The Basketball Court Swordsman

On March 6, 2014, just one day after the Pacers defeated the Golden State Warriors at home, the defending champion defeated the Charlotte Bobcats at home without any suspense.

While retaining Kemba Walker, the quasi-star player, the Bobcats also spent a lot of money this summer to introduce the former "Yao Ming killer" Al Jefferson, and they have a more mature and highly anticipated Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. In the middle of the season, he also got the Spurs veteran through a trade, which caused Henson to have a headache for Gary Neal.

It seems that Jordan seems to want his team to have a qualitative rise.

Facts have proved that Jordan's investment was not in vain. Last season, the Bobcats were second to last in the Eastern Conference. And so far this year, the Bobcats have secured the seventh or eighth place in the Eastern Conference. As long as the Bobcats do not have injuries and major changes in the next month and a half, they will be eligible for the playoffs as they wish.

However, in the relatively small competition in the East, wanting to reach the playoffs is actually not very demanding on record. So far this season, the Bobcats' record is only 27 wins and 33 losses. This result is placed in the west, and it is definitely not in the top eight.

Therefore, although the Bobcats are now a playoff-level team, the gap between them and the Pacers is huge.

In this game, Al Jefferson scored 34 points and Kemba Walker also scored 19 points. However, the Bobcats still lost 87 to 109.

Although Al Jefferson has various offensive methods, defense has always been his weakness. To be honest, defense is the biggest reason why Al Jefferson could not grow into a first-tier star in the league.

In the case of Al Jefferson's defense is not strong, the Pacers frequently attacked the inside to succeed. A wave of 13-0 in the third quarter took away the game.

It stands to reason that there is nothing to talk about in this game. When people saw that the Pacers opponent was a weak Bobcats, everyone almost guessed that it would be the result.

But today, there are two special points that make the game a lot of attention.

First, it was discovered that in today's game, Henson repeatedly put Frank Vogel in charge. In many cases, Henson even let Vogel arrange the rotation and offense.

Second, after this game, Henson has ushered in his ninth consecutive victory after his return! In other words, if the Pacers win the next game, then Henson will usher in a landmark 10-game winning streak after his return!

These two points are special, so the enthusiasm of the reporters is still high after the game. Of course, everyone is not concerned about the game itself.

In the next game, the Pacers need to rush to Houston to play a back-to-back match. Their opponents naturally formed the "Magic" combination. This season, the Houston Rockets have made a big hit in the West and achieved the fourth place in the West. Henson guessed that at today's press conference, there must be a lot of people blowing rockets wildly, and then asked if they were afraid.

However, contrary to what Henson predicted, the reporters became quite "cooperative" at today's press conference.

"Coach Henson, will you give your players a day off to celebrate after the team has won ten consecutive victories tomorrow?"

"How many points do you think the Pacers will win tomorrow? Double digits or single digits?"

"Can you tell me what the Rockets have? How far do you think Harden and Howard can go in the playoffs?"

Facing the reporters who suddenly "changed their faces", Henson looked dumbfounded. Getting accustomed to being scolded, being scorned, and now suddenly becoming the one that is valued, Henson is still a little uncomfortable.

However, it is true that the Pacers have won two consecutive championships, and they have recently won a wave of 9-game winning streaks, which directly put the Miami Heat's arrogance to "retake the number one in the Eastern Conference" stranded. If anyone still dares to despise the walkers, it is either stupid or stupid.

On the other hand, the Rockets, although currently ranked fourth in the Western Conference, although sitting on two superstars Harden and Howard, but this season has been problematic and the results are also fluctuating.

Under such conditions, the media who were swollen by Henson and the Pacers no longer dare to sensationalize. Like Henson said, they now have to admit that the Pacers are strong.

After getting off the plane at night and arriving at the hotel where he stayed in Houston, Henson also found that almost all media were more optimistic about the Pacers' ability to win. As if the game hadn't started, the Rockets had become vulnerable.

Because I don't dare to stay up late now, I haven't read more news after I stayed in the hotel. Therefore, the Chinese coach missed an explosive topic...

Henson slept until he woke up on time at 8 o'clock the next morning. Due to the need to protect his body, Henson did not have to ensure adequate sleep. If he sleeps late, he will force himself to wake up later the next day.

Open the curtains, even in Texas, there is not much sunshine in March. The weather here will not improve until April, reaching its peak in June.

As for why Henson is so clear, nonsense, last season's Finals, Henson and his team played in Texas.

After washing, Henson went down to the dining room for breakfast. Because it was not too early, when Henson went down, many people from the team were already dining.

Among them are players, coaches, equipment managers and other people of all kinds. Each of them greets Henson when he sees him, and Henson nods his head in response.

It feels like the principal who always inspected between each floor when he was in school...

After taking two slices of fried eggs and a sausage, Henson sat in his seat and prepared to eat. But then I realized that not far ahead, Stephenson, Horford, Anderson, George and Jimmy Butler were gathering together and discussing something intensely. Henson thought they were arguing, so scared he hurried over.

But after I got closer, I realized that my worries were unnecessary. The Pacers' locker room still has no problems. The object of these guys' discussions is the current Rockets center Dwight Howard.

"This idiot, I want him to taste the power of dark elbow!" Stephenson said, moving his arm.

"Tsk tusk tusk, does he really think he can lead the team to the finals now?" Jimmy Butler shook his head with disgust.

"Hey, why is it him again." Horford held his forehead in distress.

"Hey, what are you looking at?" It wasn't until Henson yelled that the players realized that the Chinese coach was approaching.

At this time, Henson found that these guys were gathering around a mobile phone squared on the table. And on the phone, it seems that Howard was interviewed.

"Boss, did you see this video last night?" Stephenson raised his phone and hovered in front of Henson.

Henson shook his head. He fell asleep early yesterday and didn't have time to care about any of Howard's comments.

It can be seen from the phone screen that Howard was interviewed in the training ground of the Toyota Center. Presumably, the interview should take place during the media opening hours of the afternoon.

"D. Howard, what do you think of tomorrow's game against the Pacers? As far as I know, most people think you are not dominant. Even if you have won 42 games this season and are ranked in the West. fourth."

"I know I know that this season someone has been saying that we can't win this one, and that we can't beat that. But the fact is that we just defeated the Miami Heat a few days ago. In that game, I scored 22 points and 16 rebounds. That's right, another double-double stat. As it happened, before that game, no one was optimistic about us either."

"You mean, can you win the game tomorrow at home?"

"No," Howard shook his head, "I mean, Coach Henson had better keep his small eyes wide open, because Uncle Dwight will show him how tough the space city is!" Howard said, His muscles were shown in front of the camera.

Perhaps in Howard's view, this is a joke. But in the eyes of Henson and the rest of the Pacers, this is a serious humiliation involving race!

Henson shook his head. Finally, the media learned to be smart, but there were still people who came up to "send death".

Sure enough, in the afternoon, the reporters immediately entangled Henson on this issue. However, Henson was still not irritable, just said coldly.

"I am a polite person. I will listen and remember every word that others say to me. But only if that sentence has at least a little meaning! Dwight Howard doesn't have to feel for his words. I'm sorry, because in a few hours, he will find that his stubbornness is meaningless."

It seems that tonight, Houston is destined to bleed.