The Golden Age of Basketball

Gan Guoyang's fist was also deliberated, not simply impulsive. Of course, when he saw that Ramsey was still indifferent in the locker room when the Blazers were behind, his fist was indeed full of anger. .

Maybe Ramsey is missing his wife who is being treated in the hospital, or maybe he has no intention of fighting, and his performance looks like an ordinary staff member of the team—no, even the staff is not as good as the staff. Encourage the players.

Everyone saw this, but no one pointed it out. They were just waiting, waiting for Ramsey and the Blazers to rot together, and then the management made a move to sweep everything up and start again.

Only Gan Guoyang did not compromise. He could not just watch the team that reached the Western Conference finals last season fall into the abyss, so Gan Guoyang pulled the Blazers back from the edge of the cliff by himself.

But this is not a long-term solution. It is impossible for Gan Guoyang to maintain such a scoring level throughout the season. Even if he can, the results of the Blazers will not be much better.

After learning that Ramsey's wife had cancer, Gan Guoyang knew that the reason why Ramsey was so depressed was not only because he could no longer stay in the Trail Blazers next season to continue teaching, but also because he lost his passion for life.

Gan Guoyang wanted to arouse Ramsay's passion, but his method was a bit naive. He wanted to use his fists to make Ramsay angry, wake him up, and make him realize that even though he is 60 years old, he is still a real man.

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In the 10 minutes of the halftime break, the Blazers' locker room was in chaos. After the break, everyone hurried back to the field to continue the second half of the game.

Due to the conflict between Gan Guoyang and Ramsey, the Blazers didn't even have time to make tactical adjustments. They continued the routine of the first half, playing from the inside out.

In the first attack in the second half, Gan Guoyang took the ball on the right side as usual, but this time his position was not deep, he almost got the ball near the three-point line.

For an inside player, it is very exhausting to be in a deep low position. It is very tiring for a center to have such a deep low position ten times in a game. In most cases, it is at a distance of three It is easier to catch the ball farther from the second zone.

The strength of Gan Guoyang lies in his continuous deep and low post position ability. His position blocking ability is too strong, and his physical strength is superior. As long as the opponent does not double-team, Gan Guoyang basically scores when he receives the ball in a deep position. It is also the reason why Gan Guoyang's scoring explosive power is so strong.

It was only the first half of the game. Gan Guoyang felt a little bad when facing the defense of Sam Bowie and Washington's insiders. More importantly, Bowie and Noland also put tremendous pressure on Gan Guoyang on the offensive end. Gan Guoyang's physical strength Consumption is quite large.

Therefore, Gan Guoyang changed his strategy. He no longer went deep inside and struggled to get in position, but caught the ball from the outside position, then quickly turned his back to the basket, and directly forced Bao Weiqiang to the basket.

Bowie is tall and has long arms, so his footsteps are not fast enough, at least he can't keep up with Gan Guoyang's footsteps. Gan Guoyang rushed along the bottom line to the basket with a hard charge, and then succeeded in a layup. (Howard's most common move against Lopez is often used by small players against big players.)

52:63, the Blazers are still 11 points behind the Bullets.

The reason why the Bullets were able to take the lead in the first half today is that in addition to their highly targeted defense, top defense inside, and good supplementary defense, Jeff Malone and Noland played a major role in the offense.

Norland, an ordinary blue-collar power forward, seemed to have a sucker on his hands tonight. He grabbed offensive rebounds inside the Blazers, created multiple second-offensive opportunities, and caused fouls inside the Blazers.

Jeff Malone, taking advantage of Drexler's absence, easily broke through Paxson's defense, avoided Gan Guoyang's supplementary defense, and changed hands at the basket to score a layup.

Bellman's defensive system didn't work well tonight, because everything inside and outside was penetrated, and he began to look at one thing and lose another, and he was timid.

In the second half, Gan Guoyang didn't dare to go to the outside to delay easily. He lost too many rebounds in the first half, so he had to protect the team's penalty area.

When it was the Blazers' turn to attack, Gan Guoyang continued to ask for the ball from a relatively shallow position. This time the bullets did not watch Gan Guoyang break through and score. Gus Williams from the outside line immediately came up to pinch and harass Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang was well prepared, moved the ball in a wide range, and threw the ball to Paxson on the weak side. Paxson ran to the bottom line through Sampson's screen and received a pass from Gan Guoyang, and scored a mid-range jumper at a zero-degree angle. 54:65, still a gap of 11 points.

Drexler's absence is undoubtedly a very big loss for the Blazers. Without this master of outside steals and the sharpest arrow in the fast break, the Blazers' ability to grab points in a short period of time has been greatly reduced.

Moreover, in the third quarter, the Blazers' defensive strength has not improved, and the shooting touch has picked up a lot. The two sides have launched a tug of war between you and me.

Fighting until the end of the third quarter, the Blazers still trailed by 76 points 87:11, which was no different from the beginning of the third quarter.

"Mr. Ramsey, should we give a timeout?" Adelman, who was sitting on the bench, reminded Ramsey. The Blazers didn't call a timeout in the third quarter. Adelman thought that Ramsey was still alive Out of anger, Gan Guoyang's punch was indeed a little too silly.

"Wait a minute, the time hasn't come yet." Ramsey sat on the bench and said lightly, his eyes continued to stare at the game on the field.

When Jeff Malone relied on Bowie to cover a single block and hit a two-step jumper inside the 45-degree three-point line on the right, Ramsey finally stood up and asked the referee for a timeout.

The players of the Blazers seemed a little discouraged. Their offense in the third quarter was actually okay, but they just couldn’t prevent the attack of the bullets. You were one by one, which hurt the morale of the Blazers who were chasing points. They will only get weaker and weaker if they go out.

At this time, Ramsey seemed to be a different person, walked forward with a tactical board, and said to the players off the field: "Cheer up, boys, the game is still long!"

Then Ramsey continued: "Let's adjust, Porter and Cosey are ready to play, Kiki and Valentine you guys rest. Intensity! We need intensity! Offensive I want you to play easier, you know what I mean ?Easier, with fewer passes and coordinated offense, because we want to grab points, play transition, and try to hit a ** at the end of the third quarter. But the premise is that we want to score strong! By the way, Paxson, you are also off the field Rest, Colter, you play, and we play double point guards. Inside Gan, you can stand up for a while, remember, shrink, get stuck in the middle, this is what we always emphasize in our usual training, Carl, you have to cooperate with Gan, and close the middle , don't let Jeff Malone and Gus Williams easily enter our penalty area from the middle! Flanks, Cauchy, I want you to give them pressure! Porter, you and Colter are responsible for the outside rotation , the presence of two point guards is to ask you to attack the opponent more, don't be lazy! Try to catch the score within 10 points before the end of the third quarter, so that we still have a great chance in the fourth quarter!"

It's been a long time since Ramsey has laid out the Blazers' tactical play in such a serious way. For so many games, he has only been perfunctory, encouraging the players casually, and then let the players play according to the usual training routines, or go free play.

I have to admit that whether a team has a coach driving you behind with a whip, the performance level of the players is different.

Especially when the team is behind, whether they can stick to a correct and effective style of play is very important for chasing points.

The players who received Ramsey's guidance suddenly seemed a lot calmer. It can also be seen from the adjustment of the lineup that Ramsey replaced all the starting backcourts and replaced them with more energetic young people to let them play. chasing points.

The timeout ended and the two sides re-entered the field. At this time, Gan Guoyang walked up to Ramsey and said softly: "I hope you are resurrected."

"I was almost beaten to death by you." Ramsay glanced at Gan Guoyang and said.

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There are still 3 minutes before the end of the third quarter. The Blazers are still 13 points behind the Bullets. They have now replaced a group of backup backcourt players, and the Bullets also replaced the main outside line, leaving only Jeff -Malone continued to play a dozen with a substitute player.

The Bullet obviously made a big mistake. Although the Blazers replaced the main force with a substitute, their purpose was not to spare the main force to chase points in the fourth quarter, but to catch up vigorously at the end of the third quarter.

On the first attack after the timeout, Colter shot a cold arrow from outside the three-point line and hit a three-pointer!

The most daring ball, the Blazers scored such a three-pointer in the whole game. It was Colter who just dribbled the ball for halftime, and made a shot with the help of Carl's screen.

The gap has changed to 10 points, and this goal makes a completely different feeling. 10 points and 13 points are really different.

However, there was a problem with the Bullet offense, which was also replaced by a substitute. The Blazers' precise and fierce double-teaming made them lose their position and began to shoot randomly from the outside.

The result of this is that Gan Guoyang caught the rebound in the backcourt, and then the young Blazers began to play fast break counterattacks.

In just two and a half minutes, the Blazers made three quick counterattacks in a row and scored 6 points in a row, narrowing the difference between the two sides to only [-] points!

The Bullets only relied on Jeff Malone's two free throws to get two points, 85:91, and the momentum began to change.

When Gan Guoyang grabbed an offensive rebound and made a drop shot with 19 seconds left in the third quarter, the Blazers had caught up to only 4 points!

Bullets head coach Gene Shu finally couldn't sit still, and could only use a short timeout to arrange the final attack of the third quarter. The 13-point difference was about to be wiped out by the Blazers in the blink of an eye.

"Good work, lads!" Ramsey and the players clapped their hands one by one, and the energetic old man who commanded well on the spot seemed to be back all of a sudden.