the great gatsby

Chapter 226 Sad soldiers!
Madison Square Garden.

The sixth game between the Knicks and the Eagles was held as scheduled. Even though the owner and general manager of the Eagles were involved in racial discrimination, the game that should be played was indispensable.

After the Eagles played, all the fans stood and applauded for them. In the United States, whether you are a racist/discriminator or not, you must draw a line with race/discrimination. Otherwise, once you are labeled as a racist/discriminator, his life The environment will become very bad.

The Hawks wore their jerseys backwards to express their displeasure with the owner and general manager, and Joe Johnson was still thinking about Michael Woodson's pregame conversation in the locker room.

"I know it's frustrating for everyone, and your family will put pressure on you to say it's not worth playing for a racist/discriminator. Well, I don't actually want to. You may feel that the playoffs are not like college basketball. Just one or two chances, you will think, anyway, if you can’t qualify this season, let’s talk about it next season, but people who think this way may end up empty-handed. After one season, how hard have you worked to get to where you are today? , are you willing to let a whole season of hard work go to waste?
Anyway, I don't want to!

You were a little slack during training and didn't care, but I hope you can go all out during the game. We are not playing for the prejudice, but for our own honor, so please work hard! "

Most of the Hawks players are young people, they are prone to anger, but once there is a leader, they will be willing to obey. Coach Woodson led them to rise and grow. He has a high prestige among the players, and the young The players were quickly inspired to fight.

"Boss, we will do whatever you say. Not only will we not affect the game, but we will also win the game to rectify our name!" Joe Johnson said passionately.

The fans in Madison Square Garden all stood up and applauded, and the Knicks players also applauded. Although they were opponents now, they stood by the players without hesitation in the face of these fundamental issues.

Gatsby applauded while observing the Eagles players. Not only did they not lose their fighting spirit, but they were full of victorious momentum. Gatsby's heart jumped: Tonight's game may not be that simple!
Sure enough, after the start of the game, not only did the Eagles not lose their fighting spirit, but they were very positive, and their fighting power was stronger than in the previous five games, because the Eagles’ boss touched the hearts of these players, and black players are extremely sensitive to race/discrimination , Coach Woodson turned their anger into motivation, and their burst of energy made the Knicks players feel irresistible.

In half a quarter, the Knicks were beaten 18:8 and fell behind by ten points. After D'Antoni called a timeout, Gatsby quickly ran to D'Antoni and spoke loudly in his ear. : "Coach, next I want to control the rhythm. The Eagles are too powerful now. If we play faster, it will only increase their momentum. It is better to slow down the rhythm, go up to the Twin Towers and slowly wear away their energy, etc." As soon as their physical strength decreases, it’s our chance to fight back!”

D'Antoni attached great importance to Gatsby's opinion. He thought for a while and said, "The on-court listens to you. You can adapt accordingly. I put both Tyson and Bogut on the court. You can control the rhythm."

Gatsby nodded: "Let Kevin (Martin) take a break too, put Wilson (Chandler) in the second position, and Danilo (Gallinari) in the third position, so that our defense It will become like a meat grinder, we force them to consume more stamina, and when we counterattack, we will use a small formation to destroy them with one blow!
D'Antoni shouted: "Come on, try to get rid of them tonight!"

After returning from the timeout, the Hawks found that the Knicks had four tall men over two meters tall. Tyson Chandler and Bogut were both 213cm tall, Gallinari was 208cm tall, and Wilson Chandler was 203cm tall. Gatsby, who is not short among point guards, the five of them turned the penalty area into a meat grinder!

Mark Jackson exclaimed: "Is D'Antoni crazy? Has he given up his coaching philosophy? Bogut, Tyson, and Wilson are not very good at offense. The ball is mainly shot, but the defense of the lineup is the strongest lineup of the Knicks, is he going to use defense to beat the Hawks?"

The Knicks have the ball, Gatsby dribbles the ball slowly across half court, and then gives the ball to Bogut high to support, he slips into the crowd, finds Tyson Chandler as a screen, Gallinari lays down the baseline, Will Sen Chandler wanders on the wing, Gatsby uses the screen to find the opportunity to cut, Bogut's pass is timely, Gatsby cuts to catch the ball to attract the help defense, and then gives the ball to Gallinari in the bottom corner, Gallin Lee made a three-pointer.

The Knicks made a hit, but the Hawks could only play honestly. Bibby wanted to pick up the tempo. Gatsby led the defense and forced Bibby to slow down. Both Josh Smith and Joe Johnson were active in running positions, but The height of the Knicks lineup is very high, and the movements under their feet are not slow. In order to get rid of and break through, Josh Smith and Joe Johnson had to use more movements to gain space for shots, which invisibly consumed more of their energy.

Gatsby carefully controlled the rhythm, but after halftime, the Knicks not only did not have the home court advantage, but were defeated by the Hawks, leading by 16 points at halftime!
Gatsby became more cautious. He was not in a hurry to confront the Eagles head-on, but carefully sorted out the offense. He was waiting for the opponent's morale to drop. The so-called one-bomb, then decline, three-time exhaustion, there is no way to play with only morale. lasted too long.

Sure enough, at the end of the third quarter, Gates was keenly aware that their morale had dropped a little. It wasn't that they didn't have persistence, but that their physical strength would be consumed even more under the condition of exerting their full strength. After three quarters, As soon as their physical strength declined, their weaknesses were gradually exposed.

At the end of the third quarter, Gatsby led the team to play a wave of 14:4, closing the score to 6 points. After entering the fourth quarter, Gatsby set off wave after wave of counterattacks, and he continued to speed up Speeding up again, the already exhausted Eagles players gradually couldn't keep up, and the score was gradually overtaken by the Knicks and pulled away.

Coach Woodson was unwilling to admit defeat and tried to regain the initiative time and time again. However, under Gatsby's control, the Knicks won the game at home!
(End of this chapter)