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Chapter 177 Chapter 175: Corn yellow spreading across the United States

The half-time summary of T.NT TV station gave fans a new understanding of the situation of this season.After all, it is impossible for a fan to follow all teams' games.So for most fans, they actually use their inherent impressions to judge the strength of some teams.

However, T.NT's half-time summary still subverts the fans' inertial thinking.For example, they let the fans know that the Celtics are no longer strong. The Lakers, who once won two consecutive championships, are now on the same level as the Grizzlies. Of course, the most subversive of them is the Indiana Pacers.
"The Big Three in the East? Well, I don't like the term Big Three." Henson held a newspaper in his hand, and although he complained that he didn't like it, he still had a smile on his face.

"To be honest, Henson, even I didn't expect our results to be so good." Vogel looked out the window of the plane, still a little excited about participating in the All-Star Weekend for the first time.

At this time, Henson, Vogel, George, Paul, and Horford, five people with All-Star game missions, were sitting on the plane to Orlando.

Needless to say, Paul and Horford, these two guys are players in the All-Star Game.Although George was not selected for the All-Star Game, he participated in this year's Rookie Game and Slam Dunk Contest.

As for Leonard and Jimmy Butler, although the performance of these two guys is quite satisfactory.But after all, the two of them are defensive players, and defensive players are destined not to have too gorgeous statistics.Therefore, there is no way to lose the All-Star rookie game.

However, Henson was not disappointed because he knew very well that the stage between Leonard and Jimmy Butler was not just as simple as the All-Star rookie game.In the future, they will have more opportunities.Of course, Henson was referring to the chance to play in the All-Star Game.

"Do you think that after having Chris Paul, we will be worse than last season?" Henson looked at his assistant. Vogel's biggest problem is that he is not confident enough, or that he is too cautious.

"Of course I thought we would be the top three in the Eastern Conference, but the top three in the Eastern Conference can be divided into many kinds of records. But 26 wins and 6 losses. God, I have never experienced such excellent results before."

"Don't worry, Frank. It's time to be surprised when the playoffs start. Now, don't talk about the regular season. This is the All-Star Weekend, so enjoy this hard-won time of comfort." After Henson finished speaking, he leaned his seat back and closed his eyes beautifully.

The Pacers' roster for the All-Star Game seems to be growing from strength to strength.
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The All-Star Weekend seems to have turned into a Chinese Spring Festival Gala.People are scolding every year, saying that there is no innovation.But at this time, every fan will turn on the TV one after another, and after watching it, they will shout: it smells so good.

This year's All-Star Weekend is no exception. Affected by the shrinking season, this year's All-Star Weekend has not received much attention, and the prospects are very worrying.Howard, as the All-Star vote leader, only received more than 160 million votes, which is only about half of Howard's 2009 vote leader.In 2008, even Yao Ming, who was not the top vote-getter, had 253 million votes, which shows how deserted this year's All-Star Weekend is.

However, when Henson arrived in Orlando, he still experienced a very strong All-Star atmosphere.

The posters all over the street, the fans from all over the place and the news vans everywhere make Orlando very different from before.

"I thought this All-Star session would be really deserted. It seems that I was worrying too much." Sitting in the business car arranged by the league, Henson couldn't help but took out his mobile phone and took pictures of Orlando during the All-Star season.

"Although the fans are less enthusiastic about voting, it doesn't mean that their enthusiasm for basketball has also decreased. George, how are you preparing for the dunk contest?" Paul sat at the front and talked to everyone.

"Well, the preparations are pretty good. To be honest, I am very excited to participate in the slam dunk contest." George is gearing up. He has always been a scorer who shoots off the ball. This time, it is naturally a new challenge for George to use slam dunks to speak.

"Don't worry George, we will all go to the scene to cheer for you. Enjoy it, it will definitely be a night that belongs to you." Henson sat in the back and patted George on the shoulder. Of course, he just told George to enjoy it, not to win.

After all, in the All-Star Weekend, winning or losing really doesn't matter that much.As long as the players can have fun, that's the best result.

"Where are you going to play tonight? Don't tell me you guys are going to stay in the hotel. I heard there's a nice new nightclub here, do you want to come?" Paul turned his head expectantly, but luckily Stephenson wasn't there, otherwise that guy's head would have been nodding really fast.

For NBA players, it's normal to like to have fun, and it's nothing more than gambling, drinking, and women. Of course, those who go too far may also touch drugs.Fortunately, no one in the Pacers has that habit. Anderson, who used to have this habit, has now become a good boy.

So as long as the bottom line of "medicine" is not touched, Henson generally will not interfere too much with the players' private lives.So when Paul offered to take everyone out, Henson didn't object.

Professional players are a group of adults. If you use the same method of managing children to suppress them, it will be strange if there is no trouble.

Several people in the car nodded one after another, but Vogel rejected Paul's kindness.After all, Vogel is too old, he would rather have a good night's rest in a hotel than go to a nightclub to consume energy.After all, this season's intensive schedule is quite exhausting.

"What about you, Coach Henson." In the end, only Henson was left.

"Me? I won't go. Just play, don't get drunk. Tonight, I have an appointment. "

After Henson finished speaking, Horford immediately smirked.Don't forget, at this time last year, Henson and An Jiali stole Rivers' limelight just by sitting in the stands.

Yeah, how could Coach Henson's young girlfriend be absent from this kind of event?

"Well, we'd better not bother the boss tonight." Horford winked at Paul.

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In fact, Paul and others couldn't bother Henson even if they wanted to, because since arriving in Orlando and returning to the hotel where they stayed, Coach Henson Joe of the Pacers "disappeared" directly.

Coach Henson was not seen in the stands until the day of the rookie challenge.Of course, beside him is his sexy, beautiful and young girlfriend.

The two held arms in the stands and even kissed brazenly when the camera came over.It has to be said that coach Henson can become the focus of attention no matter where he goes.

But what makes Henson most happy is the rise of the Pacers elements during the All-Star period.

In the rookie challenge, George became the young player whose performance was second only to Irving.Although Irving, who is highly anticipated and plays more fancy, won the MVP of the rookie game, George undoubtedly harvested a wave of fans through this All-Star.

In the slam dunk contest on the second day, the Jazz came off the bench, and Jeremy Evans, the least star player in the All-Star Weekend, won the slam dunk contest in an upset.If this player who averaged only 1.7 points per game in the Jazz hadn't replaced Shumpert in the dunk contest, I'm afraid he would never have any connection with the All-Stars in his life.

But in the slam dunk contest, he seized the opportunity to shine, at least adding a flash of light to his career.

Of course, the shot of George flying over his teammate Horford and dunking in a fluorescent jersey has also become one of the classic scenes in the slam dunk contest.There is no doubt that in today's slam dunk contest, the Pacers players are still the focus of fans' attention.

And one day later in the All-Star Game, the Pacers swept the entire All-Star Weekend!

Henson debuted in a bright blue suit, while An Jiali wore a slim blue dress.When Henson and An Jiali stepped into the arena, the reporters thought it was entertainment stars walking the red carpet.

Before the game even started, Henson was in the limelight.The coach of the Western Stars, Scott Brooks, who is also very young, shook his head and said with a smile: "Coach Henson is definitely the most famous coach with the most personality among the 30 teams in the league. Of course, with him here, I am embarrassed to accept the title of young coach."

Although Brooks is also known as a "young coach", in fact this guy is also an old man who is almost 50 years old.Compared with the 32-year-old Henson, he is not young at all.

During the game, Henson always yelled very seriously on the sidelines, attracting the eyes of the photographers on the scene again and again.But in fact, this guy yelled some unnutritious words, such as "nice job", "good shot", "great pass" and so on.

But Henson knew that the entire All-Star Game itself was a huge "farce".Since you're going to make a fuss, let's have a good time!

"This is very likely to be the first time in history that a head coach occupies so many shots in the All-Star Game." Even O'Neal laughed at Henson, and if he is still playing now, he will definitely have "sparks" with Henson in the All-Star Game.

In the end, the Western Stars still defeated the Eastern Stars by 4 points, and the Thunder's young forward Kevin Durant was elected the MVP of the All-Star Game.

But there is no doubt that Henson's performance, coupled with Paul's first All-Star start in the Eastern Conference and Horford's several dribbles that showed off the ball, left the Pacers with a very deep impact on the minds of fans.

Are the current Indiana Pacers this interesting?They have an All-Star coach, they have All-Star players, and they have a young guard who can compete in the dunk contest.Its participation may only be comparable to the Miami Heat.

Unknowingly, the corn yellow in Indianapolis has begun to spread in the league.
(End of this chapter)