307: Timely rain
While the Christmas game is a thing of the past, the players are still tired of last night's battle until December 26.
The game between the Lakers and the Knicks, Kobe Bryant and Anthony, the two top scorers, made people feel the wildness of the two big ball cities.
The wonderful matchup between the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder has made countless people think about this season's Finals. That is, of course, if the Miamins can get past the Pacers.
The matchup between the Clippers and the Nuggets has undoubtedly told all the strong teams in the West not to think that their rankings are safe. These two biggest "-stirring sticks" in the west are bound to mess up the ranking of the west.
The game between the defending champion Pacers and the rising star Rockets was the biggest margin of all the games in the Christmas game. This game taught all the head coaches in the league a truth - don't be in Henson. Joe was able to do it in front of him.
"Henson. Coach Joe's on-the-spot scheduling can make the originally anxious game have a gap of more than 20 points! ”
'McHale may have a knack for himself in the dressing room, but on the pitch he's got to learn from Henson.
"The Pacers' coaching staff is full of intelligence, Henson, Stevens and Vogel, each of them can stand up on their own. And the power of these three people combined, everyone has seen. ”
In other teams, it is often the players who are the ones who are on fire after the Christmas game. The Pacers are the opposite, and after the Christmas game, their head coach Henson. Joe Za is solidly on fire.
The Pacers' performance of 4 players scoring 20 points and five players scoring in double figures makes it impossible to pick out who played the best. But everyone saw it with their own eyes, and Henson's ability to turn decay into magic.
Early the next morning, various sports portals and TV stations invited experts from all walks of life to begin studying Henson's strategy yesterday, speculating on his process from loss of control to control.
During the Rockets' media opening session that day, McHale finally admitted in the face of reporters' questions: "In the last game, I couldn't keep up with Coach Henson's rhythm. ”
"Is he finally unable to pretend?" Sitting on the couch at home, Henson smiled and pointed to McHale on the TV.
Henson's mood is naturally good, the team won important games, and he locked the opponent through on-the-spot scheduling, which made Henson feel a sense of accomplishment.
Of course, the main reason for Henson's good mood is that after defeating the Rockets, his bottomless experience accumulator was finally filled with 2,000 experience points, allowing Henson to get the right to choose the badge again after many days.
When the three badges popped up, Henson wanted to upgrade his "expert trader" badge. In this way, when making trades with other teams in the future, Henson will not have to rack his brains so much.
However, looking at the time, the game has now been played until the end of December. Henson repurposed his plan and instead upgraded the "Fatigue Reduction" badge to level 2, reducing the player's fatigue buildup by 20%.
You know, after this upgrade, the XP Accumulation Booster's next upgrade will increase again. If you don't unlock the achievement, God knows how long it will take for Henson to claim another reward. Therefore, every time you choose, you must be cautious and choose the badge that is most useful to you.
And at the end of December, when he came across the badge of "fatigue reduction", Henson felt that he was really favored by God.
Henson believes that this badge will have an immediate effect!
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After the Christmas game, the Pacers only have two games left to play in December, against the Suns and Hawks.
The Suns have completely rebuilt after losing Nash. The Hawks, while a playoff-caliber team in the East, are nothing more than that. As a result, neither team can match the Pacers in terms of hard power. And the Pacers, who are in good shape, took advantage of the Christmas game to win two consecutive victories and end all the games in December.
It's 2013, and in the new year, everyone, every player, every team, hopes that this year will go smoothly. However, past experience has taught Henson that the beginning of the new year will not be too smooth for most of the league.
Sure enough, just a few days after the start of the new year, tragedies began one after another.
On January 2, in the Boston Celtics' home game against the Memphis Grizzlies, the Green Army's leading point guard Rajan. Rondo retired midway through the injury. The results of the post-match examination showed that Rondo had torn the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and would miss the game for 9-10 months!
In other words, the defender, who just started the season with a double-double record of 37 consecutive assists, will say goodbye to the season early! Fans will see Rondo again until the pre-season training camp of the new season at the earliest!
A day later, before the start of the Denver Nuggets game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Timberwolves officially announced that their leading forward Kevin Timberwolves. Lefou's injury was injured in an accident during training. After an MRI examination, it was confirmed that the third metacarpal bone of the right hand had been broken again! Yes, although this injury will not be directly reimbursed by "Eros", it will have to rest for at least a month.
Obviously, the Timberwolves have a 14-14 record and hope to make the playoffs. But when Love comes back after missing 15 games, God knows what will become of the Timberwolves...... Sometimes, just one month of injury is enough to dash a team's hopes for an entire season.
After that, all kinds of minor injuries also swept in. Lakers Paul. Gasol suffered a recurrence of his shoulder injury and missed two weeks. Spurs "Stone Buddha" Duncan suffered a groin strain and missed 15 days......
As Henson predicted, as the season heades into the New Year, the accumulated physical exhaustion of the players will lead to a wave of massive injuries in the league. And that's why Henson thinks the "Fatigue Reduction" badge comes just right.
While most of the league is plagued by injuries, the Pacers are like outsiders, with an extremely complete roster, continuing to reap the win.
On Jan. 2 at home against the Washington Wizards, George's 29 points brought the Washingtonians one step closer to the No. 1 pick. On January 4, the Pacers faced the arch-rival Celtics away against the Green Shirts without Rondo. Allen came off the bench to score 19 points in 23 minutes and got his revenge on North Shore Gardens! No. 5 back-to-back home games against the Bucks, and many pundits believe that this rush back-to-back will be the final straw that crushes the Pacers.
However, the Pacers' players are still not plagued by injuries. Horford had 20 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists, sending away back-to-back games with a quasi-triple-double, and the Pacers are still fully healthy!
It is worth noting that in the Heat's home game against the Wizards that day, although the Miami won the game with an inhumane score of 99-71. But the exhausted Wade accidentally sprained his fragile knee during a layup in the third quarter.
This is bad news for the Heat, who have not escaped this injury frenzy. But that's good news for the Pacers, who will be playing Miami in two days' time.
As a result, in the game that day, although James hit a big double-double of 30 points and 12 rebounds. But in the case of an uneven lineup, the Heat finally swallowed the consequences at the American Airlines Center with a 77-87 victory.
'Injuries hit us hard and a lot of teams across the league are having similar problems, so it's definitely a tough time. At the end of the game, James, who was interviewed by reporters, looked very helpless. Obviously, he had been looking forward to this game for a long time, but in the end it ended hastily because of the incomplete lineup.
"Why hasn't my team experienced injuries? I can't answer this question, you should find a job as a clergyman and ask God. Henson was apparently uninterested in the question, but as soon as he turned around, he began to snicker to himself.
Why? Isn't it because that badge came just in time! While the players on other teams are suffering from injuries due to exhaustion, the players of the Pacers are not feeling it at all.
Coupled with Henson's reasonable rotation and close observation, the Pacers' players are as fit as a strong bull one by one!
And when the whole league was in the shadow of injuries, few people found out that the Pacers had quietly won 10 consecutive wins.
God knows how much this winning streak will continue to grow before it stops......