The Basketball Court Swordsman

The Pacers defeated the Eagles. Coach Henson’s wonderful tactics combined with the wonderful group of players under his hand made Larry Drew fail to fulfill his promise of “must teach Henson.” Fortunately, the joy of victory made Henson forget about Drew’s words to himself, otherwise he would definitely not complain about Sager’s floral suit in an interview after the game, but would complain about Larry Drew’s rigid employment. Strategy.

Drew from Kling lost the ball in front of his most hated “outside man” and had to leave with the team dingy. The Indiana Pacers won their second four-game winning streak this season, and are about to start their fifth straight game!

Looking at the Pacers’ next opponent, Henson didn’t think it would be difficult to win five consecutive victories. After all, the poor record of the Los Angeles Clippers has threatened the Timberwolves’ status as the No. 1 pick. With 1 win and 11 losses, the comeback of No. 1 pick Blake Griffin in 2009 did not completely turn this “Los Angeles Second Team” over. Although Griffin’s dunks are always talked about, but this champion wants to put the Clippers on track, obviously still needs more progress.

On November 18th, the Clippers lost in Indianapolis by a huge margin of 80 to 107. The victory was expected by Henson. The Clippers made 81 shots but only made 27 of them. The Clippers’ highest-scoring Eric Gordon, shot less than 30%.

On the Pacers side, the fast-paced and large-space offense gave everyone a lot of opportunities. Six of the team scored in double figures, and Paul George showed his offensive talent in the sixth man position. He scored 14 points with a 60% shooting rate in 21 minutes. Henson believes that George will gain a more important position in the team next season.

After the game, what surprised the media was not only the score, but also the data of two strong insiders, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan.

Before the game started, the experts thought that the Pacers who played a small lineup would give the Clippers a lot of points. As a result, Jordan made 0 of 7 shots and Griffin’s shooting percentage was only 46%. As a player whose main scoring area is in the three-second zone, 46% shooting is not a good one at all.

The Pacers’ inside defensive ability is surprising. When no one of the players on the field was taller than 2.10 meters, Horford, Granger and McRoberts were stunned to block the opponent’s inside attack. The huge point difference in this game is even more surprising.

But this game also allowed Henson to discover the shortcomings of the team’s lineup. Although the Pacers did a good job defensively in the interior today, Henson still felt that the team still needed a shield-type center. Griffin and Jordan are always too immature, and the Clippers don’t have a good point guard to feed the two insides. If Chris Paul is assigned to the Clippers today, the consequences may be disastrous.

Most teams in the league now do not have too strong inside lines, which is why Henson dares to play short lineups. But if the Pacers want to go a step further, they need to improve the lineup to avoid being caught by the opponent. After all, there are still one or two teams inside configuration, which can make people feel like they have returned to the era when big men ruled the game ten years ago.

However, the addition of the lineup is not something that can be done in one or two days. Henson needs to make a plan carefully, a long-term plan.

After five consecutive victories, in addition to making the team record by leaps and bounds, Henson was also very pleased to obtain a badge he needed so much: injury reduction.

Among the three optional rewards for achieving the achievement of five consecutive victories, Henson caught the badge at a glance. Because he knows how terrifying an injury can hit a team.

If it doesn’t hurt Oden and Roy, the Blazers might already be the strongest in the West. If it were not for the **** injury, the Rockets would not rebuild, and Yao Ming’s career might be even greater.

Injury is a demon that no one can control. Even the greatest player can’t stand the damage of injury. But now, Henson has the ability to control injuries! In his opinion, this is even more valuable than any tactic!

Injuries are reduced by one level of the badge, and the effect is to reduce the chance of player injuries by 10%. In other words, this is an upgradeable badge, which can be upgraded to level three, reducing the chance of injury by 30%. Although the number of 30% does not seem high, for Henson, as long as he can control injuries, even if it is 1%, he must fight for it! I believe the head coaches of all other teams have this mood. It’s just that Henson alone has the opportunity to actively control the injury.

At first, Henson also worried that this badge can only be applied to one player. Fortunately, when Henson selects and equips this badge, the whole team can benefit.

It seems that there are still many generous rewards in the data analysis module that I have not touched yet. If the previous rewards were only auxiliary to Henson, then this badge of injury reduction, in Henson’s view, is already a bit against the sky.

Seeing the healthy growth of the boys on the training ground, Henson couldn’t help but smirk from the sidelines. Frank Vogel shook his head, he was used to Henson’s smirk without warning.

After achieving the five-game winning streak, Henson’s goal is naturally to make persistent efforts. It is best to win a ten-game streak and strive to get more rewards as soon as possible.

However, at this point of view, the Orlando Magic appeared in Indianapolis very untimely.

As a team that only played in the Finals two seasons ago, the Orlando Magic has always been considered a powerful force in the Eastern Conference. After all, Dwight Howard, the fan’s darling, has become the league’s most terrifying three-second zone ruler when Yao Ming is reimbursed and O’Neal can’t play much.

For Dwight Howard, a perverted insider, Henson’s only option is to double-team. Even if Horford and McRoberts are tougher and run into opponents like Howard, it is difficult for them to limit the play of “Warcraft” in one to one.

For this game, the Orlando Magic is also prepared. The Magic are currently 8 wins and 3 losses, ranking second in the East. The first in the East is the Indiana Pacers with 9 wins and 1 loss! At this stage where the Heat’s Big Three have not slowed down, and Boston and Chicago have not begun to exert their strength, what the Magic want to do is undoubtedly consolidate the ranking as much as possible. As everyone knows, suddenly there is such a spoiler as the Pacers.

Therefore, the fierce confrontation in this game is something Henson has never experienced before. He is so thankful that he has chosen a badge to reduce injuries, otherwise he will definitely play with fear in today’s game.

In the third minute of the first quarter, Howard caused a kill in the paint and stood on the free throw line. When the referee’s whistle sounded, Henson gave the referee a vicious look. Because just now Horford and Howard did not have a big internal confrontation at all, they were just normal confrontation, but the referee called a foul.

Horford was humble, his personality was not so hot, and he didn’t argue with the referee too much. But Henson didn’t want to suffer from this dumb loss, but the referee didn’t seem to care about the ferocious eyes of his young coach.

Two minutes later, Daniel Granger broke through Lewis’ defense and hit the basket. The brave Granger did not fear Howard, but hoped to find a foul on Howard.

Howard brutally knocked Granger out of the bottom line, and the basketball also let go. But after all this happened, the referee’s whistle did not sound for a long time. Howard made a long pass from the backcourt with the ball, and Lewis chased after unmarked to make a three-pointer!

If Horford’s confrontation was a foul, then Granger’s confrontation should also be a foul! The referee whistles that the scale of a match can be strict, but there is a criterion, that is, the scale must be the same for both parties! Now, the Pacers have obviously encountered unfair treatment.

After all, Howard is the guarantee of the league’s box office. The league favors the Magic and favors Howard, the super center. It seems natural…In 2007, when the former NBA referee Tim Donaghy was jailed for betting and manipulating the game. When he went to jail, he once broke that the league did indeed manipulate the game. NBA officials naturally firmly deny that the fans were not fools back then…

Fortunately, the outstanding performance of Holiday and Matthews allowed the Pacers to bite the score all the way. At the end of the first quarter, Granger failed to get to the free throw line because of repeated violations, resulting in a low hit rate. And Howard scored 8 points with just 2 of 6 shots with the help of “Body Whistle”. The reason is very simple. In just one game, Howard made 8 free throws!

What Henson did not expect was that after the referee’s double bid, instead of converging, he became more unscrupulous. In the fifth minute of the fourth quarter, the Pacers fell behind by just one point and scored another goal to take the initiative in the game.

Stephenson took advantage of Horford’s screen to break into the basket. This tough fight was not difficult for Finson, who grew up in Harlem.

When Stephenson took off and layup, Howard rushed up from behind and slapped Stephenson’s basketball. There was a boo in the audience, because everyone saw that Howard slapped Stephenson’s palm first!

However, the referee still didn’t do anything. Instead, when the Magic counterattacked, they gave Holiday, who was preventing Nelson from breaking through, a defensive foul!

“Another foul. The referee’s whistle in this game seems to have never stopped. The Pacers have committed a foul by the team for the fifth time. Nelson will stand on the free throw line.” Reggie Mi, who explained the game. Of course Le knew what was going on, but the commentators were tacitly aware.

At this moment, a white mineral water bottle suddenly flew into the air. Miller glanced intently, and Frank Vogel seemed to be clutching Henson Joe’s clothes.