For Kawaii. Leonard, Henson really has too many deep memories. To be exact, Henson has always remembered Leonard from the moment he saw him silently galloping on the college field. He is also glad that he was able to coach such a player in the first place.

He still vividly remembers the season Leonard won the FMVP, when Game 3 of the Finals was played and Henson had a tactical meeting the next day.

In the conference room, Henson let the players watch a video of their first day's game. The video faithfully records how Leonard caused problems on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and how he quietly became an important cog in the Pacers' larger system.

Henson also gleefully commented on a few of Leonard's beautiful rounds, and he never skimps on praising his players. He knows that instead of making the players proud, proper praise can have an unexpected effect.

At that time, in the face of the praise of Henson and his teammates, Leonard did not say a word, nor did he have any expression, as if he was thinking about something.

So a few days later, he lifted the FMVP trophy with a shy smile. Finally, he smiled.

Since then, Henson has known that Leonard will not be satisfied until he wins until the last moment.

No matter how good his performance was until he won the title, he couldn't be satisfied. And if he can't be satisfied, Leonard won't smile.

Like now, when he killed the 76ers with a thrilling shot in the tiebreaker, Leonard just shouted, but didn't laugh.

It's as if Henson didn't laugh at all when he complimented Leonard.

The day after Leonard beat the 76ers to advance, the whole world went crazy. There is no doubt that this No. 2 from Toronto became more than Stephen. Curry and James. Harden is the more popular superstar.

Suns veteran and former greatest sixth man Jamal Murray. Crawford commented, "This is the most important shot in the history of the Raptors. ”

"If you haven't seen Michael. Jordan, just look at him! Look at that gesture! Look at the will! Look at that murderous aura! He is the Michael of this era. Jordan! So writes an ESPN commentator in his column.

Leonard's own hand writing history, a career-best shot, touched on Michael. Jordan's back. 30 years later, another life-and-death victory.

"It's great, I didn't experience anything like this before Race 7. I was blessed with the goddess of victory, I got there, I got a shot and I was able to experience that moment, and it was going to be the proudest thing of my career! Leonard himself was delighted with the kill.

Of course, reading between the lines, Henson also found that Leonard was only happy with the stunner, not satisfied.

He is not satisfied, his ambitions are greater than anyone thinks.

Leonard's lore reminded Henson of Popovich's evaluation of Leonard.

"Leonard can do it on both ends of the floor. Something Jordan can do. ”

yes, Michael. Jordan. When a player starts to be compared to that "god", you know how strong he is.

And now the most terrible thing is that this is taken and, Michael. Jordan's guy is about to become Henson's opponent!

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How was Henson last when he met the Toronto Raptors? Henson was not at all impressed. Because most likely, he didn't have any special emotions at that time.

Typically, Henson is only a little nervous when he's up against a five-star Warriors. As for facing other teams, if Henson has any special emotions, it is probably self-confidence.

But this time, against the Toronto Raptors, Henson found himself nervous. It's been a long, long time since he's been nervous against a team other than the Warriors.

In the previous Eastern Conference Finals, his opponents were all LeBron. James. For James and his team, Henson is all too familiar. And for the familiar, Henson certainly doesn't get nervous.

Last season, Henson's opponent in the Eastern Conference Finals was the Celtics. Although the opponent has changed, the Celtics did not have Irving and Hayward last season, and Henson was confident from the beginning and naturally did not get nervous.

But this year, for the first time in a long time, Henson is nervous about the Eastern Conference Finals. He was afraid, what if he didn't make it to the finals?

Henson's previous six years as a coach have reached the Finals in five years. For him, winning the division title is a necessity.

But this year, Henson is even nervous about whether he can win the divisional title.

While the Pacers had a long break due to their win over the Celtics, Henson didn't think he had the advantage. He still said that if he can win by resting for a long time, then he will be invincible if he sends Bird to play?

As a result, the players have also found Henson to be very serious these days. He often locked himself in his office as soon as he came, studying tactics, and only came out to command during confrontational training.

Henson is very interested in the next round, and even fools can see it. His efforts weren't in vain, and Henson found many of the holes that the Raptors are currently having.

Indeed, Leonard's performance in the series has been very good, and he has been so good that he has been compared to Michael Brown. Jordan comparison. But the rest of the Raptors' players played less satisfactorily.

During the regular season, Lowry shot 34.7 percent from three-point range and 28 percent in the playoffs. Gasol Jr. shot 44 percent from three-point range in the regular season and just 33 percent in the playoffs. As for Van Vleet...... This guy has made 0 shots in 5 of the last 7 games.

So, the problem with the Raptors is that, apart from Leonard, the performance of their other players has regressed across the board! In fact, if you think about it, if the rest of the Raptors could play better, Leonard wouldn't have to rely on a stunner to win the game.

Outside, people are promoting the big battle between Antetokounmpo and Leonard, and who is the most versatile striker between George and Leonard.

But in a small head coach's office, Henson is determined to win games with squad depth and role players to win games.

Leonard like Michael. Jordan? So why should I be with a Michael. What about Jordan's enemy?

Rondo, Rose, Green, Stephenson, Kuzma, Tucker, Siakam......

George and Antetoquint will take great pains for Leonard, and the task of killing the game can naturally be handed over to others.

Henson turned off the game tape, even if it was the real Michael. Jordan is coming, and he's going to have to win!

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How big is the gap between professional and quasi-professional players and amateur players? Last summer, there was a video on YouTube called Can You Defend a 6-Foot NBA Player? The video went viral on the Internet.

In that video, a player from the Development League and an NCAA player who had just joined Michigan played a 1v1v1 bullfight against an NBA player.

Although the NBA player is only a marginal man in the league, he has only 2.9 points, 1.1 rebounds and 0.9 assists in a season. But in this fun bullfight, he seems to do whatever he wants, whether it is a dry pull from a stationary position or a jump shot combined with dribbling.

As long as he wants, he can easily break through to the basket and score points at any time. Even if there is a slight gap, he can use his skillful skills to put the ball firmly in the basket. In order to desperately defend against this guy from the top league, one of them even got his shoes shaken off, twice!

And the NBA player in this video is none other than VanVleet. It's just a pity that this video was the highlight of last season.

But all that has changed since this year.

After a summer of hard work, VanVleet became the wonder man for the Raptors this season. His high-level statistics are very good, and he is often praised by experts from all walks of life for this.

However, in this year's playoffs, VanVleet's performance was a disaster. Especially against the 76ers in the Eastern Conference semifinals, VanVleet didn't score in five of his seven games.

However, even so, he still has solid playing time, and Jeremy Lin is pressed behind him. Nick. Coach Nas's strategy of employing people has also attracted a lot of criticism.

Now, Van Vleet is the laughing stock of almost everyone. He doesn't want this to continue, he needs to break the doubts with his performances and help the team.

Just like he did during the regular season this year.

Thinking of this, this man, who was ridiculed by Chinese fans as "Fan Jordan", continued to practice his shooting.

He believes that Indianapolis and the Eastern Conference Finals are the beginning of his nirvana......