the great gatsby

Chapter 377 Cruel Shrinking Season!
The Knicks defeated the Mavericks at home, but flew directly to the Bay Area without any rest time to challenge the Golden State Warriors away. Thompson played very well in this battle, hitting 5 three-pointers and scoring 19 points.

Bob Myers was so distressed that he was about to cry. If the Knicks hadn’t cut his beard, he would have been able to win Klay Thompson. When Thompson played, he would form a backcourt with Curry and shoot two three-pointers. , With Thompson's defense, the Golden State Warriors' backcourt will be daunting!
The Knicks easily defeated the Golden State Warriors. Although the Warriors have a sharp offense, their defense is really not good. Against an opponent like the Knicks who has both offense and defense, the Golden State Warriors have no hope of winning.

After defeating the Warriors, the Knicks immediately flew to Los Angeles to challenge the Lakers. The Lakers let go of Odom in the summer, and Bynum was out due to injury. Facing the strong Knicks, they were no opponents at all. Fisher was rubbed by Gatsby. Again, it ends up being Matt Barnes guarding Gatsby.

Kobe faced the young Thompson, and Thompson was still too young for Kobe. It would be better if he replaced Wilson Chandler, but the Knicks were too comprehensive, and the Lakers couldn't stop them. .

After defeating the Lakers, the Knicks hurried to Sacramento to challenge the Kings. The Kings were too weak. The rebuilding team was no match for the Knicks, who were like tigers and tigers.

There are 4 games in a row, almost all in a row, and there are [-] more away games. After half a year of rest, the intensity suddenly comes to such a high level. I communicated with D'Antoni in the early days, and we must increase the number of rotations. Once there is too much playing time in such a dense schedule, injuries will strike.

D'Antoni's remonstrance is overwhelming, Stoudemire is still limiting playing time, averaging only about 20 minutes per game, Anthony and Gatsby start averaging about 30 minutes per game, so Leonard, Thompson, Dragic and others have received sufficient playing time.

Even so, the Knicks players who returned to New York were relieved. Not to mention the intensive schedule, it was enough to make people physically and mentally exhausted on the road, let alone playing back-to-back. Pack your things, then catch the plane, and go to sleep when you get there. Basically, you can’t fall asleep until four or five o’clock. In the afternoon, you have to start warming up and training to prepare for the evening game. Not to mention rookies like Thompson and Leonard. Cibi felt a little tired.

Back home, the Knicks rested for two days before ushering in the challenge of the Toronto Raptors. The Toronto Raptors are led by the Italians Barnignia and DeRozan. This is also a rebuilding team. The team leader's scoring average is less than 20 points per game. How can he play against the Knicks? Gatsby clocked in in three quarters.

As the schedule progressed, the biggest killer injury of the shrinking season hit. Billups, who had left the Knicks, was injured in the game against the Magic without confrontation. He was then sent to the locker room and announced his retirement.

In the first week of January, the Clippers have played 1 games, 4 of which are away games.The Clippers are currently facing a devil's schedule of 3 consecutive away games. They have won the first 6 away games, but they also paid the price of losing Billups.

Gatsby heard that Billups was reimbursed for the season, and when he was interviewed, he sent blessings to Billups: "Chauncey is a fighter. He will definitely be able to overcome his injuries and come back. I hope he recovers quickly. Let's fight him one-on-one!"

Kobe was injured in the game against the Celtics, but fortunately it was only a serious sprained ankle, but he had to rest for a month;

Rose of the Chicago Bulls began to suffer from various injuries. Rose only missed 3 games in the first 6 seasons.Since January, Rose has experienced various injuries to his feet, ankles, groin, back, and toes;

Wade, Kidd, Deron Williams, Love... These big-name stars have all been on the injury list this season, and even a player known as "Superman" like Dwight Howard is hard to stop injuries Invasion, bid farewell to this season early.

By the beginning of February, nearly [-] players had been on the injury list. Such large-scale injuries were rare in the past. The Associated Press commented: "The tight schedule tests the physical limits of NBA players."

Players have complained that the schedule is too dense, "This season is too short, and our bodies can't adapt to so many games in such a short period of time. It is very likely that you will see more injuries this year." Timberwolves' Player Toliver complained.

And some injuries are even less likely to appear in basketball players, such as Manu Ginobili injured his hand, Kwame Brown and Al Horford have damaged chest muscles, and these injuries are common only in football or weightlifting .

Players have their own biological clocks, and their physiology has been fixed at a fixed time every year to cope with fixed games.But everything has changed in the shortened season. The schedule is tight, the training time is not enough, and the players' bodies cannot cope with all this, which undoubtedly greatly increases the possibility of injury.

This season is destined to be a cruel season. Due to frequent injuries, free agents outside the NBA ushered in the spring. The short-term contract market suddenly became hot. Therefore, more players can enter the NBA to experience it. Not many came down.

With such frequent injuries, Gatsby became more cautious. He and the coaching staff kept reminding other players that as long as they felt unwell, they must report to the team doctor to decide whether they could play. Bi Ge must practice more with the whole team. Insufficient warm-up is the cause of injuries most of the time.

The rotation was more frequent, and the players' playing time was cut into pieces. The Knicks lost some games because of this, but it was all worth it. Except for Anthony and Stoudemire's ankle sprains, there were basically not many injuries.

The veterans of the San Antonio Spurs and Boston Celtics have to take turns from time to time to save their energy and enter the playoffs. The benches of these two teams are relatively deep, and the veterans can fully rest, but some teams with not too thick benches It can only be supported by the main force.

The Miami Heat's total salary of the Big Three reached $2011 million in the 12-4700 season, which also makes it difficult for them to supplement beneficial role players. Once one of the BIG3 is injured during the season, Miami will be in big trouble .

In this intensive schedule, they still have to rely on the Big Three to fight, and each game takes nearly four to 10 minutes. Even a former iron-blooded coach like Pat Riley can't help but pray to God not to let the injury Bring to Miami.

(End of this chapter)