basketball player

598 Chapter 596: Just warming up

By the end of the game, many Cavs fans had tears in their eyes.

128 to 135, this is a high score game.Because, many players on both sides have played a good scoring performance.For the Cavaliers, James scored 34 points. It is not easy to score 34 points with the cooperation of George and Antetokounmpo.

Irving scored 25 points, and as a young guard, he has done everything he can.

Love scored 15 points. Although the statistics don't look that gorgeous, in the game, Love really grasped most of the opportunities that belonged to him.

The rest, Korver 14 points, JR Smith 18 points.Even Tristan Thompson, who doesn't know much about offense, scored 15 points today.Other teams have lost long ago when they encountered such a Cleveland Cavaliers.

But the Indiana Pacers once again broke the opponent's magic under Henson's divine prediction.Then, at the Quicken Loans Center, he scored an incredible 135 points in no overtime.

George 36 points, Antetokounmpo 28 points, Paul 17 points, Brogdon 12 points, Oladipo 16 points, Lopez 15 points, Frye 9 points, 9 points from outside the three-point line, Bogdanovic 8 points.
Speaking of blooming across the board, the Pacers did no worse than the Cavaliers today.Such a score and the fact that they are behind 0 to 3 have plunged James into deep despair.

Last season, the Cavaliers reversed the 1-win Warriors to win the championship after falling behind 3-73.But even James must admit that without Bogut's injury and Green's suspension, the Cavaliers simply wouldn't be able to create such a miracle.

The current situation is even more difficult than last season's finals.First of all, the Cavaliers are 0 to 3 behind, not 1 to 3 behind.Second, all the players on the Pacers are extremely healthy.Except for Stephenson's "funny comparison", the whole team has no possibility of being suspended.

The few conditions that James created miraculously have all been blocked.He couldn't help turning his head to look at Henson who was surrounded by his players. He really thought that guy would never come back
Of course, in the press conference after the game, LeBron James did not express his true feelings, but said some beautiful words.

"I know that the situation is very difficult for us now. But I still say that history is used to break. Last season, people said that we were finished after 1 to 3. The result? We are the defending champions! Therefore, we can't give up on anything lightly. We will continue to work hard and play well in the next game."

James' speech seemed impassioned, but I'm afraid even James himself didn't quite believe what he just said.
Henson Joe wouldn't be Henson Joe if he could turn back an opponent who was three games behind.

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After the game, Henson naturally joined the scolding battle with Pachulia again.

Before the start of the game, the entire Warriors team was almost excused for Pachulia.At the time, Henson did not respond in preparation for the Cleveland game.

But now that the victory in the series has almost been achieved, Henson will naturally not let go of the opportunity to counterattack the Warriors.

"The Golden State Warriors have always been a great team, and their achievements are unquestionable. But a great team should dare to admit their mistakes. The cover-up will only lower the grade of their team."

After the third game of the Eastern Conference finals, Henson posted such a passage on his social media, and @many Warriors players at the same time.

Just 5 minutes later, Henson's post was reposted frantically, and the message quickly broke five figures.The league doesn't want to react to the Pachulia thing?Then Henson used his influence to force them to react!

Early the next morning, Henson made another call to Bird, hoping that Bird would unite with the general managers of some other teams.Collectively write a letter to Adam Xiao Hua.

Back then, in order to prevent Paul from being traded to the Lakers, the owner of the Cavaliers thought of such a joint letter.Now, Henson is just following the gourd.

At 7:[-] p.m., just before the start of Game [-] of the Western Conference Finals, the media reported that the league had received a joint boycott from seven team owners, hoping that the league could investigate in detail Pachulia's foul on Leonard.

Adam Silver had no choice but to respond in front of the reporter in person out of face: "The league will seriously investigate this matter!"

So far, this matter has finally aroused heated discussions in the league.It's all right now, even if Pachulia won't be punished this time, she won't be easily spared next time.After all, he is a person who already has a "conviction".

In this way, Pachulia naturally did not dare to attack the Pacers players in the finals.Otherwise, he will face a suspension and a super fine.

You see, a lot of people are saying that Henson and Pachulia's verbal battle is meddling.But in fact, Henson never does anything superfluous.

Pachulia thought that this incident would be over, but he didn't expect that Henson Joe's influence was so great.

Pachulia and his teammates did not respond to Henson's comments on social media.They knew that the Warriors had already lost the battle of words.Moreover, the whole team lost to Henson alone.
Seeing Xiao Hua promise a serious investigation face to face, and seeing that the Warriors players did not speak up again, Henson sat in the hotel in Cleveland and smiled triumphantly.

The risk of Pachulia committing the crime has been ruled out, and the next thing left is to fight the Warriors on the basketball court with real knives and guns
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On May 5, Game 23 of the Eastern Conference Finals.The Clevelands launched a Jedi counterattack. James and Irving broke out with both hands, blasting 40 points and 35 points in the audience, helping the Cavaliers to regain a victory at home and turning the total score of the series into 1-3.

The situation seems to be the same as last season, and the Cavaliers have reached the 1-3 hurdle again.After this game, the Cavaliers players, who were already ashamed, immediately became excited again.

Henson is said to be upset with the Pacers' slacking off on the court when Henson blew up in the locker room at night.The reporters photographed the Pacers players with their heads down when they came out of the tunnel.

It is estimated that they were all scolded bloody by Henson.

Can Henson not be angry?Henson naturally couldn't accept this kind of thing after the verbal battle with the Warriors over there, and then they started directly.

Originally, they have already advanced, but now they are doing well, and they have to go back to Indianapolis to play one more game.

The day after that game, Golden State swept the Leonard-less Spurs cleanly 129-115 at the ATT Center in San Antonio in a 4-0 sweep to reach the Finals for the third year in a row.

In other words, the Warriors are already waiting for Henson in the Finals ahead of schedule.Now, it depends on whether the Pacers will give the Cavaliers another chance.

On May 5th, in the unexpected fifth game of the Eastern Conference Finals, the players of the Pacers all played 25 points.They knew that even a slight slack in the playoffs would pay a heavy price.

So today, no one dares to take it lightly.Everyone worked hard, and the Pacers finally got back on track.Henson actually felt that it was a good time to lose the game the day before yesterday.Better to make mistakes in the Eastern Conference Finals than make mistakes in the Finals.

At least for now, everyone on the Pacers team will no longer make such low-level mistakes as slack.

In today's last game, the Cavaliers' resistance was still very fierce.But in the second half, as the point difference was gradually widened, the morale of the Cavaliers also began to plummet.

They thought they could still create a miracle of a 1-3 counterattack, but they didn't know that the only victory was their greatest compliment.

In the end, at the Bankers Life Arena, the Pacers ruthlessly eliminated the Cleveland Cavaliers 112 to 100, and did not let their dream continue.

And this is the first time the Pacers have reached the finals since Henson retired!
In the first year of Henson's return, the Pacers were back on the road to the top.

"It's over. Although there were some minor accidents in Cleveland the day before yesterday. Fortunately, the ending has not changed. The Pacers took a long detour, but finally arrived at their destination safely. 4 to 1, the Pacers, the dominant player in the Eastern Conference, are back. As long as Henson is here, LeBron James will not be able to win the championship!"

At the end of the game, Reggie Miller was very excited.Maybe, under the leadership of Henson, the Pacers can build a second dynasty?

Ten minutes later, at the Bankers Life Arena, the Pacers held the Eastern Conference championship award ceremony.From this point of view, the fifth game in the series is not completely useless.At least this time, Henson was finally able to enjoy the feeling of winning the trophy at home.

When Henson once again stood on the podium and held up the championship trophy, the scenes of the past two years flashed back in his mind.

He always thought that he would never come back, but now, he did it again!

The feeling of winning the championship trophy on the basketball court is more comfortable than him earning [-] million in the commercial field!
After the awards ceremony, Henson was greeted by reporters.He led the Pacers to the finals in the first year of his return. Even if he lost to the Warriors this season, Henson was already very successful.

But Henson was obviously not satisfied with this. Facing the camera and microphones, Henson showed his iconic smile.

"This is just a warm-up. I haven't won a trophy on the basketball court for a long time. After the warm-up, I can make sure that I can bring a bigger trophy back to Indianapolis in a healthy and healthy way."

Inside and outside the words, Henson revealed a meaning.

"Be careful, Warriors, I'm coming to grab the championship trophy!"

(End of this chapter)