basketball player

Chapter 211 209: What is it this time?
Rose was injured and retired from the playoffs, which undoubtedly threw a small stone into Henson's calm heart.However, although small stones will make the water surface rippling, they will soon disappear completely.

Therefore, Henson was only shocked, and soon regained his composure.

Regarding Rose's injury, he felt very sorry.But now is not the time to feel sorry for others, because my team's games haven't finished yet
58 to 33 at halftime, the score was smoother than Henson imagined. The 76ers did not organize any effective counterattacks, and even their proud second team was suppressed miserably.

It seems that this year, the hard power gap between No. [-] in the Eastern Conference and No. [-] in the Eastern Conference is still quite large.The plan to strive for No. [-] in the Eastern Conference is indeed correct.Seeing how fiercely the Bulls and the Knicks, the No. [-] in the Eastern Conference, played so hard, Henson was really complacent.

Without Rose, and with the Knicks.Don't say that the Bulls met the Heat, as long as they don't get black seven.
"Everyone did a good job in the first half of the game, just keep it up in the second half. No, it's the next three games, and you have to keep it like this. Take them cleanly, okay?"

"Understood, boss!"

During the intermission, Henson didn't say much to the players, because there was really nothing to say.The players are already doing a great job, and it's counterproductive to keep nagging them.

Sure enough, the Pacers still didn't give the 76ers any chance to counterattack in the second half of the game.The goals of Iguodala and Louis Williams are just small things, far from forming an offensive wave.

On the contrary, Paul led the team to score waves after waves, which made the suspense lost just after the third quarter.

After three quarters, this may be the only time this season that Henson won an easier game than he imagined.

113 to 90, the Pacers beat their opponents by 23 points at home.After the game, Doug. Collins even forgot to shake Henson's hand, but went straight to the players tunnel.

After all, Collins is an old Jianghu, how could he lose his appearance in front of a junior, and still lose his face!

And you must know that Henson has enough respect for Collins in this game.Because of the entire fourth quarter, Henson didn't play in the main lineup again.Otherwise, the point difference is not just as simple as 23 points.

"It's really not a wonderful victory. It's not that the Pacers didn't play well, but they played too well! But no one-sided game can become exciting." Kenny Smith shook his head. I'm afraid the ratings for the next entire series will be very worrying.

"Well, it's really not exciting. Nowadays, the team that wins the division's first place in the regular season no longer has the chance of a first-round bye. But for the Pacers, this is just an extra sweep." Barkley blew harder, but this time, he blew Henson, not Henson's opponent.

For this game, Henson has no feelings.The only feeling is that the 76ers and the Pacers are not a team at all.But he and Doug Collins have no personal enmity, so Henson just dealt with it casually during the interview.

"We played well."

"They're out of luck."

"The players are in good shape."

"Their players aren't ready for the playoffs yet."

Henson said such perfunctory words all the way back to the locker room, and finally got rid of the "hunting" of the reporters.I really don't understand, those reporters call themselves villains and mad dogs that bite people, but on the other hand, they love to listen to themselves.One day you suddenly stop scolding, and they still feel uncomfortable.
Although the first game of the series, the Pacers played almost perfectly.But there are still some Philadelphia fans who believe that the team still has hope.In the so-called series, if you win less than four games, anything can still happen.

于是系列赛第二战，120比95保罗28分8助攻，乔治23分6个篮板，霍福德20分8篮板5助攻，不知道的还以为步行者队也有三巨头呢。

The Pacers used practical actions to bring the 76ers fans back to reality: "Win? At the Conseco Arena, if you lose by 20 points or less, you win."

After this game, the ratings of the Pacers-76ers game plummeted, and Henson also obviously felt that fewer reporters interviewed him in each game.

In competitive sports, competition is the focus.When the competition turned into a one-sided massacre, naturally not many people liked to watch it.

On May 5th, the third battle, the two sides came to Philadelphia.This time, Henson and his team were undoubtedly attacked by the Philadelphia media.

In the playoffs, the local media will undoubtedly side with the local team. They will instantly turn into the most loyal supporters and cheer for the team.

I have to admit that the "enthusiasm" of the Philadelphia media is even higher than that of the 76ers themselves.But if the media's ability to talk can represent the strength of a city's team, the 76ers probably won't be ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference.

After all, this time it was a home game, and the 76ers still made some resistance in the first half.Doug Collins gave Louis Williams a chance to start, and he lived up to the coach's expectations. He scored four three-pointers with a fiery touch, scored 15 points in a single quarter, and helped the 76ers take the lead in the first quarter!

However, when Williams couldn't get up, the 76ers' offense became a stagnant pool again.In the face of the huge gap in strength, the role of luck is undoubtedly minimized.

In the second half, the Pacers did not give the 76ers any chance to resist. After falling behind in the first quarter, the Pacers played three consecutive quarters, and finally defeated the 101ers in the away game with a 91-10 advantage of 76 points.

With a 10-point difference, this is already the game the 76ers have lost the least in this series.Yet no one would argue that 10 points was close enough to victory.

So far, the total score of the series has become 3 to 0.As we all know, there has never been a precedent in NBA history where a 0-3 deficit can come back.

Although Henson believes that this curse will be broken sooner or later, and sooner or later there will be a magical team to complete the miracle of 0-3 reversal.

But Henson is even more convinced that this team cannot be the current Philadelphia 76ers.

Not to mention Henson, even the Philadelphia media, which had been making a lot of noise before, are silent now.As everyone knows, the series is over.

So in the fourth game on May 5, Henson was surprised to find that there were a large number of empty seats in the stands of the Wells Fargo Center Arena in Philadelphia.You know, this is the playoffs!

"Mr. Stern must hate me to death. God knows how many dollars I have cost him." Henson stared at the empty stands and shook his head. No one even bought tickets to watch the playoffs. The 76ers were really cold.

That being the case, let's end the pain of Philadelphia fans as soon as possible.

108 to 85 Henson still won by 23 points even though the team did not try their best.Maybe, the 76ers this season simply don't have the strength to play in the playoffs.It's just that there are too few teams in the East that can play, so the 76ers bit the bullet and made it to the top 8.
4 to 0, clean and tidy.As Barkley said, the Pacers just need one more sweep.

"There is a big gap in strength between us. This is not a fair battle. But competitive sports are never fair. When you face an opponent who is much stronger than you, you just can't beat it." After the game, the old guy Doug Collins said dejectedly.

In the entire series, the 76ers did not have any game that could close the point difference to single digits. Collins probably was beaten to self-doubt.

Henson walked back to the player tunnel very calmly, and 4-0 was actually the result he expected.Thinking back, just a year ago, I was still struggling with how to break through the first round of the playoffs.But now, just one year later, Henson seems to be no longer excited about winning the first round of the playoffs.

Human desires can never be satisfied.

At this moment, Henson's cell phone rang suddenly, it was Bird.

Henson knows Bird's habits, and when he calls away from home, he usually has an explanation.

The last time Henson got a call from Bird on the road, he was the head coach of the Eastern Conference All-Star team.I don't know what will happen this time?

(End of this chapter)