The Trail Blazers have been on a four-game winning streak recently, and the team is in excellent form.

So after seeing the Pacers trail by 12 points in the first quarter and Aldridge shot 5 of 6 in the first quarter, McMillan also thought he had won the game.

Everybody knows about Henson. Joe likes to play with his small lineup, and many times in order to keep up with the pace of the Pacers' offense, their opponents will even make the lineup smaller.

However, McMillan did not do that, as he has a good power forward who can dominate the number four position. The first quarter of the game also proved that McMillan's trust in Aldridge was extremely correct.

But McMillan didn't expect that the Trail Blazers' advantage would be almost exhausted so quickly. Since Henson asked Horford to defend Aldridge in the second quarter, Aldridge hasn't scored a point.

"Increase your individual shots and don't get led by the nose by Horford! As long as you can score a few goals against him, we will naturally take the initiative again! ”

McMillan needs Aldridge to make more shots, and he's the only player for the Trail Blazers to dominate the matchup.

Aldridge is a cautious guy who would rather not shoot if he doesn't have a good chance or doesn't like the shooting position.

The good thing about this is that Aldridge is extremely efficient in scoring. But the downside is that when it comes to crunch time, when you need Aldridge to score in tough situations, he disappears.

Now, with the Pacers closing the gap to just four points, the Trail Blazers undoubtedly have their first pivotal moment of the day.

Therefore, Aldridge must shoulder the scoring responsibility. If he can't do it, then McMillan "forces" him to do it.

After the timeout, the Trail Blazers replaced Potsbilla, who was not doing well, with Sean Brown, who entered the league in '98 and was the first New Zealand player in NBA history. Max.

Sean. Max is not a very standout player, he has changed teams six times after being a wanderer in the league. And even in his "peak season", Max's average data per game was only 4 points and 3 rebounds.

The reason why McMillan went to him was also a helpless move. Potzbilla's poor rebounding performance forced McMillan to try with Sian, the only remaining center. Marcus. Camby's injury has left McMillan without a centre-forward.

Moreover, McMillan can't use Aldridge to play the number five position as he has done in previous games. Because in that case, one big and four small would be exactly what Henson's appetite was.

Seeing the 40-year-old veteran center Sean on the field, a new idea suddenly appeared in Henson's mind. He patted his head, why didn't he think of it just now? If you do this in the first quarter, it's the Trailblazers who are struggling to score points now!

He immediately yelled at the players and then gestured.

No one knows what Henson said, but the players know very well that the coach is letting them play inside!

McMillan's adjustment did not make the Trail Blazers' offense better, and Aldridge made a decisive shot this time, but because of Horford's interference, Aldridge's shot still failed to hit.

So far in the second quarter, the Trail Blazers have not scored.

This time the Pacers attacked, and McRoberts did not stay on the outside, but sat on the inside! The Pacers' unusual behavior made McMillan swallow.

Generally speaking, McRoberts doesn't have the ability to play in the low post. But in the face of the aging New Zealander, Henson is full of confidence in McRoberts.

Holiday hoisted the ball to McRoberts, others tried to open up space for McRoberts as much as possible, and Horford even pulled it outside the three-point line.

So, the inside line became McRoberts and Sean. Max's one-on-one battleground.

I saw that McRoberts suddenly turned his back after holding the ball, and with only one step, he shook off the slow New Zealand center.

McRoberts walked to the basket and made an easy layup with a look at the moon. Sean was too slow, both in reaction and speed. McRoberts smiled happily, he didn't expect that he would have a day in the low position.

Henson also grinned, perhaps for the first time since he became head coach, the team had an inside advantage!

Batum's mid-range jumper then stopped the Trail Blazers from bleeding and stretched the deficit back to four points. However, the resistance of the French was really painless.

After a round, McRoberts intends to continue to single Sean in the low post.

Perhaps for the 40-year-old Sean, this singles is not fair. But in competitive sports, if you want to play, you have to abandon absolute fairness!

Aldridge couldn't sit idly by any longer, and he caught up before McRoberts could make a move.

But don't forget, McRoberts is the Pacers' "big magician."

McRoberts faked his back turn, but with a flick of his wrist, he sent the ball to Horford, who was ambushed in the bottom right corner.

Aldridge will definitely be too late to make up for the defense, and for Horford, who is all hot from beyond the three-point line, it will not be difficult to hit this corner shot.

Horford scored three more points, and the 12-point difference became only 1 point!

"Change the guard, change the guard!" McMillan's desperate yelling was clear to Henson, and Sean was a big colander.

Twenty seconds later, the Pacers made a big comeback. McMillan sent Aldridge to switch to McRoberts and sent Sean to deal with Horford floating on the perimeter.

However, Horford and McRoberts weren't stupid, and they also switched places.

As a result, people desperately saw Sean confront Horford in the low post, and Aldridge had to guard McRoberts, who could also shoot three-pointers.

McMillan covered his head in despair, he was completely generalized!

Horford's easy turnover jumper after shaking his shoulders allowed the Pacers to finally overtake the score! Meanwhile, the referee's whistle blew and McMillan had to replace Sean. The New Zealander may be very dedicated, but his appearance was indeed a disaster for the Trail Blazers!

"It's unbelievable that the Pacers actually used the inside advantage to gain the upper hand, the inside advantage! Before today, the word interior advantage and the Pacers were incompatible, but today, Coach Henson let us see another possibility for the Pacers! ”

Barkley in the studio was so anxious that he couldn't explain in front of him, and he couldn't relieve his pressure by complaining about Henson, so he could only do it in front of the big screen.

Maybe now, Barkley can't afford to put on the shirt and go inside himself.

"Well done Josh, then you take a break, George, you go on, keep hitting their inside! Granger, you're back in the fourth position! With a big wave of his hand, Henson replaced McRoberts and played his favorite big four small.

"Aren't you afraid that they will regain the upper hand?" Vogel was more conservative, so he asked more.

"Afraid? It's them who should be afraid! Could it be that they still dare to put a weak center forward on the field to wait for slaughter?" The corners of Henson's mouth curled slightly, he should have taken control of the initiative a long time ago!

Neither Pulzbila nor Old Sean are good centre-forwards. But Henson's inertial thinking made him still ask the team to attack from the outside.

In fact, the Trail Blazers' interior defense is simply in a shaky situation. Whether it's Sean or Potsbilla, the Pacers' interior players can easily play it.

The first few rounds were the best experiments. As long as he pulls the interior away, McMillan has nothing to do with the Pacers' offense.

As a result, McMillan can't afford to keep Sean and Pulzbilla on the court for a long time, and as long as they do, the Trail Blazers have one more defensive hole.

When the pause ended, something surprising happened.

The Trail Blazers used 2.03-meter-tall second-year forward Dante. Coolingham replaces Sean, which means that Aldridge is now the only "center" for the Trail Blazers!

"Coach McMillan actually came up with a big and four small lineup!? What's going on!? ”

Kevin. Harlan was taken aback, but Henson was calm.

He knew that playing Aldridge as a centre-forward was McMillan's only option. It's just that McMillan didn't expect that Henson had already changed a large and four small lineup waiting for him.

If you play one big and four young, McMillan is a younger brother in front of Henson!

Coolingham doesn't have any three-point ability, and he can play the No. 4 position because this guy is aggressive enough and strong enough.

Although they are all big and four small, the Trail Blazers' offense is obviously not as fluid as the Pacers.

Aldridge continued to hold the ball low, and Granger didn't think about it, and immediately wrapped it up.

Aldridge had no choice but to pass the ball to the empty-handed Coolingham, who didn't even make a three-point shot last season and was not known for his three-pointers in college.

Faced with this big vacancy, Coolingham didn't dare to make a move.

The big open opportunity was wasted, and he eventually passed the ball to Batum, but Batum's breakthrough layup was also unsuccessful under George's excellent defense.

The Trail Blazers still didn't score, and Aldridge fell into a scoring drought.

After Holiday held the ball and attacked, Horford played a strong inside, but in fact, he cleverly divided the ball, allowing Matthews, who had borrowed the off-ball cover to get a chance, to hit a three-point shot.

Matthews is hot today, and this year is technically Matthews' real rookie season. However, in his rookie season, he averaged 13.5 points per game. The scoring ability of this undrafted draft is definitely seriously underestimated.

With a four-point gap, McMillan felt that he didn't have any good solutions, and he used everything he could on the bench.

At this time, he must have missed Brandon immensely. Roy and Greg. Auden Bar......

The big and four small matchups made the Pacers' offense full of firepower. It's the same big and four small, but the Pacers play significantly more mature than the Trail Blazers.

Matthews' cold shot, Granger's efficiency plus Paul's ... George's momentum today allowed the Trail Blazers, who led by as many as 12 points in the first quarter, entered the second half with an 8-point deficit after the end of the second quarter!

The sudden change in the situation of the game in the second quarter shocked the Trail Blazers fans who were ecstatic 12 minutes ago!

At halftime, the reporter naturally found Henson to do a sideline interview.

Henson is not going to answer questions from reporters about what adjustments were made to give the team the lead.

"I'm not going to say why we got the lead, I just hope that the air conditioning in the studio behind T.NT is warm enough."

Henson smiled his trademark smile at the day, while Barkley couldn't smile at all.

Maybe all the yellow-skinned guys will bring him misfortune.