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Chapter 577 Chapter 575: Ready

Siakam's debut allowed the Pacers to show their championship lineup in advance.Compared with the Warriors, although the Pacers' starting lineup seems to be less exciting.But they win because the strength of the players in each position is very balanced, and the strength of the bench should not be underestimated.

At the beginning of the season, some people thought that the Pacers were not a challenger to the Warriors at all.But now, no one will deny it.Except for the Pacers in the entire league, no team is more qualified to be compared with the Warriors.

No matter in terms of record or lineup depth, the Pacers are no worse than the Warriors.

Henson used the long regular season to complete the transformation of the Pacers and complete the perfect lineup in his mind.But now, before the playoffs, Henson was only short of one thing, even if he was fully prepared.

That's right, in addition to the team lineup, Henson also needs something that others don't have to provide a double insurance for his playoff journey.

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Since the Heat, the Pacers' pace of victory has not stopped.In the remaining two games of the Pacers in February, they need to face the two western powerhouses of the Spurs and Rockets respectively.It is predicted that the Pacers will lose at least one of them.But the predicted result is exactly the opposite of the actual situation.

Against the Spurs, Leonard scored 32 points.This guy's personal ability is already extremely strong. Now he is not only defensive, but also a kaleidoscope on the offensive end.And this season, shooting is no longer Leonard's weakness.If you let him shoot, it will definitely pay the price.

But apart from Leonard, the rest of the Spurs struggled.

Aldridge scored 19 points, it seems that the performance is not bad.However, for these 19 points, he paid 22 shots!With a hit rate of only 31.8%, no matter how high the score is, there is no gold to speak of.

Aldridge's performance is mainly due to Antetokounmpo and Siakam's defense of him.When other teams can no longer catch Channing Frye, they find it more difficult to beat the Pacers than before.

In the end, the Spurs lost the game away by 5 points.After the game, instead of praising Leonard, Popovich said that this guy played very selfishly today.

But for Popovich's speech, everyone is used to it.He didn't really think Leonard was selfish, it was just that he was in a bad mood after losing.

On February 2, Henson took his players to Houston.

For this game, James Harden prepared quite seriously.When he first came to Houston, Harden was a young boy who liked to go to nightclubs and was obsessed with Kardashian.

But now, Harden knows exactly what he wants.His MVP-level performance this season is enough to prove how strong a serious Harden is.

But very helpless, the Pacers seem to be born to be Harden's nemesis.The last time the Rockets played against the Pacers, Harden's performance was abnormal.But this time, the bearded player who has become an MVP player still failed to escape the curse of the Pacers.

Harden scored 25 points in the game, but in fact he only scored 5 sports goals.Among them, 9 of 1 three-pointers was shot, and the overall shooting percentage was only 29.4%.Relying on free throws alone, Harden scored 14 points.

For Harden's foul-making behavior, Henson was really helpless.If you want to say that Harden is cheating, he really has this ability, and this method can indeed make the Rockets win.

But if basketball games are like this and fouls are made at the first touch, then what is there to be confrontational?
If Henson is "penalized" by Harden and loses this game, Henson will definitely be irritable.But fortunately, the Pacers finally won the final victory with a better performance.It turns out that free throws alone don't win games.

So far, the Pacers' February schedule is all over.This also means that there is only one and a half months left before the start of the playoffs.And it took one and a half months to prepare the last insurance, which was more than enough for Henson.

No, not even a month and a half.Just one more win and Henson is ready for the playoffs!

On March 3, the regular season continued.On this day, Henson and the players came to Atlanta, where he used to play golf with the owner of the Eagles.

Once, the Eagles were also one of the Pacers' rivals.The grievances between Henson and Larry Drew were also extremely hot at that time.

But now, the Eagles can hardly be called the Pacers' opponents.Judging from the lineup, the gap between the two sides is already clear at a glance.

In this game, Oladipo played very well.He scored 28 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists.This guy proved that his outburst was not a flash in the pan.As long as Henson needs it, he can stand up and score at any time.

In fact, the reason why Oladipo is so excited about this game is not only because Henson needs it, but also because he finally met Millsap.

In the All-Star Game last month, it was Millsap who was one place ahead of Oladipo and was selected to the All-Star bench.So today, Oladipo desperately wants people to see that he is no worse than Millsap.

Millsap's performance today was not too bad, scoring a double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds.But compared with Oladipo, it is still slightly inferior.

"At the end of the game, the Eagles fought desperately, but in the end they couldn't overcome the huge gap in strength between the two sides! 105 to 90, the Pacers won the away game by 15 points! After this game, the Pacers have won 10 consecutive victories! This is also the second time this season that the Pacers have won 10 consecutive victories!"

While the commentators were still cheering loudly on the commentary stand, Henson did not celebrate recklessly, but walked into the player tunnel silently alone.

The second 10-game winning streak, 55 wins and 6 losses. These numbers seem dazzling, but for Henson, who has won 73 wins and 30 consecutive victories in the regular season, he doesn't care much about the regular season record at all.

After all, he has already taken the best records he can get.

Although 73 wins have been tied by the Warriors, in the circle, the status of the Warriors' 73 wins as the runner-up and the Pacers' 73 wins as the champions are completely different.And his 30-game winning streak in the regular season is unmatched.

Therefore, Henson did not celebrate the victory in this game.He quickly walked back to the locker room, and now Henson is already concentrating on preparing for the playoffs.

After today's game, Henson's experience accumulator was finally filled.Now that the position of head coach has been held, it is difficult for Henson to unlock new achievements, because he has already obtained most of them.

As the experience accumulator is upgraded again and again, the number of experience required to upgrade becomes more and more scary.Therefore, every opportunity to receive rewards is extremely precious to Henson.

The chance to get a pick reward as the playoffs approached was Henson's last insurance for the playoffs.

After returning to the locker room, Henson studied the three rewards in front of him.

The first reward is a speech skill, the effect is to increase the player's morale to 90, and maintain it for two games.

A few years ago, Henson might have chosen this technique.But this year, Henson's team doesn't need a morale booster.Because he didn't win the championship after two years, he still faced an opponent like the Warriors.Even if Henson does nothing, the morale of the players will be very high.

The second randomly obtained reward is called "Future Coach", which has the effect of promising the player to provide him with a head coach position after he retires.

Henson curled his lips, he can't use this trick yet.Because, at least I have to work until I am 40 years old.When I am 40 years old, there seems to be no player on the Pacers who should be retired.

Therefore, Henson chose the third random reward without hesitation.

Skills: Professional proficiency: Greatly improve a certain attribute of a player, which lasts for one game.

Although this speech technique can only improve a certain attribute of a player, the word "greatly improved" still attracted Henson's attention.Does this mean that he can turn Antetokounmpo into a three-point shooter in a certain game and catch the Warriors by surprise?

Thinking of this, Henson smirked again.At that time, I really don't know what expression Steve Kerr will have.

After choosing his reward, Henson finally felt a glimmer of joy.

Now, Henson has made all preparations for the fierce battle, and just waits for the tragic playoffs to officially start.

(End of this chapter)