The Golden Age of Basketball

Chapter 315 Rebound King

Lambiel, as a white center without too much talent, can flourish in the league. In addition to his unremitting efforts (there are no outstanding players in nba who don't work hard), this gentleman's wall-like face on the court is also a credit must.

Gan Guoyang turned around and passed him cleanly, then sent an angry buckle on his head, then sprayed a dirty word at him, and ran back to defend without looking back, but Lambiel didn't care He looked like he picked up the ball on the ground and went behind the sideline to serve, without being affected by Gan Guoyang's provocation at all.

This guy's housekeeping skill is to make others lose their minds by provoking, and the basic requirement for doing this is to keep their minds at all times.

The rhythm of the two sides in the second quarter obviously slowed down. The players have basically entered the game state. The intensity of the confrontation is increasing, the difficulty of scoring is increasing, and the whistle has begun to gather.

At this time, Vandeweghe began to show off after his reappearance. Vandeweghe, who basically did not have much pressure on the defensive end, was able to focus all his energy on offense. The biggest loophole in the Pistons lineup is the defense of the small forward position. Vandeweghe The powerful projection ability began to exert great power.

"Don't let him catch the ball easily! Keep physical contact! Stare at him, stare at him!" Chuck Daly yelled from the sidelines, because Vandeweghe had scored three goals in a row.

Although the Pistons guard Vandeweghe strictly on the defensive end, the tactically skilled Blazers always have a way to create better singles opportunities for Vandeweghe. If the white man is slow, it will be difficult for him to stare at Vandeweghe.

Vandeweghe once again received a pass from the wing. He and Tripka were stalemate on the baseline. Vandeweghe, holding the ball with both hands, suddenly broke through from the outside, and then used his height and strength to squeeze Tripka away. In the state, he made a throw from the 12-foot position. At this time, the score has changed to 45:40. The Blazers reversed the situation and surpassed by five points.

"Beep!" The referee whistled, and Daly called a timeout.

"Team Vandeweghe early, Dumars, put some pressure on this guy, and Lambiel, don't let him shoot around the paint easily, I don't want to see him shoot from 12 feet. Of course, to Pay attention to Gan, he should play soon, protect the offensive rebounds, Ma Hong, you come on the field and replace Benson, give Gan a proper boost, don’t let him shoot with touch, our current restrictions on him are not bad.”

Daly arranged a defensive strategy against Vandeweghe. Vandeweghe's hands are too hot. If you don't restrain yourself, you may be crippled by him in the first half. At the same time, the Pistons must also beware of Gan Guoyang. Currently Gan Guoyang only scored 8 points. Some missed balls, the only one in singles was the one that dunked Lambir.

Gan Guoyang's explosive scoring power is quite strong. You don't know when he will come and lead the Blazers to an offensive shock wave. Many teams are taken away by such a wave of Gan Guoyang. The difference between a center forward.

However, Daly, who is thoughtful in every aspect, did not guess the subsequent trend of the Blazers this time. After the timeout, the Pistons' defense did indeed limit Vandeweghe. On the other side, before Vandeweghe received the ball, Joe Dumas, Mahon or Thomas were ready to double-team Vandeweghe.

And Lambiel also expanded the defensive range. After Gan Guoyang and Vandeweghe picked and rolled, he repeatedly blocked Vandeweghe strongly, and did not give Vandeweghe a chance to easily attack.

At the same time, Rick Mahon also started to take special care of Gan Guoyang. This meat shield power forward transferred from the Washington Bullets has the biggest butt in the league, even more fat than Barkley. Like lard for washing, it is really hard to get rid of once it rubs on the clothes.

However, the Trail Blazers still played in the second quarter. At the end of the first half, they led the Pistons by 60 points at 47:13. fast break.

Although the Blazers do not have the sharp knife of Drexler on the front line, the real soul and engine of the Blazers' fast break is their center Gan Guoyang and his extremely stable backcourt rebounds.

Whether a team can play a fast break, either they have a point guard with excellent propulsion ability, or they have an inside line that can provide a stable backcourt rebound-he can save the forward players from having to compete for backcourt rebounds and invest in the fast break in advance. attack.

Vandeweghe and Paxson are not speedy forwards and guards, and Cauchy is not a player with a fast break system like Drexler. If they want to help the inside to grab backcourt rebounds, the Blazers' fast break There is no need to fight.

Gan Guoyang took almost all of the Blazers' backcourt rebounds in the first half. The Blazers grabbed 22 rebounds in the half, and Gan Guoyang grabbed 19. As long as he gets the rebounds, it means that the Blazers have This gave the Pistons a chance to get a quick break.

On the defensive end, Gan Guoyang did not have the pressure on the offensive end, and tried his best to guard the inside line. Not to mention the Pistons did not get a single offensive rebound, and the breakthrough was also greatly resisted. The second quarter was not smooth at all.

Gan Guoyang's 10 points and 19 rebounds in the halftime is also a wonderful thing, but it is enough to show that even if Gan Guoyang does not attack, his contribution to the Blazers is huge.

In the second half, the Pistons were eager to contain the Blazers' offense, but there was no offensive rebounder in their team. They basically relied on picking up the offensive rebounds, but Gan Guoyang sucked away the balls that did not score one by one like a vacuum cleaner, and at the same time became the Blazers fast Attack ammunition.

In fact, the Pistons also have a backcourt rebounder, and that is Lambiel, who is facing Gan Guoyang. This year's rebounding center has been ranked second for many years. (The previous rebounding leader has always been held by Moses Malone, but Moses Malone really has too many offensive rebounds.)

However, the appearance of Gan Guoyang, a rebounding machine, shattered Lambiel's hopes of being the rebounding champion this season. In the most recent games, Gan Guoyang's scoring average dropped slightly, but his average rebounding number has risen to 16, surpassing Lanbier's. Bill's 13 is firmly ranked first in the league.

The player who averaged more than 16 rebounds per game in the nba last season was Moses Malone in the 1978-1979 season. He was still in the Houston Rockets at that time. It's over 80.

As long as Gan Guoyang maintains a stable rebounding performance in the remaining games, it will definitely not be a problem to break through the record of averaging 1981 rebounds per game this season. The rebounding king has a total of 4 years of monopoly.

Clearly, a new rebounding king has been born.

In the second half of the game against the Pistons, the Blazers still controlled the situation on the court, which can be seen from Gan Guoyang's steady rise in rebounds.

The famous Japanese center Takenori Akagi once said, "He who controls the rebounds can control the game." In this game, Gan Guoyang controlled the audience with rebounds.

For the Pistons, the lack of impact of the lineup is magnified. Rick Mahon and Laimbeer are good players and good tanks in defense, but they are not a threat to the inside line guarded by Gan Guoyang in offense. Gan Guoyang happens to be tonight The feeling of catching rebounds is extremely good, so in the end, the Pistons completely gave up rushing for offensive rebounds, even unwilling to pick them up, and returned to defense with all their strength.

This makes the Pistons' offense lack of change, and also makes the Blazers' defense free from the interference of unstable factors. It's like sitting on the Diaoyutai. .

Gan Guoyang also experienced the feeling of sitting in the middle army and directing the forwards to charge forward. This is more enjoyable than the feeling of scoring consecutive points with the ball. The game also entered garbage time in the fourth quarter. The bigger the Blazers, the smoother they are. More and more open, the suspense has been lost.

Gan Guoyang didn't care about his statistics during the game, but when he was interviewed on the sidelines after the game, Gan Guoyang learned from the reporter that he scored 17 points in the game and picked 37 rebounds angrily at the same time. The season's single-game rebounding record.

"Why did you pick up so many rebounds tonight? Looking at your statistics, it gives the impression that points and rebounds are reversed." The reporter asked on the sidelines. Indeed, Gan Guoyang's normal statistics should be 37 points and 17 Rebounds, not the weird 17 points and 37 rebounds now.

"It's hard to say this feeling, as if it's not me grabbing the rebound, but the basketball is grabbing me, it just wants to come to me! It's a very wonderful feeling, and it can't stop at all." Gan Guoyang was also very happy after getting such data. Excited, this is unexpected to him.

"Statistics like this make people feel like going back to the NBA in the 60s, when Chamberlain and Russell dominated the basket, and a single player had [-], [-] rebounds a game. We know you showed it in your rookie season. Excellent rebounding talent, won the rebounding champion, how did you grab so many rebounds?" The reporter is always so studious and eager to ask questions.

Gan Guoyang is in a good mood tonight and is willing to answer the reporter's questions properly.

"Talent, plus hard work, and a heart that is willing to jump up and grab the ball. Whoever can do these three things will be the next rebounding leader, even if he is a small 6-foot-6 guy."

The reporter didn't pay much attention to Gan Guoyang's last words, because he didn't know that the competition for the rebounding champion for many years in the future would be between Gan Guoyang and a small 6-foot-6 man.

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