the great gatsby

Chapter 44 Dazed Jennings!

But in fact, it is D'Antoni and Gatsby's teammates who are most surprised now, because they are the people who know Gatsby best. Before today, Gatsby was extremely talented and talented in their eyes, but A player whose body is hard to compensate for.

The confrontation is weak, the speed is slow, and the endurance is extremely poor, but now it seems that apart from the lack of confrontation, the speed is not only not slow, but also looks very fast. Although it cannot be compared with those players who are famous for their speed, it is absolutely Not the old Gatsby.

In terms of stamina, it seems that there has also been a complete change. Before Gatsby ran a little, he was out of breath. Playing for 5 minutes would definitely make Gatsby out of breath.

Now Gatsby is competing with Jennings, and the two of them fight for three rounds. This kind of consumption is not ordinary, but now Gatsby still does not change his face, and he has not even become disordered breathing!
Jordan Hill came over and hammered Gatsby's chest, and asked a question that both the coach and his teammates cared about: "Gatsby, why did your speed suddenly become faster, and it seems that your endurance has also become stronger?"

Gatsby laughed, "Does Spider-Man know?"

The crowd nodded.

"My situation is similar to his. I was bitten by a spider the day before yesterday, and then I found that my speed suddenly increased, and I didn't feel tired after running. Do you understand me?" Gatsby said with a serious face.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, naturally they didn't believe it, but how could Gatsby's speed suddenly become faster and his stamina longer?
Gatsby's heart skipped a beat when he saw that everyone was silent, "Fuck, they won't believe it, right?"

"Jordan, do you believe it?" Gatsby asked a little nervously.

Jordan Hill nodded seriously: "Otherwise, there is no way to explain what happened to you."

Gatsby's smile was a bit bitter, and he turned to D'Antoni, "Coach, do you believe it?"

D'Antoni nodded: "I believe you won't just talk about it. I can trust your character, and you can indeed explain what happened to you."

Gatsby was about to cry, and then he saw a constipated smile on Larry Hughes' embarrassing face, and the others couldn't help laughing too, and then burst out laughing. Everyone played tricks.

D'Antoni laughed for a while and explained to Gatsby:

"Actually, most of them have experienced your situation. You trained intensively during the summer vacation, and now you are participating in such a high-intensity competition. Your body's potential is stimulated, so your speed becomes faster and your endurance increases. Yes, this is all the result of accumulation.

But your performance is really a bit abnormal, your progress is too fast, other people are gradual, but you are leaping, but I guess it may have something to do with you not having systematic training for a long time. To be able to burst out such rapid progress all at once. "

Gatsby was still worried that it would be difficult to explain, but he didn't expect that everyone had already found a reason for him, so he felt relieved and said with a smile: "Some time ago, I felt as if my body was sealed, and I always felt that I couldn't use my strength. , I didn’t feel a change in my body until the day before yesterday’s training. I felt completely different when I went up today. In the end, I have to thank the coach for the physical coach you arranged for me, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to improve so much quick."

D'Antoni smiled: "Okay, let's play, let me see how far you can do it!"

Gatsby nodded solemnly, turned around and walked back to the court. He didn't see D'Antoni smiling like an old friend meeting again, but it was indeed an old friend meeting——Steve Nash, although we are not together, but I met I found someone very much like you.

Gatsby made an offensive foul and another steal. Jennings became cautious. With the help of Bogut's cover, after halftime, he gave the ball to Michael Reed and started running without the ball.

Gatsby laughed. Jennings is overkill. With his speed and dribbling, as long as he pays attention not to fall into the encirclement, he can calmly look for opportunities to attack. His advantage lies in holding the ball, but he handed it over easily. , If you want to attack without the ball, it depends on whether you can catch the ball!

Jennings ran around the bottom line quickly, but was followed closely by Gatsby, who couldn't even catch the ball. Gatsby was not afraid of physical contact, and the pain in his chest and intercostals collided with Jennings' elbow. He didn't care at all, he was hailed as the toughest player among guards in BA in his previous life, not because of his strong body, but because of his fearless heart.

Jennings' elbow was about to hit Gatsby's face, but Gatsby put his face on it without fear, making Gatsby's fans terrified, afraid that the next moment would be the perfect picture. Jun's face was broken.

In the next few rounds, Gatsby explained what a mad dog defense is. He spared no effort to entangle himself from the backcourt to the frontcourt, and constantly used his weak body to fight against Jennings, forcing Jennings to have no way to calm down. The breakthrough and passing of the ball, when Jennings passed the ball, it was difficult to receive the ball.

Gatsby learned from the mad dog bite of Patrick Beverley, the 2nd pick in the second round of this year, who was selected by the Lakers. Beverly's offense and organization are not good, but relying on this mad dog defense to gain a foothold in the league for many years.

Gatsby's physical confrontation is not good. If he defends well, it will not reflect his excellent defense. If he wants to win the trust of D'Antoni and the management, he must let them see his comprehensiveness, but he suffered from physical strength before. Insufficient, there is no way to reflect it. Now that his physical strength is replenished, he can show his aggressiveness to his heart's content.

D'Antoni and his teammates were stunned by Gatsby's defense: Is this still Gatsby who is weak and lacks physical strength?
On the field, Gatesby was quick in footsteps, negligent in comings and goings, galloping as if his physical strength was endless, and he was tough and not afraid of confrontation. He kept pressing the ball all the time, preventing Jennings and only harvested 3 turnovers in half a quarter. , and nothing else for the data.

And Gatsby scored 9 points, 5 assists and 3 steals in half a quarter, [-]-pointers, [-]-for-[-], and no misses!
From the initial cheers to the strange silence that followed Madison Square Garden, they were all stunned by Gatsby's performance. Gatsby not only dominated the game on the offensive end, but also completely locked down Jenning on the defensive end. s.

Knicks fans saw panic and bewilderment on Jennings' face. This rookie, who had always been confident, looked immature and unprepared under Gatsby's blow.

(End of this chapter)