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Chapter 314 Chapter 312 Strength does not allow

PJ Carlesimo, that's definitely a well-known name in league coaching circles.

Carlesimo entered the industry very early, and started working as a basketball coach in 82. From 82 to 94, Carlesimo undoubtedly made his name at Seton Hall University.He led the struggling Seton Hall University Pirates to the 1989 NCAA Finals, and won the Big East Coach of the Year twice in 1988 and 1989. In 1988, he led Seton Hall University to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in history.During Carlesimo's coaching, the Buccaneers made it to the NCAA Tournament six times.

Carlesimo's resume in the NCAA can be said to be very successful, and then, like most coaches, Carlesimo set his sights on the increasingly commercial NBA.

In 1994, Carlesimo officially entered the NBA and took over the position of head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers from Rick Adelman, who is very familiar to Chinese fans.In his first season in the NBA, he led the team to the playoffs and set a win record in his head coaching career.In the next three years as the Trail Blazers coach, Carlesimo made the playoffs every year and set a series of team defensive records.

However, he was still unable to lead the team through the first round of the playoffs, so Carlesimo was fired after the 96-97 season.

At that time, Carlesimo never imagined that the brightest moment of his coaching career would end here.

For many years after that, Carlesimo spent time wandering.

Carlesimo came to the Golden State Warriors in 1997, replacing Rick Adelman again.He coached there until December 1999, when he was eventually fired again.

After that, it was not until 2007 that Carlesimo finally became the head coach again, leading the newly formed Oklahoma City Thunder.But after a wave of 1 win and 12 losses at the beginning, Carlesimo lost his job again.It wasn't until the former Nets coach "Little General" Avery Johnson was fired that Carlesimo, as an assistant coach, finally took up the pointer.

Throughout Carlesimo's career, he has hardly produced any outstanding results.The reason why Carlesimo is well-known in the coaching circle is that he was beaten by his own players when he was coaching the Warriors.
I don't know why this season, Carlesimo confusedly brought the Nets to fourth in the Eastern Conference.After a season, Carlesimo's team went smoothly.People seem to think that this head coach is finally a late bloomer.

Until today, he met Henson.And the coach who disgusted the whole New York mercilessly beat Carlesimo back to his original form.

Since the second quarter, the Nets have not taken the lead again.As Henson said, the intermission of the first quarter was the first and last time the Pacers fell behind during the intermission.

In the second quarter, Henson's targeted defense allowed Deron Williams to make 5 of 1 shots, turning this guy from 12 points in a single quarter to 2 points in a single quarter.However, Henson's various cutting tactics full of changes caused the Nets' defense to collapse.Every change of Carlesimo seems to be unable to escape Henson's expectations.

Spurs coaches have always paid great attention to defense, but Carlesimo's defensive skills make him not like a Spurs person at all.

In the second half, Henson took full control of the rhythm and began to play rotation.Originally, Henson didn't plan to let the starting lineup play for too long today, but Henson's mix of starting lineup and substitute lineup made Carlesimo hard to guard against.

Of course, Paul was up for a long time today.In the fourth quarter of the game, Henson completely liberated Paul, and the No. 3 point guard rewarded Deron with 10 points in a single quarter, completely ending the game.

Throughout the entire game, the Nets' Trident Deron, Johnson and Lopez did not hit high.After Deron's brilliant performance in the first quarter, he only scored 2 sports games in the last three quarters. Although he scored 22 points, his shooting percentage was only 38%.

Joe Johnson's 43% shooting rate looks quite satisfactory, but this is actually because he didn't get too many shots.

Lopez is the worst of the three. As a center, he actually hit an ultra-low shooting percentage of 35%.Lopez couldn't catch the ball at all today, and occasionally he could catch the ball, and Anderson and Horford would give Lopez a strong confrontation without mercy.

The Nets' trident was locked, and Carlesimo couldn't deal with it at all.By other Nets players?Don't be delusional, it's not just a few leftovers that can defeat the defending champion.

Throughout the second half, Carlesimo sank into deep self-doubt.When the head coach of a team is in despair, how can he lead the team to turn the tide?

"Coach Carlesimo was completely controlled by Henson today. When the Nets needed timeouts several times, Coach Carlesimo had no extra timeouts available. When he reached the planned timeout time and called a timeout, the situation was completely under the control of the Pacers. He was still the same as before, too stubborn." In the last minute of the game, the Nets trailed the Pacers by 1 points.

Stubbornness, in addition to allowing Carlesimo to be violently beaten by his own players, is also manifested in his inability to adapt when commanding on the spot.Today, Henson's various cuts and Carlesimo's single offensive mode make the gap between the two clear at a glance.

Carlesimo sat on the bench, not even knowing how he lost the game.Obviously, everything was exactly the same as usual. Carlesimo finally came to his senses when the electronic buzzer sounded to represent the end of the game.

He felt that he had been redeemed. This terrible game was finally over, and the fear of being dominated by Henson was finally over.

At this point, only half of the fans were left in the stands at the Barclays Center.Little did he know that before the three quarters, he fantasized that he could win the defending championship and lead the team to 6 consecutive victories
Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle has a good saying: When dealing with Henson Joe, don't think you have won until the last moment.

Henson stood up confidently and shook hands with Carlesimo.Carlesimo didn't even dare to look directly into Henson's eyes, because the Chinese coach seemed to be able to see everything about him!
After shaking hands in a hurry, Carlesimo hurriedly "fleeed" from the court.Henson shook his head, and didn't continue to embarrass this poor bastard whose confidence had been severely hit.

But as for the other guy, Henson didn't intend to let him go.

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Mark Berman pursed his lips nervously, surrounded by countless pairs of eyes staring at him.As the most experienced basketball reporter of the "New York Post", Berman has participated in countless press conferences, but there has never been a single one that made him so at a loss.

"Mr. Berman?" Henson sat on the stage with a smile. It was one of his questions that put Berman in such an awkward situation.

In fact, Henson's question is not difficult to answer.When a reporter asked Henson what he thought of the Pacers' winning streak, Henson threw the question to Berman.

"Winning streak? By the way, how many winning streaks have we already had? Mr. Mark Berman of the New York Post, I hope you can remind me."

As a result, Berman became the focus of the entire media reception room.

"1313 consecutive victories," the New York reporter replied hesitantly.

"Very good. I remember you wrote an article before the game. What were you talking about? Will the defending champion's winning streak end here? Will Chris Paul be defeated by Deron again? To be honest, I respect your opinion. Unfortunately, strength does not allow it."

There was a burst of laughter in the reception room, and Berman's head turned red.

Henson shook his head, and stopped molesting this reporter who likes to "lick" the home team mindlessly.

This kind of guy, just let them know how powerful they are, there is no need to entangle with them.Henson had more important things to accomplish than a reporter.

13 consecutive victories?Well, Henson was suddenly very interested in continuing this number as long as possible.At that time, I don't know how many people's faces will be smelly.

And among those great league records, it's time to leave some names that belong to the Indiana Pacers.

(End of this chapter)