The Basketball Court Swordsman

Not only did Henson's unpleasant remarks didn't make the players feel disgusted, but instead gave them a shot in the heart. Brad Stevens had told him before that everyone's character also determined his fate to a certain extent.

Daniel Granger was suffocating after returning from his injury, eager to prove that he is a true star with victory and gorgeous statistics.

Zhu Holledi is the same. He knows that he can do better than he is now. He knows that he must trust Henson, so he is training frantically every day, waiting for his own opportunity.

For these players, what Henson has to do is to keep them angry, too gentle, but fail to stimulate their potential.

For another group of old ball hooligans in the team, Henson's sentence "No one will spend money to buy a pile of shit" undoubtedly sounded the alarm for them. Although Henson's words are not sound, the Pacers' results this year are indeed very bad. During the time when Daniel Granger was absent, the pot could not be pushed all to O'Brien. The veterans in the team did not play a leading role, which is also one of the reasons for the team's poor record.

In order to make themselves worthy, in order to continue to have millions of dollars, they must seize the time of the last ten games! Troy Murphy, Earl Watson, Brandon Rush, Mike Dunleavy, Dunleavy, Dengtai Jones... these guys' careers are far from the end, if they can, of course they I hope I can sign a big contract in the future.

For these various reasons, the Pacers were temporarily crushed by Henson. It doesn’t matter what it is like before this season. The important thing is that everyone wants to win as many games as possible in the last dozen games.

These two days of training have been carried out in accordance with Henson's plan, and every player has the opportunity to carry out their favorite and best training projects. The defensive training has not been abolished, but the practice time is appropriate, which will not bore the players, but also has a training effect. The increase in ball training has greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of the players, especially Holiday and Granger, these two guys can't wait to show their skills in the next game.

On March 16, the morning of the Pacers' game against the Bobcats, the coaching staff got together as usual for a small tactical meeting. Today's meeting mainly determined one thing-during the game, O'Brien had to adopt Henson's tactical suggestions, and Henson also had the right to advise O'Brien.

The coaching staff almost unanimously agreed to this decision, Henson also took out his own tactical record book that he carefully studied for many days based on the team and handed it to O'Brien.

O'Brien held the notebook with the black leather cover, as if hugging the Bible. I hope his career can be redeemed!

After training in the morning, the players all went to take a nap and didn't wake up until the afternoon to prepare to warm up. When you returned to the locker room after warming up for the first round, the players were surprised to find that it was not O’Brien who was "we must pay attention to defense" all day to write and draw on the tactical whiteboard, but just yesterday. They scolded the Chinese teaching assistant.

Where's O'Brien? He was sitting next to the tactical whiteboard, like a pupil in class.

Seeing this, Holledi couldn't help showing his white teeth, and Henson did not lie to himself! Everything will be fine.

"Charlotte Bobcats, seventh in the East. Their biggest problem is that they have lost the two Titans Gerald Wallace and Tyson Chandler. What we have to do is to frequently attack the inside, but keep the two. A shooter responds from the outside. If the opponent shrinks the defense, then I hope the shooters can seize the opportunity. Having said that, I will arrange the starting lineup for this game."

Seeing that everyone was here, Henson began to lay out the tactical ideas for this game. This is a privilege given to him by O'Brien, he can arrange everything before the start of the game.

"Starting point guard, Holiday." Henson took out a small note and began to read the name on it.

Holledi almost couldn't help jumping up, but in the end he controlled his emotions and body.

"Shooting guard, Mike Dunleavy. Listen, the guard line is our protection from beyond the three-point line. If you get an open chance, hold on first, don't worry, and then give me a basketball into the **** basket!"

"Small forward, Brandon Rush." ​​Henson continued, but Daniel Granger was taken aback. what 's wrong? Why can't I make a starter? But soon Henson said Granger's name.

"Power forward, Daniel Granger. Roy, you play center. I don't need you to do anything else. Protect me the rim and do my best to protect the rim, just like your woman!"

Hibbert scratched his head shyly, and there was a burst of laughter in the locker room.

"Don’t worry if you don’t have a starter, don’t relax. I promise, my plan requires everyone’s participation. This is our home court, guys! Do you hear the cheers coming from outside!? Even with our results The **** has become like this, and the fans are still resolutely supporting us. They treat us as heroes, so don’t let them down! Now, let’s all go out to warm up. Let the Bobcats guys see, Indianapolis Whose domain is Si!"

"Roar!" Granger roared and led everyone out of the locker room. Frank Vogel was stunned. How long hasn't the Pacers' locker room been so passionate? From the beginning of last season to the present, Vogel has experienced only lifelessness and successive failures. But now, everything seems to be different.

"Jim, let's go, the players can't live without the coach." Henson smiled at O'Brien and made a "please" gesture.

O'Brien smiled, maybe the team and himself are really saved!

At the same time, in the luxurious box of the Conseco Arena, Bird has learned about the recent team's situation.

"You mean," Bird took out a cigar and sniffed it. After remembering the doctor's words, he put it back in the box. "Henson now controls the real power of the team's coaching staff? Today's platoon The formation and tactics are all led by Henson?"

"I don't know how he did it, but it is true!" Pritchard looked surprised. He knew that Henson was from Bird, but Bird did not use it since he arranged Henson into the coaching staff. He helped Henson in the position of president. In other words, the Chinese scout who hadn't been able to say anything clearly climbed up the coaching staff step by step, all on his own!

Although O'Brien is still the head coach of this team, he has actually lost his control and right to speak in the locker room, as well as the trust of the players.

"The formation and tactics are all dominated by Henson, you know what, man, I haven't looked forward to a Pacers game for a long time. Sit down and take a look. Is Henson a smart coach or an apprentice? For idiots, let him make his own choice." Bird adjusted his sitting posture, and the players rushed out of the player tunnel.

When warming up, Jeff Van Gundy, who explained the game, thought it would be a "slaughter" without suspense.

"The Pacers' performance this season is terrible, 21 wins and 45 losses. This is obviously not the number Bird is eager to see. But what is even more heartbreaking is that coach Jim O'Brien has no way to change the team. Better. On the contrary, the Charlotte Bobcats are gaining momentum this season. They are heading towards their first playoff tour in team history. Although the Bobcats are currently ranked seventh in the East, their position is not strong. So. , They will do their best to win every game and can’t let the dream of the playoffs be broken in this way. From this perspective, the Pacers at home are really bad luck today.”

It's not that Van Gundy has any prejudice against the Pacers, but the Pacers' previous performance was indeed too bad. There is a huge gap between a team with a big belly and a team in the playoffs.

But today, the fans discovered that the Pacers players seemed very excited when they warmed up, and they were very hardworking, unlike the lifelessness of the past.

After a while, the referee signaled that the players of both sides were ready to start the game. After O'Brien gathered everyone and gave a brief confession, the two teams took off their training uniforms and stood still in the designated position.

The starting lineup of the Bobcats is not much different from before. Felton and Graham partnered with the guard line. "Wu Sheng" Stephen Jackson played the third position. He is also the strongest attack point of the Bobcats. Frenchman Burris Dior and veteran Theo Ratliff form an inside line. This lineup is experienced and has very scattered attack points. But the biggest problem is-too short.

Dior and Ratliff, one is 2.03 meters and the other is 2.08 meters. Although Dior has outstanding athletic ability, he does not like to use athletic ability to solve problems. Ratliff was also an excellent jumping man at the beginning, but at the age of 36, he has long lost his original movement speed and jumping ability.

This is why Henson needs players to attack the inside. The absence of Tyson Chandler has stretched the Bobcats' internal staff reserves. If it were not for the urgent need for a center to fight the fire, the Bobcats would never trade Ratliff from the Spurs.

Before the game started, Henson grabbed Granger and whispered a few words in his ear.

"Do you know why I let you play the fourth position?" Henson found that when he did this, many live cameras were aimed at him.

Granger didn't answer, and shook his head in confusion.

"Because I know that you like to play big men in the wrong position. Today, you can take a fight on what you like! Burris Dior, the Frenchman is very cunning! But I need you to eat him, both offense and defense. Eat him at the end! Can you do it?" Granger has always had a high success rate in dislocation playing power forwards, and Dior has no height advantage over Granger. Henson has always wanted to try Granger's idea of ​​playing power forward, and today he can finally practice it!

"I can handle it, boss!" Granger nodded vigorously, then stepped onto the court amidst the cheers of the fans.

"Boss?" Henson smiled, he liked the name.