basketball player

Chapter 74 073: Where is my superstar?

Henson was selected by Bird as the head coach of the Pacers not only because he was smart and accurate.Also because from the very beginning, Byrd could see that Henson was not a good guy.To be precise, Henson was definitely not a good guy to his enemies.

When Riley saw Wade get a technical foul because of his rage, the first person he paid attention to was not Stephenson, but the Chinese coach who just whispered in Stephenson's ear.

He has only led the team to play for less than a month, has he already made the players so obedient?

Fast-paced offense, endless victories. Riley touched his chin, seeming to think of himself when he was coaching the Lakers.But what Riley needs to worry about now is how to deal with reporters later.

After all, 24 hours ago, he said the Pacers had nothing to worry about.But now, the Heat were completely killed by the Pacers.

The Heat's counter-offensive momentum was broken the moment Wade received a technical foul.In the following games, the Heat, whose morale was depressed, became more and more chaotic, while the Pacers took advantage of the opportunity of the opponent's depression to expand the score.

Halfway through the fourth quarter, only half of the fans in the American Airlines Center were still seated.No one could have imagined that a team with James, Wade and Bosh at the same time would be beaten into garbage time early by others.

Riley had to be alert at this time, maybe the Heat's opponents this season are not just the Bulls and Celtics.

When the buzzer sounded at the end of the game, the score was fixed at 93 to 77, with the away team ahead and the home team behind.Judging from the results of today's game, the Heat were beaten by Rudy Gay at the buzzer in the last game, which is not a shame at all!

"16 points difference! The amazing Henson Joe once again led the team to play a miraculous game! Before the game started, few people thought that the Pacers could win the game, and it was even more impossible for anyone to think that they could beat the Heat by as much as 16 points!" Kevin Harlan did not hide his surprise. Henson's highly targeted arrangement made the Heat completely helpless.

Before the game started, all the reporters gathered around the Heat's half court.After the game, the situation was completely reversed.Although there are not many reporters who are qualified to enter the arena for interviews after each game, Henson is still a little proud when he sees the microphones in front of him.

Wade looked at the young Pacers coach from a distance, and the asshole Stephenson who made himself a technical foul.

In the game, he made 13 of 1 shots, 4 of 0 three-pointers, and 5 of 1 free throws. He only scored 38 points in 3 minutes. For Wade, this game was definitely the most humiliating night in his career.Due to the serious injury attack, Wade himself had to play with injuries.However, the injury to his left wrist made "The Flash" completely powerless today.

In fact, a few years ago, Wade also experienced a similar embarrassment. In a December 2004 game against the Wizards, Wade shot 12 percent.But in that game, Wade only took 0 shots. In 4, against his hometown team, the Chicago Bulls, Wade swallowed the ball for the second time, but that was because Wade was injured and retired after only one quarter of the game.

Like today, he played for a full 38 minutes and took as many as 13 shots, but his shooting percentage was still in single digits. Wade had never experienced it before.

Of course, the loss of this game is not only due to Wade.The Heat's substitute players added up to only 4 points in the entire game, which is also one of the reasons why the Heat were slaughtered.However, "new friends" such as the Indiana Pacers, Henson Joe, and Lance Stephenson still left a deep impression on Wade.

"This game is a shame for us. We will meet again in the future. At that time, we will definitely let each other see what the real Miami Heat should look like." At the press conference, Wade's tone revealed unwillingness.The "Flash", who is used to ups and downs, is rarely so excited because of a regular season loss. It seems that Henson and his bastard players really annoyed the owner of Miami.

After the Miami game, the Indiana Pacers became famous. 10 wins and 2 losses. During the period, they defeated the Spurs, Nuggets and Heat. Among them, the two games against the Nuggets and the Heat were still massacres with a big difference!Their fast-paced, high-shooting offense began to impress everyone.

And Henson has also become the head coach who has appeared in the news headlines the most recently, and even Popovich hasn't had such a big exposure recently.

Of course, Henson's reputation in the media is still not very good.The picture of him whispering in Stephenson's ear was captured and became the main basis for the major media to criticize him.After all, just 1 minute after Henson whispered in Stephenson's ear, Wade received a technical foul because of Stephenson, which caused the Heat's momentum of chasing points to stop.

It's hard not to think that Stephenson was acting on Henson's orders.

"A manager who is keen to use dirty tricks usually doesn't end well."

"If it weren't for the Heat's injuries, the Indiana would not be able to retreat in Miami!"

"Stephenson and Henson are a pair of demons!"

Yellow skin is not welcome in this league, not to mention Henson's rising speed is still so fast.But Henson didn't care, as long as he could win, what's wrong with being a devil?

For the rest of November, the Pacers beat the Cavaliers but lost to the Lakers and Thunder.Fortunately, after the two-game losing streak, the Pacers immediately defeated the Sacramento Kings and stopped the bleeding. 11 wins and 2 losses, the results are not too bad.

However, the two games lost to the Thunder and the Lakers still left a deep impression on Henson.

On November 11, the Pacers lost only 26 points to the Thunder.The Pacers still played a beautiful offense, with 4 players in the team scoring in double figures, and Granger, as the leader, set an example and scored 5 points.However, as Holiday's college senior, Westbrook's 30 points ruined this otherwise beautiful night.

Westbrook only made one three-pointer in this game, but he relied on his abnormal physical fitness to hit the basket all night!That allowed Westbrook to attempt 18 free throws in an individual win in Indianapolis.

In this game, the total shooting percentage of the Pacers is obviously higher than that of the Thunder.But the Thunder relied on the outstanding performance of their stars to stabilize the situation.

Two days later in Los Angeles, Henson watched as the No. 24 "Viper" scored 45 points on his own despite the Lakers' poor form.

In order to fight against the Lakers, Henson has stayed up late these days.After all, the opponent is the defending champion, and it is impossible to defeat them without putting in some effort.

Henson's tactics were also very successful, limiting Gasol's shooting percentage to just 33 percent.Let the "Almighty Warrior" Odom only get 13 points, and Artest, who likes to mess around when his head is hot, made 5 of 1 shots.

However, Henson just failed to stop the "Black Mamba".Because even in the face of double teams with Matthews and Green, that damn No. 24 can always make the ball.

Like the previous loss to the Thunder, the Pacers had a higher team shooting percentage than the Lakers.But relying on Kobe's outstanding performance, the Lakers abruptly won the game by 3 points.

Although Henson was able to push the two Western Conference teams into desperation, it was already very remarkable, but the inability to win the final victory still made Henson a little disappointed.

He summed up the reasons for the losses in these two games. His tactics are fine, and the performance of the players is fine.The problem is that the Pacers don't have a star like Kobe and Westbrook.

Holiday and George haven't really grown up yet, and Horford and Granger are still some distance away from top stars.Henson was very helpless, not knowing where his superstar was.

Fortunately, at the end of November, the Pacers defeated the Sacramento Kings and stopped their two-game losing streak in time, which made Henson feel a little better.

After returning home from Sacramento to Indianapolis, Henson found a stack of documents and a video in the mailbox at his door.There is no doubt that these things must have been sent to him by Stephen Silas.

The experience of working with Silas made Henson very appreciative of Silas's vision.After all, Silas has been engaged in basketball for decades and has a good judgment on people.Sometimes Henson couldn't help but wonder if Silas also had a data analysis module in his mind.So Henson asked Silas to send him regular profiles of noteworthy rookies.

Taking out the rookie information sent by Silas, Henson glanced at the cover.It has the rookie's name written on it, as well as a photo with no expression on it.

"Kawhi Leonard." Henson pouted, the name was a bit confusing.

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