the great gatsby

Chapter 184 Silent McGrady!
Thunder possession.

Durant returned to the court. Westbrook could only look for Durant after the ball passed halftime. Durant went around the screen from the left wing to the corner of the right wing to catch the ball. Le only had time to stretch out his hand, Durant's shot point was too high, Wilson Chandler looked at the ball and sighed.

CIC hit.

22: 30.

Chris Duhon quickly dribbled the ball across the frontcourt. McGrady had already dropped the 45-degree three-point line and opened his hand to demand. Duhon quickly passed the ball over. The skinny camel was bigger than the horse. His fame is here, Du Hong dare not refuse.

Durant is defending McGrady. McGrady is Durant's idol. Durant publicly stated at the beginning of his debut that his idol is McGrady. He used to be able to imitate McGrady's elegant style of play. , Durant will naturally not let go of the opportunity to match McGrady.

Durant opened his long arms to cover McGrady. McGrady pushed back Durant with tentative steps, and then broke through smoothly. Unfortunately, he has lost that magical first step now. Durant followed McGrady step by step. McGrady Seeing that there was no way to get past Durant, he made an emergency stop and pulled up for a mid-range shot. Durant was very fast and immediately rushed over with his long arms. McGrady could only raise his release point, and the basketball hit the back frame. Westbrook, who was rushed in, took it down and launched a fast break.

Chris Duhon hurried back to the defense, and Westbrook, who was rushing up, was not easy to defend against. Westbrook rubbed against Duhon and took off in three strides. Basket, the basket exploded!
"Boom!" fans at Madison Square Garden couldn't help but exclaim, it's so violent!
Of course, Gatsby's game is very good-looking, with scalpel-like pick-and-rolls, precise passes, and murderous three-pointers from thousands of miles away, but Gatsby's game is too calm. , The audience can appreciate the supreme secret of basketball.

But at first glance Westbrook's violent style of play, the fans couldn't help admiring it. Westbrook conquered the Thunder fans in Oklahoma with his explosive dunks. Break through to conquer them all.

"Ah!!!!" Westbrook finally vented his anger. After playing for a whole quarter, he couldn't play his favorite speed and explosive frame, and his chest was full of anger. Now Chris Duhon Defending him can't stop him from kicking and sprinting.

McGrady is stuck in singles. If he is in his peak period, there is no big problem. At most, his efficiency is not good. But now he is not in his peak period. It is good if he still has [-]% of his strength. To crush an opponent, the so-called difference in strength is a huge difference.

The gap between NBA players is not that big. Sometimes there is a slight difference between superstars and role players. Just such a little bit is the key to pulling apart the class, so superstars may be overtaken by competitors if they decline.

What McGrady faced was none other than Durant, a seven-foot monster with long arms that covered the sky and the sun. Durant was tall and long-armed. On defense, McGrady struggled extremely.

It's not that he couldn't score goals, but the efficiency was extremely poor. After five rounds, 5 of 1!

Westbrook scored three with the help of conversion, and Durant scored one, rewriting the score to 30:32!

D'Antoni called a timeout calmly, and he didn't reprimand McGrady. He knew that McGrady was extremely sensitive at this time. He saw the look of struggle on McGrady's face. Presumably McGrady couldn't believe that this was his own achievement. .

There was indeed a huge wave in McGrady's chest. He couldn't believe that his strength had declined so quickly. The feeling of scoring at will had disappeared. Now he was having such a hard time playing one-on-one. No, this must be The reason for resting for too long, as long as you look for the feeling, you can come back!

D'Antoni made arrangements, mainly to step up the defense and not let Westbrook start a fast break. For McGrady, he arranged for McGrady to run without the ball to avoid Durant and try to play wrong positions. McGrady nodded absently. , I don't know what he was thinking.

D'Antoni sighed. Before Gatsby told him that McGrady's strength might decline a lot, he still didn't quite believe it. After all, he was still a player who was able to show his might in the playoffs a year ago. Why? Maybe all the magic power will be lost at once?

Now it seems that Gatsby is right. McGrady really can’t go back to the past. It’s not that he can’t play now, but he can’t support the team. If he is willing to play support, it’s like Gatsby in the first quarter. With the way he plays, don't think about carrying the team, just do the misplaced singles that he is good at.

Now let McGrady lead the team to rotate time, but I want McGrady to know his strength, let him understand that he is no longer the old self, integrate into the team as soon as possible, and don't think about some unrealistic ideas of returning to the top .

Gatsby's mood is a bit complicated. After all, Tracy McGrady is one of the most popular stars of his era. West, East, Mac, North, Canada, and South AI are the beliefs of their generation. Now except for Kobe who is still at the peak, the other three It was already going downhill, and seeing McGrady trying hard to find himself, Gatsby couldn't help but want to say to McGrady: "Don't look for it, we can't get it back if we lost it, there are still many things we can do. !"

It was Gatsby's idea to let McGrady lead the team alone, mainly because he wanted McGrady to see his strength clearly, but he couldn't bear to see McGrady struggling like this, but he restrained himself after a while. Playing in his own way, he can still play for a long time, but if he still wants to play his superstar, he may not be able to go to the CBA. I hope he can see this clearly as soon as possible, and maybe he can win the championship together!

At the end of the half quarter, McGrady was replaced. He took 12 shots in the half quarter, but only hit 3 of them. He scored 10 points with the serve, but that was all. The Knicks lost in this half quarter. After losing 15 points, the Thunder went from 10 points behind to 5 points ahead in just half a quarter!

McGrady was sitting on a stool sweating profusely, watching Gatsby, who was back on the court, commanded the game with determination, and the offensive end repeatedly sent out assists, and he even scored two three-pointers in the interval. The defensive end suppressed the first half of the game. The active Westbrook tied the score at the end of the second quarter.

42:42!The two sides returned to the same starting line, McGrady fell silent.

(End of this chapter)