the great gatsby

Chapter 149 Reid Returns!

At the beginning of the second half, the third quarter is always the best time for a strong team to defeat a weak team. The weak team will make more detailed preparations, so it will be more targeted in the first and second quarters, but after the first and second quarters Probing, the strong team basically understands the layout of the weak team, so they will make some arrangements during the halftime break, and then accept the game in the third quarter.

The Los Angeles Lakers appeared aggressive when they came up. Gasol supported him in the high post, Bynum singled David Lee in the low post, and Kobe roamed on both wings, playing singles whenever he had the opportunity. Wave.

The Knicks are struggling to resist the Lakers' offense. The Lakers are much more talented than the Knicks. Except for point guards who are not as good as the Knicks, the talents in all other positions are much stronger than the Knicks. Whether it is Kobe, Or Bynum, Gasol, or Odom, all of them are much, much more talented than the Knicks!

The Knicks' frontier defense is unstoppable, and the only possibility of victory is to rely on offense, and the offense still depends on Gatsby in the final analysis.

Charles Barkley couldn't help but shook his head and said: "I finally know why Gatsby was slandered as a cancer by those people. Look at it, when the ball hits David Lee, Gallinari, Larry Hughes In the hands of these people, they faced the defense of a strong team like the Lakers, and they had no way to attack. In the end, they had to return to Gatsby's hands. Gatsby had to make a move. If he didn't make a move, The game would have to declare garbage time."

Kenny Smith said with a smile: "Now there are many data analysis experts. They don't watch the game, they just fiddle with the data, process the data with some inscrutable formulas, and then get the efficiency and plus-minus value of this player. Then they proudly announce whether this player is top-notch or trash. They don’t know that the reason why a role player has 6-of-4 efficiency is entirely because the player is left empty, and the reason why the core player only hits 30 of 10 shots is because His teammates had no way to give him more help, so he could only forcefully take a shot against the opponent's three-man attack, and then tightly clenched the score.

But these data experts never bothered to look at the video carefully. They said with disdain: the truth is hidden in the data, the naked eye will deceive you, and the number can reveal the truth.I admit the importance of data, but the current data formula cannot fully explain the mystery of the game.

One of the weirdest games I've ever seen was when the Chicago Bulls won their last championship. By that time, they were so tired that they were smoking. They only managed to survive with dignity and Jordan's indomitable will. Facing the exhausted Bulls in the Eastern Conference finals, The Indiana Pacers, that awesome Pacers team, seemed poised to put the Bulls out, but in the end the Bulls won the game.

What's weird about that game is that:

——乔丹和皮蓬43投15中，芝加哥整个球队发球41中17，罗德曼22分钟只抢下6个篮板；
——The Indiana Pacers shot 48% from the field, while Chicago shot only 38%.

所以公牛是怎么赢的？他们又22个进攻篮板。26次二次进攻得分，他们还像在打冰球的时候那样控制了球权——从倒数7分31秒（他们锁定胜利的时候）他们控制了402秒中的270秒。其中还有20到25秒是进球后计时器仍然继续在走动的但还有发出球的。——不可思议的比赛！
—If I hadn’t been there to see Jordan beat 7-foot-4 Rick Smits on a jump ball;
—if I hadn't seen Pippen control the ball one step ahead of Reggie Miller in the final few minutes of clutch play;
—if I hadn't seen all the Bulls' scrambling for every offensive rebound;
—If I hadn't seen Jordan struggling with his own numb legs and weak jumper, going to the basket again and again, determined to send himself to the free throw line;
——If I hadn't watched Pippen and Jordan stand on their knees in the middle of the field in the last few seconds, completely exhausted and without the slightest energy to celebrate;

I don't know at all, the data has no way to fully explain a great player, and there is no way to understand a great team. Only when they want to win the game with difficulty can they get to know them!

Therefore, I implore all the experts, when you are fiddling with data to evaluate a player, please find the player's video, try to figure it out and watch it carefully, so that you can give a relatively fair and objective argument! "At the end, Kenny Smith's expression was very solemn.

Because the Lakers blocked the Knicks' three-pointers and forced Gatsby to either pass the ball or score from the middle distance he was not familiar with, Gatsby could only break through to the basket again and again. Tom's blockade made those difficult shots time and time again and caused them fouls!
Relying on Gatsby's desperate efforts, at the end of the third quarter, the Knicks barely maintained a 10-point lead.

Phil Jackson was amazed by Knicks' tenacity, especially Gatsby's desperate charge. He saw the tiger's heart hidden deep in Gatsby's weak appearance. Sex, he will not attack the unattainable twin towers of the Lakers in this way. He just needs to give the ball to the open teammate after being flanked. Anyway, he is playing in the correct way. No one can blame him. The teammate is open. It's his teammates' responsibility not to make progress, and he doesn't have to!
Kobe’s expression was very serious, his mouth was pursed, and he didn’t say much. Kobe was evaluated by Bill Simmons as an artificial, hypocritical, lustful, liar, and narrow-minded person. We don’t need to pay attention to these right and wrong. Fighting against himself, he is a lonely fighter, he understands the choices Gatsby has made so well, scolding him takes it all on his shoulders, all he wants is victory!

Fortunately, there are many Knicks fans who understand the ball. They watched Gatsby attacking the impenetrable interior of the Lakers again and again. He caused two fouls by Gasol and Bynum, but he himself He also fell down, was blocked, and pushed down under the basket again and again!
What they see is not a cancer fighting for their own data, what they see is a hero, fighting for victory, they seem to see the endurance, pride, dignity, obligation that Wilson Reid bestowed on the Knicks, Diligence and courage!
"Reed is back! Reid is back!" Knicks fans chanted as if summoning spirits.

(End of this chapter)