380: Wait until the third verse

On May 28, the Banker's Life Arena was full of people. With ten minutes to go, Henson was nervously arranging the final deployment.

Angeli was seated next to the Pacers' bench, and she looked sideways at Henson, who was talking loudly. Don't people say it? Men who work hard are always the most attractive.

By this time, the series had returned to Indianapolis. To Henson's great dissatisfaction, the overall score was tied 2-2 by the Heat.

In the last game in Miami, Henson wanted to win the game under the watchful eye of Angeli. Who knows, all kinds of bad luck have come to the door.

Less than two minutes into the second quarter, Horford suddenly applied to go to the bathroom!

This is very rare on the basketball court, but there are precedents. After all, there are three urgency, although the team strictly controls the time and amount of meals that the players eat before the game. But even then, it's not always manageable. This kind of thing, no one can control 100% of it.

Just like that, the Pacers lost Horford five minutes. And in these five minutes, the Heat successfully made the hot-tempered Chris. Anderson picked up a technical foul and made a number of free throws on him.

By the time Horford came back from tackling the "life events," the Heat had a nine-point lead.

Horford's halfway through the game was just a flashpoint, and more disgusting things were yet to come.

In the third quarter of the game, the Heat blossomed more as if they were convulsed. Moreover, it is still a flower that blooms outside the three-point line.

Mike. Miller, Lewis, Battier and even Wade, who is notoriously incapable of shooting three-pointers, have all stringed together three-point shots. You must know that Wade has only averaged 25% of three-point shots per game in the playoffs so far this season. As everyone knows, today, "Uncle Wei" told Henson at the American Airlines Center what it means to "this is my territory".

With Horford inexplicably going to the toilet and the Heat's inexplicably accurate three-point attack, the Pacers lost 108-114, unfortunately missing Game 4 and missing the opportunity to get the game point.

The game left Henson furious, certainly not at the players, but at what had happened to him. Obviously he has found a way to contain the Heat, but he lost one game because of this strange reason, which is difficult for Henson to accept.

So after returning to Indianapolis, Henson also gave the players a death order - to win the Heat in two games!

God knows what kind of accidents will happen if the game drags on. Luckily, the Heat's game was the fourth game of the series, and if that game was the seventh, Henson's season's hard work would have been in vain! And the name of "72 wins but no championship", Henson can't afford it!

So from now on, Henson doesn't allow any surprises to happen. 6 games to solve the Heat, this is the best ending!

"Don't worry, boss, I won't go to the toilet halfway today!" Before the game began, Horford slapped his chest seriously and shouted.

"Poof!"

But I don't know why, after this thing said this seriously, it made the atmosphere a lot more relaxed all of a sudden.

"Don't do it, if you want to go to the toilet, you must tell me, don't hold it." Henson tapped Horford on the shoulder in a pretended seriousness.

The players burst out laughing, and in fact this form is what Henson wants.

If you press too hard, the players won't be able to let go. It was too loose, and the players couldn't be rigorous. Now this moderate mentality is the most beneficial to the team.

Amid the heated discussion about whether Horford should go to the court, the players stepped onto the court and the game officially began.

Unlike the previous four games, Henson was back on the bench at the start of today's game. In the previous four games, Henson almost didn't have a chance to stick to the bench.

"Are you so sure your plan will succeed?" Seeing Henson sit back, Stevens turned his head and chatted.

"Who knows? After all, I don't know if the Heat will have a twitch today. Henson spread his hands, and although he didn't admit it, Stevens saw confidence in Henson's face.

Words can't hide this kind of look.

Before the start of this game, Henson had already made a plan to win today. He didn't plan to continue to play any key moments with the Heat, but put the timing of winning in the third quarter!

In the last game, the Heat had a big draw in the third quarter to establish an advantage. But Henson didn't choose to fight the Heat in the third quarter because of his childish idea of wanting revenge in the third quarter.

After four games against Spoelstra, it can be said that the two sides have exhausted their hole cards and there are no secrets to speak of. Now for the players on both sides, it is all about the success rate of tactical execution, perseverance and confidence.

Henson has no secrets for Spoelstra, as evidenced by the Heat's excellent defense against Leonard in these two games. But correspondingly, Spoelstra has no secrets for Henson.

It's no secret that the Miami Heat are a team that relies heavily on the Big Three to play. The Heat's bench lineup is not very deep, and the strength is not too strong. So, the Big Three have been playing for a very long time. Although Spoelstra is not like Thibodeau and Scott. Brooks lets players play for more than 40 minutes at every turn, but it's also true that the Big Three have to be on the floor most of the time.

And according to Henson's observation, Spoelstra let the bench players play the most minutes in the third quarter! In the last game, it was the Heat bench and starters who convulsed together in the third quarter to play a multi-point flowering performance. But Henson believes the Heat's bench can't be so accurate every game.

In order to keep the Big Three strong ahead of the fourth-quarter showdown, Spoelstra had to increase the playing time of his bench players in the third quarter.

So today, in the third quarter of the Heat bench time, Henson will send all the attackers to fight for a wave to take away the game!

Decide the winner at the moment of truth? No, Henson didn't want to play with Spoelstra like that anymore.

If you want to settle the battle in two games, you have to win this ball today. As long as you win the match point, everything is easy to say!

Thinking about it, the first quarter of the game had been played for a few minutes. Henson looked up at the big screen, and as he expected, the difference was not widened.

After a few games, Henson clearly realized that the two teams were equal in strength, and no matter how much they commanded and changed, it was difficult to pull away the score directly. That's why Henson dared to go straight back to the bench today. Because he knows very well that he can't open up the difference, and neither can the Heat.

The key point was in the third quarter, so in the first half of the game, Henson didn't want to get too nervous. As long as you follow the regular rotation and the regular style of play to stabilize the situation, it is enough.

The situation turned out as Henson had expected, and the two teams began to tug of war again. With 2:22 left in the quarter, George received a two-handed dunk from Paul's signature fast-break to give the Pacers a 16-14 lead. But that advantage didn't last long, and the Heat began to wield power from the outside, with James hitting two three-pointers from the same position and coming off the bench as Norris. Kerr also hit a three-pointer to put the Heat up 23-19.

Of course, in the last 2.3 seconds, Stephenson's buzzer-beating shot did not allow Spoelstra to hold on to a four-point advantage. At the end of the 12-minute first quarter, the Pacers trailed by just two points. A 2-point disadvantage, almost negligible with three full quarters left in the game.

What did Henson say? In the first half, the score was impossible to pull away.

After the start of the second quarter, both teams failed to score several times on offense under the basket. Horford and West met with tough resistance, while Bosh and Haslem didn't succeed on the inside. After the two sides hurt each other inside, with 10:19 left in the quarter, the Heat launched a fast break, and Wade rode to the basket and then passed the ball behind his head. James followed up with a one-handed dunk to complete a hilarious "Jenway connection".

Henson couldn't help but want to applaud when he saw this goal, and he had to admit that the duo of James and Wade was indeed worthy of praise. If they can win the championship, they will surely improve their historical status a lot. It's just a pity that Henson won't let such a thing happen.

Although the scene was lively, the Heat only led by four points at 25-21. The two sides are still in a tug-of-war, and no one can kill anyone. Leonard's defense made it impossible for James to score back-to-back points, and the tacit cooperation between George and Paul allowed the Pacers to always keep the score up. James grabbed a defensive rebound with 12.9 seconds left in the quarter and then scored a fast-break dunk throughout the game.

On the commentary bench, Mike. Brin and Kevin. Harlan had already shouted, and a dragon slam dunk was enough to make James squeeze into the top five moments of the day.

But after the dunk, the Heat only ended the first half 40-39. The Heat shot just 37 percent from the field in the first half, but shot 7-of-9 from three-point range, which is why they can still compete with Henson. It is not difficult to see from the score that both teams did a better job of defending than attacking in the first half.

That's enough, the first half of the game can contain the play of the Heat's big three, and that's enough. Wait until the third quarter, when Spoelstra has to rest the Big Three, Henson will let the Heat experience the storm in the Bankers' Life Arena!

At halftime, Henson did not accept any interviews with reporters, but slapped his hands with Anjiali, who was sitting on the sidelines, and walked quickly into the locker room.

Henson was a little excited, a little impatient. He couldn't wait to see how the team played in the third quarter. Every time Henson is about to carry out his own plans, he gets excited.

By the time the players returned to the dressing room, Henson had already drawn his tactics on the big whiteboard and written down the list of players who would start for the second half.

As is customary, it was only after the players had a two-minute break that Henson tapped the tactical board. All eyes are on him, and Henson is going to start closing the game!

"In the third quarter, as I told you before, I needed to pull away. So, put all your passion into the offensive end. Don't be soft, and don't take it away. We were restrained enough in the first half, and in the third quarter, I needed a wave of offensive climax! A wave of offensive climax that was enough to make the Heat lose the game! What they did to you last time, you'll do to them later! ”

One by one, the players are gearing up and eager to try. After all, who doesn't love offense and who doesn't love scoring?

Every time I fight with the Heat to the last moment, it is inevitably too "gentle". It's time to show the world the attacking firepower of the defending champions!