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Chapter 178 Chapter 176: On the Eve of the Great War

The 2012 All-Star Weekend finally came to an end with the enthusiastic support of the fans and the outstanding performances of the stars.

However, the fans enjoy the All-Star Weekend quickly and forget about it quickly.After all, this is not a real confrontation, but just a performance by the stars, so it is difficult to leave any classic moments.Maybe in a few days, people won't even remember the name of this year's slam dunk king.

It is impossible for the Jazz's super player to suddenly become the number one star in the league by relying on the capital of the slam dunk king.And those wonderful pictures of performance nature, in addition to making the fans enjoy themselves for a while, will not become the capital for the stars to prove themselves.

But if you want to say what fans remember most about this All-Star Game, it is undoubtedly the Indiana Pacers!

From the rookie game to the slam dunk contest to the All-Star Game, every day of the All-Star Weekend, you can see the Pacers players.Moreover, they are always the focal point.

In the rookie challenge, although Irving is the MVP of the rookie game, George is the most high-profile star of the O'Neal team.

In the slam dunk contest, although the jazz player Jeremy Evans is happy to win the slam dunk champion, the one that people remember the most is Paul George who was once involved in the locker room rumors.

As for the All-Star Game, let alone.The high-profile appearances of Henson and Anjiali are already impressive, and Paul and Horford also played at their level in the All-Star Game.Therefore, after the All-Star Game, many neutral fans and people who eat melons are very curious, what kind of team is the current Indiana Pacers?

The reporters naturally knew the preferences of the fans, so after the All-Star Game ended, there were more reports about the Pacers.Among them, many reports by Henson and An Jiali were included.

"My God, those reporters really took a lot of pictures of you?" After returning from the All-Star break, the Pacers got a day off.Therefore, Henson was also able to spend a free day with An Jiali.

At this moment, Henson was holding his mobile phone, flipping through An Jiali's photos.He didn't even have to look for it deliberately, he could find countless beautiful photos of An Jiali directly in the photo library of the official NBA website.

"Hey, it seems that I will have to wear sunglasses when I go out!" An Jiali was very proud of this. After all, what woman doesn't like people praising her beauty?

After the All-Star Game, An Jiali undoubtedly became popular again with her high-profile appearance.Especially after Henson said "my flowery suits are all prepared by my girlfriend", the media became even more curious about An Jiali.

So, driven by curiosity.After the All-Star Game, many fans hope to get to know this very strange Eastern powerhouse through a real game.As it happens, in the first game after the All-Star break, Henson led the Pacers to a typical victory.

On the last day of February, on February 2, at the Conseco Arena in Indianapolis, the Pacers ushered in the Golden State Warriors who have driven high and low this season.

The Warriors' offense, as we all know, basically relied on Monta Ellis to bombard him indiscriminately.But since Stephen Curry joined the Warriors, the tide seems to have turned.

Just a basketball does not seem to be enough for the two guards Curry and Ellis to carve up.The two often argued over the right to shoot, and Ellis made no secret of his indifference to Curry.

Up to now, the Warriors have to consider a very real problem: Monta Ellis and Stephen Curry, if you choose one of the two, how should you choose.

Naturally, Warriors fans assumed that Curry's skinny guard would either smack Ellis or fuck off.After all, Ellis has proven himself by averaging 20+ points per game for three consecutive seasons.However, the fact is that the Warriors management seems to prefer Curry to stay.

This speculation is not groundless, because rumors about Ellis' trade have intensified after the All-Star Game.But Warriors fans will certainly not be happy about this. When a team wants to trade their star star, it is rare for fans to be very happy about it.

The Warriors owner even jokingly said: "Because of Ellis' trade rumors, my fiancee is very angry and hasn't spoken to me for two days."

A team that has been involved in trade rumors and panicked affects not only fans and owners, but also players.

Therefore, it is impossible for this team of warriors with their own ghosts to have any strong combat effectiveness.And the Pacers are just on the Warriors, showing the strength of Indianapolis basketball to countless fans who followed them after the All-Star Game!
In this game, 6 Pacers scored in double figures!Their more blooming offense made the eyes of the neutral fans widen.

I thought that this team was a three-point world with Paul, West and Horford.As everyone knows, there are far more people in this magical team who can score than they imagined.

Although the neutral fans were very surprised by this kind of offense, the fact that 6 players scored in double figures is basically a routine operation in the eyes of local Indiana fans.Since the Chinese coach took office last season, the Pacers have been playing like this.

保罗20分、霍福德16分、乔治12分、韦斯特11分、格林10分，替补出场的马修斯13分。而陷入交易流言中的艾利斯面对保罗的防守，19投仅仅7中，14分便已经是勇士队第一高分了。

102 to 78, the powerful Pacers did not leave any suspense in this matchup with a huge disparity in strength.They controlled the situation from the first minute of the game until the end of the game, showing the demeanor of a strong team.

At this point, the world finally realized.The current Pacers team is very different from the big team a few years ago!Not only are they rich in All-Stars, but these All-Stars can also lead the team very well!
Although the time entered March, the Pacers lost to the Hornets led by Granger and Holiday in New Orleans, ending their five-game winning streak.But even so, the Pacers' record of 27 wins and 7 losses is still dazzling.

With 27 wins, the Pacers once led by O'Brien only won more than 82 games after playing 30 games.The Pacers, taken over by Henson, can easily break through this embarrassing number even in a shortened season.

At this time, countless media began to quote what Henson once said against the Celtics: "We are very strong now, really strong."

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The schedule lasted until March, and more than a week had passed since the end of the All-Star Game.Dunk king Jeremy Evans is still a minor player, and All-Star Game MVP Durant is still working hard towards the goal of No. 3 in the West.And An Jiali, who had attracted much attention some time ago but has now calmed down, should return to school.

After seeing off An Jiali, Henson had no time to be sad.Because he is very clear about what his main task is now, the regular season is not over yet, and the sequence of all things must come after the game.

So after sending An Jiali away, Henson quickly got into work.He immediately went back to the team training hall to study the edited game video by Silas, and made a game plan with everyone with a serious face, no longer the usual idle look.

If Henson suddenly becomes serious, there are only two possibilities.One, some players are going to be unlucky.Second, the Pacers' next opponent is really very strong!There is no doubt that this time the situation belongs to the latter.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, at the end of training, Henson even gathered all the players for a pre-match call, even though there was still a day before the start of the next game.

"This is a contest of survival or destruction!" Henson's tone was so strong, it was enough to show how important the next game was to him.

After get off work, Henson drove to the side wall of the Conseco Arena and stopped, lit a cigar, smoked in the car, and seemed in no hurry to go home.

On the side wall of the Conseco Arena, the current season's schedule is printed every season.In the era when the Internet was underdeveloped, this schedule was undoubtedly the most intuitive way for fans to understand the Pacers schedule.

Although today's fans can easily get a complete schedule with just a tap of their mobile phone, this wall is still a feature of the Conseco Arena and has been preserved to this day.

Looking at the wall, Henson remembered the first day he came to work at the Conseco Arena as the head coach, and he stared blankly at the wall.At that time, Henson didn't know if he could stand the test of the 82 games on the wall.

It turned out, however, that Henson not only passed the test, but "did well".He led the Pacers to the playoffs and entered the second round in one fell swoop!

The second round. In the second round, the Pacers were swept out by the Chicago Bulls, allowing Henson to experience the greatest strength of his career so far.

Thinking of this, Henson started the car, ready to go home and continue to study the game.

And on this wall, there is a line of writing that seems particularly eye-catching.

"March 3, Indiana Pacers vs. Chicago Bulls."

(End of this chapter)