basketball player

Chapter 67 066: Arranged

The Pacers beat the Eagles. Coach Henson's weird tactics combined with the weird players under him prevented Larry Drew from fulfilling his promise of "must teach Henson a lesson".Fortunately, the joy of victory made Henson forget that Drew was outspoken about himself. Otherwise, in the interview after the game, he would definitely not complain about Sager's fancy suit, but Larry Drew's rigid employment strategy.

The poor Drew lost in front of the "layman" he hated the most, and could only lead the team away in despair.The Indiana Pacers won their second four-game winning streak this season, and are about to hit their fifth winning streak!
Looking at the Pacers' next opponent, Henson doesn't think it will be difficult to win five consecutive victories.After all, the poor record of the Los Angeles Clippers has threatened the Timberwolves' status as the No. 1 pick. With 11 win and 09 losses, the return of the No. [-] pick in [-], Blake Griffin, did not make this "Los Angeles Second Team" a complete turnaround.Although Griffin's dunks are always talked about, but the champion Lang wants to bring the Clippers on the right track, and obviously needs more improvement.

On November 11, the Clippers fell in an 18-80 loss in Indianapolis.This victory was expected by Henson. The Clippers made 107 shots, but only hit 81 of them.Eric Gordon, the Clippers' highest scorer, shot less than 27 percent from the field.

On the Pacers side, the fast-paced and large-space offense gave everyone a lot of opportunities.Six players on the team scored in double figures, and Paul George showed his impressive offensive talent in the sixth man position.He scored 21 points on 60 percent shooting in 14 minutes.Henson believes that next season, George will get a more important position in the team.

After the game, what surprised the media was not only the score, but also the statistics of the two strong insiders, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan.

Before the start of the game, experts thought that the Pacers playing a small lineup would give the Clippers a lot of points.As a result, Jordan made 7 of 0 shots, and Griffin's shooting percentage was only 46%.As a player whose main scoring area is in the three-second zone, the 46% shooting rate is not outstanding at all.

The Pacers' inside defensive ability is astonishing. With none of the players on the field taller than 2 meters, Horford, Granger, and Mike Roberts blocked the opponent's inside attack. This is even more surprising than the huge point difference in this game.

But this game also made Henson discover the shortcomings of the team's lineup. Although the Pacers did a good job of defending in the interior today, Henson still feels that the team still needs a center with a meat shield.Griffin and Jordan are always too immature, and the Clippers don't have any good point guards to feed the two insiders.If a Chris Paul is assigned to the Clippers today, perhaps the consequences will be disastrous.

Now most teams in the league don't have too strong inside, which is why Henson dared to play short lineups.But if the Pacers want to go further, they need to improve the lineup to avoid being caught by the opponent.After all, there are still one or two teams with inside configurations that can make people feel like they have returned to the era when big men ruled the game ten years ago.

However, supplementing the lineup is not something that can be done in a day or two.Henson needs to carefully craft a plan, a long-term plan.

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After a five-game winning streak, in addition to taking the team by leaps and bounds, Henson is delighted to have earned a much-needed badge: Fewer injuries.

Among the three optional rewards after achieving the achievement of five consecutive victories, Henson fell in love with this badge at a glance.Because he knows very well how terrifying an injury can be to a team.

If it didn't hurt Oden and Roy, the Blazers might already be a strong player in the Western Conference by now.If it weren't for the damn injury, the Rockets wouldn't be able to rebuild, and Yao Ming's career might be even greater.

Injury is a demon that no one can control.Even the greatest players can't afford to be devastated by injuries.But now, Henson has the ability to control injuries!In his opinion, this is more valuable than any tactic!
Injury reduction badge level, the effect is to reduce the chance of player injury by 10%.In other words, this is an upgradeable badge, which can be upgraded up to level three, reducing the chance of injury by 30%.Although the figure of 30% does not seem high, for Henson, as long as the injury can be controlled, even if it is 1%, he will strive for it!I believe that the head coaches of all other teams have this feeling.However, only Henson has the opportunity to actively control the injury.

At first, Henson was concerned that the badge would only apply to one player.Fortunately, when Henson chooses and equips this badge, the whole team can benefit.

It seems that there are still many rich rewards in the data analysis module that I haven't touched yet.If the previous rewards were only auxiliary to Henson, then this badge of reducing injuries is already a bit against the sky in Henson's opinion.

Seeing the healthy growth of the boys on the training ground, Henson couldn't help showing a smirk on the sidelines.Frank Vogel shook his head, he was used to Henson's smirk without warning.

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After achieving five consecutive victories, Henson's goal is naturally to make persistent efforts. It is best to win ten consecutive victories and strive to get more rewards as soon as possible.

However, at this juncture, the Orlando Magic appeared in Indianapolis very inopportunely.

As a team that just played in the finals two seasons ago, the Orlando Magic has always been considered a strong force in the East.After all, Dwight Howard, the darling of the fans, has become the most terrifying three-second zone ruler in the league when Yao Ming is reimbursed and O'Neal can't play much.

For Dwight Howard, an insider with abnormal physical fitness, Henson's only choice is to double-team.No matter how tough Horford and Mike Roberts are, it will be difficult for them to limit the performance of "Warcraft" in one-on-one when they encounter an opponent like Howard.

For this game, the Orlando Magic are also well prepared.The Magic are currently 8 wins and 3 losses, ranking second in the Eastern Conference.And the number one in the East is the Indiana Pacers with 9 wins and 1 loss!At this stage when the Big Three of the Heat have not slowed down, and Boston and Chicago have not started to exert their strength, what the Magic want to do is undoubtedly to consolidate the ranking as much as possible.As everyone knows, a spoiler like the Pacers came out suddenly.

Therefore, the fierce confrontation in this game is something Henson has never experienced before.He is really glad that he chose a badge to reduce injuries, otherwise he would definitely play in fear in today's game.

In the 3rd minute of the first quarter, Howard caused a kill on the inside and stood on the free throw line.When the referee's whistle sounded, Henson gave the referee a vicious look.Because the confrontation between Horford and Howard in the interior just now was not big at all, it was just a normal confrontation, but the referee called a foul.

Horford is humble, his personality is not so hot, and he didn't argue with the referee too much.But Henson didn't want to suffer from this dumbness, but the referee didn't seem to care about the fierce eyes of his young coach.

Two minutes later, Daniel Granger broke through Lewis' defense and hit the basket.The brave Granger was not afraid of Howard, but hoped to find a foul on Howard.

Howard roughly knocks Granger out of the baseline, and the basketball is dropped.But after all this happened, the referee's whistle was delayed.Howard made a long pass from the backcourt with the ball, and Lewis chased him for a three-pointer when no one was marking him!
If Horford's confrontation just now counted as a foul, then Granger's confrontation should also be counted as a foul!The referee can be strict or loose on the scale of a game, but there is a rule, that is, the scale must be the same for both sides!And now, the Pacers have obviously encountered unfair treatment.

After all, Howard is the guarantee of the league's box office. It seems natural that the league favors the Magic and Howard, a super center. In 2007, when former NBA referee Tim Donaghy was imprisoned for gambling and game manipulation, he revealed that the league did indeed manipulate games. NBA officials naturally firmly deny that the fans were not fools back then
Fortunately, the outstanding performance of Holiday and Matthews made the Pacers bite the score all the way.At the end of the first quarter, Granger failed to get to the free throw line due to repeated violations, resulting in a low shooting percentage.With the help of the "body whistle", Howard scored 6 points with an efficiency of only 2 of 8 shots.The reason is simple. Howard took 8 free throws in just one quarter!

What Henson didn't expect was that the referee's double standard not only did not restrain, but became more unscrupulous.In the 5th minute of the fourth quarter, the Pacers were only one point behind and scored another goal to take control of the game.

Stephenson used Horford's cover to break into the basket. This kind of tough battle was not difficult for Finsen, who grew up in Harlem.

Just as Stephenson took off for a layup, Howard rushed up from behind and slapped the basketball in Stephenson's hand.There was booing from the audience, because everyone saw that Howard obviously slapped Stephenson's palm first!
However, the referee still did nothing. Instead, when the Magic counterattacked, they gave Holiday, who was preventing Nelson from breaking through, a defensive foul!
"Another foul. The referee's whistle seems to have never stopped in this game. This is the fifth foul by the Pacers team, and Nelson will stand on the free throw line." Of course, Reggie Miller, who commented on this game, knew what was going on, but the commentators were all tacit.

At this moment, a white mineral water bottle suddenly flew into the air.Miller took a closer look and saw that Frank Vogel seemed to be grabbing Henson Joe's clothes.

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