The Golden Age of Basketball

The second quarter had just begun, and the Warriors served, when an accident occurred.

When Sauter dribbled from the left side with the ball, he tripped over Vandeweghe's feet, and he immediately lost his balance and fell on a big horse after rushing forward.

When people fall, they always subconsciously stretch out their hands to support it. The same is true for Sauter. When he fell to the ground, he stretched out his left hand to support the ground. As a result, his joints were contused and he fell to the ground in pain.

"Shoot was helped off the field by the team doctor. The touch of his left hand on the ground may have injured the soft tissue of the joint. It was a terrible accident. I don't know if Shote will return to the field in this game. He has already returned to the locker room. .”

This sudden accident disrupted the Warriors' tactical plan. Warriors coach John Bach could only replace Pete Siberdeks. The season just started as an important substitute.

However, the offensive feeling accumulated by the Warriors from the first quarter was not lost. After re-serving, the Warriors point guard Slip Floyd broke through from the baseline, and then Larry Smith inserted in the middle, received the ball and went up. The Warriors scored a basket and the Warriors led by 29 points 24:5.

"I believe that although Short is off the field due to injury, the Warriors' two guards will cause a lot of trouble for the Blazers. The Blazers' perimeter defense has always had problems, and their defensive strength is indeed lower." James Brown commented road.

The Warriors used Floyd and Connor on the back line, two combo players who could play both point guard and shooting guard-although the concept of dual guards was not popular at that time.

Both of them are players between pure point guards and pure shooting guards, which makes the Warriors' backcourt work quite well, capable of passing and breakthrough, and excellent offense and defense. [

They caused a lot of trouble to the Blazers in the first quarter, and judging from the momentum in the second quarter, they will continue to destroy it.

"Paxson's ball was stolen! Connor's steal! He averaged 2 steals per game this season, and he made a great contribution to the Warriors in perimeter defense."

An inadvertent pass by Valentine was intercepted by Connor, and the Warriors launched a fast break.

Connor, a strong, down-to-earth shooting guard, took the ball all the way to the basket, used a seasoned time difference to escape the follow-up Valentine, and made an easy layup, adding to the Warriors. two points. 31:24.

"Concentrate! Concentrate! Play aggressively...fuk, these guys really don't know what they're playing!" Ramsey yelled anxiously from the sidelines, and at the same time, he didn't understand how the team was doing recently. Will it be so bad, has it reached the hibernation period?

Short's sudden end not only did not let the Warriors fall into a slump, but made the Warriors play even more vigorously. At this time, the Blazers' scorer will naturally stand up.

Vandeweghe received a pass from Valentine in one step at the top of the arc, and then passed the ball to Sampson for a transition. He pretended to cut in but ran two steps to the right, and Sampson passed the ball again. Passed back to Vandeweghe, and Vandeweghe shot directly after receiving the ball.

An extremely simple tactic like this—this cannot be called a tactic, but it is actually very efficient in many cases. The meaning of this kind of ball transmission is to allow players to find their favorite shooting point and shoot at their accustomed rhythm.

Of course, this kind of high efficiency is based on the personal ability of the scorer. With strong personal ability and good touch, this kind of shooting is no different from open shots.

Relying on this kind of small cooperation, Vandeweghe can score more than ten points in a game, which is a very stable scoring method.

But today his touch is really not good. In the past, the one-step jump shot inside the three-point line that was very sure, but now it hit the basket's neck heavily, and it collapsed far away.

"Vandeweghe's jump shot...none, but Gan got the rebound! Huge rebound, pass back to Valentine, Blazers reorganized. Sampson in the paint, Warriors flanked! Sampson Sen forced a shot, missed the ball ... the rebound was taken by the Warriors, and the Blazers seemed to be in an offensive crisis."

After Valentine got the ball, he passed it to Sampson, who was on the left. Ramsey always emphasized that when there is a problem with the offense and the tactics cannot be played, he must either pass the ball to Vandeweghe or pass the ball to Sampson. to Sampson.

But tonight, these two insurances are useless. Sampson was flanked by the Warriors inside and outside. The Warriors’ flanks were not fierce. Big open.

Sampson, who was harassed, did not choose to pass the ball, but turned to the baseline for a jumper, but the Warriors' basket seemed to be covered, but they couldn't make the shot, and the ball collapsed on the left side. No matter how long it is, it can't reach it, and he is standing on the right side at this time. [

The Warriors fought back quickly again, but Gan Guoyang blocked Connor for a while when returning to defense, preventing the Warriors from getting up quickly, and the referee's whistle sounded.

"Gan was called for a blocking foul. In the terrible second quarter, Gan was still arguing with the referee. He felt that he didn't foul the ball."

"I just obstructed it from the side, the side, the side, I didn't do anything!" Gan Guoyang was chattering with the referee, and he has now learned to communicate with the referee.Instead of being blown and pulled down like in the beginning.

"He is going in, you violated him." The referee explained succinctly.

"I can fuck him..." Gan Guoyang looked helpless. Fortunately, there was no zero tolerance at that time, otherwise he would be called a technical foul if he made a "fuk" exit.

To put it bluntly, the referee will not change the penalty like this. The players argue more to vent, and hope to slightly influence the referee's penalty.

The Warriors sent the sideline ball and continued to attack. The Warriors' offensive tactics were as simple as elementary school mathematics in the United States.

Now that Sauter is at the small forward position, Sibodex's waiting for an opportunity is basically to shoot when there is an open spot, and pass when someone is defending.

The sharp knives of the Warriors are Floyd and Connor. One of them is fast and the other is strong, and they stabbed in with the ball.

At that time, the breakthrough speed of defenders was compared with that of later generations after the impact force method. They showed more stability in dribbling skills, and they couldn't shake people out of their way.

So when Floyd relied on the cover of Smith and Whitehead on the left side to rush into the inside line in two steps, and was about to lay up with his left hand, Gan Guoyang covered him like a big tree.

Floyd is not an idiot, and he will not rush inside. He has no certainty of winning and can attack Gan Guoyang, a rookie who averaged 28 blocks per game.

But he wanted to use a ground pass to pass the ball to Whitehead who cut inside. Since Gan Guoyang came to defend, Whitehead was naturally free.

Gan Guoyang, knowing that the inside line is empty, once the ball is passed out, he will definitely lose another point. Regardless of him, he stretched out his foot to block the passing path when Floyd passed the ball, and kicked it away. the ball.

"Beep beep!" Gan Guoyang's ball is an excellent defense for a goalkeeper on the football field, and it is naturally illegal to kick the ball on the basketball court.

The referee was obviously not moved by Gan Guoyang's wit, and gave Gan Guoyang a warning that if he did this again, he would suffer a technical foul.

But Gan Guoyang's attack really ruined the Warriors' offensive feeling. The Warriors served the ball again from the sideline and passed it a few times, but found that there were no good offensive opportunities.

Then he passed the ball to Whitehead, who is also a typical homeless player, switching from team to team, contributing points and rebounds every game.

However, after coming to the Warriors, both scoring and rebounding reached a small peak. After all, the Warriors are really an insider, and he also became the team's starter.

It was not Gan Guoyang who defended him, but Sampson. Ramsey asked Sampson to guard the Warriors center, and then asked Gan Guoyang to fill in the loopholes.

Both Sampson and Whitehead were rookies in 1978, but Sampson was the No. [-] pick, while Whitehead was a second-round pick. Sampson has been stable in the Blazers as the top card, and Whitehead is wandering around.

But in this game, at least so far, Whitehead's performance is better than Sampson's. His several misses and his successful defense against Sampson made him the top pick in the same period.

Of course, Sampson would not let Whitehead play casually, and Whitehead's singles ability is also very average, but he had to throw it when the time came, so he turned over and shot a jumper.

The ball drew a high arc, hit the basket, bounced high, and missed.

"Rebound, Gan Guoyang jumps high, no one can get over him... oh, he didn't pass the ball, he went straight all the way across the half court...to be intercepted...he dodged Floyd, beautiful Dribble, take off, layup against two people!...The ball is scored! Oh my God, Gan Guoyang's one-stop fast break, the cheers of the fans are even higher than the Warriors' goal!"

"It's an incredible goal. The Blazers, who missed consecutive attacks in the second quarter, broke the deadlock with this ball."

It was really unexpected, and Gan Guoyang didn't think of it himself. He just felt that the feeling was coming, and he rushed forward after getting the rebound.

After reaching the three-point line, the Warriors' defense has not yet settled down. Floyd wanted to grab it. Gan Guoyang used a beautiful and skilled behind-the-scenes dribble to pass, blinding the eyes of countless audiences.

Then John Smith knew that Gan Guoyang couldn't stop him from rushing in like this, so he wanted to stand up and call him an offensive foul, but Gan Guoyang tactfully dodged it sideways, and then made a layup against Whitehead, and the ball was on the basket Four or five times, finally fell into the basket. 31:26, the Blazers scored.

Ramsay didn't know what to say when he saw the ball next to him. What could he say?The team's state is so bad, it's not bad if someone scores a goal, no matter how he gets it in.

Instead, the Trail Blazers substitutes jumped up from the bench and waved towels like lit firecrackers one by one.

"A beautiful goal, but it's also only two points, the Blazers have to solve the problem in the offense, because from 3 minutes into the first quarter, to 2 minutes into the second quarter, it was the first goal of the Blazers .They rely on the one-stop fast break of the center."

"Yes, and they also have to solve the problem of defense. Gan has enough deterrence inside, but height is a problem, and their athletic ability outside is even more worrying."

The commentator's concerns were justified. After Gan Guoyang scored, the Warriors immediately launched a counterattack. Siberdeks received a pass from Connor on the baseline and made a 15-foot jumper.

Siberdeks can score goals, and this way of scoring is what the Blazers used to be good at. The forwards and guards go down the wing quickly, the inside goes in the middle, and the point guard quickly advances, either passing to the inside for a layup or passing to the wing. CIC.

Regardless of chasing points or widening the distance, this trick can always make the opponent's life unable to take care of himself.

Now the Blazers have been returned by the Warriors in the same way.

At 33:26, the point difference was stretched to 7 points. If the Blazers fell behind in the first half, they would be in danger.

At this time, Gan Guoyang finally stood up, and he began to ask for the ball in the low post on the right.

Sometimes people just have a kind of mentality. When they don’t need it, others will not be satisfied even if they give you a 5% off service for the whole process; but when they are hungry like a dog, they can get away with picking up a photo of a woman rise.

The current Blazers are hungry and thirsty on offense, and everyone else doesn't want to attack. They haven't made many shots from the second half of the first quarter to the second quarter.

If it continues like this, it will become everyone playing drumming and passing flowers. Whoever catches the ball last in 24 seconds will throw it away.

Fortunately, before this happened, Gan Guoyang pushed Whitehead away under the basket with his buttocks pouted, and assumed a "fire at me" posture, and took the hot potato.

"Gan catches the ball in the low post and turns over to hook. He seems to be in a hurry...but the ball goes in, a 12-foot hook."

Then, from the 4th minute to the 10th minute of the second quarter, the Blazers' offensive end in the commentator's mouth became like this:

"Gan catches the ball in the low post, turns over and hooks...the ball goes in!"

"Gan took the ball in the middle and took a dribble and made a layup ... He passed two Warriors defenders."

"Gan broke through from the right side with the ball and dunked with one hand! Beautiful breakthrough!"

"Gan was at 15 feet, there was no time, just hooked, and the ball went in again!"

"Gan reverse run, alley-oop! Beautiful dunk!"

"There was a scuffle at the basket, Gan got the rebound, layup, missed, then robbed, missed, robbed again! Another shot! The ball went in! The referee's whistle also sounded, the Warriors made a defensive foul and added a penalty!"

……

"Gan blocks Mitch Johnson's layup, Blazers fast break! Colter goes in...how he throws the ball back to Gan, Gan dribbles in, drives straight down the middle, jumps, a 15-foot dunk!"

"Oh~ crazy~"