the great gatsby

Chapter 125 Semicircle Tactics
After halftime, Gatsby scored 18 points, 6 assists, 3 rebounds and 1 steal. Today, he didn’t take many shots. As usual, in the first half, he made 5 of 3 three-pointers and 2 of 2 mid-range shots. 2 of 2 free throws, very efficient, but D'Antoni was a little dissatisfied in the locker room.

"Gatsby, do you know how many shots you took in the first half?" D'Antoni asked loudly, waving the technical statistics.

Gatsby thought for a moment and said, "About seven or eight times."

D'Antoni nodded and said: "That's right, you took 7 shots, 5 of 3 three-pointers, 2 of 2 mid-range shots, and 2 of 2 free throws. The efficiency is very high, much higher than the efficiency of passing to your teammates. , The Magic have no way to restrict you, you take more shots, you still take too few shots, and if you have a chance in the second half, you should take more shots."

Gatsby nodded. He still played more reasonably. Although D'Antoni and James Dolan told him to take more shots, as long as there was a chance to pass, he couldn't help but pass the ball.

Larry Hughes came over to Gatsby and said, "Gatsby, we know you are a selfless player, but we need you to shoot more. The Magic have no way to restrict you tonight. Your shooting efficiency is the highest." .”

David Lee also said: "Yes, Gatsby, don't worry about us, just be yourself, we know how to play, we have lost three games in a row, we need you to shoot more tonight, your efficiency It's the highest, don't think too much."

Other people also agreed and urged Gatsby to take more action. Gatsby played selflessly and always created opportunities for them to pass the ball at the first opportunity. They liked playing with Gatsby, but Gatsby was still too selfless. , with his shooting rate, he only took 7 shots in half time, which was too few!
Gatsby nodded amid everyone's persuasion: "Then I'll take more shots in the second half, but you still have to be ready to catch the ball. If you have a better chance, I won't miss it."

Everyone agreed.

At the beginning of the second half, the two sides started back on the court.

The Magic's starting lineup is: Sharad Lewis, Dwight Howard, Michael Pietrus, Vince Carter and White Chocolate Jason Williams.

The lineup sent by the Knicks is: Gatsby, David Lee, Gallinari, Larry Hughes and Wilson Chandler.

Magic ball right.

White Chocolate dribbled the ball at the top of the arc and gave the ball to Lewis who went out without the ball. Lewis turned and lobbed the ball into Howard. Got blown away by Howard, there was nothing he could do.

If you want to prevent Howard, you must either have a very stable chassis to prevent Howard from squeezing to the basket, or have a height advantage to block Howard in the air.

Why Howard is abused every time he meets Yao Ming. The reason is that Yao Ming not only has an obvious advantage in height, but also has an extremely stable chassis. Howard's offensive methods are very monotonous. After the crosscut, using the zombie hook to throw the ball to score is incomparable to O'Neal's low-post offensive skills. O'Neal is hard but soft, and Howard has never learned that soft and delicate little hook in his entire life.

It is the honor of his life for Howard to meet Van Gundy. Howard's advantages are obvious: top running and jumping ability, top rebounding ability, and historical level defense (help defense), but similarly, his shortcomings are also obvious. Lack of the ability to attack independently!
Howard is a famous player who relies on physical talent to play. This can be clearly seen after his body declined. Unlike James who was criticized for relying on talent to play at the beginning, James used his more proficient skills when he was in his 30s. This made up for the shortcomings of his declining physical function, and after Howard's physical function declined, he basically lost his tactical low position.

Why is it said that it is a lifetime honor for Howard to meet Van Gundy? Because Howard has very obvious shortcomings. If it is an ordinary coach, Howard can only be a rebounding maniac and a pie-eating role player. But Van Gundy Suddenly, a "semi-circle tactic" was formulated for Howard.

He replaced the power forward position with a tall three-point shooter (such as Lewis, Anderson, etc.), completely vacating the inside position, allowing Howard to run and jump.Howard is in the center of the circle, and the other four teammates are in mid- and long-range shooting positions.

The advantage of this is that Howard not only has a wide space to gallop in the interior, but also makes up for his shortcomings that he is not good at passing the ball. The tactical starting method starts with a pick-and-roll. pass or Vince Carter) etc. to borrow Howard's pick-and-roll, through hitting the ground or throwing high, quickly throwing and cutting Howard, so that Howard can quickly dunk or score with a hook; Three point shooter.The ball holder can also fake a pick-and-roll with Howard, and Howard really cuts...

As for Howard playing singles, he can bully his opponent to his heart's content when he is misplaced or the opponent's center is too weak. For example, today's David Lee, David Lee really can't guard Howard, whether it is Howard running up and playing, Still sitting down and playing, David Lee has no way to limit him. In a basketball game, once there is no way to limit a point, the entire defensive system may collapse because of this.

This is the reason why the Knicks have no way to limit the Magic today. Of course, the Knicks are rarely able to limit their opponents because their defense is too bad.

All in all, the Magic's semicircle tactic is not something the Knicks can resist, and the defense cannot be defended. If you want to win today, you can only do it on offense for a long time.

Gatsby quickly dribbled the ball across half court. He understood the current situation very well. If he wanted to win the game today, he had to rely on offense to win the game. Otherwise, facing the already well-played World of Warcraft, the Knicks would have no chance at all. , if this is the case, then don't care about what is reasonable or not. At this time, the truth can only exist under the cannon!

Gatsby took advantage of David Lee's pick-and-roll after halftime. Howard still didn't learn his lesson and waited directly inside the three-point line to wait for Gatsby to come in. Gatsby couldn't control so much and directly left the three-point line. There are only two steps to pull it up and shoot!
The orange basketball spun quickly in the air over Howard's fingertips, and then plunged into the hoop!

"Wow!" Magic fans were in a commotion. This was already Gatsby's third long three-pointer tonight. They saw that this young man was unusual. Most of the other three-pointers were from the open space, but he didn't. He shoots against people, not to mention just a few steps away from the three-point line. But this young man almost always shoots three-pointers from far away on a pick-and-roll. He seems to have no regard for whether the ball will go in or whether the coach will be dissatisfied. The problem is to throw it away!

(End of this chapter)