the great gatsby

Chapter 319: Still Being Underestimated!
The Knicks beat the Celtics, Heat, Lakers, and Thunder all the way to win the championship. People exclaimed that the wolf is coming. People have predicted what other teams can beat the Knicks. After a careful look, I can only look to Texas, where there are two very strong teams, the San Antonio Spurs and the Dallas Mavericks.

The Spurs are not in vain when facing strong teams this season, whether it is the defending champion Lakers, or the Celtics who entered the Finals last season, or the upstart Chicago Bulls, the still competitive Orlando Magic, or the youth team Russia. The Oklahoma City Thunder, none of these teams can win a victory in the hands of the Spurs!
Although none of the three giants of GDP averaged more than 35 points per game, they defeated one after another powerful enemies with their precise cooperation. The stability of the Spurs is surprising. The performance of the [-]-year-old Duncan is still very stable. It is desperate. Although the data is not high, his role is definitely not reflected by the data.

In the first half of the regular season last season, the three carriages in the Spurs team could not get rid of the troubles of injuries. Therefore, their record made people doubt whether they could make it to the playoffs until the last moment. The seventh place in the Western Conference risked entering the ranks of the playoffs.

In the playoffs, the Spurs once again staged a "black seven" in the first round of the playoffs with their extraordinary experience and strong tenacity, capturing the Dallas Mavericks with a total score of 4:2.

The key word of the Spurs team is-tough!
This season, the Spurs signed Thiago Splitter. The help this tough insider brought to the Spurs is immeasurable. When Duncan was getting old, the appearance of Splitter made the Spurs insider again Get tough, which is why the Spurs have been able to beat strong teams since the start of the game.

Well-known critic Tim McMahon's pre-game preview:

"Under Popovich, the San Antonio Spurs, led by the Big Three, don't suffer from grinding problems.

On the contrary, the team's rich experience and stable structure, with figures like the finals MVP and the best sixth man in the regular season, make the Spurs always a strong team in the league that cannot be ignored.

Although Duncan is still a leader at the fourth position, his footsteps are still gorgeous, but there is no doubt that age has also made Duncan's inside dominance less than before.

The aging degree of Ginobili and Parker is not as obvious as that of Duncan, but the sharpness of their breakthroughs has declined in the past [-] years. If the Spurs want to win, cutting-edge stars like George Hill and Split must play their best. greater effect.

The Knicks have played a jaw-dropping record this season. Under their iron hoof, it seems that no team can beat them. Under their iron hoof, they have already laid down the Celtics, Heat, Lakers, Thunder, and Eagles , Bulls, Magic and other strong teams, this is their first meeting with the Spurs this season, and the attention they have attracted is extremely considerable. People want to see who will win the game between the old strong teams and the newly emerging Knicks Contest.

Like most pundits, I am also optimistic that the Spurs will win this game. Is it because the Knicks are not strong enough?

Not so, and my reasons are as follows:
First of all, in terms of structural stability, the Spurs are the most stable one;
Secondly, there is no doubt about the experience of the GDP team. From the beginning of the century to the present, they have joined forces to enter the ninth year, and they are all people with three rings. In terms of experience, the Knicks are still just rookies;

Finally, the level of the head coach. Coach D'Antoni is a very good coach, but Popovich is a better coach. In such a high-level game, the head coach will affect the process of the game to a greater extent. "

Gatsby scoffed when he heard Tim McMahon's pre-game preview. The Dallas Mavericks reporter had been frightened by the Spurs last season. Even though the Knicks were so strong, he still thought the Spurs would win the game Like the Dallas Mavericks last season, they ranked second in the West, but were given a black seven by the Spurs in seventh in the West. It is estimated that in his opinion, the Knicks are a team that looks strong but has not experienced big scenes.

But in fact, there are quite a few experts who hold such opinions. They are superstitious about the team's experience. The accumulation of the Spurs over the years makes them feel that the Spurs are a difficult team to beat. Well, the Spurs are indeed A tough team to beat.

Gatsby didn't underestimate the Spurs, but he felt that the Knicks were underestimated by the world. When the Knicks had such a brilliant record, the world still thought the Spurs were the better team. This is hell!

Although Gatsby is dissatisfied with these comments, he will not show it. For him, seeing the truth on the court is the best way to fight back these rumors. When the Knicks beat the Dallas Mavericks and Spurs, The top teams in the league have already been swept by the Knicks, so let's see who else says the Knicks can't do it.

But after all, someone from the Knicks stood up and responded to this statement. Little Melon Anthony is not like Gatsby. He has always said what he has to say. When he was interviewed by reporters, he said:
"This is the most contemptuous statement I've ever heard. They didn't even analyze the strength of our Knicks players. They just looked at the three championship rings in the hands of the Spurs players. To put it bluntly, the Spurs have more Experience, yes, they will win, it's really bullshit."

Of course, no one from the Spurs will come out to fight with Anthony. Anthony is not targeting the Spurs. Instead, some experts come out to fight with Anthony. Anthony is not to be outdone and fights with experts. Various skills.

In the regular season, the Knicks can crush them all with their strength. In the playoffs, those teams will show their fangs as soon as they lift their masks. For teams like the Spurs and Celtics, the regular season and playoffs are absolutely the same. It's a different team. If Gatsby now thinks that the Knicks are already the best in the league, they will definitely be slapped in the face in the playoffs.

There are too many lessons in the NBA, not to mention the black eight miracles. In many cases, the champion is not the team with the first record in the regular season. Most of the teams that win the championship are good at keeping a low profile and recuperating. Si's reason, like watching a nouveau riche, suddenly trembling.

Gatsby wants to take advantage of the regular season to quickly practice some skills that may be used in the playoffs. It's not that he didn't have time to practice before, but he didn't have the strength to practice. He wants to practice skills that have physical fitness Requirements, that is, at this point in time, you are eligible to touch!
(End of this chapter)