the great gatsby

Chapter 457 Shocking changes; advance to the finals!
The Knicks led by a big score of 2:1 and regained their home court advantage, but the situation is still not optimistic. Coach D'Antoni is still in bed. How important the head coach is to the team, he is the team's guiding light. The team has Gatsby as the leader on the field, but it doesn't mean that the Knicks don't need a head coach.

No matter how wise the players are, the head coach who plays on the court is absolutely different from the head coach who makes decisions off the court. One pays more attention to details, and the other starts from the macro perspective. These are complementary and indispensable.

Although D'Antoni knows the team's tactics, on-the-spot command is not his specialty. D'Antoni is better at this aspect. The game changes rapidly, and sometimes one opportunity is enough to change the entire situation.

The Heat are a super team. Although James said that he has never been in a super team, but a lineup like the Heat is not called a super team, and no team can be called a super team.

There is no super team that can be easily defeated. Even the Knicks led by Gatsby, you must know that the Knicks were still a weak side in public opinion before the Eastern Conference finals. If the Heat can show their strength and beat the Knicks It's not impossible either.

Public opinion outside also thinks so. Many experts are still standing with the Heat. They think that the Heat are just insufficiently prepared. They have enough strength to beat the Knicks!

On the second day after the game, Gatsby took his teammates to visit D'Antoni. D'Antoni looked much better. In fact, he was too tired and stressed, which caused his old body to be overwhelmed.

Three consecutive championships is a motivation, but it is also very stressful!

D'Antoni and Gatsby complained that the doctors wouldn't let him out, not even let him watch TV, which was bad.

Gatsby couldn't help laughing, the old man D'Antoni was also funny, and he was fighting with the doctor. Since D'Antoni didn't see the game, he explained the game to D'Antoni in detail. The old man listened with gusto and pointed out from time to time Where improvement is needed, Gatsby nodded as he said.

"Are you confident in the next game?" D'Antoni asked.

Gatsby nodded and smiled: "Of course, this is our home court, rest assured, I will take care of it."

The fourth game started on time and attracted a lot of attention before the game. This game is a life-and-death battle for the Heat. There is no reversal when they are behind 3:0, and most of the cases where they are behind 3:1 are impossible. The probability of reversing is too low. The Heat want to break through the East. This game must not be lost!

Critics from all walks of life felt that this game must be a peerless battle, because both sides had reasons not to lose, and so did many media. They thought this game would become a classic handed down from generation to generation, and they sent elite soldiers to broadcast the game live.

Madison Square Garden is also occupied by fans. This is a battle of history. Whether it is the Knicks and Heat meeting in the Eastern Conference Finals for the third time, or the Knicks hitting three consecutive championships, it is enough for this game to affect these overall situations. become extremely important!

but……

The interesting thing about history is that when you think an important event is about to happen, it will make a joke to everyone, and this joke will become a part of history and be remembered!

After the start of the fourth game between the Heat and the Knicks, there was a one-sided situation. The Heat were easily destroyed by the Knicks with waves of offensive frenzy. The Heat did not seem to be a super strong team, but A bad team struggling outside the playoffs!

It was found that Janeway was not passing the ball to each other, and others as well, the team seemed to be split into several cliques!
After a few rounds of the game, people realized this problem.

——The Heat had internal strife!

The two of James and Wei did not communicate in the whole game. They played their own games. The division of the team allowed the Knicks to seize the opportunity and easily defeated the Heat.

Coach Spoelstra stood on the sidelines with his hips akimbo, without saying a word, with a look of despair on his face. There was silence on the Heat's bench, and all the players had no expression on their faces and looked indifferent.

There were waves of noise in Madison Square Garden, but the Heat fans watching the live broadcast from a distance burst into tears-what happened to the team?
Not only did they lose the chance to win the championship, but this team is about to become a thing of the past. It can be expected that once this round of the series is over, this team that was looked at by the world at the beginning of its establishment and rushed to attack because of fear, All the scenery and high spirits at that time will become a joke, and the team will fall into a long-term darkness. How can it not make people burst into tears!
After the game, the media dug deep into the truth. It turned out that after the game, James and Wade had a very fierce quarrel, even to the point of fighting. On one side, both Pat Riley and Spoelstra intervened to mediate, but to no avail.

Their conflict didn't just happen in that game, but in a long process. That game was just an introduction.

With the collection of more and more information, the relationship between James and Wei has also become clear. The two sides were originally at odds because of various conflicts, but the victory covered up the conflict. The game against the Knicks only made them completely conflicted. It just exploded.

"Heat is over!" Popovich said to Duncan after sweeping the Grizzlies. "Not only this year, but the future of the Heat is over, the team has fallen apart, the team must be a large-scale transaction at the end of the season, and then rebuild, we are ready to deal with the Knicks!"

Duncan put down the newspaper, shook his head, and sighed softly. He thought of the young man who led the team to fight them in the finals. After defeating him, he whispered in his ear that the future is yours, but now the future is gone. Arrived, and a younger challenger emerged.

"Will he live without a crown?"

Popovich smiled mysteriously: "Who knows, it's too far away to say this now, maybe this is our chance."

Duncan was taken aback: "Is it possible?"

Popovich shook his head: "I don't know, I hope we don't have to go to this step. If we win the championship, it will be impossible. If we fail..."

Duncan stood up suddenly: "We will not fail!"

The Knicks and his party came to Miami again, this time the mood is completely different, their mood is relaxed, just waiting to beat the Heat to enter the finals.

The situation in the fifth game was lackluster. The Heat could no longer organize an effective resistance. Both James and Way scored high points, but they ended in a big defeat. The Knicks defeated the Miami Heat 4:1 to advance to the finals, and the Spurs Meet the finals!
The battle between the Knicks and the Spurs has not yet begun, but the league has already begun to turmoil because LeBron James, one of the Heat's Big Three, has applied to terminate his contract!
James and Bosh both joined with a sign-and-trade method, which is different from the original history. The original historical contracts were all six years. James and Bosh's contract was 6 years and 1.1 million US dollars. Wade's was slightly lower, 6 US$1.07 million annually.But because of the emergence of Gatsby in this life, their contract is only five years, and they have the right to terminate the contract this summer.

In an instant, most teams in the league set their sights on Miami. If James leaves, they all hope that their team will become James' next stop. James was born in 1984 and is not yet 30 years old. Look, his peak period is still very long, at least four or five years, and four or five years is enough for them to do a lot of things.

Now the season is not over yet, the contract will not end until July [-]st, and the team will have to wait until July [-]st to contact players, but the undercurrent is already raging, and the team can't contact James blatantly, but Every team has a lot of brokers who do this.

This incident even stole the limelight from the Spurs and Knicks for a while!
D'Antoni has been discharged from the hospital. His body is recovering very well, and there is even a red light on his face. It seems that he has eaten and slept well during this time, and the team has entered the finals again, which makes him happy, so he has a face red light.

"Which team do you think James will go to?" D'Antoni asked Gatsby.

Gatsby smiled: "James wants to leave because he wants to fight us. He has lost to us in the Heat for three years. He is desperate for the Heat. It is impossible for him to stay in the Eastern Conference. He will not Feel like staying in the East can beat us."

D'Antoni smiled: "There are only a few teams in the West that are worthy of him joining. The Lakers were a good choice, but now Kobe has a ruptured Achilles tendon, Gasol is old, and Bynum is gone. The Lakers are no longer there. The strength has joined the ranks of winning the championship. Although the Lakers have a strong background, I don't think James will take this risk. He will be [-] next season."

Gatsby nodded: "He won't go to the Lakers. The only ones that are competitive in the Western Conference are the Spurs, Clippers, Thunder, Grizzlies and Warriors. The Warriors have Curry in their lineup, but the others are just role players." , James will not think that he can beat us in the past, and may not even be able to break through the Western Conference.

The Spurs team is still to be determined. If the Spurs lose to us, he will probably go to the Spurs, because the Spurs are indeed strong enough. If the Spurs win, he will not pass. His reputation is already stinky enough. Going to join the championship again, he would not do it shamelessly. "

"What about the Clippers?"

"The Clippers should have the greatest possibility. The point guard has Paul, the power forward has Griffin, the center has Jordan Jr., and Billups is a big shooting guard. They lack a powerful small forward. If James passes by, That is a match made in heaven, all five positions have been filled, I think the Clippers have a great chance to get James, if James goes to the Clippers, we will be the ones who will be troubled!" Gatsby said.

D'Antoni said in distress: "If this is the case, we may not have a good time next season!"

Gatsby laughed loudly: "Coach, you are too greedy. If we can win the championship this year, we will be the Dynasty team. Do you still want to win four consecutive championships?"

D'Antoni laughed and said, "Can't you think about it?"

"As for the Grizzlies...it's very possible. Prince is 34 years old. James just replaced him in the past. The point guard and Conley have grown up. The shooting guard has Tony Allen, plus the black and white bears, tsk tsk, this The lineup is really scary enough!" Gatsby shook his head.

"It's really rare. A top-two player in the league joins a team that was originally contending for the championship. The strength he adds to such a team is really terrifying!"

Gatsby nodded in agreement with D'Antoni's opinion: "Yes, if you really join these teams, you will really become a super team immediately."

"By the way, where's the Thunder?" D'Antoni asked.

Gatsby smacked: "It should be impossible. The Thunder has Durant, the top two small forward in the league. James should not want to compete with Durant for this position. Of course, both Durant and him can." Top power forward position but with Westbrook in...lol James is not the same as Durant, Durant is great off the ball but let James play off the ball lol or let Westbrook go Playing off the ball, it's just so fun to watch, and James has so many options, I don't think he'll go."

D'Antoni also laughed. Gatsby doesn't approve of Westbrook on weekdays. It can be said that he is a black Westbrook. He thinks this player is too brainless. Of course, he just talked to him in private. You wouldn't say these things in front of other players. Once it gets out, it will cause a war.

"Are you confident in playing the Spurs?" D'Antoni brought the topic to the most important issue now.

Gatsby looked up, didn't speak, and said after a while: "The Spurs are very strong, their integrity is too good, Popovich has played the teamwork well, our team...is still good in this area. Worse than them, even if experts think that our two teams are equal in terms of teamwork, you and I both know that they are indeed better than us in this area, and there is no need to deny this."

D'Antoni nodded grimly.

"But we also have advantages. We are younger. Younger representatives are reckless and inexperienced. Green and Harris have never played in the finals, but youth is also an advantage. We can play like a wind attack, and...they don't have a Someone who can guard against me!" Gatsby smiled, in D'Antoni's view, this smile is not only chic, but also full of arrogance, which is the No.1 arrogance in the league!

Although Gatsby's words did not give a clear answer, and he even felt that the Spurs were stronger than them in some aspects, he was full of confidence between the lines. Not only did he not have any fear, but he also had the idea of ​​impatiently wanting to fight the Spurs.

D'Antoni was determined that as long as Gatsby had confidence, he would have confidence. This confidence came from Gatsby's countless surprises. Unknowingly, D'Antoni's trust in Gatsby It has reached such a level!
(End of this chapter)