The Golden Age of Basketball

() "Remember, we must control the situation on the field! Don't be fooled by the score! We haven't done enough defensively, although you have worked hard, you must strengthen the pressure on the flanks! Gan, pay attention to expanding your Sweep the range, don't let the opponent have so many easy shots!"

Bellman decided during the timeout that the offense should remain unchanged, but the defense must be further strengthened.

Because he has discovered that the current situation of the two sides on the field is not the rhythm of the game that the Vikings are familiar with and good at.

In previous games, the Vikings often had strong firepower in the first half-of course, they mainly relied on their cannon Gan Guoyang.

However, the main means by which they can score consecutively is to rely on the candy-like defense, disrupt the opponent's offensive rhythm and mood, and take the opportunity to launch a quick counterattack.

Gan Guoyang's backcourt rebounds, Dippenbrook's calm pass, Williams' precise jumper, and Wiggis' aggressive quick down all constituted the Vikings' quick counterattack scoring weapon.

In other words, having a good defense is a prerequisite for the Vikings to attack smoothly.

But now, the Vikings are leading the score and scoring a lot, but it is thanks to Gan Guoyang's omnipotent singles and him to attract the opponent's defense, plus other players feel good today, to achieve such an effect.

In this way, let's not talk about Gan Guoyang's physical problems, but once the opponent's defense adjusts and pinches Gan Guoyang, the other people's hands can't be so hot all the time, so the Vikings' firepower will have problems.

More importantly, the dragons on the opposite side obviously haven't brought out their trump card -- Kevin Johnson. Except for the flash of inspiration in the opening game, he hasn't shown his power yet.

He is the scoring leader in Northern California this year, averaging 30.7 points per game.In this tournament, he even set a record of scoring 50 points in a single game!

"Buzz~~" The sound of the buzzer interrupted the chattering arrangement of the coaches of both sides. The timeout ended and the game continued.

The Dragons served in the backcourt, and all the players of the Vikings returned to their own half to stand ready.

At this point Kevin Johnson has discovered that the opponent's defensive strategy has been adjusted to a 3-2 zone defense!

This is a risky move by Bellman. When the opponent feels good on the outside, he changes his defensive strategy and uses a 3-2 zone defense with worse defensive flank shots. This kind of zone defense is rarely used in zone defense.

He was just betting that the opponent had also changed their offensive strategy, from breakthrough points and outside shooting to increasing breakthroughs and directly hitting the basket.

And Bellman looked at Kevin Johnson's performance on the court, and he felt that he should bet right, because he was at a loss when facing three doors that would close at any time on the outside.

The Dragons coach's field arrangement is to enhance breakthroughs and hit the basket, and the strongest breakthrough hand of the Dragons is their point guard Kevin Johnson.

The Vikings' zone defense is not impeccable. In fact, a zone defense system composed of a group of talented high school students may be nothing in front of a strong breakthrough player-such as Kevin? Johnson.

But now the Vikings are resorting to zone defense, obviously trying to catch the opponent by surprise, so that the giant dragon who has just finished the suspension and arranged tactics cannot adapt.

Johnson wavered between the two options of "breaking through the execution tactics" and "passing to the pitcher to break the zone defense". Finally, after relying on the cover given to him by the inside line, he relied on an inside cut to attract the defense of the three. The ball goes to the wing.

Unfortunately, after a timeout, the wing players seemed to cool down quickly. With a bang, the basketball hit the basket, and the rebound was captured by Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang did not hesitate to get the ball, because he had seen his own players rushing towards the opponent's basket like a pack of wolves.

He used a precise pass like a quarterback's [-]-yard long pass, and flung the basketball to the frontcourt with one hand. The basketball flew towards the players wearing green jerseys with white backgrounds as if they were equipped with a guidance system.

The ball was accurately passed to the Vikings players, and they scored an easy layup. At 30:27, the Vikings led by three points!

"Nice job! This is the fucking way we play!" Behrman shook his fist vigorously off the court, he finally saw the Vikings he was familiar with, and such Vikings made him feel at ease.

Gan Guoyang saw his teammates throw the ball in the backcourt, and raised his arms high to celebrate this beautiful goal.

"Big cousin! The pass is beautiful! It's a pity you don't play rugby!" Gan Guohui's roar of killing pigs came from the stage in time.

This goal boosted the morale of the entire Vikings, and every player on the field seemed full of confidence, ready to devote themselves to the defense below.

"Pay attention to your position, Peter! Leave the flanks to me and stare at the top of the arc!" Gan Guoyang loudly directed the defense of the whole team on the inside.

Bellman's strategy is to pinch the dragon's frontal breakthrough, and let Gan Guoyang interfere with the side shot.

The Vikings' 3-2 zone defense stood in front of Kevin Johnson like a wall.

The three outside lines are like three gates, which can be closed at any time to block the way of the breakthrough.

But at this time, Kevin? Johnson no longer has hesitation in his eyes, and no longer hesitates whether to pass or break through.

"Just because you want to stop me?" Johnson's eyes are full of determination, and his eyes will only be on the basket.

lightning!

Purple lightning!

These were the words that instantly appeared in Dippenbrook's mind. He felt a purple lightning flash across his skirt, and the Kevin Johnson in front of him had disappeared.

When he turned his head, Johnson was already in the air, heading for the basket.

But Gan Guoyang also took off at the same time. In the three-second zone, Gan Guoyang will not let anyone score easily.

"Bang!" But the ball still hit the board and entered the frame.

"Beep!" was accompanied by the referee's whistle.

The referee pointed his finger at Gan Guoyang and made a blocking gesture. Two points count and an additional penalty will be added!

All this happened in just a few seconds. Kevin Johnson suddenly started on the perimeter, passed through the double-team on the perimeter, and went straight.

While Gan Guoyang was taking off to block the shot, Johnson forced a layup against his opponent, and he didn't even suffer in the physical confrontation.Not only scored the ball, but also caused Gan Guoyang's foul!

"Yes!" Johnson yelled, as if out of breath.

"You guys are so slow!" Johnson shook his head and said to the Vikings players after making an extra penalty.

The score was 30:30, and the Dragons tied the score.

"Big cousin! Give them back one!" Gan Guohui shouted again on the stage, but this time his words hit Gan Guoyang's mind, and now he is full of desire to repay his opponent in the attack.

Gan Guoyang sent the ball from the bottom line to Dipenbrook, but this time he did not tell Dipenbrook to pass the ball to him, but just glanced at Dipenbrook and nodded.

No need for words, Dippenbrook knew that Gan Guoyang would definitely fight back.

Sure enough, when Dippenbrook dribbled the ball for halftime, Gan Guoyang had already reached a deep position in the interior.

Gan Guoyang's positioning skills have become more and more excellent with continuous training and accumulation of competition experience, and of course his magical "talent" is also in it.

For him, as long as the weight difference is not too large, no one can stop him from playing in the low post in the California High School League.

Williams, who was originally on the baseline, slipped from the right to a 45-degree position on the left. Dipenbrock handed the ball to Williams, and then cut to the right.

In this way, Dippenbrook took the defense away from the left side, forming a weak side with only Williams and Gan Guoyang on the left side, and Williams then lobbed the ball into Gan Guoyang's hands.

This is a relatively common combination of feeding the ball to the inside. By running, the opponent's defense is pulled, and the side of the inside line becomes the defensive weak side, so that passing and singles will be more comfortable.

However, when Gan Guoyang received the ball, he found that there was more than one person beside him!

Two players of the Dragons even gave up marking their opponents. After seeing Gan Guoyang receiving the ball in the low post, they immediately stepped forward to double-team.

Three-team!

This is also a gamble for the head coach of the Dragons.

The giant dragon has always adopted a strategy of single defense and appropriate double-teaming against Gan Guoyang before, but the effect is very poor.

In single defense, the white center of the Dragons couldn't defend, and he was too hesitant to double-team. Gan Guoyang easily sent the ball to the outside, and the Vikings' outside players shot very accurately.

For the first position defense back from the timeout, the Dragons put all their eggs in one basket. As soon as Gan Guoyang got the ball, he was double-teamed by three people.

Is the Dragons coach betting on the Vikings getting cooler on the perimeter?

No, he was blocking Gan Guoyang from taking the ball easily!

Gan Guoyang's passing has always been at the level of Duan Yu's Six Meridians Excalibur, sometimes ineffective.

Sometimes his passing can make people overwhelmed, especially his quarterback-like long pass and outside pass in high position support, which are often top ten balls. <, such as internal transfers, such as horizontal transfers, are not satisfactory.

Gan Guoyang is a typical rough jade in passing.

Now that Gan Guoyang has encountered three double-teams, he can't even pass the ball over his head, because the ball will be knocked out.

Besides, Gan Guoyang didn't think about passing the ball at all. He must return Kevin Johnson in the offense.

So, disregarding the waving hands around him, he forced a dribble and pushed the ball in, ready to force a layup.

But when he took off, he felt as if his waist and abdomen were pushed, and he couldn't control his balance in the air.

Obviously the opponent's defender made a small move below, elbowing him

"Boom!" Gan Guoyang, who lost his balance, made a hasty shot. The ball hit the backboard and bounced to the front of the basket.

The Dragons center, who was making small moves below, just took off at this time and grabbed a backcourt rebound.

"Isn't this fucking foul? You're elbowing me! It's dangerous, didn't you fucking see it?" Gan Guoyang turned around and yelled at the referee.

It's normal to have small moves in defense, but it's really dangerous to elbow someone when the opponent is taking off, and Gan Guoyang is also very excited.

"Shut your mouth, if you don't want to suffer a technical foul!" The referee was obviously not easy to mess with, and Gan Guoyang received a verbal warning.

"Come back to my defense! Gan, what the hell are you talking about with the referee!" Behrman was furious when he saw Gan Guoyang arguing with the referee.

Because just after the Dragons center got the rebound, he immediately passed the ball to Kevin Johnson.

Again, like a bolt of purple lightning, Johnson slashed across the wooden floor of the arena and slashed toward the Vikings' basket.

When Gan Guoyang came back to his senses, stopped entangled with the referee, and ran back to his side to defend in the half court, Johnson had already broken through the Vikings' defense and made an easy layup.

At 32:30, the Dragons took the lead.

"I said, you are all too slow." Johnson said to Gan Guoyang after scoring the goal.

And Gan Guoyang was obviously depressed to the extreme, not only failed to return one, but was hit with a quick counterattack.

Gan Guoyang did not respond, but silently threw himself into the next attack.

Although his mouth is extremely poisonous, he never fights with his opponents when he is not performing well. He knows that only excellent performance on the field, combined with a sharp offensive offensive, is the most effective.

If you don't hit well, you will only spit saliva, that is a dead duck with a hard mouth.

This time Gan Guoyang did not go to the low position again, but made a cover for Dipenbrook at 45 degrees to the left, and then immediately cut into the three-second zone from the left roll.

But this time the pick-and-roll effect was mediocre, and neither of them got rid of the opponent's defense.

At this time, Williams shifted from the flank to the right 45-degree response, and Dipenbrook passed the ball to Williams.

But after receiving the ball, Williams didn't shoot or rush, but put the ball straight to the basket!

It turned out that after Gan Guoyang failed to cut inside the pick-and-roll, he immediately circled from the left side to the right side through the bottom line. During this process, the blocking of the inside line Weggis successfully disrupted the dragon's inside marking, allowing Gan Guoyang to successfully seize a gap and drill. To the right of the three-second zone under the basket.

At this time, Williams, who received the ball at 45 degrees on the right, observed Gan Guoyang's movement and quickly passed the ball inward.

After Gan Guoyang received the ball, like a crocodile biting its prey, he immediately turned over, pushed back hard, knocked away the player who came up from the supplementary defense, jumped with both legs, and poured the ball into the basket with both hands!

"Bang!" The groan of the rim being abused spread throughout the stadium, and the explosive cheers quickly drowned out the sound.

"Beep beep!" But this is, the sharp whistle cut through the enthusiastic shouting.

"Dribbling the ball! No. 11, 3rd foul!"

Gan Guoyang couldn't believe his eyes. The referee actually made a gesture of dribbling the ball, then gestured for the number 11 with his hand, and reported the number of fouls to the scorer's table.

"I do the moves first! Didn't you see? I did the moves first!" Gan Guoyang asked the referee with an incredulous expression, and he was already trying his best to restrain himself from swearing.

But the referee ignored it and signaled the game to continue, and the Dragons served.

"Are you fucking blind! This is a good ball, good ball! Have you ever been a referee!" Gan Guoyang held back, but Behrman did not hold back.

He yelled at the referee on the sidelines. This penalty not only disqualified the Vikings for a score, but also caused Gan Guoyang to commit a third foul. The first half was not over yet.

"Beep!" The referee's whistle sounded again.

"Vikings coach, technical foul, first time!" The referee didn't bother Bellman, and directly gave Bellman a t.

The team leader on the Vikings bench hurriedly pulled Bellman, who was still chattering, to prevent another T from being sent off.

The Dragons got a free throw, Kevin? Johnson stood on the free throw line and easily scored the ball.

At this time, Bellman also had to replace Gan Guoyang to prevent him from fouling again, otherwise he would be in big trouble.

"Gan, calm down, you seem a little too excited today." After Gan Guoyang left the court, Behrman said to him, although Behrman's performance just now didn't look calm at all.

"I'm fine, Mr. Behrman. I just feel that my hands are too hot. I need to get down and rest for a while, or the basketball will melt."