The Golden Age of Basketball

"Good evening, everyone. This is Chicago Television. Tonight we will be broadcasting the Chicago Bulls vs. Portland Trail Blazers live. My name is Calvin Knight, and I am very pleased to be the host of this game. , The guest with me is a retired player from the Bulls, Bob Love, hello Bob."

"Hi Calvin."

"Before the game between the Bulls and the Blazers, let's introduce the current situation of the two sides. This game is the second contest between the two sides this season. The last game was in Portland. The Blazers defeated the Bulls relatively easily. Currently , The Blazers still rank first in the Western Conference with a record of 27 wins and 14 losses. However, they have one win and three losses in the last four games, and the state is not so good." Calvin Knight introduced the situation of the Trail Blazers .

"Indeed, the current state of the Blazers has experienced ups and downs. At the beginning of the new year, their momentum was very fierce. They defeated the 76ers and the Lakers in a row and stood at the first place in the Western Conference. The injury-plagued approach has cost them two out of four games against three Texas teams, and then back-to-back losses to two highland teams, the Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz. The point difference in the game is very small, we can see that without Vandeweghe, the Blazers' outside scoring ability is very problematic." Guest commentator Bob Love continued.

Bob Love is an All-Star small forward who played nine seasons with the Chicago Bulls. It is reported that his jersey will be retired by the Bulls in the next few seasons.

"Yes, Vandeweghe's defense was often criticized by many parties before, but without Vandeweghe, the Blazers' offense has indeed been greatly affected. They do not have the strongest scorer, and they do not have a good player. ’, without the attacking players at critical moments, it can be said that the Blazers’ entire perimeter is almost paralyzed by half.” Knight added.

"It can be said this way, but it's not that serious, because Drexler was put on the starting lineup. Drexler played very well last season, but he has never been given Ramsey's support. Total trust, playing time on and off. Recently, the Blazers have been plagued by injuries, Drexler has been getting more playing time, and he is playing more and more like an All-Star player. Just his His outside shooting ability has always been unstable, which limits his performance at critical moments, which is why they lost in the last few games with small points difference." Love's evaluation is still relatively objective.

"But Gan's performance at critical moments seems to be limited. In fact, he played with a big heart in the first few games of the season. He even sent a buzzer-beater in the game against the Lakers at the beginning of the season. The ball is hard to touch."

"That's right, because every team has begun to strengthen the research and targeting of Gan. He was a point of release at the beginning of the season, but now he has become the focus of each team's defense." Love poured out Recently, Gan Guoyang no longer has such a magical truth as before. [

After playing the game against the Indiana Pacers, the Trail Blazers ushered in the challenges of the Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio Spurs, and Houston Rockets. The cattle came to a big fight.

In these three games, the Blazers first won the Dallas Mavericks at home, and then went to Texas to go through the Texas Triangle. Capsize.

Such a performance of one win, one loss, and one win and one loss shows that the Blazers are in a very unstable state without Vandeweghe.

It was only after the loss that they knew how to cherish it. After the Blazers lost Vandeweghe, the players realized how weak the offense was without an outside player who averaged [-] points per game.

For example, in the loss to the Mavericks and the Spurs, the two sides have been competing until the end, but the Spurs have Gervin, and the Mavericks have Aguilar. When the scoring ability of outside superstars needs to be tested at critical moments, the Blazers' Paxson and Dre Kesler obviously couldn't stand it.

Afterwards, in the games against the Utah Jazz and the Denver Nuggets, the entire Blazers still did not escape the vicious circle of weak offense at critical moments. They fell at the last moment in both games and suffered their first three-game losing streak of the season.

After consecutive losses, the Blazers still occupy the No. 1 position in the Western Conference. More importantly, in the game against the Bulls on January 22, Vandeweghe finally ushered in the comeback.

In the game without Vandeweghe, the Blazers are [-] wins and [-] losses, which also makes them miss the team's leading scorer.

"The return of Vandeweghe should be able to release the energy of the Blazers' outside line, and at the same time make the Blazers' inside line less double-teamed and hindered. Presumably, the Blazers' inside line has experienced in recent games that there is no strong firepower on the outside line to attract the defense. pain."

"That's right, but the Bulls facing them should suffer more from the weakness of the inside offense. If Gan comes to the Bulls and Jordan, oh, I think this will be a perfect combination of inside and outside." Bob Love as The retired players of the Bulls naturally started to fantasize from the perspective of the Bulls.

"No kidding, one of these two rookies occupies the first place in scoring and the other occupies the first place in rebounding. It's hard to believe how much these two guys will achieve in the future. If they are on the same team, then I think the main goal of other teams should be to think about whether to resume the B-League!" Calvin Knight is also a guy who talks about trains.

Although Knight's words are obviously exaggerated, Jordan and Gan Guoyang have indeed become the two hottest stars in the league. Needless to say, Jordan's highly ornamental playing style and strong scoring ability make him Quickly acquired a large number of fans.

On the one hand, Gan Guoyang is affected by his skin color, which makes people marvel at his current achievements; on the other hand, his free and unrestrained playing style and personality make him extremely popular with young players. Fan's favorite.

This made Nike smile crookedly. They just want to rely on these two players to open up the young fan market. Now their performance is enough to make Nike's sneakers a big hit.

It is reported that the two will shoot a set of Nike sneaker advertisements together in Chicago to promote "r-jorn" and "g-skysrper". The two sneakers will also be officially released to the market before the All-Star Game. [

But now both of them are opponents on the court, and they are trying their best to compete for the victory of a game.

Gan Guoyang's performance in the last few games has been stable, but not amazing. In several fierce competitions, Gan Guoyang failed to score a key goal at the last moment. In fact, he didn't even touch the ball.

Compared with the game between the 76ers and the Lakers in the New Year, Gan Guoyang seems to have a tendency to return to normal, although his rebounding is as strong as ever.

In comparison, Jordan's recent performance can be described as heyday. Since 1985, he has scored less than 25 points in only two games, and scored 20 points in all games.

其中有4场比赛得到超过30分，一场超过40分，上一场对阵印第安纳步行者的比赛，他得到38分12个篮板7次助攻的准三双数据。

It's just that the overall strength of the Bulls is insufficient. They have also won one game and lost one game in the last few games, and they have been quite unstable.

"The game is about to start. We saw that the players on the field shook hands and greeted each other. Gan and Jordan seemed very close to hug each other. They both signed Nike this year, and both of them have big contracts beyond imagination. So they Jordan's sneakers look very similar. Jordan's pair is mainly red and white, with black on it; Gan's pair is black and white. The "color" is the main color, and with red, it also complements the color of their jersey."

"Their shoes look really ugly, far from the sneakers I used to wear when I played, but it is said that young people now like this kind of fancy, clunky new sneakers."

Regarding the sneakers of Jordan and Gan Guoyang, the debate between the parties is still not over. Every time the commentator explains the game between the Trail Blazers and the Bulls, the sneakers of these two guys will always be teased.

However, the choice of the market and fans will not lie, and Nike will use sales to prove who is correct.

"Hey Michael, why do these shoes feel a bit heavy to me?"

"I don't know, but I can still fly, including flying over your skyscraper."

"I'm not an immovable skyscraper, you better watch out for your eggs."

On the court, although Gan Guoyang and Jordan were out of alignment, the two chatted and even taunted each other.

Before the game, people from Nike came to Chicago, met with Gan Guoyang and Jordan, and told them that they would shoot a sneaker advertisement for them in Chicago after the game.

I don't care much about how to shoot Gan Guoyang and Qiao Dan in the commercial, anyway, I listen to the director.

But in private, the two gradually became friends. Although both of them did not like each other, Gan Guoyang felt that Jordan was too frivolous, and he chewed gum with a gold chain like a second-generation ancestor.

Jordan thinks that Gan Guoyang is like a mean lawyer in sportswear, who never saves face when speaking, and always speaks against Jordan, which makes Jordan very annoyed.

On the court, the two sides' impressions of each other have not changed at all.

"Michael got the ball on the right side, drove, and made a layup! Oh my god, the perfect layup, my god, how did he do it?"

In the game, Jordan blew up the audience with a wonderful hand-changing layup. He broke through at 45 degrees from the right and jumped from the edge of the three-second zone on the right, but avoided Gan and Sampson's blocks. A left-handed layup was successful.

"**! How did this guy do it!" Gan Guoyangnai shook his head, took the ball back to the baseline and served.

"Well, I said I can leap skyscrapers." Jordan spread his hands and said to Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang ignored Jordan and went straight to the frontcourt after serving the ball.

At this time, the score on the court was 26:25, and the Trail Blazers still led by one point, with 15 seconds left before the end of the first quarter.

Gan Guoyang made the wall at the left corner, covering for Drexler and Paxson, and the Blazers were looking for the last chance to attack.

But the Bulls defended the last ball very well. Instead of shrinking in the three-second zone, they all mobilized to press the defense and squeeze the Blazers players outside.

Seeing that the Blazers' tactics couldn't work out, Gan Guoyang raised his hand to ask for the ball at the bull's corner, and Drexler threw the ball to Gan Guoyang.

"Gan catches the ball, turns inside, goes to the paint...a one-armed dunk! He's unbelievably strong, and so is his speed. After turning around, he grabs the ball with one hand and drives inside. The Bulls are empty inside, and he dunks with one hand. It was wonderful, the end of the first quarter, 28:25."

"Do you know how skyscrapers are built? They need a big crane." After dunking, Gan Guoyang looked at Jordan, and then stretched out his long arm to gesture to him. This is Gan Guoyang's crane arm.

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