the great gatsby

Chapter 406 The Second Battle! (Today’s two chapters are both 3000 words)
The last day of May.

The long rainy day finally passed, and New York finally ushered in a sunny day, but it also brought huge heat to New York. The heat gradually dissipated at night, but in Madison Square Garden, the atmosphere became more and more enthusiastic. Here A much-anticipated game is being held - the second game of the Eastern Conference Finals!
Spike Lee finished packing early, put on his favorite floral suit, polished his leather shoes, put on his black-rimmed glasses, and urged his wife over and over again: "Hurry up! Hurry up!" We must hurry, and it would be a shame to miss Gatsby's appearance!"

The wife looked helpless, but knowing her husband's hobbies, she had no choice but to hurry up and clean up. Then the two drove the car into the traffic. The avenue leading to Madison Square Garden was already blocked. Spike Lee anxiously took a picture He steered the steering wheel, honked the horn desperately, and cursed loudly: "This group of garbage, with taxpayer money, does nothing. Don't you know that tonight is the Knicks game!"

An angry Spike Lee has no image of an intellectual, and his wife comforted him: "It's still early, even if it takes an hour to get there, there is still a full hour and a half before the game."

Spike Lee usually looks gentle, but now he is irritated to the point of pain, his hideous face is revealed, regardless of his image as an intellectual, and he keeps spouting harsh, sharp black, vulgar, and obscene words from his mouth. His wife can only cover her forehead. Speechlessly watching the traffic jam ahead.

In fact, the traffic flow was not so congested. It took them half an hour to arrive at the parking lot. Spike Lee quickly found a parking space, and then led his wife into the arena quickly. For an hour, half of the seats were already filled. When Spike Lee saw a person sitting in his exclusive seat, he was furious. This was a seat he bought with a lot of money. If you dare to sit in this position, if you let him see it, he will definitely scold you in person.

Spike Lee had an angry look on his face, and was about to walk over to scold the other party, when the young man turned his head, and the anger on Spike Lee's face immediately turned into a spring breeze: "Gatsby, why are you here so early? ?”

Gatsby saw that it was Spike Lee, a die-hard fan of the team, and quickly wanted to stand up. This was Spike Lee's exclusive seat, and he just sat down because he had just tied his shoelaces.Spike Lee quickly pressed him down, and kept saying: "It's okay, it's okay, you sit first, you sit first, are you going to tie your shoelaces?"

Gatsby smiled and said, "I've already tied it up, you sit down, I'm going to warm up."

Spike Lee stopped Gatsby and said, "Can we take a photo first? Today is a memorable match."

Gatsby took it easy, so she sat down and took a photo with Spike Lee, who stuck out his tongue and pretended to be cute.

After Gatsby left, Spike Lee and his wife showed off: "Gatsby is my favorite star, of course strength is part of it, more is his leadership and humility, his leadership will make the Knicks Leading to an extremely bright future!  …”

He kept nagging, and his wife also smiled and listened to her husband's nagging. At this time, Spike Lee is very cute.

Gatsby warmed up very carefully, carefully stretching every joint in his body. For professional athletes, injuries are more severe than tigers. Gatsby never does those high-risk movements, and he will not be lazy in warming up Well, a full warm-up cannot completely prevent injuries, but it can reduce a lot of them. He still wants to play in the league for a few more years. Injuries must be avoided. Are there still few geniuses ruined by injuries?

Spike Lee saw that the warm-up was done so earnestly, and he praised: "Look, it is not accidental that a person who is so serious about warm-up can achieve success."

The wife smiled. Her husband likes someone, and he may even think the other person's gesture of picking up shit is handsome.

As the time approaches, the seats are already full. From the perspective of Knicks fans, the Knicks often sweep their opponents after entering the playoffs. This game is likely to be the last game of the Eastern Conference Finals in New York. Come to New York next time , It is likely to be the finals. No fan wants to miss this game. Of course, this is for fans who have bought tickets. Fans who have not bought tickets can only watch the live broadcast outside or at home.

The atmosphere reached its peak when Gatsby came out of the tunnel, and the entire Madison Square Garden was boiling. This was their king—the king of New York!
James saw the cheers that Gatsby evoked, and he couldn't help feeling a little jealous—it might have belonged to him, had he come to New York.He has enjoyed this kind of treatment in Cleveland before, but now the fans there only have resentment towards him, and every time he goes there, he is greeted with only curses and insults.

If...the championship can't be won this year, then the fans in Cleveland will probably be cheering one by one, right?

He couldn't help but wonder if his decision was correct.

The heat and the Knicks met in the Eastern Conference finals in the second year, and the attention it attracted was definitely heavyweight. More than 200 countries around the world broadcast the game live. McBrin and Jeff Van Gundy are already gearing up and ready to enter the state of the commentary game.

The Heat suffered a defeat in New York in the last game. For a super team like Miami, they can lose the first game, but they will find a way to win the second game anyway. Don't doubt the determination of the Heat, don't underestimate A heart of a championship, and... the ability of Pat Riley, a magician!
Not to mention the fans, even Jeff Van Gundy and Mike Breen, two old commentators who have commented on countless legendary games, are also looking forward to what interesting things will happen tonight.

While the fans are waiting, the game officially begins!
The Heat's starting lineup has not changed. It is still led by the Big Three, with Chalmers and Battier.

The Knicks naturally don't need to make adjustments. The starting lineup is Gatsby, Anthony, Thompson, Stoudemire and Bogut.

The Heat learned the lessons of the previous game and worked hard on defense from the very beginning. Battier was sent to defend Gatsby. Battier was a defensive leader. Although he was not as fast as Wade, his defense It is the foundation of his foothold in the league. He is much better than Wade in defending Gates.

Gatsby is indeed in trouble. Battier's defense is not aggressive and oppressive, but his concentration and positioning rate are very high. He rarely loses position, no matter how Gatsby moves. , He can always stand in front of Gatsby and interfere at any time. His height is the height of a small forward, but his feet are very fast. With his wingspan and his concentration, he is indeed the Heat's defensive cover. Cibi's best player!

Under Battier's close following, Gatsby really has no way to attract more pincers. In this way, his pass is not so powerful, because it is difficult to create an open space without pincers.

The Heat also made some changes on the offensive end. Wade got the ball and played around Wade from the beginning, while James moved without the ball to save energy and prepare for the next game.

Gatsby was guarded by Battier and looked embarrassed, but Gatsby was not as anxious as he looked. The game was still on track. The Heat were hiding their back moves, and he was also hiding their back moves.

At this stage, the Knicks are playing pass and cut, that is, they do not use Gatsby as the core. The core of transferring the ball is Anthony, and the main offense is Thompson and Stoudemire. Neither Gatsby nor Anthony can play. Under this circumstance, they will not receive flanking attacks. For natural offensive players like Thompson and Stoudemire, this is the best offensive environment.

Therefore, at the beginning of the game, both sides used non-leader players to attack. This was clear to the coaches of both sides, to the commentators, and to the senior fans. Even some fans who were joining in the fun were saying: "Why doesn't Gatsby still?" Fight? Does Anthony have a grudge against Gatsby? He doesn’t even pass the ball to Gatsby!"

"Wade is playing too independently. James hasn't made many shots until now. Is that Chalmers a badass, he just does it when he gets the ball. Does he think he is a star?"

Strange words like this have been flooding the progress of the game. Some senior fans who can't hear it scolded: "If you don't understand the ball, don't make a sound. Both sides are holding back their big moves. Watch carefully, they will be in the more critical stage." Time to act!"

After all, the fake fans didn't have much confidence in their hearts. After being scolded, they could only swallow their anger and wanted to refute it later.

After the first quarter, the score was very close, 25:26!

The Knicks scored the highest score is Thompson, he scored 8 points, Stoudemire scored 6 points, Gatsby made a few shots, Battier's defense was too good, Gatsby missed a few shots, and only got 4 points, 3 assists, the data is actually not bad, but it is absolutely abnormal for Gatsby.

A fan who came to see Gatsby was disappointed and said: "I heard that Gatsby is the number one player in the league. Why does he look so bad? On the contrary, that Thompson scored two three-pointers in a flash. This is really amazing." Woolen cloth."

Now the fans in the vicinity are too lazy to return. This is undoubtedly a fake fan. They just heard that the most popular player is now, and they come here to watch. It seems that they have not scored goals all the time. In their eyes, it is a weak match. They are definitely overrated stars!
But such fans are actually fake fans. They don’t even know the rules. Some of them haven’t even watched NBA games. They just come to join in the fun. Such senior fans don’t even want to talk to them. , Don't talk about arguing, it's not worth it, and it would be embarrassing if you talk too much.

(End of this chapter)