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After the All-Star break, the players had no time to breathe and immediately continued to devote themselves to the regular season.

As usual, after the All-Star break, the league usually sees a few small trades, and teams will change their roster in order to bolster their roster and make the playoffs.

Henson and his Pacers have not been involved in the roster change, as the current state of the team is still very satisfying for Henson. If you can't trade for a superstar, you'd rather stay put.

However, there is still a team in the East this season that has gotten an absolute superstar halfway through the season. That's Cameron who has been in trouble since last summer and has finally settled down. Anthony!

As soon as the All-Star breaks out, the Nuggets make a deal with the New York Knicks, who have lost their patience.

This means that the New York Knicks, who are only supported by Stoudemire alone, instantly formed a triumvirate with Anthony, Stoudemire and Billups.

Although in Henson's view, this lineup is a bit far-fetched to be called the "Big Three" by the media, after all, Billups is no longer a giant figure.

But one thing Henson must admit is that Anthony's move to New York has the potential to change the landscape in the East. From now on, there will be a terrifying and formidable opponent in the east.

It seems that the difficulty of the playoffs has reached a higher level.

If the Pacers don't want to be eliminated in the first round, they need to climb up the leaderboard as much as possible.

Because if you fall to the sixth, seventh, and eighth places, then the first round of the playoffs will have a high probability of playing against one of the three opponents of the Bulls, Celtics and Heat.

For his part, Henson certainly doesn't want to face such a strong opponent in the first round.

But what if you want to rush up? There are also difficulties. By the time the regular season was played, the Bulls and Heat's winning percentages had gradually stabilized, while the Celtics had been in the first group since the beginning of the season.

Barring an injury or major change in the trio, their results will hardly be waterloo with just two months left.

It's not impossible to rush to the second or third place in the East, but it's very difficult. Henson doesn't want players to burn out from the regular season and come home in the playoffs.

He wants the team to hone more and play more games in the playoffs, even if it's just one more round.

Henson is well aware that the playoffs are the perfect place to train players. The rate of improvement between young people who have played in the playoffs and those who have not played in the playoffs is often very different.

So Henson's plan is to hold fourth or fifth in the East as much as possible so that he doesn't have to face too strong opponents and doesn't have to expend too much energy in the first round.

Then, Henson will need to find a way to take out the fifth or fourth place team with a similar record with the Pacers. As it stands, there are two teams that are most likely to be opponents in the first round of the Pacers, and that is the Magic and the Knicks!

The Magic have Howard, who has Finals experience. The Knicks, on the other hand, have superstars and great individual abilities. These two teams are strong enough, but they are not overwhelming in front of the Pacers. So, Henson thinks the Pacers can try to hit the second round.

That's right, hit the second round. Although Bird's mission this season is only to make the playoffs, after all, the Pacers haven't touched the playoff threshold for four years. But Henson doesn't demand that from himself, he always does better than anyone else's.

I believe that such a first-round game can hone people more than letting the players play more than ten regular season games.

Henson told his players what he was aiming for, and the players were eager to put in a blockbuster season.

Before the season began, everyone thought Henson would not be able to pull the Pacers into the playoffs, but now, they are starting to attack the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The Pacers are 2-2 in the remaining four games in February, and their performance is still solid. Among them, the loss to the Suns was still killed by the old and spicy Nash, and he was shot through the heart.

"There are many kinds of losses, being slaughtered and fighting to the point of lore are two completely different ways to lose. Although the Pacers lost to the Suns, their performance was commendable. Get ready, this youth army will be like the Oklahoma City Thunder and destabilize the East! ”

After the game against the Suns, Mike. Brin said.

Now, more and more people are comparing the Thunder to the Pacers. Because both teams are very young, and both have messed up the existing standings in their respective divisions.

Coincidentally, the Oklahoma City Thunder are now also fourth in the West. The Pacers and Thunder are already considered two of the most promising teams in the league.

"Who knows? Maybe in four or five years, we'll see the Pacers and Thunder meet in the Finals. ”

This is the famous NBA commentator Mav. Albert's assessment of the Pacers and Thunder.

Henson doesn't have the complicated question of whether the Pacers are the Eastern Thunder or the Thunder is the Western Pacers.

As March ticked on, the fighting became more and more intense. Every team is crazy and wants to change the standings at the last minute.

In the first game of March, the Pacers snuffed out the Warriors' arrogant fireworks. Ellis's magic is no longer there, and the Pacers win easily.

But next facing three Western Conference teams, the Thunder, Mavericks and Rockets, the Pacers suffered three consecutive defeats!

If the loss to the Thunder and the Mavericks is still acceptable to Henson, the team's inexplicable loss to the Rockets made Henson unbearable.

One way to put it is: Henson. Coach Joe was furious in the locker room, so he smashed a locker cabinet in the locker room of the Toyota Center with a punch.

The evidence is that Coach Henson was found to have a bandage on his right hand when he came out of the Toyota Center, and it was at that time that several workers entered the locker room to fix something.

After this incident was exposed, the Pacers were once pushed to the forefront.

The discord between the generals and coaches is news that all fans like to see.

"If it helps to get angry, George. Coach Karl's Nuggets are league champions! After hearing about this, Barkley couldn't help but take George. Carl, for example, mocked Henson.

However, it turns out that sometimes getting angry really works.

After the loss to the Rockets, the Pacers immediately dismembered the 76ers by 10 points at home. Al. Horford was unstoppable in the low post today, scoring a game-high 26 points on 11-of-14 shooting on the head of 76ers white center Hawes!

In this game, Henson deliberately let Horford hit Hawes in the low post.

"Today, I need you to play like you used to! Play like a traditional center! Henson's words have always been taken to heart by Horford, and it turns out that listening to Coach Henson's words has good statistics.

Just one day later, the Pacers slaughtered the Timberwolves, who had lost 50 games this season, with an inhumane score of 101-75 in the icy Minnesota.

"What a brutal massacre! The Timberwolves' blood almost melted the ice of Minnesota! We can tell that Coach Henson is angry, and the Pacers are angry! At this time, it's better not to mess with them! "Mike. Brin sighed, and the Pacers scored double-doubles in seven players, almost how to play.

It seems that Coach Henson's punch that smashed the cabinet in the locker room was not in vain.

On March 11, the Pacers won again, this time by the Toronto Raptors.

Granger and Horford scored 25 points each, highlighting their role as Eastern Conference All-Stars. The Raptors were almost unable to resist throughout the game, and the reason why they only lost by 12 points was because Henson replaced all the main players early.

Henson's punch smashed a three-game winning streak for the Pacers. That puts the Pacers 39-23 in a critical moment and fifth in the East. And the Orlando Magic in fourth place is only two wins away!

However, after a three-game winning streak, the Pacers still did not get rid of being hailed by Barkley.

"Do you know why the Pacers have won three in a row lately? Because the three opponents they faced were just too weak! Believe me, in the next game against the New York Knicks, Coach Henson's Pacers will be revealed! ”

Actually, it's not just Barkley, many people think so. Among them, including the super scorer who just moved to the Knicks, Cameron. Anthony.

"We're going to win, and don't forget that the Knicks are climbing up the rankings right now. The Indiana Pacers can't stop me, they can't stop the Knicks! ”

The superstar, who had just moved to New York, smiled confidently in front of the camera.