The Golden Age of Basketball

The Blazers unexpectedly trailed the Warriors by two points in the first quarter.

The Blazers' low shooting percentage is one reason. Although Drexler relied on his strong breakthrough ability to easily tear through the Warriors' defense, he also intentionally controlled the number of breakthroughs he made. The leg injury is still more concerned.

The performances of Valentine and Vandeweghe are relatively mediocre. Vandeweghe missed many shots in a row. It seems that he is not very in shape.

And Valentine basically handed over the ball after halftime, without much room for development.

On the contrary, Sampson can still support the Blazers' inside offense. The Warriors are indeed relatively poor at the power forward position. Sampson has gained something by eating a few times.

After the substitutes on both sides came on the field, the scene was still tepid. Colter was still the No. 1 choice for Ramsey's backup point guard, but his performance was still very bad.

In Ramsey's view, Colter's performance was simply sleepwalking. He couldn't defend, couldn't score, and had no assists. He didn't have the calm and sophisticated feeling of last season.

So after the first quarter, Ramsey put Colter on the bench again and sent Terry Porter on the field.

After the start of the second quarter, the bench was led by Porter and Paxson, plus Kenny Carr, Sampson and Jerome Cosey. [

Porter and Paxson showed good tactical qualities. Porter's presence made up for Paxson's lack of impact, and Paxson's strong shooting ability allowed the Warriors to defend Porter with all their strength from the perimeter, giving Porter Especially more assault opportunities.

These two brought the Blazers' offense to life on the outside, and with their warmer touch, the Blazers' shooting percentage began to rise.

The weak two-point advantage established by the Warriors in the first quarter was filled by Paxson's three-pointer from the outside, and the Blazers took the lead.

But compared with the Blazers, the Warriors' bench is not much better. Their rookie Mullin made Cosey feel a little pressure.

"Defend him, Jerome! Guard him! Jerome..." Gan Guoyang watched as Ke Xi stuck to Mullin on the left baseline, right next to the Blazers' bench. The Warriors' offensive time was running out Oh, and Mullin didn't have time to pass the ball, so he shouted, and interfered with Mullin by the way.

Seeing that the 24 seconds were about to come, Mullin pretended to shoot, but Cosey was not fooled, and then Mullin took a step back, then leaned back and shot.

Mullin is a left-hander, so Cosey was a bit awkward blocking shots that interfered with his shot, and Mullin's release was pretty quick, with the ball arcing high.

"Shua!" The ball went into the net hollow, a difficult goal!

After the goal was scored, the Warriors' bench suddenly boiled up, and the players applauded the difficult goal of Mullin, a rookie. Among them, Carroll seemed the most excited, still waving towels.

Mullin was still quite low-key. After scoring the goal, he quickly ran back to the second half to defend. After all, after the goal was made, the Warriors still trailed the Blazers by three points 31:34.

"This guy's shooting is pretty good." said Vandeweghe next to Gan Guoyang. As a shooting master, being praised by Vandeweghe shows that Mullin's shooting does have merit.

"It would be perfect if Clyde has such a shooting level." Gan Guoyang did not forget to make fun of Drexler after hearing this.

"Why do you want to involve me? My performance in the first quarter was much better than yours!" Drexler was not happy after hearing this. Gan Guoyang likes to make fun of him with his shooting.

"The one who laughs at the end is the sweetest... Wait, that guy Carol, I won't let him score so casually again." Gan Guoyang said looking at the happy Carroll on the bench at the other end.

Soon, with 8 minutes left in the second quarter, the Blazers still led the Warriors by three points 36:33. However, although the Blazers' offense recovered, it seemed that there was no way to limit the Warriors defensively. [

With Pete Van Kowen making a 10-foot mid-range shot, the Warriors approached the score to one point. Ramsey had to call a timeout. He hoped that the team could tighten up the defense. Sections can widen the gap.

"Your defense is too loose. We need to increase the intensity of defense and establish an advantage before the end of the first half. Play more inside offense, remember, strengthen confrontation, and strive to widen the gap during this time period." Ramsey did not Do too many tactical arrangements, but ask for increased intensity.

In the previous games, the Blazers never put up the intensity, but were playing tactics and feeling.

For a strong team, how to control the rhythm of the game and the process of the game is very important.

When facing a weak team, how to save effort and win the game is what every coach is thinking hard about.

Ramsey believes that it is the best way to control the progress of the game by changing the rhythm of "strong and weak" during the game, that is, to use high-intensity performance in a short period of time to widen the gap, and then use the ordinary game mode to maintain the advantage.

This requires the team to have a balanced offensive and defensive capabilities and be able to retract freely.

"Gan, lock Carroll and block the free throw line by the way." Ramsey finally said to Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang nodded after listening. He knew that Carol would definitely play again after this timeout.

Sure enough, the Warriors also replaced the starting players one after another, and Carroll was among them, appearing full of confidence.

"Have you been away from nb for a year?" Gan Guoyang walked up to Carol and said to him suddenly.

Carol was a little surprised when he saw Gan Guoyang coming over and said to him, and then replied: "That's right, but I'm back again."

"But the current NB is not what it was when you were here...you should be eliminated, Mr. No. [-]." (mr-frst-roun)" Gan Guoyang said lightly, as if he was telling a fact, not provocative.

"9, 2, 9, 2, 9, 2..." After hearing Gan Guoyang's words, Carol began to repeat these two numbers. Obviously what he meant was that he scored nine points in the first quarter, while Gan Guoyang only scored nine points. scored two points.

Soon the referee's serve whistle interrupted the argument between the two, and Drexler served from the sideline.

At this time, Gan Guoyang drove Carroll away, and quickly stood at the left corner to ask for the ball.

Drexler understood and lobbed the ball to Gan Guoyang. After Gan Guoyang received the ball, Carroll quickly defended him.

This position is still a little far from the basket, Gan Guoyang did not choose to turn his back, but turned into a face-up basket with a sigma step.

Gan Guoyang's turn was clean and neat, without a trace of muddy water. After turning around, he immediately lowered the center, then suddenly shook his shoulders, and then accelerated in a straight line to break through the middle.

Since Vandeweghe played, he was on the right wing, and Kenny Carr was also pulled to the right corner, so the middle was wide open, and the Warriors did not have the awareness to block the free throw line.

Gan Guoyang rushed in against Carol like an earthen machine.

Carol once again experienced Gan Guoyang's terrifying power and extraordinary sensitivity, and there was no way to stop the machine from entering.

"Bang!" Carol only felt that he fell back again, and then he heard the sound of the basket being pulled and opened.

Carol sat down on the ground, looked up and saw Gan Guoyang dropping one arm on the basket, looked at himself indifferently, then let go of his hands and landed, said "9, 4", then turned and left.

The ball was within a reasonable range of physical contact. Gan Guoyang didn't swing his elbow or anyone else. He relied entirely on his body strength, so there was no foul.

Gan Guoyang relied on his strength and weight to overwhelm Carroll. It was difficult for him to take off when he took Carroll to the inside, so he relied on Carroll to push up, and then relied on It's super wingspan and big hands, stuffing the ball into the basket.

Although Carol is two inches taller than Gan Guoyang, his weight is nearly 15 pounds lighter than Gan Guoyang, and he only weighs 225 pounds.

Moreover, Carol's legs are long and his center of gravity is high, while Gan Guoyang's center of gravity is low. Carol can't stand him at all.

The teammate stepped forward and pulled Carroll up. The ball made Carroll feel insulted. He didn't expect that he had just returned to the nb. After all, he was the No. [-] pick in the past. He lost face.

"Pass me the ball!" Carroll said to Floyd, trying to save face on offense.

Sure enough, when the Warriors started to attack, Floyd took the initiative to find Carroll, but it was difficult for him to pass the ball. Gan Guoyang should have started to defend Carroll.

Defending around the front is a very energy-consuming defensive method, and once the opponent lobs the ball successfully, the basket will open.

But this kind of defense is also very effective against low-post powerful centers, because it is difficult for opponents to even get the ball.

After two unsuccessful passes, Floyd diverted the ball to other players and continued to run the Warriors' offense.

When the ball moved to the weak side, Gan Guoyang no longer cared about Carroll, but instead focused on the horns and the free throw line. As long as there are Warriors players running here, Gan Guoyang will intentionally and intentionally shift slightly to that side .

The Blazers' defensive strength has obviously increased, and the Warriors' passing has become sluggish. Once the players stop the ball, they will be closely defended by the Blazers.

At this time, Carroll mentioned the top of the arc to provide a cover for outside players. The pick-and-roll is indeed a very simple and effective way to break the defense.

But when Terry Teagle relied on Carroll's screen to go in, Gan Guoyang chose to let Carroll mark Teagle, while Drexler switched to Carroll.

This is a dangerous move in defense, because Drexler is obviously at a disadvantage defending Carroll, and at this time the Blazers are already empty inside, and Carroll can catch the ball or layup as long as he goes down.

However, Bellman designed it like this, the greater the risk, the greater the reward.

As a precaution, he will ask other defensive players to be ready to return to the three-second zone to make up defenses at any time, that is, stepping on the side of illegal defense, so that Sampson will fill the inside line in the penalty area in advance.

More importantly, it depends on Gan Guoyang's ability to oppress the ball holder after changing rooms. If he can make the ball holder unable to pass the ball, then Carroll doesn't matter even if no one is defending him.

Sure enough, Gan Guoyang's sudden close defense made Tigger very uncomfortable, and he was already dead!

At this time, Valentine on the left also came up to pinch and broke the ball in Tiggle's hand.

As soon as the ball entered Valentine's hands, Gan Guoyang straightened up and rushed to the front court, which was empty.

After stealing the ball, Valentine also made a quick long pass, and the ball went straight to Gan Guoyang's hands.

The fans at the Memorial Stadium knew it was their time to perform.

Gan Guoyang slams the dunk with both hands!

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