the great gatsby

Chapter 216 Battle of Tianwang Mountain!
Phillips Arena.

The Eagles have risen in the past few seasons, and the Atlanta fans are very supportive. The game has not started yet, and the arena is already full of people. Unlike the Eagles after the five tigers disappeared, because the results of the game were not good, in order to attract fans to continue to come Watching the game, the team can only work hard on the internal facilities of the arena.

In the 2018-19 season, the Hawks renovated and renamed their new home court, called State Farm Arena. Surprisingly, they set up a bar in the courtside seats!
Generally speaking, it is not particularly novel to set up a bar or lounge in the arena.However, they were usually placed in VIP boxes before, only VIP spectators or team season ticket holders can enter, and they are not open to the public.These boxes are usually far away from the stadium. Sitting here, the audience is separated from the stadium. If they want to watch the game, they have to go back to their seats in the stadium.

The new 1500-square-foot bar area is set behind the hoops on one side of the field. All 600 pitchside season ticket holders have access to the bar area.At the same time, the team also sells a limited number of standing tickets to season ticket holders, allowing them to invite friends or business partners to enter the bar to watch the game and consume.

That's nothing, they even set up seats in the arena where you can watch the ball while getting a haircut, and there is also a mini-golf room where you can watch the golf while playing golf. They are doing everything to attract fans!

These are all crooked ways. For a team, the best way to attract fans is to run the team well. Only good results are the most important reason why fans are willing to come to the arena to watch the game.

The Tianwangshan battle has less influence than the tiebreaker, but it is more meaningful than other games, because it has a high probability of determining whether the team will take the initiative in the next game.

Although the Knicks won two consecutive games at home, experts are still more optimistic about the Hawks winning the series. The team has proved difficult to win in the playoffs in recent years, because the ball is too concentrated, which means that the opponent can more easily choke this point. Once this core is choked, then the team The attack stalled.

The first two games of this round of the series have proved this point. Although Gatsby went berserk in two games, the final victory over the Eagles was due to the team's performance, although this performance benefited from the opponent's betting on Gatsby. Too much defensive energy, but they couldn't prevent Gatsby who was running wild, and the Knicks players who were emptied because they broke out at home, the Eagles lost sight of one another, so the Knicks pulled the game back.

But can this situation be replicated at the Eagles' home court?
The conclusion given by many experts is that it is not possible. The home field advantage is not just talk. At the home court of the Eagles, Gates will suffer from stronger defensive intensity and greater psychological pressure. It is difficult for the Knicks role players to have An easy shot, once Gatsby is strangled, it will be difficult for the Knicks to recover.

Under this judgment, Eagles fans are very optimistic. They feel that after returning to their home court, the Eagles will regain the initiative.

But Coach Woodson is worried. He was frightened by Gatsby in the last two games. As a coach who sees the overall situation, he knows how to restrict Gatsby. This is the key to the Eagles' victory, but how to restrict... Sorry, he doesn't know either. It's not that he doesn't have a plan, but he doesn't know whether the plan will work. If the plan doesn't work, the eagle will be in danger!

While coach D'Antoni on the Knicks' side is grateful for his escape, he is not optimistic. This season, he has supplemented the Knicks' weakest inside line through a large-scale trade, but the Knicks are still a single-core ball. Doesn’t he know how much the single-core team suffers in the playoffs? He remembers the powerlessness in the first and second games of the series. Make up for it, because it is too easy to be targeted.

Some people say that Nowitzki won the single-core championship?

Yes, Nowitzki won the championship with a single core, but that means that Nowitzki is a super giant, not that the Mavericks only have him as the core of tactics. At that time, Nowitzki was mainly used as an end point for the Mavericks. , unless necessary, he will not be the initiator. The real initiator is the old Kidd, but the old Kidd plays support, and because he is old, he is not considered the core.

And this Knicks really has only one core and only one starting point. If McGrady is not injured and is in a better state, then the situation of the Knicks will be completely different. Once Gatsby is blocked, at least one person will punish him The Eagles missed people, but not now.

The game started amidst the worries of these two coaches.

D'Antoni made changes. His starting lineup is: Gatsby, Kevin Martin, Wilson Chandler, Tyson Chandler and Andrew Bogut.

This lineup made Jeff Van Gundy scream incredible, because according to this lineup, the Knicks are playing a defensive battle. The two insides have no range, and the inside space will be extremely poor, but the opponent is also uncomfortable. Two 213cm twin towers are blocked. At the basket, it is too difficult for the Eagles to hit the basket. The only solution is to solve the battle from the outside.

As for the Hawks' starters, except for Bibby's three-point accuracy, everyone else's three-pointers can only be considered average. Josh Smith's shooting percentage is good, 33.3%, but averaging 0.5 three-pointers per game is probably of no use.

Joe Johnson takes a lot of shots, averaging 3.7 per game, but his shooting rate is only 22.0%. If he takes more shots with this shooting rate, it will be a cancer!

Coach Woodson has also made adjustments. The five players on the field are: Horford, Bibby, Joe Johnson, Josh Smith and Zaza Pachulia. This lineup makes the three of ESPN feel a little confused. Ya played 78 games throughout the regular season, only entered the starting lineup once, and the rest of the time was all on the bench. What did Coach Woodson ask him to come up at this time?
For defense, Marvin Williams is faster in pick-and-roll defense, and Pachulia is not inferior to Pachulia in rebounding, especially in offense. Is Pachulia coming up now to carry the Knicks' twin towers?Well, it's possible, that's all I can think of.

If Pachulia was selected because he expected the Knicks to use the twin-tower tactics, then Coach Woodson had predicted the enemy's opportunity. Maybe he had his own considerations?

Pachulia and Bogut jumped the ball in the middle circle, and the battle at Tianwang Mountain officially began. All the fans were eagerly awaiting it!

(End of this chapter)