the great gatsby

Chapter 599 Hand-to-hand combat now!
On the second day after the Western Conference Finals, Gatsby arranged a banquet to entertain his former teammates from New York. Alcohol was of course not allowed. There was a game two days later, and drinking was not good for each other.

Gatsby's banquet is only a small-scale invitation. After all, we still have to pay attention to the impact. On the eve of the finals, as a hostile team, it is not good to get too close. After the end of the season, we can do whatever we want, and we should take it easy now. .

Regarding the finals between the Knicks and the Lakers, it is absolutely extremely rare for the league. Los Angeles and New York are the two largest ball markets in the league. They met in the finals, but it was difficult to realize it for a long time. I didn't expect it to happen here with Xiao Hua.

The media in Los Angeles and the media in New York joined forces to create momentum. How great is the influence? It is so great that the entire North America is forced to accept the information of the finals every day.

Even the most insignificant players of the two teams were discussed over and over again. This is a grand event that only occurs once in the league in 30 or [-] years!

As for the prediction of the outcome of the game, the experts did not think that the Knicks would win, and everyone was biased towards the Lakers winning the championship. This made Leonard and Thompson wryly smile when they attended the banquet, but also Arouse their fighting spirit-the championship must be won!
The first game of the finals kicked off at the Staples Center. The Lakers ranked first in the league this season, and no matter who they played against, they had home court advantage.

Today's Knicks include Livingston, Calderon, JR Smith, Tim Hardaway II, Dalembert, Thompson, Green, Leonard, Harris, Antetokounmpo, Gallinari and Iguodah La and others, this lineup is not weak, which is why the Knicks can stand out in the Eastern Conference.

The East is generally weaker than the West, but there are still super teams like the Chicago Bulls, and the Raptors and other teams are not weak. The Knicks can stand out and show the strength of the Knicks.

Game start.

The Knicks' starting lineup: Leonard, Thompson, Green, Harris and Dalembert, this starting lineup seems to have no superstars, but later generations can see how strong it is, except for the weak center position point, but the other positions are so strong that people are frightened.

Only Gatsby knows how difficult this series is, but people now don't know, they thought the Lakers would win easily.

This is not the strongest lineup for the Knicks. If Antetokounmpo is placed at the [-]th position and Green is at the [-]th position, then this lineup is truly hopeless. What Gatsby hopes is that D'Antoni has not discovered this lineup , but with the madness of Coach D'Antoni, Gatsby felt that it was very likely to appear.

The starting lineup for the Lakers is: Gatsby, Kobe, Wesley Johnson, Aldridge and Jokic.

Jokic and Dalembert jumped the ball in the middle circle. Jokic made a rare scrimmage and passed the ball to Gatsby.

Gatsby was under Leonard's long arm and carefully crossed the frontcourt. Leonard's long arm stealing skills are not bad, even Gatsby had to be careful.

The start of the game was hellish. Thompson, Green, and Harris' defenses were all at the level of defensive titans. Thompson defended Kobe, Harris defended Wesley Johnson, and there was still room to help defend. Green withstood Aldridge. Keech is stalked by Dalembert.

The game had just started, and the Lakers fans were confused again. The Lakers couldn't get out of position. After running for a long time, there was no open space at all. Gatsby saw that there was no position, so he had to play alone. difficult.

In comparison, the Knicks' offense seemed much easier. Leonard broke through Wesley to attract a pinch attack, and distributed the ball to Thompson, who made a three-pointer.

Gatsby left the Knicks, and D'Antoni's tactics returned to a simple and efficient way, but this is not a problem. Leonard, Harris and others are all players with strong personal abilities, especially Leonard. The singles ability is outstanding, and it is just right to display his personal ability under D'Antoni's tactical system.

However, in this way, Green's role and data have indeed dropped significantly. He only plays a role on the defensive end and his assist data has dropped. However, Leonard's assists have skyrocketed. This season, he has scored triple-doubles in more than a dozen games. An extremely outstanding season.

The fans of the Lakers are incredible. The Lakers' offense has been smooth for a season. They did not stagnate in the face of the Grizzlies, did not stagnate in the face of the Thunder, but appeared sluggish in the face of the Knicks.

D'Antoni smiled triumphantly on the sidelines. He turned his head and smiled with the assistant coach: "That's right, the Lakers' tactical system is still the same as we played back then. As long as we have targeted defense, we can limit the Lakers' offense."

Gatsby also discovered this problem, and immediately changed his tactics, allowing Kobe and Alder to play singles in the low post. Kobe's defense against Thompson is not impossible, but the efficiency is not high. Compared with the efficiency of the Knicks, the Lakers play like this The score has only been opened up more and more.

Aldridge's singles against Green made Gatsby dumbfounded. Aldridge couldn't carry it in, so he could barely turn around and make a mid-range shot. He didn't score after a few hits.

Fortunately, Jokic still has some advantages against Dalembert. He picked up a few rebounds and scored a second offense to prevent the score from being opened.

Gatsby had no choice but to attack on his own. Gatsby asked Dalembert as a breakthrough, let Jokic come out of the pick-and-roll and then go down. Leonard and Dalembert did not dare to let Gatsby go. Jokic stopped the Knicks with a few down opportunities.

After half a quarter, the two sides were tied, but Jim Eind's face was more serious than ever. He was an assistant coach before he became the head coach, but it doesn't mean his vision is bad. Familiar, of course he understands the reason, it's all Gatsby's tactical system.

This tactic is a weapon when facing other teams, but it becomes a drag when facing the Knicks. Gatsby has just changed tactics. It is correct to respond with a one-star tactic. It complements the Knicks. The Knicks Si also played well.But in this way, the variability of tactics is gone.

Now that he was forced to use this tactic in the first game, could it be that Gatsby can only play like this in the next series?
Is this the rhythm that will kill Gatsby?

Jim Iron consulted Gatsby in a low voice, and Gatsby shook his head lightly: "Let's fight like this first, and this is the only way to fight. This is hand-to-hand combat. It depends on who is more courageous and who can be beaten more."

(End of this chapter)