, the San Antonio Spurs ended the third quarter with a 15-point advantage. Their hands were hot, and the extremely high morale allowed the Spurs to play more blossoming performances. Henson came up with a way to open up the difference in positional battles through three-pointers in the last game, but he didn't expect that it was his opponent who used this method to the extreme.

At the end of the third quarter, reporters approached Popovich and asked why the Spurs were so aggressive in the game.

"Don't say anything about Henson not being ready to compete, he's just going to a business event. It's as if he doesn't participate in commercialization activities, he will definitely win us. I know the series too well, in the series, losses tend to bounce back, now it's our turn to deal with the losses and see how we bounce back. ”

Popovich was confident and led by 15 points heading into the fourth quarter, and it wasn't easy to go on a 15-0 run with both sides scoring from slow-paced positions. Unless, the Pacers' side also played such a magical three-point shooting percentage.

But it's impossible, and even Popovich knows that even the Spurs themselves will be able to replicate such a magical game. Sometimes, the team's magical performance is impossible to replicate.

"The Pacers are in big trouble, and the San Antonio Spurs are known to be one of the most composed teams in the league. Maybe playing other teams, being down by double digits is nothing. But it's not so easy to beat Spurs and want to turn the tables around after falling behind by double digits. Like Henson, Popovich is also a master of the field, and he won't easily lose a huge advantage. ”

Mike. Brin was right, but he was one of the few people worried about Henson. Most of the other commentators and reporters were a little gloating. They had prepared a myriad of questions to make Henson difficult, ready to throw them all in one go after Henson's loss.

Endorsement of a fashion brand? In the face of defeat, anything you endorse is worthless!

Henson also knows that if he continues to grind with the Spurs, it will be difficult to turn the score back. Although there is still a full quarter to go, it is actually time to decide life and death. So Henson picked up the tactical board and sat down among the players. As soon as he spoke, everyone was stunned.

"In the fourth quarter, we played a small lineup! Chris, George, Ray. Aaron and Leonard, the four of you go together. Al, the task of protecting the basket is left to you, you must protect the rebound, and you can't give the opponent a second chance to attack. ”

Next to Henson, Vogel and Stevens looked at each other, and there was no doubt that Henson's arrangement was not reasonable. Playing a small lineup against the Spurs, there are definitely big problems on the defensive end.

But it is also impossible for the two to question Henson directly in front of the players, not that Henson does not allow his assistants to question himself, but if the assistant coach questions the head coach in person, it will undoubtedly greatly dampen the prestige of the head coach. So the two had to wait for the game to restart and the players were on the pitch before asking Henson for details.

But fortunately, the Pacers players trust Henson 100 percent. After Henson's spittle, the players stepped onto the pitch with confidence.

Since the regular lineup can't play a quick offense and an offensive climax, Henson creates the conditions for a quick offense by himself!

"Coach Henson actually sent a big and four small lineup!?" Of course, others don't agree with Henson's approach, including Mike. Brin, "This platoon, to be honest, doesn't make sense!" ”

"Henson, what do you think!?" Once the players were on the pitch, Vogel and Stevens walked up to Henson to ask.

"There's only a gamble, guys, there's only a gamble." Henson touched his chin and began to explain his thoughts to the two assistants