The Basketball Court Swordsman

In the last two minutes of the second quarter, the Pacers trailed by 4 points. Although trailing by 4 points, the Pacers and Lakers played back and forth with the Lakers today. The reason why he is slightly behind is entirely because Kobe's personal appearance today is terrible.

Henson still remembers the game where Kobe scored 40+ points when he played the Lakers last season. The performance of other Lakers players in that game was actually not outstanding, but it was precisely because of the terrifying play of the superstar Kobe that he almost controlled the game on his own.

Fortunately, this season Henson has got his own superstar as he wished. Chris Paul made Kobe have to spend more on the defensive end, which somewhat reduced Kobe's offensive firepower.

But at this time, when Paul and Matthews both ended, Stephenson had to top the number one position, Kobe knew that it was time for him to kill him!

Although it is only two minutes, but combined with the current 4-point advantage, as long as Kobe seizes the opportunity, it is enough for the Lakers to open the score before the end of the half game! Therefore, for these two minutes, Kobe is gearing up!

"Coach Henson called a timeout in the last two minutes of the game. Obviously, he needs to make some personnel adjustments for Kobe. It seems that the Lakers will have to use Stephenson to play against Kobe."

Jaylen Rose had just finished speaking, and a young black guard with an inch head stepped onto the court. And Hinrich, wearing goggles, was still sitting on the bench comfortably.

Rose curled his lips, he almost swelled his face this game.

"Coach Henson changed..." Mike Brin didn't call the player's name, so he hurriedly turned over the information at hand, "I changed to Jimmy Butler, last year's first round. No. 30 rookie. Originally selected by the Bulls, the Pacers traded it to Indianapolis with veteran Duntai Jones."

After Mike Brin finished speaking, Jaylen Rose also had a preliminary understanding of Jimmy Butler.

"In the previous game, Jimmy Butler only played 10 minutes, averaging 3 minutes per game, and basically didn't make much appearance. I don't know what role Coach Henson sent him today." Mike Buu Lin is looking forward to it, because every time Henson makes a seemingly unreasonable substitution choice, it will achieve miraculous results!

"Why didn't he switch to Hinrich? He played pretty well today! What does Coach Henson want to do? Now is not the time to train new players!" Jaylen Rose expects the exact opposite of Brin. He is expecting Henson. embarass.

In fact, Henson's plan to try Jimmy Butler was not a whim. Hinrich's performance this season is indeed quite satisfactory, but to be honest, this white guard, a member of the 03 Super Platinum generation, a tough point guard selected to the Dream Team in 2006, was once known as the "Wade Terminator" guy. The current state is actually much worse than before.

He is not good at his physical fitness, but his defensive consciousness is outstanding. However, as he grew older, his speed and lateral movement became slower. So now Hinrich's defense can only be said to be quite satisfactory, far from being excellent.

If Kobe deliberately finds the wrong position to beat Hinrich, it really only has to be slaughtered.

Therefore, Henson needs to do something different. In the last two minutes, even if Butler was blown by Kobe, the Lakers could not make the point difference too far due to a short time. But what if Butler can show something different? No matter how powerful a newcomer is, he always needs an opportunity to show off.

Kobe was stunned when he saw that guy who couldn't be named came on the court. I don't know why, he feels that the guy looks a bit like Jordan when he was young.

For Jimmy Butler, the Lakers did not prepare or study. What this guy can and cannot do is completely unknown.

After all, not all coaches know a lot about a rookie late in the first round. Not all coaches want Henson, and you can know what this player can do at a glance.

For the first offense after coming back from a timeout, Henson arranged for Butler to intersperse running positions outside the three-point line. Kobe had to stick to Butler, which naturally reduced Stephenson's defensive pressure.

In fact, Butler will not shoot three pointers at all, but at this moment, Kobe does not dare to gamble on the unknown. Henson's trick pretended to be a pig and a tiger, using the Lakers Butler's ignorance. Let a player without three-point ability keep looking for opportunities outside the three-point line, it is estimated that only Henson can do it.

Butler pulled Kobe away. Stephenson's creative holding point broke through to attract the defense and used a very deliberate back pass to assist Horford to score with two-handed dunks. Although Stephenson's back pass was too showy, but Since the assist was completed, Henson did not criticize him.

A balance must be found between the player's personality and discipline. This is a rule Henson has always followed. Excessive emphasis on discipline is stifling the talent of players. But overly showing their personality and style, this will undoubtedly mess up the team system.

Therefore, when the players follow their own tactics, Henson adds a little personal style. Henson generally does not object.

1 minute and 36 seconds, the Lakers led by 2 points, Kobe attacked.

Stephenson is Kobe's first defensive point. Although this guy is only in the second grade, his mental quality is already strong enough to defend Kobe alone without any tension.

"Stevenson's defense is very tough, and his attitude is correct." Mike Brin just finished speaking and found that this seemed like a nonsense. Because you can use this sentence to describe almost all the outside players of the Pacers.

Kobe didn't play singles with Stephenson. He called Fischer's substitute, and Darius Morris made a screen for himself, with the purpose of changing positions and playing the unknown rookie.

Kobe was just getting ready to make a quick breakthrough, but found that he was oppressed and the pressure was huge! The rookie's defense is not a sudden break, but as solid as a rock!

But soon, Kobe adjusted his offensive methods. His back attack left Butler at a loss, and finally used a simple sway to fool Butler easily, and then scored a jumper.

"What am I talking about!? Coach Henson is committing suicide slowly!" Seeing Kobe scored a goal, Jaylen Rose immediately began to complain.

It sounds as if with Hinrich, Kobe couldn't score the goal just now.

"It's all right, hold on, Stephenson, hold on!" Henson immediately clapped his hands, letting the players focus on him.

Although Kobe scored the goal, Butler's defense still made Henson more satisfied. The main thing now is not to be impatient and not let the Lakers fight back.

Stephenson also put away his previous teasing and took the game seriously. This time, Kobe personally defended Stephenson, and Finson didn't hesitate to give the ball to Horford. He would not be so stupid as to go head-to-head with Kobe.

Horford flanked the basket and undertook a pass under Gasol's close grip. The "three-point shooter" suddenly cut in, thrown off Darius Morris, received the basketball and jumped into the frame!

Fortunately, Murphy blocked in time, which did not allow Butler to score directly. But of course, he was inevitably sent to the free throw line.

"What's the matter!?" Kobe spread his hand at Darius Morris, obviously dissatisfied with his defense. Why I just left, that guy created a chance to score!

Morris looked helpless, who would have thought Horford would pass such a beautiful pass. In fact, he underestimated Butler's start-up speed.

On the free throw line, Jimmy Butler made 1 of 2 free throws. The Lakers only led by 3 points, and both sides still have an offensive opportunity.

After that, Kobe personally dribbled the ball for halftime and commanded his teammates to open up space for himself. In fact, Kobe is a star who doesn't need possession of the ball. All he needs is the right to shoot.

But Fisher is not there, he really can't worry about letting Darius Morris's first-year rookie control the ball.

This time, the Pacers' defensive strategy changed again. Stephenson guarded to Ci Shiping's side, Leonard switched to Kobe.

Wheel battle, this is Henson's favorite.

Kobe was already sweating profusely, and continued fighting in the second quarter made him no longer energetic. Leonard, who came off the bench, is full of energy today.

Kobe is ready to continue to play singles, this is the most economical way. But this time, just after Kobe shook his shoulders and was about to turn over for a jump shot, a black shadow rushed forward, raising his arms to make up for Kobe!

Facing the interference of two pairs of long arms, even Kobe couldn't make a shot. The key offense hit the iron, and the Pacers got a chance to tie the score!

And it is not someone else who completes the defense in time, it is Jimmy Butler! In fact, Butler's arms are not long, and his arm span is only 1 cm longer than his height. It's just that his active defense and clever positioning gave Kobe a huge pressure, which created the illusion that "this guy's hands are really long".

At this point, the half-time game has 23 seconds to end. On the court, neither Butler nor Leonard can shoot, so Stephenson has experienced the addiction of being a star.

Under the entanglement of Kobe, Stephenson changed hands continuously, seeming to want to play this final attack!

In the last 5 seconds, Yi Jianlian and Horford made a double pick-and-roll, and Stephenson broke through immediately, leaving Kobe behind. Facing Darius Morris's hesitant defense, Stephenson made a jump shot one step away from the three-point line and leaned forward, making Morris dare not take off at all!

This kind of forward shot is a foul if you touch it!

The buzzer sounds, the red light is on, the basketball enters the net, and the whistle is three points!

"Bang! Three points at the buzzer! Lance Stephenson, his final shot like a superstar helped the Pacers equalize the score! In the last two minutes, Coach Henson used the second team to successfully pull both sides to the same starting line! Hahahaha, the magical Henson, he always seems to know what his players can do after playing!"

Mike Brin’s excited shout added a lot of color to the buzzer. Stephenson showed off his arm muscles on the court and then exaggerated his tongue. Not many people dare to be so arrogant in front of Kobe, Stephenson is one of them.

At the end of the half game, Henson was also interviewed by reporters on the sidelines.

"Jaylen Rose thinks that you are very risky with Jimmy Butler in the last two minutes. How do you feel about this substitution?"

"Jalen Rose? Oh, I remember who he is. My substitution is not risky at all, because not everyone will let Kobe score 81 points."

Henson's "crit" almost put Jaylen Ross Ko on the commentary stage.