The Basketball Court Swordsman

The Pacers’ four-point defeat to the Bucks has gradually subsided after a few days of fermentation. Because the Miami Heat lost the Jazz by two points and allowed Paul Millsap to score 46 points, the Pacers attracted media attention.

Seeing that the Big Three in the newspaper were devalued by the media, Henson couldn’t help but sympathize. Fortunately, his Indiana Pacers are not so highly concerned. Otherwise, losing to the Bucks will definitely be caught for the whole month.

But this is also good. After the Heat lost to the Jazz, the media is no longer keen on the Pacers, and it just created very good training conditions for the young players.

Practicing with peace of mind in the training hall without being disturbed is exactly what Henson longed to see.

For the Pacers’ next opponent, the Denver Nuggets, Henson felt happy and worried.

Worry, because the Nuggets have always been a force that cannot be ignored in the West. Although they haven’t reached the Finals so far, even teams like the Lakers and Spurs dare not look down on that gangster team.

Happy, because the Nuggets this season can be described as internal and external troubles. “Little Melon” Anthony’s “Road home” is so wonderful that it can be watched as a TV series. What the Nets and Knicks do every day is to find a way to get Carmelo Anthony. The conflict between Anthony and George Carr has also become public, and the atmosphere in the team’s locker room is very bad. And this is where Henson can use it.

But no matter how much trouble the Nuggets make, their hard power is still there. Carmelo Anthony is one of the best scorers in the league, and J.R. Smith may stand up and take away the game at any time. Chauncey Billups, the former FMVP controls this team, which means that the Nuggets will never mess around. Coupled with George Carr’s spur on the players, Henson believes that today’s game at the Conseco Arena will never be easy.

“Henson, are you sure you want to change the starting lineup for tonight’s game?” When Henson anticipated the various situations that would happen in today’s game in his mind, Frank Vogel suddenly stepped out to interrupt him.

“Well, Dunleavy feels hot in the past few days. I think this is a good opportunity for him to express himself. Today we temporarily put George on the bench, defensively, and use Granger and Matthews to defend. Anthony. Anthony is our defensive focus. He will definitely occupy most of the Nuggets’ shots. Even if George Karl is not happy, Anthony will definitely do that.” Henson nodded affirmatively and let Dunleavy start. It was the decision that Henson announced during training yesterday.

There are only two ways to defeat the Nuggets, defense and three-pointers. As long as the Nuggets’ bandit attack is contained on the defensive end, and then as many three-pointers as possible, the Pacers can master the rhythm of the game. After all, the Nuggets’ meat grinder-style defense protects the three-second zone very tightly. Instead of attacking the opponent’s defensive strengths, it would be better to try a long shot in another way.

Therefore, Henson desperately needs a pure shooter player like Dunleavy. It just so happened that Dunleavy’s shooting percentage during training in recent days was terribly high. In yesterday’s confrontational training, Dunleavy even made 8 three-pointers on George’s head! And to do all this, Dunleavy only took 10 shots!

Although Henson has always encouraged young players to play more since he took office. But this does not mean that the obedient veteran has lost Henson’s trust.

Of course, this game Henson will no longer pursue a quick end to the offense. He told everyone to keep the fast running and fast shots during the transition, but cancel the fast shots, replace them with patient conduction, and then take the shots when they get the opportunity.

With this adjustment, the team may not be able to solve the offense in five or six seconds like the previous four games, but the stability of the offense will definitely be greatly improved.

The offensive stability is especially important to deal with the Nuggets who are crazy and take away the game. As long as you can’t score for a period of time, the Nuggets have widened the gap.

After the noon break, Henson took all the players directly to the game site to start practicing. Of course, the training until now has mainly been some warm-up exercises. After all, no one is stupid enough to practice tactics in front of so many reporters.

Henson sat on the sidelines and exchanged tactics with Vogel, and there were more and more fans in the stands behind him. Unfortunately, it rained in Indianapolis today, but because the ticket office and queuing office of Conseco Arena are indoors, the rain will not dampen the enthusiasm of the fans.

“If JR Smith’s first five shots today are not high, then we don’t need to waste more energy on him on the defensive end. The first five shots mostly determine whether JR can draw today. At that time, we Just focus on taking care of Anthony. The more he fails to make the shot, the more he loves to shoot, forcing him to drag the Nuggets into the abyss step by step.” Henson was holding a tactical board and was discussing with Vogel in a heated discussion, but a pair of high heels appeared in Henry. Sen’s vision. Henson looked up and saw that a young blond girl was holding a microphone and looking at herself nervously.

“Henson… Coach Henson, excuse me… can I bother you and borrow some of your time?” The young girl hesitated, and immediately covered her face after speaking, because even She felt ashamed of her incoherent expression!

“Don’t be nervous, Christine!” The uncle who carried the camera quietly reminded that the young girl finally squeezed out an extremely professional smile.

Had it not been for a photographer following, Henson couldn’t believe that this girl who was shivering even talking was actually a reporter on the spot.

“T.NT TV station intern reporter? Don’t worry, I can guarantee that all the rumors about my hot temper are false.” Henson was amused by the reporter. He responded humorously, but let the little girl stop. So embarrassing.

“How do you know that I am an intern reporter?” People say that Henson has a unique vision and is very accurate in seeing people. Christine did not expect that this Chinese coach is even so accurate in seeing reporters.

Henson pointed to Christine’s chest, Christine’s figure is undoubtedly her most confident point. Even when wearing a white shirt, the buttons on the chest seem to burst at any time. She looked at Henson, then at her **** that she wanted to show, and her face blushed. What does this Chinese coach want to do? Do you play hooligans in public?

“Only intern reporters will hide their work badge with the word’internship’ in the pocket of their chest. But in fact, the more you cover up like this, the more noticeable it will be. It doesn’t matter, you don’t need to be nervous, because I am also a rookie. “

After listening to Henson’s explanation, Christine’s face turned redder. What is wrong with me? There will be such unrealistic ideas.

Frank Vogel couldn’t help laughing while sitting on the bench. Henson may be the only coach in the league who can make a female reporter blush.

“Mr. Henson, may I ask… what do you think is worth noting about the team against the Nuggets today?” Christine tried to stay calm, but her blushing face turned to watch live TV. The fans remember her at a glance.

“There are too many points worth noting. The Nuggets are a very strong team, with fierce pincers, fast defenses, dynamic offenses, more three-pointers, blitzkriegs… In short, it’s a slowdown version. Of us. After all, our players are younger and we can play faster! But I can’t take care of so many things, everything has to have a focus. So the most notable thing about this game is that we have to compare The gold team played a faster offense! Use offense to contain the offense!” Henson faced the camera, speaking nonsense seriously. In fact, his strategy is to slow down the rhythm and stabilize the defense.

“But in the last game, the Pacers’ fast offense was obviously encountered; problems.” Seeing Henson became serious, Christine quickly entered the state.

“That’s because the Bucks were lucky. In fact, even if they were lucky, they only won us by four points. As for the Nuggets and Mr. George Carr… I heard that they have been facing trouble recently. Enough, they haven’t had much luck during this time.”

Kristen was amazed by Henson’s self-confidence, even though his team had just lost a game.

“Thank you, Mr. Henson… This is T.NT TV station, the report brought to you from the front.” At the end of the interview, Christine motioned to the photographer to stop shooting. But Christine did not leave immediately, but thanked Henson again.

“Didn’t you just say it?”

“That was the closing sentence of the interview. Now this one is my personal gratitude to you. I really don’t know what to do without you to resolve the embarrassment.” Kristen was very thankful that his first interview was Henson. , If you change to another serious head coach, maybe she really messed up.

“You’re welcome, the rookies should help each other. You will have to interview George Carl later. That’s an old man with a weird temper. If you say something wrong, you may be scolded. But I There is a suggestion that will let you pass the level of George Carr easily.”

“What advice!?” Christine asked eagerly. George Carl was famous for his rudeness. Old Carl would certainly not be polite to an intern reporter like himself. And Henson, he seemed to be a very talkative person.

“Just repeat what I just said, and then ask him what he thinks, it’s as simple as that.” Henson spread his hands, smiling so charming and confident.

Vogel on the side was a little confused. Which one did Henson want to play?