The Golden Age of Basketball

After Gan Guoyang turned over and dunked in a two-handed dunk, Ewing's face like an ancient giant did not show any traces.

This young man from Jamaica had long forged a calm and resolute personality in Georgetown, so instead of responding to Gan Guoyang's provocation, he stood at the bottom line and served.

If this ball was replaced by Olajuwon, the domineering kid from Africa—he hadn’t become a modest and self-disciplined Muslim at that time, he would either return one in the offense, or fight Gan Guoyang directly.

During the offseason training at the University of Houston, the two sparked a lot.

This may be the gap between Ewing and the other two. He is a perfect team player, but in this commercial heroic league, he lacks a trace of decisive heroism.

"Gump's dunk is really powerful. Ewing probably didn't expect Gan to turn around so fast. Like lightning, Ewing has to adapt to the NBA's defense. There is no zone defense here." Tom Heinsohn "Kindly remind," Ewing said.

At this time, the Knicks called a timeout. Hubie Brown seemed to want to use a timeout to calm down Ewing and not be provoked by Gan Guoyang's provocation, but he didn't know that Ewing was not moved at all.

"Try to break him inside, but the top priority is defense. We need to improve our defensive strength. Their personal abilities are not strong. Don't let their passes be too smooth." Ramsey asked the Blazers to focus on defense and rely on Defending them can open the score.

The 20-second short timeout ended quickly. The Blazers made some personnel adjustments. Ramsey replaced Terry Porter. Today, Valentine suffered a slight injury to his foot. Yi-Sparrow played a bit badly. [

"Stay close to Sparrow and put some pressure on him." Ramsey patted Porter and said, the rookie has won Ramsey's trust. He is taller, stronger, and has the same steady style, and he is extremely strong in training. hard work.

Ramsey wanted Porter to put some pressure on Sparrow, but he didn't expect him to say that. In fact, he was putting pressure on Porter. After all, he was only a first-year rookie and had only played a few NB games.

In particular, he was facing Sparrow, who had five years of nb experience and was in his prime.

Although Sparrow is only a fourth-round pick, he is a player who is thrown into a corner before being picked out. He is the kind of small point guard who is the least valued. He is fast, but thin, short, and lacks strength.

But he can gain a foothold in the nb, relying on hard work, hard work, and continuous hard work on the court.

In the second year of entering the nb, he was traded to Atlanta and secured his position as the starting point guard. He averaged 10 points and 5 assists per game. starting point guard.

Now, he's a small point guard with plenty of regular-season experience.

"Sparrow has scored 7 points and 3 assists in the first quarter, and now the Blazers have replaced the rookie Porter to see if this young man can cool down Sparrow...Sparrow passed the ball to After Bannister, Ewing wanted a position on the left, but he was killed by Ganka. The ball went to Wilkins. Sparrow, Sparrow made a shot! Ooh~ With the ninth point in the first quarter, Sparrow rewritten the score to 19:20, and the Knicks took the lead again."

Sparrow did not fight Porter recklessly, but after transferring the ball, he started an active running position, running from a 45-degree circle on the right to the bottom line on the left.

Ewing was almost unable to stand still when he was topped by Gan Guoyang. Naturally, Bannister couldn't pass the ball to him, so he passed it to Wilkins who came forward from the middle.

Wilkins wanted to break through, but found that Gan Guoyang was staring at the inside. Even if he let go of Ewing, he would block the middle lane.

But Porter missed Sparrow, and Wilkins passed the ball to Sparrow and made a shot under the defense.

"Cunning guy." Gan Guoyang gave this little point guard an evaluation in his heart.

The few times Sparrow scored were not achieved by rushing, but relying on precise running positions to get good shooting opportunities before taking shots. It just so happened that he felt good today and scored a few shots.

But Gan Guoyang has to spend more time taking care of Ewing today, and it is impossible to fill up all the holes in the outside line, which is why Sparrow seems to be so comfortable. [

"Follow the people, don't stare at the ball, leave the others to me." Gan Guoyang reminded Terry Porter.

Porter could only nod his head, but it was easy to say. After standing on the field, especially for small players, surrounded by tall people, Sparrow might not be able to find them if he circled around for a while. up.

As a rookie, Porter's defensive experience is still not enough. He doesn't know how to use his position and footwork to make it easier for him to follow others, let alone set up defensive traps.

But the Knicks soon fell into a disadvantage, because the Blazers' powerful offensive machine was activated.

"Drexler received a pass from Gan and passed it to Sampson. Sampson dunked! Beautiful pass, beautiful cooperation."

In a quick attack, Gan Guoyang received the ball in the low post, and then passed the ball to Drexler who cut in from the middle. Drexler faced Bannest who was defending, and made another clever The ball was passed to Sampson, and Sampson made a strong dunk.

"Gump got the backcourt rebound, passed to Porter, and Porter made the... long pass! Drexler caught the ball at the basket and picked it up! Drexler's fingertip picking skills have improved a lot .”

"Yeah, he's looking more and more like Kyrie Irving when he's on the break, and I'm like, 'The Blazers are going to score again!'"

The Blazers seized another opportunity. Terry Porter made an extremely bold long pass to Drexler. Drexler, surrounded by three people, took off near the three-second zone and received the ball. .

He didn't use fake moves to shake his opponent away, because there were too many three people, and when he reached the last one, the first person might jump again.

So he simply used his super speed to get up again, lightly picked the basket with his fingers, passed the defender's fingertips, and scored the ball.

When the first quarter ended, the Knicks trailed the Trail Blazers by 26 points at 34:8. It wasn't that the Knicks' offense was bad, but that the Blazers' offense was too strong.

"The current Knicks make me feel that there is a lack of talent. Except for Ewing, they don't have a player with strong enough personal ability to break the deadlock on offense. You know, tactics don't always work, and tactics come out. , and someone needs to throw the ball into the damn basket.” Tom Heinsohn pointed out the current dilemma of the Knicks, they have no talent, and the only talented man has just begun to carve out.

Their number one star is recuperating at home now. If Bernard King is there, the pressure on the Blazers will definitely be enormous.

"That's right, just like the Boston Celtics, with Russell, and then assisted by various outside All-Stars, they set a record of eight consecutive championships."

"Don't forget, there's me as a power forward, hahaha." Tom Heinsohn was afraid that Dick Stockton would miss him.

The two commentators from the BS TV station talked about each other, talking and laughing, and halfway through the second quarter of the game, because the scene of the game was really not very good.

The Knicks, who also relied on tactical literacy and Sparrow's resistance for a period of time in the first quarter, suddenly collapsed in the second quarter, and their offense fell into a completely misfired state.

Ewing couldn't beat Gan Guoyang at all except for singles. He was defended to death by this senior who entered the NBA a year earlier. Ewing found that Gan Guoyang's strength and single defense skills had evolved to a terrifying level.

Except for Ewing, no one has the ability to attack independently. The Knicks can't play except for Bernard King. Pat Cummins, another all-around scorer in the team, also missed the game due to injury.

A team without the ability to attack independently is pathetic. When the opponent defends, they don’t need any strategy. Don’t pinch, don’t defend in advance, don’t shrink, don’t press, just simple one defense and one defense.

"Oh my god, the Knicks' offense has no backbone at all. They don't know how to play anymore. If it weren't for the Blazers' poor shooting percentage today, I think the score gap will only be bigger." Dick Stowe When Cotton said this, the Blazers had already led the Knicks by 15 points.

"I feel that Gan doesn't seem to want to attack too much. Let's see, he has sent 5 assists tonight, which is very rare, and he only scored 8 points, not many singles."

As Heinsohn said, Gan Guoyang took another backboard and passed the ball to Vandeweghe with a long pass. Vandeweghe shot a jumper from the baseline but missed.

Back-to-backs still have a great impact on the physical strength of the Blazers players. Their touch is generally mediocre, but the experienced Blazers attackers still use breakthroughs and free throws to continuously widen the gap between the two sides.

For the Knicks, the most terrible thing is that they can't score by themselves. Once they fall into position, they can hardly attack. They can only score points by switching offense and defense.

Soon, Gan Guoyang was replaced by Jones before the end of the second quarter, but judging from the first half, this so-called duel between Ewing and Gan Guoyang was not so exciting. There were not many one-on-one conversations between the two. There is no scene where you hit one and I return one.

If you want to blame, you can only blame the Knicks for being too weak, or the Blazers for being too strong, making the game one-sided.

"Damn it, it's broken again." Gan Guoyang sat down on the bench and said in Chinese, no one understood what he was saying.

At this time, Inman also felt the same emotion. He had already begun to doubt whether his judgment on the Trail Blazers was wrong, and would this year be a good time for the Trail Blazers to win the championship?

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