basketball player

Chapter 176 Chapter 174
Since finishing a back-to-back Devil's schedule, the Pacers have had a full two days of rest, which is enough for the players to recover their physical fitness to the maximum extent.

The day after the game with the Eagles, Henson "educated" the players who were not calm enough in the game yesterday.Of course, under Vogel's urging.

"You guys, calm down on the court from now on. Blocking other people's locker rooms after the game, is it reasonable!? If we want to fight, we will fight on the court!"

"Huh?" The players suddenly looked at each other, and Vogel gave Henson a vicious look.

"I mean, play on the court! Use basketball to defeat those enemies with malicious intentions!"

"Oh"

Vogel seemed to finally know why David Stern didn't issue a big ticket to Henson.

Henson, this guy, blows and blows, he just opens his mouth.Even if you can see that he is insincere, but looking at his funny appearance, you will lose your anger in an instant.

"Okay, everyone, let's continue training. The training for these two days is mainly about physical recovery, everyone take it seriously." Seeing that it was almost finished, Henson waved his hands to let the players disperse.

Stephenson didn't leave, but walked up to Henson with a small smile.

"Hey, you were criticized by Coach Vogel?"

"Go, go! I was criticized by him? I'm the head coach and he's the head coach!" Henson pushed Stephenson in front of Fraser, "Fraser, Stephenson's shooting practice will add five sets today!"

"As you wish, boss!" Fraser, who was guiding Jimmy Butler and Leonard, replied loudly.

The smile on Stephenson's face disappeared in an instant, it was all from the mouth.

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In the next few days, the fans still talked about the Pacers blocking the opponent's players in the locker room, and there were many different versions.The league also announced that it will investigate the matter. If the Pacers players did have excessive behavior, they will be severely punished.

In fact, the league had no way of investigating the matter at all.The incidents told by different reporters are completely different. Where should the alliance start to investigate?

So Stern just called Bird and asked him to talk to Henson, and nothing happened.

Pritchard was also very helpless seeing Byrd receiving calls from the league headquarters twice in three days.

If it were someone else, he would have been kicked out long ago.But why did Henson get into so much trouble and still be loved by Bird?The reason is simple -- the Pacers are now 23-6.

Continuous victories are the capital that Henson is not afraid of getting into trouble.

In competitive sports, victory is of course the first element.

So before the start of the All-Star Game, Henson brought another wave of three consecutive victories to Indianapolis!

On February 2, the Pacers beat the Bobcats 19 to 107 at home.Henson broke his winless record against the Grizzlies not long ago, but the Bobcats are obviously not so lucky.

The Bobcats this season are an out-and-out underdog, and they have only won 4 games in total so far.Prior to this, the Bobcats had experienced a 15-game losing streak!From January 1 to the present, the Bobcats have not won a ball!

Henson also admires the players and coaches of the Bobcats. They have the courage to continue playing after losing all the time in competitive sports where victory is the goal.At least Henson thinks he doesn't have such a "big heart". If he led the team and suffered a 15-game losing streak, he probably would have resigned long ago.

Judging from the current results of the Bobcats, they should not be able to break the embarrassing record of winning against the Pacers this season.

On February 2, the Pacers continued to fight at home.It was one of the few times this season that visiting players were greeted by Pacers fans and players alike.

Because today, the Pacers' opponent is Chris Paul's old club, the New Orleans Hornets.And the two generals of the Hornets this year, Holiday and Granger, were the top two scorers in the Conseco Arena last season.

In the stands, the fans even played the slogan "Welcome Home".Naturally, Granger needless to say, although Holiday has only played for the Pacers for two years, he still has accumulated a lot of fame in the local area.

In fact, this game is not too intense, after all, the Hornets, who have 7 wins and 24 losses so far this season, are actually not much better than the Bobcats.

Although the Hornets have Granger and Holiday, the Hornets' goal is to rebuild.So even if the statistics of these two people are still excellent this season, the record of the Hornets is still hopeless.

Hornets fans even joked that Granger and Holiday are simply "stumbling blocks" on the road to rebuilding the Hornets.

In the end, Granger and Holiday scored 21 and 19 points respectively, bringing a wonderful performance to their old clubs.The Pacers also won the game 118 to 107, which can be described as happy.

Granger and Holiday successfully completed the performance, the Pacers also successfully won the victory.

After the game, what Henson didn't expect was that Granger and Holiday found him and hugged him deeply.

At that moment, Henson hugged the two of them tightly.After all, it is actually very cruel to let two players go to a rebuilding team.Henson didn't expect Holiday and Granger to forgive him, but he didn't expect these two guys to come up and hug him.

"Come on, boss. Get rid of the Chicagoans for us this season!" Granger patted Henson on the shoulder.

Holiday didn't speak, just smiled at Henson.

For this coach who discovered himself and made himself famous, Holiday is very grateful.But for Henson to abandon him, Holiday must admit that he was very angry at first.

The guy was only a second-year rookie when he was traded, and young people tend to be full of anger.Not to mention Holiday, even the 32-year-old Henson is the same.

But over time, Holiday also felt relieved.He understands very well that this is the NBA, and this is the rule of this league.And the transfer is not a bad thing, maybe in a few years, I will become the next "Queen Bee"?

Therefore, Holiday does not hate Henson now, but he is not as close to Henson as before.A hug, a smile and a nod are enough.

A perfect game with a happy ending.In the press conference after the game, Henson stopped talking.Facing the camera, he just said something serious: "I sincerely hope that Granger and Holiday will go well in New Orleans, and that their rebuilding plan will be successful."

This may be the first time in Henson's career that he chose to bless rather than attack his opponent after the game.

The next day, on the 22nd, the Pacers played back-to-back away games.But no one will worry about the Pacers' performance in this back-to-back game, because they are playing in Charlotte.

In this way, before the start of the All-Star Game, the Pacers won a wave of three consecutive victories.Counting the victory against the Eagles, it is four consecutive victories!
The start of the All-Star Game also means half of the regular season schedule.Although this shrinking season came late, the excitement has not been discounted.

Usually, after halfway through the schedule, people will make a summary of the first half of the season. T.NT TV station will never let go of such a topic. Naturally, before the start of the All-Star Game, they made a half-season summary program.

But this year, the competition in the East seems to be more intense than ever, and it is more worth talking about.

"In the past few seasons, the Bulls, the Heat and the Celtics have divided the top three rankings in the Eastern Conference. By the way, we can also count the Orlando Magic as a spoiler. But this year, the Celtics' poor record of 15 wins and 16 losses made them withdraw from the top three competition in the Eastern Conference early. Instead, it is not the Magic with 22 wins and 12 losses, but the Indiana Pacers with 26 wins and 6 losses!"

"Many people don't know the concept of 26 wins and 6 losses in the East. Let's compare it. The Heat with the Big Three has a current record of 26 wins and 7 losses. The Bulls with the youngest MVP have a record of only 27 wins and 8 losses! In other words, the Pacers this season are at the same level as teams like the Heat and the Bulls! The competition for the top three in the East this year will be more intense than ever! Facts that have changed. Change your old beliefs that the Pacers' dark days are over."

Henson really couldn't believe that those words just now came from Charles Flying Pig Barkley.It seems that victory can indeed change other people's perception of oneself.
With excellent half-time results, Henson and his players can also enjoy the next All-Star weekend with peace of mind.

(End of this chapter)