the great gatsby

Chapter 323 The personnel problem is a big problem!
The last 2 minutes are 2 minutes of fighting. No one wants to lose after the two sides have played to this level. The Spurs have expressed their desire for the championship as early as the beginning of the season. Parker said in an interview that this season may be the Spurs Finally, the chance to get the championship, because the Spurs' lineup is already old, if they don't win the championship this season, the next possibility is too small.

The Knicks now seem to be the strongest team in the East, and they are likely to break through in the playoffs. Popovich has always been very vigilant against such teams, and can gain a psychological advantage in the regular season in the playoffs. It will be very helpful, so Popovich does not allow the Spurs to lose this game.

Of course the Knicks don't want to lose either, they want to prove themselves, to prove that they are the best team in the league, but in the last 2 minutes the Spurs showed the strength of a veteran team, not just the gdp combination, but the whole show a mechanical The secret is that the Knicks couldn't get a point in the last 2 minutes!
89: 98!

The Spurs defended the prestige of the Spurs at home, while the Knicks' reputation of being undefeated against strong teams was broken.

The defeat of the Knicks attracted a lot of criticism and whipping. The experts who predicted that the Knicks would lose to the Spurs before the game took out their pre-match predictions and discussed over and over again how correct their views were and how good their vision was. of precision.

Those who predicted wrongly criticized the Knicks for incorrect use of personnel. The contradiction pointed to Coach D'Antoni's inability to command the Knicks' big-name players. He pointed out that the seemingly harmonious locker room atmosphere of the Knicks was just a false prosperity, without anyone. Willing to make sacrifices for the team.

Some experts even dug out Isaiah Thomas's various brain-damaged operations and James Dolan's various unreliable actions. Even Anthony's previous misbehaviors were also dug out again, and Billups and Gatsby were also dug out. It has been described as a false harmony, an unabashed rivalry between two fame-conscious players.

Experts predict that if the Knicks do not want to solve this problem, the Knicks will eventually face the problem of the locker room, and even divide the Knicks locker room into factions.

Anthony and Billups should be a faction, while Gatsby united most of the players, such as Bogut and Chandler, and Stoudemire should be outside the faction, the expert said There must be a nose and an eye. It seems that the information disclosed by an insider who knows the Knicks very well. Such news has been believed by many people and has caused a lot of discussion.

The Knicks officials quickly stepped forward to clarify that there was no such thing, but the audience felt that this was the Knicks trying to cover up, and the matter became more and more troublesome. The Knicks saw it, come on, if you don’t believe it, forget it, anyway, the atmosphere in the locker room It's still good, the Knicks' locker room atmosphere mainly revolves around the Big Four.

Stoudemire has a calm personality. Anthony and Billups are old people who have been in the NBA for many years. They know that there are many experts who talk nonsense for the sake of traffic. It's a piece of shit.

Gatsby watched all kinds of public opinion with a cold eye. He sensitively felt that the matter was not simple. Several major teams in the league were looming among them. It seemed that the strength of the Knicks had aroused their collective hatred. They were trying to see if they could make the Knicks Sri Lanka collapsed first.

Although the overwhelming public opinion has not caused turmoil within the Knicks for the time being, there is an issue in the public opinion that is indeed urgent to be resolved, and that is the issue of the use of Billups and Gatsby. One of the two must be the sixth man, separately. Controlling the team during the period is the best way to use it.

Although having someone take control of the team for certain periods of time is also a solution. The existence of the Big Four gives the team more choices, but that is not the optimal solution. The best way is still to have one person retreat. Go to the bench.

Gatsby can see clearly about other things, but he has no foresight on this issue. Now he is also a pawn in the chess game. To solve this problem, he must use his ingenuity to solve it, but he has not yet come up with a way to solve it. solve.

First of all, he himself does not want to quit the starting lineup, which means a lot to him. The price for him to quit the starting lineup is too great. He does not love money, but loves basketball, but loving basketball is everything about basketball, championships, personal honors and history Status, this is also a part of basketball, if he doesn't love these things, why bother to enter the NBA, just find a professional league to play, even playing on the street is a good choice.

Next is Billups. What Billups wants is not just the championship. In fact, he already has it, and he is the Finals MVP. What he wants may be status. A veteran in his late years of his prime values ​​status. It is also a very strong obsession, especially when his strength is still very strong, it is difficult to get Billups to take the initiative to play as a substitute!
Things must be resolved, but now is not the time to resolve them, because the trip to the West is not over yet. On November 11, the Knicks will challenge the Dallas Mavericks away from home. In the predictions of experts, it should be relatively simple for the Knicks to defeat the Mavericks. , but actually proved them wrong. The Knicks played very hard against the Mavericks, and at the last moment they were defeated by Nowitzki!
The trend of the entire game was similar to that against the Spurs - leading when the starters were on the court, getting back to the score when coming off the bench, being dragged into the fourth quarter and having no focus on who should solve the game, and the Knicks' final moments. It was Anthony who played singles with the ball, but in the end the game was still lost.

This is the weakness of the multi-core team. There are too many choices at critical moments, but there is no determination to kill. This is another major flaw exposed by the Knicks - who is the one who decides the game at critical moments? !

The tired and unwilling Knicks returned to New York after their trip to the West. D'Antoni dismissed the team and announced that he could take a day off. The players did not cheer. It's nothing, but the team is well-organized or losing the game against an opponent that must win is a major blow to the team's morale!
The Knicks' losing streak has attracted the attention of many strong teams. Many experts once again stood up to criticize the Knicks, collectively looking down on the Knicks. The Knicks are like the predicament encountered by the Heat's Big Three at the beginning of the season-multiple giants still lost the game , the only thing that can be explained is that the giants are not compatible!
This is not a small matter. Even Gatsby, who has always been calm, feels a little pressure. It is actually a good thing that such a problem occurs in the first half of the regular season. It is better than it occurs in the playoffs, but such a problem is indeed a very sensitive one. , people/things issues have always been very sensitive, not to mention the top stage like the NBA, even the workplaces of some small companies. The biggest problem is the hearts of the team!
(End of this chapter)