The Basketball Court Swordsman

P.J. Carlesimo, in the league coaching circle, this is definitely a well-known name.

Kalesimo entered the business very early and started his basketball coaching job in 1982. From 1982 to 1994, at Seton Hall University, Kalesimo undoubtedly made his reputation. He led the once struggling Seton Hall Pirates to the 1989 NCAA finals and won the Big East Coach of the Year twice in 1988 and 1989. In 1988, he led Seton Hall for the first time in history. Reached the NCAA tournament and finished runner-up in 1989. During Carlesimo's coaching, the Pirates scored 6 times in the NCAA tournament.

Carlesimo's NCAA resume can be said to be very successful. Then, like most coaches, Carlesimo set his sights on the increasingly commercial NBA league.

In 1994, Calesimo officially entered the NBA and took over the position of head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers from Rick Adelman, who is very familiar to Chinese fans. In his first season in the NBA, he led the team to the playoffs and set a record for his career as a head coach. Then in his three years as the Blazers coach, Carlesimo made the playoffs every year and set a series of defensive records for the team.

However, he was still unable to lead the team through the first round of the playoffs, so Kalesimo was fired after the 96-97 season.

At that time, Kalesimo never expected that the highest moment of his coaching career was over.

For many years afterwards, Kalesimo spent his time in wandering.

In 1997, Kalesimo came to the Golden State Warriors and once again succeeded Rick Adelman. He coached there until December 1999 and was eventually fired again.

After that, it wasn't until 2007 that Calesimo finally became the head coach, leading the newly formed Oklahoma City Thunder. But after a wave of 1 win and 12 losses, Kalesimo was unemployed again. It was not until the former Nets coach "little general" Avery Johnson was fired that Carlesimo, who was an assistant coach, finally picked up the coach.

Throughout Carlesimo's career, he has hardly achieved any solid results. The reason why Carlesimo is well known in the coaching circle is that he was beaten by his own players when he was coaching the Warriors...

I don't know why this season, Kaleici was confused and took the Nets to fourth in the Eastern Conference. After a season, Carlesimo's team went smoothly. People seem to think that this head coach is finally almost late.

To this day, he met Henson. And the coach who disgusted the whole of New York relentlessly beat Carlesimo back to his original form.

From the beginning of the second quarter, the Nets never took the lead. As Henson said, the break in the first quarter was the first and last time the Pacers fell behind during the break.

In the second quarter, Henson's targeted defense allowed Deron Williams to make 1 of 5 shots, which prevented this guy from 12 points in a single quarter to 2 points in a single quarter. Henson's various cutting-in tactics, which are full of changes, have collapsed the Nets' defense. Every change of Kalesimo seemed to be unable to escape Henson's expectations.

Spurs coaches have always paid great attention to defense, but Carlesimo's defensive skills make him completely unlike a Spurs person.

In the second half, Henson completely controlled the rhythm and began to play the rotation. Originally Henson didn't intend to let the starting lineup play too long today, and Henson's mix of starting and bench lineups made Carlesi overwhelmed.

Of course, Paul was on a long time today. In the fourth quarter, Henson completely liberated Paul, and the No. 3 point guard gave Deron 10 points in a single quarter, which completely ended the game.

Throughout the game, the Nets' Trident Deron, Johnson and Lopez did not shoot high. After Deron's highlight performance in the first quarter, he scored only 2 sports games in the last three quarters. Although he scored 22 points, his shooting percentage was only 38%.

Joe Johnson’s 43% shooting rate seems quite satisfactory, but this is actually because he did not get too many mobile phones.

Lopez was the worst of the three. As a center, he actually shot a 35% low shooting percentage. Lopez simply couldn't receive the ball today, and occasionally received the ball, Anderson and Horford will relentlessly give Lopez a strong confrontation.

The Nets' trident was locked, and Kalesimo couldn't respond. Other players on the Nets? Don't be delusional, it's not just a few leftovers that can defeat the defending champion.

Throughout the second half, Kalesimo fell into a deep self-doubt. When the head coach of a team is in despair, how can he lead the team to turn the tide?

"Coach Kalesimo was completely controlled by Henson today. When the Nets needed timeouts several times, Coach Kalesimo had no extra timeouts available. When he reached the planned timeout, he called the timeout. However, the situation has been completely controlled by the Pacers. He is still the same as before, too stubborn." At the last minute of the game, the Nets trailed the Pacers by 12 points. Marvin Albert had given up on the game and started instead. Analyze the problems of both sides in this game.

Stubbornness, in addition to making Callesimo be violently beaten by his own players, it also manifests itself in not knowing how to adapt when directing. Today, Henson's diverse internal cuts and Carlesimo's single offensive mode made the gap between the two clear at a glance.

Calesimo sat on the bench, he didn't even know how he lost the game. Obviously, everything is the same as usual...It wasn't until the electronic buzzer that represented the end of the game sounded that Carlesimo finally recovered.

He felt that he was redeemed, this terrible game was finally over, and the fear of being dominated by Henson finally ended here.

At this time, only half of the fans remained in the stands at the Barclays Center. Little did he know that before the three quarters, he still imagined that he could win the defending championship and lead the team to 6 consecutive victories...

Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle has a good saying: against Henson Joe, don't think you have won until the last minute.

Henson stood up confidently and shook hands with Callesimo. Kalesimo didn't even dare to look directly into Henson's eyes, because the Chinese coach seemed to be able to understand everything about himself!

After shaking his hand in a hurry, Kalesimo hurriedly "escaped" the court. Henson shook his head and did not continue to embarrass this poor egg whose confidence has been severely hit.

But as for the other guy... Henson didn't plan to let him go.

Mark Berman pressed his lips nervously, and he was surrounded by countless pairs of eyes staring at him. As the most experienced basketball reporter of the New York Post, Berman has participated in countless press conferences, but he has never been so at a loss.

"Mr. Berman?" Henson sat on the stage with a grin. It was one of his questions that put Berman in such an embarrassing situation.

In fact, Henson’s question is not difficult to answer. When a reporter asked Henson what he thought of the Pacers' continued winning streak, Henson threw the question to Berman.

"Winning streak? By the way, how many winning streaks have we had? Mr. Mark Berman of the New York Post, I hope you can remind me."

As a result, Berman became the focal point of the entire media reception room.

"13...13 consecutive victories..." The New York reporter replied hesitantly.

"Very well, I remember you wrote an article before the game, what did you say? Will the winning streak of the defending champion end here? Chris Paul will be defeated by Deron again? To be honest, I respect your opinion It's a pity that strength doesn't allow it."

There was a burst of laughter in the reception room, and Berman's head turned red.

Henson shook his head and stopped molesting the reporter who likes to "lick" the home team brainlessly.

This kind of guy, just let them know that they are great, there is no need to pester them. Compared to a reporter, Henson has more important things to accomplish.

13 consecutive victories? Hmm... Henson was suddenly very interested and kept this number as long as possible. At that time, I don't know how many people's faces will stink.

And in those great league records, it's time to leave some names belonging to the Indiana Pacers.