The Basketball Court Swordsman

The opener of the Pacers VS Raptors may be one of the league's most failed games this year. Because the game has just reached the third quarter, the ratings have dropped off a cliff.

Reggie Miller feels that his eyelids are a little heavy, and I really don't know what angle to comment on this boring game. Jeff Van Gundy simply chatted with everyone about his homework, about his experience of fishing in White Rock Lake, Dallas...

There are several types of boring games. One is that both sides are too tightly defended, resulting in ugly scenes, inability to score for a long time, or always being interrupted by fouls. The most representative is the 2005 Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the Detroit Pistons.

On the other hand, the difference between the strengths of the two sides is too large, which makes the game lose suspense early. The lagging party has no hope of recovering. This kind of competition without confrontation and competition naturally cannot satisfy the fans.

The boredom of the Pacers and the Raptors obviously belongs to the second category.

In the third quarter of the game, Dwyane Casey had blank eyes and his eyes were dull. His goal this year is to lead the team to the playoffs, and he also has great expectations for the Raptors' lineup this year. However, the long season has just begun, and Casey has seen the huge gap between the Raptors and the real top team.

This gap is not something the Raptors can fill back overnight, even if the Raptors can really trade Rudy Gay, they are not opponents of the Pacers.

On the court, Chris Paul also assisted Anderson in an empty dunk, and the point difference was widened to 30 points... However, Casey was completely numb to this, and at first saw the team be beaten up like this. He will still feel heartache, but now he has been abused with "resistance ability".

Paul, George, Green, West and Horford, Stephenson, Ray Allen, Leonard, Yi Jianlian and Anderson on the bench, Casey's players can be said to have been completely exploded! Players in every position of the opponent seem to have an advantage!

By the way, there is also the little-known Jimmy Butler who barely played very much last season. His performance made Casey shine. Why do you think these geniuses went to Henson Joe's team? The Pacers have hardly any major reinforcements this summer, but relying solely on the growth of the young people, the Pacers' strength has risen a lot.

Reggie Miller also raised this question to Jeff Van Gundy.

"Paul George, when he was selected with the 10th overall pick, the entire league thought Henson wasted a lottery pick. Lance Stephenson, at the time, apart from the Pacers, no team dared to do this. Take a time bomb back. Danny Green, a little-known second-round pick, who would have thought that he could become a qualified starter now? Kavai Leonard, outside of the lottery zone, no ball The team is confident that they can train him. However, if it weren't for Leonard's performance in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, the Pacers would not have won the ring! Jimmy Butler, the end of the bench with less than 50 appearances last season A rookie, but today he has dedicated several rounds of excellent defense for us. Don’t forget, there are also Holiday and Matthews who have left but got mixed up..."

Reggie Miller changed his tone after enumerating a lot of names, "These players are not the'explosive' in the draft. Many of them are even considered by other teams to be irreducible. However. It’s such a group of "incompetent" young people who now make the Pacers so powerful, and without exception! To be honest, coach Henson Joe’s vision may be more vicious than the Spurs. He is in The shooting percentage in the draft is almost equal to 100%!"

"It's true. We have all seen Jimmy Butler's performance just now. Although Jimmy was almost a transparent person last season, I believe that this young defender will let us know him this season. Coach Henson Joe was originally The scout came out, which is probably the reason for his unique vision. Facts have proved that a team wants to develop more than just the stars. Coach Henson Joe pointed out to the general manager of all teams. A clear road."

While Miller and Van Gundy were still sighing about Henson's team building policy, the third quarter was over. 98 to 69, after three quarters, the Pacers scored 100 points faster, while the Raptors were behind by 29 points.

This time during the break, Henson's expression was no longer serious. He didn't even take the tactical board until the players had a rest.

"If you are reversed by the opponent's 29 points, then... well, guys, I must admit that we can't be reversed now." Henson shook his head, and now he can't even get nervous. , How can you make the players nervous?

Besides, Pacers don't need to be nervous at all now.

So the entire fourth quarter, the entire 12-minute game, became garbage time. As the worst-rated of the three openers, the Pacers must have been dismissed by the president of the league. The most impressive thing in the whole game was the award ceremony of the championship ring. The competition itself, on the contrary, seemed to be a performance after the award ceremony.

In the end, the Pacers beat the Raptors 122 to 95 at home! At the end of the game, Henson's experience accumulator reacted again. But this game... just added a mere 50 points to Henson...

550/2000, Henson's road to upgrade is getting longer and longer.

"You brought me down, coach." Casey shook his head vigorously as he shook hands with Henson. Facts proved that his tension before the game was completely unnecessary, because this game did not have the conditions to create suspense from the beginning.

"It was my player who brought you down, Mr. Casey. Your team has a lot of potential. Come on." Henson said two beautiful words to his opponent, after all, facing an opponent of this level, Heng Mori can't get pleasure from installing X either...

In this way, the high-profile opener ended very rarely. The fans did not see a wonderful game, nor did they see Henson cursing. In fact, of the three openers this season, none seems to be worthy of a national broadcast.

On the Miami side, the Heat slaughtered the Celtics 120 to 107 and also played the game. Facts have proved that the Celtics are no longer among the league's top ranks, and the Miami Heat are still strong for their third championship impact.

The only suspenseful game in the opening game was the Mavericks and Lakers game. Originally, people thought this game was the least suspenseful, because the Lakers F4 can be said to be the most luxurious combination of the book lineup this season! On the Mavericks' side, the championship team has long been broken up. The strength of the two sides seems to be not at the same level at all.

However, this game became the smallest difference in the three openers. 99 to 91, the difference is only 8 points. What is even more surprising is that the Lakers F4 is the side that scored 91 points...

The combination of Kobe + Gasol + Howard + Nash was stupefied by o.J. Mayo + Darren Collison. Yes, there is nothing about Nowitzki, because today, Nowitzki did not play at all with a genetic injury!

The Lakers F4, who was considered "as long as they are healthy to win 82 consecutive victories", lost to the Dallas Mavericks who lacked a star! The three games on the first day of the NBA in the new season are all unexpected.

The Lakers' F4 defeat undoubtedly caused an uproar in the outside world. Is stacking up stars really the right way to win the championship? Which one of the Pacers' team building model that focuses on drafting and nurturing and trades stars as a supplement and the Lakers' team building model of various robbery deals with rich wealth can be truly successful? It has become a topic of constant debate among fans.

"Don't ask me such silly questions. I don't care how people build the team." During the next day's training, facing reporters' interviews, Henson expressed his disdain.

"I don't care about how others are, I only care about my own team. Besides, the Lakers only lost one game."

"Thanks to" Henson's "good words", the Lakers lost to the Blazers that night. After entering November, he even lost to the city’s arch-rival Clippers, and "has taken" a three-game losing streak... With the most luxurious lineup in the league, he scored a three-game losing streak. Even Henson has some can not read it. The Lakers are really a typical example of a good deck of cards.

Contrary to the Lakers, the Pacers have scored two easy wins over the Bobcats and the Kings since the opening game, and three straight victories came in handy.

The record of the cool Los Angeles Lakers and Pacers is simply two extremes, so public opinion has also turned to Henson's side.

"Coach Henson's team building idea is the real way to victory! Crazy stacking of stars does not mean crazy victory."

But at this time, Henson was not complacent because the outside world praised him. Because the two teams in the league that will build their teams most by drafting are about to meet!

On November 5, the Indiana Pacers challenged the San Antonio Spurs away. For Henson and his team, this game can be regarded as a real "opener."