607: Gentle bastard
In the 2011-2012 season, Henson. Joe has been penalized three times by the league, with a total penalty of $60,000. A total of 28 times of foul language at press conferences, and 13 times for "inappropriate remarks" in press conferences......
In the 2016-2017 season, Henson. Joe was not punished by the league, he didn't explode at the press conference, and no media hacked him for being rude.
If you put Henson. Joe's name is obscured, and just looking at the resume, people must have thought that these were two completely different coaches.
However, this is actually a coaching situation in two different seasons. Henson has indeed become much gentler this season, which may be related to age, although Henson was also in his 30s before, but his mental age is actually in his twenties, and it is normal to be a little frivolous.
But now Henson's body is almost 40, and after going through so many things, his mental age has also increased a lot. So, this season's Henson has focused more on winning.
So when Steve. Kerr spoke to the media after the last game and said "Henson. Joe is outdated", Henson was not angry at all and did not give any response.
Because he believes that the performance of the Pacers is enough to prove whether he is really outdated.
However, at this time, in the third quarter of the third game of the NBA Finals, Kerr, who was 8 points behind the Pacers, must have regretted saying that sentence very much.
It's cool to pretend to be forced for a while, but if you can't pretend to be forced, it's very embarrassing.
At this time, the score was 80-88, and the Pacers had a chance to score 90 points before the third quarter of the game was played. It's not because of anything else, it's because both teams are so accurate in their three-point shots.
Curry, Durant and Thompson were all on fire today, hitting shots from beyond the three-point line. Under normal circumstances, when the Warriors hit all three points with a burst of shooting percentage, their opponents should be unable to parry.
Today, however, the situation is reversed. The Warriors have been on the back foot since Antetokounmpo's three-point shot abruptly opened in the middle of the first quarter.
After that, Antetokounmpo attracted a lot of attention from the Warriors from beyond the three-point line, while Paul. George and Oladipo seized the opportunity and quickly opened the score with successive shocks.
A good hand seems to be contagious, in the second quarter of the game, Bogdanovic, Siakam, and Channing on the bench. Frye and Danny. Players such as Green also scored three-pointers. For a moment, the Pacers' three-point ratio seemed to be no less than that of the Warriors.
In the third quarter, the two sides continued to be anxious. Curry and Durant threw in a lot of difficult long-range shots, but the score still couldn't get close until now.
Steve. Kerr was anxiously organizing the final defense of the third quarter on the sidelines, and he didn't want to go into the fourth-quarter showdown with a double-digit margin of points.
At the beginning of today's game, Cole was still able to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai platform. But since the first quarter of the game was interrupted, he has been dancing on the sidelines.
This time was no exception, with Kerr clapping his hands vigorously and urging his players to focus. The Warriors' players were on the lookout, and Green posted it just after halftime for Antetokounmpo, who was already scared of Antetokounmpo's three-point shot today.
Without Green on the inside, Paul handed the ball to Oladipo without thinking. Oladipo faced Clay's defense and called for a screen.
Brooke. Lopez came to block the pick-and-roll, and Clay was the least able to prevent the breakout after the pick-and-roll.
As a result, Oladipo relied on the tacit understanding with Lopez and his own excellent explosiveness to enter the interior line. Facing the basket without an interior player, Oladipo leaped high. In the air, he swung his arms and exerted force in his abdomen, and it took a lap of his arms to dunk the ball into the frame.
"A big windmill dunk, Oracle Arena seems to have instantly turned into Oladipo's personal stage!" Mike. Brin couldn't help but let out a roar and was able to play a big windmill in an official race, which showed that Oladipo had just been almost unhindered.
ESPN's close-up shot doesn't focus on Oladipo, but instead on Henson and Antetokounmpo. Everyone knows that Oladipo wouldn't have gotten an easy dunk without Antetokounmpo on the outside. And what did Henson do to make Antetokounmpo shoot so accurately today?
With 1.2 seconds left in the third quarter, 90-80, Steve Kerr had to accept that he had been thrown away by 10 points by an "outdated coach."
At the same time, the Oracle Arena had fallen silent. Henson said he wanted to show the people of Auckland what despair was, and they experienced despair.
At the same time, Mike. Brin looked at Antetokounmpo's stats for today. He made 5 of 6 three-pointers and scored 15 points from distance alone...... And Durant has only scored 5 three-pointers so far, and he has also made 3 more shots than Antetokounmpo.
Is this data still Antetokounmpo?
"Victor, what did I tell you? In official competitions, try to give me as few fancy moves as possible. "At the break, as soon as the players got off the pitch, they heard Henson yelling.
Oladipo lowered his head slightly, ready to accept criticism. However, Henson was kidding him.
"But if the opponent's defense is so weak every time, then you kill them with the most fancy moves! Well done, Victor, and all of you, you've played really well so far, we're on the Warriors' home court, and we're 10 points ahead! ”
Oladipo's expression changed 180° in an instant, and the rest of the team laughed. In stark contrast to the Warriors' bench, Kerr yelled and the players frowned.
"I have to play a five-small lineup in advance, the defense can't be prevented today, let's play against them!" Kerr tapped the board, knowing full well that as long as Antetokounmpo could still make a three-pointer, the Pacers would be able to easily attack the basket.
The defense can't be counted on, and now the only chance for the Warriors is to score with the Pacers.
Cole says that Henson is outdated, so if he loses to Henson, will he be even more outdated soon!?
This kind of self-slapping thing in the face, Cole is not willing to do it.
So in the fourth quarter, after seeing Kerr take the five-small lineup in advance, the fans in the Oracle Arena finally "revived".
Looking at the Warriors' lineup on the court, Henson shook his head. Cole still says he's outdated? But in fact, isn't this similar lineup also carried forward by Henson?
During the Pacers' three-game winning streak, the Pacers' "Death Defense" and "Death Five" were known to everyone. As long as Henson fielded one of those two lineups, it would take only two or three minutes for the Pacers to close the game.
What Cole is playing now is not a copy of Henson's "Five Little Deaths".
In the fourth quarter of the game, the Warriors launched a desperate resistance. I have to admit that the offensive firepower of the five-small lineup is very fierce. And on the defensive end, Draymond. Green doesn't have to follow Antetokounmpo around anymore because of the No. 5 position. Now, he can defend the box with peace of mind.
In addition, Iguodala was already very good defensively, so Antetokounmpo's performance was a little more difficult than the first three quarters.
Thankfully, the Pacers are just as capable of scoring, and they already hold a 10-point lead. So in the final fourth-quarter showdown, although the Warriors fought the last bullet, although the Pacers veteran David . West held back and made a three-pointer.
But the basketball game really depends on the accumulation of four quarters of games, and although the Warriors played well in the fourth quarter, they still lost by 4 points because they fell behind too much before.
The moment the electronic beep sounded, the entire Oracle Arena was filled with boos. Obviously, Warriors fans who are used to winning can't accept the fact that the team is losing at home.
Again, when the Golden State Warriors thought the Pacers were falling short, they got up from the ground again and slapped the Warriors with a smile.
Kerr now knows that the Pacers won't be that easy. They are like Xiaoqiang who can't be killed, and they can always find ways to torture you.
"38 points and 13 rebounds, Janis . Antetokounmpo continued his slump in the previous game before putting on an MVP-level performance again. If the Pacers can win the championship and Janis continues to play like that. I believe that he will become another young FMVP. ”
Everybody knows Mike. What does Brin mean by this passage, the young players of the Pacers are almost always inferior to the superstars by virtue of FMVP.
This was the case with George and Leonard in the past, and this year, the "torch" was passed to Antetokounmpo.
After the game, Antetokounmpo naturally had the most reporters. After all, his fantastic performance today is the biggest reason why the Pacers were able to win.
But in an interview, Antetokounmpo didn't praise himself at all, but said, "I want to thank Coach Henson." ”
So where is Coach Henson? Henson was blocked at the entrance to the players' tunnel. He only answered one question, but this question was already worth a thousand dollars.
"What do you think of the comments that Coach Kerr gave you after the win?"
"Steve. Cole is a trendy coach, and I, I'm a coach who can win games. If he wants to be trendy, let him be trendy, anyway, I'm here to win the championship. ”
So, once again, Henson ridiculed others without using dirty words. Steve. Cole's image was completely ruined in Henson's hands.
Watching Henson turn and walk into the players' tunnel, the reporter smiled.
Indeed, Henson has been a lot milder this season. But even that doesn't change the fact that he's still a jerk.
Well, a bastard who always manages to win.