The Golden Age of Basketball

() Gan Guoyang did not expect that after he was replaced due to a foul, he sat on the bench until the end of the first half.

He thought that he would not be able to play in the first quarter, at least he would be sent to play in the middle of the second quarter. As a result, more than half of the second quarter was played, and Ramsey had no intention of replacing Gan Guoyang.

After Gan Guoyang went off the court due to a foul problem, the Blazers let Mitchell Sampson play center, Kenny Carr played power forward, and the backcourt was still the three guns of Drexler, Vandeweghe and Valentine.

In this way, the Blazers' main tactic is to attack with three shots in the backcourt. Sampson and Carl on the inside are responsible for covering, picking up leaks and cutting inside. The rhythm is extremely fast.

According to Ramsey's pre-match arrangement, try to start a fast break. If you play a position, you should focus on double screens inside and crossing outside. This is a very simple tactic.

The Blazers' fast break is almost invincible because of the presence of Drexler. Drexler not only makes fast break layups and dunks, but also has excellent passing vision and strong rebounding ability.In many cases, he is not only the initiator of the fast break, but also the terminator of the fast break.

With this very smooth rhythm and high shooting percentage, the Blazers scored 75 points in the first half, but Gan Guoyang did not contribute any points.

However, even though the offense was so smooth and scored such a high score in the half, the Blazers did not pull the score away, and the Kansas Kings also scored 68 points.

The king's and the Blazers' offensive tactics are not much different. They also play fast-paced and fast-break, but they have more breakthroughs, which also caused damage to the Blazers inside.

Their small forward Eddie Johnson and shooting guard Michael Woodson faced off against Vandeweghe and Drexler of the Blazers, and both scored very high points.

Gan Guoyang could only sit on the bench, from being as stable as a mountain to fidgeting, and finally wanted to jump up from the bench, pinching Ramsay's neck and letting him replace him on the field.

Fortunately, Adelman saw Gan Guoyang's anxiety, and kept reminding Gan Guoyang to pay attention to the situation on the field and think about how he should play if he played.

Gan Guoyang is also aware of this problem. He has actually completed the task Ramsey assigned to himself on the court, which is to provide high-quality screens for his teammates and pay attention to the protection of backboards.

Gan Guoyang's screens were quite good. After he left the field, neither Sampson nor Karl's screens were as good as his. This is what Vandeweghe and Valentine felt the most.

On the defensive end, there is basically no pressure on Gan Guoyang inside, and the Kings don't even think about playing inside. Russell Sampson is obviously not the king's main attack point.

However, the Blazers' perimeter defense against the King's breakthrough was quite bad. Because zone defense was not allowed, the perimeter players were all picked and rolled and then passed by one step. Gan Guoyang was completely exposed to the firepower of the opponent's perimeter players.

Gan Guoyang sat on the bench and observed for a while and found that without the help of outside teammates, it would be a disadvantage for the center to directly counter the impact of outside players.

In this regard, Sampson is more experienced. If the opponent rushes outside, let him layup; if he does not rush, he will block the opponent's route; He stepped forward to interfere.

In any case, Sampson does not easily engage in one-on-one air confrontation with the opponent's outside line. Even if you score, he does not foul casually, let alone let the opponent score the ball inside.

If it doesn't work, just get it back from the offensive end, you score one and I score two.

This is Ramsey's defensive strategy, focus on the big and let go of the small, use offense to lead defense, and don't give the opponent a chance to fully bloom. You have the ability to kill me with breakthroughs and shots by one or two people.

This point was mentioned by Ramsey in the arrangement before the game, but Gan Guoyang didn't listen to it, and he didn't practice it in training.

Gan Guoyang is still used to Bellman's defensive strategy so far, with layers of blocking and delays, infinite rotations, and every point inwards has to pay a little more price. We have to face Gan Guoyang, the door god.

Sitting on the bench, Gan Guoyang didn't understand why the NBA's defense seems to be inferior to the NCAA's?

When the buzzer sounded at the end of the first half and the score was fixed at 75 to 68, Gan Guoyang's doubts deepened.

He has also watched nba games, and knows that because of the existence of 24 seconds, it is very normal for nba to score much higher than ncaa, but when he experienced the game as a player on the court, he felt that nba's defense seemed to have no system And level, or maybe the opponent they met today was too weak, the Kings were not a good team throughout the 80s and [-]s.

"The first half was over and the No. 7 pick that we were concerned about, after being pulled for two fouls in the first quarter, was never replaced. He had 2 rebounds in 1 minutes And 24 assist, really poor data. Vandeweghe of the Blazers became the team's first scoring point, and he scored 22 points in the first half; and Eddie Johnson of the Kings was not at a disadvantage, Got [-] points and the first half was a battle between these two small forwards..."

"Gan, you'll still start in the second half, but pay attention to controlling your fouls, and your screens are pretty good."

In the locker room, Ramsey was summarizing the team's performance in the first half. Gan Guoyang's performance seemed to Ramsey to be a good stake.

"I'm not a wooden stake who can only cover, and I don't quite understand why we don't defend? Because the opponent doesn't defend either?" Gan Guoyang couldn't hold back the words in his heart anymore, and blurted out.

"The guy who only scored two rebounds, don't be ashamed." Mitchell Sampson was still a little unhappy with Gan Guoyang, not only because Gan Guoyang grabbed his starting position, but also because Gan Guoyang was a rookie, but he was never willing to serve him. The old players carried their bags and luggage.

"I don't see the opponent rushing over, so I dodge immediately." Gan Guoyang also sneered when he thought that the inside line guarded by Sampson was smashed by the opponent.

"Because I won't be stupid enough to send a foul, and then be pushed on the bench and unable to play!" Sampson also became angry when he heard Gan Guoyang's words.

"Enough! Don't make trouble for me in the first game. Now is the game, not the training period. Gan, you'd better get rid of your bad temper." Ramsey stopped loudly, and Gan Guoyang was in training Ramsey doesn't care about being big or small, but some old players are quite critical.

"If I were sent on the court, I would not let others score in the paint like this, so that people would break through and score one by one, and if I didn't foul, I would be fined!" Gan Guoyang didn't shut up, but intensified. Being benched made him extremely unhappy.

After he finished speaking, he didn't wait for other people's reaction, and left the locker room directly, and ran to the bathroom, leaving his teammates and coaches stunned.

"Hey, Gan, don't be like this, how can you get into trouble with the old players in the first game?" Drexler chased out from the locker room, comforting Gan Guoyang.

"I just don't like being put on the bench all the time, and that Sampson doesn't seem to like me very much." Gan Guoyang said helplessly.

"Last season, I was like you. Ramsey was like this. I played very well in some games, but Ramsey still pushed me to the bench in the next game. If it weren't for Paxson's injury now, I would As a substitute, you can start in the first game, and Ramsey already values ​​you very much."

"Also, Sampson is a senior. I don't understand why you don't want to carry a bag for him. No matter what kind of star enters the NBA, he must first carry a bag for his senior. I also played for a while and had a pretty good performance. , so you don’t need to carry a bag.” Drexler explained.

"I'm here to play, not to be a waiter. Look, I want other people to look good in the second half. I think I need to do something. Listen to Clyde..." Gan Guoyang turned to Drakes Le whispered.

"Okay, it's up to you anyway, don't get angry with your teammates anyway, it won't do anyone any good."

Although Drexler is full of self-confidence and has extremely high demands on himself, he has always been friendly and tolerant to his teammates, and he is a good man who is tolerant and strict with himself.

But Gan Guoyang is destined to be a different person from Drexler. Everyone who blocks him on the road to victory is an enemy, and his teammates are no exception.

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The second half of the game was about to start soon, and Gan Guoyang returned to the starting lineup again, and stood on the court with four other players to fight side by side.

Of course, the audience couldn't see that the Blazers players on the field had experienced a small disturbance in the locker room just now, and they were all very much looking forward to the second half of the game. The first half of the match made them very enjoyable to watch.

In the second half, the Kansas Kings took the lead to serve. The Kings had no good way to attack the position, mainly relying on the inside attack after the pick-and-roll, which worked quite well in the first half.

The king's first offense with the ball was shooting guard Michael Woodson.

When Gan Guoyang saw this black shooting guard with a round head and small eyes, he felt familiar. Later, when he saw the name on his back, he remembered that he was the future head coach of the Eagles, Woodson.

Woodson's performance in the first half was quite eye-catching, and his breakthrough shots were very sharp. Although Drexler tried his best to defend, this guy is very cunning and always finds a gap. No wonder he will be a coach in the future.

At the beginning of the second half, he held the ball on the outside, and then relied on the cover of the center to run a pick-and-roll from the right to the inside.

At that time, the ability of strong shots and quick breakthroughs of outside players was relatively average, and quick cross-step dribbling was still an advanced technique that few superstars could use.

Therefore, after the outside players pick and roll, they adopt the strategy of picking and rolling without changing defenses. Even if the outside players are given a little space, they will seldom shoot outside or near the three-point line.

Such a strategy of not changing defenses can effectively reduce the complexity of the defensive system. Otherwise, without an excellent sense of cooperation, changing defenses two or three times will completely destroy the defensive formation of one's own team.

But this time, Gan Guoyang, who followed the opponent's center, did not take a step back to give Drexler the space after the opponent's pick-and-roll, but directly let go of the center he was defending to defend Woodson, who was breaking inward. .

"Come on, come in, don't pass, I believe you can make a shot." Gan Guoyang kept his mouth close to Woodson.

Woodson didn't expect Gan Guoyang to stick to the defense like this, let alone Gan Guoyang's close defense would be so good. He kept slipping to the bottom line from the right side and couldn't find an attacking opportunity, so he could only pass the ball to the outside Johnson's hands.

Johnson got the ball without thinking, and rushed straight in like holding a dynamite bag. Vandeweghe couldn't keep up with Johnson's footsteps at all.

This time, Gan Guoyang's attention was highly focused, and he had already set his sights on Johnson.

Johnson rushed directly to the basket, but Gan Guoyang was not the only one under the basket, but also Drexler!

At this time, the Kansas Kings made a tactical mistake. They asked the inside players in the offense to pull as far as possible to give the outside players enough space to attack.

So their center Russell Sampson pulled to the outside, and Drexler went to cover Sampson in the defense just now. Sampson was no threat on the outside, so as soon as he saw Johnson take the Go to the inside to support Gan Guoyang immediately.

Seeing that he couldn't keep up with Johnson, Vandeweghe simply went to fill Woodson's position, so the Kings abolished a point, and at the same time let the Blazers have two people to deal with Johnson.

Now Gan Guoyang will not be polite to Johnson. With the help of Drexler, Gan Guoyang adjusted his steps and gave Johnson a strong hat, which made Johnson stagger and almost fell.

It didn't end there, as Valentine got the ball in the chaos and passed it to Drexler.

Drexler put his head down and started sprinting like an airplane, with no one standing in his way.

Rushing to the paint with only the opposing point guard, is Drexler ready to take off?

No, he didn't choose to dunk, but threw the ball to the backboard!

It was not a glider that took off, but a bomber.

Gan Guoyang leaped high, catching the ball with both hands in the air, just like the slam dunk he once taught Harold Miner, his whole body became a bow and arrow!

"Bang!"

"What-a-play! (What an outstanding performance!) Block shots, fast breaks, and dunks! Gan, who didn't score a point in the first half, proved his existence in the most eye-catching way at the beginning of the second half!"

The cheers of the fans at the scene reached a climax with the roar of the commentator, and this was just the first goal of the second half.

"This kid, he finally showed something, otherwise he wouldn't be able to explain to Nike." Sitting in the stands was Gan Guoyang's agent, David Falk, who cared more about Gan Guoyang's performance on the field than anyone else. Apart from Gan Guoyang himself, he is the most anxious.

"Let them in, let them in!" Gan Guoyang returned to the defensive end and kept yelling, which meant that he was safe and bold to let the opponent rush, and he was inside.

At this time, the king dared not rush. Johnson came to the inside and passed the ball outward to Woodson on the left baseline. Woodson broke through two steps in and passed the ball to the outside right.

A diagonal pass, the king's power forward went around the horns, got the ball, made a mid-range shot, and scored!

An unremarkable goal, but like Gan Guoyang's exciting dunk, it was two points.

"Why don't you keep up? Do you want to keep up? Just let this guy score?" Gan Guoyang asked Sampson next to him. This guy didn't make up for the outside line at all.

"Leave me alone, do your own thing, rookie." Sampson said with a look of disdain.

"If you can't do it, let me do it." Gan Guoyang hated his indifferent defensive attitude more and more.

Returning to the offense, Gan Guoyang, who played with momentum, ignored Sampson's reminder and asked for the ball directly from the waist, while Drexler, who was holding the ball from the outside, passed the ball to Gan Guoyang.

How could Gan Guoyang let go of such an opportunity, he didn't even bother to dribble, turned inside and hooked!

"Shua!" The goal was scored, and Gan Guoyang never relaxed his hook practice in training, although Ramsey never gave him a chance to play singles in training.

"Whoa! Gan showed us his hook, and he did it in one go, and the opposing center didn't even have a chance to react!"

"These two guys are messing around again. When did I arrange inside singles tactics for them?" Ramsay, who was sitting off the court, said helplessly.

"Just put the ball in. Forrest Gump has a good hook." Adelman said beside him.

"I don't expect him to be Kareem, he'd better get the basics right first."

The offensive and defensive transitions in the NBA are amazingly fast. Before Gan Guoyang had time to recollect the goal, he was about to quickly return to the defensive end to deal with the King's inside line.

After the King's point guard quickly passed halftime, the Blazers' defensive formation had not yet formed. He stopped the ball at the top of the arc to observe, and found Johnson waving at the bottom line. A cross pass passed the ball into Johnson's hands.

Johnson made a long shot from a zero-degree angle with no defense on the baseline, and the ball hit the basket and missed.

But the king's No. 33 power forward rushed to grab the offensive rebound, and Sampson had a problem with blocking.

The No. 33 power forward grabbed the ball and wanted to force a layup, but before he even touched the backboard, he was blocked by a big hand!

It's Gan Guoyang, because his arms are so long, so he can block shots from behind very well, just like Marion in later generations, he always lightly touches the opponent's ball without physical contact, but destroys the ball.

Gan Guoyang took the ball from his hand, turned around and saw that Drexler had already started!

Without hesitation, Gan Guoyang opened his bow and shot the arrow, and threw the ball to the frontcourt.

"Gump's long pass! Across the court! Drexler got the ball, no one, no one in front of him! Ouch! Clyde Drexler, a windmill dunk!"

At this time, Gan Guoyang, who was standing in the backcourt and raised his hands, said to the No. 33 power forward next to him, "Hello, long time no see, Otis."