the great gatsby

Chapter 613 Christmas Battle!

June 2017, 12, Madison Square Garden.

This day is Christmas Eve in the West. For Western countries, Christmas is equivalent to the Chinese New Year. Therefore, on this day, the NBA will arrange the most popular or most controversial teams to fight against each other. The Knicks and the Lakers are famous. There will usually be games between the two teams, even when the two teams are at their weakest.

The opponent that the league arranged for the Knicks on this day was the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers are known as the team most likely to enter the finals in the Western Conference. This team has famous stars such as James, Paul, and Griffin. Naturally Meet the requirements of the alliance.

But this year's Knicks can play the Christmas game, of course, not only because Madison Square Garden is a holy place for basketball, the Knicks can now be arranged to play the Christmas game, naturally because this Knicks is the biggest championship favorite team .

Since the start of the season, the Knicks have played 32 games. The Knicks' record is 32 wins and 2 losses. The longest winning streak is 22 games. The fighting power displayed by the Knicks is simply heartbreaking!
At the same time, the Golden State Warriors against the Spurs, the Wizards against the Celtics, the Dallas Mavericks and the Lakers are also scheduled to play the Christmas game, but the Knicks and the Clippers are the most concerned. The teams encountered in the finals have not really played against each other this season, so this game is even more eye-catching!
In fact, what is more eye-catching is not because of this, but the encounter between Gatsby and James. These two people are still the No.1 and the second in the league, even though Durant and Curry are chasing them The footsteps of the two, but the two still stabilize their positions.

Although Gatsby entered the league six years later than James, the two are called lifelong enemies by many media because their peak periods overlapped. Although James was slightly earlier and Gatsby was slightly later Some, but most, peaks overlap.

Therefore, one of these two people is No.1, and the other is the second. This ranking is hailed by the media as a lifelong enemy, but in fact, everyone with a discerning eye knows that James was killed by Gatsby in those years when James was about to achieve results. Hold it down.

Three years in the Heat and four years in the Clippers, James just took advantage of Gatsby's first year in the weak Lakers and won his first championship. The finals and the Western Conference finals met, and they didn't win even once!
In Gatsby's three years in the West, the team's poor performance in the first year allowed James to take advantage of the situation, but once Gatsby had a helper, James was trapped in the West and couldn't make it out.

Now that Gatsby has left the West and returned to the East, James must be temporarily relieved, but Gatsby has returned to the strong Knicks. With the trend of sweeping the league this season, it is estimated that James will kneel again.

James was born in 1984 and is 33 years old this year. If he is defeated by Gatsby again, will James still have the heart to compete with Gatsby?

Besides, James is about to fall, can he still compete with Gatsby?
In addition, many people have noticed that the Clippers are about to be overwhelmed. They have maintained this extravagant lineup for five years. The annual salary of the players is increasing every year. The luxury tax they pay has reached a terrifying level. It can be expected. If the Clippers can't win the championship this year, next year, the luxurious Big Five will go their separate ways.

Therefore, the drama of Gatsby VS Clippers Big Five that has been staged for five seasons is likely to come to an abrupt end this season. Some things will only be cherished when they are lost or about to pass away.

The Clippers and the Knicks, who are separated from the east and west, have only two games in the regular season. This is the first game of this season, and the next game will be at Staples. If one of these two teams fails to enter the finals, then this It was one of the last two games, how could it not be noticed?
So not only was Madison Square Garden packed to capacity on this day, of course, but even without this game, Madison Square Garden would have been packed, but the world wouldn't have looked at it that way.

The entire Clippers team attaches great importance to this game, not only because it is the reason for the Christmas game, of course the Christmas game itself is worthy of attention, the Christmas game is broadcast live in North America, and even the world, but it is not their focus now, What they are more concerned about is the strength comparison between the Clippers and the Knicks!

The Knicks were a strong contender for the championship as early as last year. They reached the finals. Although they were defeated by the Lakers 4:1, it cannot be denied that the strength of the Knicks itself. The overall strength of the Eastern Conference is not as good as that of the Western Conference. It's a big mistake if the team is weak.

Last year's Knicks were already a strong contender for the championship, and this year Gatsby returned. How scary is Gatsby? To put it bluntly, the Clippers have Gatsby phobia, especially James, James, after Gatsby entered the league, let’s talk about the playoffs instead of the regular season. The two of them met six times in the Eastern Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, and Finals. These six encounters, Both ended in James' defeat.

No matter how hard-hearted James is, he still feels afraid of being defeated by the same person countless times. It can be said that James has never been able to beat Gatsby in the competition. If it is put in a joke, it should be said that, Find out how big James' psychological shadow is.

In fact, Paul, Griffin and others are not much better. After the gathering of the five giants, no team can really make them feel threatened, except Gatsby. As long as the teams meet in the playoffs, they have not won even a series!

Gatsby came to the Knicks, and after arriving in the Eastern Conference, the Clippers and Gatsby had only two games in the regular season. They were eager to know the gap between the team and the Knicks, which would affect their chances in the playoffs. The preparation has important guiding significance, so for them, this game is not only an opportunity to show their faces, but also to find out the reality of the Knicks.

With this plan in mind, the Clippers have been preparing for this game a long time ago. The entire team is running at full capacity, and all departments are sincerely cooperating. The scouts watched the Knicks game live, especially within a month. For the competition, several videographers worked around the clock to make targeted edits, trying to edit out all the points worthy of attention.

The coaching staff used the on-site observation reports sent by the scouts and the video clips cut by the editor to study repeatedly, and designed tactics in a targeted manner, and started training after the design was completed.

After so much deliberation, what they want is to force the Knicks to go all out and find out the details of Knicks!

(End of this chapter)