The Golden Age of Basketball

Ramsey was not too surprised by Colter's poor state.

In a big dye tank like the nba, there are many very talented rookies. After experiencing a pretty good rookie season, they quickly deteriorated in the next few years, and the rookies became their peak.

Especially for those black players who were poor since they were young, entering the NBA means getting rich overnight. Although the salary in the NBA at that time was not as terrible as it was later, it was not like the 60s and [-]s when they had to do other jobs part-time.

Even a second-round rookie can get a fairly good contract, and with the price level at that time, it is enough for a period of time.

Ramsey, who has been coaching in the NBA for many years, has long been familiar with this, and the supply of functional players like Colter in the NBA will always exceed the demand. If he can't do it, new players will soon come on top.

The bottom layer of the nba is so cruel. It is not that simple to gain a foothold in this professional league.

Therefore, Ramsey decisively replaced Colter in the second quarter, and pointed to Terry Porter, who was sitting at the end of the bench, to signal Porter to play.

Terry Porter obviously didn't expect the head coach to send him on the field so soon, and his chance to make his first appearance in the NBA came suddenly.

Porter didn't seem to be fully prepared yet, and he seemed a little nervous after standing on the field. He lifted up his pants, looked around in private, and he was a little relieved when he saw his teammates around him.

Looking at Porter, Gan Guoyang thought of the situation when he played the game for the first time. He was also blank-eyed and kept looking for the position of his teammates.

After the personnel replacement, the second quarter of the game began soon, and the two sides used the second team to make a transition on the field.

"Rookie Terry Porter was substituted, and the little guy looked a bit nervous, but he did have a pretty mature face. The Suns served, and their point guard was backup Mike Holrington.

Compared with Porter, Hollington only has one more year of NBA experience. He was a point guard selected by the Suns in the third round last year. He is similar in type to Colter. He is the kind of backup functional player. .

Holrington is 6 feet 4 tall, and like the starting Humphries, he is a tall point guard. Facing Porter, who has one year less experience than him, Hollington doesn't take him too seriously.

Second-year rookies generally have this kind of mentality. After being a rookie for a whole year, now that younger players have entered the league, they can finally "teach" new players as veteran players and tell them "Welcome to NBA".

Hollington had this in mind. He didn't call for a screen, but slowly dribbled the ball outside the right three-point line looking for opportunities.

"Holrington... Breakthrough! Passed Porter, scored the ball, and gave the ball to Edwards. Edwards made a layup! 28:28 tied, the Suns took the lead at the beginning of the second quarter, and used the breakthrough to score the ball Even the score."

"Damn it!" Potter didn't have much expression on his dull face, but he cursed secretly in his heart.

In NCAA games, zone defense is the most common defensive method, because college players generally lack long-range shooting ability, and at that time, NCAA didn't even have a three-point line, so the effect of zone defense was quite good.

When Porter was playing in the NCAA, breakthroughs like Hollington's were basically unlikely to succeed, because there must be teammates coming to defend and block the route.

In the NBA, Bellman's "concealed zone defense" is often aimed at the opponent's arrow, and Gan Guoyang is not on the court at this time. Porter must rely on his own strength to deal with Hollington.

"It's okay, we'll get back soon." Kenny Karl seemed to see Porter's annoyance, said to Porter, and then sent the ball to Porter.

"Porter handles the ball, this is his first time for the Blazers, don't know what kind of energy the No. 24 rookie can bring to the team ... Porter gave the ball to Paxson, and Paxson was in the arc Hold the ball, Sampson is in the middle, but Edwards is tight, Paxson does not pass the ball, he returns the ball to Porter, Porter shakes Hollington... the ground pass to the Sampson, Sampson made a big dunk!"

Porter's first assist in the Trail Blazers!

A very nice pass.

Porter first handed the ball to Paxson at the top of the arc, then cut into the baseline from the left, and then circled out from the baseline to the right to receive the ball at 45 degrees. .

Edwards had to step forward to defend, and Porter passed the ball to Sampson in the middle. Sampson scored with one hand, 30:28.

The atmosphere of the fans was also high again, and the Memorial Stadium became much duller after being tied.

"A-nice-pass." Ramsey praised from the sidelines. It can be seen from this ball that Porter is quite calm and handles the ball very well. It is not at all like the first game rookie.

"Gan, Porter's performance in the first game is much better than yours." Drexler took the opportunity to laugh at Gan Guoyang. When Gan Guoyang played for the first time, he couldn't even touch the ball.

Gan Guoyang shook his head and smiled, but he also found that, from this ball, it can be seen that Porter does have a general air.

In the team training in October, Porter was usually the second to arrive at the training ground. Once he was even earlier than Gan Guoyang, but the next day Porter found that no matter how early he was, Gan Guoyang was definitely ahead of him. still early.

But just after this round ended, Porter made a mistake immediately. He fouled while defending Hollington.

Hollington obviously wanted to compete with Porter, so he made more offensive moves, and Porter also responded with relatively large defensive moves, and finally got a defensive foul.

"Don't fight with this guy! The main thing is to take care of your position and do your job well!" Ramsey reminded him by photographing Potter from the sidelines. He was also afraid that Potter would get on top with Hollington, Instead, forget important work.

For the team, any of the five positions can go up, but the point guard cannot go up. The point guard must be calm and suppress the situation.

Porter still nodded expressionlessly, and Ramsey didn't know if he could listen. He also knew that these young players were not well-trained for a while, and there was still a big thorn on the bench.

The Suns served again, and Porter's movement was obviously smaller this time, but he could say that he was close to Holrington.

At this time, Hollington didn't realize that the referee who made the penalty just now was slightly biased towards him. If he had more experience, he should get a cheap offer to sell the ball, and pass the ball quickly to make a good attack.

But Hollington was still entangled with Porter, and his movements were still a bit big. As a result, he put his arm around Porter's body when he broke through, and was caught by the referee, who called him an offensive foul.

"Holrington got an offensive foul on Porter, and the two evened. It seems that Porter has begun to adapt to the NBA game." Seanley also had a good evaluation of Porter.

Hollington wanted to argue with the referee, but was yelled back by the Suns coach, telling him to defend quickly.

"Porter continued to organize the team's offense, and he gave the ball to Paxson again, allowing Paxson to support in the high post."

Paxson's support in the high position is a new tactical role that Ramsey has rearranged for Paxson this summer. Since Paxson has been relegated from the starting lineup to the substitute, and his individual singles ability is not good enough, he often cannot do it after coming off the bench. Give the team a quick increase in points, so Ramsey asked him to participate more in the offensive organization, and he can drive the second team's offense after coming off the bench.

Porter cuts in from the left again. This is actually a relatively simple high-cut screen tactic. Porter crosses the ball and then cuts to the inside under the cover of the inside.

If the opponent's defensive response is slow, then Paxson can pass the ball directly to Porter, and Porter can get a layup opportunity under the basket.

Once the opponent makes a defensive response, the defense line will generally shrink in, and then Porter will come out, which is equivalent to pulling the opponent's defense line, and once the defense line is pulled loose, there will be loopholes, giving the own team a chance to attack.

This time Porter circled out again, and Paxson passed the ball to Porter again, but Porter did not break through this time, but chose to pass back to Paxson again.

Because Carl, who had covered Porter before, also covered Paxson again.

"Paxson catches and shoots, one step inside the three-point line...hit! A 20-foot jumper, Paxson's shooting skills are still so good!"

Paxson just stepped on his own shooting rhythm, so he easily hit the shot.

After Porter came off the bench, his adaptability on both ends of the offense and defense was surprisingly good. Even Gan Guoyang admired his performance.

The Trail Blazers' second team also played well on the field, suppressing the Suns' second team on both offense and defense.

"Porter gets the backcourt rebound, Porter pushes, Blazers go on a break, Porter passes to Paxson, Paxson catches in the left corner, Paxson crosses and cuts to Cosey down the middle , Cauchy scored a layup! Smooth fast break! 40:33, the Blazers opened the score again! The Blazers second team played unexpectedly well."

As the Blazers relied on a fast break to score another goal, widening the gap between the two sides to more than five points, the head coach of the Suns could only call a timeout.

In the absence of the main scorer Larry Nance, the Suns are a bit stretched in the offense, especially their fast break is half disabled.

In contrast, the Blazers felt like they weren't doing their best.