The Pacers' victory over the Celtics undoubtedly shattered the "strong team dream" of Boston fans. Celtic are still a strong team, just not as dominant anymore.

Facing the Pacers' formidable perimeter defensive chain, the aging Ray Ray. Aaron and Pierce simply can't do it. And Garnett is past the age when he can do anything.

After the game, Henson's words in an interview after the game, "We are strong, really strong", undoubtedly made the fans in Indianapolis cheer.

Of course, Henson isn't just trying to make a splash. In January, Henson led the Pacers to demonstrate their strength.

Just one day after the win over the Celtics, the Pacers returned home to slaughter the Bobcats 99-77 in back-to-back games. The Bobcats have never beaten the Pacers since Henson took charge of the Pacers, and it looks like the cycle will continue to haunt Charlotte fans.

On January 9, he faced the Philadelphia 76ers away, although the Pacers veteran McRoberts was in great form today, shooting four three-pointers. But the Pacers, who were better in overall strength, still defeated the home team 106-96, winning eight in a row!

On the 11th, the Pacers easily defeated the Eastern Conference rivals Hawks. On the 13th and 14th, the Pacers ushered in another round of back-to-back matchups, defeating the Raptors and the Celtics who were in a three-game losing streak.

The Celtics' three-game losing streak was started by the Pacers, and now, the Pacers have given the Celtics their fourth losing streak.

Henson was 2-2 against the Celtics last season and had to use a few tricks like "fake rotation" to win the game.

But this season, the Pacers don't seem to be afraid of the Green Shirts at all. In both games, the Pacers won cleanly, and the Celtics had no power to resist at all.

It's not a matter of luck or form, it's the obvious difference in strength between the two sides that contributed to Celtic's defeat. As Henson said to Vogel earlier, don't expect the Celtics to be too good in the regular season.

So far, the Pacers are at the top of the league with an 11-0 record! Henson's team is also the only team that has not tasted defeat so far in the new season. The 11-game winning streak also became the best start in the history of the Indiana Pacers!

"Congratulations to the Indiana Pacers, Coach Henson has done what even Bird couldn't have achieved in the first place!"

"With an 11-game winning streak, the best in franchise history, we have reason to believe that Henson is leading his team on the rising highway."

"The Pacers have officially stepped into the ranks of the powerhouses, and they will definitely have more surprises to bring us this season!"

After the game, Henson also received unanimous praise from the media for a rare time. Henson is right, in competitive sports, winning is everything. As long as you can win, even those who hate you in the first place will do their best to hold their stinky feet.

Of course, just after the Pacers' second win over the Celtics this season, Henson finally unlocked the achievement after a long absence. Since many of last Season's easy-to-unlock achievements have already been unlocked, the progress of unlocking achievements this season has been a lot slower. However, breaking the record in team history is definitely rewarding.

"XP Totalizer?" Looking at this special reward in front of him, Henson, who was sitting on the team bus, touched his chin.

The XP Accumulation Device is neither a badge nor a word. Its effect is described as follows: Winning matches can earn experience, and accumulating experience to level up can be rewarded. Just one sentence, simple.

Henson's understanding is that you will be able to earn rewards even if you don't have to unlock achievements in the future. This is undoubtedly the best shortcut to "cheating", and he can't help but start complaining about why this reward didn't appear randomly sooner. After all, Henson is still too slow to earn rewards by unlocking achievements.

But what Henson doesn't know now is how much experience can be gained by winning a game, and how much experience is needed to get the so-called "leveling". Isn't it if you only get 10 experience for winning a game, but 1000 for a single upgrade?

With this question in mind, Henson led the team to Sacramento. On January 18, the Pacers' opponent was none other than the Sacramento Kings.

However, an upset happened in Sacramento.

With just four wins in 14 games so far, the Sacramento Kings, who are running for the lottery again this season, ended the Pacers' winning streak with their tenacious defense and what Henson called an incredible offense, with two key three-pointers in the final 30 seconds to end the Pacers' winning streak and end their best start to 11 straight wins.

The Pacers played an average game in this game, and although it was not good, it could not be said to be bad. It's just that the King's magical shooting percentage is coming, and Henson even doubts Kings coach Keith. Smart also has a data analysis module, and then uses some kind of reward or words, otherwise it really can't explain why the king is suddenly in such a good state today.

Cousins scored 26 points in the game. Thorton shot 5-of-6 from beyond the three-point line! And the Dominican guard on the Kings bench, Horford's little brother Francisco. Garcia actually scored 21 points with a three-point shot!

You know, Garcia is only averaging 4.8 points per game this season! And it was Garcia's three-pointer in the final 2.3 seconds that sealed the game and ended the longest 11-game winning streak in the Pacers' history.

Henson wanted to see how much experience he could gain by winning a game, but he lost inexplicably and didn't see anything.

Even if you lose, what makes Henson even more chilling is that Paul. George also suffered a back contusion and only played half the game. The team doctor then officially informed Henson that George would have to miss at least two games.

"We're cursed in Sacramento." All this made Henson say helplessly at the press conference.

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Back contusion, missed two games. Henson opened the NBA's injury list on his computer and found that George's injuries were nothing compared to those who missed a few weeks at least and a few months at worst.

After all, two games won't end up locking the team that was the first team in the East out of the playoffs, and two games would be insignificant for a long season.

Henson doesn't know if it's because he has a couple of injury-related badges equipped, but the Pacers players haven't really had any major injuries since he joined the Pacers.

Thinking of this, Henson couldn't help but worry a little about Granger. Without his own "protection", hopefully Granger won't really be hit by a devastating injury......

Although George's injury is not serious, he only needs to be out for two games. But the injury at this juncture still drove Henson crazy.

George's 16.5 points per game so far this season has made him an indispensable and important point of attack for the Pacers. Most crucially, without George, the Pacers also lack a height advantage at the No. 2 position.

In the next game, the Pacers' opponent is the Los Angeles Lakers, who have the most dangerous quarterback in the league!

George is originally from Los Angeles, and when he returns to his hometown to play, he will definitely be in great shape, and maybe he can break all the black mamba's fangs. But now, everything is in tatters.

George was injured and the Pacers lost their strongest defensive point at the No. 2 position. And this offseason, the Pacers snatched the "goddess" Paul from the Lakers, a "rich and handsome", which must have made Kobe Bryant hold a grudge.

Although it was not the fault of the Pacers that Paul could not join the Lakers, everyone knows that if it wasn't for Bird fanning the flames, it is very likely that there would not be that "basketball reason".

As a result, Henson now not only loses George, who is likely to burst into form, but also has to face an angry Purple and Gold.

Although both the Lakers and the Celtics have begun to fall since winning the championship, they have to admit that the Lakers at this stage are still stronger than the Celtics. After all, the Lakers are surviving in the more brutal West, and Kobe Bryant is in better shape than the Green Big Three.

"Don't stare at the injury list, have you decided who will start in place of George in the next game?"

It wasn't until Vogel tapped himself on the shoulder that Henson came to his senses.

"Who else can you use? Matthews, of course. ”

"Oh? I thought you'd let Leonard try his hand at the starting number two. Vogel smiled and wrote Matthews' name on the board.

Who starts each game, who they play against, and who they play against the substitutes are usually written on the whiteboard in the dressing room by the assistant coach the day in advance. The next day the players came to see it.

"Leonard? That kid playing the starting No. 2 position is going to smash Staples' basket crookedly. Henson teased.

"I don't think you're talking about Kobe."

"I didn't, I'm not ......"

Henson shook his head, and suddenly remembered a man, someone who might have gotten some chance to show himself.

"Frank, finish writing the roster and come with me to see Jimmy. How's Butler's training. Henson almost forgot about the No. 30 rookie.