The Basketball Court Swordsman

"Pachulia is not a dirty player, he is just trying to defend that ball." Durant defended his teammates in an interview with reporters, "This is not intentional, Henson shouldn't To accuse my teammates with unnecessary things."

"Does Henson think his own game is a bit boring? Pachulia is right, he should play his own game well. Otherwise, he won't even be able to win the Eastern Conference championship by then. He is kind of weak. Guys, just deserve to play a weak game." Draymond Green will naturally not let go of this opportunity to fight Henson.

"I don't want to make any comments, I just think everyone should focus on their own affairs." Although Klay Thompson didn't say anything radical, his dissatisfaction with Henson was revealed both inside and outside.

Sitting on the plane about to take off, Henson smiled and shook his head when he saw the Warriors players respond to him.

"It seems that I annoyed the entire Warriors team."

"They are teammates and they are playing in the playoffs. It is normal to help Pachulia out. So, don't be angry." McMillan comforted beside Henson.

Bird had given orders to the Pacers coaching staff to keep an eye on Henson's emotions. If Henson gets a heart attack again because of his anger, just ask them. Therefore, McMillan will immediately appease Henson.

"Angry? No, I'm not angry at all. Do you know what is most embarrassing for a person? Even if you are very angry, no one responds to your anger. But now you see, the Warriors are almost all The officers are dispatched, which shows that they still take me seriously. Angry? I'm too happy to have time!"

"But you do..."

"I know that in many people’s eyes, I don’t need to do this at all. As the Warriors said, I just focus on my own business. But it’s also because of this, a player like Pachulia It’s so arrogant! Someone should stand up and condemn their behavior. Others dare not tell the truth in public because of face or fear of fines, but I don’t want to follow that. This time it’s Leonard. Next time, God knows if Pachulia will stretch out his black hand to us. Do you really have to wait until your player is injured before condemning him?"

Henson said, changing his tone, "Wrong is wrong, even in this cruel alliance, some things are not allowed. Have I done less to offend the alliance and the public? Since except for Popovich No one is willing to stand up and speak up, so let me do it. Anyway, I am used to being a wicked person. I just want to make things big and get the Alliance and others to pay attention."

After speaking, Henson turned off the phone and didn't read the news again. The plane is about to take off, but there is still a big battle waiting for him in Cleveland.

Before McMillan joined the Pacers, he also thought that Henson was a real villain. But after talking to Henson today, McMillan felt that Henson was really misunderstood.

Is he a villain? No, he may be the coach who knows best what is black and what is white. But even with so many misunderstandings, Henson is still doing the right thing in his own way, without being assimilated by this league.

The black coach turned to look at the guy beside him. Your success is not unreasonable...

"Which city are you in?"

"Cleveland."

"Oh, I know, there are Cavaliers there."

The above dialogue can happen everywhere in the world. When mentioning Cleveland, the first people all over the world think of are the Cavaliers and James.

Cleveland, a small city that can walk out of the city in 20 minutes, is indeed incomparable with Miami, the "capital of the Americas".

Cleveland snows for about five months a year, and this once glorious city is as desperately cold as the climate here.

In the past, when James chose to go to Miami, Henson looked down on him.

But now, looking at the streets of Cleveland, looking at the empty streets, looking at the dilapidated factories, Henson couldn't help asking himself.

"If it were me, would I choose Miami's sunny beaches, or Cleveland's dilapidated?"

Henson found that he had no way to answer this question. Therefore, he now has no way to condemn James's move to Miami.

And in this city with a very high crime rate and only about 400,000 people, the only ones left are the Cavaliers and James.

What is the concept of 400,000 people in a city? According to Henson's online information, the population of one of Asia's largest communities in Guiyang, Guizhou, China, exceeds 500,000.

In other words, there are more people in a community than in a city in Cleveland combined.

This is Cleveland, dilapidated, cold but hopeful, and this is Henson's next battlefield.

After leading the players into the hotel where they stayed, the Pacers bus was madly blocked by reporters. When Henson got out of the car, the reporters pounced on Henson like a hungry wolf seeing its prey.

There is no doubt that the war of words between Henson and the Warriors players has been extremely heated.

But this time, Henson did not speak in front of reporters. He knew exactly when he should spit trash and when he should do business. This is Cleveland. If you don't prepare well for the game, the Pacers won't be able to eat.

The Warriors had already suffered this loss last year. The price they paid for this was an O'Brien Cup.

So this time, Henson did not talk nonsense with the reporters. As soon as I settled in the hotel, I began to arrange an afternoon training program. He knew very well that LeBron James was not the kind of person who would give up lightly. Tomorrow's game, the Cavaliers are bound to pounce. Whether it can stand it will be a turning point in this round of the series.

After the players had a nap, Henson led everyone to the Quicken Loans Center Arena for training. Henson was still focusing on his own affairs and was not distracted by the Warriors' counterattacks. As a professional "sprinkler", Henson knew. Only victory is your capital.

For the confrontational training this afternoon, Henson made a very strange request to everyone.

"Paul, George and Antetokounmpo, I won't allow you to shoot for this afternoon's training."

When Henson said this, everyone was stunned. As the three star players of the Pacers, they can't actually make shots in training?

"You can defend, you can pass, you can break through, and you can even sleep on the court. But unless you face an empty basket, you won't be able to shoot. So, other boys. Let go of your hands and feet, it's time for you to stand up. "

The players looked at each other, scratching their heads in confusion. Although Henson's request was strange, everyone followed suit after the training began.

Since Antetokounmpo, CP3, and George can't take a shot if they are not open, their powerful personal abilities are naturally nowhere to be used. And this also leads to other role players have to find ways to solve the problem by themselves.

As a result, Henson saw Bogdanovic’s brave three-pointers again and again, saw Oladipo charge like a leader, saw Brook Lopez’s long-lost inside strike, and saw Stephenson’s agility. Breaking through, saw Siakam's aggressiveness on both ends of the offense and defense...

After the whole training was played, the attacking desire of the role players was mobilized. When they can no longer rely on the star, their strength will be explored to the maximum.

In the end, at the end of the adversarial training, Paul, George and Antetokounmpo’s data were 0 points, 5 points and 2 points, respectively, while Oladipo’s 13 points and Bogdanovic’s 15 points were 2 points. The team has the highest score.

Seeing such training results, Henson smiled with satisfaction.

"Remember the feeling of this training game. Tomorrow, I need all of you to bring this state to the arena. As long as we win tomorrow's game again, believe me, we are equivalent to entering the finals. Okay. , Today’s training ends here. Everyone will go back and have a good rest. No one is allowed to go out fooling around tonight."

Henson finished speaking and disbanded the team. Today's work ends here.

McMillan walked up to Becky Harmon a little puzzled, he really couldn't understand Henson's behavior.

"why?"

"What and why?" Harmon looked at McMillan in surprise.

"Why didn't he let the stars take action, but instead let the role players dominate the game?"

Becky Harmon smiled, it seems that McMillan doesn't know Henson enough.

"Tomorrow, the Clevelands will fight their backs. Therefore, there is a high probability that they will explode. In that case, Paul, George and Yangnis alone cannot resist the Cavaliers' strength. But if, we too How about a collective explosion?"

Hearing what Becky Harmon said, McMillan nodded thoughtfully. Today, Henson has trained the confidence and state of all role players. Tomorrow, even if the Cavaliers explode collectively, the Pacers will be able to cope.

That guy seemed to be dismissive of the Cavaliers, but in fact, he was well prepared. While having to fight with Warriors players, he also has to deal with Cavaliers. Henson is a veritable two-line battle.

That sentence appeared in McMillan's heart at this time, his success is not without reason.