basketball player

596 Chapter 594: Tear off the label

The last time the Quicken Loans Arena was so lively was last season's finals.Seeing that the Warriors are about to win two consecutive championships, seeing that the Cleveland people's championship dream is about to be shattered.However, LeBron James led the Cavaliers to complete a shocking reversal by virtue of his amazing perseverance and leadership.

In 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.

A wave of 8-0 was played in the opening game, although no one would think that 8-0 would be enough to kill the mighty Pacers.But at least the Cavaliers' opening goals showed their determination and state.As long as the Cavaliers can maintain this momentum, the Pacers are likely to stumble at Quicken Loans Center.

"Keep up the momentum, it turns out the Pacers are not unbeatable! Don't forget, we also beat them twice during the regular season this year! Brace yourselves and keep winning!"

During the timeout, the bench on the Cavaliers side was completely surrounded by James' voice.Tyronn Lue did not arrange any tactics during this timeout, and James took all the right to speak.

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

On the Pacers' bench, everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.The players formed a circle, and Henson sat in the middle and wrote and drew with a tactical board.As he spoke, the players nodded.

Even a guy like Chris Paul, who is so smart that he can be his own coach, is not distracted in the slightest.It's clear at a glance who controls the team better, Tyronn Lue or Henson Joe.

"Listen, I know, the outside world always likes to put various labels on you. Role players, blue collars, three-point shooters. But these labels are given to you by others, and they don't fully represent yourself. Forget about these labels, everyone stand up for me. Whether today's game can be won is in the hands of all of you!"

After Henson finished speaking, 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 make substitutions! As always, Coach Henson replaced Danny Green. As we all know, Green is just a fake starter for the Pacers this season, and he will definitely put Oladipo on the field." Jeff Van Gundy stopped in the middle of his sentence.

Because he found that the person replaced by 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 played Frye early, which is obviously unreasonable.

Tyronn Lu frowned, and a sense of crisis instantly spread in his body.What on earth is Henson Joe trying to do?This sense of unknown made Tyronn Lu, who was leading by 8 points, feel particularly insecure.

On the first offense after the restart, James had to mark Antetokounmpo.As for Channing Frye, he simply stood on the outside line and did not run away.In desperation, Tristan Thompson had no choice but to follow Frye and stand near the three-point line.

"Do you want to open up space for Antetokounmpo to play singles?" James thought to himself, he was ready, even if Antetokounmpo wanted to play singles, he would stop him!
However, Henson did not intend to do so at all.He simulated the situation during training yesterday afternoon. If the leading star has no open shots, what will the others do?
Overwhelmed?No, come forward!As long as the Pacers also play more blooming performances, the Cavaliers are not afraid of breaking out!
So, Paul lightly lobbed the ball to Lopez, who wanted to live.At that moment, everyone was stunned.The four players were on the outside, and the ball was actually given to Lopez for singles.

Brook Lopez, who was selected as an All-Star in 13, was the head center of the Nets before joining the Pacers.

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

But it is such a player, due to Henson's tactical needs, this season, he only assumes a space-type fifth position, responsible for shooting three-pointers, defending and rebounding.Low attack?Singles with the ball?Lopez has no such opportunity.Therefore, Lopez's data this season has naturally dropped in a large arc.

But now, Henson gave Lopez a chance.He believes that Lopez will use his performance to prove that the decline in his data does not mean that his strength has declined!
"Lopez low singles?" Seeing Paul distribute the ball like this, Jeff Van Gundy was shocked.But in fact, Lopez is an insider with solid low-post offensive skills. What is so surprising about his low-post singles?

It's just that most people forget how powerful Lopez used to be.

Facing Love, Lopez used his skilled post-up technique to push back two steps.The rest of the Cavaliers dare not act rashly, they don't know whether to double-team or continue to maintain a defensive position.

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

As a big center with a height of 2 meters, Lopez already has a height advantage.What's more, his back-turning movements are very smooth, and he doesn't give Love any chance to interfere.

In this way, Lopez's turnaround jumper hit steadily. 8 to 2, the Pacers relied on Lopez's unexpected low singles to pull back a city.

"This" saw Lopez scoring a goal, and James was stunned.What are the Pacers doing?They've never played offense like this before.

"It's okay, let's get the points back!" James continued to boost morale, but Lopez's goal has broken the Cavaliers' control of the situation.

Without tasks 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 an ordinary forward, James will definitely continue to score.

It's a pity that Antetokounmpo has never had anything to do with the word "ordinary".He spread the "big net" in the air, which seriously interfered with James' shots.

The Cavaliers' offense was interrupted, and Paul immediately pushed with the ball.But just like the previous few rounds, he and the other two leading stars had no chance at all.

As a result, Paul took the initiative to slow down, and then sent the ball to Lopez for the second consecutive round.

"Are you still coming!?"

Jeff Van Gundy was shocked, if only a coincidence.Then for the second time in a row, it was intentional.Today, Henson deliberately let Lopez make trouble in the low post!
Van Gundy knows this truth, and it's impossible for the Cavaliers players not to know it.Want to kill the game with a role player?Stop dreaming!

So, Tristan Thompson decisively returned to the penalty area to double-team Lopez.But Lopez didn't force it, but passed the ball to Channing Frye with a hook action.

"Everyone, stand up!" Frye murmured silently in his heart, not afraid of Tristan Thompson's ferocious counterattack, but decisively opened fire from a distance.

James was confused again, it was Lopez just now, and now it is Channing Frye.The Pacers let the role players attack, and George, Paul and Antetokounmpo just watched, what the hell are the Pacers doing?
No matter what they were doing, Frye's goals were real.

步行者队三分命中，瞬间就把8比0打成了8比5。而且这5分，还是步行者队的两个所谓“角色球员”拿到的。

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

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

When the Cavaliers turned their focus to George, Lopez killed the Cavaliers' confidence with another low goal.

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

Until then, Tyronn Lu suddenly realized.Henson didn't plan who to focus on today's offense at all, because today, the entire Pacers team is the focus of offense!

In this way, the fans enjoyed a wonderful first quarter.On the Cavaliers side, everyone had the right momentum and the offense was extremely smooth.But the same is true for the Pacers. Although Paul, George and Antetokounmpo encountered strict defenses, the others did not appear to be under-prepared, but worked hard to carry the team forward.

After the first quarter, Paul only scored 3 points, George 5 points, and Antetokounmpo 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 used the performance of all soldiers to bite the score!

"In the incredible first quarter, everyone in the Pacers seems to be very determined to take on the heavy responsibility! Their collective performance made the Cavaliers' defense lose sight of one another. It is rare for the Cavaliers to play in such a good state, but they still failed to overwhelm the momentum of the Pacers."

"I dare say that today's style of play was prepared by Coach Henson long ago. But the question is, can Coach Henson predict that the Cavaliers will be ruthless today so accurately!?"

Jeff Van Gundy raised one question after another on the commentary stand, and Henson's strategy seemed incredible to him.After all, Van Gundy was originally a head coach who was not flexible enough to command on the spot.

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

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

In the case of a 0-8 start, the score has been equalized.Next, Henson's plan should be to overtake.

This guy is deadly.

(End of this chapter)