The Basketball Court Swordsman

Chapter 380: : Wait until the third quarter

On May 28, there was a loud voice in the Bankers’ Life Arena. The game is about to start in ten minutes, and Henson is also nervously arranging the final deployment.

An Jiali's seat was next to the Pacers bench. She turned her head to look at Henson who was talking loudly. Don’t people say it all? Men who work hard are always the most attractive.

At this point, the series has returned to Indianapolis. What made Henson very dissatisfied was that the total score was tied 2-2 by the Heat.

In the fourth game in Miami, Henson wanted to win the game under An Jiali's watch. Who knows, all kinds of unlucky things have come to the door.

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

This situation is very rare on the basketball court, but it does have a precedent. After all, people have three urgency, although the team strictly controls the meal time and amount of the players before the game. But even so, it is not always controllable. No one can control this kind of thing 100%.

In this way, the Pacers lost Horford for five minutes. And with these five minutes, the Heat managed to get the hot-tempered Chris Anderson to take a technical foul and also took many free throw opportunities on him.

When Horford came back after solving the "life events", the Heat had a 9-point lead.

Horford's midway departure was just a fuse, and more disgusting things are still to come.

In the third quarter of the game, the Heat blossomed more like a convulsion. Moreover, the flowers bloomed outside the three-point line.

Mike Miller, Lewis, Battier, and even Wade, who is notoriously not capable of shooting three-pointers, all connected the three-pointers. You know, Wade has played in the playoffs this season and has averaged only 25% of three-pointers per game. Little did he know that today, "Uncle Wei" told Henson at the American Airlines Center what it means "this is my site".

With Horford going to the toilet inexplicably and the Heat's inexplicable three-pointer offensive, the Pacers lost 108 to 114 and regrettably lost the fourth game and missed the chance to get the match point.

This game made Henson very angry, of course not angry at the players, but angry at what happened to him. Obviously, he had found a way to curb the Heat, but because of this strange reason, he lost a game, which made Henson unacceptable.

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

God knows what kind of accidents will happen if the game drags on. Fortunately fortunately, the Heat's game was the fourth game in the series. If that game was the seventh game, Henson's efforts for a season would be in vain! And "72 wins without a championship" such a title, Henson can not afford to carry it!

So from now on, Henson will not allow any accidents to happen. 6 games to solve the Heat, this is the best ending!

"Don't worry, I will definitely not go to the bathroom halfway today!" Horford slapped his chest solemnly and shouted before the game started.

"puff!"

But I don't know why, after this guy said this sentence seriously, it made the atmosphere a lot easier.

"Farewell, if you want to go to the bathroom, you must tell me, don't hold back." Henson patted Horford on the shoulder pretendingly.

The players laughed. In fact, this state is what Henson wants most.

If the pressure is too tight, the players will not let go. It is too loose, and the players can't be rigorous. Now this moderate mentality is the best for the team.

After everyone had a 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 returned to the bench at the beginning of today's game. In the previous four games, Henson almost never had a chance to stick to the bench.

"Is that so sure that your plan will succeed?" Stevens turned his head to talk as Henson sat back.

"Who knows? After all, I don't know if the Heat will have a convulsion today." Henson spread his hands. Although he didn't admit it, Stevens saw self-confidence from Henson's face.

This expression cannot be concealed by words.

Before the start of this game, Henson had already worked out today's winning plan. He didn't intend to continue to fight the Heat at any critical moment, but put the timing of winning in the third quarter!

In the last game, the Heat established an advantage in the third quarter. But Henson chose to fight the Heat in the third quarter, not because of his naive idea of ​​revenge in the third quarter.

After fighting Spoelstra for four games, the two sides can be said to have shown their cards and there is no secret. Now for the players on both sides, what is fighting is the success rate of tactical execution, perseverance and confidence.

Henson has no secrets to Spoelstra, as can be seen from the Heat's excellent defense against Leonard in these two games. But correspondingly, Spoelstra had no secrets to Henson.

As we all know, the Miami Heat is a team that relies heavily on the Big Three. The Heat's bench lineup is not too deep, and the strength is not too strong. Therefore, the playing time of the Big Three is very long. Although Spoelstra is not like Thibodeau and Scott Brooks who can play players for more than 40 minutes at every turn, the Big Three must be present most of the time, which is also true.

According to Henson's observation, the quarter where Spoelstra allowed the bench players to play the most time was in the third quarter! In the last game, it was the Heat's substitute and starter who had a joint attack in the third quarter that gave a lot of blooming performance. But Henson believes that the Heat's bench cannot be so accurate every game.

In order for the Big Three to maintain their strength before the final battle in the fourth quarter, Spoelstra had to increase the playing time of the substitute players in the third quarter.

So today, in the third quarter of the Heat's bench time, Henson will send all the attackers to try to take away the game!

Determine the outcome at the critical moment? No, Henson doesn't want to play with Spoelstra like this anymore.

If you want to resolve the battle within two games, this ball must be won today. As long as you win the match point, everything is easy to say!

In thinking, the first quarter has been played for a few minutes. Henson looked up at the big screen at the scene. As he expected, the score difference was not opened.

After a few games, Henson clearly realized that the starting teams of the two teams are of equal strength. No matter how the command is changed, it is difficult to open the score directly. This is why Henson dared to go directly back to the bench today. Because he knows very well that he can't open the points difference, and neither can the Heat.

The key point is in the third quarter, so Henson did not want to be too nervous in the first half. Just follow the regular rotation and regular play to stabilize the situation, it is enough.

The situation was as expected by Henson, and the two teams started a tug of war again. With 2 minutes and 22 seconds left in this section, George received a two-handed dunk from Paul in the iconic fast break, and the Pacers led 16-14. But this advantage did not last long. The Heat began to show off from the outside. James made two three-pointers from the same position. Norris Cole, who came off the bench, also made a three-pointer, allowing the Heat to overtake 23-19.

Of course, in the last 2.3 seconds, Stephenson's buzzer shot did not allow Spoelstra to keep the 4-point advantage. After 12 minutes of the first quarter, the Pacers were only 2 points behind. The two-point disadvantage is almost negligible when there are three full quarters in the game.

What did Henson say? In the first half of the game, the score could not be opened.

After the start of the second quarter, the two teams failed to score several offenses under the basket. Horford and West encountered tough resistance, and Bosh and Haslem did not succeed inside. After the two sides hurt each other inside, with 10 minutes and 19 seconds left in this quarter, the Heat launched a fast break. Wade hit the basket with a shot and then passed the ball behind his head. James followed up and dunked with one hand and completed a lively "Jianwei connection".

Seeing this ball, Henson couldn't help but want to applaud. I have to admit that the duo of James and Wade are indeed worthy of praise. If they can win the championship, their historical status will surely improve. Unfortunately, Henson will not let this happen.

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

In the commentary, Mike Brin and Kevin Harlan had already shouted together, and a dunk dunk was enough to make James squeeze into today's top five moments.

But after dunking, the Heat only ended the first half 40 to 39. The Heat shot only 37% in the first half, but made 7 of 9 3-pointers, which is why they can still compete with Henson. It is not difficult to see from the score that the defense of the two teams in the first half of the game was better than the offense.

That's enough, the first half of the game can contain the play of the Heat's Big Three, this is enough. In the third quarter, when Spoelstra had to let the Big Three rest, Henson would let the Heat experience the storm in the Banker's Arena!

During the intermission, Henson did not accept any interviews from reporters. He only slapped An Jiali, who was sitting on the sidelines, into the locker room.

Henson was a little excited, and a little impatient. He can't wait and wants to see how the team performs in the third quarter. He gets excited every time Henson is about to implement his plan.

By the time the players returned to the locker room, Henson had already drawn up the tactics on the big whiteboard, and had written the list of starting points in the second half.

As usual, Henson struck the tactical board hard after the players rested for two minutes. Everyone's attention is also focused on him, Henson is about to close the game!

"In the third quarter, as I told you before, I need to widen the point difference. So, put all your passions on the offensive end. Don't be soft, and don't stop playing. In the first half, we were already sufficiently restrained. In the third quarter, I need a wave of offensive climax! An offensive climax that is enough to make the Heat lose the game! What they did to you in the last game, you will do them later!"

The players are gearing up one by one, eager to try. After all, who doesn’t like offense and who doesn’t like scoring?

Playing with the Heat to the last moment every time is too "gentle". It's time to show the world the offensive firepower of the defending champion!

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