The Golden Age of Basketball

() (The second update today, I have been super busy recently, so I hurriedly posted a chapter in the morning without changing it, and took the time to post another chapter at noon today, without changing it, please understand if there are some mistakes and omissions that are not smooth)

Gan Guoyang is actually a bit lazy sometimes, except for basketball practice, he is not particularly keen on other things.Because basketball has taken up too much of Gan Guoyang's energy.

Even on the basketball court, Gan Guoyang has a lazy side.

That is to use the fastest speed to destroy the opponent's self-confidence and damage the morale of the opponent, so that the game will quickly enter its own rhythm, and finally win the game easily.

Destroying the opponent's enthusiasm for the game is not simply relying on singles to score, but to make every opponent's player feel powerless.

This kind of experience Gan Guoyang had a preliminary understanding in the second season of the "Battle of Revenge" at the Binhai Stadium, and it also made him understand how to "control himself".

Now, Gan Guoyang wants to bring this feeling to a formal basketball game.With his ability, it is not a problem to deal with Khalil and the Bulldogs. He can attack with all his strength and get a very abnormal stat.

But he is not satisfied with defeating his opponent with talent, but wants to truly comprehend the true meaning of victory.

It was the Vikings' turn to attack, and Gan Guoyang quickly fell into a low position.But he didn't try to get a position, but moved inside the left three-point line.He wanted to use this to pull out the opponent's insider Kalil and make room for the insider.

Relying on the cover of Wiggis, Dippenbrook wobbled into the opponent's inside line.At this time, Gan Guoyang has moved to the horn position, making Khalil hesitate whether to defend Dippenbrook.

At this time, Dippenbrook did not choose to make a shot under the changing position of the opposing power forward. Instead, he passed the ball to Gan Guoyang, and Khalil immediately stepped forward to defend Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang didn't choose to shoot. As soon as the ball touched his hands, he immediately hit the ground and passed the ball to Wiggis!

After Wiggis screened for Diepenbrook, he created a mismatch, with the opposing point guard guarding him.

He didn't hesitate after getting the ball, dribbled forward, and rushed to shoot a jumper over the opponent's point guard.Since the opposing point guard was too short to reach Wiggis, he made the ball easily.

Bellman saw the performance of the players on the sidelines, that is, sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai.At the same time, I feel more and more that Gan Guoyang, a Chinese kid, has a bright future. He is just a high school student, but he has already begun to learn how to mobilize his teammates, control the rhythm, and attack the opponent tactically.

Rather than squandering your talents like some high school geniuses, using bounce and strength to solve opponents.

At the same time, he is different from ordinary high school hot-blooded geniuses. He is not obsessed with statistics and does not like to be in the limelight, but silently contributes on the court.

For example, in defense, Gan Guoyang's ability to block shots is still quite outstanding, but what he is more prominent is the interpretation and judgment of the opponent's tactics.

He is often able to strangle the opponent's ball movement at key points in the opponent's tactics and force the opponent into a single-player situation.

This time, it was Brooke Carrier who fell into his trap.

Because the Bulldogs have found that under the opponent's 2-1-2 zone defense, both flank breakthroughs and shots are greatly suppressed.The breakthrough at the top of the arc has been interfered by the big spider Gan Guoyang.

In this case, the best option is to give the ball to their main center, Khalil, and use him to break the Vikings' 2-1-2 zone defense from the inside.

Gan Guoyang did not prevent Kalil from getting the ball and getting the ball. He allowed Kalil to get a more comfortable offensive position.

However, Khalil's back-up technique is obviously unqualified. After all, this technique is quite difficult for a high school player.Not everyone has the talent of Gan Guoyang and the teacher of Thurmond.

After getting the ball with his back, Khalil immediately turned to face the basket, put the ball on his waist to protect it, and at the same time tried his footsteps.

After a second or two of confrontation, Khalil lowered his head and dribbled the ball inward from the middle, trying to rely on his body to squeeze out space to make offensive moves.

Gan Guoyang stuck close to Khalil, not giving him too much space.And when Khalil wanted to get strong, he cut off with his right hand accurately, knocked off the exposed ball from Kalil, and got the ball.Successful steal!

Gan Guoyang handed the ball to Dippenbrook, then looked back at Khalil, shook his finger at him, twisted his buttocks nonchalantly and went into the attack.

Khalil was naturally furious and wanted to teach Gan Guoyang a lesson.

However, in the offense, Gan Guoyang is still making the ball for his teammates. His screen quality is very high, and occasionally there will be some brilliant passes.This made Khalil feel exhausted.

Back in the defense, Khalil either couldn't catch the ball, was intercepted, or was directly humiliated by Gan Guoyang's clean block.

The game lasted 8 minutes. Under the leadership of Gan Guoyang, the Vikings had already led by 19 points 7:12.In these 8 minutes, Gan Guoyang did not score a single point, but he contributed 8 rebounds, 5 blocked shots and 3 assists.

On the opposite side, Khalil had no other performance except for the dunk in the opening game.He became angry from embarrassment at the beginning, and he wanted to fight Gan Guoyang alone, or defend him; but later he began to find that he couldn't score in the fight, and Gan Guoyang didn't bother to attack on his own if he defended.

Until the Bulldogs called a timeout, Khalil still did nothing on the court.He walked off the stage dejectedly, and he no longer had the complacency he had at the beginning.

"Gan, I think we can defeat them in the first half." Bellman felt that there was nothing to say during the timeout, and the only thing he had to do was to let Gan Guoyang go all out.

"No problem, Mr. Behrman, it's time to harvest the mature ears of rice."

After the timeout, Gan Guoyang returned to play, and his style changed.

On offense, he began to bombard the Bulldogs inside with all his strength.He kept asking for positions near the three-second zone, and neither Khalil nor Khalil's substitute could prevent him from receiving the ball in the right position.

Although Kalil is stronger than Gan Guoyang in terms of strength, his skills are obviously insufficient, and he is always overwhelmed by Gan Guoyang in the battle of positions.

"Hey, Khalil, you're too slow. Every time I jump up and shoot, I can only see your head." Gan Guoyang taunted Khalil after he made a turnaround jumper.Because Gan Guoyang's turnaround jump shot was too fast, the strong but slightly cumbersome Khalil didn't even react, and watched Gan Guoyang make a shot.

At this time, Khalil's confidence has completely collapsed.

Not just Khalil, the morale of the entire Bulldogs team is rapidly sinking to the bottom.They found that there was no way to take the opponent's center forward, and the score was constantly widening. Many people were already thinking about taking a shower after the game, and then going out to have a good meal.

In this way, Gan Guoyang threw away the soy sauce bottle in the middle of the first half, suddenly exerted force, slashed and slammed the Bulldogs, and scored consecutively with precise turnaround jump shots.

It took Gan Guoyang 20 minutes to complete the indiscriminate bombing of the Bulldogs. When the second half was interrupted, Bellman replaced him.

At this time his data is 41 points, 22 rebounds, 7 blocks, 4 assists.

The Vikings finally swept their city rivals the East Palo Alto Bulldogs 91:49 away.In the previous year's game, the Vikings lost to the Bulldogs by 3 points, but a year later, the world has been turned upside down.

In the post-match ceremony, Gan Guoyang and Khalil shook hands politely. Gan Guoyang could feel the weakness and weakness in Khalil's eyes, just like Pittman once.He knew that the next time they met, neither Khalil nor the Bulldogs would have another chance.

In comparison, the Vikings at this time can be said to be full of confidence, especially this time they defeated their opponents in the same city, a private high school, and the boys in the public high school naturally felt a sense of elation.

"Gan, I think at least everyone in Palo Alto knows you." Dippenbrook said to Gan Guoyang in the locker room.

"It wouldn't be a big deal if I was known all over America someday, would it be, Peter?"

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"Big cousin! Big cousin! Look, you're in the newspaper again!"

On Thursday, Gan Guoyang, who was sleeping and resting in the dormitory, was woken up by Gan Guohui who rushed through the door, and then saw a fat man lying on his bedside, holding a newspaper in his hand.

"What's the matter? What newspaper?" Gan Guoyang was still sleepy. After winning the game yesterday, Gan Guoyang decided to take a vacation for himself today.

"Palo Alto Weekly. Look, it reported yesterday's game between our school and high school. Look, look, here, here, 'The Vikings slaughtered the Indian warriors, and the Chinese boy destroyed the opponent at halftime.' And your photo !"

Gan Guoyang took a closer look and found that it was indeed yesterday's game report, with his photo on it, showing his helpless expression after scoring a goal, as if he felt sad for the opponent's defense.

"This report is quite interesting...Hey, Guohui, where is your mother? When will the trial of the president's assassination be held?" Gan Guoyang suddenly changed the subject and mentioned his cousin. Reports are of little interest.

"I don't know. It is said that this case will be delayed until next year. The laws of the United States are troublesome! It takes such a long time to kill a person."

Qian Hui has been busy with the Hinckley case during this time, flying back and forth between Washington and San Francisco, not knowing when it will end.

After chatting like this, Gan Guohui also lost interest in the newspaper reports, and the two began to talk about other interesting things.

In fact, Gan Guoyang felt a little tired after yesterday's game, not physically but mentally.Or an impatience, for since Mr. Thurmond's training he seemed invincible on the court.

Everything seems to be under his control, he can easily occupy positions, score easily, defend easily, and win games easily.

In his memory, the last time he really felt failure on the court was even back to the challenge match against "cancer".It was also from that street challenge that Gan Guoyang aspired to become a top insider and a true center forward.

And now, as the absolute core of the Vikings, he has become well-known in the Palo Alto area, and has a small reputation in Northern California, and has attracted the attention of some basketball professionals.

But he felt that there seemed to be a little less passion in his heart, although he still loved basketball, still trained hard, and still led the Vikings to triumph.

In the four games since his return from injury, he's averaged 35 points, 17 rebounds and six blocks while playing just 6 minutes.He basically spent the last 30 minutes of the game on the bench.

Gan Guoyang felt that there was a lack of fire in his heart. He was killing all directions, and he had a feeling of "drawing the sword and looking around at a loss".

In the afternoon, Gan Guoyang came to the training ground again as usual, and started training with his teammates to prepare for the weekend game.

"Dear girls, can you be a little more energetic? Or do you want me to urge you by stabbing your asses with a big stick! Give me some fucking snacks!" Bellman yelled from the sidelines as usual.

But this time, he also felt that the atmosphere in the team was not right, these boys were too relaxed.

After Gan Guoyang returned, the team ushered in five consecutive victories, and every game was a big victory.As a result, Palo Alto High School has achieved an excellent record of 8 wins and 2 losses, with a winning percentage of 80%.

Victory can be paralyzing, especially for a Vikings team that has been underpowered in the past and lost games and won games.At this time, they were like a nouveau riche. The sudden wealth made these young people feel a little overwhelmed, and they became ecstatic.

Even a mature, stable, and determined player like Gan Guoyang also showed a bit of laziness because of the consecutive easy victories.

"It's time for them to learn a lesson. Skyrim High School is coming. I heard that they have two talented rookies in their team." Behrman had already thought of the upcoming challenge game the day after tomorrow. The Vikings' opponents will It's the Oakland Skyline High School Eagles.

"Okay, girls, today's joint training is over. Tomorrow, there will be a full-court five-on-five confrontation training to prepare for the game the day after tomorrow. I hope you can understand that underestimating the enemy and pride will only bring you It’s a miserable defeat. Of course, I know that what I say here is useless, so I will wait for the day after tomorrow to compete with the Eagles. Disband.” As usual, Bellman handed over the key to Gan Guoyang as soon as he disbanded , and then the first to pat his ass and leave.

"Peter, is Tianji High School very good?" Gan Guoyang asked Dippenbrook curiously after hearing what Behrman said.

"Two ninth-grade rookies came to Tianji High School this year, one inside and one outside. They are very powerful. Now they have won all 9 games, including 4 regular games and [-] invitational games."

"Ninth grade? That's 33 or [-]-year-old students." Gan Guoyang thought of No. [-] Antonio Davis of McCloud High School.He is also a ninth-grade high school student, but he already has a very strong strength.

If a Chinese is fourteen or fifteen years old, he is still a child in everyone's eyes.In the United States, many black and white boys at the age of fourteen or fifteen have grown so strong that they look like young people in their twenties.

The same is true for girls. At the age of thirteen or fourteen, they already have a proud body curve. Many girls have matured and started to fall in love at the age of 12.

"Then I really wish for it. The recent games are really boring." Gan Guoyang said, and then continued to practice with Dippenbrook.

He didn't expect that the next match would be a double battle both physically and mentally.