the great gatsby

Chapter 123 Powerful Warcraft!
Both Van Gundy and Spoelstra learned from Riley, so their offensive and defensive philosophies have many similarities:

Most of them are one or two cores attacking the inside and a few shooters on the outside.

——For example, when Van Gundy Jr. was in the Rockets with the Yao-Mike combination, a group of shooters outside opened up;

——When Riley was hot in 2006, O'Neal Wade was the core of two hitting the basket, a large group of shooters from the outside, Damon Jones and Kapono's shooters;
——When it comes to Van Gundy, Howard is the only one who makes the most of the inside, and there are still four shooters waiting on the outside.

Jason Williams' next offensive choice obviously followed this principle. As soon as Howard was in position, his ball was lobbed in. David Lee carried Howard hard to prevent Howard from going in.

Howard has a strong upper body and is not very stable in the bottom game. If he encounters a stable inside line, he is not very good at attacking, but an inside line like David Lee is not enough to stop him.

He caught David Lee with one hand and caught the ball with the other. After receiving the ball, he turned around and faced the frame. He feinted and dropped the ball with his right hand to break through the middle. David Lee was caught off guard and Howard passed him half a body. He quickly put his body against him and suddenly felt A powerful impact came, his body was shaken, and he fell backwards involuntarily. He felt as if he had been hit by a heavy truck!
"Boom!" There was a bang from the basket, and Howard knocked down David Li Fei and dunked successfully!

"Beep!" the referee's whistle sounded. Not only was David Lee knocked over, he was also called for a blocking foul!
Howard came down and yelled at David Lee, and Gatsby hurried over to block Howard, pulled David Lee up, then turned and looked up at Howard, staring at Howard's eyes with burning eyes.

Howard froze for a moment, showing a childlike smile, Howard is not a bad person, he just likes to show a little bit.

Howard missed an extra free throw, David Lee grabbed the rebound, and Gatsby held the ball for halftime. During the halftime, Gatsby made a few gestures, and Larry Hughes and others quickly settled down.

D'Antoni nodded. There should be no problem with this tactical choice. Gatsby chose a high pick-and-roll, David Lee picked and rolled, Larry Hughes opened up the space with a 45-degree three-point line, and Wilson Chandler ambush on the left Under the basket, Gallinari opened up space in the right corner, and the entire Magic's defense was torn apart.

David Lee mentioned it because Gatsby hit a three-pointer in the last offense. Howard remembered that when he was watching the video before the game, the young man made a lot of shots directly after the pick-and-roll. This time he dared not let it go easily. So put some on.

When Gatsby saw Howard coming up, he didn't choose to make a shot, so he dribbled to the side to open up space. The advantage of opening up space is that one is to give David Li Xiashun time, and the other is to increase his vision of passing the ball. Like surgery, the larger the field of view of surgery, the lower the probability of mistakes.

Gatsby waited for David Lee to move forward and passed the ball to David Lee. Only Howard was the real inside man in the Magic's lineup. Although Lewis is a power forward, his height and playing style are actually It's a small forward's style of play. It's unrealistic to expect him to protect the frame. David Lee just took off and dunked!

David Lee roared angrily, and as soon as he came up, he was dunked twice on the head by Howard. Although he was a gentleman, the clay man still had a bit of earthiness. A rabbit would bite when it was in a hurry, not to mention that Howard was still right. Is he provocative?
After David Lee roared angrily, he hurried over to give Gatsby a high-five to express his gratitude. If it wasn't for Gatsby, he really couldn't do anything to Howard. Let him single-handedly fight Howard, and the chances of getting caught would be higher.

Although Jason Williams is old, he was passed by rookies twice in a row, and his face was a bit ugly, making him seem to be in his seventies and eighties, and he can't even limit a rookie. .

He dribbled the ball across the half court, then waved to put his teammates in position, and then faced Gatsby and began to dribble under his crotch. His style of play has changed a lot in the past few years, but some things are rooted in his bones, such as this magnificent dribble.

Gatsby lowered his center of gravity. Jason Williams' speed may have dropped, but his dribbling rhythm is excellent. If he doesn't pay attention, he will be passed by. It is accurate, but most of the time there are more open shots and fewer shots against people, so Gatsby can focus more on defensive breakthroughs.

Jason Williams constantly tempted Gatsby to move his center of gravity with changing directions, and also exposed flaws for Gatsby to steal, but Gatsby remained unmoved and did not make it easy at all.

Gatsby's choice was correct, he was not tempted by Jason Williams, and it would be very difficult for Williams to fool him, so Jason Williams could only choose one side to make a splash.

However, Gatsby only left the side for Jason Williams to break through, blocking the center and laying aside. Jason Williams passed half a body and wanted to use his strong body to press Gatsby to break through, but as soon as he touched, He was still taken aback—how could he be so powerful!
He didn't know that Gatsby looked thin and weak, but after practicing three times a day during this period, his body's potential was stimulated, and his strength grew extremely fast. He grew his muscles, and the strength would be scary.

Gatsby drove Williams to the sideline. White Chocolate's idea of ​​​​singing singles has failed, unless Gatsby's back singles are played, but Gatsby's weight is not as good as Jason Williams, but his strength can make up for it, plus his height 8cm taller than Jason Williams, it is difficult for Jason Williams to succeed.

In this way, the only way is to pass the ball. Gatsby can prevent Jason Williams' breakthrough, but there is no way to limit the pass. Howard presses David Lee Kong and cuts in, receiving Jason Williams's breakthrough. Pass the ball, turn around and press David Lee for a dunk!
5:6!The Magic lead by one point.

So strong!

Gatsby exclaimed that David Lee has always been criticized as a center defense, but he is not an air defense. His ability to protect the frame is average, but he is an excellent rebound protector.

He averaged 3.8 frame protections per game, and his opponents shot 54.4% from the field. Love averaged 6.5 frame protections per game, and his opponents shot 54.1% from the field.

His defensive rebounding rate of 24.6 percent ranks seventh among power forwards in the league (7 percent in Dallas) -- yes, most of the time he's a power forward.

The defense at the basket is acceptable, shooting percentage within 10 feet will drop by 1.9%, and shooting within 6 feet will drop by 2.8%;

Against the opponent's back-to-the-basket singles, the opponent only scored 0.76 points, which is better than 75.6% of the players in the league.

But here comes the question. Since this is the case, why is it criticized for poor defense? The reason is:

——When facing the opponent's face-to-face singles, he can allow the opponent to score 1.31 points per round, um... anything and everything;
——Facing fixed-point shooting, the opponent can score 1.03 points per round...only better than 36.7% of the league's players!
Howard's ball was not a face-to-face singles, but turned around at the basket and directly pressed David Lee for dunks. This shows Howard's strong ability at the basket.

Howard is really strong at this time!

(End of this chapter)