the great gatsby

Chapter 508: The Flame of War Continues!

Although Leonard's appearance did not help the team's offense, it formed an exchange with George, so that the Knicks' bench lineup would not suffer a loss, but would have some advantages.

"Hey!" Yang Yi sighed.

"The Pacers are still no match for the Knicks after all. The Pacers are to the Knicks what Paul George is to Gatsby. Paul George's challenge to Gatsby, compared with our Chinese arena, is a rising star challenging the world. First, under the palm of the number one in the world, the talents of the later period will have their tendons broken, and they can only wrestle with the disciple of the number one in the world."

Director Zhang said with a smile: "Although Paul George and Gatsby are the same age, Gatsby is also one of the few geniuses in the entire history of the NBA. It is not fair at all for you to compare Paul George with Gatsby.

Think about it, Gatsby is already the founder of a dynasty and averages a triple-double every season. With his strength, he can arm-wrestle with some of the top players in league history. George will challenge him. A word of courage is a compliment. "

Leonard went up to lead the bench and helped the Knicks stabilize the situation. Once Gatsby came back, the situation was dominated by the Knicks again.

Both the Pacers' defense and the Bulls are very Eastern-style, and the physical confrontation is very fierce, but the Pacers, like the Bulls, are not very good at offense.

The offensive trend brought up by the Knicks in the past few years is not something you just want to learn. The so-called hard work is a true portrayal of these teams now. It is very likely that after this season, all teams will have to match the Knicks.

After the third quarter, the Knicks have firmly controlled the situation. Gatsby scored 42 points, 10 assists and 9 rebounds in the third quarter. The Knicks led by 15 points. It depends on the performance of the fourth quarter.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Knicks' bench finally came into play. Iguodala led the team to open up the score. The Pacers could only let the starters extend their playing time. D'Antoni also let Leonard and Thompson play. Time gradually passed. After the game disappeared, coach Vogel saw that the situation was over, so he could only replace the starter and declare defeat.

After this game, Paul George seemed a little frustrated. He couldn't beat Gatsby normally, but he couldn't even beat Leonard, which hurt his self-esteem a little.

He doesn't know this. In the future, Leonard and himself will become the four big forwards in the league with Durant and James. Of course, they can arm-wrestle with him. The current Leonard is actually stronger than him. Be strong.

It's just that Leonard wins with Gatsby, and loses with Gatsby. Because of Gatsby, Leonard's strength is stronger than before, but because Gatsby is too bright, Leonard's reputation is not counted. big.

Being defeated by the Knicks in three quarters, Paul George did not become a joke. In the eyes of many people, Paul George's ability to show his sword to Gatsby is considered courageous. There are really not many people who can defeat Gatsby now. It is possible to beat Gatsby, but James, Durant, and Curry are just a few people.

And it's only theoretically possible. Gatsby's statistics are really scary, and his comprehensiveness is even more surprising.

Think about it, a top shooter in history also has the top physical fitness in his position, kaleidoscope-like offensive skills, and he has not just tasted it, but has studied everything to an extremely deep level, comparable to Jordan's post-up singles , The middle distance is also at the top level, and the breakthrough is a top group of people, not to mention his passing, defense and so on.

Michael Jordan said of Gatsby in an interview with the media:

"I've never seen such a complete basketball player, LeBron is not good, Gatsby is more like a player who combines all the skills of basketball into one pot, bringing together the best of the past and the present.

No one can surpass him in skill, I can't, Kobe can't, Bird can't, I am looking forward to his future achievements, I think, my status in the NBA, it is estimated that I have to move, people who can surpass me have already coming. "

Jordan's comments caused a sensation in the entire basketball world. You must know that when he commented on Kobe and James before, Jordan was not so serious. He just felt that these two juniors had a bright future.

Most of the time, they were dismissive of whether they could surpass him. In his opinion, neither of the two outstanding juniors could catch up with him. The only Gatsby now made him feel in danger.

The Knicks easily defeated the Pacers in the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, and the Clippers and Spurs ultimately entered the Western Conference Finals.

The Wild West is a bloody river, Golden State Warriors, Oklahoma City Thunder, Memphis Grizzlies, Denver Nuggets and other strong teams have all been stabbed to the ground.

In the end, the Los Angeles Clippers, known as the Big Five, and the Spurs, who joined Howard, finally entered the Western Conference Finals.

Under the guidance of Mr. Popovich, Howard's personal statistics are not very good, but his importance in the team is increasing day by day.

Duncan's precepts and deeds helped Howard avoid the mistakes of his previous life, but no one except Gatsby knew that Howard had embarked on a different path.

If you follow the normal route, Howard will go to the bottom step by step. After the 18-19 season, no team even wants him.

In the summer of 19, Howard even signed an extremely harsh and even insulting contract in order to join the Lakers, just to prove himself again.

Of course, these Gatsbys don't know either, because this is already after his rebirth.

The game between the Spurs and the Clippers is much more exciting and attractive than the game between the Knicks and the Pacers in the East, because the strength of these two teams is at the super team level.

The Spurs have GDP plus Howard, while the Clippers have Paul, Griffin, DeAndre Jordan, Redick, and James, as well as a bunch of bench gangsters. The battle between the two sides has been devastating from the beginning.

The calmness of the Spurs and the full aura of the Clippers, these two teams with completely different styles each showed amazing strength.

Relatively speaking, the Spurs win inside. Although Duncan is old, he is still able to deal with Griffin with ease. The number one power forward in history can beat Griffin even if he is old.

The competition between Howard and Jordan is also very interesting. In fact, both of them are insiders who rely on their talents to make a living, and they are also centers known for their defense.

But Howard's power in the interior is much stronger than that of Jordan, especially under Popovich's tactics, Duncan's inside pass, Parker's breakthrough and the ball, and Ginobili's elusive pass made Howard's Aggressiveness has been brought into full play.

But the Clippers have an advantage at the small forward position, Leonard was blocked by Gatsby, and the Spurs have no one who can really limit James.

Popovich can only use the whole to limit James, but it is inevitable that he loses sight of the other. Both sides have their own advantages and disadvantages. The first game was so fierce that it was impossible to determine the winner until the last second, and it entered overtime.

In the overtime game, the Clippers' James and the Spurs' Howard became the key players in the team's decision. Howard reproduced his dominance in the Magic and acted as the center axis to attract pincer passes.

James is constantly breaking through and scoring fouls, and attracting pincer pass assists.

The first overtime still failed to determine the winner, and the two sides entered the second overtime. In the second overtime, the Spurs finally showed their weakness. Ginobili's physical fitness did not allow him to play for such a long time. Duncan's old body couldn't run anymore at the end, and the Clippers finally won the game in the second overtime!
The second game between the Knicks and the Pacers was not so easy. Paul George played smarter, and he no longer insisted on competing with Gates. It is estimated that the team has also explained to him.

Returning to the overall Pacers, they showed that they can rank second in the East.

In order to deal with the Pacers, the Knicks had to let Gatsby lead the rotation lineup. Otherwise, the starters would win points and the substitutes would lose points, which would be a real loss.

Even so, the Knicks' victory was hard-won, and Gatsby was alerted that the overall strength of the league had really grown.

Even the Pacers are definitely stronger than before, not to mention the two super teams in the West. If the Knicks are still so careless, they may capsize in the finals.

The Knicks lead the Pacers 2:0, and experts are already predicting whether the Knicks will sweep the East again.

Of course, this is likely not to happen in the finals. Whether the Knicks can beat the Spurs or the Clippers is still unknown. After all, the strength of the Spurs and Clippers this year is unprecedented.

The second game between the Spurs and the Clippers was even more tragic than the first game.

Although no one was injured or retreated, the fierce physical confrontation, the competition for rhythm, the contest between coaches, the confrontation between players, and several almost fights occurred, which rarely happened in the Spurs. It can be imagined How intense is the competition.

The Spurs won this game, but the situation is not optimistic, because these two games are at the Spurs' home court, which means that the Clippers stole a game in the Spurs and took back the home court advantage.

The Pacers who returned to their home court finally made people understand why they were able to rank first in the Eastern Conference in the original history. With the home court advantage, the Pacers showed their tougher side, and the Knicks were also torn off the unrivaled Label.

Leonard and Thompson lost their magic power under the chase of the Pacers. Gatsby tried his best to keep the game from slipping into the abyss. He scored 52 points, 11 assists and 12 rebounds. Still lost the game.

This is the Knicks' first loss in this year's playoffs, but it also reminds these increasingly proud young people-the Knicks are not invincible!

Thompson, Green, Leonard and others self-criticized and summarized themselves in the team meeting, and promised not to continue to make such mistakes in the next game.

　I'm sorry, it's the second half of the year, and the work has become busy. The update of [-] a day must be guaranteed. I will update more when I have time!
　　
　
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