The Golden Age of Basketball

Chapter 162 Leading the Counterattack

At 17:9, halfway through the first quarter, the Blazers were still 8 points behind the Lakers. Gan Guoyang's two-plus-one dunk gave the slightly weak Blazers a boost.

But the Lakers were unmoved, and the Magic still firmly controlled the Lakers' offense. He still dribbled the ball across the halfcourt with his hips pouted, and dribbled the ball outside the three-point line sideways while observing the field. the situation above.

Obviously, the Blazers began to tighten their defense. Instead of putting pressure on the ball holder, they continued to delay the ball's movement.

The Lakers' tactics are not complicated, because according to their players' personal abilities, too complicated tactics are not conducive to the players' performance.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Worthy, one inside and one outside, are the two best low-post singles. Although Byron Scott is a rookie, he has comprehensive skills, can make sudden shots, and is excellent in running and jumping. He is a very good second position. attacker.

As the weakest link in personal ability, Rambis can always take advantage of the space opened up by other players to fish in troubled waters. It can be said to be a model of "fake power".

If it doesn't work, the Lakers and Magician are all-rounders, and teams that underestimate Magician's personal offensive ability will have to pay a heavy price.

What most teams can do when facing the Lakers is to force the Lakers to play more singles and not let them have too many opportunities for easy running tactics. Even so, the Lakers can still score easily.

The Blazers are making such an effort now, we can no longer let people like Rambis get easy layup opportunities, people like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Worthy have not exerted their strength yet, you will be killed by a Rambis , It is equivalent to falling down before you exert your strength. [

"Here! Here!" James Worthy yelled as he slid from the left baseline to the right and stuck Vandeweghe behind him.

A simple request for the ball from the low post, the Blazers have nothing to do about it, and the flanking attack is likely to pay a higher price, so Vandeweghe can only let Vandeweghe defend alone.

Johnson decisively lobbed the ball to Worthy, and Worthy didn't make any adjustments after taking the ball. He turned around and passed Vandeweghe, and slipped to the basket with one step on the edge of the baseline.

It was so fast that Worthy was about to face the basket for a layup, and Vandeweghe just turned his head.

But Vandeweghe wasn't going to let Worthy score easily like this. He reached out and grabbed Worthy before Worthy layup and stopped him.

"Vandeweghe fouled, Worthy's speed was too fast, like a cobra, I think kk must be thinking, did I have hallucinations, why Worthy disappeared in the blink of an eye."

Since Worthy's shooting action did not come out, and the number of fouls by the Blazers team did not come up, the Lakers continued to serve the baseline ball.

"Well done! Well done!" For this kind of ball, Ramsey can only applaud the players. He knows that no one can stand up to Worthy, and he can only count on Vandeweghe's offensive You can play more efficiently and get back the points lost from defense.

"The Trail Blazers changed, they replaced Paxson and Valentine, replaced Drexler and Colter, it seems that they want to increase the vitality of the backcourt, Drexler and Colter As a young man, what he lacks most is physical strength.”

Indeed, Ramsey replaced Drexler and Colter in order to continue to enhance the oppression of the backcourt. He hopes to curb the success rate of the Lakers' offense to a certain extent, at least not to let the Lakers score easily. up.

The Lakers resumed the serve, and the Magic once again organized an offense outside the right three-point line.

This time he transferred the ball to Byron Scott on the left, everyone pulled away, and he singled Colter with the ball on the left.

Colter looks one size smaller than Scott, and feels thinner, but his movement speed is faster than Scott.

Scott held the ball in both hands and lowered his center of gravity to break through from the front, but the exposed basketball was stabbed by Colter, and the two fell to the ground and huddled together on the sideline.

"Both on the ground, Colter still gets the ball, Drexler comes up to catch, goes fast...Miss layup...Gump's dunk! Gambling dunk...Gump's quick Follow up! Dunk Drexler's unmotivated shot in the air with both hands! Oh man, Rambis is still too slow, he can't keep up with Gan."[

The entire stadium exclaimed for Gan's supplementary dunk, because Gan Guoyang's timing was really good.

The Lakers players were chasing Drexler, the fox, like hounds. Worthy and Johnson both took off in the air and interfered with Drexler. At this time, Drexler's layup was not so good. "Color", too hard, the ball was obviously too big, hit the backboard and then hit the basket and collapsed.

And the moment the ball collapsed, Gan Guoyang was already flying in the air, that is to say, Gan Guoyang, who followed Drexler for a layup, had already taken off.

It doesn't matter if you say he has strong consciousness or bad luck, anyway, only Gan Guoyang jumped high, caught the ball with both hands and smashed it into the basket.

"It counts as an assist for Clyde." After getting off the basket, Gan Guoyang pointed at Drexler and said with a smile.

Indeed, the ball looked more like an alley-oop than a dunk.

"Gft-for-you! (Gift for you!)" Then, Gan Guoyang ran to the seat next to the Lakers bench and shouted at Jack Nicholson.

Now Nicholson could only sit on the bench and shake his head angrily. He was already thinking about what kind of trash talk he would use to mock Gan Guoyang later.

At 17:11, the Lakers still have the lead, but this lead is really weak, and they want to continue to expand the score.

Immediately after halftime, Johnson handed the ball to Worthy on the right baseline, but did not stop and only attacked, and then walked inside by himself.

The magician also felt that the Blazers were consciously letting him go and putting the defensive pressure on others, so Johnson wanted to divert the Blazers' defensive attention.

However, the Blazers players were not fooled. Instead of managing Johnson who cut inside, they continued to put pressure on other players.

Johnson circled the inside of the Blazers from left to right, and the result was nothing, and the Blazers' defense was unmoved at all.

The basketball also turned around from left to right and returned to Johnson's hands.

At this time, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar went around from the bottom line to the right, trying to continue to get the ball at a deeper position.

Gan Guoyang gained his wisdom by taking a fall, but he did not give Kareem such a chance. Before Kareem came around, Gan Guoyang had already stepped in front of Kareem, and did not give him the chance to catch the ball.

The magician couldn't lob Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, so he wanted to find Rambis directly. He saw Rambis moving under the right basket, so he passed a lob.

The goal that Rambis scored before passed through Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's hands and attracted the Blazers' defense, so he got such a good open opportunity.

But this time Johnson passed the ball directly, and it was not so easy to receive it. Mitchell Sampson was not a piece of wood, he jumped high and Rambis competed for the pass in the air.

Sampson is also the No. [-] pick anyway, and his personal ability is better than Rambis's. He easily intercepted the ball, causing the Lakers to make a mistake.

"Go-go-go!" Gan Guoyang shouted.

Without him yelling, the whole Blazers team had already rushed out like wild dogs running wild. Obviously, several consecutive counterattacks had brought out the momentum of the Blazers.

The ball was handed over to Drexler again, and only with him participating in the counterattack, the Blazers' counterattack level will be improved by a whole level.

But this time Drexler did not rush straight to the basket with the ball, but slowed down on the way and passed the ball to Gan Guoyang, who quickly inserted it.

Since Gan Guoyang came to the Blazers, his running posture has also changed. His speed is faster and his posture is more standard and flexible. He doesn't look like a center at all when he is running fast.

Drexler entered from the right, Gan Guoyang "plugged" from the left, Drexler hit the ground and passed the ball diagonally, and the ball was in Gan Guoyang's hands.

But Gan Guoyang charged too hard all of a sudden, and before he had time to adjust after receiving the ball, he found that he had gone straight to the auditorium.

"Oops, I can't stop!" A thought flashed through Gan Guoyang's mind, and at the same time he dribbled the ball to the brakes.

At this time, the Lakers players had raised their arms and surrounded him. They were not here to surrender, but to block Gan Guoyang's space.

At the same time, an old fritter like Rambis surrounded Gan Guoyang with his body, trying to push Gan Guoyang out of the bottom line and cause a mistake.

But Gan Guoyang was not impetuous. He didn't get up and hold the ball against a few people as before, but he quickly glanced at the outside line and found that Vandeweghe was taking a step from the three-point line. place.

Before the Lakers' crowd closed, Gan Guoyang swung the ball out with one hand, and the ball scraped the floor and flew towards Vandeweghe.

Since the Lakers players all gathered under the basket, Vandeweghe had ample time to bend down to pick up the ball, and then made a mid-range shot from the 18-foot position and made a hit!

17:13!The Blazers narrowed the point difference to 4 points by relying on continuous offense!

"Smart pass, at the moment when he was about to lose his balance, Gan Guoyang passed the ball and let Vandeweghe make a shot." Zeke Hearn couldn't help but praise Gan Guoyang, although Gan Guoyang's fast break and follow-up were too fast He is fierce, but his ability to handle the ball in critical moments is indeed much stronger than in the past. As a senior commentator, Zeke Hearn still has this vision.

"Beep beep!" It was the referee's whistle, and Pat Riley asked for a timeout. There were obviously some problems with their offense, and the continuous counterattack by the Blazers made the Lakers feel a little overwhelmed.

And what Riley is most afraid of is that the morale of the Blazers will rise, which is very detrimental to the Lakers.

"Thnks-fnourgement, mn~ (thank you for your encouragement~)" Gan Guoyang still did not let go of Jack Nicholson, and said to the actor with a smile at the end of the game.

Since the 70s, Jack Nicholson has been a die-hard Lakers fan. Since then, he will show up at his fixed position on time to watch Lakers games whenever he has time.

Even after he became famous as an Oscar winner with "Leap Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in 1976, he continued to watch the game as his number one Lakers fan.

It's 1985, and his hobby will apparently continue until he can't walk and watch games.

And as a Lakers fan, he is naturally not polite to the visiting team. Not only does he often spout trash talk to the visiting team players, but sometimes he also speaks rudely to the referee. Anyway, he is a fan, so the referee can't send him off. .

Originally, he didn't have any opinion on Gan Guoyang, not because he liked Gan Guoyang, but because he didn't hate the famous pawns.

Now, Gan Guoyang has become well-known in the league by virtue of his performance, and this game between the Blazers and the Lakers is even more eye-catching. On this occasion, the Oscar winner will naturally have to perform and make contributions to the Lakers within his ability.

Unexpectedly, it backfired and angered Gan Guoyang, leading the Blazers to stop the Lakers with a series of counterattacks.

If Nicholson knew the truth, he wondered if tears would fall.

"Great job Gan, keep it up. Everyone, keep your focus. I know it's hard to play against the Lakers. It's like going over the Rockies in your flip flops without sleep for seven days. Everyone likes to lie down and sleep comfortably, but if you lie down, you won’t be able to stand up again. So, keep going, and we’ve reached the mountainside!” Ramsey continued to encourage the players, he Knowing that there is really nothing to say in terms of tactics, there is a gap in strength between the two sides, and what the Blazers need more is status.

As for Gan Guoyang's performance, Ramsey is now more and more satisfied. Gan Guoyang no longer can only rely on strenuous singles to help the team as in the past, but can be integrated into the team's offense and add to the key links. Make a contribution to the team.

Soon the timeout ended, the Lakers made personnel adjustments, Magic was replaced, and Riley replaced Michael Cooper as point guard.

Cooper is not an orthodox point guard. In fact, he is more of a swingman. On the defensive end, he often deals with the opponent's backcourt. On the offensive end, he is an excellent fixed-point shooter and fast break terminator.

He is also Johnson's best friend.

The absence of a point guard does not mean that the Lakers' offense has started. On the contrary, they can still effectively organize offenses because they have "Skyhook" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

"Jabbar is in the low post on the right, Cooper passes the ball to Scott, Scott lobs it to Kareem, Kareem dribbles and turns, left hook! Goal!" Zeke Hearn I can't remember how many times I've said "hook-shoot, he-got-t!", and it's one he'll never tire of.

"You'll never be able to defend against skyhooks! Never!" Jack Nicholson yelled at Gan Guoyang from the sidelines again, and he would never learn his lesson.

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