The Golden Age of Basketball

The Mavericks obviously made full preparations before this round of competition.

The arrival of this year's rookie Sam Perkins has complemented the Mavericks' interior, giving the Mavericks more talent and vitality, and also made up for last season's main power forward Pete Cummins who left New York. loss.

The nb rookies in the 80s were different from the later ones. Most of them participated in the nb after finishing four years of college. leave.

So the rookies at that time were generally relatively strong in combat power, and many high-ranking rookies could bring great help to the team in their first season.

And their original stable backcourt rotation - the combination of Aguilar, Vincent and Blackman is still the most aggressive backcourt rotation in nb.

However, compared with last season's achievement of winning the fourth place in the Western Conference and eliminating the Seattle SuperSonics in the first round to reach the Western Conference semifinals, the Mavericks this season have regressed due to many reasons.

Facing the Portland Trail Blazers, who are making great strides this season, before the start of the game, the media generally believed that the Mavericks would not survive three rounds under the Trail Blazers.

Unexpectedly, relying on a stronger will to fight, reasonable tactical arrangements, and some necessary luck, the Mavericks overturned the Blazers in the first game.

In the second game, the momentum of the Blazers' opening was completely in the Mavericks coach Dick Motta's expectation. He knew that the Blazers would definitely fight back at home. [

However, the last thing he wanted to see was Gan Guoyang, the leader of the Blazers' counterattack.

Before the series, Dick Motta had thought about the preparations for the Mavericks. In the case of a gap in strength between the two sides, which point to pinch the opponent would hurt the Blazers the most.

According to common sense, the defensive side mainly aims at the opponent's first attack point, and cannot let the first attack point play out. Otherwise, in the playoffs, it will be a very bad situation for the star to take over the game.

The first attack point of the Blazers is naturally Vandeweghe. He averaged 226 points per game in the regular season and is the team's top scorer. He has extremely accurate mid-range and long-range shots and can block free throws.

But Dick Motta believes that although Vandeweghe has strong offensive power, he is not indispensable to the Blazers.

In the game without Vandeweghe, although the Blazers sometimes fell into the dilemma of insufficient firepower, the Blazers with many outside talents can still make up for this loophole.

The real lifeline of the Blazers lies in the inside line. The arrival of Gan Guoyang will undoubtedly greatly enhance the inside strength of the Blazers. At the same time, the entire Blazers also relies heavily on the protection of the penalty area provided by Gan Guoyang in terms of defense.

In the offense, Mitchell Sampson also gradually gave up his shots. His scoring average dropped to 157 points per game, while Gan Guoyang took on a lot of inside singles responsibilities.

Possessing a strong inside single point is the key to a team's balanced offense and enriched offensive system.

The Mavericks didn't have a single strong inside line, so Dick Motta decided to use his own inside line as a counter against the Blazers' inside line to try to contain Gan Guoyang.

At the same time, let your own outside line and the Blazers' outside line fight, and use a lot of breakthroughs and basket attacks to create pressure on the Blazers.

When it came to the game, Motta did not expect that Perkins played supernormally. Compared with Gan Guoyang's abnormal performance, it also gave the Mavericks more winning elements.

Of course, even so, the Mavericks won the first game miserably, and judging from the signs of the opening of the second game, the pressure on the Mavericks will be enormous.

"Teaming, we still have to resolutely double-team! Don't let Gan get the ball easily inside, two-team, or three-team. His passing ability is limited, and it will cause him to make mistakes!" Motta paused Speaking to the players on the bench.

Now the coaches in the league know that Gan Guoyang is weak in moving the ball, and double-teaming is the best way to deal with him. [

It's just that in the regular season, since Gan Guoyang is not the absolute core of the Blazers' tactics, if he is asked to play, he will play. The double-teams he encountered are not particularly many.

However, in the highly targeted playoffs, both sides seized one of the opponent's weaknesses and fought to the death. If the Mavericks wanted to curb the Blazers' inside offense, they would definitely implement the double-teaming strategy.

"Don't be afraid of double-teaming, be patient, respond more to Gan, and conduct more. We have to start from the inside and drive the offense of the whole team. This is a new task for you, but you have to bear it! Everyone, play your Come on with the intensity! We must maintain this intensity until the end!" Ramsey asked to continue playing Gan Guoyang on the bench.

Obviously, this is the treatment that Gan Guoyang rarely encountered in the regular season, because Ramsey also knows that the Mavericks' lifeline lies in the weakness of the inside, and he also has to keep an eye on the Mavericks' inside to fight to the death.

At the same time, Ramsey put Sampson on the bench in order to continue the firepower inside and keep putting pressure on the Mavericks' three-second zone.

Soon, the 100-second long timeout ended, and 2 minutes was enough to cool down any guns. Gan Guoyang's three dunks had passed, and for the Blazers' scoreboard, it was only 6 points.

The game continued and the Mavericks served.

Since the Mavericks' two strongest points are all on the outside, their formation is relatively wide, leaving only Sam Perkins below the free throw line.

Aguilar no longer came to the low post this time, but took the ball in the high post. His holding the ball attracted the attention of the two Blazers players.

On the outside, if Kenny Carr defends Aguilar alone, his footsteps will obviously suffer, so Valentine will come up to harass Aguilar from time to time, and other players should also pay attention to Aguilar's breakthrough .

But apart from Aguilar, Blackman's personal ability is also terrible, and Drexler never dared to relax his defense for a moment, which is where the Mavericks are most powerful.

"Aguilar breaks in on Bryant's screen, Gan steps up to cover, passes to Blackman... Blackman breaks through pass, Perkins empties the basket, Perkins makes a layup. A Nice fit."

The Mavericks' offensive coordination is quite excellent, making full use of the personal abilities of Aguilar and Blackman, mobilizing the Blazers' defense, allowing them to concentrate on the left side and leaving out Perkins on the right side. As a result, Perkins scored an easy layup, 9:6, and the Mavericks pulled back two points.

This situation is hard to avoid. The Blazers do not have a very good rotation system on defense. They have always pursued a one-on-one defensive strategy of pick-and-roll without switching defenses.

But Ramsey also knows that facing Aguirile and Blackman, if he does not borrow the defensive ability of other players to supplement the defense, he will undoubtedly die a miserable death, so he will ask Valentine and Vandeweghe, who have less defensive pressure, to go. Make up for it.

However, the Blazers' defensive rotation speed is not as fast as the Mavericks' passing. The Mavericks can often get a good offensive opportunity with three passes and two leads.

It's just that the Blazers can't solve this problem for the time being. Fortunately, they have even greater advantages on the offensive end.

"Gump got the ball, in the high post, he gave it to Valentine... Gan squeezed inside, Valentine made the pass! Gan caught the ball in the paint, hooked! Goal! Gan got the first quarter Nine points, already surpassed the score of the whole game in the previous game."

The Blazers' cooperation this time was quite neat and neat. Gan Guoyang took the ball at the top of the arc, Valentine picked up the ball from the right side, Vandeweghe covered Valentine and went out, and Gan Guoyang made a cross after passing the ball. Step squeezed into the three-second zone.

If the player defending Vandeweghe comes to defend Gan Guoyang, Valentine will pass the ball to Vandeweghe for a long shot, if not, then he will pass the ball to Gan Guoyang.

It was Aguili who defended Vandeweghe, but Aguili hesitated. He subconsciously put his defensive focus on the Blazers' leading scorer.

Just as he was hesitating, Valentine had already passed the ball to Gan Guoyang. Gan Guoyang easily blocked Bryant with his left hand and hooked his right hand. This is his most comfortable shooting position. .

"Gan! You are the best! Come on!" At this moment, Gan Guoyang finally heard Wang Fuxi shouting in Chinese from the sidelines. The player was not far from the bench, still wearing a pink peaked cap, and waved vigorously at him.

"Focus on Gan!" Just when Gan Guoyang was slightly distracted, Kenny Karl yelled to remind Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang immediately came back to his senses and threw himself into defense.

This time Aguilar once again moved to the low post on the right, his favorite attacking spot.

Davis took the ball at the top of the arc, Blackman crossed the baseline, and went around the 45-degree three-point line on the right. Davis passed the ball to Blackman, and Blackman passed the ball to Aguilar, who was in the important position.

This is a typical tactical run to the ball in the low post, using a triangle to give the best passing line to the low player, so Aguilar has easily received the ball again.

Facing Kenny Carr's close defense, Aguilar used his big butt to arch twice, and turned inside suddenly and plunged into the three-second zone.

But as soon as he entered the three-second zone, he found that there were already two people blocked in front of him, it was Gan Guoyang and Vandeweghe!There is another Carl behind, and the three of them surrounded Aguili like three walls!

"Aguili was double-teamed by three people. He wanted to get up, but he couldn't get up, and the ball was lost!" Under the double-teaming of the three, Aguili's ball was knocked down by Kenny Carr.

But Aguilar's shortness has the advantage of being short. He lowered his center of gravity quickly. As soon as the ball fell to the ground, he immediately bent down and hit the ball inside. The ball happened to be in the hands of Perkins inside.

Since Gan Guoyang came out to double-team, Perkins picked up another gap in the interior, but the moment he bent down to pick up the ball gave Gan Guoyang time to react.

"Gump blocks Perkins' shot! Blackman grabs the rebound, layup, gets blocked by Gan! Aguiler gets the ball, still gets blocked! Gan controls the ball! Gan controls it Possession! Three blocks in a row! Three blocks in a row! Perhaps the greatest first quarter of the season for the Blazers, Gan, dominated the opponent in less than 5 minutes."

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