The Basketball Court Swordsman

Anunobi found that he might not be as strong as the media trumpeted, because there are still many players in the world that he cannot defend.

Durant, Antetokounmpo and James, Anunobi have all defended, but the effect is not as amazing as the defense of James Harden.

Today, he can add another Pascal Siakam's name to the list of players he can't defend.

At this point, the game has reached the fifth minute of the fourth quarter, and the Pacers lead the Raptors by 8 points. From the middle of the first quarter, when Henson changed his offensive strategy, the Pacers explained what is called your site and I am in charge.

And all of this has to start with Siakam starting to score.

After Siakam set off a wave of offensive waves, Nick Nas really strengthened the marking of the Pacers' forward line. However, Henson's strategy has become to let Oladipo and Rose hit the basket.

Thus, an embarrassing scene appeared. The two guards of the Raptors, who were only 1.83 meters tall, were tortured to death by Oladipo and the re-blooming Rose.

Oladipo made a mid-range jumper, and Lowry had no choice. Rose's various gods layup, and Van Fleet was dumbfounded.

In this way, the Pacers ended the first quarter with a lead. After the start of the second quarter, Nas could not find the defensive focus. He didn't know whether to contain the two guards or continue to restrict Siakam and George.

The coach doesn't know what to do, and the players have no clue. As a result, the Raptors' defense simply has no focus. Siakam, Rose and Oladipo can all score.

In the third quarter, when the three people let the Raptors suffer and began to attract the opposing defense, Paul George was completely liberated.

He used his all-around scoring performance to push the Raptors farther and farther to the edge of the cliff. At the end of the third quarter, the Pacers actually led the Raptors by double digits.

If it hadn't been for the past few minutes, Kyle Lowry suddenly exploded and threw a few three-pointers, the Raptors could not be behind only 8 points.

At this time, Siakam is working to make the points difference widened again. He singles Anunobi in the bottom corner on the right. Anunobi was full of confidence from the beginning, but now he has swallowed wildly.

This time, Siakam did not use his back skills to torture Anunobi, but used continuous left and right dribbles to find rhythm.

Siakam found the rhythm and started to move forward. Anunobi couldn't figure out the direction of Siakam's breakthrough and retreated.

Finally, Siakam suddenly accelerated to the bottom line! Anunobi immediately moved, he knew that he couldn't let Siakam score any more!

But at the moment when he and Siakam collided, the 43 flexibly turned away from the bottom line, and skillfully knocked Anunobi clean.

A player who is 2.06 meters tall but can turn around and break through, he looks like a "poor man's version" of Paul George with a more inside attack.

Anunobi watched Siakam use a turn to pass himself, and stretched his arms to easily put the ball into the basket.

The Air Canada Arena was silent, and the Raptors were already 10 points behind. Pascal Siakam showed his muscles, and he looked full of energy.

No, he did not "look" full of energy, but indeed full of energy.

After this goal, Siakam's personal score came to 34 points, a new high this season. At the same time, he has scored 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

34 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, and the game is not over yet. Raptors fans suddenly sober, Anunobi seems not as good as praised by the media.

Just as embarrassing as Anunobi, there is the 1.83-meter "Van Jordan" Van Fleet.

At this time, the Raptors, who were 10 points behind, continued to bite the score. Kyle Lowry was willing to take the lead. He had just hit three consecutive points, and he thought he was in good shape.

However, once again, Lowry watched Van Fleet moving beside him, and suddenly rushed inside without knowing what the motive was.

Prior to this, Van Vleet made 8 shots, but only hit 1 goal and only scored 2 points. In most cases, the brain breaks through as soon as it gets hot.

This is also true this time, the young Van Vleet hit the basket, very cleverly took the initiative to give Rose a confrontation, trying to open his own match.

But his cleverness was far from enough. When Van Vleet drove Rose to prepare for a layup, Brook Lopez clapped his horse and arrived.

Lopez has been a lot of low-key activities in the Pacers as a role player in recent years. This season, his annual salary is only 3.38 million.

So many people have forgotten that Brook Lopez was once an All-Star player. Moreover, this season he still has 12 points per game and a career high of 2.2 blocks per game!

In other words, he is still a good center. He is a good center who looks harmless to humans and animals, but can always complete the shots.

This good center raised his arm and raised his hand to give "Fan Jordan" a big shot. The courage to be small and broad is worthy of praise, but this does not mean that an impulsive attack is worthy of encouragement.

Once again, Van Fleet was embarrassed. He is the most embarrassing player today besides Anunobi.

Some time ago, experts from all walks of life claimed that Van Fleet was the most underrated guard in the league. His high-level data was dragged out, and it was indeed very beautiful.

But from the performance of Van Vleet today, Henson felt that the previous analyses were farts. Moreover, high-level data sometimes does not accurately reflect a player's performance on the court.

After all, basketball is not a number game, but a game that requires a combination of numbers and practice.

Henson used to be a nerd who could only analyze numbers. It is now Henson who combines numbers with basketball to achieve such a great achievement.

And those so-called experts who praise Van Fleet seem to be obsessed with numbers.

"Van Vleet wasted a great opportunity, Siakam grabbed the rebound again, this is already his 11th rebound in this game!"

Under the exclamation of Kevin Harlan, Siakam held the ball and pushed quickly. Like Antetokounmpo, he can hit the basket directly after grabbing a rebound, which is Siakam's best.

So this time, Leonard decided to defend Siakam himself, wanting to stop him.

But if Leonard goes to defend Siakam, it means...

"Siakam did not hit the basket, but chose to pass the ball! Paul George happened to be just beyond the three-point line. Can he convert Siakam's pass into a score!?"

As soon as Mike Brin finished speaking, George scored. With a three-pointer at the top of the arc, George wanted to score without Leonard's defense.

Not only did the Raptors fail to close the score, they were also pulled to 13 points by the Pacers. Leonard unwillingly picked up the basketball on the ground, and the scene was given to Raptors coach Nick Nas.

When the double point guard lineup is obviously losing points, why does he insist? When Van Fleet was obviously playing badly, why did he choose to continue to trust? Why didn't he try Norman Powell? At least this 15-year second-round pick can shoot 40% of three-pointers this season.

I am afraid that only Nick Nas can answer these questions.

And Henson proved that sentence-this team is good everywhere, but the coach is too weak.

In the fourth quarter, as Nick Nas could not come up with any effective plan, the Raptors have been unable to reverse the situation. Lowry and Leonard worked hard, but the Pacers' strategy was more subtle.

When Lowry and Leonard finally approached the score, the Pacers only needed a little effort to open the difference again.

In the last 1 minute and 07 seconds of the game, the Pacers relied on Rose's breakthrough to score again. The points difference came to 12 points again.

At this point, everyone knows that this unfinished game is actually over.

"I can't believe that the Pacers will take away the victory in Toronto. Moreover, it is still in the absence of Antetokounmpo." Kevin Harlan shook his head. He must admit that the Pacers His performance exceeded his expectations.

"This is the Raptors' best chance to beat the defending champion, but unfortunately, they did not grasp it. In other words, Henson did not give the Raptors a chance. His strategy is deadly. From the beginning of the game, he put Nick. Nas eats to death."

Mike Brin smiled, Henson once again proved to the world the importance of the head coach in the basketball game.

The Pacers' loss of Antetokounmpo does not necessarily lose, because the Pacers won not because of Antetokounmpo, but because of Henson Joe.

After a short period of more than 1 minute, the whole game ended. Pascal Siakam scored 34 points and 14 rebounds in one fell swoop. Although he did not score in the last 7 minutes of the fourth quarter, it was enough to support him as the best player of the game.

Henson got Siakam to start, and the Cameroonian played such an outstanding performance. This shows how wise his changes are.

After the game, the Raptors' most attention is not Leonard, but the stunned Nas coach.

Of course, Nas also said at the press conference what the reporters most wanted him to say.

"The whole game, I was dominated by Coach Henson. We lost, which is a pity."