the great gatsby

Chapter 397 That will be the worst war ever!
Gatsby returned to the court in the second half of the second quarter, Anthony and Stoudemire went down to rest, and Gatsby brought a pure small lineup of Thompson, Leonard, Gallinari and Wilson Chandler.

"Huh? Isn't this lineup too small? Gallinari is at center and Leonard is at power forward. I'm afraid this lineup will suffer!" Yang Yi said in surprise.

No wonder Yang Yi was surprised. At this time, one major and four minors are considered a small lineup. It is normal for most of them to play the twin towers of Gasol and Bynum like the Lakers. It's radical, and the Knicks' lineup is indeed small in comparison.

Coach D'Antoni was still a little apprehensive when Gatsby said he was going to do this, but Gatsby insisted and he gave in. He knew that Gatsby would never target indiscriminately, so it's okay to try. Just come back.

When Coach Rivers saw the Knicks on this lineup, his eyebrows jumped. This lineup is really weird. I don’t know what the Knicks are doing, but this is the playoffs. Who knows if this is a trap. After gesturing, Rondo nodded.

Knicks possession.

When playing in a small lineup, it is natural to let the power of the small lineup be brought into play. The best way is of course to play fast, but the power of a small lineup does not only have to be played fast. Speed, ball handling and projection threat.

Gatsby gestured with the ball, and the Knicks players immediately started running. Unlike when Stoudemire and Bogut were on the court, there is basically no one in this lineup who can leave the field, even Leonard, who is not very good at shooting, is the same. You can't let it go because his breakthrough threat is great.

Now the Celtics' defensive formation was stretched wide. After a few breakthroughs, the Knicks found a chance. Leonard cut the ball in the middle and dunked the ball!
D'Antoni nodded. If you only look at the offense, this lineup is indeed very strong, but the basketball game is not only about offense, the key is to be able to defend. Regarding the defense of this lineup, D'Antoni has no idea.

Rondo held the ball past half-court and gestured to create a low-post opportunity. Garnett cut to the right wing to catch the ball in the low post. Garnett's style of play was mostly turn-over jump shots. This is because of his thin body. The reason is that he does not have an advantage in the competition with the inside, but he still has an advantage in the face of a small forward like Leonard.

Garnett catches the ball and sits back, knocking Leonard backwards. Garnett is about to take the opportunity to turn over and shoot a jump shot. Gatsby's help defense arrives. Gatsby's goal is very clear, not to retreat after threatening. Going back, he went straight to the basketball in Garnett's hands. Garnett saw that Gates was coming so fast, and passed the ball to Rondo who came in through an air cut.

Rondo caught the ball and went straight to the basket to come up. Wilson Chandler on one side immediately retracted. Seeing that there was no chance under the basket, Rondo passed it directly to Pierce, but as soon as the ball was shot, he secretly shouted that it was bad, Gatsby Come out from the side and take the ball away!
With a sound of "boom", the Knicks players rushed down like a flurry of bees. Gatsby rushed to the basket and threw the ball to the bottom corner. Thompson's feet were on the ground before he landed. Get up and shoot a three-pointer!

in!
"Wow!" Madison Garden Square erupted like a torrent, thunder struck the ground, and the sound waves invaded like a tide.

"It's too fast! It's terrible for this lineup to play the fast break. How long did it take Gates to compare the whole game, 4 seconds! From the start after stealing the ball to rushing to the basket to pass the ball, it only took him 4 seconds. , It's really scary!" Yang Yi exclaimed.

"Keep playing inside! It's just a coincidence!" Coach Rivers shouted at Rondo.

The Celtics still found Garnett. This time, Garnett made a decisive shot, turned over Leonard and then made a jumper, but Gatsby was in place to help defend in time, and Garnett used his thoughts to avoid the ball. , The basketball hit the front frame in a hurry, and Gallinari grabbed the rebound.

There was another "boom", and Gatsby, Leonard, Thompson, and Chandler all started in the posture of a [-]-meter race, speeding up to the frontcourt with all their strength, and Gallinari dribbled the ball himself, reaching Passed the ball to Gatsby at halftime, and Gatsby had already reached the three-point line. The moment Bradley caught the ball, he wanted to entangle him, and Gatsby pulled it up and shot!
Vote against Bradley!
Bradley jumped as hard as he could, and stretched out his arms to interfere with Gatsby, but Gatsby was 8cm taller than him, but Bradley couldn't interfere.

Three points again!

Three rounds, 8:0 climax!
With a score difference of 16 points, Coach Rivers called another timeout trembling.

Zhang Lili and Yang Yi looked at each other—is this lineup really good?

D'Antoni understands it a little bit. To put it bluntly, this lineup has the same meaning as the small lineup when Stoudemire was on the court, but the key is that Leonard is better defensively. Although he is shorter than Garnett, he still has strength. Not bad, being able to withstand Garnett a little bit gave his teammates time to attack.

Garnett's own offense is more determined, but in the case of someone pinching, it is a better choice to play the ball, but after the ball, the rest of the Knicks are extremely fast and have high defensive discipline. The Celtics want to It is not impossible to take advantage of this opportunity, but the efficiency is not as high as imagined.

Then this is an arithmetic problem. The Knicks use the powerful offensive ability of the small lineup to achieve higher efficiency. On the defensive end, they only need to limit the efficiency of the Celtics to be lower than theirs. Still them.

But these are superficial things, and the deep level is still-the Knicks use more three-pointers to end, while the Celtics use two-pointers.

More advanced concepts and tactics are the foundation of the Knicks!
This is an upright conspiracy. Even if Coach Rivers feels something is wrong, he has no better way to deal with it.

Afterwards, Garnett played good shots for a period of time and kept hitting mid-range shots, but the strange thing was that the point difference was still widened. At the end of the third quarter, the point difference had expanded to 24 points, and it seemed that he was going to start again. Now the scene is playing.

The Celtics desperately chased the score in the fourth quarter, but under the control of Gatsby, the Celtics returned without success, and the Knicks won another big victory at home!
The two games were defeated. Even Garnett Pierce, a determined veteran, looked extremely frustrated. Pierce said a little aggrieved in the post-match press conference:

"We did everything we could, but we still lost for some reason. Was it because we were not active defensively? - No, we have used 120% of our defensive strength and focus on defense!
Is our offense not good enough? ——No, we scored more than 100 points in both games, but we still lost the game!

You asked me if I have the confidence to win at home, yes, I have confidence, but it will be the worst war! "

(End of this chapter)