The Basketball Court Swordsman

The debut of Siakam allowed the Pacers to show off their championship lineup ahead of time. Compared to the Warriors, although the Pacers' starting lineup does not seem to be so exciting. But the strength of their players in each position is very balanced, and the strength of the bench should not be underestimated.

At the beginning of the season, some people thought that the Pacers weren't Warriors challengers at all. But now, no one will deny this. Except for the Pacers, no team in the league is more qualified to compare with the Warriors.

Whether in terms of record or lineup depth, the Pacers are no worse than the Warriors.

Henson used the long regular season to complete the transformation of the Pacers and complete the perfect lineup in his mind. Now, Henson is only one thing away from the playoffs, even if he is fully prepared.

That's right, in addition to the team lineup, Henson also needs something that no one else has, to double insurance for his playoff journey.

Since the Heat's battle, the pace of victory for the Pacers has not stopped. For the Pacers' remaining two games in February, they will need to play against the Spurs and Rockets, two Western powerhouses. People predict that the Pacers will lose at least one game. But the predicted result is exactly the opposite of the actual situation.

Against the Spurs, Leonard scored 32 points. This guy's personal abilities have been extremely powerful, and now he is not only defensive, but also a kaleidoscope on the offensive end. And this season, shooting is no longer Leonard's weakness. If you let him shoot, you will definitely pay the price.

But apart from Leonard, everyone else on the Spurs struggled.

Aldridge scored 19 points and looked like he did well. However, he paid 22 shots for these 19 points! With a hit rate of only 31.8%, no matter how high the score is, there is no gold in it.

Aldridge's performance is mainly due to the defense of Antetokounmpo and Siakam. When other teams could no longer catch Channing Frye, they found that winning the Pacers has become more difficult than before.

In the end, the Spurs lost the game away by 5 points. After the game, instead of praising Leonard, Popovich also said that this guy played very selfishly today.

But for Popovich's remarks, everyone is used to it. He didn't really think Leonard was selfish, but he was in a bad mood after losing.

On February 27th, Henson took his players far to Houston.

For this game, James Harden prepared very seriously. When he first came to Houston, Harden was a little boy who liked clubbing and was fascinated by Kardashian.

But now, Harden knows exactly what he wants. His MVP-level performance this season is enough to prove how strong Harden is a serious player.

But very helpless, the Pacers seem to be born Harden's nemesis. The last time the Rockets played against the Pacers, Harden's performance was abnormal. And this time, this bearded man, who has become an MVP-level player, still failed to escape the curse of the Pacers.

Harden scored 25 points in the game, but in fact he only scored 5 sports games. Among them, he made 1 of 9 three-pointers and the overall shooting percentage was only 29.4%. With free throws alone, Harden scored 14 points.

For Harden's foul behavior, Henson was really helpless. You have to say that Harden is shameless, he really has this ability, this method can indeed make the Rockets win.

But if basketball games are fouled like this, then what confrontation is there?

If Henson was "penalized" and lost by Harden in this game, Henson would definitely be irritable. Fortunately, the Pacers finally won the final victory with a better performance. Facts have proved that it is impossible to win the game by free throws alone.

At this point, the Pacers' February schedule is over. This also means that there is only one and a half months left before the start of the playoffs. And a month and a half to prepare the last insurance is more than enough for Henson.

No, not even a month and a half. Just win another game and Henson will be ready for the playoffs!

On March 1, the regular season continued. On this day, Henson and the players came to Atlanta, where he used to play golf with the Eagles owner.

Once, the Eagles were also one of the Pacers' rivals. The grievances between Henson and Larry Drew were extremely hot at the time.

But now, the Eagles can hardly be called an opponent of the Pacers. From the lineup point of view, the gap between the two sides is already clear.

Oladipo played very well in this game. He scored 28 points, plus 12 rebounds and 6 assists. This guy used facts to prove that his outbreak was not a flash in the pan. As long as Henson needs, he can stand up and score at any time.

In fact, the reason why Oladipo is so excited in this game is not only because Henson needs it, but also because he finally met Millsap.

In the All-Star Game last month, Millsap was one place ahead of Oladipo and was selected as an All-Star substitute. So today, Oladipo eagerly wants people to see that he is no worse than Millsap.

Millsap's performance today is not bad, scoring a double-double of 23 points and 10 rebounds. But compared with Oladipo, it is still slightly inferior.

"At the end of the game, the Eagles resisted desperately, but in the end they were unable to overcome the huge power gap between the two sides! 105 to 90, the Pacers won by 15 points away! And after this game, the Pacers have already It's 10 consecutive victories! This is also the second time this season, the Pacers have won 10 consecutive victories!"

While the commentators were still cheering on the commentary stage, Henson did not want to celebrate, but walked into the player channel silently.

The second 10 consecutive victories, 55 wins and 6 losses...These numbers seem to be dazzling, but for Henson, who has won 73 wins and 30 consecutive victories in the regular season, his regular season record I don't care much anymore.

After all, he has already got the best record he can get.

Although 73 wins have been tied by the Warriors, in the circle, the Warriors' 73 wins total runner-up and the Pacers' 73 wins championship status are completely different. And his 30-game winning streak in the regular season is unmatched.

Therefore, Henson did not celebrate the victory of this game. He walked quickly back to the locker room, and now Henson is already preparing for the playoffs.

After today's game, Henson's experience accumulator was finally filled. In this position as the head coach, it has been difficult for Henson to unlock new achievements, because he has already obtained most of the achievements.

As the experience accumulator is upgraded again and again, the number of experience required for the upgrade becomes more and more scary. Therefore, every opportunity to get a reward now is extremely precious to Henson.

When the playoffs are approaching, the opportunity to choose rewards is the last insurance Henson prepared for the playoffs.

After returning to the locker room, Henson studied the three rewards before him.

The first reward is a speech skill, the effect is to raise the morale of the players to 90, to maintain two games.

If it were placed in the previous few years, Henson might choose this technique. But this year, Henson's team does not need morale-boosting skills. Because I didn't win the championship for the first time, I still faced opponents like the Warriors. Even if Henson does nothing, the morale of the players will be very high.

The second random reward is called "Future Coach", which has the effect of promising the player to provide him with a head coach position after his retirement.

Henson curled his lips, he didn't use this technique yet. Because, I have to work until at least 40 years old. When he was 40 years old, the Pacers didn't seem to have any player who should retire.

Therefore, Henson did not hesitate to choose the third random reward.

Words: Professional Proficiency: Improve a certain attribute of the player to a great extent and continue a game.

Although this skill can only improve a certain attribute of the player, the word "increased to a great extent" still attracted Henson's attention. Does this mean that he can turn Antetokounmpo into a three-point shooter in a certain game, and hit the Warriors by surprise?

Thinking of this, Henson smirked again. By then, I really don't know what Steve Cole will look like.

After choosing his own reward, Henson finally felt a trace of joy.

Now Henson is fully prepared for the fierce battle, just waiting for the tragic playoffs to officially start.