the great gatsby

Chapter 356 The Second Battle!
Donny Walsh went to make arrangements. We can start talking first when the lottery results come out tomorrow, but the trade has to be postponed. The NBA lockout is a foregone conclusion. It is not realistic to trade in the short term. Let's talk first. After the intention is reached, there is no problem in waiting for the NBA lockout to end before trading.

Now Gatsby's eyes are on this year's O'Brien Cup!

The Knicks have already reached the Eastern Conference finals. Last year, the Knicks stopped abruptly at this position. This year, Gatsby is not allowed to fail here again. He must advance to the finals, and he must personally win O'Brien cup!
It is foreseeable that James and the others will definitely not admit defeat. Although they were suppressed by the Knicks in the first game, given them a few days to reflect, they may also figure out something. As long as there are three giants, they will definitely be able to explode more. It's really hard to say who will win and who will win.

On May 5th, the second game of the Eastern Conference finals started like this, and the popularity of Madison Square Garden became more prosperous. Everyone knew that Miami would not let it go, and definitely wanted to take a victory at Madison Square Garden. Naturally, the Knicks wanted to defend their home court Advantage, it can be expected that this game will be more intense!
"Director Zhang, what adjustments do you think the Miami Heat should make to have a chance to beat the Knicks?" Yang Yi asked.

Zhang Lili said with a smile: "This is wrong. Miami must make adjustments, but what you said is a chance. This is wrong. Don't look at the Knicks beating Miami in the last game, but it is not easy. The Knicks are The side that is more prepared has the upper hand at the beginning, but Miami will definitely be well prepared in this game, and the Knicks may not be able to take advantage of this game, just watch!"

Yang Yi smiled and said: "Yes, I was wrong, so what adjustments do you think the Heat will make?"

"The defense has to make changes first. The Heat are too keen on double-attacking. It's okay against other teams. But against a team like the Knicks that moves the ball very quickly, they're looking for death. When they attack, they pass the ball, and there's a bang. It's an opportunity to take an open shot. The Knicks themselves are a team of jump shooters. Gatsby, Anthony, Billups, Gallinari, Martin, Wilson, etc., except for a few who don't shoot much, the others People who can't shoot!
On offense, Wade has to attack. Wade played too little in the last game. Wade’s efficiency is higher. LeBron can’t stop. It doesn't hurt or itches, he has to go in and make free throws. If he doesn't have this determination, the Heat will still lose today! "Director Zhang said.

The game on the court has already started, and the starting lineups of both sides have not been adjusted. After the start of the game, the Heat have made relatively large adjustments. Wade has increased the ball, and James has increased the transition. The offense became smoother.

Wade's breakthrough is at a historical level. Even in the zone defense, he has enough ways to break in. After James rushes up with the ball, there are not many people who can guard him. The Heat scored 28 points in the first quarter. Germany and James each scored 8 points.

The Knicks' offense is also pretty good. The Heat have reduced the flanking attack, especially against Gatsby. They know that the flanking attack has little effect on Gatsby, but it is easy for Gatsby to take the opportunity to send an assist. Compared with the pick-and-roll, they basically focus on delaying and then chasing and defending.

Faced with such a situation, Gatsby found Chandler repeatedly. Chandler has his advantages. As long as he goes in and gets the ball, it will be difficult for the Heat to stop him. Chandler scored nine points in the first quarter. Every time Chandler dunked, he clapped, beat his chest, and yelled at himself, which raised the atmosphere of the home court by about 20 decibels.

The score between the two sides in the first quarter was 28:28. This is Miami's improvement. At least it is not like the Knicks were caught off guard as soon as they came up in the previous game.

The situation in the second quarter was similar. The defensive intensity of both sides was increasing. Wade began to lead the team alone. Today, the Heat significantly increased the rotation. Wade exploded in the second quarter. , Even scored two three-pointers and scored three-pointers. Wade scored 13 points in this quarter! ——The Heat only scored 23 points in this quarter.

The score between the two sides in this quarter was 23:23, still a tie.

In the half, Gatsby scored 14 points, 8 assists and 3 rebounds. He was mainly sorting out the offense.

Entering the third quarter, Bibby broke out suddenly and hit three three-pointers, Mike Miller also hit a three-pointer, Chalmers also scored a three-pointer, James and Wade did a good job of breaking through and scoring. In the first quarter, the Heat scored 32 points, while the Knicks only scored 24 points, and Gatsby scored 12 points.

After the third quarter, the score of the two sides was 83:75, and the Heat took the lead.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the two sides played a rotation lineup. Today, the Heat’s bench lineup performed well and gained the upper hand in the duel with the Knicks’ bench. Gatsby returned to the field in the second half. The score was 102: 89, the Heat have already led by 13 points.

Gatsby hit a three-pointer with a pick-and-roll as soon as he came up. The Heat began to enter James' ball-holding stage. After James broke through, he passed the ball to Wade. Wade missed a three-pointer. The attack was successful, the score was forced to close to eight points, and the Heat called a timeout.

After the timeout, James gritted his teeth and made a foul. He made two free throws and the point difference returned to 10 points.

The Knicks had the ball, and Gatsby's low singles attracted a double attack. Gatsby passed the ball to Chandler. With the help of Anthony's screen, Gatsby ran to the corner to receive Chandler's pass and hit a three-pointer, 7 points behind.

James missed a mid-range shot in Martin's singles, and Gatsby broke through to the basket after a pick-and-roll and made a foul. He made two free throws and missed by 5 points. The Heat called a timeout again.

Back James passed the ball to Bosh, Chandler and Gatsby pinched Bosh, Bosh stepped out of bounds, and the ball returned to the Knicks.

The Knicks had the ball, Gatsby gave the ball to Gallinari in the bottom corner after the pick-and-roll, Gallinari missed the shot, Gatsby rushed in and snatched the ball from James' shot, turned around and forced James to foul , Gates made two free throws, 3 points behind!
James seemed to cut off the electricity all of a sudden. After holding the ball for half court, he moved the ball to the left and right wings. The Knicks defended impeccably. When the time was about 24 seconds, James missed a strong shot. Fortunately, Wade pointed out the rebound and Bosh relayed it. After the rebound, James cuts the ball and dunks!

5 point short!
Only 2 minute left!

The last 2 minutes, which is what was later called Gatsby time, well, it was named by the die-hard Celtics fan Bill Simmons, who spent it in his [Basketball History] The last 2 minutes are described at length.

(End of this chapter)