June 1 is more than just Children's Day for most basketball fans around the world.

At the Bankers' Living Arena in Indianapolis, a great battle between the Pacers and the Warriors is about to unfold. Who exactly is ruling this era, after this round of the series, the fans will get the results.

Henson arrived early in the arena and stood on the empty playing field. His eyes fell on the three eye-catching championship pennants at the dome of the arena.

Once, he lifted the O'Brien Cup three times here. But now, he is facing an even greater challenge.

Henson is well aware that he has little time left in his coaching career and that he must make the most of every opportunity to play in the Finals.

If you can add a new one behind those three championship pennants, you must have a very successful career.

Look at those NBA coaches, but not all of them can achieve Henson's achievement. The highly respected Jerry. Sloan, who has never won a championship in his career. Henson's "Crazy Carl", who hates more, has never had a chance to win the championship in this life. "Mad Scientist" Nelson Sr. opened up many new tactical ideas, but still couldn't win the championship.

Henson, on the other hand, is already making an impact on his fourth championship ring. If you can wear all five fingers, it must be very beautiful.

Henson crossed his waist and took a deep breath, closing his eyes and imagining what the pitch would look like in a moment. He could feel the players passing by him, and he yelled in the heat of the confrontation.

Thinking of this, Henson's hands couldn't help but tremble. Finals, here I go again!

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"Hello audience friends, welcome to ESPN. Here's Mike. Bryn, we'll be bringing you the NBA Finals live soon! ”

Mike. Brin's magnetic voice sounded in front of the TV, and as soon as he heard it, the fans immediately went into "fighting mode". After all, this is already Mike. It's 12 years since the Brin Commentary Finals. And incredibly, a third of that time, Mike. Brin is watching Henson's team play in the Finals!

The cheers of the fans, the aggressiveness of the players and the intense preparation of the coaching staff made Henson's pre-match fantasies come true.

In the face of such a large formation, Henson, who has been absent from the finals for two years, is not only nervous, but extremely excited.

Sure enough, the basketball court is his world!

Just as the players were warming up, reporters on the sidelines began to enter the stadium for interviews. Due to Sag's passing, ESPN did not invite him to continue to participate in the finals this year, but replaced him with ESPN's own name, Stephen A. Smith.

Stephen. A. Smith's interview style is completely different from Mike Brynn's, he is not very humorous, and he is not very good at making jokes. But the questions asked are always to the point, and they are all very sharp.

As soon as the first question came up, he didn't shy away from asking Pachuria, "What do you think of the scolding war between you and Henson a few days ago?" Do you think you have what it takes to respond to him on the pitch? ”

'We're going to prove it all with the game and Henson will know how strong the opponent is against him.' Since the verbal battle was actually lost, Pachulia was very embarrassed when faced with this problem, so he had to pass it over.

On the other hand, Henson's response was more in line with Stephen. A. Smith's appetite.

"How do you evaluate it? They have already lost their quarrels, what else is there to evaluate? In short, the alliance now attaches great importance to Pachuria's every move. I think that guy should no longer dare to interfere with the game with those dirty moves. Then you will find out in this game that Pachulia is nothing but playing dirty. ”

Henson, who wore a floral suit to Sal, looked extremely proud in front of the camera, and he would not let go of any opportunity to show off his "achievements", and the victory of the war of words was also a victory.

After listening to Henson's answer, Stephen. A. Smith smiled slightly, for the first time he felt the difference in this coach. No wonder he was so annoying at the beginning, and now his popularity is so high.

Stephen. A Smith's interview reminded fans of the grievances between the Pacers and the Warriors before the start of the Finals, and also made them look forward to this game even more.

The victory of the war of words is just foreplay, and the winner is the one who can actually take the game away after the 48 minutes of play time!

"Execute the game according to the tactics! Defense, I need you to drag down the Warriors with meat grinder-style defense from the first second of the game! ”

Two minutes before the start of the game, Henson's state was very different from the calm and composure he had just given an interview. At this time, the Chinese coach was impassioned, eager to use his own voice to overpower the noise made by more than 18,000 people in the stadium.

Listening to Henson's words, Antetokounmpo swallowed. Playing well in the regular season is not called a superstar. Only by proving yourself in the playoffs and leading the team to victory is called a real superstar!

Since Henson needs to attack on his own today, let's attack it hard! Even if it is Draymond who stands in front of him, the core of the Warriors' defense. Green.

"Coach Henson, it's almost time."

The referee walked over to the Pacers' bench to give him a push, and Henson nodded at the referee before waving at the players.

"Go on the field and run to your heart's content, Pacers."

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When the starters of both sides took their positions in their designated positions, ESPN also played the starting lists of both sides for the day on the TV screen.

Mike. Brin thought that the two tacticians of Kerr and Henson would change their lineup in the Finals, but they both chose to be conservative, and the starting lineups of both teams were the same as before.

The Warriors' starters on the Warriors' side were Curry, Thompson, Durant, Green and Zaza. Pachuria. And on the Pacers' side, it's the same old-fashioned.

After all, neither Cole nor Henson knew each other well enough. When Henson led the team to three consecutive championships, Kerr was still the commentator. And when Cordey led the Warriors to dominate the league, Henson was thinking about how to increase annual sales of sports drinks.

Aggressiveness may work wonders against unfamiliar opponents, but being conservative is undoubtedly the safest and safest. And in the finals, no one likes to take risks.

"I really didn't expect to meet him in the finals. Funny......" Kerr stood on the sideline with his chin on his hand and glanced at the Pacers' bench.

Over there, Henson didn't sit on the Diaoyutai as he did in the regular season, but crossed his waist on the sidelines.

"Be careful, Steve. Henson. Joe's guy has all sorts of labels, but absolutely no one finds him interesting. Kerr's assistant coach and former "best coach" Mike Brown, who just joined the Warriors' coaching staff last summer. Brown reminded.

"It's okay, Mike. Believe me, he's outdated. "Steve. Cole chuckled softly as the referee on the court tossed the basketball high into the air.

Pachulia jumped hard, perhaps because he wanted to save face from his defeat in the scolding battle, so he fought very hard for the ball.

The basketball was dialed to Stephen. Curry in his hands, but Curry did not control the ball as the No. 1 position, but gave the ball to Draymond, the team's No. 4 position. Green.

Green was steady with the ball, dribbling and gesturing like an experienced point guard.

In fact, this is not the first time Green has done the work of organizing an offense. He is familiar with this.

Antetokounmpo waited with his long arms open for Green to shoot himself, but Green didn't intend to score at all. He first passed the ball to Curry, and then immediately set up a cover for Curry.

After Curry broke through to form a defensive contraction, he gave the ball to Green again.

By this time, the duo of Green and Curry had captured much of the Pacers' origins. So Green suddenly reversed the pass and sent the basketball to Klay. Thompson in his hands. At this point, Thompson had just borrowed an off-ball screen.

Thompson hasn't forgotten the humiliation of losing to the Pacers by 50 points in the regular season this year. In that game, the Pacers persevered to the end with tenacity, so today, Thompson is going to break the confidence of the Pacers from the beginning!

Danny. As Green gets older, he is no longer the athletic boy he was when he was a "can't run". Nowadays, he is more effective in helping to defend, and one-on-one defense is not so good. He's still very aggressive, but he's still a step slower.

One step is enough space for Thompson, a top scorer off the ball, to shoot calmly.

"Brush!"

Thompson's three-point shot was solid, and Draymond. Green's organization has also paid off. Putting Green as a playmaker and freeing up Thompson and Curry to be off the ball is the biggest masterpiece of Kerr's coaching career.

Kerr smirked at the sight of Thompson's goal, then turned to look at his assistant coach, Mike. Brown.

"What am I talking about? That guy is outdated. ”