the great gatsby

Chapter 127 Big Van Gundy's Beautiful Dream!
7 three-pointers in a single quarter!
In this era, the highest record in a single quarter is only 8. In the 01-02 season, in a game where the Bucks beat the Rockets 115-76, Michael Reid made 10 of 8 three-pointers in the fourth quarter of the game. , hit 8 three-pointers in a single quarter and scored 26 points in a single quarter.For a long time, this data was the NBA's historical record for three-pointers made in a single quarter.

And Gatsby scored 7 three-pointers in a single quarter, almost breaking Michael Reid's single-quarter three-pointer record.

The current single-game three-point record is jointly held by Kobe and Marshall. In the 03 Lakers game against the Sonics (now the Thunder), Kobe made 18 of 12 three-pointers and hit 12 three-pointers.

Marshall fans may not be familiar with it. After all, he is a player who has retired for many years. He is a "tramp" player and has played for 8 teams. Nearly half of the games in his career have been played as a substitute.The only bright moment of Marshall's career should be the game against the 04ers when he played for the Raptors in the 05-76 season. He made 19 of 12 three-pointers.

Gatsby is only two three-pointers away from 12 today, and there is still a full quarter left, so it is very possible to break this record!

Gatsby hit 10 three-pointers, who was the happiest?

It's not D'Antoni or his teammates. Although they are all happy, there is one person who is happier than them, and that is Long Xiaoman, who also came to the scene today. Long Xiaoman is sitting on the sidelines, leaning against the Knicks bench. Every time Gatsby hits a three-pointer, Long Xiaoman screams and jumps with joy, which is particularly eye-catching when most of the entire arena is filled with Magic fans.

Long Xiaoman was captured by the home court camera. The cameraman was attracted by Long Xiaoman's youth and liveliness, and gave Long Xiaoman a few seconds of footage. Just at this time, Gaci was passing by after a break, and Long Xiaoman hugged Gaci directly. Bi, the cameraman felt like he had found a treasure, so he directly pulled the camera in, secretly kissed Long Xiaoman, and Gazibi was also put on the big screen.

Long Xiaoman found that the scene of her secretly kissing Gatsby was playing on the big screen. She couldn't help but blush and quickly covered her face with her clothes.

So the whole Amway Arena burst into laughter, this little girl is so cute!
Gatsby looked at the big screen helplessly, feeling helpless at the friendly laughter in the hall.The teammates also came over one by one, bumping shoulders and patting Gatsby on the back with a smile, and all of them were booing.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the relaxed atmosphere became dignified again. 68:65
Gatsby scored 28 points in a single quarter, and the score reached 108:95, with the Knicks leading by 13 points!
Howard has already scored 32 points in three quarters. He has only scored 45 points in a single game twice in his career. Now he has scored 32 points in three quarters. This is already the highest score in three quarters in his career, but this does not help the team to close the score. With a big effect, the Knicks still widened the point difference.

Now the point difference has reached 13 points. If Gatsby can continue his state in the third quarter, it will be difficult for the Magic to get back the point difference in one quarter.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Magic showed their demeanor as a strong team in the East. Van Gundy is also worthy of being a famous coach who learned from Pat Riley. He has his own understanding of defense. Since there is no way to limit Gatsby, then It was even more difficult for Gatsby. Van Gundy asked Howard and White Chocolate to follow him, and drove Gatsby to the wing. Gatsby could shoot difficult shots, but he definitely didn't let Gatsby shoot easily after the pick-and-roll.

Van Gundy's move obviously worked. Under this strategy, Gatsby didn't have no chance to take action, but the chance to take action was not good. After only two rounds, Gatsby immediately felt that something was wrong. In the Magic After playing a switch, Gatsby immediately changed his style of play.

He didn't play the pick-and-roll again, and he played the pick-and-roll for almost the entire third quarter. Even if Van Gundy was a pig, it was impossible for him to use this move to crush them again.

The method used by Gatsby is to hand over the ball and turn himself into a running player without the ball. This change makes the Magic's defensive strategy somewhat confused.

The moment Gatsby handed over the ball, coach D'Antoni couldn't help but slapped his thigh and exclaimed. D'Antoni noticed the change when Van Gundy made the change, but he was still thinking about how to deal with it. When there was a change, Gatsby was the first to make the change, and his ability to adapt was even faster than him!
D'Antoni kept his eyes on the form on the court, and he wanted to see if Gatsby's changes could disrupt Van Gundy's changes.

After Gatsby passed the ball to Larry Hughes, he turned around and entered the crowd, asked Chandler for a screen on the right side, and then went around the baseline, and David Lee helped him set another off-ball screen for him at the basket , Gatsby asked White Chocolate quickly, and then received the ball at the bottom corner, feinted, caught up with Lewis and went into the air before he could react, Gatsby rushed to the basket, Howard could only surround him, Gatsby Cibi threw the ball into the sky, and David Lee rose into the air and dunked!

"It's beautiful! It's so beautiful!" D'Antoni shouted crazily in his heart.

Big Van Gundy stared closely at Gatsby who retreated back, his eyes glowed with longing, what a good point guard, a historical three-point shooter, a top passer, the important thing is, this is a A true on-court brain!

Howard?
Huh, if I hadn't helped him design this "semi-circle tactic", he would have been just a senior blue-collar guy. Even Howard now is not a good leader in my mind. The lineup built with him as the core actually has a lot of potential. There are big flaws, and the fact that he was easily defeated by the Lakers in last season's finals is enough to prove this.

At the critical moment, the Magic has no one who can stand up to solve the problem. If there is a player like Gatsby, even if the strength is slightly inferior to the opponent, it is difficult to say who will win in the end.

Because a player like Gatsby can attack according to the opponent's formation and inherent flaws, every shot hits the opponent's weakness, so the opponent is really terrible!

The strength of the Knicks is actually not as good as the Magic, but under the leadership of Gatsby, the Knicks insisted on leading by more than ten points. This is the role of Gatsby.

Can this player be traded?Big Van Gundy's attention was instantly attracted. The outcome of the game was no longer important. Big Van Gundy stared at Gatsby with bright eyes, thinking about how to trade Gatsby.

Use Howard to change? ——Impossible, not to mention Howard's current status, this team is built around him. If Howard is traded away, it will basically be rebuilt.

Lewis? ——Probably not. Leaving aside the Knicks’ high regard for Gatsby, the Knicks would not agree to Lewis’ big contract alone.

Vince Carter? --Um?Maybe!
(End of this chapter)