The Basketball Court Swordsman

After the game, Charles Barkley was embarrassed. Before the game, he slapped his chest to ensure that the Chinese coach who could not even win the preseason could not compete with Popovich. He believes that you can never win a game by shooting. The result now? Henson used fast-paced offense and unlimited defenses to kill the ambitious Spurs. And all this happened under Barkley’s nose!

“The Pacers’ offense today is very subversive. 68% of their shots came from outside the three-second zone. In other words,” Kenny Smith looked at Barkley with a gloating expression, “San Antonio Spurs, yes He was shot to death!”

In fact, it’s not just Barkley, most people who followed this game were shocked by the result. Henson’s tactical thinking and lineup are indeed unconventional. He ignored the height of the inside line and emphasized fast pace and shooting. He does not advocate offense in the three-second zone, and forgets the theory that “the closer you are to the basket, the easier it is to score goals”. He has used a large number of newcomers, even the notorious “evil boy” Stephenson. But these young people have absolutely no common problems with poor defense. They got 10 more rebounds by the Spurs, but still won the game.

All this is not in line with the conventional data, making Henson’s victory very incredible. The new season has just begun the second day, who would have thought that a big upset would have burst so soon!

An Eastern team that has not touched the threshold of the playoffs for four consecutive seasons actually defeated a powerful Western team!

Not to mention other people, even Bird didn’t expect Henson to actually win the game. Of course he trusts Henson’s strength, but he also knows how much the Spurs have. Even the veteran coach who has been in the NBA for more than ten years may not be able to beat Popovich. As for Henson, he stole the victory from the Spurs!

After the game, reporters found Popovich in the player channel and asked him what he thought of the game.

“Coach Henson Joe has made the Pacers’ offense very smooth, and the defense also has a clear division of labor. If they can maintain this state throughout the season, they will definitely be able to make a difference in the East. In addition, our perimeter is really playing today. It sucks.” Popovich spread his hands and turned to leave.

As an old coach, Popovich is not only honored, he has also experienced numerous failures. So a loss in the regular season will not make Popovich irritable.

What surprised the reporters was that Popovich’s evaluation of Henson was not bad at all. Everyone knows that Popovich is a very mean person, even for his own players, he rarely praises. As for Henson, Popovich used a glamorous word.

When did this old man become so amiable? In fact, Popovich has not changed. However, he really recognized Henson’s ability.

Not chaotic in the face of danger, clear thinking, timely substitutions, the quality that Henson demonstrated in the game today made Popovich a bright spot. Even when the Spurs launched a counterattack at the end of the game, Henson made the substitution decision of Stephenson to replace Matthews very calmly, which restrained George Hill’s excellent performance.

If Hill can continue to play that way today, it might be the San Antonio Spurs who won the game now. But Henson, he stopped it all.

Purchasing treasures from low-ranking players and using them correctly… Popovich knows very well that compared to tactics, this is the greatest skill of a coach!

But Henson’s outstanding performance does not mean that the old man can accept the loss of this game with peace of mind. The first thing he wanted to do after returning to the locker room was to give Parker and Ginobili a lesson. At the same time, he secretly swears in his heart that the next time he meets the Pacers, the Spurs must pay for it!

On the second day after the game, Hollodi scored 26 points and 8 assists, Horford with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, Granger with 19 points and 5 rebounds, and 11 points and 2 steals. Hughes and other players instantly became the city idols of Indian Presspolis.

Holiday’s No. 11 jersey has become the new favorite of Pacers fans, and people no longer take responsibility for Henson and Bird about the trade between Hibbert and Horford. As for Daniel Granger, he also proved that he is not a weak team brush. Even if it is a key battle and encounters a strong enemy, he can stand up and play a role.

This year’s two rookies George and Stephenson’s impressive performance also proved how correct Henson’s vision is. This new walker has regained the trust of the fans.

Although the players’ aura completely overshadowed Henson, Henson was not upset by it. After all, he himself did not enjoy the feeling of living in the spotlight. And after the game yesterday, Henson achieved two achievements at once, which naturally made him feel good.

Coached the first official game as the head coach and won the first official game as the head coach.

This is the first time Henson has unlocked two achievements in one night. Of course, the rewards have also changed from choosing 1 of 3 to 2 of 6.

For the two rewards, Henson chose two speech skills respectively. The other four medals are all related to business and transactions, and Henson believes that these things are not needed for him now. After all, the current Pacers lineup is relatively stable, and there is no big contract that is about to expire. The medals of trading and negotiation are temporarily useless. The business of increasing attendance at home games has nothing to do with Henson, the head coach.

Therefore, Henson chose the phrase “teamwork”, and the effect was that the team’s tacit value increased by 15%. Another technique is to “purge him”, the effect is to increase player morale by 30%. Both words can only be used once, the first is effective for the whole team, and the second is only effective for one player. Therefore, Henson must retain the second sentence and type it out when needed urgently.

Henson took a look at the rewards he had yet to use. In addition to the morale boost he had just received, Henson also retained the medal that he received a long time ago to speed up the discovery of the player’s potential.

Originally Henson wanted to use this medal on Paul George, but he finally decided to wait another year. This is a very precious medal that allows rookies to grow quickly and immediately help the team. If they can meet a player with a higher limit than George, then Henson will definitely regret using the medal in advance.

The words that increased the team’s tacit understanding by 15% were immediately used by Henson in the next day’s training. The new season has just begun, and the teams are still running in. Even the Miami Heat, which has the Big Three, are playing in a mess. To put it bluntly, the new lineup is still not in place. The tacit understanding between the players is undoubtedly an important factor affecting the running-in speed. If the Pacers can complete the line-up run-in one step earlier, they will definitely get a head start in the record!

Coupled with the medal that Henson has equipped to reduce the impact of tacit damage by 10%, he believes the team will become more and more mature.

Judging from the current harmony in the team’s locker room and the increasingly smooth offense in training, the combination of dialogue and medals has indeed achieved good results.

One day after defeating the Spurs, the Pacers immediately started their second road trip. This time, the walkers’ destination is Charlotte.

Compared with the San Antonio Spurs, the Charlotte Bobcats are teams of different levels. However, even if the Pacers have beaten the Spurs, the media still don’t believe they can beat the Bobcats, who are weaker than the Spurs, on the road.

After all, the Pacers’ play in the last game caused considerable controversy, although the victory over the Spurs in the first game allowed Henson to win some praise. But most of the comments still believe that the Pacers’ victory comes from the players’ good feel and form, as well as Holiday’s extraordinary performance.

The label of winning because of good luck, good player feel, and almost losing was put on Henson’s head by many media. The reason they are not optimistic about the Pacers’ ability to defeat the Bobcats is also very simple-no team can maintain an excellent feel for a whole season.

It’s not uncommon for weak teams to occasionally overwhelm strong teams. In 82 regular season games, who can guarantee that he will not capsize? But a victory in a game still cannot change the fact that a weak team is very weak.

However, Henson doesn’t care about these voices. Professional sports is always a circle that judges everything by victory. These are things that must be endured before you have enough victories. The best way to control the media and public opinion is to keep winning.

??? On October 29, the Pacers arrived in Charlotte in the morning and went straight to Charlotte’s newly-built sports mecca, Time Warner Center Arena. After experiencing a big upset, the Pacers began to arouse some topics and attention, and the Bobcats, unfortunately slaughtered by the Mavericks in the opening game, needed a victory to stop the bleeding.

But this night, the Pacers did not give the Charlottes this opportunity. In this game, the Pacers once again presented the super fast offense in the first game. After losing the defensive core of Tyson Chandler, The Bobcats simply can’t withstand this turbulent firepower.

? 104 to 94, the Pacers flooded the bobcats that can’t swim with a tide-like attack. The Bobcats, who tried to fight the Pacers because of poor defense, lost miserably because they did not have the smooth offensive coordination of the Pacers.

In this game, the Pacers sent a total of 28 assists and a 62.7% shooting percentage, because most of their shots came from open positions. It seems that the tacit understanding of the players has indeed grown very rapidly.

“Coach Henson Joe’s arrangement was very precise and the timing of the substitutions was just right. He asked Paul George to pester Wallace, and Granger, who was freed from Wallace, gave back with a season-high 33 points. Henson’s arrangement. Facts have proved that it is a wise move to play with Daniel Granger in the fourth position!” After the game, a local basketball reporter in Charlotte commented.

??? And only one day later, in Indianapolis, when the Pacers slaughtered the 76ers back to back with a score of 99 to 86 at home to win three consecutive victories, many people in the league finally realized that there was a new wave of youth. Power will begin to rise in the east!