226: Actually, I entered

When was the first time you stood on the land of this world? Well, that was almost four years ago.

At UCLA, a violent impact turns Henson into a nerdy scout who is about to be expelled. But since then, Henson. The name Joe began to change the history of the Indiana Pacers.

He drafted Holiday for the team, Matthews and Green, and after becoming assistant coach, he promoted Paul Brown. George and Lance. Stephenson was brought in. After that, Henson. Joe became the head coach of the team and put Al Brown. Horford brought this cornfield and took down the Leonard of his dreams by any means. And, a very unexpected and very important takeaway, Chris. Paul.

From day one, Henson has worked hard to build the perfect roster for the Pacers. And now, seeing those five guys walking onto the court side by side, Henson realizes that it's time for his hard work to reap!

"Coach Henson made a substitution, and after an 8-0 win over the Miami Heat, he didn't keep the lineup on the court, but made an early substitution. He took down Danny. Green, for Kawai. Leonard. To be honest, I don't know what Coach Henson's substitution was about. Perhaps, he wants to use the form of wheel war to consume LeBron. ”

Mike. Brin was only half right, the half of the wheel battle. But Henson's substitution for Leonard wasn't just for defense!

Seeing Henson's substitution, and it was a change that was clearly aimed at himself, James was not nervous. While the rookie named Leonard did suffer a bit during the regular season, James has proved one thing with his previous two victories – the rookie can't stop himself in the playoffs.

"Come on, we've got to equalize!" James yelled at everyone that since he had already won two games in Indianapolis, there was no reason to let the series go back to that cornfield!

James possessed the ball himself through the half, but he found that it was no longer David who was defending him. West, but Leonard with a focused face.

Leonard didn't stick to the defense, but guarded James a few steps. Throwing without breaking through, this has almost become an iron rule when defending James in the whole league.

James passes the ball to Bosh, who sits inside to challenge Horford. If West dares to wrap up, then Battier will get a chance to shoot from an open space!

The Heat's idea was perfect, but the reality wasn't. Horford resisted the "Dragon King" toughly, so that Bosh didn't take advantage of it! After two pushes, Bosh found that he was standing still at all!

"Bosh didn't shake Horford's defense, I don't know what Coach Henson ate or said to Horford, but he was really in great shape today!"

In Mike. Under Brin's exclamation, Bosh was very embarrassed to return the ball to James. Now that the Heat are down 8-0, Bosh doesn't dare to force his shot.

After James received the basketball again, he didn't plan to pass it. He waved at Bosh and signaled for a cover, and LeBron was going to run over the box himself!

A full-fledged James who has proven in two games that he is undefendable. As long as he wants, he can crush everything in front of him and score under the basket.

Even David. West, the pure No. 4 position, can't take advantage of the confrontation with James.

This time, however, James' opponent is not simple......

I saw Leonard bypass the cover very quickly, and then blocked James's breakthrough route with his long arms! Horford didn't chase back, but stuck to Bosh and didn't give him an easy shot. That is, the task of defending James fell to Leonard alone!

"Cut!" Seeing that his breakthrough didn't attract the bag, James decided to take three steps to get ready for a layup. Leonard really couldn't scare James, but at the moment when James raised the basketball to make a layup, Leonard stretched out his arm and jumped just right, strangling James's unformed layup in the cradle.

β€œhat!? This is LeBron. James suffered the second block of this game! "Mike. Brin was shocked, in just a few minutes, James had already been taken by Horford and Leonard once.

The Pacers are in surprisingly good shape, and I'm afraid even "Chicken Soup Master" Rivers can't make a team that is down 0-2 so excited.

James yelled at the referee and slapped his forearm to signal a foul. However, just now everyone saw very clearly, Leonard's defense simply couldn't be cleaner!

Leonard grabbed the out-of-control basketball himself, and no one from the Heat stopped in front of Leonard, and they all went to block their own positions in an attempt to cut off Leonard's passing lane.

Leonard didn't hesitate and dribbled and pushed quickly! At this time, his mind was full of the words that Henson had said to himself.

"Fuck Paul, fuck George, fuck David! If you have a chance, you can do it yourself when you get the ball, do you hear me?。 ”

So, Leonard crossed the midfield alone and went straight into the penalty area. The Heat's defense takes care of one or the other, and the door is wide open!

In the stunned eyes of the Heat generals, Leonard split the dunk with one hand, officially widening the difference to double digits!

"What's going on with the Heat's defense!? This is so undeserved! ”

"They actually let Leonard easily dunk, which is a major defensive mistake!"

"Why didn't anyone stop him? Why are the Heat players focusing on other people!? It's Leonard who is advancing with the ball! ”

One by one, the commentators expressed their confusion, and Spoelstra also spread his arms on the sidelines and cursed angrily. The Heat players look at me one by one, and I look at you.

It seems right that they chose to block the four most offensive threats......

The players of the Heat team are indeed right, but today's Leonard is no longer the Leonard who almost didn't score points before.

Subsequently, the Heat finally broke the scoring drought by relying on Wade's "fairy layup". Under George's defense, Wade's breakthrough staggered and seemed to have lost his center of gravity at all. However, that's it, Wade was stunned to score the ball.

Henson gritted his teeth, Wade stumbled to score 41 points at Consec Arena in the last game. Since he became head coach, he hasn't seen Wade in such good form.

But today, Henson believes the Heat's performance won't continue.

"Dwayne, his key goal stopped the bleeding for the Heat. Now, the Heat have to defend against the Pacers' ferocious offense first. They've gotten their hands dirty, and the Miamians must hold their ground! ”

Positional warfare, although the Heat don't like positional offense, are not afraid to sit on the defensive end and sit against the Pacers. In the first two games, the Heat's positional defense did not give the Pacers a taste of sweetness.

The experienced Battier has always been able to keep George or Green with a trick, and James has been surprisingly good at defending the top. After all, the Pacers don't have a heavy interior line, and James doesn't suffer too much whether it's West or Horford.

This time, the Heat are still full of confidence. Paul frowned and waved on the outside, directing everyone to run. George is undoubtedly the most aggressive of them all, and this season, George is the Pacers' second-leading scorer after Paul and the Pacers' No. 1 catch-and-shoot player.

It can be seen that this guy has improved faster after being reused! People have come to believe that the guy who played in the NCAA Division II may really be an All-Star caliber player.

As a result, Wade was also very tight defensively against George. He knows that George's dribbling is not too stable, although Henson increased the proportion of George's dribbling training at the beginning of the season, but basketball is not an upgrade to play games, and it takes a long time and uninterrupted effort for a player's skill to change qualitatively.

So as long as Wade interferes with George's catching and disrupting the rhythm of his catch-and-shoot shooting, the defense is more than half successful.

George pocketed out beyond the three-point line, and Paul raised his basketball in front of George. But the moment Paul passes the ball! Wade realized that this was a faint of the eyes, and the direction of Paul's pass was not the direction of his eyes at all!

Where did the basketball go!? Flew to the bottom right corner, in the hands of the taciturn striker No. 2!

"Leonard has the ball outside the three-point line! Battier didn't even pay attention to it! ”

From the beginning, Battier didn't focus on Leonard. He's been watching Paul and George's movements, ready to make up for the backline.

The reason why the Heat's defense was so successful in the first two games was inseparable from Battier's timely defense. George didn't know how many times, he thought he had gotten rid of the defense, but the shooting moment ran into Battier's "blindfolded law".

Now, when the Pacers replaced Leonard, Battier "let himself go" and focused all on helping defense, because as we all know, Leonard doesn't attack.

He might occasionally be able to hit some mid-range big openings, but three-pointers? Come on. If Leonard could shoot a three-pointer, he wouldn't have been picked up with the 15th pick.

Seeing that Battier was far away from him, and he had no intention of making up for the defense at all, Leonard didn't hesitate anymore and pulled up the shot!

"Cast ...... Voted!? Keling's child, he will be scolded by Coach Henson! "Mike. Brin didn't expect Leonard to make a shot, as Leonard made just eight three-pointers in the regular season this season and scored just one. It's not that his three-point shooting is inconsistent, it's that he can't shoot three-pointers at all!

But it's such a small forward who can't shoot threes at all. Now he has made a decisive three-point shot. You know, in the playoffs, every coach puts a lot of emphasis on efficiency, because every offensive opportunity is hard-won and cannot be squandered easily. Leonard's direct three-point shot is no different from wasting a chance.

They don't know that Henson can't wait for Leonard to shoot! After the attribute enhancement, Henson can clearly see that Leonard's three-point shooting ability has crossed from C to B-!

B-, it's really not enough for Leonard to be a goalscorer. But it was enough for him to hit those open opportunities steadily.

The basketball slices through the air and crashes straight to the basket. The Heat's generals are stuck in positions and ready to fight for rebounds, and Wade has already begun to run to the frontcourt, ready to fight back!

However, the Heat got nothing. They could only watch as the basketball hollowed into the net, and the basketball rubbed against the net to make a pleasant sound.

"Actually!?" Mike. Brin's eyes widened, and just as incredulous was Spoelstra.

With a three-point shot, the Pacers widened the gap to 11 points! Leonard had an impressive performance today, scoring five points in just two rounds! Will this young striker be the X-factor in this game!? ”

If Henson could hear Mike. Bryn's words, he would have replied like this.

"No, it's not just this game. Leonard will be the X-factor for this entire series! ”