The Basketball Court Swordsman

Malcolm Brogdon, this guy is now the darling of Indianapolis basketball fans.

No one knew him during the draft. In the first ten games of the Pacers, people only had some impressions of that old-fashioned rookie. But now, even the first man in the league, LeBron James, can easily pronounce the name Malcolm Brogdon.

"Rookie? He has played like this. Do you still think he is a rookie? He is a very strong player with a very good overall view. After years of college league experience, he is already a veteran. Don't take the eyes of a rookie. Look at Malcolm, man."

This sentence is not Henson's boasting, but LeBron James said in an interview after the game.

Brogdon's performance in this game is indeed worthy of such praise, although his 18 points in the game does not look so impressive. After all, George, Antetokounmpo, James and Irving all scored 20 points.

But you have to know that eight of Brogdon's 18 points were scored in the last three minutes.

This includes the three-pointer that completely killed the Cavaliers' confidence.

Therefore, each of his goals is extremely fatal.

After this game, the outside world can't wait to announce. In the first year of his return, Henson Joe once again set a low-ranking Taobao success record.

Of course, in addition to this, Henson's coaching ability has once again been talked about by people.

"In the last 3 minutes of the game, your team was 4 points behind. Under such circumstances, if you were coaching, would you dare to send a second-round pick and use him as the core to deploy offensive tactics? Coach Henson would dare. And he won."

"Henson Joe has always been known for his bold use of people, and he has once again proven his ability. After two years away from the game, Coach Henson's personality has become a lot gentler. But don't think that he is also a threat to the championship. And reduced."

"Tyron Lue and Henson Joe must be embarrassed when they shake hands, because the one standing opposite Lue is a real head coach, not a puppet of a certain star of the team."

The victory of a game made reporters anxious to blow Henson into the league's first coach. After all, the significance and gold content of this game is really high.

It was not a cat or a dog who defeated the Pacers, but the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers!

Before that, no matter how good the Pacers' record was, people would not admit that they were the top team. After all, the regular season record is affected by many factors.

In the two years when Henson was away, Budenhorzer's Hawks also won the first place in the Eastern Conference with 60 wins in the regular season. But are they the top team in the league? I'm afraid few people would agree.

The fact is the same. The Eagles that year were easily swept by the Cavaliers with a total score of 4-0 in the Eastern Conference semifinals. 4 to 0, which is enough to illustrate the gap between the Hawks and top teams.

But now, people are willing to admit that the Pacers are a top team. After all, they also won the defending champion with an excellent result of 11 wins and 1 loss.

And this game, the Pacers and the defending champion played back and forth, not by luck.

Therefore, the gold content of the victory in this game was so high that Henson and the Pacers were instantly lifted to the sky.

"This season's NBA has become more and more interesting, the situation in the East has become less clear. I really want to see, the Cavaliers and the Pacers, LeBron and Henson, who can completely defeat each other. "ESPN commentator Mike Brin posted a comment on social media that gave a perfect summary of the game.

After the battle with the Cavaliers, Henson has been thinking about a problem. Without himself, will LeBron James become greater than he is now?

After all, Henson had only left for two years, and James seized the opportunity to win a championship trophy. So if Henson never showed up, can LeBron still have to win the championship?

But soon, Henson stopped this boring thinking. Competitive sports is the case, there are not so many ifs. "The Postman" Karl Marlin has no "if not because of Jordan" in the world, and Grant Hill has no "if not because of injuries" in his career.

Besides, Henson's biggest enemy this season is not LeBron's Cavaliers. He couldn't help but glanced at the schedule. The distance to the game with the Golden State Warriors seemed to be getting closer...

On November 21, the Pacers will meet the Warriors for the first time at home.

Steve Cole, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant... Just thinking about these names makes Henson feel thrilled.

But before playing against the Warriors, the Pacers still have two Western teams to play, namely the Suns and the Thunder.

But as a team that has just defeated the defending champion, the Pacers are now morale high. The rebuilding Sun and the Thunder, which became Westbrook's data tool, were not seen by Henson.

Against the Suns on November 18, the Pacers won effortlessly. And because Nash returned to Phoenix as a member of the Pacers coaching staff, the atmosphere of the game was surprisingly friendly.

Before the game began, all Phoenix fans stood up to pay tribute to Nash. A video tribute to Nash was played on the big screen in the American Airlines Center Arena.

This video clearly inspired the young players of the Suns, each of whom hopes to be a good story in Phoenix. So in the next game, this group of young people played very hard!

But no matter how hard you work, you can't escape Henson's control.

In the Suns formation, the player who made Henson the most eye-catching was none other than Devin Booker. Not surprisingly, this guy will become the cornerstone of the Suns' future team.

But now, this cornerstone of the team is still very young. Moreover, the staffing of the Suns is terrible. The head coach of the Suns, Earl Watson, was still playing against Henson as a player a few years ago. Now as the head coach against Henson, he is still a little too immature.

In the end, the Pacers scored in double figures with 7 people, played well in the sun and couldn't find North.

The Suns fans thought that Henson would end the game amicably, but Henson did not give Nash face at all. He will not be soft on any opponent.

116 to 96, the Pacers slaughtered someone else by 20 points. After the game, Nash had no choice but to shake his head in an interview: "Henson is such a person who is eager for victory."

In Oklahoma two days later, the Pacers let the same thing happen again for the Thunder.

Unlike the Phoenix game, the atmosphere of this game was very unfriendly from the beginning. As soon as Henson and the players played, they were surrounded by boos from Oklahoma fans.

In their view, the Pacers caused the Thunder to lose the possibility of winning. If the Thunder could win the championship that year, perhaps Harden and later Durant would not leave.

During the game, Westbrook also expressed his anger with practical actions.

With 31 points, 11 rebounds and 15 assists, Westbrook once again won a triple-double! Since Durant left, Westbrook has been in a very angry state. He is eager to prove himself, to prove that without Durant, he can also take the Thunder far.

But it turns out that anger alone is not enough. Westbrook's triple-double, Henson simply can't look down on it. why? Because his triple-double is not "authentic" enough.

The ball is all in the hands of Westbrook, and of course he can easily score 15 assists. All shots are in the hands of Westbrook, and he can always cut 30 points slowly.

What's more, there is a "one card eight" Stephen Adams beside Westbrook.

People say that the former Thunder rebounder called Ibaka, now the Thunder rebounder called "one card eight." Because Adams usually stuck eight people alone, allowing Westbrook to easily pick up the rebounds.

Westbrook's unskilled triple-double cannot cause trouble to the Pacers at all. The same is true in the ending, 115 to 108, the Pacers beat the Thunder in the away game.

Among them, George 20 points, Antetokounmpo 30 points. In addition, the Pacers and four other people also scored in double digits.

There is a big difference between a person's carnival and the collective strength of a team.

Westbrook must admit that the Thunder without Durant is not a team at all.

After the game, Henson was in a good mood. "We have been in excellent form recently. I can't wait to start fighting with the Warriors tomorrow. Back-to-back? No, back-to-back games have never been a problem for us."

During the interview, Henson smiled, already fantasizing about winning the Warriors tomorrow, the world praises him and the Pacers.

The Chinese coach does not know what a disaster tomorrow's game will be for him.

A child defeated a bunch of ants, but that doesn't mean he can challenge giants.