The Golden Age of Basketball

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With Mostert's succinct commentary, Larry Bird made a 19-footer, his second of the opening, and the Celtics tied the game.

In the offensive and defensive transition just now, Larry Bird dribbled the ball directly across the half court just like the previous attack, and also walked from the right side.

But this time he didn't stop the ball outside the three-point line, but took a step inside and shot directly.

Two Blazers players stepped forward to defend, but they did not prevent Bird from taking a calm shot, and the ball went into the basket hollow.

"Why don't you stick to him?" Gan Guoyang muttered when serving from the baseline. He felt that as long as he stuck to Bird, he could prevent Bird from shooting like this.

"You can try kid." Gan Guoyang's muttering voice was heard by Bird, who looked at Gan Guoyang sternly and said lightly.

"Wait until I get the ball first." After Gan Guoyang served the ball, he threw it to Bird. [

"Valentine has the ball, his legs are thick like a hyperthyroid neck, Vandeweghe is in the low post, catches the ball, dribbles the ball and turns to shoot, the ball misses...Gan hits the ball!, he already got it in the opening game 4 points."

The Blazers are still in the 3-2 position in the offensive formation, but they began to let Vandeweghe sink to the low area to single Maxwell.

Cedric Maxwell, the Celtics' Finals mvp in 1981, has been in decline with age and personal attitude.

Especially after winning the championship in 1984, he gained a lot of weight throughout the summer due to injuries and other reasons. Although he recovered a little through training, it is still difficult to regain his courage.

At this time, although he is the starting player, he is no longer the absolute main force of the Celtics.

When defending Vandeweghe, he was still able to do his duty, and gave Vandeweghe enough interference when Vandeweghe took the ball and shot back.

But Robert Parish at the basket failed to withstand Gan Guoyang, and Vandeweghe shot the ball very softly, not far. up the basket.

After Gan Guoyang scored, he looked at Bird and shook his head.

"This damn guy dared to provoke Bird. I'm really impatient." Kenny Karl saw Gan Guoyang's movements on the Blazers' bench and knew that Gan Guoyang was competing with Bird. Gan Guoyang sweated.

At 6:4, the Blazers played well in the opening game, but at the beginning of the first quarter, it was just a warm-up. Both sides were looking for form. Compared with it, the Celtics seemed to be even less in form.

This time the Celtics switched to Danny Ainge dribbling the ball for half court. It can be said that with J, Bird, and Ainge present, the opponent has no idea who is in possession.

Angie entered from the left, stopped near the three-point line, and was about to lob the ball inside.

The Celtics' tactics in the opening game are actually very simple, that is, the left and right low positions rely on Parish and Maxwell to open up the situation and drive tactical changes.

Valentine is mainly defending Angie. Seeing Angie yearning for a lob, he took two steps back and opened his hands to interfere with Angie's passing line.

Angie saw that the ball could not be passed, and at the same time he was dead, so he could only directly pull up and shoot from the 20-foot position. [

"Boom!" It was another open shot and missed. This time Angie's aim was a little better, but the ball still went out of the basket.

The inside line is still a hand-to-hand fight. This time Gan Guoyang failed to take advantage, and both Parish and Bird got stuck in the three-second zone early.

In the scramble of several people, it is unknown who slapped the ball, and the ball flew to the outside.

"Dennis Johnson got the ball and passed it to Bird. Bird made a breakthrough and suddenly split the ball. It was Danny Angie from the baseline! Jump shot! The ball still didn't go in. Angie's hands should be buttered today."

Angie's touch at the beginning was quite poor. He has missed three shots in a row. It seems that his condition is quite bad.

But Gan Guoyang didn't give the Celtics another chance in the paint. He firmly grasped the rebound with one hand and passed the ball to Valentine. The Blazers continued to organize the offense.

"Left, to the left!" Ramsey yelled from the sidelines, this was to Gan Guoyang, and Ramsey asked Gan Guoyang to take a seat on the left.

Gan Guoyang used to rely too much on his outside turn and right hook, and this point has been figured out by various teams. It is not so easy for Gan Guoyang to play singles with the ball in the low post on the right.

Therefore, Ramsey asked Gan Guoyang to be able to play singles on the left and right sides to strengthen the containment and destruction of the opponent's defense.

"Gan, received a pass from Valentine, Angie stepped forward to double-team, Gan didn't move the ball, turned around and walked from the baseline! The referee whistled, Parish fouled, block the foul." Moster's opening commentary was quite dull , Because the field is full of unfavorable situations for the Celtics, which also makes Most himself very depressed.

Gan Guoyang just crossed the bottom line very quickly. Parish was not prepared at all, so he could only move laterally and hit Gan Guoyang with the side of his body, but blocked the foul.

"Is the only thing you can do is foul?" Gan Guoyang was still a little annoyed after being fouled. He entered the state very quickly in this game, so his tongue was also very sharp.

"After a while, you will find that all you can do is foul." Bird was also annoyed, and as usual, he said that he was acceptable in terms of the opening game, and the game had just begun.

However, Bird, the well-known trash talk king of nb, did not expect Gan Guoyang, a yellow-skinned rookie, to be slick when talking about English trash talk, and his performance is really outstanding, which makes Bird Very annoyed.

When the Blazers served from the sideline, Gan Guoyang couldn't get the ball, because the left side was already crowded with players from both sides.

Sampson sent the ball to Paxson, who then passed the ball to Vandeweghe in the low post on the right.

This is the second time Vandeweghe has played singles with the ball in the low post, which is also a change for the Blazers in this game.

The Celtics are really strange in the starting lineup. Except for the center Robert Parish who is a real and serious center, Bird and Maxwell on the front line are all-around forwards who can do three things and four things. Angie and Johnson, who can do one and do two, make the Celtics extremely flexible in the lineup.

Two guys like Maxwell and Bird, both offensively and defensively, can give each other a headache for a long time.

Therefore, Ramsey asked Vandeweghe to start from the low post, improve the success rate of the attack, and get the touch as soon as possible. Against the Celtics, every detail must be done well.

But Vandeweghe's attack was not successful. After holding the ball in the low position on the right, he turned and dribbled towards the center, but was blocked by Bird in the center.

Vandeweghe was like a step-back jumper, but the ball was touched by Bird's fingertips after the shot, and the speed of the ball's flight in the air was obviously slowed down.

"Boom!" The ball hit the front of the basket. This time, Parish grabbed a better position and pocketed the backcourt rebound.

The Blazers retreated quickly, but it was too late. After a little observation, Parish made a direct long pass from the backcourt, a pass that spanned more than half of the field!

The ball accurately reached Larry Bird's hands. After receiving the ball, Bird didn't dribble, but took two steps together. Under the interference of Gan Guoyang and Sampson, he hit a small throw with his right hand!

"So-esy!" After Bird scored the goal, while running backwards, he told Gan Guoyang how easy his goal was.

Although Bird's physical fitness is average, he has an excellent sense of the ball. He catches the ball, takes two steps, and takes off in one go.

His take-off height is also very average, but he has a very good grasp of the choice of the release point. He slapped Gan Guoyang and threw the ball to the basket with one hand.

Although the posture was not good-looking, the ball just stumbled into it, and the Boston Garden Stadium was filled with joy in an instant, breaking the silence of the previous period.

The cheers were so warm, it was as if Bird had scored the game-winning goal.

"A fast break layup, as for it." Gan Guoyang thought silently in his heart, feeling that the Boston fans really made a fuss.

"These unqualified fans in the East are making such a fuss." Mitchell Sampson has the same thing about it.

6:6, the two sides are still on the same starting line.

Relying on Ramsey's careful preparation before the game, the Blazers did not fall behind in the tentative "sexual" contact between the two sides, while the Celtics seemed to be out of shape. All of their 6 points came from Larry Bird.

For the Trail Blazers, Gan Guoyang obviously became the core of the team's offense. In the next offense, Gan Guoyang once again took a low position on the right.

"Gan is on the right side. Does Ramsey want to use Gan as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in this game? Or does he think Gan suddenly has the magic power of Bill Walton?" It is also a little strange to use Gan Guoyang.

And Ramsey still has his wishful thinking in mind, everything depends on the first lineup rotation of the two sides.

Gan Guoyang received a pass from Valentine, and his position is still very shallow. In this position, facing the 7-foot-2 Parish, the effect of direct attack will not be very good.

So Gan Guoyang chose to pass the ball.

After Valentine passed the ball to Gan Guoyang, he quickly cut to the inside. At this time, the accumulation of the Celtics inside was not as tight as it was at the beginning.

Relying on Sampson's cover, Valentine instantly got rid of Angie's defense and inserted into the left side of the three-second zone.

This is a tactic that has been practiced many times. Gan Guoyang didn't hesitate and pushed the ball straight to the basket!

"Valentin caught the ball and made a layup! The ball went in! -ne-pss (a beautiful pass)." Most was at a loss for words, and he really didn't want to use the endless good words in his vocabulary On the opponent, but the Blazers really played very well these few shots.

"Beep!" The referee blew his whistle. It seemed that the head coach of the Celtics, K Jones, couldn't bear the team's defensive and offensive state anymore, and called a timeout to allow the players to adjust.

"Very well, we played very well, but this is just an appetizer. We will let them taste the big meal later." Ramsey said to the players off the field.

The Blazers' targeted tactics at the beginning of the game had a very good effect. These are the results of Ramsey's careful arrangements in the past few days.

However, coach K Jones is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and there must be a battle of wits between the head coaches.

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