My basketball vision is different

Jeff Hornacek left the Conseco Arena with regrets. The coach who wanted to double-kill the Pacers this season and complete his great deed finally shook his head helplessly at the final score of 90-109.

In the end, the Pacers bypassed the sun magnanimously and did not make a cruel move.

Lin Shaojie, who had the most assists, scored 17 assists and 29 points.

The Pacers' No. 13 has improved from a regular double-double record at the beginning of the season to an average of 16+ assists per game, and has already pre-booked this season's assist king.

Coupled with the results of the Pacers, as long as they persist until the second round, it is a certainty that the MVP of last season wants to defend this honor.

In the game that ended, the Pacers left everyone with two new impressions. First, the Pacers actively increased the playing time of core player Lin Shaojie at home;

On the other hand, the team's second-in-command Paul George's offensive state on the court fluctuates.

In the usual situation where the Pacers take the lead, coach Frank will replace Lin Shaojie and give the player who has performed outstandingly in his rookie period a relaxed rest time so that his body can fully recover.

And Paul George's ups and downs, let more media people see his instability on the offensive end.

Sometimes explosive, sometimes weak scoring methods seem to make his role on the court a bit tasteless.

At the post-match press conference, some reporters have repeatedly asked whether Lin Shaojie, a "combo guard" or even a "forward and guard swingman", will conflict with Paul George's position on the court and affect each other.

Faced with this problem, Frank said it was impossible. The Pacers are a rare team basketball team in history, and they are also a team with tacit cooperation. It is normal for players to fluctuate.

"I think we have a say in this issue!"

The reporters of course want to get a big news. The Pacers' team atmosphere and team record are too good. If there is a conflict between the players at this time, it will definitely attract the attention of the fans.

As for whether or not to plant a bomb, that has nothing to do with the reporters, they are interested in the heat.

"Paul's offensive efficiency is not as good as Lynn's, but he occupies more shots. Both of them are tall and large players. They actually appeared on the court at the same time. Are you doing this because you don't want to win?"

Back then, when Danny Granger left the team, how many people wanted to pry some news out of Granger's mouth.

Whether it was Granger and Paul George's positional conflict, or Lin Shaojie's appearance taking away the former's status as the leader of the locker room, no matter what Granger said, the reporters would be excited.

But Granger's subsequent work was very good. Apart from repeatedly emphasizing that it was a certain star of the Heat that ruined his career in the Pacers, he didn't reveal too much. Instead, the fans discovered themselves and said yes Paul George's growth forced Danny Granger to leave the team.

After all, no capitalist would spend such a large amount of money to support an injured player.

(Kobe laughs silently.)

Now, the scoring efficiency of Paul George, the second-in-command, has declined rapidly on the court. The Pacers' top scorer actually dropped to the current situation after two months.

In this game, they only scored 15+ points, which is really unreasonable. You must know that Hibbert scored an astonishing 22 points on the court.

What's even more uncomfortable is that Paul George once again occupied the most shots in the team, 21 times, a quarter. In the end, this point is the score. Compared with Stephenson, the efficiency value is a lot worse. .

It’s amazing to say that Stephenson’s defensive efficiency has also declined sharply in the last few games, but his assist data has increased significantly. Another George Hill with an offensive mentality has not assisted much. In the process of Lin Shaojie fighting alone, The latter does not need his teammates to pick and roll and Lin Shaojie, who passes the ball, can always use his own methods to solve the battle.

On the contrary, Stephenson got a lot of opportunities to assist when he was fighting with a substitute on the court.

The media's criticism of Paul George is precisely because of this.

The offense is not good, and it is a "black hole" existence, so don't scold you and scold anyone.

"In this regard, I think I have more to say!"

Lin Shaojie took the microphone from Frank.

"When you focus on 'Pickled Pepper''s offense, I still have the same old saying, I hope you will pay more attention to his defense. 'Pickled Pepper' has some problems with his touch recently, but it doesn't matter, who are we?

We are the Pacers, we will not give up such a good player because of his poor touch, we need him to play on the court, he has done all this, instead of standing there and watching his teammates work hard.

Do you think that his scoring efficiency has decreased and he should be given up? "

Lin Shaojie asked noncommittally.

"Look at those players in the Suns. Their offensive efficiency is much lower. Each round consumes 5 seconds more than us? 10 seconds? This is the result of our hard work on the court. 'Pickled Pepper' is indispensable missing member.

When you focus on his scoring, it's not fair to look at his defense. "

Lin Shaojie's explanation can be regarded as saving some face for Paul George, but the media bombardment still did not stop later.

In the eyes of many people, the Pacers can win easily, and there is no need to work so hard.

In the second day's training match, everyone saw that Paul George was angry. He even had a small conflict with Stephenson during the warm-up.

Paul George's sloppiness in the scrimmage caused the pass skater George Hill gave him to come out and roll out of bounds.

Stephenson, the iron man, covered his head and yelled loudly at that time.

"Oh my God, Pickled Pepper, did you make a mistake?"

Paul George's face darkened at that time: "Damn it, shut your stinky mouth."

Stephenson froze for a moment, because if it was just a joke, the other party shouldn't have said that.

"I said bro, are you kidding me?"

Stephenson pointed to his ear in disbelief, and said deliberately.

"Stop your clown show, I don't want to hear your voice at this time."

Paul George, who received the pass, accepted the basketball depressedly. He felt like drinking water could get stuck between his teeth. It seems that many people are against him recently.

He missed a simple pass and was laughed at by his teammates?

"Brother, I think you should apologize to me. You don't have to tell me that. It was just a joke."

Stephenson deliberately squeezed a smile from his face and approached Paul George.

Everyone on the training ground gradually quieted down, and another group of people who were still watching the excitement not far away looked at each other in blank dismay.

Looking at the somewhat unsafe distance in front of him, Paul George put his hands on Stephenson's chest.

"You're too close to me, I just don't want to hear you talking, understand?"

"Are you jealous that I'm doing better than you?"

Stephenson said angrily: "You think I'm not qualified to talk to you with a salary of less than 100 million, but you actually told me to shut up, it's impossible, this is something my mother can't do, you should apologize to me ..."

Everyone in the team knows that Stephenson's "ghost horse" character is sometimes so nonsensical, but apart from this moment, Stephenson didn't show anything wrong before, it's just that Paul George seemed to think too much , Stephenson's words are not wrong in some people's eyes.

"Shut your mouth!"

At some point, Lin Shaojie came over from the other side. Stephenson wanted to continue arguing with Paul George at first, but when he turned his head and saw Lin Shaojie's figure, he held back his words abruptly, and then raised his hands.

"Okay Boss, I was just joking and didn't mean anything malicious, but he seems to be serious."

Lin Shaojie didn't say much, and patted Stephenson on the shoulder: "You rest for a while, let CJ (Watson) play for a while!"

As he spoke, Lin Shaojie turned his head to look at Paul George.

"Piaojiao, go down and rest for a while, I have something to tell you!"

Paul George nodded jerkyly, then handed the basketball to George Hill, who came to make a clearance, and then walked towards the outside of the training ground without looking back.

Bynum, who was also in training but did not play, looked at all this in disbelief, and then touched Scola with his shoulder.

"Wow, I'm still looking forward to a good show, and this is the end?"

"Please, what do you want to see?"

Scola squinted his eyes at the big guy beside him.

"Of course it's a boxing match. The atmosphere is here, but there is no fight."

"Fuck, are you violent?"

Scola jokingly said: "This is Lynn's team. Do you think he is a Chinese who will make his teammates fight and make headlines?"

"It seems so."

Bynum watched Lin Shaojie with great interest and said, "Continue training," and then followed Paul George out of the training ground without looking back.

That Stephenson was standing on the sidelines, doing other training in silence, and he didn't have the anxious look of wanting to hit someone before.

"Lynn's control over the team is unimaginable."

Bynum said sincerely: "I feel that Kobe has never done it."

"Is it?"

Scola thought of a lot of interesting things in the locker room. Teams like the Pacers rarely have quarrels, but there are still some quarrels. After all, they are a group of guys with excessive secretion of hormones.

But Lin Shaojie's existence is like a pressure cooker, able to suppress the group of restless elements until it's time to vent, and then open a "vent hole" for everyone to vent.

The smooth operation of the team is inseparable from the control of this boss.

Look at David West, the "wise man" in the team. He left the field after Lin Shaojie left, and then stood beside Stephenson and whispered something. The latter's face was cloudy and uncertain.

"What's the matter, Paul said that you can't take it anymore, isn't it just to tell you to shut up?"

West joked: "You don't know how bad the damn joke you just made, do you want to challenge Paul's position?"

Stephenson didn't respond, and it took a while to mutter: "I don't think my performance is bad, and I can take Paul's position."

"Brother, what are you kidding, that guy just took a nap, but you need to go all out to get there."

West's ruthless words made Stephenson look a little ugly, but it was true after thinking about it.

The same opportunity is in front of the two. Paul George can get a level of 35+, but he, Stephenson, is desperately at a level of 25+.

Don't underestimate this very gap, which is the gap between role players and stars.

An annual salary of tens of millions is a hurdle. His scoring ability explodes. There has never been a rookie like Lin Shaojie who is as talented and can show his talent in history.

He Stephenson is at best a passable star who can sign a big contract with luck.

"I feel that you have been a little drifting recently. You must know that this team is not in your hands, nor is Paul in charge. Larry (Bird) attaches great importance to Lynn, and Frank's words are not as effective as him. What are you trying to prove on the pitch?

Prove you're Lynn's pony?Want to fight for him? "

Stephenson no longer responded, but his eyes drifted to the exit.

The weather outside the training hall is a bit cold. On non-basketball game days, there are many tourists and sports enthusiasts here, but today's cold wind is a bit strong, and there are many fewer people.

Walking outside the training room, standing in the aisle, looking at the white world outside the glass window, Paul George felt uncomfortable.

He wasn't uncomfortable because of Stephenson's words, it was purely "taking the opportunity to make trouble."

Paul George didn’t know if Stephenson’s words were spoken by himself because he judged others by himself. After all, Granger hasn’t left the team for a long time. Now that Stephenson’s performance is so good, next year he might get an annual salary of tens of millions. Paul George, who signed the highest contract in the team, knew very well how much salary pressure the Pacers had at that time.

Especially the team members behind him have already told him that he hopes that his performance on the court can be more "selfish", and there is no need to consider other people, because the contract has already limited Paul George to win certain honors.

Lin Shaojie, who walked up to Paul George, stood quietly. The glass resonated with the howling cold wind, as if it might collapse at any time, which was a little scary.

Lin Shaojie, who had been "listening" for a while, smiled, and Paul George's mind was "chaotic".

On the surface, the second-in-command is in an unembarrassing position in the Pacers.

"Intimate" fans are saying that Paul George is a good second-in-chief, but the second-in-chief has been in charge for a long time, and he also wants to try the taste of the boss

Paul George, who has recognized the reality, no longer tries to challenge Lin Shaojie's position.

But with the rise of Stephenson, Paul George also began to worry about his position. After all, he knew better than others how Granger left.

No matter how good a brother is, he has to stay low in front of the tens of millions of dollars in the contract, and Paul George is no exception.

He also has a wife and children to support.

"The season is halfway through, and there will be an All-Star soon. Now we are walking on thin ice on the road to defending the title. Everyone regards us as the number one enemy. Frank's hair is graying in order to rotate the lineup, and he even introduced and signed Andrew (bye Nam), you still have the mind to think about intrigue here?"

Lin Shaojie's almost blunt words made Paul George's dark face even more gloomy, like a dark cloud, and the feeling that his little thoughts were seen through made him a little ashamed, and he wanted to cry out.

"no!"

"impossible!"

"you're lying!"

But the words came to his lips and shrank back.

"You listen to me first!"

Seeing the hurried pedestrians outside the window avoiding the biting cold wind, Lin Shaojie continued.

"We have played 45 games and only lost 3 games. The Bulls' record is beckoning us ahead, but can you imagine how difficult the road ahead will be?"

Lin Shaojie tapped the floor-to-ceiling glass lightly with his fingers, and the coldness from his fingertips told the severe cold outside the window.

Compared to Los Angeles, winters in Indianapolis, Indianapolis are undoubtedly much colder and less pleasant.

But Lin Shaojie likes this kind of winter.

The winter in the south of the Yangtze River is too wet and cold, and it lacks the embellishment of snowflakes, which is not as clear as that in the imperial capital.

"The reporters outside, the fans, and even other teams are talking about how strong we are, but do we really have no weaknesses?"

Lin Shaojie turned his head to look at Paul George.

"Don't care about those comments. When you perform well, it's good to fart, but think about the games we lost. Didn't you read the comments from the media?"

Paul George moved his somewhat mechanical neck.

"Why did we bring in Andrew (Bynum)?

This is for the consideration of the playoffs. When it comes to the battle of life and death, the role of these players is irrelevant, but I don't want to use Andrew's day;

And you?Who else do we have at small forward?

Lance (Stephenson) is the best sixth man. It is impossible for him to stand firmly at the small forward position. He does not have the mentality to stop LeBron, nor can he.

Evan Turner can't gain Frank's trust, so it's impossible to give him too much playing time. Haven't you noticed that we have no one available in this position except you? "

Paul George wanted to say something, but after much deliberation, it was exactly what Lin Shaojie said.

"It's impossible for Stephenson to replace you. He is me and George Hill's backup. The others don't play a big role in the playoffs. I can take a break and someone can replace you, but you are our only choice."

After finishing speaking, Lin Shaojie patted Paul George on the shoulder: "I don't know who said something behind your back that caused you to misunderstand, thus interfering with your behavior on the court.

I just hope that in the next game, if you feel bad, you can give the ball to me and I will help you solve it, or you can try to pass the ball. There is no shame in passing the ball to me or Stephenson.

I need you to stand there and help me share the pressure. You can do everything, score, pass, and defend. Your role on the court is never simply limited to scoring. That thing is what we lack the most. understand? "

It took a while for Paul George to nod his head, expressing his approval of Lin Shaojie's statement.

"Apologize to Lance. You know that guy's character. He's not bad, but he has a mouth."

"it is good!"

Paul George said succinctly: "I'll treat you tonight, how about it?"

"Forget it, there is still a game tomorrow, we have to double kill the Nets, wait for the next time."

"it is good!"

After training, everyone saw Lin Shaojie spun back. Paul George, who was following behind him, looked like a little daughter-in-law returning home. After a while, he came out from behind Lin Shaojie. Sen muttered for a while, and the two "black and hard" bumped their fists.

A conflict dissipated, and the lively training resumed.

Bynum quietly touched Scola.

"This is the end?"

"Of course, you think."

Scola responded with a smile: "I heard that David (West) used to do this kind of spiritual mentoring. Now it's Lynn's turn. We are very convinced by the Huaguo people."

"Well, I also think he is quite reliable. I don't know when Frank will let me play. I can't wait."

"Then put your best foot forward and tell him you're available."

On and off the court, the hormonal training continues, and it can be heard faintly outside the window!