On Christmas Day, the first game day of the shortened season, the NBA's schedule has undoubtedly left fans addicted.

The Heat and Mavericks fought Dallas again and won, which undoubtedly made the Miami, who had been held back for a whole offseason, breathe a sigh of relief.

In the Clippers vs. Warriors game, Billups proved the possibility between him and Griffin with facts. The two combined for 43 points, allowing the Warriors to swallow the bitter fruit.

The game between the Bulls and the Lakers was also very exciting, and the gimmick of the youngest MVP against the Black Mamba made this game the most watched game on the first day of the new season.

In the end, the youngest MVP lived up to expectations, beating the Lakers in the last 4.8 seconds, making Staples's arrogant vipers shake their heads.

In the other game, the Knicks narrowly defeated the Celtics by 2 points and successfully avenged last season's playoffs. The Thunder downplayed the Magic, who appear to have dropped out of the ranks of the powerhouses since being eliminated in the first round by the Pacers last season.

However, the biggest difference on Christmas Day came in Indianapolis.

Possession of Chris. The Pacers, joined by Paul, used a terrifying 31-point margin to announce the rise of the new power of the whole league!

Last season's Pacers were just a spoiler, an inexperienced youth army. So this season, after bringing in Paul and West and increasing the depth of the interior, the Indiana Pacers have become an out-and-out powerhouse in the East!

This big score victory naturally made Henson's sentence "I think about how many points to win" before the game became popular on the Internet. But of course, this sentence seems to be only heard by local fans in Indianapolis, while fans of other teams think that the young Chinese-American coach is a little carried away.

"I have to say that the Detroit Pistons are not a particularly strong team. This game is what the Pacers should have won, and it doesn't say anything. ”

Henson must still be complacent about having robbed Paul at the last minute, but Paul is not omnipotent. If having Paul would have solved the problem, the Hornets would have won the championship a long time ago. ”

"Coach Henson seems to be getting more and more outrageous, and no one is going to say that kind of thing before the game. But I don't care what the clown says, I just care about my own team. ”

Even Tom. Thibodeau, Henson's old rival, couldn't help but complain.

In this regard, Reggie. Miller has a different view: "Didn't Coach Henson's remarks remind you of anyone? That's right, it's the current Pacers president Larry. Bird. I think maybe it's a kind of inheritance. This, perhaps, is the style of Indianapolis. ”

In any case, Henson once again pulled hatred "out of his mouth". Now, the head coaches of many teams in the East must be eager to get his hands on him. But Henson doesn't care, he knows one thing from the day he becomes assistant coach.

The essence of professional sports is to win.

As long as you can win, you're even better than Larry. Bird is still pretending to be fine.

So after winning the game against the Pistons, Henson didn't let the players sit idle. The Pacers still practice a lot of work every day, and without summer league and too much preseason training, Henson has to find a way to make up for that lost time day by day.

But now it's easier for Henson that Chris. Paul shared part of the work of supervising the players' training. Paul is definitely a very competitive guy, so he wants his teammates to take the game seriously. This is quite similar to a certain paranoid in Los Angeles.

It's a good thing Paul didn't join the Lakers, otherwise the rest of the Lakers would have been tortured to death by these two guards.

By not having to be on the sidelines all the time, Henson has more time to develop and refine his training plan.

"Slightly reduce the weight of George's shooting drills and let him work more on his dribbling." When Henson handed over the training plan to Vogel, Vogel was still a little confused.

"George 2.06 meters, you want him to practice dribbling?"

"What's wrong with 2.06m? He's a forward player, and maybe a coach will let the center learn how to dribble in the future. George's dribbling is a little too spicy, you look at him, the center of gravity is too high to break through effectively. ”

Henson is very demanding of George, because in his heart, George is not just a player who is only responsible for shooting, and the George he expects is an offensive kaleidoscope.

In fact, a closer look shows that even Durant has improved a lot on dribbling in recent seasons. And this has also brought Durant closer and closer to the ranks of top stars. It could even be said that he is already a top star.

"Well, what else has changed?" Vogel didn't argue anymore, as there were few instances of Henson's training plan going wrong. His control of the direction of his players has always been extremely precise.

"There's also the problem that our shooting coaches seem to be a little inadequate." Through the floor-to-ceiling windows of his office, Henson looked at the players who were practicing their shots.

Shooting is a problem that Henson attaches great importance to. Stephenson, Jimmy. Butler and Leonard are the "hardest hits" in terms of shooting. Shooting coaches have a heavy task and train Jimmy. Butler and Leonard, the two "iron kings", are really not so easy.

"What do you mean?"

"I think we might need a very experienced shooting coach to coach them individually. Now we have to teach three people with one coach, and I feel a little too busy. Henson knew that while he had a badge to increase the speed of progress, it had to be his training plan to work.

So after the afternoon of practice, Henson approached the person who made the decision on the issue, Larry, who was in charge of all basketball affairs for the Pacers. Bird.

Bird couldn't help but smile when he saw Henson, and patted the "half-coach" on the shoulder.

"Henson, I like the tone of your voice before the start of the game yesterday, hahahaha, there is a little bit of my shadow!"

"Uh......" Henson nodded with a smile, but he knew that he was still far worse than Bird's rather than pretending. At least Henson couldn't say anything like "Are you all here to fight for second place?"

"Bird, I'm not here to learn how to talk to you. I wanted to find a shooting coach, absolutely the best. Can you use your connections to help me find one? ”

"Shooting coach?" Bird was a little surprised, after all, the Pacers had just won by 30 points, and Henson was thinking about how to improve the team's training.

But Bird immediately regained his composure, yes, this offseason is too short for Henson to fully prepare. Although the Pacers have won one game, the truth is that the team certainly has a lot of problems left unresolved.

A word from the shooting coach...... If you can convince Reggie. Miller don't be a commentator, that's him. After all, he's the second best guy in the entire Indian Press Polis shot to the ground. ”

"Bird, I'm serious......" Henson shook his head, worthy of a generation of forced kings.

"I mean, at the beginning and Reggie. The guy Miller practiced shooting wasn't bad. When I think about it, I should still have his phone number. Bird stopped snoring, but held his chin and tried to think.

"Someone who practiced shooting with Miller?" Henson was immediately interested, which sounded much more reliable now.

He doesn't ask Jimmy. Butler and Leonard become the next Miller, as long as they can train their shooting enough.

"Well, found it, Bruce. Fraser. Don't worry, Henson, I'll call him for you, don't worry about it. What you need to think about now is how to keep the Pacers on winning the next game. Bird found the phone number of the target in a small notebook, but he didn't seem to be going to call it right away, perhaps to prepare a statement.

"That's good," Henson got up, ready to leave work, and walked to the office door, Henson waved his hand behind his back to Bird, "By the way, I'm not thinking about whether I can win one game, but whether I can win all the games this month." ”

With that, Henson disappeared around the corner of the hallway without looking back.

Looking at Bird's evil smile, Pritchard, who had not spoken in the office, had goosebumps.

The two forced kings, neither of whom is a good bird.