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Chapter 310 Chapter 308: World Media Center

The dense schedule, the possibility of injury attacks and the status of the players themselves make it difficult for each team to experience during the season.Even for the all-powerful Chicago Bulls, their 72 wins were built with blood and sweat.

In such a difficult regular season, it is already very good for a team to have a stable record.And it is even more difficult to win consecutive victories.

A winning streak needs to meet many conditions. Can your team maintain a good state for several games?Can your team avoid injuries?Or even if there are injuries, it will not be affected?Will your opponent suddenly convulse?Will your head coach be suspended for yelling at referees?
Such problems often only need one to affect the state of a team. There are no underdogs in the NBA. As long as you are not in good shape, even if you are the defending champion, you may be picked up by a weak team.

Therefore, it is much more complicated to achieve that series of seemingly simple winning streak numbers than it seems on the surface.

Three consecutive victories, that proves that this team is in excellent condition.Five straight victories, well, the team's rankings must have started to soar.Eight consecutive victories?Hey, are you taking stimulants?Ten consecutive victories!Well, then this team must not be messed with!

And now, since defeating the Bobcats on January 1, the Indiana Pacers' winning streak has come to 12 consecutive victories!

"The Charlotte Bobcats lost again! Since Henson Joe coached the Pacers, the Bobcats' embarrassing record of never winning the Pacers continues!"

"12 consecutive victories! The Indiana Pacers have become the only team that has won more than [-] consecutive victories twice in a single season!"

"34 wins and 3 losses! Will we witness the birth of another superteam!?"

When the Pacers beat the Heat to a ten-game winning streak, there wasn't much reaction.However, after the Heat, the Pacers killed the Knicks and Bobcats one after another. No one dared to ignore the number of 12 consecutive victories.

Since Henson became the head coach, he has actually led the team to a ten-game winning streak every season.

At the end of the 10-11 season, the Pacers rushed to the third place in the Eastern Conference with a wave of 10 consecutive victories.

In the 11-12 season, the Pacers started with a wave of 11 consecutive victories, laying a solid foundation for overtaking the Bulls at the last moment.

Needless to say, this season has started with 13 consecutive victories, breaking the record for the best start in team history.I thought this was already the longest winning streak the Pacers could achieve this season.But who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, the Pacers came to the hurdle of 12 consecutive victories.

There are more and more discussions about the Pacers in the outside world, and some people even think that they may leave their names on the leaderboard of the longest winning streak in the NBA!

Of course, New York reporters didn't see it that way.Because the Pacers' next opponent is the Brooklyn Nets.If the Pacers want to continue to win, it means they will pass over the Nets!The New York reporters, of course, would not agree.

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The Brooklyn Nets, just like their team's main color, can be described as a dark horse in the Eastern Conference this season.

In New Jersey last season, the Nets only ranked fourth from the bottom in the Eastern Conference.But after relocating to Brooklyn this season and signing Joe Johnson, the Nets are now ranked fourth in the East with 21 wins and 15 losses!Of course, this time it is a positive number!
After the "Little General" Avery Johnson struggled to coach the team at the beginning of the season, PJ Carlesimo, who was born in the Spurs coaching staff, successfully put the Nets on the right track.And the fourth place in the East, this undoubtedly gave the New York reporters the capital to expand.

"The team coached by Coach Henson has an inertia, that is, lack of stamina. His team's winning streak has never exceeded 15 consecutive victories, and his team simply does not have the conditions to create history. What's more, this time they are still fighting back to back, and we have rested for two full days. Therefore, don't expect the Brooklyn Nets to be willing to be the background board of the Pacers. The winning streak of the defending champion will end here, and we will use this victory to increase the winning streak to 6 consecutive victories! Another point, Deron Williams beats Chris Paul's team!"

The one who said this was the famous New York basketball reporter Mark Berman. Berman is one of the most well-known basketball reporters in the "New York Post". For 12 years, he has almost covered the news of the Knicks with the team.After the Nets moved back to Brooklyn this year, Berman also took over the news of the Nets.

It can be seen from this sentence that Berman's reporting style is mainly based on "licking".

When it comes to Mark Berman, one has to mention Frank Isola, another well-known New York basketball reporter.These two men are simply two wonderful flowers in the New York media circle.

Isola is a typical New York media guy who likes to be outspoken.Completely different from many other team reporters, his relationship with the Knicks' public relations is very poor now. He never acts as the mouthpiece of the team. He is an old-fashioned sports reporter. Regarding the internal and external chaos of the Knicks for more than a decade, he even does not hesitate to sneer and sarcastic.Of course, the Nets are no exception.

But Berman, a reporter who likes to "lick", has a very close relationship with the team, so many of his reports will be regarded as team public relations manuscripts by fans.Berman's writing is boring and worthless. For many years, Isola has habitually ridiculed Berman on Twitter, and Berman, like his official reports, never reveals his personal attitude and almost never speaks back.

It is such a reporter who loves to "lick" the New York team, and this time he blew up the Nets again.With him taking the lead, all kinds of media people in New York have created a scene on the Internet that "the Nets will win" and "Paul will be blown up by Deron".

Such a large-scale mobilization naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of local reporters in Indianapolis.As a result, the match between the two teams has not yet started, but the reporters from the two places have already scolded.

This is New York, this is the media capital of the world!Everything will be infinitely magnified in this place in New York!

However, when the reporters from the two places were scolding, on the Pacers team bus, Pacers coach Henson Joe didn't seem to care about this war and his 12-game winning streak.

"How is the physical condition of the players?" On the team bus, Henson rushed to the team doctor to ask for a physical report of the players.

In the past few days, Henson has paid great attention to the health of the players. Although there is a badge bonus, it is better to be prepared in case of large-scale injuries across the league.

"Everything is very good, don't worry Henson, the players will not have injury problems caused by fatigue. By the way, have you read Twitter?"

"Twitter?"

"On Twitter, the Indianapolis media and the New York media seem to be fighting World War III." The team doctor handed his mobile phone to Henson, and Henson saw Mark Berman's report at a glance.

Of course, the guy's big, round head was also remembered.His Twitter avatar is his own photo.

"Mark Berman?" Henson looked at the reporter's name.

"He started it, he was a reporter for the New York Post."

"Clown!" Henson shook his head contemptuously, and at the same time, the team bus stopped.

Looking up, Henson saw the Barclays Center, which was not inferior to Madison Square Garden, and they arrived!
"I know, 24 hours ago, we were still facing off against the Bobcats at Bankers Life Arena. But it doesn't matter, let's go, go to this beautiful arena and bring back the 13th straight game!"

With a big wave of Henson's hand, the team bus opened, and the outside was already surrounded by reporters.

As always, Henson was the last to get off the team bus.Among the bustling crowd, one reporter was particularly active.He held the microphone high and squeezed to the front, seemingly desperate to interview Henson.

Henson smiled at the guy because he recognized it.

This guy as fat as a sweet potato is Mark Berman himself.

(End of this chapter)