The Basketball Court Swordsman

David West and Ray Allen were both injured, which left Henson's lineup with a relatively large vacancy. Fortunately, the injuries of the two were not serious. Under the effect of Henson's accelerated recovery badge, West's knee and Ray Allen's ankle were able to heal in two weeks.

In other words, they can return to the game at the earliest in early April and will not delay the playoffs.

"Fortunately in the unfortunate, Henson. Both Ray and David's injuries are not serious. As long as they can catch up with the playoffs, thank goodness. To be honest, our luck this year is pretty good. After the whole season. I haven't encountered any injuries. As long as there is a smooth transition during this period, there will be no accidents." In the hospital, Larry Bird held his chin with one hand and a hand around his chest.

"Don't worry, Bird, similar tragedies will not happen again. I plan to balance the playing time of the starters and the main players. In other words, for the rest of the season, my team will no longer have the difference between a starter and a substitute. Every player’s playing time is average, and everything is for the sake of health."

"Well... I heard Brad say yesterday. You mean..."

"As long as the players are healthy and fully rested, try to win 72 wins as much as possible. I looked at the schedule and if luck is good, we will even be able to suspend the main players in the last few games."

Bird looked at Henson in disbelief. Even if he was the king of Indianapolis, he had never heard such a crazy thing.

In 1996, the Bulls achieved 72 wins. Even if the Bulls were thriving at the beginning, the team had to fight for the last game of the regular season and only won 72 wins. What Henson meant was that the Pacers still have the hope of winning 72 wins in the last few games! There is no doubt that this will be more terrifying than the 72 wins of the Bulls!

"Don't be so surprised, Bird. As I said, I have carefully studied our schedule for the rest of the regular season. I know which games I can lose and which games I can't lose. By the way. How well Sean Livingston is recovering How is it?"

"It's okay. The injury he suffered during the Wizards is actually healed, but he still needs some treatment. You can get him back anytime you want. Speaking of which, the Wizards uniform team is really cold-blooded. Livingston just got one. When injured, the Wizards cut them off..."

"This is the way this league is. As for Livingston's comeback, we can wait and don't worry about it. After all, there is still some distance between being discharged from the hospital and playing the game on behalf of the team. No need, let Livingstone I'm hurt again."

"You are the head coach, you have the final say, Henson. Can you have a great season," Bird turned his head and patted Henson on the shoulder. "It's up to you."

Henson cocked his mouth slightly without answering. Everyone loves to pat his shoulders in an attempt to relax him, because there are so many things on his shoulders.

West, who is in hot form, is injured and unable to play. The first question Henson needs to face is-who will play the starting number four?

Did Leonard go to the 4th position and play a big and four kids like before? Or let "Birdman" Anderson attack and form a twin tower with Horford?

After weighing the rights and disadvantages, Henson decided that everyone could play the starting fourth.

According to Henson's philosophy, the Pacers do not have a division between starters and substitutes. The so-called "starter" is nothing more than others playing first. So who plays the starting number four depends entirely on the opponent's situation.

In this way, Henson and the Pacers continued their journey of 72 wins after missing two generals.

Playing the Orlando Magic on March 8th, Henson put Leonard on the top of the starting four. Because the Magic power forward Maurice Harkless, who is only 2.03 meters tall, his style of play is actually relatively outside. So let Leonard confront him, and it doesn't hurt.

After 48 minutes, the Pacers won 115-86 at the Orlando Amway Center. This is Henson's best lineup. As soon as the rhythm is up, the Pacers' offensive is almost unmatched.

As a result, the Pacers scored 115 points in a devastating manner. And their second defense in the league, the Magic didn't even get 90 points.

On March 10, against the Miami Heat. In the absence of West and Ray Allen, the Pacers lost by 14 points. In this game, Henson did not break his "egalitarian" rotation thinking because his opponent was the Heat. During the regular season this year, the Pacers have beaten the Heat twice, and they have proven their strength. So this time, there is no need to smash with the Heat in just the right shape.

After all, Henson didn't want the tragedy against the Celtics to happen again.

The Heat have never lost a ball since the last time they lost to the Pacers. They have won an 18-game winning streak even now, including today's game! Everyone is wondering whether the Pacers’ 25-game winning streak will be broken by the Heat before they warm up.

But Henson has been indifferent to this. Before 72 wins, any winning streak is not worth mentioning!

With 57 wins and 6 losses, the Pacers have only 4 fault-tolerant games left!

"Coach Henson, is it possible for the Pacers to break the record of 72 wins this season?" After the game with the Heat, Henson, as a loser, had twice as many reporters as Spoelstra. many.

"In the end, you will know. Anyway, whatever I say, you will think I am bragging."

Henson didn't entangle with reporters much. Although they lost today, the Pacers are still moving forward as planned. In Henson's plan, this game was planned to lose. With the same plan, there will be two more games this month...

In this way, Henson took the crippled Pacers all the way to March 23. During this period, the Pacers defeated the Timberwolves, 76ers, Cavaliers, Magic and Bucks five teams that should win, but lost to the Lakers on March 15th, and today, March 23rd, at the United Center, In front of the creator of the last 72-win record, Henson finally lost to the Chicago Bulls.

"This is the Bulls' first victory over the Pacers this season. Coach Tom Thibodeau put an end to being completely blocked by Henson. Otherwise, this will be the most embarrassing season for Coach Thibodeau. 89-84 , The scores of both sides were not high. The excellent performance of the Bulls substitute forward Ty. Gibson made Leonard undefeated. For the Bulls, this game is worthy of joy. They used their own actions to defend the 72 belonging to Chicago. Super record win! But for the Pacers... it doesn't seem to be a good sign." Bill Walton sat on the commentary of the United Center and looked at the information at hand.

After losing this game to the Bulls, the Pacers' record became 61 wins and 8 losses. Is this record good? There is no doubt that it can't be better! The regular season is coming to an end, but the Pacers have only lost less than 10 games. No team can do better than the Pacers.

But if the Pacers' goal is 72 wins... I'm afraid it would be a bit dangerous.

"Admit it, Henson, you can't break our record anymore. The regular season is almost a month away, and you have lost 8 games." After the game, when shaking hands with Thibodeau, this one looked like a penguin. The human coach finally exhales in front of Henson.

But Henson was not angry. Faced with Thibodeau’s provocation, he still had a smile on his face. “First, the Bulls’ 72-win record in the 1990s has nothing to do with you, so don’t just say “we, we,” 'Yes. Second, losing no more than two games a month is trivial to the Pacers. After all, unlike you, I lose half of the games every month."

Henson was the most lethal when he laughed and cursed. Thibodeau was gritted with anger, but couldn't do anything. It's impossible, just beat Henson on the spot. In the mouth fight, even Spike Lee lost to Henson, and there was only Tom Thibodeau, so why bother?

61 wins and 8 losses, so far, the Pacers' record and lost games are the same as in Henson's plan. Therefore, Henson was not too angry about this defeat. Of course, while enjoying the pleasure of being in control of everything, the danger of overturning accompanies Henson.

For example, in the next game, Henson, who has a poor lineup and can't rely too much on key players, will meet the Atlanta Hawks, currently fifth in the Eastern Conference. As for whether this game will overturn, Henson is not so sure.

Sure enough, there may be few professions in this world, and it's more exciting than being the head coach of the basketball team.

But no matter how many crises lurking in the future, there is still good news in Henson's favor.

"Sean's physical condition is recovering very well, and he has performed well in confrontational training. I think he has reached the standard of the game."

Frazier's report to Henson undoubtedly gave Henson more confidence in the next game.

After all, who would not like one more usable player?