The Golden Age of Basketball

"Shrink the defense, don't give Irving a chance, let them shoot!"

Ramsey shouted succinctly during the timeout that the best way to deal with Irving is not double-teaming, not being close, not pressing, but the shrinking defense of the whole team.

For Dr. J Owen, shooting is his biggest weakness. At a distance of about 15 feet, Dr. J's shooting belongs to the six-veined sword. Without a shot, the two sides began to prepare for rebounds.

In contrast, once Dr. J is allowed to enter within 15 feet, especially into the three-second zone, his threat to the basket will increase dramatically. No matter how you defend, Irving will always have a way to get the ball in.

Moreover, Ramsey also hopes that the team can better protect the backcourt rebounds. He knows that Moses Malone will play again after this timeout. Destroy the opponent's defensive confidence.

"The game between the two sides continued, and the offense of the 76ers began to pick up with Dr. J's consecutive goals. Of course, the more important thing is that their defensive strength began to increase, which made it impossible for the Blazers to attack as efficiently and easily as in the first quarter. It also gave the 76ers more opportunities to counterattack."

"Yes, although the current 76ers can no longer maintain the high-intensity defense like they did in 1983, but in a short period of time, they can still resort to such high-intensity confrontation to disrupt the opponent's rhythm , obviously the Blazers need to make some adjustments."

Ramsey did make adjustments. He replaced Gan Guoyang and Vandeweghe, and replaced Mitchell Sampson and Jerome Cosey, hoping to enhance the offensive and defensive strength on the field.

The 76ers also put on Moses Malone and Maurice Cheeks, trying to further enhance their counterattack momentum. [

But the Trail Blazers made a mistake on the first attack after the timeout. Colter dribbled the ball on the right sideline, and then passed the ball to Jerome Cosey who came forward to make a transition. Slipping, just as his hand touched the ball, he himself knelt on the ground all of a sudden.

"The Trail Blazers made a mistake, Cheeks got the ball, and the 76ers launched a counterattack again! Dr. J took the ball, rushed forward with the ball... the ball fell... the basket was chaotic, Barkley got the ball , shoot, hit the board and get in the basket!"

The 76ers' counterattack can be described as chaotic. Originally, Irving should have rushed straight to the basket after getting the ball, and then gave the Blazers a slam dunk again.

But Gan Guoyang followed Owen closely all the way, and when Owen got ready, he quickly took out and hit the ball with his hand.

Under the influence of the strength of Owen and Gan Guoyang, the basketball flew directly to a high place and hit the backboard all at once.

But the returned basketball happened to fall into Barkley's hands. After some melee on the ground, Barkley clamped the basketball firmly with both hands again, then pouted his buttocks, pulled it up and shot directly, and the ball scored.

"Fatty, it's really good to grab the ball on the floor." Gan Guoyang took the ball back to the bottom line and was ready to serve, while cursing inwardly.

Barkley is not tall and easy to suffer in the interior, but once he grabs the floor ball, his guard-like height will play a role. The other insiders have not yet bent down, and this guy is already on the ground.

In addition, this guy's butt is really big. When he bends down, he can't stand at 120 degrees from the rear. Whoever wants to take his ball from behind may not be able to reach it.

With this goal scored, the 76ers approached the point difference between the two sides to 4 points. After the start of the second quarter, the Blazers only relied on Drexler's dunk at the basket to score two points.

"The 76ers played an 8-2 small shot, which was a huge pressure on the Blazers, because the 76ers' counterattack ability is very strong. If they can't score, then the 76ers have to rely on counterattacks to catch up. Even score."

"Yes, the 76ers' quick counterattack ability once overwhelmed both the Lakers and Celtics. Although the Blazers' retreat speed is very fast, it is still very difficult to stop Irving's fast break."

"Let's see what the Blazers did, Drexler got the ball on the left three-point line, he passed the ball to Coulter, cut inside ... Vandeweghe took the ball, put it inside Gan! Gan shook a bit, layup! Goal! Foul, there is another penalty!"

"Yes!" Gan Guoyang clenched his fists and shouted after the goal was scored!

This is a different tactical move from the first quarter. Gan Guoyang has been staying on the weak side, that is, the bottom line on the right side, which is not his attack area. [

After Drexler passed the ball to Colter, he immediately feinted inside to attract the defense, and Colter turned the ball to Vandeweghe, who added Drexler's position.

At this time, Gan Guoyang immediately slid the bottom line to cut in, and then relied on the cover provided by Drexler in the low post to get rid of Moses Malone's defense and got the ball in a very good position.

Gan Guoyang did not turn around for a layup after taking the ball, but made a feint, and then forced a layup against Barkley when Barkley was still in the air, not only scoring the ball, but also causing Barkley to foul.

"Gan's free throw... the goal was missed, the 76ers got the rebound, and the point difference between the two sides came to 6 points." Gan Guoyang made two fouls today, all of which were smashed by the fat man Barkley, which undoubtedly affected his performance. Free throw feel.

The Blazers continued to implement full-court defense. They sent Coulter and Drexler to "press" Cheeks in the frontcourt.

But Cheeks has rich experience and was not affected by the sudden pressing defense. He calmly passed the ball to Owen who came to meet him. Owen quickly entered the half court and passed the ball to the arc again. Barkley in the top position.

The Blazers obviously made a big mistake. They shouldn't give up their defense on the top of the arc in order to press the whole court. Barkley's position has reached the free throw line.

This position can be said to be the most difficult position to defend in the half court. It is located in the center of the half court and is very close to the basket. Generally, players in this position shoot very accurately.

At the same time, this is the best position for passing the ball. It can pass forward, backward, left, and right. Putting a player in this position is obviously a defensive mistake.

Sure enough, it was too late for Kenny Carr to go up to make up the defense. Barkley hit the ground and passed the ball straight to the inside. Moses Malone brushed Gan Guoyang away, and after receiving the ball, he dunked the basket with both hands and scored two points.

Gan Guoyang has nothing to do with this ball. He has to block the route to the basket. If he chooses to mark Malone, then Barkley can pass Kenny Carr in one step, and then rush in and dunk directly.

"Formation, we need to protect the formation! And our free throw line, how can we let that fat man come in?" Gan Guoyang shouted.

On the team's defensive end, Ramsey has always valued Gan Guoyang, and at the same time gave him the power to direct the team's defense.

"The 76ers stretched their formation very wide, which made the Blazers a little uncomfortable because they wanted to shrink their defense." The guest commentator Crouch said after watching this offense and defense.

Indeed, Cunningham, the head coach of the 76ers, also expected that the Blazers might shrink the defense, so he asked the players to try to be as fast as possible during the timeout, and attack before the opponent's defensive formation came out. Don't dare to shrink too presumptuously.

"Yes, but we also need to look at the Blazers' offense to see if they can maintain their advantage in the positional offense. It is obviously very uncomfortable for the Blazers to be beaten and counterattacked continuously."

The Blazers continued to implement their tactical routine. This time Gan Guoyang mentioned the top of the arc to support the ball. Colter circled around Gan Guoyang, trying to get rid of Cheeks' entanglement.

On the other side, Vandeweghe has already made a beautiful back run from the inside to the outside, and ran directly to the left corner.

Gan Guoyang immediately passed the ball to Vandeweghe. After receiving the ball, Vandeweghe opened his hands and shot!

"Vandeweghe's shot, the ball hit the front of the rim, missed it... a group of people... oh! Gan's dunk! Where did he come from?"

The fans at the scene were probably as surprised as the commentator. Where did Gan Guoyang come from?

Vandeweghe hit the front of the basket with the ball. The ball did not open very wide, but fell directly after hitting the basket.

The other players of the Trail Blazers were already preparing to retreat. They never grabbed offensive rebounds. In an instant, three 76ers players in red jerseys stood under the basket. Seeing that this rebound was already in their pocket.

But Gan Guoyang, like a civet, suddenly got in from the gap on the right side, and then took off among a group of 76 players, and dunked the ball lightly into the basket in the air. After landing, he showed no expression. Jump into defense quickly.

"Beautiful rebound! Do a good job of defense, do a good job of defense!" Ramsey on the sidelines shouted while applauding Gan Guoyang's performance.

In the current position of the game, in Ramsey's eyes, Gan Guoyang's performance can be described as perfect, with good support, good defense, all the goals that should be scored, and he also scored unexpected goals. At the same time, he did not forget to retreat quickly after scoring. Defense, instead of being immersed in the joy of scoring like some rookies, and then turned around and immediately chased by the opponent.

The point difference between the two sides came to 6 points again. The Blazers relied on Gan Guoyang's performance to stabilize the situation on the field, but the momentum of the 76ers' counterattack did not end.

Cheeks dribbled the ball directly to Irving on the right after half court, and then ran in, and Irving's only threat from beyond the three-point line was his pass.

With the help of Barkley's cover near the three-second zone, Cheeks suddenly cut to the baseline on the left side, where it was empty, without any Blazers players.

Irving has observed Cheeks' cut from the right side, and immediately a pass across the half court is passed to Cheeks.

But Colter did not completely lose his defense. He squeezed past Barkley and touched the ball at the moment when Cheeks caught the ball. Although Cheeks got the ball, the rhythm of attack has been interrupted. He can catch the ball and shoot straight away.

If the tactics are destroyed, then it will be tough.

Moses Malone came around from the right and directly resisted Gan Guoyang to get a position at the basket.

This game may be Gan Guoyang's most strenuous game. Every time Moses Malone asks for a position, he is in a very deep position on the edge of the three-second zone. In other games, it is impossible for an ordinary center to get the ball in this position. Because he couldn't carry Gan Guoyang.

But Moses Malone can resist any center in the league, including Gan Guoyang. He asked for the ball 5 feet away from the basket on the left baseline, and Cheeks immediately gave him the ball.

However, this game may also be Moses Malone's most strenuous game. He did not expect Gan Guoyang, a yellow center who looks thinner than he was in his 20s, to have such great strength.

For a normal center forward, Moses Malone spread his legs apart, pouted his buttocks, and then lay back. The opponent could not perform other functions except as his back chair.

But Gan Guoyang made him very strenuous, so when he got the ball and was about to make further moves, he found that he couldn't use his strength, because Gan Guoyang had firmly blocked the space for Moses Malone to make moves.

But after all, Moses Malone is a king-level insider who has been in the basketball world for more than ten years. With rich experience, he knows how to deal with Gan Guoyang at this time.

Because Gan Guoyang was too focused, he made a mistake that young players often make, that is, he is easy to get distracted.

Moses Malone's "realistic" gesture of raising his hand made Gan Guoyang fly up.

Gan Guoyang knew something was wrong as soon as he jumped, but it was too late. Moses Malone rubbed against him directly, and the referee's whistle sounded immediately.

"Defensive foul, from the foul in the first minute of the first quarter to now, this is Gan's second personal foul. It seems that he has a good control, but he still lacks some experience."

"That's right, as long as he gets stuck in this situation, Moses won't have many chances."

The experience of young players is accumulated under this experience of being played by old players, and then one day they become old players, and they can use these experiences to play with the new generation. This is a kind of inheritance of NB.

But at this time, Gan Guoyang will not think about whether to inherit or not. What he thinks is to teach Ma Long a lesson in the interior contest.

"Ma Long made two free throws, and the 76ers narrowed the point difference to 4 points. In the second quarter, the two sides began to enter the seesaw."

"This is a test for the Blazers. If they fall behind at this time, not only the score may be overturned, but more importantly, the momentum they accumulated in the first quarter will be worn down."

"Let's see if Gan will respond... Gan continues to support in the high post... Gan suddenly breaks through with the ball! Dunk!"

"Bang!"

"Yeah!~~~"

"Gan suddenly broke through with the ball in the front and went straight to the basket from the middle. The 76ers' insiders were obviously unprepared for this. They didn't expect Gan to make a sudden attack. A beautiful left-handed dunk, we seem to see a big Even though he’s from China, even though he’s yellow, even though he doesn’t have an afro, and even though he wears size 11, who cares, he drives Portland crazy!”

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