The Golden Age of Basketball

The Trail Blazers, who arrived in Boston on the 24th, will not play against the Celtics until the 27th, which means they will have to stay in Boston for 3 full days.

Now the Celtics are still playing away games in other cities in the United States, and they will not be able to return to Boston until the 26th.

The Blazers originally planned to go back to Portland to rest for a while, and then fly directly to Boston for the game, but the midwestern region of the United States encountered a rare cold snap, and the blizzard caused the Blazers to fly east. The away city suffered three days.

In addition to being harassed by various phone calls at night, someone finally got tricked in food. Colter accidentally ate the cake delivered to his room, and as a result he suffered from diarrhea for two full days. On the 27th, his game status Already worrying.

Of course, not all teams can receive such treatment when they arrive in Boston, especially during the regular season, only the top teams at the level of the Lakers and 76ers are eligible to experience the five-star treatment of Boston fans. Small teams, weak teams, Boston fans simply look down on them.

As a new force emerging this season, the Blazers came to Boston for the first time, and the locals naturally wanted to do their best to be the landlords.

Fortunately, the local league staff is still very conscientious, and arranged the best local training hall for the Blazers, so that the Blazers can train well in the past few days.

Gan Guoyang worked as hard as ever in training. He was the first one to come in the morning and the last one to leave at night. He was like an old farmer who was used to sunrise and sunset. This kind of training life has been integrated into his blood. middle.

The No. 25 Blazers team conducted a high-intensity team confrontation offensive and defensive training. The nearly three-hour practice made the players quite tired. Even Drexler left the field after the training to go to the locker room to take a shower. rest. [

Only Gan Guoyang decided to stay and continue practicing solo.

"Gan, if you feel tired, you should go back to rest earlier. For athletes, rest is as important as training." Ramsey reminded Gan Guoyang when he saw that Gan Guoyang wanted to continue training.

Ramsey knew that today should be the last high-intensity confrontation practice before the game, and they had to start to reserve physical energy for the game the day after tomorrow. He didn't want Gan Guoyang to have no physical strength to fight against Boston's powerful insiders in the game the day after tomorrow.

"I'm fine. If I don't practice for a while, I won't be able to sleep at night." Gan Guoyang is very stubborn, and he must practice more after training.

"Okay, that's okay, make yourself more tired, and sleep better at night, or you will be unable to sleep even more because of those damn guys." Ramsay was deeply worried about his sleep .

So Ramsey also left, and Gan Guoyang was finally the only one left in the stadium, silently doing basic shooting exercises and hook exercises.

At this time, Gan Guoyang inevitably began to miss the time when Dipenbrook accompanied him to practice in high school. At that time, Gan Guoyang would always compete with Dipenbrook in dribbling, and his dribbling skills were also developed at that time. good foundation.

Later, in college, Stockton would also practice with Gan Guoyang. Stockton's talent seemed ordinary on the surface, but Gan Guoyang knew that Stockton had great potential.

To fully develop these potentials requires years of hard training and continuous competition accumulation.

In the last game against the Utah Jazz, Stockton has become the Jazz's main substitute. He used his intelligence and details in the game to help the Jazz beat the Blazers at home. Stockton also Finally defeated Gan Guoyang once.

Thinking of this, Gan Guoyang speeded up his head shots. When no one was defending, Gan Guoyang's mid-range shots were already very good. The front of the basket was his best area, with a hit rate of about 80.00%.

The horn position is slightly worse, and he also has a shooting percentage of about 70.00%, which is similar to his free throw percentage.

As for the 45-degree and bottom angles, he hasn't practiced enough. Usually, he only shoots more than 60.00% of his shots in training.

But training is training, and games are games. One is relaxed and the other is tense. The shooting in the two states is completely different.

For example, Vandeweghe's shooting percentage in the game is as high as 50.00%. To reach this level, in the state of defense in training, Vandeweghe is almost a hundred shots. [

Gan Guoyang got the feeling that he might be able to hit the target with [-] shots with all his strength, but if he continued to make shots, there would be big fluctuations.

Vandeweghe is terribly stable. When the touch comes, let him shoot. He can hit all the shots without missing a ball in more than ten minutes.

In comparison, Drexler's mid-range shooting percentage in the game is only over 30.00%, but he also has a mid-range shooting percentage of over 90.00% in training.

This means that if Gan Guoyang plays mid-range shots in the game, his estimated hit rate is only in the [-]s to [-]s. With such a hit rate, it is impossible for the coach to let him shoot.

"Hey, when will I recover from the middle distance? I would rather lose 10 points in the strength of my arm." Gan Guoyang began to worry about the contradiction between his amazing strength and shooting touch.

"Hey Gan, are you still not going back?" At this time, another person entered the training ground, except for Gan Guoyang, there were still people who did not go back.

"Tom! I have to practice more, do you want to come together?" Gan Guoyang stopped shooting and saw the team's 12th man, Tom Scheffler, coming in from the door.

Although Tom Scheffler is also a rookie, it is his first season this year, but in fact he is 31 years old.

He was selected by the Indiana Pacers with the seventh overall pick in the sixth round in 1977, but the Pacers did not sign him, so he could only go to some low-level leagues.

This year, because the Blazers had made a big deal, the team was really short of people, so they signed the 31-year-old player who had no potential and no immediate combat power to make up the number.

So Scheffler is the out-and-out No.12 player in the Trail Blazers, the water dispenser administrator. Basically, when it is his turn to play, the Blazers will either win or lose all their pants. .

Even in the team's confrontation training, Scheffler didn't get many opportunities and was often pushed on the bench as a cheerleader.

He is such a marginal person who is unknown, and he has a good relationship with everyone in the team. First, he is the oldest player except Kenny Carr-he and Carr are rookies in the same class.

Secondly, he is a very good guy in the game and in life. Although he has few opportunities to play in the game, he perfectly fulfills his duties as a cheerleader and is ready to wave "hair" after his teammates score wonderful goals. Towel, loudly applaud, and applaud vigorously.

At the same time, when Gan Guoyang was unwilling to carry bags and serve tea and water for the old players, he took the initiative to take on these responsibilities. This made Gan Guoyang always feel a little embarrassed when he saw Scheffler, so Gan Guoyang was still very polite to him.

"No problem, you know that my throat is mainly tired during confrontation training anyway, so it's good to move around." Compared with other players, Scheffler was much more relaxed in training.

"I'm doing shooting training, but you know, the shooting in training is always different from that in the game. I need someone to help me." Gan Guoyang wanted Scheffler to defend himself.

"Oh Gan, you are a center forward. Why do you always practice mid-range and long-range shots? Why don't we practice hooks?" Scheffler said.

The other players in the Blazers, including the coach, don't quite understand why Gan Guoyang always practiced mid-range shots. At that time, it was rare for a center to pull out and shoot from mid-range. Few teams specially arrange center forwards to pull out mid-range shots.

Therefore, the coaching staff of the Trail Blazers did not specifically design plans and plans for mid-range shooting training for Gan Guoyang, all of which were done by Gan Guoyang himself.

"It will be used one day, come on Tom, stand in front of me and defend my mid-range shot!" Gan Guoyang didn't explain much, taking advantage of Scheffler's lack of attention, he immediately shot a shot on Scheffler's head.

"Shua!" The ball went in!A 20-foot long-range shot is very straightforward.

"Okay Gan, let's talk about it first, you can only shoot in the long-term, and I can't guard against you if you play other skills." Scheffler also decided to take a good defense.

"No problem, vote 20. If I score 15, I will win; if not, I will lose. If I lose, I will carry your bag tomorrow." Gan Guoyang and Scheffler bet.

Throughout the Blazers, Gan Guoyang has never carried a bag for anyone, and he does not need others to carry a bag for him.

If Gan Guoyang carries Scheffler's bag tomorrow, it will be big news in the Trail Blazers.

"Okay! Then you just wait to carry my bag!" Scheffler was full of confidence in himself.

Because Gan Guoyang can only make mid-range shots, and the distance is limited to 15 feet, he cannot break through or hook, so Scheffler's defense is to stick to the defense with all his strength, and does not give Gan Guoyang room to move.

In this case, Gan Guoyang could neither push Scheffler with his back, nor pass him with speed, and fake moves were useless. The only thing he could rely on was his own hand feeling!

Soon, in the first duel, Gan Guoyang threw 20 balls and only scored 6!

The hit rate is as good as 30.00%, and this is still facing a water dispenser manager like Scheffler. If Sampson is replaced to defend him, it is estimated that none of them can get in.

"How about it? I only got 6. Gan, remember to carry my bag tomorrow." Scheffler was very satisfied with his performance. It seems that Gan Guoyang will be his bag-carrying boy tomorrow.

"Wait, Tom, I didn't say I only played once. Since you are training with me, of course you have to do your best to the end and keep practicing with me. When I am tired and can't practice anymore, the training will end. If I still If you can’t vote for 15, I’ll carry your bag for you.”

Scheffler thought about it, he was mainly here as a training partner, it didn't matter whether he won or not, so he agreed wholeheartedly, and he guessed that Gan Guoyang wouldn't be able to hold on for long, after all, high-intensity confrontation training is very exhausting .

It's a pity that Scheffler underestimated Gan Guoyang's physical fitness, and even more underestimated Gan Guoyang's competitive spirit.

For the next hour or so, Gan Guoyang continued to shoot under the defense of Scheffler, and his shooting percentage also increased steadily, but it was still far from 20 of 15 shots.

As long as the goal of hitting 15 goals is not achieved, Gan Guoyang will never stop practicing.

Finally, Scheffler couldn't take it anymore. He understood that if Gan Guoyang didn't win the bet and score 15 goals, he might be forced to practice until tomorrow.

So he resolutely chose to let go of the water when he practiced for an hour and a half, pretending to be exhausted—in fact, he was really exhausted, and Gan Guoyang scored 15 goals.

"Shh!"

"Yes!" Gan Guoyang finally clenched his fists and shouted when he scored the 20th ball in the 15th shot.

"Okay Gan, you don't have to carry my bag tomorrow." Scheffler was so tired that he sat on the ground.

"I'm sorry Tom..." Gan Guoyang also felt a little embarrassed, and he was really a little skinny, "I'll treat you to Boston crayfish tonight!"

"Crayfish? Can this stuff be eaten?"

"Of course, Chinese people love to eat this, it tastes great."

"Okay, I can try, but I'm going to take a shower first."

"No problem, let's continue tomorrow."

"Oh no………………"

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