The Golden Age of Basketball

"You've-gott-be-rey-tnse-when-y-guys (before you play against these guys, you have to prepare to defend well.)" This is the commentator Shawn Lee's game between the Trail Blazers and the Nuggets The sentence I said before, this sentence is widely circulated in the commentator circle, it comes from the 1983 battle between the Nuggets and the Pistons.

That 186:184 super high-scoring battle allowed everyone to see the strong offensive firepower of the Nuggets and Pistons, so the commentator said such a sentence.

However, Ramsey is not prepared to use defense to contain the Nuggets. In fact, Ramsey's basketball philosophy is always "offense against offense". He believes that only offense can take the initiative in the game, even if you defend, The ultimate goal is to fight back more easily.

So, in the 3rd minute, Gan Guoyang left the field early, and after the Blazers replaced Sampson, the Blazers and the Pistons began to bombard each other indiscriminately in the first quarter.

Sampson is obviously more adapted to this kind of high-tempo attack than Gan Guoyang. On the offensive end, he can hit consecutive fadeaway jumpers and baseline mid-range shots. His attack is decisive and fast, without delay.

As for the Nuggets, English immediately responded with an emergency stop jumper.He dribbled the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt without any hesitation and shot directly at 45 degrees, 15 feet from the basket.

English is different from the other backcourt scorers of his generation. Worthy, Dantley, and Aguilar are all masters of low-post offense. Forward to match.

And English is a more outside-oriented shooter. His master shot is so precise. Although he does not jump high and his body is not strong enough, when he quickly turns around and lifts the ball high above his head , and then when it is lightly thrown, there is no defender who is not afraid of it.

"English's shot, it's ugly, but it's really accurate. I'd rather see him drive to the hoop for a layup than see him put the ball over his head from 15 feet and throw it out... …Let’s see, Vandeweghe, the breakthrough after receiving the ball, the Nuggets foul, Wayne Cooper’s foul. After Gan went off the field, he can only use fouls to find a sense of presence.” [

When the speed of both sides is on the rise, the gap between the defenders begins to widen, the defensive formation tends to become loose, and shooting and breakthrough will become easier. Vandeweghe cut in at a low speed. Because the timing is just right, Ku Po had to choose to foul.

Vandeweghe's free throw percentage of more than 90.00% this season is not blocked. He hit all two goals and absolutely did not touch the basket.

By this time the score had reached 14:8, and the Blazers had slightly extended their lead to six points.

Compared with the Nuggets, the Blazers have significantly more offensive routines, especially because they have Sampson, an all-around and flexible inside line, which allows the Blazers to take the initiative.

However, six points are really nothing in the eyes of a team like the Nuggets.

"Valentine fouled, Nuggets drive out of bounds...Wow, English, catch and shoot, missed, Carl got the rebound, long pass! Drexler caught the ball and dunked it! Beautiful The long pass, this kind of ball is not unique to Gan...Nuggets counterattack...Knight cut layup, the ball went in, the Blazers' defense seemed to be a little lax...Oh, Dan Isel's steal, the ball To English in the corner, shot, and this time it went in ... the gap was reduced to four points."

Perhaps Xiao Enli, like Gan Guoyang, hates commenting on the game between the Nuggets and the Trail Blazers, because the offensive and defensive rhythms of the two sides are too fast, it is hard to see that this is a fierce playoff game, and the shooting choices on both sides look like that random.

Xiao Enli's mouth hardly stopped. He just finished talking about one side's offense, and immediately turned his eyes to the other half. Often, the other side might shoot before he finished talking about the last offense.

Such a high-tempo offense allowed the Nuggets to quickly tie the score. As Fat Leaf hit a shot at the top of the arc relying on Wayne Cooper's screen, the score of the two sides became 22:22. At this time, the first Just over 7 minutes into a quarter, each side scored more than ten points in 4 minutes.

"Beep! Blazers' timeout." O'Donnell pointed to the Blazers' bench, and Ramsey called a 20-second timeout.

"Well done, we're going to attack like this, don't be afraid of them, our offense isn't bad. Well Gan, it's your turn, score as much as you can, score as much as you can. Don't give them too much on defense Press, but don't let them into the three-second zone. If they want to shoot, let them shoot. The most important thing is to maintain our offensive success rate." After this timeout, Ramsey re-ranked Gan Guoyang At the end of the game, he replaced Kenny Carr.

Vandeweghe was also replaced, which was also slightly earlier than the regular rotation.

With Vandeweghe off the field, Jerome Cosey and Gan Guoyang played, which caused the Blazers' outside shooting ability to drop sharply, and Ramsey did not ask them to defend desperately.

The game continued, and the Blazers served a sideline kick.

"Try to use your breakthrough and use your face frame to attack more. The Nuggets' defense is not dense, and their height is not enough. Use the face frame to attack them." [

Gan Guoyang remembered what Ramsey said to him yesterday. When facing taller and stronger players or dense and tough defenses, post-up singles are the best choice; The defense is not considered a tough team, and it is best to use breakthroughs to kill the opponent.

As a center forward, Gan Guoyang's 6-foot-10 height has become his advantage when he faces the frame. He plays again and has an excellent sense of the ball. His strong attack from the front has always been Gan Guoyang's weapon of surprise.

"The Trail Blazers served outside, screened, Gan received the ball on the left, and broke through! Layup! Foul, caused Cooper's foul again, this is Cooper's second foul in the first quarter, he must Going to the end of the game to rest, Gan was at the free-throw line."

The Blazers made a simple serve. Gan Guoyang screened for Drexler and Valentine at the top of the arc, but neither Drexler nor Valentine received the ball. Instead, Gan Guoyang received the ball. the ball.

This time the Nuggets' defense was not ready. Gan Guoyang broke through from the left to the inside lane after receiving the ball. Cooper blocked Gan Guoyang. As a result, the two collided and Cooper was sentenced to a blocking foul.

"Two free throws and one, 23:22, Gan has scored 9 points in the first quarter, except for free throws, he has not missed a basket." Xiao Enli can be said to be doubly fond of Gan Guoyang, and he always admires Gan Guoyang's personal performance. Say a few more words.

On the defensive end, although Gan Guoyang didn't particularly understand what Ramsey meant, he still followed Ramsey's arrangement, guarding the interior and grabbing rebounds with peace of mind, while the Nuggets outside could shoot as he wanted.

The Blazers have also been adhering to the strategy of man-to-man defense. They don't position, don't switch defenses, don't shrink, and don't expand. Anyway, it is the most common defensive strategy.

Therefore, the Nuggets also maintained a relatively high shooting rate and scored blah blah, while the Blazers were not polite, using all [-] martial arts skills.

If nb is still turning over the scoreboard manually at this time, then the staff who turned the scoreboard today must have no peace for a moment, and they will have to turn it over after a while, and they will have to turn it over after a while.

At the end of the first quarter, the score between the two sides was 39:38. The Blazers still relied on Gan Guoyang's free throw to lead the Nuggets by one point.

At the beginning of the second quarter, everything was similar to the first quarter. There were very few turnovers on both sides, and the offensive success rate was relatively high. Gan Guoyang sat down after playing for 2 minutes in the second quarter.

"...Vandeweghe dribbled the ball, he looked left and right . . . and he shot it straight away, at 20 feet, the ball went in, which is his best shot. English came out on the screen of Knight. , received a pass from Leaf and shot directly, the ball went in, a rebound shot from the right side... Sampson was at the top of the arc, dribbled the ball, and shot directly! The ball missed, Leaf got the rebound, but Leaf fell to the ground On the ground, scrimmage, scramble, Colter and Liv fell to the ground... Vandeweghe got the ball, dribbled beyond the three-point line, faked past English, shot, and the ball went in! Oh, the three point shot, I don't think there's a need for English to block this shot, if he didn't jump on it, I think... the Nuggets launched a fast break, a beautiful pass, and Knight caught the ball for a layup Score! Carl still can't keep up with Knight..."

Xiao Enli's commentary speed tonight is twice as fast as usual, and he has no chance to expand the explanation. The two sides are like two high-speed rotating grinding wheels grinding together. As the speed gets faster and faster, the sparks become more and more intense. dazzling.

This may be the easiest first half for Gan Guoyang. In the first quarter, he went up and down, and left his teammates to run in the middle. The same is true in the second quarter. .

But Gan Guoyang's statistics are not bad. He scored 11 points in the first quarter and 5 points in the second quarter. Before he knew it, he had already scored 16 points, and he also caught rebounds. Although the Nuggets had a high shooting percentage, they couldn't stand up The number of shots is large, and there are naturally many strikes. Gan Guoyang took 10 rebounds in the half.

If Gan Guoyang played against a team like the Nuggets in the regular season, then there would be no problem with Gan Guoyang averaging 3020 per game this season.

At the end of the second quarter, the score of the two sides was an astonishing 67:66. The Blazers still led the Nuggets by one point and entered the second half ahead. This is the "good habit" of the Blazers.

"Very well, we are fighting against our opponents. We will continue to fight against them in the third quarter. If there is no accident, we will maintain a small gap. But, we want to win, how to win? We have to win at the end of the third quarter. Defeat them! The end of the third quarter!" In the Blazers locker room at halftime, Ramsey said to the players with a statistics sheet in his hand.

If everything goes according to Ramsey's plan, the third quarter will be a showdown between the two sides.