The Golden Age of Basketball

"Your performance in the last game was not so satisfactory. You played better in the game against the Mavericks in the regular season. Is it because the intensity of the playoffs made you not particularly adaptable?"

"It did have a little bit of an impact, it was my first playoffs, I underestimated the intensity of the playoffs, and we weren't particularly prepared, which made us passive on the court. You know, when When an unprepared team is passive in the situation, the situation will be quite bad. As for the Mavericks, their toughness is what we lack, but in the next game, we will fight back against them with a tougher performance .”

On April 4th, the third game day of the 19 playoffs, the Blazers did not play today, and their second game against the Mavericks will be played tomorrow.

In the Blazers' training hall, Gan Guoyang accepted an interview with reporters and explained his views on the loss of the game and his personal performance. Afterwards, the Blazers closed the training hall and started the last high-intensity session before the second game. Tactical training.

The second game is very critical for the Trail Blazers. The loss in the first round of the first round made them lose their home court advantage. If they lose this game again, then in 1985, it would still be a best-of-five first-round game , the pioneers will come to the edge of the cliff.

Therefore, in the second game in Portland, the Blazers must try their best to win.

"no-esy-bll! no-esy-bll! (Reject easy goals!)" In the training hall, after all the reporters were invited out, the Blazers were practicing full-court confrontation.

Ramsey shouted "no-esy-bll", asking the players to maintain a high intensity in training and not giving the opponent any chance to score easily.

"Beep!" Ramsey, as the referee, blew the foul whistle.Gan Guoyang fouled when blocking Vandeweghe's layup. [

"Good job KK, tomorrow night you'd better rush in and kill him like this." Gan Guoyang said to Vandeweghe.

In the last game, although Vandeweghe scored a team-high 25 points and his shooting percentage was as high as 50.00%, most of his points came from outside jump shots, so he only had two free throws in the game.

The Mavericks' backup small forward, Joe Vincent, scored 14 free throws alone - the Blazers only had 18 free throws, and his impact caused a lot of damage to the Blazers.

"But you can't foul again, and you can't commit six more fouls." Vandeweghe said to Gan Guoyang.

In the last game, Gan Guoyang's sixth foul in the first overtime game was definitely a key node in determining the trend of the game. After Gan Guoyang was sent off, the Mavericks' players no longer needed to pinch the inside.

Another inside attack point of the Blazers, Mitchell Sampson, also had five fouls and was entangled by Sam Perkins at the same time. The Blazers lost their internal and external contact in overtime and fell into a scoring drought.

Without Gan Guoyang on the defensive end, the Mavericks' breakthrough was even more fearless, which also allowed the Blazers to finally recover.

The training lasted until dark, and everyone was sweating profusely. This kind of training intensity has already caught up with the official game, but no player complained aloud, and everyone concentrated on it, as if this was the preview of the second game .

After the training, Gan Guoyang rarely did additional training, because today's training intensity is really high, and further training may affect the next day's game.

However, after taking a shower, Gan Guoyang went to the gym for half an hour of low-intensity strength training. For him, he felt uncomfortable without touching the barbell for a day.

"Hey Karp, how are the other teams' games going?" After a day of training, Gan Guoyang realized that he didn't know the situation of other games, so he asked Karp.

"Any other games? Let me take a look..." Culp said as he dug out today's battle report, "Today there are only two games, the Bulls and Bucks, and the Jazz and Rockets. The Bulls and Bucks game is over, the East It started at 5 o'clock, and at 109:100, the Bucks killed the bull."

"The Bucks? I think Michael is in trouble." Gan Guoyang thought while listening. The Blazers were double-killed by the Bucks this season, and Gan Guoyang knew the horror of the Bucks.

Their stronger outside defense, Marquis Johnson and Moncrief, even the Blazers' outside offense was blocked in their hands.

Jordan will definitely not feel good when he meets the two of them. Drexler played against the Bucks and scored a total of 24 points in the two games. [

"How many points did Jordan score?" Gan Guoyang continued to ask.

"23 points, 10 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals." Culp replied.

This is a very good statistic. In fact, Jordan did his best in this game, and it should be said that he played normally.

Gan Guoyang couldn't help feeling tense when he heard this. He realized that he had already fallen behind in his performance in the first playoff game.

"The second game should still be going on now, the result hasn't come out yet, let me see if there is a live broadcast..." Karp turned on the TV in the gym.

At this time, BS TV is broadcasting the playoffs in Houston, and the game has reached the third quarter.

At the beginning of this season, the NB's playoff quota has been expanded to 16, and the division champion will no longer enjoy the first-round bye treatment, so the intensity of the competition will undoubtedly increase, and it is more likely that there will be a big upset.

Under Stern's initiative, all major TV stations began to broadcast the nb playoffs, including the first round. The miserable situation in 1980, when even the finals were only recorded and broadcast, would never happen again.

Contrary to Gan Guoyang's expectations, when he turned on the TV, it was not the Houston Rockets with the Twin Towers who were leading the field, but the Utah Jazz who were playing away!

They have always maintained this weak lead on the court. No matter how hard the Rockets try to catch up, the Jazz can always rely on Dantley's singles to gain this advantage.

And Gan Guoyang's two most concerned people, John Stockton and Olajuwon, also have their own different performances.

At least from the second half, Stockton didn't look like a rookie at all. As a backup point guard, he was calm and experienced when he was on the court, and he controlled the rhythm very well.

He was very cautious in his shots, but once he saw an opportunity, he didn't hesitate, he raised his knife and dropped it, dealing a fatal blow to the rocket.

Especially with his one shot and two free throws at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Gan Guoyang could feel that these four points had a bit knocked down the momentum of the Rockets.

On the other hand, Olajuwon, Gan Guoyang almost saw his first performance in him, or Olajuwon's performance was worse than Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang shot cautiously and had a very high hit rate, but he was too impatient on the defensive end and couldn't find opportunities on the offensive end.

Olajuwon, on the other hand, made more hasty shots. Facing the Jazz's high inside line, he barely attacked several times when chasing points.

The trend of the Rockets in this game is exactly the same as that of the Trail Blazers. Sampson was sent off first in the fourth quarter. He is the most stable scoring point for the Rockets.

Then the Rockets fell into a scoring drought. Olajuwon also fouled five times. His singles could not break through the giant barrier of Mark Eaton. On the other hand, the Jazz, Dantley can still score steadily, so the point difference can only be widened. .

"My God, the Jazz won!" When the game ended, Gan Guoyang had already finished his strength training, and sat in the gym to watch the game with Karp.

In the end, the Jazz defeated the Houston Rockets by 119:102 and 17 points in the away game, and once again staged the next game.

"What the hell, the away team won again," Culp said.

At present, the first game of the first round of the Western Conference has all ended. Surprisingly, in the four groups, except for the Los Angeles Lakers who defeated the Suns at home with absolute strength, the other three high-ranking teams, Denver- The Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers and Houston Rockets all suffered losses at home and were beaten by lower-ranked teams.

"Maybe this is the playoffs..." Gan Guoyang heard Karp say this, and his understanding of the playoffs deepened. The regular season and the playoffs are really two worlds.

As of the 19th, all the first round games of the NB playoffs have been played, and the flames of the playoffs finally have some flavor.

As Culp said, in the first game of the Western Conference, the first game was down and up. Except for the Lakers, the other 2, 3, and 4 suffered Waterloo, but the situation in the East was just the opposite. The four high-ranking teams at home all won the first game. .

16日单独进行的季后赛第一场比赛中，费城76人在主场104：97轻松击败了华盛顿子，摩西-马龙拿到了全场最高的26分，胖子巴克利则抓下12个篮板。

The fourth-ranked Detroit Pistons beat the New Jersey Nets by a big score at home, 125:105. The 20-point difference is really a huge gap in the playoffs.

Today, Jordan's Bulls also lost to the Bucks, but yesterday's game against the Cavaliers in Boston, although the Celtics won, it was unexpectedly difficult.

The Cavaliers, a thousand-year-old team, took advantage of the spring equinox of the playoffs to climb to the eighth position. When they met the defending champion, they were naturally regarded as cannon fodder.

But the Cavaliers obviously don't want to be slaughtered like this. They broke out an amazing fighting power in Boston Garden Square, and even entangled with the Celtics until the last second.

In the end, the Celtics relied on Larry Bird's wonderful performance of 40 points and a key three-pointer to win a difficult 126:123 victory at home.

It can be seen from the first game that the Eastern Conference is full of powerful players. Since 80, a few teams have dominated the Eastern Conference. At present, this pattern will not change for a while.

The West is still dominated by the Lakers, and the playoffs are the oldest and most stable. There is still a big gap between the other emerging strong teams and the Lakers.

However, the playoffs are the best martial arts arena. Without lessons, there is no experience. Strong teams are gradually rising in such contests. The game on the 20th will come soon.