the great gatsby

Chapter 108 The Difficult Gatsby!

Game start.

Popovich's starting lineup is: Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Richard Jefferson, Keith Bogans, Antonio McDyess.

The starting lineup for the Knicks is Gatsby, David Lee, Gallinari, Larry Hughes and Wilson Chandler.

Duncan and David Lee jumped the ball in the middle and easily passed the ball to Tony Parker. Duncan's height and wingspan beat David Lee, and it was a matter of course.

Gatsby focused on Tony Parker, the French sports car Tony Parker is at his peak, this is his ninth season in the league, last season he scored 22 points, 6.9 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 0.9 steals.

Tony Parker is a player with a lot of problems, short range, poor defense, not a playmaker, but he is the number one point guard in San Antonio's history.

As a point guard, he mainly focuses on offensive scoring, but when he left the Spurs, he ranked fifth in the history of assists in the playoffs in his career, ahead of him were the Magician, Stockton, LeBron James and There are only four of Kidd.

He didn't have a three-point shot, but he scored ninth in the history of the playoffs. Behind him are Wade, Bode, Havlicek, Big Dream, Magician, Dirk, Durant and Pippen.

But apart from Spurs fans, few fans think how good Tony Parker is-this is very Spurs.

Those great players in the Spurs have a habit of being forgotten.

But after all, Gatsby is a person of later generations. Some people will only let people know how great he really is when it is time to close the coffin.

Gatsby is cautious, he is facing a fast-moving little French sports car in its prime!

Tony Parker dribbled the ball steadily across the frontcourt, Duncan went up to help him set a screen, and then he used Duncan's solid screen to break through the middle. David Lee's supplementary defense went to one side and made a layup!
Gatsby was in awe. Watching Tony Parker's breakthrough on TV was a completely different experience than facing him in real life.

Watching Gatsby on TV, he felt that Parker's breakthroughs always relied on Duncan's cover, and then rushed to the basket to shoot, which always felt less gorgeous than McGrady and Kobe's singles.

But when he really stood in front of Parker to defend, he knew exactly how lethal Parker's step around the screen and the last step were!

Gatsby dribbles through halfcourt thinking about Parker's pace around screens, roughly comparable to Deron Williams.

Tony Parker is 188cm tall and is 5cm shorter than Gatsby. His defense has always been underestimated, but he stood in front of Gatsby with solid and agile steps, constantly interfering with Gatsby. The pressure he brings.

Parker's defense was underrated, Gatsby thought.

Gatsby dribbled the ball past half court and gave the ball to David Lee. David Lee held the ball at the free throw line to support him, but he faced Duncan, a defensive master, and it was difficult for David Lee to find any opportunities.

Gatsby quickly walked around the crowd and went up to David Lee to catch the ball. After catching the ball, he circled David Lee and broke through the middle.

This routine works well against other teams, but now the Knicks are facing the Spurs with Duncan guarding them.

Duncan stood between David Lee and Gatsby, raised his hands high, and kept the distance from Gatsby, making it impossible for Gatsby to make a direct layup or cooperate with David Lee in the pick-and-roll. The position is extremely exquisite. !

Gatsby felt a little bad. Sure enough, it is not unreasonable for the Spurs to be strong for so many years. Not to mention their offense, their defense alone has made their opponents overwhelmed.

But Gatsby was not in a hurry, he was carefully looking for opportunities, Tony Parker had already circled around to defend, Gatsby blocked Parker, otherwise he would go in front of himself to defend, and then move inside to force Duncan to make a choice.

Duncan didn't step forward, but raised his hand to defend, blocking Gatsby's passage inside, and the meaning was very clear, either you hit the shot, and Parker interfered behind you, or go out and reorganize.

Seeing that Duncan was not fooled, Gatsby jumped to the middle to avoid Parker and succeeded in a fallback jumper!

When Gatsby turned around, he saw appreciation in Duncan's eyes, and Gatsby smiled slightly.

Off the court, Popovich was thoughtful. In his video research, Gatsby rarely used mid-range shots to solve the battle, basically three-pointers and layups.

According to Popovich's guess, Gatsby is a defender who pays great attention to efficiency, so he is unwilling to use mid-range to solve problems.

So Popovich gave Parker the task of blocking Gatsby's three-pointer. As for Tim Duncan at the basket, he never had to worry about it.

But now Gatsby uses a mid-range to solve the problem. Is this a coincidence or preparation in advance?
Popovich looked at coach D'Antoni on the opposite side. Did he arrange it to beat us from the middle distance?
The Spurs' defense has always been very difficult to limit the mid-range masters. Every time Kobe plays against the Spurs, he will show his power because the Spurs' mid-range defense is much weaker than their control of the basket and three-pointers.

The score is 2:2!

The Spurs found an opportunity at the basket by passing the ball again. Duncan succeeded in 45, and David Lee spread his hands helplessly. Duncan's basic skills were too solid. After two bumps, he turned around and made a hook. David Lee was suppressed Can't even jump.

The score is 2:4!

But when the Knicks attacked, the Spurs couldn't defend them. Gatsby still used a high pick-and-roll to get rid of Tony Parker, and then made a half-block shot. Duncan had nothing to do against the flexible Gatsby.

Duncan had already blocked Gatsby's breakthrough, and Gatsby didn't necessarily rush to the basket, but was almost the same as the previous goal, a step-back jumper to solve the problem.

Gatsby played like Chris Paul!
Even if Chris Paul's move touched the late peak of his physical decline, he could still play the inside of the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Finals, which shows how powerful it is.

But it is not easy to use this trick well. First, the footsteps around the pick-and-roll must be extremely skillful to get rid of the opponent, block the defenders behind, and then force the center behind the back, so that the center does not dare to step forward, and then one side One step away from the center and the guard with a fadeaway jumper.

The second is that the mid-range shot must be accurate, otherwise, after doing these actions, it is not an easy task to lean back to get rid of the interference of the opponent's 7-foot-tall long arms that block the sky.

Popovich frowned. The connection between the outside line and the inside line is the weakness of the Spurs' defense. If this problem is not solved, it will be difficult for the Spurs to organize an effective defense.

Gats is so cunning than this kid!
(End of this chapter)