the great gatsby

Chapter 546 Playing Balls Should Be Happy!

For Gatsby, playing against a team like the Timberwolves is not worth mentioning. Not to mention the Lakers' current lineup, even with last season's lineup, Gatsby is confident that he can defeat the entire Timberwolves alone, but It's absolutely impossible to be as easy as it is now.

To be honest, the significance of this game is not to win or lose, but to verify whether the Lakers' team strategy is correct. Facts have proved that the Lakers' team strategy is at least half successful. Gatsby, for the first time after leaving the Knicks, Feel the joy of playing!
Gatsby does not have certain requirements for scoring. Whether he gets more or less is not the key to him. The key is whether he can get happiness in the game.

This happiness refers to the cooperation with teammates.

This Lakers is the team he wants!
This Lakers play is not fast, even a little slow, but it does not hinder his gorgeousness and elegance at all. He is like an extremely experienced hunter, playing with his prey in the applause.

Sometimes such a screen and an empty cut is an opportunity for an easy layup. This is something that requires timing, vision and rich experience to do, but for the Lakers, it is extremely easy.

After a game, these veterans looked at each other differently, it was a kind of sympathy, this feeling was even more exciting than falling in love with a girl!

The best communication between basketball players is to cooperate seamlessly on the court. When they understand each other's next move on the court, their hearts are connected. Two players who cooperate very well, their relationship is bound to be the same. It's not going anywhere.

Just one game brought everyone together!
The Gasols were particularly satisfied with Gatsby.

Gasol said that, I used to think that he was good at attacking and unparalleled in the world. This is true, but I didn't expect his understanding of tactics to be so thorough. Every cut he made was the result of careful consideration. , can always hit the opponent's weak defense, forcing the opponent to change the defense.

He is the kind of player who is born with an extremely keen sense of smell. It is wonderful to get along with such teammates.

Gasol was full of praise for Gatsby.

Kobe just smiled. If that's all, Gasol has to continue to understand Gatsby. Gatsby's excellence is so simple.

The Lakers beat the Timberwolves by 21 points at home, and resolved the battle in three quarters, showing a crushing attitude, but the news media reports were only tepid. There were many media reports, but few real praises. After all, the defeated Just a rebuilding team.

On the contrary, they are still quite dissatisfied with the Lakers' team building strategy, especially the media in Los Angeles. Maybe it's true love, or maybe it's just nitpicking. For this giant team, it is not a luxurious lineup without two super giants!

Aldridge: ...wasn't I a star in my prime?
Los Angeles media: ...Oh, you are a star, but not a superstar!
The Lakers do not take these comments seriously. Living in a luxurious place like Los Angeles, they must bear the pressure that comes from them. Even if taken alone, California is one of the top ten most important economic regions in the world. Los Angeles Occupying the most prosperous place among them, it can be said to be the gold-selling cave in the prosperous place. Here you can enjoy the best services, but of course you have to withstand the pressure he brings.

Kobe and Gasol are old Lakers, so they naturally know it very well. New York, where Gates is richer than before, naturally turns a blind eye to these things. Most of the other players are old players and have been in the league for a long time. I just don't feel any pain about these criticisms, but Jokic, the newcomer in the team, seems quite uneasy.

Speaking of Jokic, he is really happy.

Now he is receiving guidance from the top insider Gasol and West, who are also good at supporting. This is like a mouse falling into a rice vat.

Especially Gatsby, who valued this newcomer very much. This is the teacher who was hired later. Gasol West is naturally a very good insider, but they are also old, and young and strong young men are needed. For succession, especially in the playoffs, having more choices means a deeper foundation.

Gasol accepted Gatsby's request to help train Jokic. This training was amazing. Gasol seemed to see himself in the past, and he was even much better at supporting him than when he was young. It's not over, the key is that this young man even has a three-pointer, and he is even tougher in confrontation, although he looks like a lump of pork belly.

Gasol's training made Jokic grow rapidly, and West also became interested. He and Gasol took turns feeding Jokic, almost turning the little fat man into a pig.

West sighed with Gatsby in private, Jokic, a young man, has absolutely incredible vision!
Gatsby smiled and said nothing.

West asked curiously, did you see the talent of this kid a long time ago, so you selected him in the Knicks and brought him to the Lakers?

That's right, that's Teacher Yue, he's just so strong, he's so eye-catching, it's impossible not to recognize him!
In order not to waste Jokic's talent, Gatsby suggested that Jim Iron put Jokic into the regular rotation and use it as an inside axis when rotating the lineup. In this way, after one season, he can send Jokic in the playoffs. It comes in handy.

Although coach Jim Iron was a little puzzled, he did not refuse, because Gasol often praised Jokic to him in private, and he also wanted to see how far this young man could do.

On October 10th, the Lakers arrived in Houston. They will challenge the Houston Rockets on the last day of the month. The Rockets are no longer weak. James Harden, Thornton, Capela, Ty Lawson, Brewer, Bev Leigh, Harrell, Jason Terry, these are all names that fans are quite familiar with, and players with well-known names are generally not that weak.

The Rockets were unlucky last season. During this offseason, the team adjusted their lineup and introduced powerful point guards like Ty Lawson. Compared with last season, the Rockets' lineup depth has improved.

Rockets fans are also looking forward to the team. McHale is an offensive coach. Under his guidance last season, although the Rockets did not break into the Western Conference Finals, the Rockets averaged 103.9 points per game, ranking 6th in the league. , this kind of attack ability is not bad!
And this season has improved even more, and the media finally raised their interest. They don't care about the Rockets, they just want to see how the Lakers will end up facing such a powerful Rockets.

(End of this chapter)