Washington, D.C., where Henson has coached in the NBA for so many years, is one of the few cities that he feels unfamiliar.

After all, the Wizards had never impressed Henson too much before. And the Pacers' playoff journey in recent years has never included a stop in Washington. Therefore, sitting on the team bus and looking out the window at the street scene, Henson was still extremely curious.

But the closer the team gets to downtown, the less friendly the atmosphere becomes. The unfriendliness here is not about the city itself, but about the fans.

"Don't be presumptuous!"

"Welcome to Washington, Pacers to death."

"We won't give up, don't try to get through easily."

Fans stood on the side of the street and held signs like these at the Pacers' team buses. It seems that the Pacers' devastating offense has scared Washington fans.

That's right, Henson calls this behavior fear. It is precisely because they are afraid that they will use this way to regain their confidence and cover up their cowardice in this way. Think about it, what will Pacers fans do when the Wizards go to Indianapolis to play on the road? Not at all!

Because even if they don't have to, Pacers fans believe their team can win.

The Wizards' players should be scared. After all, they came home with a 2-0 scoreline. Randy. Whitman struggled to preserve his dignity in his hometown of Indianapolis, only to find himself working for nothing.

In the face of the absolute disparity in strength, Randy. Whitman's strategy is all about useless work.

In the first game of the series, the Wizards' 9-2 offensive wave at the beginning was their highest moment of the game. Later, after Henson switched his game strategy to focus on the mid-range as an important scoring tool, the Wizards were unable to bounce back.

Paul. George, CP3 and David. West uses a superb mid-range shot to play the wizards without temper, as long as the shot is accurate enough, the seemingly retro scoring method of the mid-range shot can also kill people.

102-90, the Pacers won the first game of the series by 12 points.

In the second game, Whitman intends to use joint defense to contain the impact of the Pacers. However, this time, George and Danny. Green killed the Wizards with a three-point rain.

108-93, the Pacers won by 15 points. The Wizards lost two games in a row by more than 10 points, which is not a preservation of dignity.

Because of this, the Wizards had to return to Washington with a 0-2 deficit. That's why Henson sees the fans outside the window feigning anger to hide their fears.

After arriving at the hotel, Henson immediately issued a grounding order to the players, forbidding them to go outside at night to look for flowers and willows.

After all, the situation is too easy for the Pacers right now, and the players will be somewhat relaxed. But Henson didn't want the players to waste their energy on the girl's belly and run out of energy tomorrow night.

In terms of Henson's influence and deterrence with the Pacers, after he gave such an order, no player dared to refute and disobey. Even Stephenson, the "thorn in the head", dispelled the idea of going out to have a good night tonight.

'Any slack is not allowed, we are the strongest team, so we have to play the best. In this kind of series, it's a shame to lose any of them! I need not just a victory, but a winning victory! When it's all over, I'll take everyone to a nightclub in Indianapolis to celebrate, and I'll pay for the whole cost! But now, you're all going to have to cheer me up! ”

During the long regular season, players may need a little entertainment to spice things up. But when it comes to the sprint playoffs, it's important to get a bang in one go. Henson doesn't want his team to lose any unnecessary games, and his team doesn't need to grind themselves with a tough promotion process because they've had enough of it over the years.

This is the season of harvest, the season of harvesting dynasties and making history! Henson won't allow any surprises to happen, and he's going to make his final season a memory for a lifetime!

On match day, Henson and his players arrived early at the MCI Centre for their pre-match warm-up.

Henson took a few minutes to observe the Wizards' situation with the players, and from the warm-up, you could feel that the Wizards players were still very nervous. Although he returned to his home stadium, the pressure of being down 0-2 was still great. And the Pacers only need to win the third game to basically lock up the Eastern Conference Finals.

As the game got closer to the start of the game, and the number of fans in the arena grew, Henson could feel the fear of the fans in Washington, who was constantly booing him from behind his back, and some of the signs mocking him repeatedly appeared on the big screen in the center of the arena.

If it had been in the past, Henson would definitely have done this and satirized the Wizards in an interview later.

But now Henson has long been unimpressed by this, he just brought the players together and made the final words before the game started. Henson doesn't care about anything else right now, he just wants to win!

However, in addition to fans of the Washington Wizards, there are also many who do not want Henson to win. Or rather, I don't want Henson to win so quickly.

Among them, of course, includes the current NBA commissioner Adam. Xiao Hua.

Xiao Hua didn't have any prejudices about Henson, although he didn't like Henson in the past, but this season, Henson has proven his ability to attract gold after all. And as long as the ability to attract money is strong, it will definitely be loved by the top management of the alliance.

Therefore, Xiao Hua does not want the Pacers to advance so early, and it is precisely because he hopes that the Pacers and Odds can play a few more games and absorb more box office. The new president certainly doesn't crave the Pacers, that's a thankless exercise.

His only hope is that the Pacers and Wizards won't play a game that ends in just four games. The Pacers can win, but at least five or six games.

Henson naturally didn't know about Xiao Hua's conspiracy, otherwise he would definitely point at that guy's nose and scold. Anyway, this is his last season, and he doesn't need to give the league president any face.

Sure enough, after the game began, George's first breakthrough layup with the ball was whistled for an offensive foul.

He hung his arm on Bill during the layup, a move the referee had to get by in the first two games, after all, it was a more competitive playoff game.

But tonight was different, as soon as the referee came up, he used the whistle to tell George and Henson that it was not so simple to use this brutal and crude method to score on the Wizards' head again.

For this offensive foul, Henson actually didn't pay much attention to it. But the following game made Henson feel more and more that something was wrong.

On the Wizards' side, once the Pacers' offense is less ferocious, they can get more respite, and no matter how fierce they are on the defensive end, they can always get "forgiveness" from the referee.

Paul's breakthrough was violently swept to the ground by Gortat, and the referee did not indicate it. Ariza had a steal that was suspected of being a hitter, and the referee did not indicate it. There was even a time when David. West is inside. The bottom line was launched, and the referee still didn't say it!

That's when Henson knew that Adam. Xiao Hua, that guy is doing moth again.

"It seems that some people don't want us to advance so early, which delays them from making money." When another foul by the Wizards was ignored by the referees, Henson sat back on the bench and complained at Vogel.

If it was him before he got sick, he would probably have greeted the referee women a long time ago. Moreover, it is also a public greeting.

"We had no choice but to change our strategy. Perhaps, more outside the three-point line? Vogel reluctantly spread his hands.

"We'll have a way, Frank, we'll have a way." Henson craned his legs and began to think.

In fact, the league has been a common occurrence in history, but the Internet was not as developed before, so fans didn't know about it. Adam. Xiao Hua is just using the most customary means of the alliance to ensure the maximization of interests.

The move worked well in the first half, as the referee's whistle limited the Pacers' defense and similarly stifled the defending champions' breakaway offense.

The Wizards, who returned to their home court, performed well in their own right, and they were stunned to bite the score in the first half with their smooth ball transfer and good rebounding protection on the offensive end.

53-57, the Wizards finished the game with a four-point lead over the Pacers. This undoubtedly gave a shot in the arm to the Washington fans who watched the game, so they celebrated and shouted in the stands after halftime.

They all thought they had found that lost dignity.

At this time, the Chinese coach did not angrily spew at the referee and Xiao Hua. He refused all media interviews and walked straight into the players' tunnel.

This guy is now just thinking about how he will deal with the referee-protected Wizards in the second half of the game......