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Chapter 68 067: Who is the winner?

"Another foul. The referee's whistle seems to have never stopped in this game. This is already the fifth foul by the Pacers team. Nelson will stand on the free throw line." Before Reggie Miller finished speaking, he found that something seemed to happen on the sidelines.

It turned out that the moment the referee called Holiday a foul, Henson kicked a water bottle next to his bench.After enduring the whole game, Henson's emotions have completely exploded.In his opinion, Holiday just played a beautiful defense that couldn't be more beautiful. That good boy blocked the Magic's possibility of making a fast break!
However, it was such an excellent and tough defense that was inexplicably called a foul.And this kind of inexplicable foul has happened countless times in this game!
Frank Vogel glared at the staff behind him. The staff were also very innocent. How did he know that the head coach asked him for a water bottle not for drinking water, but for "playing football".

The water bottle smashed into the field, and everyone stood in place, even the referee was stunned for a second.Calling off NBA games for so many years, Henson may be the first head coach who dares to do so.

"Coach Henson, you'd better give me a reasonable explanation, and pay attention to your behavior in the next game!" The referee may know that he was wrong, and did not immediately give Henson a technical foul, but only a verbal warning.

Henson just opened his mouth to spout, but was pulled back by Vogel.

"I'm sorry sir, I promise that such a thing will not happen again!" Frank Vogel said a lot of good words. Henson is still young, and he is as easy to get angry as a player.But Vogel is different. He has long seen this kind of unbalanced whistle.

In fact, this has nothing to do with whether Henson is young or not. Even the wise Popovich often gets a T for insulting the referee?If a head coach has the same desire for victory as the players, then he will inevitably be emotional about unfair penalties.

"Let go of me, Frank. Let this idiot explain to me why the ball just now was a foul!" Henson didn't obey obediently, but pointed at the referee's nose behind Vogel and yelled.

The referee's face was flushed with anger, he didn't expect a young coach to dare to despise his authority!So the referee crossed his hands very seriously, and the two arms formed a letter "T", a technical foul!
"Oh, is that the only thing you can do? Fouls, endless fouls, this game has been messed up by you!" Henson was obviously dissatisfied with the penalty, and this time Vogel didn't play soft with Henson, and directly pressed him on the bench.

Although Vogel is older than Henson, he is less than 40 years old.And he used to be the captain of the basketball team in college, so it would not be too easy to deal with the former "nerd" Henson.

"Okay, Henson, the team can't lose important people!" Vogel pressed Henson's shoulder firmly and said this, and Henson calmed down.

In Vogel's view, this Pacers team is indispensable, not the leading star Granger, not the young All-Star Horford, nor Holiday, who has already made his mark in the league, and not himself, but the head coach Henson!
"It seems that Coach Henson is very dissatisfied with the referee's penalty. To be honest, the referee's whistle today is a bit strange. For the Pacers, the scale seems a bit too tight." As a commentator, Reggie Miller naturally cannot tell the truth.In order to support Howard and the Magic, the league definitely hopes that they can sit first in the Eastern Conference.This kind of thing happens not only in the playoffs, but also in the regular season.

It's just that Miller couldn't speak too bluntly, and could only mention a few words.Howard is the most popular superstar among fans, and his ability to attract money is unmatched by the entire Pacers team.Therefore, Howard's team enjoys privileges, and it is not a day or two.

In the Conseco Arena, the boos of the fans almost burst the referee's eardrums.But the referee ignored it and signaled the game to continue.

In the last 33 seconds of the game, Jamil Nelson's 2+1 and Carter's two free throws made the Pacers 4 points behind and ended their five-game winning streak.The Orlando Magic took away the game without any risk in Indianapolis.

90 to 86, although they won the ball, the Magic coach Van Gundy was actually very dissatisfied with the team's performance.After all, he didn't expect that the Magic, which is aiming for the championship, would play so hard in front of the Pacers.If it weren't for Howard's 19 free throws today, the Magic might really be about to overturn the gutter.

Made 19 of 11 free throws.With these 19 free throws, Howard scored a beautiful 25 points and 12 rebounds.And the number of free throws he made alone is one more than the total number of free throws of the Pacers team.Such an unbalanced number of free throws is enough to explain many problems.

Granger only scored 13 points in this game, which is his lowest personal scoring record this season.Granger was violated in the penalty area again and again, but he had only one chance to get to the free throw line in the whole game.This is the reason why his shooting percentage and scoring are not satisfactory.

After the game, instead of scolding the players, Henson sat in front of the tactical whiteboard and buried his face deeply between his hands.

He counted Van Gundy's reaction, and he didn't let the Magic's shooter shoot away.He restrained Howard, if you don't count those inexplicable free throws.His offensive tactics are still effective, and his players are extremely brave.The Pacers, as always, scored in double figures with five players. They played at a good level and almost pulled the Magic off the horse!

But Henson never expected that the "accidental factor" of the referee would fall on him today.

Losing for this reason made Henson a little frustrated.He and his players worked so hard, but didn't get a deserved victory.

Look at Horford's body, his chest is blue from Howard's elbow.Instead, Howard was the guy who got 19 free throws
But after the players came out of the shower, Henson straightened up again.In front of this group of young people, he must not show any weakness.If he was soft, wouldn't these little guys be hurt even more.

"Al, why are you downcast? You've done a good enough job, but that guy Howard is lucky! Look up! We're still No. [-] in the Eastern Conference." Henson patted Horford on the shoulder, and then looked at the other players whose morale was not high.

"Frank, I'll leave the locker room to you. I have to go to the press conference." After Henson finished speaking, he walked out of the locker room door.
Vogel was still happy with Henson's maturity at the beginning, but he soon realized that something was wrong.

"Press conference? Damn it!" Vogel cursed secretly.

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"Coach Henson, who do you think is the best player of the two teams in this game?" The press conference was going on normally, and many reporters gathered in the media reception room of the Conseco Arena. Because the game was very exciting, the reporters also had many questions in their stomachs.

"Our whole team performed well, and the Magic didn't have any players who I think performed well." Henson replied without hesitation, without saving face for the Magic at all.

"There are no players who make you think they performed well? But this game was won by the Magic, coach." The reporters secretly smiled. Is Henson stupid for losing?

Henson didn't smile. He sat on the stage with a serious face and pointed at the reporters.

"You, you, you, and you, are you all blind? The Magic won? No, the goddamn referees won! My players played well and I'm proud of them. As for the referees, they should be ashamed!"

When the word "shame" was said, Henson slapped the table hard.

The reporters were stunned. How dare he publicly criticize the referee at the press conference?

It seems that this coach Henson is really not a fuel-efficient lamp.

(End of this chapter)