The Golden Age of Basketball

Gan Guoyang's stable performance in the second quarter allowed the Blazers to stabilize the situation on the court. They withstood the strong counterattack of the 76ers. Cunningham had to call a timeout to reorganize the 76ers' offense and defense.

One-third of the second quarter has gone on, and the main players of both sides will all be on the court. The first half of the game has also entered the final stage, and it is time to set the tone.

In this regard, Ramsey and Cunningham were very cautious and attached great importance to it, and carefully arranged their troops during the 100-second long timeout.

"Pay attention to the speed of retreating. You must pay attention to retreating. Even if you foul, you must stop the 76ers from fast break. We don't have many fouls. Don't be polite! Sampson, you defend Moses and let Gan assist more. Defend and control the middle, continue to quote Moses, and give up the defense of COSCO shots. Don’t grind your position with the 76ers, play fast, we still have to be fast, and we must establish enough advantages in the first half!!” Ramsey loudly shouted.

In the experience of fighting the 76ers many times, Ramsey has summed up a set of experience of his own.

He insisted that when playing against a team like the 76ers who are fierce in defense and counterattack, you must not grind your position and play a slow pace because you are afraid of the 76ers' defense and counterattack. On the contrary, you must bring up your speed and increase your offensive speed. , Do not give the 76ers a chance to take advantage.

In fact, the 76ers have lost to teams with better and faster offenses in the previous three finals losses, rather than dying under strong defenses.

Of course, Cunningham is not unaware of this, and he naturally has his own way to deal with it.

But whether the two sides will win or die will ultimately depend on the performance of the players. [

"The timeout ended and the game continued. The Blazers continued to maintain a 6-point lead. Gan's consecutive goals made the 76ers' counterattack come to naught. The 76ers must find a way to stop Gan's offense."

"Gan's performance is indeed beyond my expectations. I have watched many games of Gan's games before. This yellow-skinned guy is very talented. His scoring ability and rebounding control are amazing. But his stability Sex is also worrying. Although there may be reasons for Ramsey's use of it, Gan's immaturity is also an important factor. But in this game, Gan's stability and intelligence made me feel his maturity and maturity. progress."

"He's actually been improving all the time, it's just 1985, and all of his improvement came together in this game. Let's keep watching the game, the Blazers serve in the backcourt. Valentine's back on the court, he's fast Halfway through the court, Gan asked for the ball in the low post... Cut... Layup, the ball went in! Valentine's layup, after he passed the ball to Gan, he immediately cut inside, Gan made a concise Pass the ball, Valentine catches the ball and goes straight to the basket!"

Just after the timeout ended and the game just started, Gan Guoyang used a beautiful support in the low post to add two more points for the Blazers.

A very simple tactical cooperation, Gan Guoyang asked for the ball in a relatively shallow position, the passer Valentin cut in from the center immediately after passing the ball, Gan Guoyang made a master pass, Valentine received the ball and went straight to the basket.

This is also the effect Ramsey hopes to play. Taking advantage of the 76ers' defensive attention, they use this simple little tactic to steal points. Once both sides are in good shape after several rounds, this kind of ball will not be played. up.

"Pay attention! Pay attention! Don't put it in the middle, in the middle! Don't let them pass and cut the ball easily!" Cunningham yelled anxiously from the sidelines, and sometimes he was a little bit helpless. Keep it high like it was in the early 76s.

But the 76ers are not all old guys. Charles Barkley still stays on the court, and this time, he will have a direct dialogue with Gan Guoyang.

Although Mitchell Sampson suffers in terms of strength and weight, he has rich experience in single defense after all, and has been an opponent of Moses for many years, so he is not timid in one-on-one defense.

In order to protect Gan Guoyang from fouling him again, Ramsey asked Gan Guoyang to defend Barkley and protect the team's penalty area by the way.

Barkley didn't want to give Gan Guoyang more energy to take care of other things. He had already started to ask for the ball in the low post on the right, and wanted to single Gan Guoyang.

"e-on, bg-guy, try-you-best-to-love! (Come on, fat man, try your best to love!" Gan Guoyang taunted Buckley with trash talk while holding his head against her.

When defending Malone alone, Gan Guoyang was relatively restrained, but now he is not so polite when he switches to defending Barkley, a rookie in the same class as him.

Although Barkley in his rookie year was muddled, he was still simple-minded. He was a little brother who followed the big brother, did his duty, and followed suit.

Although Moses Malone is a monster with five big and three rough monsters, he has always been taciturn, and he likes to solve problems with practical actions, not lip service. [

And Dr. J Owen is even more humble and gentleman. He has always been a model player on and off the court. Even if he fights with Bird, it is Bird's stinky mouth that hurts others first.

So Barkley didn't learn any supernatural skills from these two big guys. He was tortured once by the Celtics, but he didn't expect to be tortured by this rookie of the same year in Portland, a Chinese player. Pushing.

Barkley got angry all of a sudden, and he didn't talk back. After receiving the pass from Cheeks, he didn't care about 21 [-], and he must play a single on Gan Guoyang.

But he found that his ass magical skills, which had almost crossed the enemy from college to nb, had nothing to do in the face of Gan Guoyang's old tree roots.

No matter how desperately he arched back, Gan Guoyang remained motionless.

"This fat man is worse than Moses Malone." Gan Guoyang thought while resisting the harassment from the fat man's buttocks. In fact, he had already tried his best.

Barkley arched back for a long time, almost an inch into the ground, suddenly a little impatient, he didn't care about the shouts of his teammates to pass the ball, and after a few dribbles, he was about to turn around forcibly.

"Beep!" This is the referee's whistle.

"Barkley turned around... fouled, he elbowed Gan, this elbow swing was a bit obvious, there was no way he couldn't push Gan."

When Barkley couldn't stand Gan Guoyang, he subconsciously used his elbow to hug Gan Guoyang away. The ball was naturally a foul, and Gan Guoyang also took an elbow from Fatty, causing pain in his ribs.

Gan Guoyang is also a little angry now, it's fine if you don't push me, but you still elbow me?

When Barkley saw his foul, he threw the ball annoyedly and prepared to return to the defense, but Gan Guoyang didn't want to let Fatty go. He followed Barkley and began to whisper in his ear.

"Cowards use such indecent tactics. I will teach you what low-post singles are. If you score, don't go back to your mother crying."

"Fuck you, if I met you earlier, I would have fucked all your teeth out!" Buckley finally couldn't help but began to fight back.

"I'm waiting for you at home, but I'm afraid you won't even be able to beat my cat at the door." Comparing trash talk with Gan Guoyang, Barkley is a little younger now.

But on the basketball court, you still have to rely on real goals to compete.

"Gan continued to ask for the ball in the low post, and this time it was Barkley to defend Gan! This is the rookie confrontation in 84. Everyone opened up to watch their singles!"

The players on both sides obviously realized that these two little guys should be riveted, so they simply let them have a one-on-one knight duel.

However, Gan Guoyang's singles skills are obviously more proficient than Barkley's. His reason is not deep, and he didn't squeeze in desperately. Instead, he dribbled and adjusted while using his back to test.

Gan Guoyang was looking for his own shot rhythm, obviously he wanted to use his sky hook.

The biggest flaw of the Skyhook is that it takes a long time to prepare, the speed is relatively slow, and it is more dependent on rhythm. The advantage is that it has a strong anti-interference ability when shooting.

So once the offensive player completes the preparations and finds the rhythm, it doesn't matter who is defending him and how he defends.

"Gan adjusted the dribble, turned over, hooked, the ball went in! The ball got in! The ball went in!" The commentator used three "he-gets-t" in a row to express his excitement, although it was just a simple hook. ball.

The audience was also boiling, they knew that in this rookie showdown, Gan Guoyang had won a complete victory.

Standing on the sidelines, Ramsey shook his head. There was nothing he could do. The players didn't follow what he said, but they continued to expand their advantage. Naturally, he couldn't say anything.

The score gap between the two sides widened to 10 points. Gan Guoyang's one pass and one hook showed that his wonderful performance in the second quarter continued.

However, Dr. J Irving was immediately on the offensive, relying on an 18-foot mid-range jumper to narrow the score gap for the 76ers.

Although Irving's mid-to-long distance is not a nirvana, the Blazers are indeed a bit too lax in putting him in three steps and two meters. Irving's mid-range shot is also very lethal.

In the rest of the second quarter, the two sides started a seesaw of 8 points and 10 points. The Blazers once widened the maximum point difference to 13 points, but the 76ers still stubbornly narrowed the point difference to 9 points.

The two sides ended the first half with a score of 66:57. The Blazers consolidated their advantage in the first half and the game entered the intermission.

"You've done a great job Gan. If you've been this good, then I think you have a chance to be the best rookie of the season." Walking in the player tunnel, Ramsey said to Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang handed over a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds in the first half. If the game continues like this, 30 plus 20 in the game can be expected.

This statistic is not his best halftime statistic, but his scoring and rebounding always seem so just right, like timely rain, can always affect the situation on the court.

This is an important difference between truly understanding and controlling the game, and playing with your eyes closed, and it is also a gap between excellent players and mediocre players.

"I just want to win, and it would be best if we could win the championship, so maybe I can get a finals mvp and put it at home." Gan Guoyang said jokingly again.

Ramsey is now more and more tolerant of Gan Guoyang's jokes. If Gan Guoyang says that he is the strongest player on earth one day, Ramsey will just laugh it off.

But Ramsay heard Gan Guoyang's words this time, but felt that maybe this team really started to have the temperament of a champion, and Gan Guoyang was the key to bringing this momentum.

Of course, the Blazers are only beginning to have this kind of temperament. Ramsey, who has a championship experience, knows that this team still has many difficulties to overcome. At least he dare not take it lightly in the second half of the game.

The 9-point advantage is not safe at all. For an experienced team like the 76ers, the 9-point comeback has experienced too much.So during the intermission Ramsey still carefully arranged the tactical arrangements for the second half.

"Be careful of the explosion of Moses Malone and the 76ers inside. We must control the fouls and control the fouls! Continue to maintain control of the backcourt rebounds, which will be the key to the third quarter." Ramsey kept emphasizing.

In the last game against the 76ers, it was Moses Malone who overturned the inside line in the third quarter, and the score was opened and the game was finally lost.

A fall into a pit and a wisdom, Ramsey does not want the Blazers to turn somersault in the third quarter again.

But there is good news for the Blazers, that is, Moses - Malone fouled three times in the first half, if he gets the fourth foul in the third quarter, then this threat will be erased from the Blazers list go.

"The Blazers' stable offense and tenacious defense let us see that their current results are not luck, but strength. Of course, the game is not over yet, and the second half of the game is about to begin. Let us see if the Blazers can withstand it. The 76ers' counterattack."

"The third quarter will be a crucial one. Both sides will definitely try their best in this quarter. This will be the one that determines the trend of the entire game. Let's see how the two sides will respond."

The 20-minute intermission passed quickly, and the TV station cut back to the scene of the game after putting in enough commercials.

"The game continued, the Blazers took the lead to serve, the lineup of the two sides and the beginning of the first quarter did not change...Valentin...Gan Guoyang directly dribbled in and broke through...Foul! Moses Malone's foul! Malone has tried his best to avoid it, But Gan just went for him, causing Malone to foul."

At the beginning of the second half, no one expected that Moses Malone, who was fouled three times, was extremely cautious and would never foul easily.

However, after Gan Guoyang ran halfway, he suddenly caught the ball and rushed in near the three-pointer. Moses Malone subconsciously made up a step, but immediately hid to the side.

But Gan Guoyang hit Ma Long against the explosives. Anyway, he only fouled twice.

Gan Guoyang made the right bet, but Malone still failed to dodge and was called for a foul. Although Gan Guoyang missed the goal, his goal had already been achieved.

"The 76ers replaced Moses Malone, and the fans were cheering. This is a huge loss for the 76ers. They lost a counterattack weapon."

"The Sixers are very, very difficult."

A foul made the overall situation of the game decided.