The Golden Age of Basketball

On October 1985, 10, the new season of nb games kicked off.

In the past two weeks, NB's preseason games have been fully played. In such warm-up games, young players and new players from each team have become the main targets of training.

Gan Guoyang missed the preseason last season because of a back injury, but this season, as the main force of the iron, he no longer needs to prove anything in the preseason.

A few games passed easily and comfortably, followed by the real regular season.

According to the schedule, the Blazers' first opponent is the Phoenix Suns in the Pacific Division.

Last season, the Phoenix Suns entered the playoffs as the eighth place in the Western Conference. They were swept by the final champion, the Los Angeles Lakers, in the first round.

And during the offseason, the biggest deal the Suns made was done with the Lakers, that is, sending Maurice Lucas to the western hegemony.

Of course, the Suns also have their own calculations. Maurice Lucas was hit by injuries in the regular season last season and only played 63 games.

However, in the three games against the Lakers in the playoffs, he averaged 197 points per game. This is his highest scoring average in a playoff series since the Trail Blazers won the championship season in 1977. [

It is precisely because of this that the Lakers and the Suns completed the deal, but the Suns' uniform team really knows how much oil is left in the mailbox of Lucas, a 10-year veteran who has been in the league.

In the draft, the Suns' main effort was to use the No. [-] pick to win Villanova University's small forward Ed Pinckney.

Villanova University relied on Pinnick's 16 points and 6 rebounds in this year's N Finals - a team's second and a team's first "excellent" performance, which upset the Big East giants Georgetown University, won the n championship trophy.

Therefore, Pinnick's value in the draft also increased, and he came to the mid-range position and was picked by the Suns.

In addition, the Suns did not have any big moves worth noting. They still retained the main lineup with Larry Nance, Alwan Adams, and Walter Davis as the core last season. Supplemented by James Edwards, it still has very good competitiveness.

And in the Trail Blazers locker room before the game, there was one person who seemed more nervous than everyone else.

"Relax Mr. Behrman, relax, it's just a regular season, don't worry if I'm here." Gan Guoyang was putting his hand on Behrman's shoulder at this time, and Behrman was as stiff as a rock.

During this month, Bellman has slowly started to adapt to working in the nb team. From the novelty and excitement at the beginning, he slowly felt the tremendous pressure of working in the nb team.

NB players are different from college players. In college, the coach is equivalent to the teacher of the players. The players are obliged to obey the instructions of the teacher. Moreover, college students are children after all, so it is relatively simple to discipline children.

It’s different in professional teams. Players and assistant coaches are colleagues. Although players must obey the coach’s command and arrangement, if the coach doesn’t show enough prestige and ability, it’s easy to be attacked by the players. depending on.

Fortunately, in the Trail Blazers, Gan Guoyang, as a former disciple of Bellman, absolutely respects and obeys him. In the entire Trail Blazers, no player is more thorny than Gan Guoyang. The biggest thorn is convinced, and Bellman naturally agrees. It will be much easier.

But just relying on Gan Guoyang's obedience is far from enough. Bellman must show enough value, and the Blazers will show good improvement, so as to not only convince the players, but also satisfy the head coach Ramsey and the team management.

After in-depth exchanges with Ramsey and repeated discussions with the entire coaching staff, some of Behrman's defensive ideas got some support, and his defensive concepts were implemented in training.

During the preseason, the Blazers tried a little bit of the defense used by Bellman, but because the intensity of the preseason game was too low, and the players were mainly new players, it did not show an immediate effect.

The time to really test Bellman's defensive philosophy is the NBA's regular season. Today's first game against the Suns will be Bellman's first test. [

"Come on Gan, block the free throw line." Bellman said to Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang nodded after hearing this, and then Ramsey made some arrangements on the whiteboard in the locker room. The time is up and it's time to play.

Tonight's Portland Memorial Stadium can be described as a sea of ​​people. Last season's Western Conference finals, the smoke of the Blazers fighting the Lakers here seems to have not dissipated.

In the third game, after the Trail Blazers, who were 0:2 behind in the first two games, returned home, they beat the Lakers amidst the cheers of thousands of fans and won the only victory in the series.

Although they were eventually eliminated from the finals, such a growing team undoubtedly gave the fans great hope, and the fans naturally gave great enthusiasm to the Blazers, and the warm-up has not yet begun , the arena is already full.

Behrman was also deeply shocked when he saw such a situation. Although he has also been to the scene to watch NBA games, the feeling in the stadium is different from that in the stands. The burden of victory and defeat is on his shoulders. It is also different from simply watching the ball.

And Bellman watched Gan Guoyang pick up the ball and go on the court for warm-up training with ease. He is still the same as in college.

"This kid has really grown up, he is now a superstar of NB..." Behrman thought without emotion as he looked at Gan Guoyang's figure.

However, Bellman will soon have no time to mourn the spring and autumn. After the warm-up exercise, the first game at the Memorial Stadium will begin soon.

As the first game, the Memorial Stadium held a grand opening ceremony. This is also a major feature of nb this season. More entertainment elements have been incorporated.

"...now, from-gonzg-unversty, sx-ten, t-enter, sunny~~~~~gump! !)”

As the on-site j introduced the players from both sides one by one, the first regular season game was about to start.

It is worth noting that since this season, Gan Guoyang's playing order has been adjusted to the last place, which also means that he has become the top star of the Blazers.

Gan Guoyang shook hands with the old opponents of the Suns one by one, and then looked around. He saw a familiar face on the bench not far away, the league president David Stern.

Every round of the game, Stern will choose one of the games to watch, which is a habit he will always stick to.

In the first game of the new season, he skipped the game between the Celtics and the Bulls and the Rockets and the Jazz. And the attention of the pioneers.

"The game is about to start. The nb game that has been suspended for four months is rekindled today. The Blazers, who were defeated in the Western Conference Finals last season, will set sail again. After a season of growth, I believe they will become Get stronger, let's wait and see...Okay, the game is on, Gan first touches the ball, Blazers' offense!"

Of course, Seanley's on-site commentary is indispensable for the Trail Blazers game.

Gan Guoyang easily won the scrimmage with Adams, because Adams was shorter than him and was a white insider.

One good thing about the Trail Blazers in this game is that their top star, power forward Larry Nance, missed the game due to injury.

Last season, Larry Nance played extremely well against the Blazers every time, that is, he could contain Gan Guoyang when he was defending him.

Larry Nance can't play, and the tallest player on the Suns field is Adawan Adams, a 6-foot-9 insider, who is instantly inferior to the Blazers in terms of height.

Of course, the Blazers would not let such an advantage go unused, and Gan Guoyang began to actively seek positions in the low post with the first ball.

"Gan is in the low post on the left, let's see if he can make the first goal of the new season for the Blazers! Valentine lobbed the ball to Gan, the Suns didn't double-team, Gan dribbled in and squeezed in, and Adams couldn't stop it Gan, Gan hooks the basket! The ball is in! The first goal of the Blazers this season comes from Gan's hook!"

Xiao Enli probably didn't expect that Gan Guoyang would use a small hook to complete this attack, which was rarely seen last season.

Last season, even if Gan Guoyang grabbed an offensive rebound under the basket, he rarely used a small hook—he would dunk it directly.

If it is a low singles game, Gan Guoyang will either break through the basket or make a big hook shot, and the success rate is very good.

But this time, he took advantage of his body to roll Adams all the way to a very close position under the basket, and then easily hit a small hook with a straight arm.

As a skilled white insider, Adams is still a veteran, and he can't compete with Gan Guoyang in terms of strength, so he was directly involved.

Soon it was the Suns' turn to attack. The Suns did not have Larry Nance, and the highest starter was Adams, so they must play fast and play outside.

The rookie Jane Humphries, who played backup shooting guard for the Suns last season, started to play point guard this season and was promoted to the team's starter.

This tall 6-foot-3 point guard has a strong physique and solid skills. Although Valentine has rich experience, he suffers from height. The center directly attacked inward, and Valentine was caught off guard. He was knocked away by Humphries and lost his defensive position.

But as soon as Humphries got to the free throw line, he found that his breakthrough route was blocked.

After Gan Guoyang returned to the defense, he did not go down to the three-second zone as before, but went to the high position of the free throw line to delay the Suns' little brother!

This is the first important change that Bellman made to the reform of the Blazers' defensive system. Gan Guoyang's main defense area was expanded from the three-second zone under the basket to the free throw line at the top of the arc.

Humphries was caught in such a position, so he definitely couldn't go in. He wanted to make an emergency stop for a jumper, but seeing Gan Guoyang's open arms, he had to choose to pass the ball to the wing, and gave it to Mike Sander on the right. s.

Sanders feinted after receiving the ball, ready to continue to break through with the ball. The Suns' main tactic at the beginning of the game was to attack the Blazers inside, kill the opponent, and try to offset the Blazers' inside advantage.

It was Vandeweghe who defended Sanders. As the biggest colander of the Blazers' defense, Bellman also made demands on him to make up for his shortcomings.

When Sanders was about to break through, he found that Vandeweghe was not standing in front of him, but leaned inward, as if opening a door, leaking the bottom line, but blocking the 45-degree route.

"Sanders drives from the baseline, Sampson comes back, and he blocks Sanders' layup! Nice block! Blazers get the ball, great defense!"

Bellman's defensive improvement seems to have really brought about a certain effect.

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