The Golden Age of Basketball

() "clyde, the-glide. (Clyde, glider.)"

After this dunk, Drexler finally had his own famous name, the glider.

The result of this game may have been sealed in the nba's historical archives after it was over, and occasionally used for reference, but Drexler's dunk has actively become an indelible classic goal in nba history .

It would also become Drexler's most famous dunk, appearing countless times in Drexler's video introduction.

But now, before the players of Drexler and the Trail Blazers had time to savor this wonderful goal, the Lakers have quickly pressed on.

"Magic, continue to pass the ball to Worthy, still on the left side, Worthy observed it, turned over and made a jumper!"

The Lakers still insist on allowing Worthy to attack in the low post. They must want to open the weakest link in the Blazers' defense. As long as this link is opened, the Blazers' defense will inevitably loosen.

But Vandeweghe also tried his best to defend today. Worthy's ball was not deep enough, and he was squeezed to the 15-foot position. When he turned over and shot, the arc of the ball was obviously higher.

Obviously, Worthy is not good at shooting from this distance. The high arc makes the accuracy of the ball lost. "Boom!" The ball hit the front of the basket and missed.

However, Rambis came out of nowhere and grabbed the rebound beside Gan Guoyang.

"Rambis! Rebound! Layup! Great rebound."

"It's mine!" Gan Guoyang nodded to himself, indicating that it was his problem.

Gan Guoyang's backcourt rebound control is already very good, but it is impossible for him alone to block all the Lakers players. A player like Rambis who is good at exploiting loopholes can seize the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

64:66, the Lakers lead the score again.

In the next game, the two sides entered a fast-break battle. Because the Blazers had Drexler, their offensive efficiency began to decline. Ramsey deliberately let Drexler hold the ball to speed up.

In the third quarter, Drexler, who got plenty of opportunities to play, began to gallop on the floor of the Great Western Forum like a wild horse.

For the first time, the Lakers' defense began to feel the almost endless energy of the No. 22 second-year player. He was too fast, too able to run, and too capable of jumping.

And he also has outstanding rebounding ability and passing ability, at this point he is like another Magic Johnson.

The only difference is that his passing is not as weird as the magician, but his powerful finishing ability at the basket also amazed the Lakers fans on the scene.

At 8 minutes and 55 seconds into the third quarter, the scores of the two sides have been rising alternately. Drexler has scored 12 points in the third quarter.

"Cooper pass, Kubchak at the rim! Layup!...Miss the rim...Ball got by McAdoo...McAdoo shot, blocked by Drexler! Drexler Fast break with the ball! In the middle, pass the ball to Coulter, Cooper layup, Cooper fell to the ground, no foul, Drexler grabbed the rebound, and passed the ball to Coulter, Coulter Bottom line shot, goal! 77:76! Blazers lead by one point."

Drexler once again led a fast break for the Blazers. Except for the last hit, Drexler controlled the whole process.

In the 8th minute, the Lakers replaced Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Rambis with substitutes McAdoo and Mitchell Kubchak.

The Trail Blazers took Kenny Carr, replaced Sampson, and Gan Guoyang continued to guard the inside on the court.

As a fake fan of later generations, Gan Guoyang basically only knows superstars and celebrity coaches, and is not very familiar with other people, otherwise he must know that Mitchell Kubchak, who is facing him, is the general manager of the Lakers later. .

As a general manager, Kubchak should be said to be quite good. Every Lakers trade will shake the league, but as a player, he is quite satisfactory, with occasional flashes, but in the end he is just a role player.

Although Gan Guoyang has outstanding strength, he knows that he is still a rookie and lacks experience, so no matter what kind of players he encounters, he will go all out cautiously.

He also doesn't know who this Kubchak is, and whether he will be as powerful as McAdoo.

Anyway, he took Kubchak as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to defend, but this time it was hard for Kubchak. He finally got a good opportunity at the basket, one foot away from the basket, and his little hand went in with a light hook.

If Gan Guoyang jumped up to block the shot, the experienced Kubchak might be able to cheat a foul or something.

But Gan Guoyang stood in front of Kubchak like a wall, and kept squeezing Kubchak's space with his body, so that Kubchak couldn't even lift his hands, so he could only throw the ball casually, hoping that the ball would be so close The distance is thrown in by feel.

I didn't know that the ball didn't even touch the basket.

McAdoo just took the ball, but under the deterrence of Gan Guoyang, he chose a fadeaway jumper, but was slapped down by Drexler behind him.

The Blazers relied on the excellent defense of this ball, used a quick counterattack to score points, and successfully overtook the score at the end of the third quarter. This was the first time the Blazers took the lead in the entire game.

"Pretty good defense, Clyde! Keep it up!" Gan Guoyang encouraged loudly while applauding. With Drexler around, the Blazers' outside defense level is obviously higher.

"Magic Johnson, drive from the left! Pass Drexler again, layup! Goal! Foul! Foul by Drexler, push from behind!"

The Blazers just overtook the score, and their lead lasted only 10 seconds. Magic Johnson regained the advantage with a breakthrough layup.

Johnson's explosive power is not strong, and his speed is not super fast, but his dribbling skills have really reached the peak among players at the time, and his control of his huge body also surpassed ordinary NBA players.

He was full of fake moves. Although Drexler was faster than the magician, he couldn't see through Johnson's fake moves.

More importantly, Johnson's pass threat is too great, which greatly distracts the defender's attention.

"E-on, guys! (Come on, guys!)" Johnson clapped his hands with his teammates one by one after the goal, and told the players to cheer up.

Since this season, Johnson has gradually become the absolute leader of the Lakers, both tactically and spiritually.

Johnson made a free throw, and the Lakers went ahead by two points 79:77.

"In the third quarter of the game, the competition between the two sides became more and more fierce. The Blazers still did not slow down their offensive speed. After serving the ball, they passed a long pass and passed halftime. Drexler received the ball in the frontcourt! Breakthrough from the right wing , Layup, the ball missed. Gan followed up, got the rebound, was double-teamed, he passed the ball out, how many rebounds did he get today?"

Apart from Kenny Carr, the Blazers players on the field at this time, Gan Guoyang, Drexler, Colter, and Cauchy are all rookies in the first and second grades. They are all young and strong, with inexhaustible physical strength.

They played nothing like the usual Portland Trail Blazers. They didn't have a lot of screens, back runs, precise outside shots and empty cuts to the basket. Instead, they were fast, impacting, and grabbing offensive rebounds.

Gan Guoyang didn't do anything else in this quarter. He grabbed 11 rebounds alone, including 5 offensive rebounds. So far he has scored 19 rebounds. It is certain that the rebounds in the game will break [-] .

"This kid is really good at grabbing." Bob McAdoo couldn't help muttering on the court, Gan Guoyang has a natural sense of rebounding.

At the same time, the fast-paced offense and defense of the two sides greatly increased the number of shots taken by both sides, and the corresponding number of strikes also increased. Gan Guoyang's rebound data naturally also increased.

The ball was passed to Cauchy, but Cauchy didn't have the ability to attack independently, so he immediately transferred the ball to Colter.

Without Vandeweghe and Paxson on the field, the Trail Blazers have almost no outside running tactics, so once they are out of position, they don't know how to play.

Since there is no way to run tactics, the best way to attack is the low post singles of inside players.

Gan Guoyang played long enough today, but took very few shots, only 2 shots, 4 goals and [-] points.

Therefore, his physical strength is still very strong, and he was stuck in the low post on the right immediately after passing the ball.

Bob McAdoo defended Gan Guoyang, and Gan Guoyang was unceremonious, sticking his butt and stuck the former mvp behind him.

"Gan took the ball, Kubchak stepped forward to double-team, Gan was flanked, he squeezed through the gap between the two, hooked! Hit! 79:79 tie, the score between the two sides drew again."

Gan Guoyang knew that he would be double-teamed before he got the ball. It should be that the Blazers' tactical intentions were too obvious.

Therefore, after Gan Guoyang took the ball, without any hesitation, he immediately turned inside and squeezed into the three-second zone before McAdoo and Kubchak closed the door. Then, relying on his long arm, he easily hit the hook.

"Beep beep!" At this time, the referee blew his whistle and the Lakers requested a timeout. There were less than 2 minutes before the end of the third quarter.

"Good job guys, you did a great job." When the Blazers' players left the field, Ramsey affirmed their performance.

Because of Paxson's absence, Ramsey's rotation was disrupted, and he had to put four young players on the field at the same time.

But he didn't expect that these young people played with sound and sound. Needless to say, Drexler and Gan Guoyang, Colter is also very stable, and Cauchy's role on the defensive end and the impact of the offensive end are impressive. My eyes lit up.

Ramsey can foresee that these young people will be the core skeleton of the future Blazers lineup.

Now, they and the Blazers will usher in the final challenge of the fourth quarter.