The Basketball Court Swordsman

The last time the Quicken Loans Center Arena was so lively was the finals of last season. Seeing the Warriors are about to win two consecutive championships, seeing the Clevelands' championship dream is about to die. However, LeBron James was stunned by his amazing perseverance and leadership ability to lead the Cavaliers to complete a shocking reversal.

And this year's Eastern Conference Finals, the situation is very similar to last season. The Cavaliers returned home with a score of 0 to 2, and it seemed that they were destined to fall short. However, at this moment of crisis, James led the Cavaliers to rebound.

There was a wave of 8-0 at the beginning, although no one would think that 8-0 is enough to kill the powerful Pacers. But at least the Cavaliers' opening goals showed their determination and state. As long as the Cavaliers can keep this momentum going, the Pacers are likely to fall back in the Quicken Loans Center Arena.

"Maintaining this momentum, it turns out that the Pacers are not unbeatable! Don't forget, we also defeated them twice during the regular season this year! Keep up your energy and continue to win!"

During the timeout, the Cavaliers' bench was completely surrounded by James' voice. This timeout Tyronn Lu did not deploy any tactics, and James robbed him of the right to speak.

Now that the Cavaliers are leading, they naturally don't need to make any tactical changes. Therefore, James changed his mind and began to beat his teammates.

On the Pacers bench, everything is proceeding in an orderly manner. The players formed a circle with Henson sitting in the middle holding a tactical board to write and draw. As he said, the players nodded.

Even a guy like Chris Paul, who is smart enough to be a coach on his own, is not at all distracted. It's easy to see who Tyron Lue and Henson Joe control the team better.

"Listen, I know that the outside world always likes to put all kinds of labels on you. Role players, blue collars, three-point shooters... But these labels are all given to you by others and do not fully represent Yourselves. Forget these labels and everyone will stand up for me. Whether today’s game can be won is in the hands of all of you!"

Henson finished speaking, and the timeout just ended. The Cavaliers want to bloom more, so have fun with them!

"The timeout is over, and the Pacers are the first to change! As always, Coach Henson replaced Danny Green. As we all know, Green is just a fake starter for the Pacers this season. He will definitely put Oladi Poppy comes on..." Jeff Van Gundy was halfway through, but suddenly stopped.

Because he discovered that Henson was not Oladipo, but veteran Channing Frye!

Now, George plays the second position, Antetokounmpo retreats to the third position, and Frye appears in the fourth position.

Since Siakam began to emerge, Channing Frye's playing time has been very limited. Today, Henson took Frye on the court early, which was obviously unreasonable.

Tyron Lu frowned, and a sense of crisis spread in him instantly. What does Henson Joe want to do? This sense of unknown made Tyronn Lu, who led by 8 points, felt particularly insecure.

The first offense after the game restarted, James had to mark Antetokounmpo. And Channing Frye simply stood on the outside line and stopped running. In desperation, Tristan Thompson had to follow Frye to stand near the three-point line.

"Do you want to open up space for Antetokounmpo singles?" James thought to himself, he was ready, even if Antetokounmpo wanted to singles, he would stop him!

However, Henson did not plan that way. He simulated the situation during training yesterday afternoon. If the star star does not have an open shot, what will others do?

At a loss? No, come forward! As long as the Pacers also show more blooming performances, they are not afraid of the Cavaliers breaking out!

So, Paul lightly dropped the ball to Lopez, who wanted to live. At that moment, everyone was stunned. Four players pulled on the outside line, and the ball was actually given to Lopez for singles.

Brook Lopez, a 13-year All-Star, was the center of the Nets before joining the Pacers.

At the Nets last season, he averaged 20 points per game. And there is a stat that many people don't know, Brook Lopez is the second player in the history of the Nets!

But this is such a player, due to Henson's tactical needs, this season only assumes a spatial fifth position, responsible for shooting three-pointers, defense and rebounds. Low post attack? Singles with the ball? Lopez has no such opportunity. Therefore, Lopez's data this season is naturally also a big decline.

But now, Henson gave Lopez a chance. He believes that Lopez will use his performance to prove that his decline in data does not mean decline in strength!

"Lopez low singles?" Jeff Van Gundy was shocked to see Paul distribute the ball like this. But in fact, Lopez is already a solid low-post offensive technique. What surprises him in low-post singles?

It's just that most people have forgotten how great Lopez used to be.

Facing Love, Lopez advanced two steps backwards with his skilful backing skills. The rest of the Cavaliers dare not act rashly. They don't know if they should double-team or continue to maintain their defensive position.

While the Cavaliers players were still struggling, Lopez turned over and took a jumper.

As a large center with a height of 2.13 meters, Lopez already has a height advantage. What's more, his back-turning movements are very smooth, which does not give Love any chance of interference.

In this way, Lopez's turn over jumper made a steady hit. 8 to 2, the Pacers relied on Lopez's unexpected low singles to win back a city.

"This..." James was confused when he saw Lopez score a goal. What are the Pacers doing? They have never attacked like this.

"It doesn't matter, we just get the points back!" James continued to boost morale, but Lopez's goal has broken the Cavaliers' control of the situation.

Without a task on the offensive end, Paul, George and Antetokounmpo can focus more on the defensive end. As a result, James was strictly guarded by the "Greek monster". His breakthrough layup is very beautiful, if he is defended by ordinary forwards, James will definitely continue to score.

Unfortunately, Antetokounmpo has always had nothing to do with the word "ordinary". He spread the "big net" in the air, which seriously interfered with James' shot.

The Cavaliers' offense was interrupted and Paul immediately held the ball and pushed quickly. But just like the previous rounds, he and the other two star players have no chance at all.

So Paul took the initiative to slow down and then sent the ball to Lopez for the second round.

"Are you coming again!?"

Jeff Van Gundy was surprised if it was just a coincidence. Then for the second time in a row, it was intentional. Today, Henson deliberately let Lopez play in the low position!

Van Gundy knew this, and the Cavaliers players could not have known it. Want to kill the game with a role player? Dream less!

Thus, Tristan Thompson decisively returned to the penalty area to double-team Lopez. But Lopez did not make it strong, but used a hook to pass the ball to Channing Frye.

"Everyone, have to come forward!" Fry said silently in his heart, not afraid of Tristan Thompson's fierce return, but decisively fired remotely.

James was dumbfounded again, it was Lopez just now, now Channing Frye. The Pacers let the role players attack, and George, Paul and Antetokounmpo just watched that. What are the Pacers doing?

No matter what they are doing, Frye's goal is real.

The Pacers hit a three-pointer and instantly turned 8-0 to 8-5. And these 5 points were obtained by the two so-called "role players" of the Pacers.

"Damn!" Tyron Lu panicked, because he didn't make any special defensive arrangements for the rest of the Pacers.

Subsequently, the Cavaliers thought that Lopez and Frye's internal and external coordination was Henson's offensive strategy. But after shifting the focus of the offense, it was discovered that George had started playing singles with the ball again.

When the Cavaliers turned their focus to George, Lopez used a low goal to stifle the Cavaliers' confidence.

After entering the rotation time, Tyron Luben thought Oladipo would be the center of gravity. As a result, Brogdon became the player with the most shots.

It wasn't until then that Tyronn Lu suddenly realized. Henson is not even prepared to consider who is the focus of offense today, because today, the entire Pacers team is the focus of offense!

In this way, the fans enjoyed a splendid first quarter game. On the Cavaliers side, everyone is in good momentum and the offense is extremely smooth. But the same is true for the Pacers. Although Paul, George and Antetokounmpo were defended strictly, the others did not appear to be under-prepared and tried to carry the team forward.

After the first quarter of the game, Paul only scored 3 points, George 5 points, Antetokounmpo also only scored 3 points. Under normal circumstances, the Pacers should be behind.

However, the score in the first quarter was 30 to 30, and the two sides drew! The Pacers bit the score with the performance of all the people!

"In the unbelievable first quarter, everyone on the Pacers seemed to be determined to take on the heavy responsibilities! Their collective performance made the Cavaliers defense lose sight of one another. It is rare for the Cavaliers to play such a good state, but it still hasn't been able to overcome it. The momentum of the Pacers."

"I dare to say that coach Henson has prepared for the game like this today. But the question is, can Coach Henson predict that the Cavaliers will be ruthless today!?"

Jeff Van Gundy asked one question after another on the commentary stage, and Henson's strategic arrangement seemed to him to be incredible. After all, Van Gundy was originally a coach who was not flexible enough on the spot.

Seeing Van Gundy's surprise, Mark Jackson, who had fought against Henson, smiled.

"His predictive ability is stronger than you and I imagined."

With a 0-8 start, the score has been evened. Next, Henson's plan should be overtaken.

This guy is deadly.