Even though many days have passed since the Pacers' fierce battle with the Heat, people are still talking about it. After all, in the east, where many strong teams are no longer dominant, fans have rarely seen such an exciting and exciting strong dialogue.

The whistle dragged into overtime, and the game ended with a stunner in overtime. This kind of game, which is constantly climaxing from the first second to the last second, is naturally very popular with fans.

And now the Pacers, who can play with the big three with a full lineup until the last minute of overtime, have also been recognized by most fans.

People even claimed that it was a rehearsal for the Eastern Conference Finals!

Eastern Conference Finals Prepreview...... Henson pouted, if that were the case, it wouldn't be bad. But the NBA playoffs can't be confused with the regular season. It's not that easy to get to the Eastern Conference Finals. For example, now, finishing first in the East in the regular season is the guarantee that the Pacers can enter the Eastern Conference Finals.

And how to surpass the Bulls who blocked Buddha in the regular season is enough to give Henson a headache.

To that end, Henson is now very interested in any opponent, even the Trail Blazers, who have been locked out of the top eight in the West this season, and the Philadelphia 76ers, who are hovering in eighth place in the East.

On March 13 and March 14, in the back-to-back matchups in Group N of the season, the Pacers beat the Trail Blazers and 76ers in two games, respectively. That's right, it's a light take.

The current Pacers rarely overturn against teams that are not at playoff level, or are teetering on the edge of the playoff level.

It's a feeling that Henson never experienced last season. It turns out that when playing certain games, he can really sit on the bench until his butt hurts.

O'Brien sat on the bench until his butt hurt because the Pacers he coached were often doomed to lose games early on. In Henson's case, the opposite is true, and his Pacers often don't need to fight until the last minute to hold the victory in their hands.

So far, counting the Magic, the Pacers have quickly stabilized the ranking with a three-game winning streak after two consecutive losses. Now, they are still 0.5 wins away from the Bulls, who are in first place in the East.

This win is very delicate, and if the Bulls are not careful, they will be overtaken by the Pacers. And if the Pacers lose those games that they shouldn't lose, they will not only be thrown away by the Bulls, but they will also have to beware of the Heat who are eyeing them from behind.

So Henson feels like he's been under pressure more recently than ever, and how far a team can go in a season is carefully laid from the regular season. Henson dreams every day about what would happen if the Pacers couldn't make it to first place in the East and thus couldn't make it to the Eastern Conference Finals.

After a year of hard work and recruiting so many helpers, the results we got were the same as last season. Not to mention the players, even such a "shameless" self will be hit.

To avoid the nightmare becoming a reality, the only thing Henson can do is be ready to face every opponent. Therefore, after three consecutive wins, when the Knicks, who had the bonus of "Lin Madness", stood in front of him, Henson finally began to watch Jeremy Lin's game video day and night.

Back-to-back battles with the Knicks twice, this duel that Henson has been thinking about for a long time is finally here!

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"Lin Crazy", in general, refers to the period when Jeremy Lin led the Knicks to a seven-game winning streak.

However, after studying the game footage, Henson found that in fact, "Lin Madness" is still going on until now.

On Feb. 17, after a seven-game winning streak, the Knicks faced the Hornets, and Jeremy Lin scored 26 points and five assists on Holiday head.

Against the Mavericks on the 19th, Jeremy Lin had 28 points and 14 assists. No. 20 against the Nets, Jeremy Lin had 21 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists......

Skip February and go straight to March. In the last game of the Knicks against the Trail Blazers, Jeremy Lin still scored 14 points and 7 assists.

So, while Jeremy Lin is talking about a seven-game winning streak. But Henson can see that this Chinese kid is still in good shape, and even after the return of Anthony, the "big stomach" who eats the power of the hand, Jeremy Lin can still steadily win a 10+7 data.

And Henson's evaluation of Jeremy Lin is, in fact, the same. Although this Harvard graduate, who has been voted and cut countless times, and looks like a nerd-like Asian who seems to be of little use, he definitely has the ability to establish himself in the NBA. If he plays well without injury, Jeremy Lin's career stats can also consistently reach performances such as 10+ points and 5+ assists, and he is a qualified starting point guard for an average team.

It is indeed inspiring for a Chinese American who once had no ball to play to grow to this point. But no matter how inspirational it is, it's just an ordinary starting point guard. Henson believes that Chris. Paul will be the culprit for completely extinguishing "Lin Madness"!

Stoudemire's form this season is very average, and Jeremy Lin is strangled. The Knicks' only option is to let their "social melon" single.

And Anthony's singles is undoubtedly the situation that Henson wants to see the most. Whether it was against the Nuggets or the Knicks last season, once Anthony singled up, it meant that the Pacers were not far from victory.

With this perfect plan in mind, Henson began training ahead of the fight. After back-to-back matchups with the Trail Blazers and 76ers, the Pacers have only two days off to rest. Therefore, in these two days, the training must be effective but not too heavy, which is a great test of Henson's ability to make a training plan.

Fortunately, Henson, who used to coach Stevens of the Butler University Bulldogs, is also comfortable with developing a training plan. Henson also heard when he was chatting with Stevens recently that the guy had plans to enter the NBA. Maybe next summer, I can poach my teacher as my assistant?

Of course, Henson wouldn't be surprised if any NBA team was willing to hire Stevens as head coach. Nonsense, even a "half-ass" like himself can be a head coach, so what's impossible for someone like Stevens who already has a foundation?

Shaking his head, Henson didn't think about the mess anymore and focused on training.

However, training didn't seem to go as smoothly as Henson expected, and everyone was in good shape. But very surprisingly, Chris. Paul, the absolute leader, was in a very different state from the others.

At first, Henson thought Paul was plagued by an injury. After all, "Queen Bee" had a history of serious injuries in the '09-10 season – a torn meniscus in her knee.

This is definitely the pain of Paul's life, and after this injury, Paul's speed and explosiveness have indeed declined to a certain extent, which can be said to have lowered some of Paul's ceilings.

You must know that Paul has just entered the league in his third season and is already competing with the peak Kobe Bryant for MVP, and he is second only to Kobe in the MVP vote, almost making the "Rose Clause" become the "Paul Clause".

However, in the season after this injury, Paul played in 80 games and averaged only 15.8 points in 36 minutes per game, which was not as good as his rookie season. There is no doubt that the impact of the injury on Paul was immense.

Fortunately, after coming to Indianapolis, Paul was back in shape. The average scoring data of 21.6 points per game is more than a star and a half better than last season. And Henson has also upgraded his injury-related badges a few times this season, and Paul should not be bothered by injuries anymore.

After asking the team doctor, Henson let out a sigh of relief. It turned out that Paul's poor form was not due to injuries or flu, but because his wife Jada was experiencing some physical discomfort.

Like most black players, Jada and Paul got to know each other at a very young age. Although Jada and Paul only got married in August last year, they already have a young son. Pregnancy before marriage seems to be quite normal in the American concept.

After all, Howard claims to have no girlfriend yet, but in fact, the cost of having an illegitimate child is estimated to have caused a lot of headaches for "Warcraft".

After the two got married last year, Jada was also pregnant with her second child with Paul. According to the doctor's deduce, the due date is August this year. In other words, I was pregnant in October, and this is already halfway through. Now that pregnant wives are feeling unwell, it is not surprising that Paul, as a husband, as a responsible man, would be distracted by this.

"Why don't you tell me directly if you have this kind of trouble, but ask the team doctor?" When Henson called Paul into his office, Henson pretended to be a little angry. He has always thought that he is very close to the players, so it is natural that the players should go to him as a manager if they have any problems, even if Henson really can't heal.

However, Paul's answer made Henson feel a little warm.

"I just don't want to affect the game, boss."

Paul knows exactly what his role is with the Pacers, how can a team leader casually bring things off the court to the game?

"It doesn't matter, if the family needs it, you can do what a husband does. I know it's a very busy season with a packed schedule, so you don't have much time to spend with your wife. But if you have other things on your mind, you won't be at your best on the basketball court. ”

"The next group of back-to-back opponents is the Knicks, Boss." Paul smiled, although the Knicks are not ranked high this season, with the addition of Jeremy Lin and Anthony, no one thinks they are easy to mess with.

"Don't worry, we beat the Knicks to the ground last season before you came."

Rather than let Paul continue to be in such a bad state, Henson felt that it would be better for Paul to settle the matter and then focus on coming back to play.

Besides, against the Knicks, Henson is really full of confidence.