The Basketball Court Swordsman

Two hours before the start of the game, Henson felt extremely pleased with the players' state on the training ground. Although the Pacers have experienced two hard fights in the past two days, the physical condition of the players at this time is not as unbearable as expected.

This is mainly due to two points. First, as the season progresses, the players' bodies have begun to adapt to high-intensity games, and their physical reserves have improved a lot at the beginning of the season. The second point is much simpler. Henson has the badge of reduced accumulated fatigue.

Therefore, for tonight's game, Henson is still very confident. As long as the Pacers don't miss the key ball due to lack of energy at the end of the fourth quarter, even the Hawks can't imagine soaring in Indianapolis.

Of course, Henson didn't let the players practice too hard before the game started. After running several tactics, Henson stopped all training.

"Save all your strength to beating your opponent!" said the Chinese coach in a floral suit.

At 7:30 in the evening on February 16, the Conseco Arena was already crowded. Although the players and coaches have not yet played, the reporters are already busy.

Behind the Pacers bench, people found coach Henson's college girlfriend. Wearing a leather jacket and leather pants, she not only showed her proud leg length, but also made her look youthful.

Just as the reporters focused their cameras on An Jiali, who was on the line, the Pacers players came out.

This group of tall and strong men immediately robbed An Jiali from the limelight. After all, on the basketball court, basketball is the number one theme.

But just a few seconds later, the cameras of the on-site photographers turned again.

I saw Coach Henson walked out of the player tunnel last, his face extremely serious. Most importantly, he wore a very dazzling floral suit. Countless people suddenly remembered that Coach Henson was only 32 years old!

"Hahahahaha, what!?" On the commentary stage, O'Neal was directly amused by Henson's clothes.

"What kind of dress is this? Does Coach Henson think that today is All-Star Weekend?" Kenny Smith also stared, because let alone the head coach, even the commentator didn't wear such a suit.

Henson ignored the exclamation from the stands and the fans who had silently pulled out their phones. He walked to the bench and greeted An Jiali.

"Hey, you are so cool tonight!" An Jiali reached out across the bench to help Henson tidy up the collar.

"Oh, oh oh oh oh! Oh my god, this is so showy!" O'Neal laughed and covered his eyes. Henson is probably the first coach to show off on the court.

"Come on, everyone is watching you."

"Don't worry, I can't let my old friend Drew down." After speaking, Henson turned around, but found that many players on the court were staring at him. Seeing that he turned around, he immediately turned his head to practice.

"Coach Henson's appearance before the game, I don't know how many singles a crit. Hey, the Eagles played."

Kenny Smith was talking, and Larry Drew took his players to warm up.

Although there were sporadic boos from the stands when the Hawks entered the game, Larry Drew was very confident. The coach, who is 22 years older than Henson, has already had an experience of beating the Pacers. As long as he can stop those few ball-free runs on the offensive end, it will not be difficult to win the Pacers.

Of course, the old coach did not know that the reason why he was not booed by the Pacers fans was not because of how terrible his team was, but because the fans were attracted by the fancy Henson, the visiting team who hadn't paid attention at all. Has appeared on the court.

It wasn't until Drew turned his head and glanced at the other half that he found Henson's eye-catching dress.

"What a clown!" Drew muttered to himself, expecting the game to start soon.

After half an hour of simple warm-up, the Conseco Arena has become full of people. The last game of the back-to-back schedule, after just fighting the Heat, everyone hopes that the Pacers can stick to it and win.

But when Larry Drew was interviewed on the sidelines, he appeared very confident: "This is the fifth game of the Pacers in a week, 7 days and 5 games. Even a hard-hitting team will feel tired. In order to win, I don’t mind making good use of this."

Drew was not smirking, with an expression of victory. Henson is that no matter how many ghost ideas, it is impossible to solve the team's physical problems.

What the Hawks have to do today is very simple, to stabilize the score in the first three quarters and not allow the Pacers to fight back quickly. In the last quarter, when the Pacers were the most tired, give them a fatal blow!

It's that simple to beat Henson Joe!

"Don't worry, you must control your mistakes! But if the opponent makes a mistake or fails to retreat, you will find a counterattack as soon as possible!" Before the game started, Henson also emphasized the precautions again.

He can probably predict Drew's calculations, so he certainly won't let him do it. Fight for the first three quarters of the game to gain an advantage, the last quarter let the Eagles exhausted!

In this way, the two coaches who had been talking to each other for a long time before the game finally started their fighting.

The referee blew his whistle and the duel between the two enemies officially began!

Since Horford moved to the Pacers, Georgia center Zaza Pachulia has become Atlanta's starting fifth.

Pachulia averaged 7.8 points and 7.9 rebounds per game this season, and he seems to have just passed. However, the biggest feature of Georgians is not his data, but his toughness. Or to use Henson's evaluation: "That's dirty."

In the last battle between the two sides, Stephenson and Pachulia had some quarrels. Fortunately, Henson warned in time that the matter did not expand and did not cause any impact.

At the beginning of the game, this seemingly refined but dirty white center won the first strike for the Eagles.

Eagles young guard Jeff Teague pushed forward slowly and opened Larry Drew's first offense.

Speaking of Jeff Teague, Henson was very optimistic about him when he was drafted. Once, this young man was also one of Henson's key observation targets.

After the Pacers got Hinrich, Teague's playing time also increased. This season, he has become the Hawks' unyielding starting master, averaging 12.6 points and 5 assists per game.

Speaking of which, Old Drew has to thank Henson. Had it not been for Henson to take Hinrich, how could Teague's potential rookie come to the fore?

Although Teague played some good performances this season, he has played three consecutive games and scored 20+ points. But with Paul watching him, Henson was not worried at all.

Sure enough, under Paul's entanglement, Teague did not hold the ball much. Just approaching the three-point line, Teague handed the ball to the Hawks' leading scorer, "Eagle King" Joe Johnson.

The Hawks gave up Horford for the sake of Joe Johnson's big contract. Johnson has lived up to expectations and has always been the Hawks' highest scoring player per game.

Today, Johnson's offensive desire is very strong. After catching the ball, he was a butterfly piercing, a sudden change of direction to break through George, and then a jump shot from the middle distance.

"Joe Johnson, iconic singles!"

"Snapped!"

As soon as Kenny Smith's voice fell, there was a crisp sound on the court. It turned out that it was an aggressive George who used his arm length to block Joe Johnson's shot from behind!

It was just a bitter for Horford, and George's blocking made the basketball hit Horford's face firmly. Horford inexplicably used his face to "pass" the ball into Paul's hands.

Paul didn't bother to observe how sad Horford's face was, and turned around to launch a counterattack!

"But if the other party makes a mistake or fails to retreat in time, they will find a counterattack as soon as possible!" Henson's words Paul can always keep in mind, catch counterattack, catch counterattack...

The Hawks' retreat is not unpleasant. As Henson's old opponent, Drew cannot ignore the Pacers' quick counterattack.

Although the blocking appeared very suddenly, when Paul wanted to pass, there were already three Eagles players in front.

But in the middle of the seam, Paul caught a glimpse of George who was inserted immediately after the cover. So Paul jumped up and hit it hard! The basketball moves through the crowd at a very fast speed and is sent straight to George!

"It's beautiful! But... how did this ball pass!?" Kenny Smith, who explained the game, only saw the basketball appearing in George's hands with the afterimage of the basketball for an instant, and the latter easily Completed the Pacers' first offense with a one-handed buckle.

Even the camera can't capture what route Paul used to pass the basketball through the three-person hit to George. The ball is too fast, and the angle is indeed too tricky.

"What's the situation!?" Drew's eyes widened, and he looked up at the big screen of the scene, ready to watch the replay of the ball.

However, there was no playback on the big screen, and the shot was given to Henson. What Drew saw was the expression of the fancy young handsome applauding triumphantly.

There are two Pauls. Isn’t it easy to catch you and fight back?