The Golden Age of Basketball

美国东部时间4月27日，费城76人队在他们的主场以134：109，25分的优势大胜华盛顿子弹，总比分3：2艰难淘汰了对手，挺进东区本决赛。

The Philadelphia 76ers, short of major generals, used a strange lineup of four forwards and one guard throughout the first round. Their past main shooting guard Andrew Tony and center Moses Malone missed the playoffs due to injuries. The team's two rookie players, power forward Greg - Stokes and power forward Terry - Cartridge, the two were functional center and power forward.

And Charles Barkley came to the position of shooting guard. Such a strange formation made them entangled with the bullets for four games, and finally broke out in the fifth game. Cartridge played 27 minutes in the last game and scored 27. Points, one point per minute.

Barkley even scored 19 points, 15 rebounds, and 12 assists in a single game, and finally got his first triple-double in the playoffs. You must know that he scored 26 points and 22 rebounds in the first game against the Bullets , 9 assists, quasi-triple-double, equally shocking performance.

It's just that his performance was quickly overshadowed by the dazzling light of the other two new stars in 84, and the fat man was immediately ignored, which made Barkley quite depressed. You must know that after Moses Malone was injured, Barkley They did get more performance opportunities, but the other two were really against the sky.

In this way, as the 76ers and the Bullets decide the outcome of the series, the situation of the Eastern and Western semifinals is also released. Generally speaking, this is a year without any surprises, at least in the first round. The teams in the top half were all victorious.

Among them, the Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets, Boston Celtics, and Milwaukee Bucks all swept their opponents, while the Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers, and Atlanta Hawks took a little effort and entered the second place without much suspense. wheel.

Just when the game between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Bullets had just ended, in Los Angeles, the first game between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers had already begun, because both teams eliminated their opponents 3-0 and had rested long enough, So the Western Conference semifinals took the lead in igniting the flames of war.

For Gan Guoyang, staying at home after training, drinking cold beer and watching the TV live broadcast of the Western Conference semifinals is really a pleasant thing, not to mention that Wang Fuxi also returned to Portland from Spokane , stay with Gan Guoyang at home.

"Forrest Gump, the detergent at home is out!"

"There are still in the cabinet below. I bought a lot."

Gan Guoyang watched TV and drank wine, while Wang Fuxi cleaned up the mess after dinner in the kitchen. Gan Guoyang instantly felt that the best things in life were nothing more than that.

"Welcome to the live broadcast of the Western Conference semifinals of the 1985-1986 season NBA playoffs brought to you by cbs. The Houston Rockets challenged the Los Angeles Lakers away. I am Dick Stockton. This is the second game in the Western Conference In the third game, although the Rockets ranked second in the Western Conference, their record in the regular season was worse than that of the Lakers, so the Lakers have the home court advantage. Today, the one who will enjoy this game with you is the familiar Tom Heinsuo Mister En."

"Hi everyone, I'm Tom Heinsohn, and I'm very happy to explain this game for you tonight."

The familiar opening music of CBS TV station and the commentary of host Dick Stockton sounded on the TV. These two commentators have undertaken most of the commentary work of CBS TV station this season, which naturally includes a lot of games between Gan Guoyang and the Trail Blazers.

However, this is the first time Gan Guoyang really listened to the two of them commenting on the game this season, because he usually stands on the court and is commented on the game, instead of sitting in front of the TV and listening to the commentary while watching the game.

Before the game, the TV station also broadcast interviews with the Lakers players. The five starters of the Lakers all expressed their expectations for the game, with relaxed expressions on their faces, and expressed their yearning for the Celtics in the finals.

Gan Guoyang laughed after hearing what the two said, and shook his head, thinking that the Lakers really don't understand the way of character. Instead, he must have praised the Rockets before the game, showing his deep worry about the game.

Of course, character is always secondary, and strength is the most important. Gan Guoyang also had a lot of character in the Western Conference Finals against the Lakers last season, but he was still easily settled 1:4.

Then, the TV station began to introduce the starting players of both sides. Compared with the regular season, the Rockets' starting team has changed. The veteran John Lucas was cut by the team before the playoffs, and Robert Reid replaced Lucas in the starting lineup.

But Reed is not a point guard, but a small forward. In this way, the starting five of the Rockets have removed the point guard, and the backcourt has become a double small forward plus a shooting guard. The height of the three backcourt players is 6 feet. 6, 6 feet 7, 6 feet 8, so the average height of the Rockets' starters has been further improved.

"They're just here to deal with the Lakers..." Gan Guoyang saw the way the Rockets line up at a glance, because the height of the Lakers' backcourt is also unparalleled in the world, and opponents often use small forwards or shooting guards to defend against the Magician. Going to match the Lakers' point guard, then your own point guard will obviously suffer when defending.

Gan Guoyang clearly remembers last season's Western Conference Finals, when Drexler was going to defend the Magician, Valentine had to face Cooper and Byron Scott, but he couldn't defend at all, and the backcourt was almost blocked. Cumshot.

Regarding some questions about the Lakers in the preparation meeting for the playoffs this year, the basic plan that the Blazers have made so far is to let Colter defend against the Magician. Use the pass to kill the Blazers.

Now, the way the Rockets deal with the Lakers and Magic in the second round will have a good reference for the Blazers-of course, it would be better if the Rockets can directly keep the Lakers out of the conference finals.

Gan Guoyang was thinking about these problems. The game between the Lakers and the Rockets had already started in Los Angeles. Akeem Olajuwon failed to hold down Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the scrimmage, and the Lakers got their first chance to attack.

The starting lineup of the Lakers is still the same as the regular season, with center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, power forward Rambis, small forward Worthy, shooting guard Scott, and point guard Magician.

"Jabbar received the ball, turned around, and dunked!" The Lakers scored very quickly for the first time. Kareem squeezed Ralph Sampson from the back side to receive the pass from the Magician, and then turned around and dunked with one hand. Sampson was completely blocked behind and could only watch Kareem Abdul-Jabbar score.

"Slim bamboo poles vs. thin bamboo poles, it seems that the old man is stronger." In Gan Guoyang's eyes, these two guys belong to thin bamboo poles, but judging from the situation of the regular season, Kareem is obviously more difficult to deal with. Anyway, Sampson Every time he played against the Blazers, he didn't play well. <Tactics, Reid made a jumper from the baseline, a difficult shot close to a negative angle.

After the opening, the rhythm of both sides was very fast, especially the Lakers, the offense was smooth and smooth, and the shots were all within 10 seconds. The cheers of the fans on the scene were also accompanied by the waves of the Lakers' offense. The atmosphere is already strong like the finals.

"Rambis misses the rebound... Kareem grabs the offensive rebound and dunks! Also draws a foul on Sampson and has a chance to hit a three."

"Jabbar was criticized in the first round against the Jazz. He was considered a lack of aggression. Many people said he was old. But tonight was the best first quarter since the start of the playoffs. Rarely have you seen him fight for the offensive glass so hard."

Gan Guoyang also saw the difference in Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Although the Lakers won 3-0 in the last round, facing the powerful twin towers of the Utah Jazz, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played mediocre, or it might give people the feeling that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did not exert himself at all. Relying on the outside players to win the game.

At the beginning of this game, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar showed a strong desire to win, because many people thought that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar would be tortured by the Rockets' twin towers before the game. There is no doubt that it is a provocation to him, and he will fight back against doubters with practical actions.

Facing the Lakers' offensive, the Rockets took advantage of their twin towers and began to use simple inside lines to drive outside lines to stabilize the situation on the field. Olajuwon and Sampson took turns to succeed in singles, maintaining the momentum of catching up with the Lakers .

"Forrest Gump, try my toasted bread!" Gan Guoyang was watching the game vigorously, and Wang Fuxi took out her baked bread from the oven and put it in front of Gan Guoyang.

"This... is this bread?" Gan Guoyang asked suspiciously looking at the yellow object that looked like a round pancake in front of him.

"I learned how my mother made bread... for the first time, try it!" Wang Fuxi looked expectant. In order to make this bread, Gan Guoyang went to the supermarket to buy an oven. Also bought flour and yeast.

Gan Guoyang carefully took out a piece of "bread" from the plate, it was still a little hot, Gan Guoyang blew it, put it in his mouth and bit it under Wang Fuxi's expectant gaze.

"Crack!" A sound that shouldn't be made when eating bread came out. After Gan Guoyang took a bite, he chewed the "bread" in his mouth and made a "kubakuba" sound.

"Fuxi, are you sure this is bread, not sesame seed cake?" Gan Guoyang turned to ask Wang Fuxi while chewing the dry bread.

"I just made it according to my mother's method? How can it be so hard?" Wang Fuxi also put his fingers on the bread he made and pressed it, and it was indeed a bit hard.

"Have you put the yeast in?"

"Yeast? What is yeast?"

Gan Guoyang burst into tears in an instant. Sure enough, this guy didn't know that yeast was needed to make bread, and he made the bread into pancakes—the sesame seed cakes also needed some soda.

"No, you have to eat it! I will remember to put that yeast next time."

Seeing Wang Fuxi's sharp eyes, Gan Guoyang could only cry in silence, and ate biscuits with beer.

At this time, the Lakers already had the upper hand in the game.