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Chapter 478 Chapter 476: Only need four games

Dwyane Wade, in Henson's view, he is the true soul of the Heat.No Miami Heat is complete without him on the court.

However, another cruel fact is that this legendary guard who had his meniscus removed in college is now plagued by injuries, which has led to a decline in his state.

In the regular season this season, Wade only played 54 games.In other words, he spent one-third of the season on the bench.During the regular season, Wade averaged just 19 points per game. It seems that the data of 19 points seems to be good, but this is Wade's lowest scoring average since his rookie season.

After entering the playoffs, Wade's scoring average dropped to 17.8 points per game. 17.8 points, which seems to be a good data, but look at Wade's performance in previous years.

09-10赛季季后赛，韦德季后赛场均能够拿下33.2分。10-11赛季季后赛，韦德场均24.5分。11-12赛季季后赛，韦德场均也依然有22.4分入账。作为对比，17.8分简直不值一提。上一轮东部半决赛面对篮网，韦德5场比赛中仅有2场得分上了20。

It is not difficult to see from this that the years have left traces on Wade.

Therefore, although Wade is the soul of the Heat team doing his part, he is one of the best second positions in the league.But in Henson's view, it is not difficult to limit Wade's performance in his old age.Especially when he has Paul George on hand as a defender.

And Chris Bosh's increasingly "mediocre" data, in Henson's view, he has long since withdrawn from the ranks of "giant".Both Wade and James are players who need to attack with the ball to be effective.As a result, Bosh got fewer and fewer shots, and he became more "functional."

As an "anti-aircraft turret" that opens up space and hits open three-pointers, Bosh is now more of an auxiliary player, and it is difficult to kill the game on his own.

Coupled with the Heat's mediocre role players, Henson believes that the only problem for the Heat is James!
And defending James has also become the most powerful means for the Pacers to defeat the Heat!
Defending James is something most teams can't imagine.Because sometimes, James just can't be searched by the house.

But Henson wants to kill the Heat and James in a defensive way, but it's not crazy.Because just the day before the start of the Eastern Conference Finals, the league officially announced the selection list for the best defensive team of the season.Once the list was released, it sparked heated discussions.

There is no doubt that it is because the Pacers once again refreshed the history of the league.

"In 1996, the thriving Chicago Bulls had three players selected to the best defensive team. In that season, they won 72 wins and won the championship. However, the Pacers under Coach Henson had four players selected to the best defensive team!"

"Four people were selected to the best defensive team. Although not all of them were selected to the first team, the defensive ability of the Pacers is indeed terrible!"

"Jimmy Butler and Kawhi Leonard were selected to the All-Defensive Second Team, Chris Paul and Paul George were selected to the All-Defensive First Team! A team has four people selected to the All-Defensive Team. This is a terrible record that has never been seen before, and is likely to be unprecedented!"

Just 1 minute after the league announced the news, the online media was full of discussions about the Pacers.

Henson's personal doctor, Mars, watched the news at home, and couldn't help grinning cheerfully.

First, he miraculously returned to the court after three months of recuperation. After his return, he led the team to a historic 73 wins with a perfect record.And now, he's made four All-Defensive Team selections a reality.

Mars believes that even after Henson retires, people will not forget the Pacers' legendary 13-14 season.

It is already very remarkable for a team to have two people selected to the best defensive team at the same time, and the Pacers also added two people to the best defensive second team at the same time.

You know, Jimmy Butler's starting games this season are very limited, and he basically only played steadily in the month when Leonard was injured.However, even so, he also impressed those tricky media.

"Such a result is not surprising. The Pacers averaged 90.7 points per game in the first two rounds, ranking first in the league, restricting opponents' shooting percentage to 1%, also ranking first in the league. As for the Heat, these two data were 40.5 points and 1%, ranking third and ninth in the league respectively. In terms of defensive competition, the Pacers are indeed better than the Heat. After all, they have four players selected to the All-Defensive Team."

"The Miami Heat's Eastern Conference finals will be very difficult, more difficult than in the past two years! Although it seems that the Pacers' lineup has not changed much in the past few years, the growth rate of their young people is very amazing! When Coach Henson selected George, Leonard and Jimmy Butler, who would have thought that they could become the players of the best defensive team?"

"What's even more frightening is that besides these four guys, the Pacers have a lot of strong players. Horford and David West, Danny Green, Stephenson, and Ray Allen on the bench. Of course, there are also players like Antetokounmpo and Sean Livingston who don't play much time but can always play a role when they play. LeBron James' road to the championship may not be smooth."

Henson sat in his office reading the news, and for the first time since he became a head coach, he was actually considered to be the better side in the Eastern Conference finals.

"Look, can you believe it? One day, the media will think that the mighty Big Three of the Heat will face challenges and difficulties." Henson smiled and wanted to reach out to touch the cigar.But when he reached into the inner pocket of his clothes, he realized that he hadn't put a cigar in his pocket for a while.

"Yeah, after all, we haven't lost since the end of February. Now, no media dares to underestimate us. This is all thanks to you, Henson." Vogel also smiled. After all, as a member of the Pacers coaching staff, he is equally proud of his team's achievements.

"This is the credit of all of us, Frank. Without you, I, a person who can't even handle the ball steadily, can't play this kind of results. And the fact that four players were selected to the best defensive team also made the success rate of our strategy higher. In the Eastern Conference finals, Leonard and Jimmy Butler took turns marking LeBron, and George and Green restricted Wade. I think the Heat will become very miserable."

Henson leaned back in his chair proudly. In the past, he had to use the power of the badge to compete with the Heat.Now, however, he doesn't even need to do that.

"Yeah, so how many games do you think we can use to solve the Heat this year?" Frank Vogel looked at Henson with interest. In the past few seasons, Henson would definitely say six to seven games to solve the Heat.He's said that for the past two years.

But this year, Vogel heard a very incredible answer.

"Four games," the Chinese-American coach stretched out four fingers. "If all goes well, we may be able to finish off the Miami people in only four games this year. Our time has come, Frank. This season, no team can stop our iron heels."

Vogel froze in place, sweeping the Heat's Big Three 4-0?Perhaps only Henson could say such words.
(End of this chapter)