The Basketball Court Swordsman

The Washington Wizards' game with the Chicago Bulls ended early. They defeated the Thibodeau Bulls in the third game of the series and got the match point. If the Wizards can advance, it will be the first time they have reached the second round of the playoffs since the 04-05 season. And the opponent they will face in the second round of the series is the defending champion Pacers!

Although the Wizards are about to eliminate the Bulls inconceivably and become the first dark horse of the year, the Wizards coach Randy Whitman seems not interested in his team's victory.

? Compared with the Bulls, Whitman is more concerned about the confrontation between the Pacers and the Eagles at this time. After the team's training today, Whitman did not accept reporters and did not attend the press conference. Instead, he went straight back to the locker room and turned on the TV to watch the live broadcast of the fourth game between the Pacers and the Eagles.

Randy Whitman is a native of Indianapolis. He graduated from Indiana University and started his coaching career as an assistant coach for the Pacers. He is very nostalgic for his hometown, but he didn't expect to return to his hometown in this way one day. ?

Even more unexpectedly, an Asian "half man" coach who was once little-known actually created a golden age for the Pacers.

? When Whitman turned on the TV, the game was already in the third quarter. It can be seen that the Eagles are still desperately resisting, they hope to save some face in Atlanta. However, the score has gradually approached double digits. At this time, Henson once again replaced the "death defense" lineup.

The camera gave Budenhorse a close-up of his face. The former Spurs assistant coach looked pale and seemed to see something terrifying.

Whitman's fingers kept tapping on the table, and he was meditating on how to deal with the Pacers' death defense lineup. Is it to use Wall to get hard? Or do you rely on Bradley Beal to attack from the outside?

Does Whitman want to win? He really didn't dare to think. The Wizards are very lucky to reach the second round of the series this year. Think about it if it wasn't for the Bulls to run into injury risks again, the Wizards might still be able to pass the first round.

But there is always a dream, what if it comes true? What's more, Whitman doesn't want his team to be beaten faceless like the Hawks.

Even if he and the Wizards want to lose, they don't want to lose so thoroughly.

However, after watching for a few minutes, Randy Whitman found that he didn't seem to have found any way to crack the "death defense" lineup. Everyone in Henson's lineup had outstanding defensive abilities, whether it was inside or outside or on the wings. , You can't find any space.

And even if you find a way to crack the "death defense", Whitman believes that Henson, who has outstanding commanding ability on the spot, will not sit still.

He was horrified to find that even if he studied the walkers in advance, he seemed to be doing useless work.

???????? At this point, the Wizards training has ended. Because he was about to deal with the Pacers, Whitman practiced harder. Usually, training ends at night.

The players rushed into the locker room. Although the training was very hard, everyone was very happy. Wall grinned and raised his hands high and danced in the dressing room. Ariza sat in front of his cabinet with a bright smile on his face. Nei Nei called his family, and "Polish Hammer" Gortat was playing innocent and colorful jokes with Bill.

They really deserve to be happy, after all, they are about to go to the second round of the playoffs.

"Everyone is in very good condition today. I think tomorrow, we might not let the Bulls score more than 70 points!" Whitman's assistant and Wizards chief assistant Don Newman was as excited as the young guys.

He couldn't wait to see Thibodeau's face flushed with anger after losing the series. To defeat the Bulls led by Thibodeau in the playoffs, Don Newman couldn't even think of this kind of thing before. Now that things that I can't even think about have become reality, can you not be excited?

However, Whitman ignored everyone's enthusiasm. He just sat coldly in front of the TV, staring at the game on the screen.

"Look, Newman, the Hawks have not scored for several minutes. I really don't know how to crack their defense." Whitman pointed to the screen. In his opinion, the Wizards' defense and the Pacers' Compared with defense, there is no reason to be thankful.

"Why, did the game reach the second quarter?" Don Newman took a serious look at the score. The Eagles had only 45 points in the account at this time, and they were already 13 points behind.

"Second quarter? Almost half of the third quarter, buddy. That's right, the Pacers let the Hawks play in three quarters and scored two quarters. The Hawks are over, buddy. They don't even mention winning. , But can’t even play a decent game. I don’t want us to become like this, I don’t want us to become like this.”

Whitman shook his head while looking at the screen. Undoubtedly, before the Eastern Conference semifinals started, the native Indianapolis had already fallen into the panic created by Henson. For the first time, he was afraid of his hometown team!

When a head coach can influence his opponent before the game starts, he is often invincible.

After all, basketball is still a game that scores more goals and scores more than anyone else. Offense will always be ahead of defense. For those coaches or basketball enthusiasts who are obsessed with defense, the ultimate defense in their minds is to be able to turn passive into active, and the defensive side can truly take advantage of the offensive in the confrontation.

And Henson's death defense undoubtedly did this. In the face of the Eagles who have no offensive strengths, they have team defenses to contain the team offense, with terrible single defense and assist defense, to contain the average shooting division of the Eagles. Use the defense to make a quick counterattack and get the chance to score easily.

Using defense to attack, I believe this is a situation that countless defensive coaches dream of.

In the Phillips Arena, the Pacers told the world what it means to have no way for the opponent to go, no entry, no retreat.

And with this defense, the Pacers lasted a whole series. A guy as smart as Budenhorse has nothing to do with Henson's collective defense.

? This will be the most memorable round of the Atlanta Hawks player's career. Four nightmarish games have made the eyes of all the Hawks extremely dim.

No, not just the players. Even Budenhorse lost the brilliance and self-confidence he had before the series began.

In the end, the score of this game was fixed at 98 to 78. The Eagles were defeated like a mountain. The fourth game of the series, which was originally hoped to save face, turned out to be the worst.

The shadow brought by the 20-point difference shrouded the sky over Atlanta. Budenhorse looked at the Pacers players celebrating on the court and Henson Joe who was about to walk over to shake hands with him. He didn't know what to do.

He shook hands with Henson mechanically, and Henson said a few words to him, but Budenhorse hadn't heard what the Chinese said. Before he knew it, a bunch of reporters had already gathered around Budenhorse, facing a microphone and a lens, Budenhorse finally recovered.

"Coach, tell me your opinion on this round of the series!"

Facing the reporter, Budenhorse licked his dry lips. His eyes were blurred, as if he hadn't fully recovered.

After a long time, Budenhorse finally said: "Views? For a short time, I doubted whether I could coach an NBA-level team. What Henson Joe brought was not a game, but a terrible one. Nightmare. Fortunately, the nightmare is over."

"Hiss!" Looking at Budenhorse who answered the reporter's question on the TV screen, Randy Whitman suddenly felt that the wind was blowing, making him shiver.

Yes, the nightmare of Budenhorse and the Eagles is over. They were eliminated by the defending champion with a total score of 4-0. And in four games, there was no point difference less than double digits.

And this also means that the nightmare of Washington Wizards and Randy Whitman is about to begin!

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