With the win over the Brooklyn Nets, the Pacers' winning streak since the start of the new season has reached seven. Once again, the Pacers became the only team in the league that hasn't lost so far.

When that happened last season, there was a lot of discussion about it. But now, seeing the Pacers win their opening seven in a row, the media is not surprised. If the Pacers lose early this season, it will only stir up a thousand waves.

After the game against the Nets, Nets general manager Billy Murphy. Instead, Kim became the main character. From now on, not only the foreign media will question him, but even the local media in New York will be interested in Billy. Kim lost confidence.

"Before the 2012 trade deadline, Billy. In order to strengthen the team, Mr. Kim transferred Oku, Sean. Williams and the 2012 first-round pick were sent to the Trail Blazers, and the Nets got Gerald Brown, who was in a contract year. Wallace, and renewed Wallace's contract for 4 years and 40 million after his contract expired. It can be said that it was a completely incomprehensible transaction, because at that time Gerard. Wallace is in a contract year, and at the age of 30, he's already starting to decline. Jin can wait until the end of the contract before signing a free contract with Wallace, and no one will rob him of a 4-year 40 million fat contract. However Billy. Kim still paid for a first-round round, which was ultimately used by the Trail Blazers to draft Lillard. And this time, our dear GM sent away three first-round picks in one go, and guess how many Lillards will come out of that? ”

"If the Big Five disbands, we have very little room to maneuver. Best of all, we don't have draft picks either. If the Nets don't win the championship in the last two seasons. I'm afraid our team will have a terrible winter. ”

"The Nets have too many high-paid and low-energy players on the lineup, the same 90 million, and we use the inconsistent Joe. Johnson, while the Pacers can have Paul. George! By the way, Paul. George has averaged 23.6 points per game so far this season! ”

Look at all sorts of things about Billy. With King's report, Henson even began to sympathize with the black general manager. When a general manager is facing such great pressure from public opinion, if the team can't get a record, then I believe he will not be far from leaving class.

But then again, if the season starts before Billy. Kim doesn't boast much about his multimillion-dollar roster, and people may not be so angry just now.

It's like if you sell someone a product and say that your stuff is worth 10,000 yuan. As a result, when people bought it, it was just a broken thing worth 100 yuan, can this not cause public outrage? This is called, you can't live if you do your own evil.

Before the start of the season, the Nets were the first team to be Billy. Chrysostom's championship contender. However, not to mention the championship now, the Nets are thankful that they won't fall behind too much.

"Henson, you're all set, are you going to start today's confrontational training?" Just when Henson replaced his "old friend" Billy. Kim worries when Becky is dressed in smart and professional attire. Harmon knocked on the door of Henson's office.

"Here it is, Becky, here it is. By the way, how are you doing your homework these days? Henson stood up and straightened the collar of his suit.

"I think...... It's not bad, I already know the characteristics of the players and I know who is the best player to play in what situations. ”

"So today, you and Vogel come and try it. Like I said, you're in charge of the offense, he's in charge of the defense. Let's try it out and see if you can get the perfect workout. ”

You can't relax the training and training of the players, and you have to be tight about the training of the coaches.

??????“ Remember the conversation I had with you guys? Becky. Harmon is in charge of the offense, Frank is in charge of the defense, and I'm going to keep the squad up and keep our firepower going from game to game. Remember? Now it's time to implement my ideas, you're experts on both the offensive and defensive ends, so sometimes I need your advice more. Let's try it today and see what the team will look like after we divide the work. “

Before today's confrontational training began, Henson didn't say much to the players, but discussed it with his two assistants.

Henson has actually been working on enhancing the role of assistant coach, but he didn't have too good plans for that before. Now, Henson has developed such a clear division of labor that allows his two assistants to concentrate on what they do best.

Becky. Harmon would command the attack, while Frank. Vogel has always been a defensive guru. Henson wanted both of them to be flexible in the game to get the best tactical advice.

So this afternoon's confrontational training, Henson had a very happy time. Becky. Harmon and Frank. Vogel's cooperation was more tacit than he expected, and Henson was a lot more relaxed, and he didn't need to look ahead and backward every game. The most important thing is that the angle from which three people look at the game is always richer than the angle from which Henson looks at the game alone.

Therefore, the quality of training in the afternoon still satisfied Henson to some extent. He is well aware that the former Lakers and the current Spurs, they are not only strong Phil. The strength of Jackson and Popovich is the strength of the entire coaching staff.

The players are a unit, and so is the coaching staff. In the past, Henson and his assistants were thinking about what to say, and this kind of work efficiency was actually not efficient enough. Now, everyone has a division of labor and cooperation, each has its own goals, and the efficiency has been improved all of a sudden.

In fact, this is also related to the staffing of the coaching staff in the past. In the beginning, Henson was the only one by his side, so it was naturally impossible for him to engage in any division of labor, and he and Vogel needed to carry everything.

After that, although Silas joined the coaching staff, Silas's tactical cultivation is actually very average, and he is more suitable to deal with some other work. For example, training programs, such as observing rookies.

Then, Stevens arrived. In Henson's opinion, Stevens' coaching ability is no worse than his own. Whether it's just Stevens to manage offense or defense, it's a flamboyance. Therefore, Henson did not have a clear division of labor.

And now, Becky. The configuration of Harmon and Vogel finally allowed Henson to create his own coaching staff work system.

The first adversary to this new way of working is very challenging.

After the Pelicans in the opener, Henson's team will welcome the second Western Conference team they have faced this season. This team made it all the way to the Western Conference Finals last year, so it's no exaggeration to say that they are the top team in the West!

No, not the San Antonio Spurs. This time, Henson will face the Memphis Grizzlies, who are defense-focused.

To break down the Grizzlies' defense, I'm afraid Henson will need Becky even more. Hamon's help.

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?? As the dark horses of last season's playoffs, the Grizzlies made history by magically reaching the Western Conference Finals. Although they were shaved by the Spurs in the division finals, they can fight their way out of the dangerous West, and the Grizzlies are still not to be underestimated.

It stands to reason that the Grizzlies should be able to bolster their roster in the offseason and put the team in contention for a championship. But the Memphis looked to be quite happy with their roster, making no big moves in the summer, retaining the squad that made it to the division finals.

The good thing about this is that the Grizzlies' stability won't be disrupted. But the downside is obvious, and the Grizzlies have no secrets to the rest of the team. Especially a coach like Henson, who has experience in defeating the Grizzlies, has a good grasp of the Grizzlies.

Before the start of the game, as always, Henson stood on the sidelines and gave his players a final word.

????????“ Don't easily shrink the space to give the opponent a three-point shot, expand the defensive formation, and be flexible. This season, the Grizzlies have increased their shooting from beyond the three-point line, clearly trying to improve their offense. So, we can't just shrink the inner line. Don't wrestle them on the inside, strangle their outside Conley and Prince, don't let his three-point shot feel like it's monolithic. ”?

????? Once set-up, the players walked onto the pitch floor and Henson sat back on the bench.

On the commentary stage, Reggie. Seeing Henson's serious preparation and deployment, Miller was full of anticipation for this game.

However, the course of the game was the same as that of Reggie. Miller imagined it very differently.

?? Once the game started, the situation was really going according to Henson's idea, and Conley and Prince were blocked by the Pacers from the outside. The Grizzlies had to focus on the "black and white bears", but the offensive intent was too obvious and easy to be disrupted by the Pacers.

On the offensive end, Henson opened the game with patient off-ball runs and covers, slowly grinding ground with the Grizzlies. With George and Leonard's excellent air-cut runs, the Pacers started with a 7-0 break to stop the Grizzlies. Among them, George broke through the basket twice, and once scored a 3-pointer. Leonard made a mid-range shot, and before everyone was sweating, the game was stopped.

???????? As soon as Henson saw that he was taking a timeout so quickly, he handed the tactical board to Becky. In Hamon's hand, "Lay out the attack, and I won't stand up." ”

"Oh...... Oh...... "Becky. Although Harmon was a little surprised, she still took the tactical board and did what she was good at. Besides, after a clear division of labor, the work of the Pacers coaching staff may really be like this in the future. Henson, perhaps, doesn't pick up the tactical board at every timeout. She and Vogel had to get used to it.

?? Becky. With Harmon sitting in the middle of the players, Henson just sat on the bench and didn't want to waste his mouth at all.

The fact is that this season, the Pacers' roster is just too complete and most of the opponents are not strong for Henson right now.

Even the Grizzlies, who reached the Western Conference Finals last season, will have a hard time putting pressure on the Pacers. Therefore, Henson felt that he didn't need to exert force at all. He now finally knows why "Zen Master" Jackson and Popovich like to let the assistant coach set up the timeout tactics, not because they are arrogant, but sometimes it is really not their turn to shoot, and the team can get the game!

Seeing Henson's state, Reggie. Miller smiled and turned to his partner Webb and said, "Let's make a bet, how many times did you say Coach Henson's ass would leave the bench for today's game?" ”?

???????? Webb smiled and spread his hands, "If the Grizzlies are still in this state, I bet five times, not counting the halftime departure, he will stand up five times at most!" ”?

????????“ Okay, you know what? I would bet three times! Coach Henson, won't even stand up more than three times today! You've got it counted, man. ”

If the Grizzlies players could hear the commentary from the on-site commentators, they would probably be half angry.