The Basketball Court Swordsman

On Christmas Day, the first day of the shrinking season, the NBA schedule undoubtedly made fans addicted.

The Heat and the Mavericks fought Dallas again and won, undoubtedly letting the Miamians who have been stumped for the entire offseason breathe out.

In the Clippers game against the Warriors, Billups proved the possibility between him and Griffin with facts. The two scored 43 points, allowing the Warriors to swallow the bitter pill.

The Bulls and Lakers' game was also very exciting. The youngest MVP's gimmick against the Black Mamba made this game the highest-rated game on the first day of the new season.

In the end, the youngest MVP lived up to expectations and killed the Lakers in the last 4.8 seconds, causing Staples' proud and viper to shake their heads.

In another game, the Knicks narrowly defeated the Celtics by 2 points, successfully avenging the playoffs last season. The Thunder undertook to win the Magic. The Orlando Magic seems to have withdrawn from the ranks of the strong teams since being eliminated by the Pacers in the first round last season.

However, the biggest difference on Christmas Day came in Indianapolis.

The Pacers, who have joined Chris Paul, used a terrifying score of 31 points to announce the rise of the new power of the entire league!

If we say that the Pacers last season was just a spoiler, an inexperienced youth army. So this season, after introducing Paul and West and increasing the thickness of the inside, the Indiana Pacers have become the out-and-out Eastern strong!

The victory of this big score naturally made Henson's phrase "I think about how many points I win" that Henson said before the game. But of course, this sentence seems to be heard only by local Indianapolis fans, while fans of other teams think that this young Chinese coach is a little overwhelmed.

"I have to say that the Detroit Pistons are not a particularly strong team. The Pacers should have won this game. It doesn't explain anything."

"Henson must still be complacent because he robbed Paul at the last minute, but Paul is not everything. If Paul can solve the problem, the Hornets would have won the championship long ago."

"Coach Henson seems to be getting more and more outrageous. No one will say that before the game. But I don't care what the clown said, I only care about my own team."

Even Tom Thibodeau, Henson's old adversary, couldn't help but complain.

Reggie Miller has a different view on this: "Doesn't Coach Henson's remarks remind you of anyone? Yes, it is the current Pacers president Larry Bird. I think this may be one thing. This kind of heritage. This may be the style of Indianapolis."

In any case, Henson once again "worries out of the mouth" pulled hatred. Now, the head coaches of many teams in the East must be eager to kill him. But Henson didn't care. He knew one thing from the day he became an assistant coach.

The essence of professional sports is victory.

As long as you can win, it's okay for you to even pretend than Larry Bird.

So after winning the game with the Pistons, Henson did not let the players idle. Now the Pacers' daily training volume is still very large, because there is no summer league and too long pre-season training time, Henson can only find a way to make up for the wasted time day by day.

But what is easier for Henson now is that Chris Paul shared part of the work of supervising the players' training. Paul is definitely a very competitive guy, so he also hopes that his teammates can take the game seriously. At this point, it is still very similar to a certain paranoia in Los Angeles.

Fortunately, Paul did not join the Lakers, otherwise the rest of the Lakers would have to be tortured to death by these two guards.

Without being on the sidelines all the time, Henson has more time to develop and improve training plans.

"Slightly reduce the proportion of George's shooting training, let him work harder in dribbling training." When Henson gave Vogel the training plan to execute, Vogel was still a little confused.

"George 2.06 meters, you want him to practice dribbling?"

"What's the matter with 2.06 meters? He is a forward and guard. Maybe a coach will let the center learn to dribble in the future. George's dribble is a bit too spicy. Look at him. The center of gravity is too high to be effective. breakthrough."

Henson is very demanding on George, because in his mind, George is not just a player who is only responsible for shooting. The George he expects is an offensive kaleidoscope.

In fact, a closer observation shows that even Durant has made great progress in dribbling in recent seasons. And this makes Durant getting closer and closer to the ranks of top players. It can even be said that he is already a top player.

"Well, what else has changed?" Vogel did not refute, because Henson's training program hardly went wrong. His control of the player's development direction has always been extremely precise.

"There is one more problem. Our shooting coaches seem to be a little bit insufficient." Through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the office, Henson looked at the players who were practicing shooting.

Shooting is a problem that Henson values ​​very much. Stephenson, Jimmy Butler, and Leonard are all "hardest hit" in shooting. The task of shooting coaches is very heavy, and it is not so easy to train the two iron kings, Jimmy Butler and Leonard.

"what do you mean?"

"I think we may need an extremely experienced shooting coach to guide them separately. Now we have to teach three people as a coach, and I feel a bit too busy." Henson knew that although he has the badge to increase the speed of improvement, But that also depends on your own training plan to work.

So after training in the afternoon, Henson found the person who made the decision, Larry Bird, who is in charge of all basketball affairs of the Pacers.

Bird couldn't help smiling when he saw Henson, and patted the "half coach" on the shoulder.

"Henson, I like your tone of voice before the game started yesterday, hahahaha, there is such a shadow of me!"

"Uh..." Henson nodded without a smile, but he knew that he was far worse than Bird. At least Henson couldn't say "Are you all fighting for second place?"

"Bird, I'm not here to learn how to talk with you. I want to find a shooting coach, definitely the best kind. Can you find one for me using your contacts?"

"Shooting coach?" Bird was a little surprised. After all, the Pacers had just won by 30 points, but Henson was considering how to strengthen the team's training.

But Bird immediately regained his calm. Yes, this offseason is too short and Henson doesn't have much time to prepare. Although the Pacers have won a game, the fact is that the team must have a lot of problems that have not been resolved.

"As for the shooting coach... If you can convince Reggie Miller not to be a commentator, then he is. After all, he is the second only to me in the Indian press."

"Bird, I'm very serious..." Henson shook his head, as expected to be a powerful king.

"I mean, the guy who practiced shooting with Reggie Miller was pretty good. When I think about it, I should still have his phone number." Byrd stopped playing haha, but thought hard with his chin. stand up.

"Anyone who practiced shooting with Miller?" Henson immediately became interested, and this sounded more reliable.

He doesn't ask Jimmy Butler and Leonard to become the next Miller, as long as they can train their shots enough.

"Well, I found it, Bruce Fraser. Don't worry, Henson, I'll call him to ask him, don't worry about it. What you need to consider now is how to make the Pacers continue to win the next game. The game." Bird found the target person's phone number on a small notebook, but didn't seem to plan to call it right away, maybe to prepare a remark.

"That's good," Henson got up, ready to leave work, and when he walked to the door of the office, Henson waved his back to Bird. "By the way, I don't think about whether I can win the next game, but whether I can Win all competitions this month."

After speaking, Henson disappeared into the corner of the corridor without looking back.

Seeing Bird's smirk, Pritchard, who had been silent in the office, got goose bumps.

Two kings, no one is a good bird.