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Chapter 141 139: James' Trouble

Halfway through the third quarter, the Heat lost their huge advantage of 13 points "unexplainably".

In this half of the game, the Pacers hit 2 three-pointers and scored three counterattacks.And, of course, Anderson's impressive fly.

Everyone is criticizing Spoelstra, saying that his timeout was too untimely.However, people have overlooked the fact that the Pacers have reversed their status.

During the timeout, Henson did not change his strategy.Facts have proved that the Pacers' strategy is working. The reason why they fell behind so much in the first half was because the shot didn't work, not a tactical problem.

Therefore, Henson put all the changes on personnel changes.First, he replaced Danny Green with Leonard and Horford with Matthews.

Of course, this does not mean that Henson will use Matthews to play center, but remove an inside lineup and replace it with the single inside lineup that the Pacers were best at last season.

So after the game returned, the Pacers' lineup became Paul, George, Matthews, Leonard and Anderson, a standard one-year-old and four-year-old.

Spoelstra was dumbfounded. How did Henson know that he would also send a big and a small one?

On the Heat's side, Spoelstra simply took down Joe Anthony, who had performed poorly just before a timeout, and played center with Bosh, with James at the top four.Sean Battier, who used to be on the Rockets, was active at the third position.

Spoelstra wanted to use James' mobility to hit Horford, but he didn't expect that the Pacers also changed their strategy in time.

"The two sides have a tacit understanding and have come out with a lineup of one big and four small. I am afraid that the rest of the third quarter will become a wonderful fast attack!"

In fact, Henson and Spoelstra are not in harmony.Henson just studied the Heat thoroughly. He knew that the Filipinos had no insiders available at this time, so he simply let James top the insider.

Thinking about other people's ideas and then responding to them in advance has always been the strong point of Henson, a high-achieving math student.

After James came on the court, for the second time in this game, he faced the taciturn and expressionless Corn Yellow No. 2, Kawhi Leonard, the 2011th overall pick in 15.

In the first half of the game, Leonard's several defenses against James have already left a deep impression on the "little emperor".This guy with terrifying arms, like branches and leaves wrapped around tree roots, always wraps himself tightly.

And what surprised James the most was that the first-year rookie didn't seem nervous when facing him.He always worked diligently to complete tough defenses again and again, like an emotionless machine.

Compared with his height and wingspan, James feels that this kind of psychological quality is more terrifying.

"The Heat are only leading by one point, and they haven't scored since the start of the third quarter! Let's see if they can break the deadlock this time!"

The Heat are still dominated by James, and Chalmers even lost the job of dribbling half court.But this time, instead of breaking through with the ball himself, James handed the ball to his teammates, and then ran to the right side of the three-second zone by himself.
"LeBron wants to post up, he wants to play post up like a real four!"

Kenny Smith raised his volume. Everyone knows how much James' post-up singles have improved this season.Moreover, James seems to be very happy to use this method to solve the offensive problem.

Leonard still didn't have any expression, James was a little surprised by the huge power in his body.A guy with a standard No. [-] figure can actually fight against him without falling behind!
James received the basketball as he wished, and then directly used his body to crush and take two steps back, turning around and about to layup!

However, when James turned around, he saw darkness in front of him, and there was no light in the basket!

Leonard was not pushed away by James' body, but instead used his long arms and big hands that had been raised high to seal James' shot space!

"fuvk!" James cursed secretly, did this guy's arms get stretched?
James took back the basketball and took a few steps, but those big hands were always in front of James' eyes all the time.Just as the confrontation was heating up, the referee blew his whistle, and James thought he had gotten a foul.However, the referee put his arms flat, rolled alternately, and walked illegally!

"What!?" James spread his hands and yelled at the referee in disbelief.

It turned out that under Leonard's pressure, James' pace was completely messed up, and he didn't even know when he was walking.

"There were no blocks, no steals, and no jumps. But you have to admit, Leonard put up a perfect defense!" Kenny Smith remembered the corn yellow No. 2 and the "short power forward" with corn hair.

Leonard remained expressionless. He silently took the basketball from James' hand, stepped back to the baseline and prepared to serve, as if the dispute between James and the referee had nothing to do with him!
Looking at the emotionless face, James felt that he didn't know who to throw his anger on.Why does this guy look so much like the "Stone Buddha" in San Antonio! ?

The Heat's first attack after returning from a timeout, an attack led by James himself, ended in failure again!

The Pacers' offense was obviously a lot smoother. Anderson covered for his teammates everywhere, and the four players who could shoot and rush made the Heat unable to grasp the focus of defense.

The basketball was eventually passed to Matthews by Paul. Matthews didn't perform much in each game, but he could play a role as long as he was on the court.

This undrafted pick went up and down and pierced the heart of the Heat with a three-pointer!
"Overtake by 2 points! The Indiana Pacers took the lead for the first time in this game! This is also the third quarter of the game, and the Pacers made the third three-pointer. It seems that their touch has fully recovered."

In the following games, the Heat struggled on the offensive end.No matter which point it is, there is no way to get an easy chance to score.

Paul easily choked Chalmers to death, and George used his height to force James Jones to dare not make a move.Shane Battier was entangled at a loss by the tough Matthews, and Bosh also lost the glory that the giant should have in front of the energetic Birdman.

But LeBron James, whom the Heat relied on the most, was repeatedly guarded by that first-year rookie named Leonard!
"James continued to sit in the low singles. Leonard suddenly went forward and intercepted the pass from Chalmers to LeBron! His judgment and arm length are enough for him to intercept this pass!"

"James punches Leonard, the ball drops, Leonard pokes the basketball, he dives for the ball himself, brilliant, the Pacers win the ball again!"

"LeBron drove for a layup, Leonard followed. Blocked, blocked! Leonard blocked James' layup, this is the second time James has blocked a layup today! Amazing rookie, amazing Mr. Silent. He made LeBron suffer today. He will undoubtedly make LeBron remember his name!"

Throughout the third quarter, James and the Heat's offense was so embarrassing.Gradually, the morale of the Heat team was low, while the Pacers became more and more courageous.

In the last 1.8 seconds of the third quarter, Paul made a hasty shot two steps beyond the three-point line, but the basketball was miraculously caught again!
The buzzer hit a three-pointer, and the entire American Airlines Center became lifeless in an instant!Because after this three-pointer hit, it means that the Heat will enter the fourth quarter with a 10-point disadvantage!

"From trailing by 13 points to leading by 10 points, the Pacers only took one quarter of the game! Coach Henson's substitution was a stroke of genius. He seemed to be able to foresee the future and came up with a big and four small lineups in advance to contain the Heat. And LeBron, he met a difficult opponent!"

Accompanied by Kenny Smith's commentary, the T.NT cameraman gave a close-up of Leonard's face.

In the third quarter, Leonard entangled James with only 5 points and 8 of 1 shots!Once James can't open it, the Heat will lose the ability to kill the game.

I believe that Popovich must be extremely distressed now. If Henson did not cheat, this defensive monster should belong to San Antonio!
In the fourth quarter, the exhausted Heat seemed to be unable to make waves.James made some adjustments to increase the number of outside shots, but the hit rate is still not optimistic.

On the Pacers side, Paul completely controlled the rhythm of the game.Whether it's a quick counterattack or a positional offense, the Pacers played vigorously.

As soon as the fourth quarter came up, the Pacers played a wave of 9 to 2.George's [-]-pointer bottomed out, largely thanks to Frazier's magical guidance.

With today's example, Henson believes that Leonard and Jimmy Butler's shooting, there must be no problem in practice!
A shooting coach who treats shooting as both a science and an art has done more than Henson expected.

Although in the middle of the fourth game, three three-pointers from James Jones and Chalmers allowed the Heat to stabilize their position slightly.But helplessly, their performance came too late.

The Pacers then responded with a wave of 7-0, which completely ruined the suspense of the game.In the last minute, the Heat trailed by 1 points.Spoelstra replaced all the main players ahead of schedule and voluntarily declared his surrender!

"It's over, the game is over! Unbelievable big reversal, haha, Coach Henson is still amazing!"

Kenny Smith danced with excitement, not because he was on the side of the Pacers, but because this big reversal game was really exciting.Beside him was Barkley with a blank face.

Sir "Flying Pig" was thinking at this time, why is it so difficult to brag in front of Henson once?

(End of this chapter)