The Basketball Court Swordsman

When the game was halfway through the fourth quarter, Mike Brin on the commentator found that the fans in the Banker’s Life Arena had begun to withdraw.

Right now, the battle between the Heat and the Bulls is still going on. "Black Mamba" Kobe is still biting the Clippers, and the two sides are bound to fight to the death. In the opening game, only the Pacers and the Pelicans lost their suspense early.

There is a very scary stat: Since the 11th minute of the first quarter, the Pacers have never fallen behind.

Throughout the game, the so-called talented Pelicans were beaten by the Pacers. Holiday played extremely hard under Paul's defense. Although Anthony Davis scored 20 points, as an insider, 40% of his field goals were clearly unqualified. The double-teaming of David West and Horford left "Thick Eyebrows" at a loss.

The highly anticipated Pelicans sixth man Tyreke Evans only scored 4 points in this game and only hit 2 of the 8 shots. At this point, he was completely blown by Jimmy Butler and Stephenson.

The best performance of the Pelicans was Eric Gordon, who scored a team-high 25 points and made 3 of 5 3-pointers. It's a pity that Gordon is never a superstar. He doesn't yet have the kind of power to use his personal ability to change the game.

Therefore, despite the stubborn resistance, the Pelicans still failed to escape the fate of being destroyed by the defending champion. At this point, there are only 3 minutes left before the end of the game, and the Pelicans are 22 points behind the Pacers.

In this regard, Kevin Harlan even joked, “Today, the fans are watching the championship ring award ceremony. The game is not the focus from the beginning. Even if it is, the routine performance after the award ceremony."

Of the three opening games, only this one in the Banker’s Life Arena entered garbage time. No wonder, Xiao Hua dislikes Pacers so much.

Finally, the long and harsh electronic buzzer saved everyone on the Pelicans. No one wants to lose in the first game of the new season, let alone a disastrous defeat. This shows how frustrated the Pelicans are tonight.

113 to 98, in the first game of the 13-14 season, the defending champion beat his opponent by 15 points. Among them, Paul George scored 32 points, a good start for his new season.

Don't forget what Henson expects of George this season, but he is the league's top scorer!

In addition, Leonard scored 19 points, Jimmy Butler scored 16 points off the bench, and Stephenson scored 12 points. Instead, Paul only scored 10 points today, but sent 12 assists. Because the big brother of this team gave up all his shots to his little brothers.

The Pacers' team data and personal data are hard to fault. Their suppression of the Pelicans is comprehensive.

After the game, Henson did not accept the sideline interview, but gave Becky Harmon the "draft". He really didn't want to face the stupid questions of reporters. In the next press conference, he did not intend to listen to reporters' questions, but to take the initiative!

Forty minutes later, in the overcrowded media reception room, people finally saw Coach Henson Joe in a black suit.

On stage, Henson smiled and seemed to be in a good mood. Excited reporters were about to raise their hands to ask questions, but Henson took the lead in approaching the microphone and began to speak.

"32 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, plus 2 steals. The three-point shooting percentage is 36.4%, and the combined shooting percentage is 47.4%. What do you think of Paul George's performance today?"

The reporters were stunned. They didn't expect the head coach of the team to ask them questions first. Who is the reporter?

"There is no doubt," a brave reporter stood up. "There is no doubt that Paul George's performance is top-notch. He was already the team's top scorer last season, and this season, he may have become even better. Excellent."

"Very good answer, which media are you from? Sir?"

"Uh... Colorado Daily."

"Colorado Daily? I authorize you to write a column of mine. The content is that the media who questioned George's $90 million contract were **** idiots!"

"Ohhhhhhhhh! The boss is so handsome!" At the same time in the team's locker room, the players are staring at the TV to watch Henson's performance. Seeing Henson took the initiative to smash the media, the players immediately booed.

Becky Harmon smiled and shook his head. Is this the legendary "Henson interview"?

Antetokounmpo was stunned directly, anyhow he also played professional basketball for several years. But it was the first time he met, and some coaches would swear swear words at the press conference.

But at this time in the media reception room, when Henson scolded such a sentence, no media dared to speak up. Because most of them are the media that "question George's value" in Henson's words.

"Remember what I said? Mr. Reporter? Don't worry, I will go back and draw up a contract for you, representing that my authorization is legal. Then, show your talents in my column, Mr. Reporter ."

Henson finished speaking, smiled and got up and left the media reception room. There is no media retention, because these reporters are afraid to provoke this dynamite coach anymore.

The reporter didn't ask a question, on the contrary, it caused them to suffer. I have to say that every time reporters step into the media reception room of the Banker’s Life Arena, it takes courage.

When Henson returned to the locker room, he was greeted with warm applause from the players and a hug from George.

This coach is always willing to stand on the side of the players, even if he wants to fight against the whole world for this, he is willing.

"Behave well, don't make me a beaming clown." Henson whispered softly in George's ear.

"Don't worry, I won't let you down this season."

Spike Lee recorded this scene faithfully on the sidelines, which is a side of the Pacers that is unknown to outsiders. No wonder, Henson can get so close to the players. There is a coach who thinks about the players everywhere and is even willing to stand up and speak for the players. How can he not be liked by the players?

Thinking about the Knicks again, Anthony has a bad relationship with almost all coaches, and there are internal fights between the management. There were some contradictions among the players, but they didn't break out.

Therefore, the success of a team is not accidental. Sometimes these details can also determine the success or failure of a team.

The black director pouted, and perhaps the value of this documentary would be greater than he thought. Although he lost the bet with Henson, Spike Lee felt that he had gained more...

There is no doubt that Henson's speech at the press conference caused public outrage in the media. But in front of George's outstanding performance, they have no reason to refute.

Usually the media criticize the players and coaches. This is a good one, the relationship is reversed, and it becomes a coach to criticize the media.

This feeling of being scolded and still unable to speak up makes every media person extremely indignant.

They are waiting, waiting for an opportunity to counter Henson. As long as there is a game where George or the Pacers do not perform well, then Henson will be drowned out by reporters!

The reporters waited and waited, but found that more than a week later, the opportunity they desired still did not appear.

On October 30, after defeating the Pelicans in the opener, the Pacers played back-to-back away against the Orlando Magic.

Although Vucevic played a highlight in the Magic last season, the Montenegro center has not been able to become Orlando’s second "Warcraft"

, He couldn't make Magic complete the reconstruction by himself. So strictly speaking, the Magic this season is still a rebuilding team. The defending champion will never miss the rebuilding team!

97 to 87, George had 24 points, 5 assists and 6 rebounds, as well as terrible 3 blocks and 1 steal. Although there were 2 mistakes, the flaws were not concealed. The Pacers won by 10 points away, and George once again hit a superstar stat.

The reporters who were waiting to fight back against Henson began their "humiliating journey."

After time entered November, George's momentum still did not end. On November 2, Paul George set a new low scoring record this season. Hmm...but still 21 points. And in this game, George rushed 13 rebounds in one fell swoop! His performance made Anthony Bennett, who scored 0 points and 6 rebounds, embarrassed. 99 to 84, the Pacers started three consecutive victories!

In Detroit three days later, people expected the Pistons to be reinforced this season to give the Pacers some color. Unfortunately, George's defense against the Pistons has not lost the chain, but has scored 30+ points for the second time this season!

31 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals! 4 of 8 three-pointers, the combined shooting rate is 66.7%! Drummond? Greg Monroe? Josh Smith? In front of George, this defensive lineup is not good at all!

4 games, 4 victories, George scored double-doubles in 3 of them, and scored more than 30 in 2 games...

George is like a "general" commanding a thousand troops, leading the defending champion to sweep the entire league. There is no doubt that this young No. 24 has become the leader of the Pacers! He and Henson used practical actions to tell the media what it means "I scold you, but you can't answer it."

George's continuous outstanding performance made the media give up waiting. Maybe they really couldn't repay this hatred.

The media can only comfort themselves: It is normal for Henson to suffer a bit...