basketball player

547 Chapter 545: Do what you are good at
three days ago.
Henson walked into the team's weight training room, a place Henson rarely visits under normal circumstances.Because compared to these equipment, Henson is obviously more interested in the basketball court.

But on this ordinary afternoon, Henson walked into the strength training room, stood on the treadmill and set the time and speed.Beside Henson, Channing Frye looked at his coach curiously.Frye is very clear that this guy doesn't usually have the habit of exercising

"Coach Henson, why did you run on a whim today?" Frye has been with the Pacers for a long time. He was transferred from the Magic to the Pacers in the deal with Oladipo.

Even so, this season is the first time Frye and Henson have worked together.

"Keep in shape, you know? Byrd is struggling to wear a shirt now! I don't want to be like him." Henson used a joke to eliminate the sense of estrangement between Frye and him.

"Hahaha, but you have maintained a very good figure. By the way, aren't you the spokesperson of Armani? As a part-time model, you must also deliberately maintain your figure." Frye said, looking at Henson.As an old player, he knows very well that coaches like Henson who can sign commercial endorsements are very rare in the league.

"It's not about keeping fit, it's just trying not to gain weight. By the way, Channing, I heard your daughter is in Phoenix? How is her eyes recovering?"

"It was discovered in time, so the eyesight has basically returned to normal. Boss, how do you know about my daughter?"

In 2012, Frye's eight-month-old daughter, Margot, was diagnosed with cataracts.If not treated in time, it will lead to permanent blindness.

Of course, since Frye is not a star, few people care about his private life.Therefore, not many people know about it.Many people didn't even know that Channing Frye had a daughter.

But Henson seemed to know his past well.

"What are you kidding, you are my player, of course I know you well. I also know that you almost couldn't play basketball because of a heart problem. Therefore, you took a truce for a year. But now, everything is back on track, isn't it?" Henson smiled, making the atmosphere less serious.

Also in 2012, Channing Frye was found to have enlarged heart muscle, a type of heart failure, after encountering the bad news of her daughter.

That's when the doctor told Frye straight up, "You can't play basketball anymore, you're going to die."

"Yeah, everything is back on track. Boss, do you have something?"

"I want you to start the Warriors game a few days later. I know that you will be under a lot of pressure and you will encounter Draymond Green's crazy attack. We are all people with heart problems, and we are still standing on the basketball court at this time. So I know very well that as long as you continue to do what you are good at, there is nothing you can do to us. This heart is not good, and Draymond Green is even worse!"

Frye didn't know what was going on until now.It turned out that the coach was inoculating himself.He is about to start.
"Don't worry, I know what I'm good at. I'm going to space the floor, I'm going to defend Green as hard as I can, I'm going to get every rebound. Of course, I'm going to hit those damn open threes. I'm going to be ready, boss. I'm in shape, you don't have to worry about it."

Frye showed his white teeth. He just came to the Pacers to hang out?There have been such voices from the outside world.

But this time, Frye was going to say to them, "No!"

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Cole didn't expect Henson to change his lineup, and he still pushed a veteran player like Channing Frye to the starting position.

Henson wants Antetokounmpo to face Durant, which Cole can understand.But Henson used Frye to match Green?Kerr thought he was oversimplifying Green.

After the game started, Brook Lopez got the basketball from Zaza Pachulia.

The Pacers went first, and Channing Frye made an impact from the start.

Paul George broke through Klay Thompson with the ball around the screen. Henson deliberately let George, who is more capable of breaking through, match Thompson instead of using shooter Danny Green for this purpose.

Thompson's defense is good, mainly not reflected in aggressiveness.It's that he is not easy to lose his position and can always interfere with the opponent's shooting.Therefore, a player like Danny Green will struggle when he meets Thompson.

But Thompson, who has average athletic ability, is not good at defending against pick-and-rolls. Under normal circumstances, Thompson will choose to go around and defend from behind.The biggest disadvantage of this kind of defense is that when encountering a player with excellent emergency stop and jump shot ability, he will die miserably.

Therefore, Draymond Green had to delay the past to defend George, because George happened to be a master of mid-range shooting.

Seeing this, Henson on the sidelines couldn't help clenching his fists.Whether Channing Frye can achieve results in the starting lineup depends on this time!

George is not stupid, he didn't shoot against Green, but distributed the ball to Frye who was hollowed out according to the tactical arrangement.

The moment Frye caught the ball, a lot of voices suddenly appeared in his ears.

"That guy is just going to hang out with the Pacers. With him or without him, the Pacers are the same."

"Channing Frye starting? Is he useful?"

"It's just an old bone, nothing to be afraid of."

Frye smiled and made a decisive move!He still remembers what Henson said to him a few days ago, "Just keep doing what you're good at, and there's nothing you can do to us."

Under Green's contemptuous eyes, Frye's first three-point shot was hollowed into the net!And those voices beside his ears disappeared without a trace in an instant!

Henson let out a big breath, and now, the space was completely opened up!
Subsequently, Green, who was irritated by Henson before the game, planned to break through Frye.Although Frye is not tall, nor is he a muscular hunk, but he is active.

From the first day of entering the league, Frye knew that if he was not tall enough to play inside, he had to work harder than others on defense.

This habit has been maintained until now, not to mention that during this time period, Frye's morale is still extremely high.

So under Frye's strong block, Green's forced layup became far-fetched.Cole shook his head, Henson is simply a serial trick!
Green, who was already in a bad mood, was even more disturbed by this offense and defense. He was scored by an old guy and still hasn't returned. Can Green not be angry?

But as Henson once commented on George Karl: "If anger is useful, the Nuggets would have won the championship long ago."

It's useless to be angry, it's the same for George Karl, and it's the same for Draymond Green.This time on defense, Frye and George continued to play the pick-and-roll.

After George broke through, Green didn't go to make up the defense, but stayed beside Frye.His self-esteem has not allowed his matchup to score again.

As a result, Thompson, who is not good at defending pick-and-rolls, had to face the devastation of the Pacers' number one star alone.He watched George pull up high and pull up for a jumper, but there was nothing he could do.

"brush!"

The sound of the Nets tumbling was heard again, but Steve Kerr and his players didn't feel wonderful at all. 5 to 0, today's Pacers are extremely strong.

Subsequently, Durant also tried to punish the Pacers with an emergency stop jumper defense, but his punishment was destroyed by Antetokounmpo.

Antetokounmpo's height and wingspan are not inferior to Durant's, so Durant's shooting was blocked to his fingertips.Although a scorer of Durant's level has a very strong anti-interference ability, it is not so strong that he can hit an interference shot every time.

The Warriors missed their second straight offense, and Henson's plans have worked so far.His change of starting lineup had an effect as soon as he came up.

After the entire first quarter, the Warriors struggled under the pace of the Pacers.Durant and Curry didn't soar on the offensive end, and Paul George on the defensive end disgraced Clay.

After entering the rotation time, Oladipo and Brogdon's double guns in the backcourt still made the Warriors very embarrassed.

After the first 12 minutes of the game, the score became 28 to 23!The Pacers played a tough performance at Oracle Arena and entered the second quarter with a five-point lead.

Henson gave a sweaty Channing Frye the thumbs-up after the Pacers came off the court at the end of the first quarter.The other players clapped hands and hugged each other one after another.

"The morale of the Pacers is really high. They swept away the previous haze and fought very bravely in the Oracle Arena! And all this enthusiasm seems to come from Henson!"

Mike Breen watched with enthusiasm. As soon as the Pacers came up, from the veteran Frye to the young man like Oladipo, they all showed the momentum to fight the Warriors to their death.

On the other hand, Steve Kerr was not so relaxed.The Pacers were more aggressive than he had imagined, and neither Green nor Durant performed as expected.It has to be admitted that Henson's changes have had a remarkable effect.

But the Warriors were not over yet, Cole looked at Thompson, who was gnashing his teeth, and was "bruised and swollen" by George in the first quarter.

This fiery shooter hasn't started to play yet!

"Come here, it's only 5 points, it's no big deal. Listen up, in the second quarter, I want you to make the ball for Clay."

Cole picked up the tactical board, Henson, don't be too happy
(End of this chapter)