the great gatsby

Chapter 584 A textbook-like breakthrough!

In the second quarter, the Lakers were Deron, Pau Gasol, Joe Johnson, David West and Nick Young, and the Thunder were Waiters, Kanter, Randy Foye, Nick Collison and Durant.

In the second quarter, the rhythm of the Lakers slowed down significantly. This lineup is too old, and it is difficult to get up quickly.

Coach Donovan breathed a sigh of relief. If the Lakers lineup can still run, it would be hell.

The play of Waiters and Kanter is still very helpful to the Thunder's offense. Kanter's singles at the basket have raised the requirements for the Lakers' defense. Kanter is very tough in singles. West is really not good. It's so easy to defend, with the low-post core, the Thunder's offense is opened up, and Durant is also relaxed.

The Lakers' offense is not going smoothly. Deron's physical decline is obvious. He is not enough in terms of offensive threat. He is still good at threading the needle. Gasol and West can't attack independently. Joe Johnson is beaten by Durant. On defense, Durant's long arms doubled the pressure on Joe Johnson, and Nick Young's offense was unstable and inefficient.

The Thunder gradually approached the score. Coach Jim Ain's response was to replace Gatsby. As long as Gatsby is on the court, the offense will not be too bad.

When Gatsby came back, it was Waiters who was defending him. Dion Waiters is known as Wade Jr., and his style of play is really similar to Wade. He has excellent athletic ability. The key is that the two cheeks are similar to Wade. A strong player.

Waiters has a high spirit, and he doesn't feel that he needs to be afraid of Gatsby. As soon as Gatsby comes up, he immediately fights physically. Waiters is 193cm tall, but weighs 98kg, stronger than Gatsby.

Although Gatsby has lost weight, he has no strength. When Waiters wants to fight, he is not afraid and directly confronts him. Gatsby dribbles across the frontcourt and collides with Waiters twice. His center of gravity is still maintained. Okay, but Waiters was surprised. Gatsby hit him as if he was hit by an elephant.

Gatsby was fine, raised his hand for a pick-and-roll, Gasol came up to the pick-and-roll, Waiters wanted to squeeze past the defense, Gatsby broke through from the other side with a fake pick-and-roll, and Kanter followed one side of the defense. But here it is, Gatsby broke through to the basket, Nick Collison rushed to help defend, Gatsby made a step forward and directly dunked!
Staples Center is on fire.

Robertson couldn't guard Gatsby, and neither could Waiters. Then Gatsby repeatedly passed Waiters and rushed inside to attract a pincer attack, passing the open ball to Joe Johnson and Nick Young. Joe Johnson and Nick Young also seized the opportunity. Gatsby's presence stabilized the situation.

Anxiety appeared on Coach Donovan's face. He really didn't have a good idea of ​​how to limit Gatsby. Robertson and Waiters tried their best to defend, even biting like crazy, but nothing happened. Well, Gatsby didn't even feel too much pressure. On the contrary, the harder the defenders worked, the more neatly Gatsby lived.

Coach Donovan shook his head. Gatsby has all the abilities of a top breaker. As long as he has the ball in his hand, he can make shots wherever he stands. He has a strong body, a quick first step, and he can change the rhythm at any time. History Top-notch dribbling, in front of such a breakthrough, it is impossible to defend alone, only pinching can be restricted, but Gatsby's pass is too sharp, a pinching is an open space, Joe Johnson and Nick Young's That's how the scores come from.

Gatsby played to help the team through the most difficult time, and then the starting players came back one after another. The Lakers regained control of the initiative, and the rhythm became faster, as if returning to the first quarter. pulling away.

Robertson still couldn't guard Gatsby. When the team fell behind by 15 points, coach Donovan made a decision—let Durant defend Gatsby!
Gatsby advanced to the front court with the ball, and Durant blocked Gatsby. It looked like he was going to defend Gatsby. Now there was some commotion in the Staples Center. The core's first real matchup.

In the current league, Gatsby is No.1, and James and Durant are in the second and third positions. The matchup between Durant and Gatsby is also a topic of discussion among fans.

The discussion about who is better offensively between Durant and Gatesbi will be repeatedly discussed in many basketball forums. Of course Gatsby has the upper hand, but there are still many fans who think Durant is the most difficult to defend People, because Durant's physical condition is too superior.

Compared with Durant, Gatsby's height can only be regarded as average. There are many NBA players with Gatsby's physical condition, but like Durant, with the height of a center and the speed of a small forward, the league has no This is just one, um, no, maybe there is an Antetokounmpo, but Durant's shooting is much better.

Durant raised his left hand and put it in front of Gatsby to prevent Gatsby from shooting, and then stared at Gatsby's body, ready to keep up with the pace at any time. Durant's defense has improved rapidly in recent years , especially in assisting defense and sweeping, his footwork and height make him a very threatening defense, and he is also a very good defender in single defense. After all, his height and speed are there, and his long arms are a sharp weapon to interfere with shooting.

When Gatsby saw Durant coming to defend, he swung his right hand to make the others back away. He was not afraid of Durant's defense, but others.

After a series of dribbles under the crotch, Gatsby raised the ball and attacked Durant's left foot in front. Durant quickly retreated, and Gatsby made a change of direction to attack the exposed right foot. After rushing past, Durant will not give up. Many of his defenses are blocking shots when chasing.

After Gatsby completely passed Durant, he didn't rush in immediately, but blocked Durant in a short while, and then started to speed up again. Now it was too late for Durant to start to catch up again, and Gatsby Bee burst into the paint, Adams blocked the front, Gatsby made a one-handed throw, and Adams took off to block the block. Unfortunately, he was a step slower and made a throw!

Pretty!

Gatsby's breakthrough over Durant was simply the pinnacle of technical skills. The entire set of movements looked like flowing water, and it was very concise, with no unnecessary movements at all. It was roughly like attacking the left foot, attacking the right foot. Foot, thrust forward, pause, and throw, all these movements are extremely precise - this is a textbook breakthrough!

(End of this chapter)