basketball player

Chapter 142 140: Two Bottles of Poison

The Pacers defeated the Heat, and they defeated the Heat in a major reversal. This is undoubtedly an unexpected result for most fans.

Charles Barkley was really looking forward to seeing Henson's distraught look, but he could only watch Henson hook Sager's shoulder again, showing that arrogant expression.

"This game can't explain anything, because Dwyane Wade's injury has greatly reduced the combat effectiveness of the Heat. I say this, will it make those who expect me to lose feel better?"

"No, Coach Henson, I guess even if you have said that, they will still use this to interpret the game." After listening to Henson's answer, Sager found it very enjoyable for some reason.

It may be because he has been distracted by Popovich, and any conventional answer mode can no longer stimulate Sage's nerves.Sager's favorite thing to do now is to listen to Popovich and Henson Joe talking nonsense, which seems to have become one of his few little obsessions.

Although Henson is particularly arrogant in front of the camera, in private, he still knows why this game can be won.So after returning to the locker room, Henson gave Fraser a warm hug without saying a word.

"I don't know what I would do without you!"

The shooting coach, whose beard and hair are already gray, only joined the team on the second day, and indirectly brought him a victory in a game. Can Henson not be happy?

"It's the players who understand it well, and this trick doesn't always work. In order to prevent this from happening again, the most important thing is to let the players maintain a good touch during training. Don't worry, I will take over the shooting training of the players in the future. I guarantee that when your players go on the court in the future, they will all have fire in their hands."

Henson patted Frazier on the shoulder hard, although the fans didn't even know about these small changes in the coaching staff.But in fact, whether a team can succeed or not has a lot to do with all these people who silently pay behind it.Henson knew this when he was a scout and assistant coach.

At the press conference that followed, Henson was barely distracted by the reporters' questions.In this game, the Pacers once again played the performance of all the people, so the reporter's questions rarely focused on a certain player, but radiated to everyone.

One second, Henson was still answering the question "How to evaluate Paul's 18+9 performance in the game", and the next second, people would ask him "How would you rate Chris Anderson's performance?"

Although this made Henson's head a little confused, he had to recall every player's performance today over and over again.Overall, though, Henson is immensely proud of being surrounded by these questions.

Because it means that no one is superfluous in the lineup he has painstakingly built.

Chris Paul's overall control, George's increasingly powerful scoring ability, Anderson's wildness brought to the Pacers' penalty area, Matthews' steady three-point output, Leonard's amazing defensive ability.
Although the run-in of this team has not been fully formed, it already has some appearance of Henson's imagination.

A victory over the Miami Heat was just the beginning of an amazing season.
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The day after the game, Henson was still at his hotel in Miami.Since the Pacers will continue to fight away in the next game, Henson simply decided not to return to Indianapolis, but to fly directly to Boston at noon today to reduce the number of times the players fly as much as possible and save energy to the greatest extent.

As soon as he woke up, Henson turned on the TV.Listening to sports news every morning has become a small habit of his life.

Sure enough, as soon as he turned on the TV, Henson heard a sports reporter in Miami say: "We lost the game because we lost one Dwyane!".
Henson shook his head, these guys are so uncreative in making excuses now.

After packing himself up, Henson went down to the restaurant to have breakfast.At this point, many players and coaches were already there, including his assistant, Frank Vogel.

Vogel ate his cereal while watching Celtics game tape on his tablet.This is Frank Vogel, a defensive master who, even if he has just won a game, will immediately become extremely nervous because the next game is approaching.

"Frank, can't you let yourself relax? It's been less than 8 hours since the last game, and you're back to work."

After staring at the video on Vogel's tablet, Hansen felt dizzy.

"I also want to relax, but our opponent is the Boston Celtics after all! The league arranged for us to play against the strong players in the East, which is really worthy of us." Even when Vogel was talking to Henson, he didn't take his eyes off the screen for half a minute.

Henson put two poached eggs and a sausage on his plate, and sat next to Vogel, "What's wrong with the Celtics, it's not like we didn't win against them last season. Hey, you know why, isn't our game against the Celtics broadcast live across the United States?"

"Huh?" Vogel looked at Henson in confusion, "Is there any relationship between the national live broadcast and the game? The Celtics have won four consecutive victories recently!"

"Of course it has something to do with it! It's not live broadcast across the United States, which means this game is no longer the focus of the game. Why not the focus of the game? Because today's Boston Celtics have lost the dominance of the past! Their four-game winning streak can't explain anything. The Celtics have a good record in the early stages of the game every year, and then decline as the season progresses. The reason is simple-this team is too old!"

"Last season, the Celtics were already old enough. Who knows that this season, the Celtics have hardly made any adjustments, and they are still playing with an old lineup. The dense schedule of this shrinking season will be a huge challenge for these old guys, so don't expect the Celtics to hand over a beautiful report card in the regular season. They are no longer the Celtics that cannot be matched. The new owner. Now racking his brains to think about how to deal with the game, it should be Rivers, the champion coach."

Seeing Henson eating eggs leisurely, Vogel was still worried.After all, the concept of "the Celtics are very strong" has been deeply ingrained in the hearts of most people.Even if it's not true, people subconsciously want to believe it.Just like the previous "Texas Three Illusions", the Rockets are strong, the Spurs are old, and the Mavericks are weak.

But Henson doesn't care about any previous honors, and he won't be blinded by inertial thinking, he only focuses on the present.And the current Celtics team is probably already a strong outsider.

"In short, Frank. Don't be so nervous all the time. During the team training this afternoon, you should exercise with the players to relax. Don't worry, I will not underestimate the enemy, but I will not put pressure on the team for no reason."

After enlightening his assistant, Henson continued to work hard on his "nutritious" breakfast.It seems that this Henson is really no longer afraid of such an ancient giant as the Celtics.

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"Nervous? Why nervous? Because of the heavy snow in Boston?" The afternoon before the game, when the Pacers arrived at Logan International Airport in Boston, Henson gave the reporters a relaxed expression as soon as he came up.

And as Henson said, on the other side, in the Celtics training ground, Doc Rivers, the champion coach who once looked down on Henson at all, was very nervous.Because for the Celtics today, the Pacers are indeed a very difficult opponent.

"Is he not nervous? Don't listen to his nonsense! Henson Joe is a despicable villain. Last season, he even said that he was going to take a rest! It turned out to be a lie for winning by any means!" When Henson was mentioned, a bunch of not-so-good memories flooded into Rivers' mind instantly.

The completely different states of the two coaches reflect their attitude towards the game.Henson didn't underestimate the enemy, he just wanted to face it with a normal heart.Rivers, on the other hand, was obviously "excessively forceful".

The Boston media said that "the arrogant Chinese coach will pay the price of bleeding in Boston."The basis is that the Pacers cannot contain the performance of the three giants at the same time.

"They can put heavy troops on Ray Allen, but then, Pierce will use his superb scoring methods to torture the Pacers' defense, and vice versa. Now there are two bottles of poison in front of Coach Henson. It depends on which bottle he chooses to drink."

Henson also saw this report, and he found the metaphor of "two bottles of poison" very interesting.

So after reading this report, Henson pulled two young men, Paul George and Leonard, into the video analysis room.No one knows what the three of them discussed in the room that afternoon.
(End of this chapter)