The Basketball Court Swordsman

In the end, Stevens still failed to make it through.

Henson's five small lineup directly disrupted Stevens's game deployment, and the terrible offensive power of that lineup also completely opened up the point difference in the game that had been worrying for a whole three quarters.

Most importantly, Stevens did not have the players who could contain the five small lineups. The Celtics do not have a behemoth inside, and cannot directly threaten the small team in the low post.

The Pacers players have excellent outside single defense capabilities, and it is not easy for the Celtics to break through. Therefore, the command to hit the basket cannot be executed efficiently.

As for the defensive end, the Celtics were helpless against the Pacers' rapid impact. After all, Humphries, Bass and Salinger are not excellent frame-protecting players.

The poor Celtics fans only watched the team's hope of winning dashed. In the first three games, they all believed that their team was the "Henson Killer". However, in the fourth quarter, Henson reminded all Celtics fans one thing.

You are now, but rebuilding the team! Is there any capital for a rebuilding team?

In the end, the score was fixed at 107 to 98, and the Celtics lost this critical "blocking battle" at home by 9 points. After allowing the Pacers to continue their five-game winning streak in February, it gave the next March a good start.

After the game, Stephenson and Henson became the people most concerned about reporters. Naturally, the reasons for Henson's attention need not be said. His unexpected changes once again played an immediate effect.

The reason why Lance Stephenson is so popular is very funny. The reporters stretched out their microphones and asked a question that made everyone laugh, "Lance, obviously you are not included in the five-small lineup, then Why did you break the news so excitedly yesterday?"

Faced with this question, Stephenson scratched his head blankly, "I'm just excited, why?"

Sure enough, you can never try to figure out what Stephenson is thinking. Others couldn't figure out his world at all.

But to be honest, Finson can be regarded as a **** assist to Henson. Because of Finsen's remarks yesterday, Stevens has always mistakenly thought that Hensen's new tactics were related to Finsen. So in Stevens's prediction, he has been guessing what tactics would use Stephenson. This led to the wrong idea from the beginning.

It turns out that Henson's new tactics have nothing to do with Stephenson. Just like last season Stephenson used trash talk and "puffing" to help the team contain James, today, this guy helped Henson confuse Stevens with his headless teammate remarks.

On the other hand, Stevens also highly praised the feasibility and practicality of the five small lineups in an interview.

"To be honest, I was squashed by Coach Henson. I had a lot of anticipation before the game, but I didn’t expect Coach Henson to send out an all-out lineup. There is no doubt that this game will continue to grow. The more teams try the five small lineups. It’s like back then, more and more teams followed Henson to play one and four minors. He always stands at the forefront of the league, he always dares to do what others can’t even think Things. And because of this, he can succeed."

Listening to Stevens, the Celtics queen commentator Sean Grande must be very uncomfortable. Even the Celtics coach recognized Henson's excellence. What can be justified for his comment?

At the end of the live broadcast of the game, Sean Grande, who was arrogant for the entire game, had to sigh, and then approached the microphone in despair, summing up the game in one sentence: "We must admit, Henry After the return of Coach Sen, the Pacers' progress will be unstoppable!"

6 consecutive victories, 48 ​​wins and 9 losses. Since Henson returned, the Pacers have not yet tasted defeat...

Now, more and more people are afraid to laugh at Henson with 70 wins. Because it seems that they really have the hope of creating miracles...

On the second day after the game, the brand-new vocabulary of "Death Five" began to appear in the news of major media.

eSPN experts believe that “Coach Henson’s five small lineup will lead to a new frenzy, and modern basketball will officially enter the small ball era!”

A T.NT basketball guest said in a program, "Vague positional division of labor, fast-paced and large-space game. I have to say that Coach Henson is changing the game of basketball."

Of course, there are also voices of opposition. For example, the more traditional Tom Thibodeau is not optimistic about the so-called "death five" style of play.

"Whether the five deaths caused the opponent's death or his own death depends entirely on whether the other side has a strong inside line. This style of play may be able to cope with some teams that do not have a tall inside line, but in general it is just a speculation. As for the so-called Leading the trend is far from it."

However, what is different from the past is that the voices of criticism are quickly drowned out by praise, and most people still talk about the "Five Deaths" to the fullest.

According to previous inertia, it should be that the voice of praise is quickly drowned out by the voice of criticism. But this time, the situation was reversed.

Few coaches and the media dared to continue to fight Henson. To put it bluntly, they were all beaten!

In the three months that Henson left, although the Pacers' record was still excellent, the defending champion seemed to have lost absolute dominance. They are more prone to failure and no longer invincible.

This has also led to the fact that the media and fans always believe that the Pacers are not so strong anymore.

But after Henson returned, he immediately corrected their illusion. The Pacers are strong and still strong. Moreover, you can change the way to be stronger!

After fighting with the Celtics, the Pacers returned to Indianapolis early the next morning. Because the Pacers will play a back-to-back at home on March 2, the opponent is the Utah Jazz, who is currently the bottom of the Western Conference.

Although the opponent is the worst in the West, the more such an opponent, the more the Pacers cannot afford to lose. Think about it, if the 70-win plan is ruined because of the bottom of the Western Conference, it will not be worthwhile. Therefore, the Pacers' preparations still cannot relax.

If it was changed to before, Henson would definitely choose to rush back overnight. But now, Henson is well aware of the harm to the body often staying up late. So in order to protect himself and other people, Henson would rather sacrifice some training time instead of rushing the trip overnight.

The next morning, as soon as he landed in Indianapolis, Henson did not go directly to the training hall or go home, but went straight to the hospital.

Today is the day for Leonard to reexamine after choosing conservative treatment.

Whether that guy's injury has improved due to his badge effect, the answer will soon be revealed.

"Boss, it was a beautiful win yesterday!" As soon as Henson saw Leonard in the hospital, the guy greeted him excitedly.

"It's as if I won a game after my return that was not beautiful. When will the results of the film come out?"

"Alright, there are still ten minutes. I think my injury is much better. If I put a bandage to fix it, I should be able to play."

"Don't worry, I won't let you rest for too long, Kawai, I still need you to charge for me. So don't worry. When the time is right, I will naturally take you off the injury list. "

"Then I... can I make the playoffs? I'm not a fool, I know my situation is complicated. What do they say? Once in 40 years..."

Seeing Leonard's frightened expression, Henson patted the guy firmly on the shoulder, "Don't worry, you will be back."

At this moment, the door of the doctor's office was opened.

"Unbelievable, unbelievable!"

As soon as the door opened, Henson heard the doctor's shout.

"Unbelievable, Kawai! This is simply amazing. We originally expected that the effect of conservative treatment would be much worse. But in fact, your fingers recovered very quickly! We just speculated that if we continue to develop in this situation . Leonard, you will be able to return to the court in more than a month!"

Leonard's eyes widened with excitement. On the face of this "facially paralyzed man", he rarely saw such emotions.

Henson, on the other hand, just smiled lightly. It's incredible, because the effect of those badges is incredible! The Pacers ushered back to Henson, which also means they ushered back to the magic!

"What am I talking about? You can definitely make the playoffs." The Chinese coach smiled mysteriously.

That night, before the start of the Pacers vs. Jazz game, the Pacers official website officially updated their injury list.

The "indefinite truce" behind Leonard's name has become "30 days" unknowingly.

From coach to player, what can a completely neat Pacer do in the playoffs?

Few people dare to think about it...