the great gatsby

Chapter 208 Playoffs! (fifth more)

Gatsby was like a god in the All-Star Game, but when he returned to reality, he found that the Knicks had reached a precarious situation. The injuries of Chandler, McGrady and Bogut made the Knicks fall into a situation where no one could use them. the point.

David Lee and Gallinari can only return to the center position, because the two centers are all injured, and even Milicic has to play. More wins and less, if it weren't for Gatsby to support the team, the Knicks would have already slipped out of the playoffs.

In one month, the Knicks dropped to eighth in the East, but Gatsby's average per game reached a terrible 34 points, 12 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals. Because the game was in trouble, in order to win, the Knicks could only grow Time put Gatsby on the court, averaging 40 minutes per game!

Fortunately, a month later, Bogut returned, and Tyson Chandler also returned. In the last month, the Knicks played a big wave of winning streaks, and successfully improved their record to 46 wins and 36 losses in the final stage of the season. Won 14 more games this season, directly progressing from the second-to-last in the Eastern Conference to the sixth in the Eastern Conference!
The playoff table will be announced as follows:

The Cleveland Cavaliers, No. [-] in the Eastern Conference, faced the No. [-] New Orleans Hornets in the first round;

The Orlando Magic, second in the East, played against the seventh-ranked Milwaukee Bucks in the first round;

The Atlanta Hawks, third in the Eastern Conference, faced the sixth-ranked New York Knicks in the first round;
The fourth-placed Boston Celtics played against the fifth-placed Miami Heat.

On the west side it is:

The Los Angeles Lakers, No. [-] in the West, played against the Oklahoma City Thunder, No. [-] in the West;
The Dallas Mavericks, the second in the West, played against the San Antonio Spurs, the seventh in the West;

The Phoenix Suns, third in the West, played against the Portland Trail Blazers, sixth in the West;
The Denver Nuggets, fourth in the West, played against the Utah Jazz, fifth in the West.

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In the middle of the season, veterans Anthony Johnson and Sheldon Williams were packaged and sent to Sacramento in exchange for Mike Bibby.Horford's joining has improved the team's inside defense and rebound protection capabilities to a higher level, while Bibby led the team to win 1 of the last 18 games after more than a month of running-in period. It was this small explosion at the end of the regular season that made the Eagles successfully reach the quarterfinals of the Eastern Conference.

In the end, the Hawks achieved a record of 37 wins and 45 losses, returned to the playoffs after 9 years, and played seven games with the later championship team Celtics in the first round of the playoffs.Since then, in the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons, which is this season, the Hawks have entered the playoffs for three consecutive seasons.

Many experts are not optimistic about the New York Knicks playing against the Atlanta Hawks, because this Hawks team is very strong. They don’t have a superstar in a certain position, but they are very balanced. Let’s take a look at his lineup: Joe- Johnson, Al Horford, Jamal Crawford, Marvin Williams, Mike Bibby, Josh Smith, Jeff Teague, Zaza Pachulia, just look at this A series of names can tell that the eagle is not easy to mess with—of course, some people are so powerful that only reborn people know it, but there are already many people who know how powerful they are just now.

It is normal for experts to look down on the Knicks. Although the Knicks played very well in the second half of the regular season, the Knicks' lineup is flawed. Except for Martin, the shooting guard can be reused, and the small forward Wilson- Chandler is a defensive player. The center is good, but he also focuses on defense. David Lee and Gallinari are good offensive players at the power forward position. Generally speaking, the Knicks' offensive points are not bad. There are many, but the lack of active offensive points, that is, the points that can create opportunities. After counting, there is only one Gatsby.

But Gatsby is a rookie. No matter how good he is in the preseason, how he dominates the crowd in the regular season, and whether he ranks first in the regular season MVP rankings, he is still a rookie after all, and the playoffs and regular season are fundamentally different. It's just not the same game.

The playoffs have always been an important criterion for measuring the strength of a player. Compared with the regular season, the playoffs are more intense, and many players who perform well in the regular season cannot adapt to the intensity of the playoffs. Therefore, he has become a seriously overrated player among fans.

For players in the regular season, as long as they have a trick, they can gallop on the battlefield, because no opponent will definitely play against a certain player. In the playoffs, if the opponent finds a loophole or shortcoming of the opponent, they will be defeated As far as the Knicks are concerned, in the eyes of experts, the Knicks' shortcomings are very obvious. The starting point of the tactics is basically Gatsby. As long as Gatsby is blocked, the Knicks will basically be useless. Mostly!

In the playoffs, a player's ability to resist pressure and mentality will also be greatly tested, and tactical adjustments will be very fast. For a rookie like Gatsby, although Gatsby is famous for his big heart, But although it is hard to say whether Gatsby will have this ability in the playoffs.

Gatsby's physical fitness is the most underestimated by experts. Although Gatsby is much stronger at the end of the season than at the beginning of the season, it is far from enough. The confrontation in the playoffs is absolutely hell.Some experts predicted that Gatsby would be physically bullied by his opponents in the playoffs to the point of tears. Well, this expert is Stephen A. Smith.

There is a saying that goes well - the playoffs are the stage for superstars.

Whether Gatsby can become a superstar depends on his performance in the playoffs.

Of course, Gatsby would not engage in these verbal disputes. He was excited for the arrival of the playoffs. By the end of the regular season, he was actually a little tired, because he felt that the regular season did not have much challenge. He can't wait to get to the playoffs to hone himself and improve.

When he heard that some experts looked down on the Knicks and him, he sneered. If he was so easy to deal with and could help the team win so many victories in the late regular season, it would be a joke. As for his physical weakness, he Although it looks weak now, practicing three times a day for nearly half a year is not for nothing. I believe that when the time comes, those shitty experts will fall through their glasses!

　This week will be very busy at work, and it is estimated that it can only be maintained at four or five changes every day. Of course, if I have time, I will make up the chapters that are owed. Please ask for tickets!

　　
　
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