basketball player

Chapter 92 091: The blood of the chicken

Derek Rose is proud of himself. After all, this is not the first time he has used his explosive personal ability to break the gap.Fans and commentators all praised Rose, as if Henson and his Pacers were destined to become another ghost of the Windy Rose.

After the timeout ended and the game resumed, it was discovered that Hinrich, who had played well in Chicago, did not play.Instead, there was the notorious "problem player" before the draft, Lance Stephenson.

Meanwhile, Henson replaced Matthews with Paul George, Danny Green for Dunleavy, Mike Roberts for Granger and Jeff Fortes for Horford.

It stands to reason that this is a very routine substitution.But everyone present, including Reggie Miller, who often commented on Pacers games, was taken aback.

What's happening here?That guy Henson Joe actually used a lineup of double insiders for the first time?You know, Henson has always attracted attention because of his small lineup with a single insider.Normally, he would use Mike Roberts at the five.However, today, Henson sent the old-school center Jeff Fortes on the field. What is this guy's idea?
Henson does not intend to explain to the fans and commentators that the game will start immediately.Because the Pacers played two insiders, including a traditional insider Fortes, the offensive speed slowed down a little.

On the Bulls side, in addition to Rose and Luol Deng, three players were also replaced.The inside line has also changed from the fierce Boozer and Kurt to Taj Gibson, who once made Henson very optimistic, and the Turkish center Omer Asik, who has a soft style of play.

Generally speaking, the defensive strength of the Bulls' current lineup is not as good as the starting lineup, and the inside defense is weak.So, Henson can slow down and smack the Bulls.

Through patient conduction and superb screens, Stephenson made a beautiful breakthrough and scored a three-pointer on Asik's head.

Although Stephenson is immature, even Henson must admit that the guy is talented on the offensive end.Maybe his data is not beautiful, but occasionally a flash of inspiration can always surprise people.

Thibodeau didn't know why Henson let Hinrich go instead of the jerk from Harlem.But if Henson hopes to change the situation through Stephenson's scoring ability, then he is digging his own grave!

Rose's impact is still unscrupulous. It seems that this guy does not intend to stop here, even if he has already scored 8 points before the end of the first quarter.

However, when Rose pushed through halftime, he found that the defensive strength of the Pacers' second team had not decreased in the slightest.It can even be said that it is even stronger.

Stephenson roughly stopped Rose. Even if Rose can change direction without slowing down, he still needs to have room to make moves.And Stephenson started a hand-to-hand fight with Rose near the midfield line.

Of course, this rough defense can't trouble Rose.Rose and Luol Deng set a screen, not for a drive, but for a switch, to distract the annoying Stephenson.

Stephenson had to keep up with Luol Deng because of the pick-and-roll, but Rose didn't become easy, because he just got rid of Stephenson, and Danny Green posted it immediately!
"Perfect switch! Derrick Rose couldn't get up to speed with the Pacers' tacit switch!"

Rose didn't expect Green to make up the defense so quickly. After all, Dunleavy didn't put him under so much pressure to make up the defense in just seven and a half minutes.

But it still couldn't trouble Rose, he turned around and wiped Green in a very small space, and entered the penalty area again!
This time, the person guarding the inside is Fortes, a heavy traditional center.In fact, that's why Henson needed Fortes.His strategy for this game has been solid defense from the very beginning!
Although Fortes can't jump up very much, his tonnage is there and he can withstand the impact of Ross.

Ross fought Fortes in the air, slowing him down as a result.Taking advantage of this opportunity, the tall and long-armed Paul George slapped him and slapped the basketball in Rose's hand from the side!
"Beautiful block from Paul George, Derrick Rose missed!"

It can be said that the Pacers used the strength of the whole team to contain Rose. This time the defense is not bad!

Before Reggie Miller finished speaking, Stephenson picked up the basketball and pushed it past halftime. The Pacers played their favorite offensive and defensive transition for the first time in this game!
Rose was a thousand riders, and immediately chased after being blocked.I have to admit that Rose's speed is amazing.Stephenson is clearly ahead of Rose, but Rose used his athletic ability to gradually narrow the gap between the two.

Like Wade, Rose's pursuit of the body is also a headache for countless players.Stephenson jumped up after entering the penalty area, and Rose followed suit, straightening his arms!However, Stephenson didn't lift the basketball at all, but sent the ball behind his splayed legs in the air!
"Pfft!" Reggie Miller almost didn't laugh out loud. Stephenson's idea was good, but his actions were really not good-looking.

Stephenson's passing action was funny, but he still managed to send the ball to Paul George who followed closely.At this time, Rose had already flown out of the bottom line, and the rest of the Bulls naturally couldn't participate in this "sports battle".George received the basketball, held it up with one hand, and after gliding for a certain distance like an eagle, he used a powerful tomahawk dunk to end the attack!

At the moment when George successfully dunked, there was a tsunami of cheers from the stands behind Henson, and Henson raised his arms high, as if he was the commander of this "symphony of cheers".

"3 points, George's dunk allowed the Pacers to close the point difference to 3 points! There are still a few minutes before the end of the first quarter. Coach Thibodeau should have hoped to widen the point difference, but now, the Pacers are narrowing the point difference step by step!"

Thibodeau became irritable again, yelling from the sidelines.Henson smiled unkindly. Although he respected Thibodeau, Thibodeau looked exactly like the irritable Penguin in the Batman comics after the evil plan was shattered.

However, Thibodeau's irritability obviously did not improve the performance of the Bulls. Henson suddenly increased the defensive intensity, which made Rose's offense hit a wall repeatedly.Until Rose came off the field to rest, he didn't score any more points in the first quarter.

On the contrary, the outside players who have been trained by Henson to be extremely aggressive in the past few days have made the Bulls' second team defense pay the price.The alternate attacks of George and Stephenson disrupted Thibodeau's plan.

In the end, the Pacers ended the first quarter with a 2-point lead.

Jeff Van Gundy yelled in disbelief: "The Pacers, who like to use fast offense to destroy their opponents, actually used traditional defense to reverse the situation today!"

Henson's defensive formation made Rose's impact less difficult to stop.The three outside lines can be misplaced to defend against Rose, and they are all very aggressive, which is very good.When Rose finally exhausted into the restricted area, there were fierce Fortes and Mike Roberts waiting for him.

Not long after the start of the second quarter, Henson switched back to the regular starter.In this section of the game, Henson made substitutions very frequently, and almost all of them were made on the outside.

Holiday defended for a few minutes, and Stephenson came up to defend for a few more minutes.Stephenson began to tease, and Henson took George to one-on-one with Rose.After George was fouled, Danny Green, the real version of "Coach, I want to play basketball", came on as a substitute.In the end, Wesley Matthews will let Rose, a genius, see the power of the undrafted pick.

At any given time, Rose is up against at least two tough defenders who are energetic and eager to tear him apart.When he managed to reach the inside line with great difficulty, he had to fight against the tough second protection.

In the second quarter, Ross played very uncomfortable, and his shooting percentage also dropped all the way.Thibodeau didn't expect that the guy Henson would use his best defense to deal with him.

This multi-level defensive system was actually learned by Henson from Thibodeau.Butler University Bulldogs coach Stevens taught Henson the method of learning video, allowing Henson to absorb the essence of many coaches into his team.Among them, Thibodeau's defensive arrangement is naturally included.

Of course, Henson is not blindly imitating.Instead, while absorbing the advantages of the other party, add your own thinking.What's more, Henson's assistant Vogel is a defensive master, so it is reasonable for the Pacers to play high-quality defense.

Under the increasingly tough defense of the Pacers, Rose began to look for Luol Deng, his most reliable helper on the offensive end.It's just that Paul George and Danny Green returned to defense in a timely and active manner, which didn't give Luol Deng too many chances to make easy shots.

"British Jordan" today's hit rate is not high, it can even be said to be poor.After halftime, the hit rate will exceed 30%.Loel Deng took three more shots than Rose in the half, but only made 12 of 4 shots and scored only 9 points.

The Pacers' outside players defended like crazy, allowing the Bulls to return to the locker room with a 6-point disadvantage at halftime.The tough wheel battle prepared by Henson put the omnipotent Rose in trouble.

During the intermission, Sager found Thibodeau and hoped that he would talk about his views on the first half of the game.

Facing the camera and the 6-point difference, Thibodeau was quite helpless: "Maybe, Coach Henson gave the players blood during the intermission just now!"

"Penguin" said so.

(End of this chapter)