The Golden Age of Basketball

On the morning of December 12, the Trail Blazers arrived in the capital, Washington, D.C., and started a four-game Eastern road trip.

After the Washington Bullets experienced glory in the 70s, the 80s has gradually slipped into the bottom of the valley with the retirement of old players.

This season they continue to start a difficult reconstruction with Jeff Malone and Sam Bowie as the core.

In this year's draft, the Bullets selected a player who has attracted much attention-the number one player, Manute Ball, with the seventh overall pick in the second round.

在nba的历史上，出现过好几位身高达到2米20，也就是7尺3或者7尺3以上的球员，包括上个赛季联盟最佳防守球员马克-伊顿，他就是7尺3。

But in the history of the league, there are only two people with a height of 2 meters. One is Manute Ball, and the other has not yet entered the NBA's sight at this time.

It is worth mentioning that these two players over 2 meters were both selected by the Washington Bullets. Perhaps the Bullets have a preference for giants.

This selection of the Bullets can be said to be full of controversy, because they have already selected Sam Bowie last year-if there is no Gan Guoyang, they should take Bowie's teammate Melvin Turpin, and then put Turpin Trade to Cavaliers.

Now Bowie has become Washington's starting center, and his performance is not bad. Although there are some minor injuries and illnesses, the overall condition is good and he is a trustworthy center.

However, Turpin failed to change his fate of going to the Cavaliers. He was taken by the Cavaliers with the 12th overall pick.

In the case of Bowie, Washington still chose Manuel Ball in the 1985 draft. This may be due to historical inertia, or it may be that Washington feels that in this era when centers are prevalent, it should Hoard such a high-level man to compete with those super centers-such as Ewing who just came to the East.

Last season, the Jazz's experience of relying on defensive double heights to jam the Rockets' twin towers gave Washington a lot of inspiration.

Of course, Washington did not use the super double highs of Bowie and Ball in the starting lineup, and Bowie still firmly occupied the starting center position.

Every time Gan Guoyang sees Sam Bowie, his thoughts are particularly complicated, because the two of them are people whose fate has been exchanged.

It's just that Gan Guoyang's situation when he came to the Blazers was obviously much better than that of Bowie, and Bowie had a good life in Washington, so this is an excellent exchange of fate.

Bowie, who has not yet been hit by injuries, has experienced a season of experience, but he is already a qualified NBA starting center.

His presence has greatly improved the protection of the Washington Bullet's penalty area and raised the Bullet's defense to a higher level.

In one-on-one defense, his experience has become more and more abundant. The most important thing is that he is no longer afraid of Gan Guoyang, the opponent who has torn him apart time and time again.

Bowie is also growing, and his mind is maturing. Gan Guoyang can feel it when he matches him for the first time after the opening game. Bowie is focused and calm. Even if Gan Guoyang easily turned around with the ball and succeeded in a layup, Bowie was also very calm. Take the ball to the baseline and serve.

Starting from the college game, once Bao Wei faced Gan Guoyang, he would soon fall into a kind of panic and fear, because he couldn't guard Gan Guoyang at all.

Gan Guoyang himself has a strong scoring explosive power and is good at scoring consecutive goals in a short period of time, which often causes a huge psychological blow to the opposing players. In this way, Bao Wei was beaten by Gan Guoyang with fear of Gan Guoyang.

In the two matches between the two sides last season, Bao Wei was beaten to pieces by Gan Guoyang, but this year he seems to have changed a person, going all out on the defensive end, causing a lot of trouble for Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang knew that Bowie did not train less this summer, nor did he train less than himself.

In the four consecutive victories after the six-game losing streak, Gan Guoyang's powerful offense was the biggest booster for the Blazers to win consecutively. This time they did not change their tactics against the Bullet Blazers, and they still started from Gan Guoyang.

However, Bullet obviously also noticed the recent madness of the Blazers and Gan Guoyang, so not only did Bowie try his best to defend Gan Guoyang, but others also came to harass Gan Guoyang.

This greatly restricted Gan Guoyang's performance in the first half. In the half, he made 16 of 6 shots and only scored 15 points, including 4 free throw opportunities.

This is undoubtedly a very successful defense.

At the same time, Gan Guoyang also had the first chance to compete with the tallest player Boll on the court. The 2-meter thin and tall pole made Gan Guoyang feel very uncomfortable at first, because he was really too tall.

When he stood under the basket with his hands open, Gan Guoyang could hardly see the basket when he raised his head, and Ball could almost reach the basket without a jumper.

But Bohr has a big flaw, he is too thin, he is just a big clothes-horse, and his moving speed is not good, Gan Guoyang quickly figured out his flaw, using strength and He played Bol twice with his feet and got two free-throw attempts, and the Bullets quickly replaced him.

Even though Manute Ball was defeated, Gan Guoyang still failed to break through Washington's iron barrel defense, and after four consecutive high-intensity battles of more than 40 minutes, Gan Guoyang was indeed a little tired.

However, Ramsey did not make adjustments, but as in the previous four games, he was only allowed to rest for 2 minutes.

At the same time, Ramsey did not make targeted adjustments, but just let the players play well.

At halftime, the Blazers had fallen behind the Washington Bullets 50:63 by 13, beyond everyone's expectations.

"We need to give some support to the inside, look at Bowie, look at Noland, Gan is too tired alone." In the locker room, assistant coach Behrman said to everyone.

The Bullets' starters, Bowie and Noland, both attacked and defended, putting a lot of pressure on the inside line of the Blazers. Noland had already scored 20 points in the halftime and made 11 of 8 shots. There was nothing he could do about him.

But the Blazers players seemed a little indifferent after listening to Behrman's words. Everyone was doing their own things silently. Behrman's words were like a pebble thrown into the sea, without causing the slightest impact.

The only one who responded was Gan Guoyang. He stepped forward and patted Behrman, then shook his head.

"I will solve the problem by myself. Everyone does their own thing, and we can win. It's that simple." Gan Guoyang stood up and said, and then Gan Guoyang suddenly walked up to Ramsay and looked at Ram who was sitting there in a daze together.

"What's the matter, Gan?" Ramsay looked up at Gan Guoyang and asked.

Gan Guoyang didn't speak, just looked at Ramsay coldly, and suddenly Gan Guoyang punched Ramsay.

The punch came so suddenly that Ramsay didn't react at all, and Gan Guoyang's huge fist hit Ramsay's chest directly.

Ramsey was originally sitting on a small square stool in the locker room. The equipment in the away locker room is relatively simple, and the stool is small and narrow.

Ramsey was punched by Gan Guoyang, and he fell back all of a sudden, and fell to the ground with a "bang".

The sound of stools and people falling to the ground exploded in the locker room, and then there was a dead silence.

The other Blazers players were all dumbfounded. Colter, Valentine, Cauchy, and Adelman all stood up, while Vandeweghe, Sampson and others sat there, also motionless.

"What-did-you-**ing-do? (What the hell did you do?)" asked Adelman, who was standing near Ramsay, with a look of surprise.

"I'm just giving a lesson to a coach who doesn't do anything. He doesn't deserve to sit here and do nothing when the team is behind! No matter, no matter what happens to him, he should be himself It's my job." Gan Guoyang yelled as he watched Ramsey in the locker room.

For a player to beat a coach in the locker room, it is simply rebellious, no matter how well the coach does his job.

If the league finds out, Gan Guoyang will definitely be suspended, and then he will be criticized by the media.

Gan Guoyang, who had just been freed from the "arrest" incident, was likely to be involved in a bigger disturbance.

"But you can't do this either..." Kenny Carr also stood up and said, and then he walked to Ramsay's side, ready to help Ramsay up.

"Don't help me..." Ramsay, who fell on the ground and couldn't get up for a long time, waved and rejected Carl's support.

Gan Guoyang's punch did not hit Ramsay's face, but his chest, so that there would be no wounds and no one would see it, but Ramsay's chest hurt very much.

Ramsay rubbed his chest, stood up slowly with his hands on the fallen bench, and then took two deep breaths to make sure that his sternum was not injured.

"Are you okay?" Adelman walked up to Ramsey and asked.

"It's okay, I'm fine." Ramsey told Adelman that he was fine.

"You're right, Gan. I'm a vegetarian. I've done nothing. You should have punched me. I apologize to everyone. Every one of you should have punched me." Ramsey turned to the locker room. everyone said.

In fact, from everyone's reaction after Ramsey was beaten, it can be seen that the Blazers players no longer have enough respect for Ramsey, so although they were surprised to see Ramsey being beaten, there was nothing too much Strong reaction, just silently watching.

"I'm sorry, I didn't fulfill my duties as a coach, but I sat in this position and delayed the future of the team. I feel very sorry, so I will submit my resignation to the team as soon as possible..." Ramsey continued.

At this time, everyone's faces were a little moved, because they realized that the old coach who had been with the team for many years might really want to leave because of Gan Guoyang's punch.

"No, you can't go! Your task has not been completed!" Gan Guoyang, who was standing aside, loudly denied Ramsay's words. "What do you want, Gan?" Ramsay looked at Gan Guoyang and asked, tears were already in his eyes.

"Do what you have to do. No matter what happens, you shouldn't give people the feeling that hope has been lost. I think Mrs. Ramsay would not like to see you like this. It will take her heart out."