The Golden Age of Basketball

Julius Owen, nb's true first-generation flying man, his influence in nb is beyond Gan Guoyang's imagination.

In 1985, it was the ninth year that Irving entered nb, but he was born in 9 and he was already 1950 years old, because he spent the first few years of his career in b.

In B, he is a well-deserved king, leading the New Jersey Nets to win the league championship twice and the regular season MVP three times. In the last year of B, Irving led the Nets to win the last in B history The championship brought an end to this short-lived alliance.

After coming to a higher-level nb, Irving chose the Philadelphia 76ers. The 76ers quickly became a powerful league because of Irving's arrival, and reached the finals in 1977.

Just when Irving wanted to extend his glory in b to nb, the Portlanders used a shocking reversal to shatter Irving's dream.

The Portland Trail Blazers were 0:2 behind and won four games in a row, and finally won the championship at the Portland Memorial Stadium, achieving a miracle.

And Julius Owen also started the journey of the second in the millennium.

In 1980 and 1982, they fell at the feet of the Los Angeles Lakers in a row and won three NBA championships. The explosive head on Irving's head became smaller and smaller, and his legs and feet became slower and slower.

It wasn't until 1983 because of the arrival of Moses Malone that he realized his dream of being a champion. [

However, in any case, the Portland Memorial Stadium is always a pain in Irving's heart. If the shot was made in the last five seconds of Game [-], would the result be different?

As long as they score, the score will be equalized and they can enter overtime. The 76ers have a chance to win this away game and then pull Game [-] back to Philadelphia. Everything may change.

But there are no ifs in history... No, there are ifs in history, and the ifs in history are standing opposite Owen now. Unfortunately, this if started in 1984.

Although he is 35 years old, Irving's dunks are still as light as swifts. Gan Guoyang felt as if his head was lightly touched after being dunked by Irving on the head, and it passed instantly.

This is the first time Gan Guoyang has played against Irving on the court. If Gan Guoyang is half of Moses Malone's fans, then Irving is all Gan Guoyang's idol.picture.

Gan Guoyang still remembers the shocking buckle he once made. The rok-the-bby he used to make was considered by others to be an enlarged version of Dr. J, but now that he is really facing Dr. J, Gan Guoyang knows that he is not only an enlarged version. The version of Dr. J is still aggravated and slow version.

If someone else had buckled Gan Guoyang on the head, Gan Guoyang would definitely be annoyed, but Owen?Forget it, it's normal to be dunked. A center who is not dunked by Owen Yan in the league is not a good center.

"Gan was deducted by Owen, oh, he was in a daze, what was he thinking? Thinking 'Give me one more time'? Hahahaha!" The bs commentator looked at Gan Guoyang who was a little dazed and laughed.

Magic Johnson had the same expression and mental activity when he swung his arms for a layup after seeing Irving's rebound in the finals.

"Serve the ball, kid. When I was dunked by Owen for the first time, I was stunned for a while like you." Mitchell Sampson picked up the ball and threw it to Gan Guoyang.

The relationship between the two has gradually improved. Although Gan Guoyang still doesn't carry bags for anyone, he has begun to show enough respect for Sampson.

The game continued, no matter how beautiful the dunk was, there were only two points, and the 76ers tied the score 5:5.

The Blazers' offensive tactics in the opening position appeared to be very effective. Vandeweghe was always active on the two wings, giving full play to his outstanding shooting, organization and pulling ability.

Gan Guoyang and Sampson did not engage in hand-to-hand combat with Moses Malone and Barkley, but used flexible positions to cover their teammates while drawing these two big tanks out from the inside.

One of Paxson and Valentine was active at the top of the arc, and the other was wandering inside, running around, harassing the 76ers' defense. [

The 76ers' defense is no longer as aggressive as it was in 1983, and their ability to press the outside line has continued to decline as the lineup has aged.

Vandeweghe shifted to the left three-point line this time, and then he relied on the double screen of Gan Guoyang and Sampson to run to the middle, and easily got the ball at the horn on the right. This is his range, and he shot directly , hit! 7:5.

At this time, Ramsey's favorite form of attack is simple, efficient and full of tactical beauty.

"It's a beautiful mid-range shot. The Blazers' offense at the beginning feels pretty good. I feel like the ball is going to go in the moment I take the shot. This rhythm is really good. They must have practiced thousands of times in training." Vandeweghe Hamilton marveled at this standard and beautiful A&S.

But this is not surprising, you must know that Vandeweghe graduated from UL, and his coach at the time was Larry Brown.

In the defense, the Blazers continued to let Valentine lead the defense against Cheeks, so that Cheeks could only pass the ball after halftime, and there was no way to stop and organize the attack with peace of mind.

Without Cheeks' needles and threads, the 76ers' offense was obviously a bit sluggish, and they could only rely on low-post storms.

First, Barkley asked for a position on the right side, but Mitchell Sampson was stuck in the position. Barkley was short and inexperienced. Tony hesitated and turned the ball to the top of the arc. Owen who responded.

Owen moved to the left again and passed it back to Cheeks. At this time, Malone was already setting up his posture to ask for the ball in the low post to single-play Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang committed a foul at the beginning of the game, but he did not relax his marking on Moses Malone. Malone spread his limbs like a big bear picking honey, and pressed Gan Guoyang to the back.

There are not many super-heavy centers like Mark Eaton who can hold Malone's position in the entire league. Gan Guoyang's main problem is that he doesn't have enough tonnage.

And the left side of the card used to deal with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is useless to defend against the bottom plate. The best way to defend Malone is to double-team!

As soon as Moses Malone received the pass from Cheeks, Vandeweghe, who was staring at Irving in the middle, immediately came to help defend. Anyway, Irving has no three-point ability. If Malone passes the ball to Irving on the outside, it is equivalent to reorganizing the offense.

But Malone didn't pass the ball, he took a step inward with his left leg, which is to turn inward!After all, Gan Guoyang was young and had faster legs. Ma Long sealed his position before turning around.

Malone didn't know what to do, and he was harassed by Vandeweghe again, so he couldn't play the pass attack anymore, so he directly made a fadeaway jumper.

"Fallback jumper! Didn't make it, and flew directly to the other side of the basket. Sampson got the backcourt rebound. The Blazers' backcourt rebound protection was very good in this game, and they didn't give Barkley and Malone too many opportunities."

"That's right, they learned the lesson from the previous game, always three or four Trail Blazers rebounded together. More importantly, Gan's return has greatly reduced the pressure on the Blazers inside."

After getting the rebound, the Blazers organized the offense without haste. This time, the 76ers began to strengthen the marking of Vandeweghe. He continued to stand on the left baseline and was closely pressed by Dr. J. At first, he had no room to move.

For basketball tactics, the bottom corner is sometimes the dead spot of the opponent's defense, and sometimes it is also the dead spot of the attacker. Once the 76ers start to strengthen the pressure on the flanks, the Blazers' offensive transmission will become difficult.

At this time, it is time for the inside scorer to stand up!

Gan Guoyang saw that his teammates were not running smoothly, so he didn't do hard cover outside, but went down to the low position on the left side, set up the fort, and prepared for singles.

Ramsey nodded at the side. He knew that Gan Guoyang finally began to understand when he should take the initiative to play singles and when he should assist his teammates.

This is the result of Gan Guoyang binge-watching the game video these days, and he has a deeper understanding of the situation on the court.

Vandeweghe passed the ball back to Valentine who was 45 degrees to the left, and Valentine immediately fed the ball to Gan Guoyang.

Moses Malone didn't seem to be putting too much effort into defending Gan Guoyang, and it didn't take much for Gan Guoyang to get into a good position.

Gan Guoyang used his back and buttocks to test a little, and seeing that the 76ers did not step forward to double-team, he dribbled the ball and took two steps inward, then turned inward, opened Malone with his left hand, and hooked directly with his right hand!

"Gan, push Malone, 8-foot hook, the ball goes in!"

The whole process was done in one go. It can only be said that the 76ers, including Malone, treated Gan Guoyang with contempt. After all, the Blazers don't often play in the East.

At 9:5, the Blazers widened the point difference to 4 points.

But the point difference only lasted less than ten seconds. Maurice Cheeks quickly dribbled the ball across the half, Valentine continued to mark, and Cheeks suddenly accelerated and rushed in from the right three-point line.

Valentine also accelerated to keep up, but Cheeks suddenly made an emergency stop, and Valentine was caught off guard and did not stop, losing his defensive position. Cheeks directly hit a mid-range jumper from the 18-foot position, 9:7.

As expected of a team of champions, every player in the team has the ability to play their own role, and it is not so easy to lock Cheeks with the whole field.

Gan Guoyang ran back and forth like this. He looked at Cheeks Fangfang's face and the mustache on his mouth. He looked familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he had seen him.

Of course Gan Guoyang couldn't remember it, because what he saw was not the current Cheeks, but the future Cheeks. He served as the head coach of the 2005ers in 76 and the head coach of the Blazers before.

"Cheeks responded to Valentine with a mid-range shot. Obviously Valentine's collar defense made him very uncomfortable... Let's see, now Cheeks is also starting to lead Valentine, and he doesn't want to let Valentin Ding is comfortable."

The 76ers began to gradually strengthen the defensive pressure on the Blazers, and they could no longer allow the Blazers to play a relaxed and happy offense.

Sure enough, the Blazers suddenly couldn't find opportunities on the outside. Paxson ran out to catch the ball at the right corner but couldn't make a shot.

At this time, Sampson suddenly cut in from the middle, pressed Barkley in the three-second zone, and Paxson immediately fed the ball to the inside.

Sampson turned over and shot a jumper. Although Barkley is strong, his height is his flaw, and Sampson's insertion is so fast and ruthless that he has no reaction time at all.

"Sampson turned over for a jumper, hit the board and went to the hoop! Wow, the Blazers are at their best, every player can score, and their shooting percentage after the opening is scary."

"Yes, it seems that the first game of the new year, the Blazers want to bring a new look to everyone."

However, the 76ers are not so easily defeated. Every player they start has experienced ups and downs, and they have never seen any scenes. A regular season is a piece of cake for them.

Moses Malone continued to play in the low post on the left side, which was his favorite position for singles. Gan Guoyang still did not dare to relax. It was only the first time he faced Moses, and he was really at a loss for what to do.

This 6-foot-10 guy is really strong, and his weight has reached 250 pounds, which is the heaviest he is in this height category.

Gan Guoyang wanted to lower the center to hit him, but Ramsey said that the defense against Malone must not only defend against the bottom plate, because his hand skills are excellent, you don't interfere with him when you shoot, you are in the three-second zone Here he can put the ball in the basket like an orange.

So Gan Guoyang had to open his arms to cover the top of Moses Malone's head, preventing him from taking an easy shot.

What's more, he has teammates to help him. As soon as Malone got the ball, this time Paxson stepped forward to harass and double-team.

Malone still didn't pass the ball. This time he squeezed in deeper, and he didn't put a foot inward to reveal the direction of his turn. Instead, he pouted his buttocks, and then his whole body rose up like a spring, and then started in the air. Turn around with a strong waist.

This can also be regarded as a stunt of Moses Malone. Other centers turn first and then take off, but he can pull himself up suddenly, and then turn around in the air in an instant, which is hard to guard against.

"Beep beep!" The referee's whistle sounded, and the ball thrown by Moses Malone spun around the edge of the basket twice, but finally failed to enter the net, but fell out.

After all, Moses is already 30 years old. He is no longer the inside monster who can take off four or five times in a row and grab an offensive rebound. Under the interference of his opponents, his ability to play three-pointers began to decline.

But he still caused a huge damage to the Blazers. If Gan Guoyang fouled, it would be two fouls. Then, within 5 minutes of the opening game, Gan Guoyang would go down again.

At this time, Jim Paxson raised his hand decisively, signaling to the referee that it was his foul.

"Let's see whose foul it was? Oh, the referee put the foul on Paxson, Gan escaped, and then he can continue to fight Moses."

"Yeah, but let's not forget that Dr. J has other shots besides that dunk, and I don't think he'll have to wait too long."