072: They're all badasses

Danny. Green's first start was a perfect show. Of course, it's not just Green's credit that the Pacers are able to take the lead now, everyone on the team has played their strengths to the extreme.

That's exactly what Bird likes about Henson, who allows everyone to play to their strengths and brings victory to the team while the players can play to their best. What if Henson doesn't have the means to play to a player's strengths? Roy. Hibbert is the answer. Sometimes, a trade can be good for both the player and the team.

Pat. Riley blushed, he didn't expect the Heat to play so hard against the Pacers. It's clear that Riley still knows too little about Henson and the Pacers. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been dismissive of this team before.

Maybe the Pacers don't have any superstars on their roster, but even Riley has to admit that the Pacers have a more reasonable lineup than the Miami Heat.

At this time, it's not just Pat who is anxious. Riley. Wade, who shot just 1 of 4 in the first quarter, was also a little impatient.

Since the Heat were beaten by the Grizzlies in their last game, Wade has been eager to bring a win to the team, which is why he is back in the firing line. However, the first quarter was just over, and the Heat were in trouble.

As the true leader and soul of the Heat, the only thing Wade wants to do at this time is to hurry up and get on the court to equalize the score.

So as soon as the second quarter of the game began, Wade showed his determination with a breakthrough. It's just a pity that under Holiday 's tight defense and Horford's timely defense, Wade, who was injured, had to switch to a left-handed layup in the air. Unfortunately, Wade had an injury to his left hand, so the first offense of the "Flash" in the second quarter of the game still ended in failure.

The Pacers' dynamism was perfectly carried over to the second quarter, when Horford duffled a shot from a step back from the free throw line, easily broke through the restricted area with the center of gravity of the "Big Z" all forward, and scored with both hands.

Kevin. Harlan even joked, "This is Al. Horford has played most like a goal from a center so far this season! ”

Green's cut then caught the Heat's attention. But after receiving the basketball, Green did not rush to score, but single-handedly played the ball and assisted Horford to hit again from the mid-range position at the zero degree angle on the right side.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Horford scored four points in a row, and the return of Wade and Bosh did not make the score closer, but it became bigger and bigger.

After that, the Heat's offense still didn't improve. Wade hit the iron again and again, and his wrist injury and impatient mentality made "The Flash" play out of sorts. The rest of the Heat, on the other hand, couldn't help James and Bosh much on the offensive end. The Heat's offense is basically a rotation of James and Bosh.

On the other hand, on the Pacers' side, the fast-paced offense with tacit understanding allows the Pacers players to always get easy shots. In the fifth minute of the second quarter, Granger received Horford's accurate pass and pulled out his shot. Bosh strode up to block, but instead of covering the basketball, Bosh was whistled for a foul for his big hand.

"Foul from beyond the three-point line! Granger will make three free throws! Kevin. As soon as Harlan finished speaking, the basketball fell into the net with a piercing whistle!

It's not a three-pointer, it's a four!

Granger lunged over and bumped his chest with Horford, the Pacers leader's greatest strength is that he gets along well with everyone and doesn't worry about who will take his place.

Off the field, Henson made exaggerated expressions with the players, jumping up and down with excitement. Christine in the press section couldn't help but smile, the Chinese really didn't look like a coach at all.

"Coach Henson is probably one of the most passionate coaches in the entire league, and looking at his exaggerated celebratory expression, it's even better than Granger's four!"

Henson, of course, is happy because the Pacers have completely controlled the pace of the game and are firmly in their own hands. The Heat's Big Three are now playing faster and faster, and the more they are fighting, the more urgent they are. In fact, that's exactly what Henson wants. The faster the pace of the game, the more the Pacers adapt!

Although fans at the American Airlines Center tried to disrupt Granger's free throws with their own boos, the morale-boosting Granger didn't waste the opportunity to score four points in vain. After the free throw, the score had become 46-31. The Miami Heat trailed by 15 points at home, and that was after halftime.

Don't know why, Kenny. Smith suddenly remembered the Denver Nuggets and George. Cal......

At halftime, the Heat trailed 41-54. Wade simply missed all 3 shots in the second quarter, and James only scored 5 points under the "hospitality" of Matthews and Green. In the second quarter, the best performance of the Heat team was Bosh, who scored 8 points on 3-of-4 shooting, but with Bosh alone, the Heat couldn't kill the Pacers!

What made it very interesting for Henson was that Wade had two very unnecessary fouls at the end of the second quarter. You can see that "The Flash" is angry, he is angry about his state, he is angry about the situation of the game.

Henson touched his chin, maybe in the second half of the game, he could use his brain on Wade.

The third quarter was extremely intense, and the physical confrontation between the two sides intensified. The Pacers' offense is like Chinese kung fu, they are small and big, without the domineering superstar or powerful low-post attack. But extremely fast passing, neat small-range coordination, and easy mid-to-long-range jumpers...... This neat move made the Miami Heat, a "strong man", embarrassed. Before I knew it, I was already covered in bruises.

In the middle of the third quarter, James domineeringly rushed away Matthews and Green to force a three-pointer and Wade and Bosh made two consecutive fouls, coupled with a long-range shot from Puerto Rican Arroyo, allowing the Heat to narrow the gap to single digits and 9 points in one fell swoop.

After the margin was reduced to single digits, the impatient Wade tried to snatch Holiday alive, but was nimbly dodged by Holiday and Wade was fouled on his back.

"Where are your eyes? I didn't hit him at all! I just fouled like that? Why don't you just punish me! Wade yelled at the referee in dissatisfaction, although "The Flash" has always been a good gentleman, but when the game is anxious, Wade will not hesitate to put his demeanor aside.

Because competitive sports, as Henson said, no matter how flashy the packaging, victory always comes first.

All this happened right in front of Henson. He looked at Wade with a smirk, and Wade was visibly annoyed and glared at Henson viciously.

Henson immediately turned around and walked back to the bench, but instead of being afraid, he pulled Stephenson and muttered something in his ear......

Stephenson listened attentively, and he listened to every word Henson said to him.

After a round, Henson began to make substitutions. He replaced Matthews, who had been playing for a long time, with Stephenson, and Wade would never have imagined that this substitution would make him realize a new "friend".

After Stephenson came on the court, he was still with Danny. Green put his defensive focus on James. Wade had an open shot from outside the three-point line, and he was eager to equalize the score. But alas, the basketball still didn't hit. And after this shot, Wade has only 1 of 10 shots in this game.

"!" Wade scolded secretly and quickly retreated.

Before he could react to what was going on after he was in a defensive position, Stephenson staggered towards him with the ball. It can be seen that Stephenson wants to take a riotous European step. However, because the level is not at home, he was stunned and became a "drunken eight immortals".

Wade stepped forward for a block, and Stephenson took the opportunity to jump, then fell off the baseline in an exaggerated manner. Sure enough, the whistle blew again.

"I didn't press down, not at all! This bastard is a liar, he bumps into me slowly and leisurely like an old woman, you should blow him for faking a fall! Wade's voice was much louder than just now, and it seemed that Wade's heart was already hot.

"No, you fouled, you really fouled, the referee didn't blow the mistake. You've been fouling all night, fouling hitters, hitting people with the ball, dribbling twice, blocking fouls...... You don't do anything but foul play. "Stephenson beeped in front of Wade like a rapper, and Stephenson had one thing that Henson didn't need to teach him, and that was trash-talking.

"Get out of the way, don't bother me, nobody!" Wade was furious and impatiently shoved Stephenson. Stephenson took advantage of the situation, Wade obviously didn't work very hard just now, but under Stephenson's excellent acting skills, Wade's actions looked like murder!

Sure enough, the referee's whistle blew again. This time, he gave Wade a technical foul.

After being whistled for a technical foul on 1-of-10 shooting, Wade's form tonight may be difficult to recover. The Heat's counteroffensive momentum had just picked up before it subsided because of this technical foul. Kevin. Harlan couldn't help but laugh because he knew very well that Stephenson wasn't a good bird.

But at this moment, Harlan saw Henson on the sidelines quietly giving Lance a thumbs up.

No wonder Henson was able to clean up Stephenson well, because the Chinese coach is not a good person......