The Golden Age of Basketball

The only round of semifinals in the playoffs that did not determine the outcome will soon begin, and the fans in Denver are ready to watch the Nuggets advance to the 1985 Western Conference Finals at home.

For the Denver Nuggets, although because of the existence of the Lakers, the possibility of reaching the finals is very small, but it is definitely five seasons for them to enter the Western Conference Finals since the 1981 season. The best reward for continuous improvement.

The Nuggets players are full of ambition. After losing two games first, they pulled three games in a row, which greatly boosted the team's morale, and the team's locker room reached an unprecedented level of unity.

In addition, this is the last season of veteran Dan Issel, so the Nuggets also hope to go as far as possible, as the best gift for this veteran before he retires.

"Good audience friends, the game is about to begin. Let me introduce the starting lineups of both sides, the Blazers in the away game, center Sonny Gan, power forward Kenny Carr, small forward Kiki Vandeweghe, shooting guard Kenny Ryder Drexler, point guard Daniel Valentine; Nuggets, center Wayne Cooper, power forward Calvin Knight, small forward Alex English, Shooting guard tr-Dunn, point guard Fat Leaf. Compared with the previous games, there is no change. After five games, the two sides should be said to have understood each other very well. I think this game will be a fight When it comes to morale and energy, the game must be very exciting!"

Gan Guoyang once again stood in the middle circle, looking at his opponent in these games, former Blazers center Wayne Cooper.

In the last game, Cooper suppressed Gan Guoyang very well. He teamed up with Dan Issel to make Gan Guoyang not disturbed very much on the defensive end. Cooper gave Gan Guoyang a block in the opening game.

"Hey Cooper, remember the cap you gave me? There is an old saying in China that says 'come but not reciprocate', and there is another saying that 'a drop of water can block the spring to reciprocate', I hope you can understand me Meaning." Gan Guoyang used his own "hnglsh" (Chinese English) to spout trash talk at Cooper while the referee hadn't signaled for a scrimmage.

Of course, Cooper didn't quite understand the meaning of the sentences in the Analects of Confucius translated by Gan Guoyang himself, but he could roughly understand that Gan Guoyang wanted to get back the rhythm. [

As an inside blue-collar player, Cooper has always been relatively low-key, playing hard and doing his duty on the court.

However, the effective restrictions on Gan Guoyang in the last game also made him widely praised by the media, and even some exaggerated media believed that it was a huge mistake for the Blazers to replace Cooper. His performance should be even better.

"Knok-t-off. (Come less.)" Cooper smiled slightly at Gan Guoyang, and then threw out a sentence, full of sarcasm.

"Okay, get ready, the game is about to start, are you all ok?" The on-duty referee Lee Jones interrupted the conversation between the two, indicating that the game was about to start.

Both of them nodded to indicate that they were ready, and the referee threw the ball into the air.

"In the scrimmage, Gan touched the ball first, the Blazers got the right to attack, and the game officially began!"

With Gan Guoyang giving the ball to Drexler in the scrimmage, the Blazers took the lead in attacking, and this life-and-death game for the Blazers finally began.

After Drexler got the ball, he didn't give the ball to Valentine, but he took possession of the ball across half court. It seems that Drexler will organize the Blazers' first attack.

In terms of talent, except for Drexler's poor dribbling skills and his height, he has no problem at all as a point guard.

His ability to read the opponent's defense and understand his own offense is top in the entire league. In many cases, his passing is more deadly than his shooting.

In the first attack, Drexler was very cautious. He, Gan Guoyang, and Vandeweghe formed an absolutely strong offensive side on the right side, while Karl and Valentine moved to the right side.

This is a very big change compared to the previous game. In the previous game, Ramsey always had to leave a strong point of attack on the weak side. Generally, this candidate was Vandeweghe, so as to balance the balance of the half-court attack. "sex".

But this time, Ramsey put the three most powerful players on the right side as the strong offensive side, and Vandeweghe brought it up to set a single block screen for Drexler.

English is thin and thin, and his defensive ability may not be as good as that of Vandeweghe. The tall and thick Vandeweghe easily made a pick-and-roll with Drexler, and Drexler immediately held the ball from the right to the inside breakthrough.

In this case, English didn't dare to defend Drexler at all, because Vandeweghe's outside shots were too accurate, and the threat after the pick-and-roll outside cut was great. [

So Drexler was flat in front of him, and Dunn had already been left behind by him. The only barrier for the Nuggets in the three-second zone was Wayne Cooper.

But Cooper was very calm, he didn't come out to defend, but watched Drexler slam dunk with one hand! 2:0!

"Drexler's dunk, oh, let us see the charm of the glider. But Cooper didn't come out to defend the ball. Compared with letting the glider score, they seem to be more afraid of letting Gan open." Frank Graber also It can be seen that Cooper gave up defense and let Drexler score, but he didn't want Gan Guoyang to catch the ball and score.

"That's right, the lessons learned by the Mavericks in the last round were lost before our eyes. Once the inside line is opened up, the Blazers' strong outside line will undoubtedly be even more scrupled."

"Are you so afraid of letting me score?" Gan Guoyang said to Cooper when he returned to defense.

"No, you don't have the ability to score, brat." Cooper was also a little annoyed by Gan Guoyang's provocation. Coupled with the result of the game, Cooper began to feel that he had found the trick to deal with Gan Guoyang, a newcomer.

The two were chattering, and the Nuggets had launched a counterattack.

For the Nuggets, the greatest confidence given to them in these three games is that the Blazers have no way to contain them on the defensive end.

Let the Blazers score easily, and the Nuggets are not afraid, because they can score more easily on the offensive end.

In the first game, Gan Guoyang's control of the Nuggets' outside pass ball was only a flash in the pan. In the following games, the Nuggets expanded their running range and ball transfer speed. It is impossible to cover the defense in all directions.

"Cooper mentioned getting the ball up the line, and the Nuggets started their repeated screen run attack again, don't know who it will be this time... Cooper was caught by Gan and Valentine, and the ball was intercepted!"

Originally, Cooper took the ball from a high position to make a ball-holding screen for Leaf, squeezed past Leaf, circled Cooper and rolled in from the left, but Valentine, who was facing Leaf, did not continue to follow Leaf at all. Gan Guoyang flanked Cooper together.

This pincer caught Cooper by surprise, and he lost the ball under the double-teaming of Valentine and Gan Guoyang. Valentine fell to the ground and got the ball, and smashed the ball to the frontcourt before the Nuggets jumped up.

"Gan got the ball, and the Nuggets' backcourt was empty. Gan looked back, no one followed, and dunked with one hand! Added two more points for the Blazers."

At 4:0, Gan Guoyang performed a one-handed dunk for the audience that was exactly the same as during the warm-up, full of power and beauty, and seemed to be challenging all Nuggets fans.

"How about it, a beautiful dunk, unfortunately, you are not below me." Gan Guoyang ran back to the backcourt after scoring a goal, and then squeezed Cooper with his body while nagging in his ear.

Cooper was tightly squeezed by Gan Guoyang who rushed forward, but Gan Guoyang didn't do anything, just leaned on Cooper and walked in, which was not considered a foul, and at the same time, his mouth was not clean.

Cooper suddenly became angry, and shook Gan Guoyang violently with his arm, trying to drive Gan Guoyang away from him.

According to Gan Guoyang's strength, Cooper would never even think about knocking Gan Guoyang down, but Gan Guoyang fell to the ground as if he had been hit by a powerful vajra palm!

"Beep! No. 42, a foul." The referee's whistle blew, and Cooper was sentenced to a foul!

After the referee made this penalty, there were boos all over the place, and everyone was booing Gan Guoyang, thinking that his ball was obviously faked.

But Gan Guoyang completely ignored the boos of the fans on the scene, stood up with the support of his teammates, and devoted himself to the offense again.

"Gan made a foul on the Nuggets, and the ball returned to the Blazers. It seems that the Blazers have a good momentum at the beginning. Let's see if they can expand their advantage. Drexler still has the ball, this time it is Gan comes out to set up a pick and roll for Drexler, Drexler drives the ball down the middle, passes it out to Gan in the corner, Gan catches the ball at 15 feet...and it's a shot! Go in! Gan's mid-range jumper from 15 feet!"

No one thought that Gan Guoyang hit a 15-foot mid-range jumper from the outside.

The Nuggets' defensive strategy is obvious. If Gan Guoyang goes in after the pick-and-roll, even if Drexler is allowed to score directly, Gan Guoyang cannot catch the ball and make a layup, because Drexler can't go in like this forever, but Gan Guoyang can always catch the ball like this and layup easily.

If Gan Guoyang withdraws after the pick-and-roll, then Cooper will give up marking Gan Guoyang to defend Drexler, because in the regular season and previous games, Gan Guoyang did not show any offensive ability in the middle distance.

For this ball, Cooper saw Gan Guoyang retreating to the bottom line, so he gave up marking Gan Guoyang without hesitation, and turned to pinch Drexler. Unexpectedly, Drexler could pass the ball to Gan Guoyang. Gan Guoyang also threw the ball in the middle distance!

After Gan Guoyang made the shot, he was also happy, shaking his head and grinning while returning to defense.

This playoff also exposed Gan Guoyang's two biggest weaknesses. One is that he is immature in handling the ball after being double-teamed. In the playoffs, facing a highly targeted defense, he seemed to be in a hurry again.

The second is that his attack range is still too small. Although his hook range can be as far as 17 feet, the hook is not a jump shot after all. If the basket is too far away, his threat on the offensive end will be greatly reduced.

But from the first day of training in the regular season, Gan Guoyang has never relaxed his training to restore his mid-range jumper ability, and it can even be said that he has trained harder than anyone else.

It's just that in the game, he has never had the opportunity to display his new technology, and the team's tactical system does not require him to pull out for mid-range shots.

It is different now, the Blazers have reached the most dangerous moment, and Gan Guoyang knows that it is time to show off his new weapon.

"I really didn't expect that Gan made a mid-range jumper. I think the Nuggets will have to take precautions next time. This must be a big test for their defense. Of course, we don't know, Gan Jin Is this ball a bad ball?" James Brown expressed concern about the Nuggets' defense.

At this time, for the Nuggets, it is more important to score a goal first. It doesn't matter if the defense is not good. Poor offense is fatal to the Nuggets.

The Blazers have significantly increased their defensive strength, and everyone's attention is highly concentrated. Valentine and Drexler on the outside are doing their best to suppress the Nuggets' passing line, so that the opponent's pass has no The method is so smooth.

Once the pass is not smooth, it will be difficult for the Nuggets players to quickly find a shot after receiving the ball, so their offense begins to fall into a quagmire.

"The Nuggets still handed the ball to English to handle. English swayed, swayed past Vandeweghe, cut in from the middle, Gan stepped forward to defend, and English hit the ground and passed to Cooper, Cooper made a layup...Gan turned around and blocked it! The ball was still in Cooper's hand, Cooper shook it twice, and then forced a layup...Gan slapped it out again! Carl got the ball , the Blazers launched a counterattack."

Cooper cut in from the center and received a pass from English at the basket. It was a very good layup opportunity, but Gan Guoyang blocked English and turned around to block Cooper's layup. It's amazingly fast.

Cooper tried to shake Gan Guoyang for a layup for the second time, but at first Gan Guoyang didn’t take it at all. Seeing that the attack time was approaching at 24 seconds, Cooper had to force it again, but the result was the same as last time, and Gan Guoyang slapped him again. go out.

The Blazers launched a counterattack, Valentine scored with the ball, and Gan Guoyang and Drexler quickly inserted from the flanks.

The Nuggets' defensive attention was on Drexler, because Drexler had rushed into the three-second zone, and Gan Guoyang did run to the outside.

Valentine did not pass the ball to Drexler, but to Gan Guoyang on the right.

Gan Guoyang received the ball at a 45-degree position on the right, and Cooper was chasing after him.

Gan Guoyang looked at Drexler who rushed to the basket, and made a gesture to pass the ball inward.

Cooper was fooled by Gan Guoyang, instead of rushing towards Gan Guoyang, he reached out to block Gan Guoyang's passing route.

But Gan Guoyang didn't pass the ball at all, it was just a fake move of his, he retracted his hands and held the ball in front of his chest, put his feet together, and jumped up and shot directly!

"Gan shot from 18 feet, very standard posture...Goal!"

"Shua!" The basketball crossed a very high arc and finally entered the net hollow.

At 8:0, the Trail Blazers gave the Nuggets an 8:0 lead in the opening game. Gan Guoyang contributed 6 points, but 4 of these [-] points came from mid-range shots.

On the Nuggets' bench, Doug Mo has stood up and made a pause gesture.

Just over 2 minutes into the game, Gan Guoyang stopped the Nuggets and used his new weapon.

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