312: Strength does not allow

P.J. Calesimo, in the league's coaching circles, this is definitely a name that everyone knows.

Calesimo started his career early, working as a basketball coach in '82. From '82 to '94, at Seton Hall University, Calesimo undoubtedly made a name for himself. He led the struggling Seton Hall Pirates to the 1989 NCAA Finals, where he was awarded the Great East Conference Coach of the Year in 1988 and 1989, and in 1988 he led Seton Hall to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in history and a runner-up finish in 1989. During his tenure at Calesimo, the Buccaneers reached the NCAA tournament six times.

Calesimo's resume in the NCAA was arguably very successful, and then, like most coaches, Carlesimo set his sights on the increasingly commercial NBA league.

In 1994, Calesimo officially entered the NBA, and from the very familiar Chinese fans Rick Brown. Adelman took over as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers. In his first season in the NBA, he led the team to the playoffs and set a record for wins in his head coaching career. During his three years as head coach of the Trail Blazers, Calesimo made the playoffs every year and set a string of defensive records.

However, he was never able to lead the team through the first round of the playoffs, and Calesimo was fired after the '96-'97 season.

At that time, Calesimo would never have imagined that the highlight of his coaching career would end here.

For many years after that, Calesimo spent time wandering.

In 1997, Callesimo came to the Golden State Warriors and took over from Rick. Adelman. He coached there until December 1999, when he was fired again.

It wasn't until 2007 that Calechimo finally became head coach again, leading the fledgling Oklahoma City Thunder. But after a 1-12 opening wave, Calesimo lost his job again. And it wasn't until former Nets coach "Little General" Avery . Johnson was fired, and Calesimo finally picked up the whip as an assistant coach.

Throughout his career, Calesimo has hardly ever produced any outstanding results. The reason why Calesimo is well-known in coaching circles is because he was beaten by his own players when he was coaching the Warriors......

I don't know why, Calecsimo took the Nets to fourth place in the East in a daze. At the end of the season, Calessimo's team has had a smooth ride. People seem to think that this head coach is finally late.

It is until today that he met Henson. And the coach, who disgusted the whole of New York, mercilessly beat Calesimo back to his original shape.

Since the second quarter, the Nets have not taken the lead again. As Henson said, the first break was the first and last time the Pacers fell behind during the break.

In the second quarter, Henson's targeted defense allowed Delon. Williams shot 1-of-5 to defend the guy from 12 points in the quarter to 2 points in the quarter. And Henson's various varied cut-in tactics have collapsed the Nets' defense. Every change in Calesimo seems to be unable to escape Henson's expectations.

The coach of the Spurs department has always been very defensive, but Calesimo's skills in defensive layout make him completely less like a Spurs person.

In the second half, Henson took full control of the tempo and began to play the wheel. Originally, Henson didn't plan to let the starting lineup play for too long today, and Henson's lineup of mixing and matching starters and substitutes made Kalesimo unguardable.

Of course, Paul is on this day for a long time. In the fourth quarter of the game, Henson completely liberated Paul, and the No. 3 point guard gave Delon a 10-point point in a single quarter, completely ending the game.

Throughout the game, the Nets' trident Deron, Johnson and Lopez didn't shoot well. After Deron had a highlight-reel performance in the first quarter, he scored only two points in the second three quarters, scoring 22 points from the field but shooting only 38 percent from the field.

Joe. Johnson's 43 percent shooting percentage looks like a decent shot, but it's actually because he doesn't get many shots.

Lopez was the worst of the three, as a center, he actually hit an ultra-low 35% shooting percentage in the whole game. Lopez couldn't catch the ball at all today, and occasionally received the ball, and Anderson and Horford would give Lopez a tough confrontation without mercy.

The Nets' trident was locked, and Calesimo couldn't cope at all. By the rest of the Nets? Don't be delusional, it's not just a few leftovers that can defeat the defending champion.

Throughout the second half, Calessimo was mired in deep self-doubt. When a team's head coach is in despair, how can he lead the team to turn the tide?

"Coach Calesimo was completely controlled by Henson today, and on several occasions when the Nets needed a timeout, Coach Callesimo had no extra timeouts available. When he reached the planned timeout and called a timeout, the situation was completely in the hands of the Pacers. He was still the same as before, too stubborn. In the last minute of the game, the Nets trailed the Pacers by 12 points. Albert has given up on commenting on the game and has instead begun to analyse the problems of both sides of the game.

Stubbornness, in addition to allowing Calesimo to be violently beaten by his own players, is also manifested in not knowing how to be flexible when commanding on the spot. Today, Henson's versatile in-cut and Calesimo's single attacking pattern made the gap between the two clear.

Kalesimo sat on the bench, not even knowing how he had lost. Obviously, everything is the same as usual...... It wasn't until the electronic beep sounded to mean the end of the game that Calesimo finally came to his senses.

He felt redeemed, the terrible game was finally over, and the fear of being dominated by Henson was finally over.

At this point, only half of the fans were left in the stands at the Barclays Center. As everyone knows, before the third quarter of the game, he still fantasized that he could win the defending championship and lead the team to six consecutive wins......

Mavericks coach Rick. Carlisle has a good saying: deal with Henson. Joe, don't think you've won until the last minute.

Henson stood up confidently and shook hands with Calesimo. Calesimo didn't even dare to look Henson in the eye, because the Chinese coach seemed to be able to see everything about himself!

After a hurried handshake, Calesimo hurriedly "fled" the court. Henson shook his head, not continuing to embarrass the poor man whose confidence had been badly hit.

But as for the other guy...... Henson wasn't going to let him go.

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Mark. Berman pursed his lips nervously, and there were countless pairs of eyes staring at him around him. As the New York Post's most experienced basketball reporter, Berman has attended countless press conferences, but never has he been so overwhelmed.

"Mr. Berman?" Henson grinned and sat on the stage, and it was one of his questions that put Berman in such an awkward position.

In fact, Henson's question is not difficult to answer. When a reporter asked Henson what he thought of the Pacers' continued winning streak, Henson threw the question to Berman.

"Winning streak? By the way, how many wins streak have we had? The New York Post's Mark Brown. Mr. Berman, I hope you can remind me. ”

As a result, Berman became the focal point of the entire media reception room.

"13......13 wins in a row......" the New York reporter replied in a slurred.

"Very good, I remember you wrote an article before the game, what did you say? Will the defending champion's winning streak come to an end here? Chris. Will Paul be defeated again by Delon? To be honest, I respect your opinion. It's a pity that the strength doesn't allow it. ”

There was a burst of laughter in the reception room, and Berman's head turned red.

Henson shook his head and stopped teasing the reporter who liked to "lick" the home team without brains.

This kind of guy, it's good to let them know that they know that they are powerful, and there is no need to entangle with them. Henson has more important things to accomplish than a journalist.

13 wins in a row? Well...... Henson was suddenly intrigued to continue the number as long as possible. When the time comes, I don't know how many people's faces will stink.

And it's time for some of the great league records to be left with some names that belong to the Indiana Pacers.