the great gatsby

Chapter 446 Today's Fruit, Yesterday's Cause.

Gatsby is a pragmatist. As long as the opponent doesn't change his defensive style, he can keep playing like this. After 4 rounds, Coach Vogel can't stand it anymore, because Gatsby hit 3 of them in [-] rounds. , and the Pacers only hit two two-pointers, and the point difference was instantly opened up by five points.Five points is not a big gap, but for a team like the Pacers that wins with defense, five points is already a relatively big gap, because it is not easy for them to get five points.

After the timeout, Coach Vogel asked Hibbert to try to switch defenses. Gatsby immediately let him know that defending with a big defense was the wrong choice. Gatsby continuously broke through Hibbert, and then distributed the ball to the three-point lines on both sides. Thompson and Leonard hit three-pointers respectively. Vogel immediately asked for a change. It would not work without switching defenses, and it would not work without switching defenses. Then he could only flank Gatsby. But in fact, the next game proved that flanking Gatsby would only make the Knicks whole team. All broke out.

Over the past few years, many coaches of the Knicks have come up with ways to deal with the Knicks. Well, there is also the Golden State Warriors. The way they proposed is to build a lineup like the Knicks, and limit Gatsby’s pick-and-rolls with unlimited defenses. , this is the only way to limit Gatsby.

But this is obviously not something the Pacers can do. The only thing Coach Vogel can do is to let Paul George, the team's defensive leader, deal with Gatsby.

Paul George and Gatsby have played against each other. Paul George also defended Gatsby during the regular season. Compared with other people, George's defense is indeed more effective. At least in the field of pick-and-roll defense, Paul George is more effective. Advantage.

George has a strong body and fast pace. When Bogut picks and rolls, he will choose to squeeze ahead to defend. In this way, he really prevented Gatsby's pick and roll.

Coach Vogel has just put his guard down a little. As long as he can limit it, the Pacers will still have a chance. If he can't limit it, the Pacers' game tonight will be cancelled.

"Wow, PG3! (Paul George's abbreviation), his defense is really great, few people can defend Gatsby like this, no wonder some people have already started discussing whether George is a top five small forward in the league, no Talking about his offense, his defense alone is already great enough!" Jeff Van Gundy praised.

Gatsby saw that the pick-and-roll was restricted, so he simply handed over the ball and ran without the ball, but George's ability to defend without the ball was also good enough. His main goal was to cut off Gatsby's receiving route. He doesn't care about other people's defensive tasks. Coach Vogel sees clearly that Gatsby is the soul of the Knicks, and limiting Gatsby is the key to limiting the Knicks.

This plan may be possible in the early stages of the regular season, but it is not a big problem for the Knicks today. This season, Thompson and Leonard have grown too fast, especially Leonard and Thompson. Still catching and shooting, Leonard took on more singles tasks. When Gatsby was strictly guarded, Leonard stood up, and Sam Young defended Leonard.

Sam Young is 198cm tall and weighs 100kg, which is not much different from Leonard's weight and height. The difference may be the wingspan. It is indeed a good target to defend Leonard.

Today's Leonard is naturally not comparable to the future Leonard, but the Leonard of this time and space is not comparable to the Leonard of the original time and space. Under the training of Gatesby, an excellent mentor, Leonard His personal offense is much better than that of his contemporaries. Of course, it is difficult to play as a defensive leader, but it is enough to face players like Sam Young.

After Leonard carried Sam Young unhurriedly and then turned around and used his long arms to throw the ball into the basket a few times, Coach Vogel had a headache. He had to pinch this young man, otherwise the Pacers would be defeated. This young man was beaten to pieces.

As soon as the Pacers attacked, Gallinari and Thompson fired. The Pacers fell behind by 12 points in one quarter!
In the second quarter, Iguodala brought Jeremy Lin, Whiteside, Harris and Scola on the court. Coach Vogel wanted to take advantage of the rotation lineup to close the score, but the Knicks' rotation lineup may be the strongest in the league. In the rotation lineup, the Pacers not only did not have the advantage, but also suffered a small disadvantage.

"It's amazing. The young Knicks have played a very good game. Their talents have been shown. Thompson, Leonard, Harris, Whiteside, etc., these people are really not very good before joining the Knicks. It is worth noting that when the Knicks exchanged high prices for these rookies, our ears were filled with the voices of the Knicks doing some stupid things again, but today, how clever the Knicks are operating!
They send away stars who have become famous and have no sense of hunger, and introduce potential rookies, which not only clears the salary space, but also cultivates their own stars. However, this model is difficult to replicate. Only vision and training efforts can keep up with Only the best can achieve this goal! " Mike Breen praised.

At the end of the second quarter, D'Antoni sent Gatsby, Thompson, Iguodala, Leonard and Bogut, a large and four small lineup. With Iguodala on the court, the Knicks moved the ball even better. , Gatsby presses down low to attack from the inside, George can use close defense to limit Gatsby's breakthrough, but after pressing down to the low post, Gatsby's post-up singles cannot be defended, George is 206cm tall, He was 8cm taller than Gatsby, but facing Gatsby's complicated footsteps, he was almost beaten into a wooden man.

After the Pacers had to double attack, Gatsby's passing was beyond what Leonard could match. Thompson, Leonard and even Bogut in the paint all got opportunities to score!
"What is Alliance No.1? This is Alliance No.1!" Yang Yi said excitedly. "A point guard who presses down to the low post to single out the opponent's small forward. There is a full 8cm difference in height, but Gatsby still beats the opponent to no avail. And this opponent is the opponent's defensive vanguard!"

Director Zhang praised again and again: "Gatsby has evolved again. We used to think that he was a pure point guard, but later found that he was an unconventional point guard, and organization was not his only task; later, we found that his off-ball skills were also very good. Amazing; later his middle distance was also developed, and then he reached the top level in post-up singles. There are quite a lot, three-pointers and post-ups are not James' strong points, he can but not reach the top level!"

In the first half, the Knicks led the Pacers by 21 points. The tyrannical strength shown by the Knicks is jaw-dropping. The Pacers are not as old as the Celtics. Their defense is rock-solid, and their players are younger and more talented. , but such a team was still led by 21 points by the Knicks at halftime!
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