the great gatsby

Chapter 453 Everything is just as usual!
"Defend! Defend! Defend!..."

American Airlines Arena was filled with encouragement from Heat fans to Chalmers.

Gatsby pulls the ball up, leans his shoulders to the right, and steps forward with his right foot. Chalmers quickly shifts his center of gravity to the right. Gatsby pulls the ball back and switches from his crotch to his left hand. He flicked the ball as if he was going to thrust his right hand again. If this trick passed, it would be the classic Tim Hardaway classic double change.

But seeing Gatsby turn his left hand slightly, flick the ball to the left, and easily step forward to break through to the left, Chalmers couldn't just watch Gatsby charge forward, forcefully control the center of gravity, and wanted to catch up. Unexpectedly, the center of gravity was unstable, he stepped on the air, and suddenly fell to the ground!

There was an exclamation in the arena.

Wade hurriedly recovered, wanting to help Chalmers block Gatsby, but Gatsby held the ball in his hand, and suddenly stepped back two steps to the three-point line. There was no defense within three meters ahead, only Seeing him lightly put his feet together, he opened his hands and shot. As soon as the ball was released, he turned around and went back to defense!
The ball glides in the air for a while, Gatsby has already taken a few steps to the center line, and the basketball falls into the basket impartially!
"Wow!" The Knicks jumped on the bench for a while.

"It's wonderful! Gatsby's breakthrough skills have reached the pinnacle of perfection, and this double-direction move has made him play tricks. Poor Chalmers has become his background board. This ball is for One of the top five goals today!" Yang Yi was full of praise.

Director Zhang chuckled and said, "Gatsby rarely plays like this anymore. He mostly integrates himself into the team now. Even if he scores [-] points per game, it's not seen how he shows his personal ability. It's about passing the ball." , cut, run, and then catch and shoot, or catch and layup, it's rare to see his personal ability to go left and right like this. But once he plays like this, it will be amazing.

His breakthrough has become his own style, Wade's breakthrough is like a sharp knife, Rose's breakthrough is like a frightened horse entering the downtown area, Westbrook's breakthrough is like a thunderbolt, Paul's breakthrough is like a sudden autumn wind, only Gatsby's breakthrough is like The spring breeze wrinkles a pool of autumn water, like a butterfly fluttering up and down in the flowers, dancing in the flowers, but it looks relaxed and at ease. This is a wonderful visual experience!It's a pity that it's rare! "

It was a breakthrough to savor slowly at night, Gatsby thought, smiling.

The Heat's offense tonight was quite smooth, and it must have been the result of painstaking preparations. However, the defensive strategy they adopted made Gatsby shine brightly. Since they cut off the passing route, Gatsby Singles, following D'Antoni's coaching philosophy, at this time Gatsby only needs to be resolute in singles, and there is no need to think about other things.

The same is true for Gatsby, who plays for reason.For him, the team is reasonable, and the singles are also reasonable, as long as it is the most efficient way of playing according to the strategy adopted by the opponent, it is reasonable!

Chalmers couldn't defend. After several rounds, the Heat called a timeout. After returning, they still played this strategy, but they made personnel adjustments. He asked Battier to defend.

Battier is indeed a very good choice to defend. When Battier met the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals when he was with the Rockets, Battier took on the important task of defending Kobe. He was indeed the best player to defend Kobe, although Kobe still averaged Got 28.4 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.8 assists, but I have to say that Battier's defense is excellent.

Although he is 35 years old this year, if history has not changed, he still limited Durant's performance in the finals at the age of 34 last season, and he also shot 26 of 15 shots. Three-pointer!And in this year's Finals against the Spurs, the two sides scored a 7-point tiebreaker. It was this time that Batty scored 6 three-pointers crazily. Send the Spurs to the brink of despair, and thus won the championship.

Battier is 35 years old, but he still has gas in the tank, which is why Coach Spoelstra is still a rookie.Shane Battier is 201cm tall and weighs 100kg. It is indeed the best choice to defend Gatsby who is 198cm tall and weighs 105kg.

Gatsby passed the half court with the ball. He saw that the person coming up was Battier instead of Wade. He glanced at Coach Spoelstra on the sidelines and smiled. Coach Spoelstra Some inexplicable: what do you mean?
Battier's defensive action is very clean, he doesn't make a lot of shots, and once he makes a shot, he will cut it decisively. Most of the time he chooses the moment when the attacker receives the ball. Most of the time, his defense is to clenched his footsteps and always stays behind the attacker. He doesn't lose his position in front of him, and then raises his hand to interfere, distorting the opponent's shooting action. He is a very smart defender.

Battier lowered his waist and kept moving his hands, constantly exerting pressure on Gatsby. Gatsby faced Battier sideways. Seeing that his teammates were pulling away, he suddenly broke through to the right. Battier hurried Step back, exposing the right foot.

Gatsby changed direction in time to attack Battier's right foot. Battier could only change his center of gravity and withdraw his right foot. However, he was very smart and used his body to fight Gatsby without leaving any trace. He wanted to use this method. Tell Gates to slow down.

Unexpectedly, Gatsby took advantage of his confrontation to take a step back to the three-point line and shoot.

Step back three points!
Battier was shocked and raised his hand to interfere, but his body was backwards. He wanted to fight against Gatsby, but Gatsby used his strength to retreat, which made it easier for him to retreat. , the shot is easier.

Three point hit!

Gatsby and Shane smiled.

Battier can interfere with Kobe because Kobe's offense often relies on rhythm, and Battier himself is a master of defensive rhythm. He can bite Kobe's footsteps and grasp Kobe's rhythm, but Kobe rarely With the retreat step, as long as his footsteps are bitten, Kobe has to pull up his release point, so the efficiency will naturally drop.

But Gatsby is different. He has long thought that he will face various types of defenders. He must consider top defenders like Battier. His defense is to use Harden's step-back three-pointer !
Harden's step-back three-pointer is absolutely murderous.

The troubles of the defenders defending Harden are: they are broken through when they are close to each other, they are retreated for a three-pointer when they take a step, and they are fouled when they rush.

Gatsby just made a three-pointer after breaking through, and Battier couldn't interfere.

Battier's eyes were a little surprised. It's not that the step-back has never appeared in the NBA. In fact, it's just a very common skill. Parker of the Spurs, Garnett of the Celtics and many other stars are familiar with this technique. The action is always fun; a large number of players such as Jordan and Cassel who have retired also use this trick a lot, but it is rare to use the step back to shoot three-pointers!

This has to talk about the key to the three-point step back. After getting rid of the step back, you need enough strength to keep the upper body's shooting hand shape from being affected. If you don't have enough strength, it will be easily disturbed after getting rid of it, causing the hand shape to deform and the shooting route. crooked.

Therefore, most people can still use the step-back step at close range, but when the distance is extended beyond the three-point line, it is difficult to guarantee efficiency. For most players, can they shoot?
Of course you can, but you will be scolded to death by the coach!

Coach Spoelstra didn't care. In his view, Battier had already defended in place. This may be just an accident. No one can play an entire game in this way.

Of course, Gatsby would not play this way for the entire game, but the Heat couldn't stand it after a few rounds. This is a three-pointer!
The Heat scored two two points from three of them, and Gates singled Battier over three rounds in a row, scored one, made a three-point shot, made three free throws, missed one, um, three Six points in this round!

I can't stand it.

After playing 8 minutes in the first quarter, Gatsby has hit 5 three-pointers and scored 19 points!
Wade did a good job tonight. He took 6 shots in the first quarter and scored 10 points, but most of them were two points. His efficiency couldn't be compared with Gatsby's. After the first quarter, the score was 29. :21, the Knicks led by 8 points.

In the second quarter, James led the team, and the Knicks were led by Iguodala. Although he is still young to win the championship for the first time, his experience in major competitions is indeed incomparably rich. Some NBA players have played for a lifetime and have no experience in the finals.

Jeremy Lin's command on the field is determined. Although his personal ability cannot be compared with Chaoju, he is indeed very good at sorting out offense.Coach D'Antoni nodded again and again. If there was no Gatsby, Jeremy Lin would definitely be able to enter the starting lineup and play as the starting point guard.

Donnie Walsh is often worried that after this season, Jeremy Lin will face the issue of contract renewal. With Jeremy Lin's strength, he is likely to seek a four-to-five-year maximum salary contract. Forget it, but as far as the Knicks are concerned, they must consider renewing the contracts of Leonard and Thompson. They are all young people who have achieved results. It is impossible to keep them all. They can only make a choice. .

Of course, we still have to talk about it. If Jeremy Lin is willing to take the full mid-level contract, Donnie Walsh will naturally offer the contract with both hands, but if the asking price is too high, for the healthy development of the team, he can only be let go. into the free market.

D'Antoni shook his head regretfully. There was no other way. Just like the Thunder, they all knew Harden's strength and potential, but if he really wanted to stay, it didn't mean that he couldn't do it, but that the development of the team would be limited. .Of course, judging from Harden's current performance in the Rockets - the Thunder have suffered a big loss!

Gatsby played in the second half of the second quarter, followed by Thompson, Leonard and Green, Iguodala also stayed on the court, and the Knicks' five small lineups appeared again at American Airlines Arena .

The noisy American Airlines Arena became a little quieter. They were too impressed by the Knicks' performance in the last game.

Pat Riley, who had been leaning on the chair, straightened his waist and neck, and secretly shouted in his heart: "Here we come!"

The Heat's starting lineup also returned to the field, and the hosts from various countries broadcast live in the media area began to speak their own languages ​​and explained excitedly. This is likely to be an important turning point for the game.

The game continues.

As soon as the five small lineups came up, Wade first felt the pressure. In the first quarter, he continued to use breakthroughs to score and draw fouls, but when the five small ones came up, it was not easy for him to break through anyone. Those responsible for following the defense include cutting off passing routes and coming over to attack from a flank.The Knicks' defense is dense and organized, and it's really difficult to break in and score!

Wade couldn't open up, and James began to take over. The Knicks' strategy was very powerful, but the Heat's tactics should not be underestimated. The last game was limited by five deaths. How could there be no record for this game, so James came.

James didn't open up the singles, but used the pick-and-roll. His pick-and-roll was not for misplacement, but for the moment when the pick-and-roll revealed a little gap, and he crashed into it. The rushing James was too terrifying. As long as you dare to block hard, you will be knocked away. When the people behind you make up the defense, James can play tricks, pass the ball or make a strong foul.

James forcibly took over to sort out the Heat's offense!
Gatsby was not afraid, he was just fighting for the offense. The Knicks hadn't been afraid of anyone yet. Gatsby made a few gestures, and Wu Xiao's speed accelerated. Without hesitation in shooting, the Knicks' offense is still like quicksilver.

Neither side could guard the other, halftime ended, 64:56, the Knicks still led by 8 points!
Pat Riley strode to the locker room. Coach Spoelstra was arranging the tactics for the second half. Pat Riley pointed at Haslem as soon as he entered. Squinting, James was thoughtful, but he didn't say anything.

The half-time break is a long time for the audience, especially for those watching live on TV, but it is too short for the players, and some people are still sweating.

The game restarts.

The Knicks were on the regular starting lineup, and the same was true for the Heat. Haslem tied his shoelaces calmly. When he played, he made a cross on his forehead and chest, and prayed secretly for a while. For a moment, his eyes became He was so vicious that he wanted to choose someone and devour him, but he hid it in an instant, which made people think it was an illusion.

The Knicks didn't notice it, and each cheered up, planning to take away the Heat in the third quarter. The Knicks often played very good games in the third quarter, and the teams that couldn't stand it could only watch helplessly. was taken away from the game.

The audience at the American Airlines Arena loudly cheered for the Heat, and the media from various countries began to return to the live broadcast. The cheerleaders wore tights and showed off their white and tender thighs. The DJ announced the return of the game with a piercing roar. Whistle, took a deep breath, and the violent airflow made a terrible sound: "Beep!!!!"

The second half begins!
(End of this chapter)