The Golden Age of Basketball

Gan Guoyang can handle Mark West, and of course he can handle Duckworth. Generally, Gan Guoyang rarely interferes with Adelman's on-the-spot command, but once he feels that a certain player should not stay on the court, then Ah Delman must also follow his advice and replace this player.

After Gan Guoyang angrily dunked West to teach him a lesson, the Suns called a timeout, and when he got to the bench, Gan Guoyang began to teach Duckworth a lesson, asking him to travel and fulfill his responsibilities, otherwise he would sit on the bench go up.

Duckworth is relatively lazy by nature, which is also the reason for his uncontrollable weight gain in the future, but as long as Gan Guoyang is around, he will not be able to slack off as the No. [-] training partner. Gan Guoyang has very strict requirements on his teammates during training. Anyone who doesn't try his best will be attacked by him, and then he will taunt you with all kinds of trash talk to stimulate you while beating you up. Duckworth is not less stimulated by Gan Guoyang, but also helped by Gan Guoyang .

In fact, Gan Guoyang sometimes said to Duckworth, "If you feel that you are buried here, then you can go to a team that needs you to get a bigger contract, but only if you have enough strength." , playing with me can bring you such strength."

Therefore, under the encouragement of Gan Guoyang, Duckworth made very fast progress, but this time he was a little uncomfortable. After being scolded by Gan Guoyang, Duckworth took a few deep breaths to let his Calm down and get ready to get into the game.

The Suns did not play a quick attack in the first half of the first quarter. Their coach Fitzsimmons understood that the main reason why their score was not opened by the Blazers was Mark West's extraordinary performance. The rebounds gave the Suns four new offensive opportunities, otherwise they are likely to be stretched to about [-] by now.

"We need to tear their defense, tear their defense! Use your passing, use your speed to tear them, not rely on the offensive rebound, we will not always have the offensive rebound to grab, find the offense It feels like our conduction of the ball on the outside is very bad, and we need to further open up the space, KJ, you and Hornacek, you must pose a threat to their defense!" Fitzsimmons can also be regarded as a veteran coach of the NBA, he His most proud disciple was the pistol Pete Maravich. He loves Maravich's creative offensive talent. He hopes to see players use shooting and passing to break the opponent's defense.

Hornacek does not have the creativity of Maravich, but he is calm, atmospheric, and calm, and he complements Kevin Johnson's impact and passion very well. Fitzsimmons does not expect the inside to be able to If there is too much to do, the conduction and advancement of the outside line is the lifeline of the sun.

Now, the lifeline of the Suns is being stifled by the strong defense of the Blazers. Someone needs to stand up and fight for more opportunities for the Suns, instead of wasting opportunities by shooting randomly outside.

Fitzsimmons is right about one thing. They will not always have offensive rebounds to grab. After the timeout, the Blazers have obviously strengthened their control of the backcourt rebounds. Duckworth was reminded by Gan Guoyang. He never left Mark West, stuck him behind him all the time, and didn't give him a chance to attack the inside.

Of course, the Blazers have also begun to shrink their defense appropriately. The Suns are very aggressive in grabbing offensive rebounds. The Blazers, who have suffered a loss, need to better protect the inside line. This gave Kevin Johnson and Hornacek a play. Opportunities, the sense of oppression on the outside line was reduced a lot, and the Suns' offense began to slowly become smoother.

But the score between the Suns and the Trail Blazers is still opening up bit by bit. The Suns can score. Hornacek's shooting and Johnson's breakthrough complement each other. The offense is getting more and more rhythmic, but the Blazers' offense is even worse than theirs To be stable, they rely on two insiders, Gan Guoyang and Duckworth.

After Duckworth solved the problem on the defensive end, he finally began to show some differences from Sabonis. He can't support in the high post, but his low post skills are better. He and Gan Guoyang took turns to attack the Suns in the low post Inside, the offensive efficiency is surprisingly high.

The Suns never double-team Gan Guoyang. Gan Guoyang holds the ball in the low post or high post. Let him play if he wants to. Fitzsimmons believes that there are so many teams that double-team Gan Guoyang, and few of them get good results in the end. Moreover, Gan Guoyang's positioning is very cautious now, it is difficult to double-team him easily, and Gan Guoyang's error control ability is top-notch among centers, which led to the Suns not choosing to double-team Gan Guoyang.

The consequences of this are obviously more serious, because after playing, Fitzsimmons found that Gan Guoyang's offensive feeling came out, and even the defensive Blazers began to tighten their pockets again.

In the third quarter, the Suns barely followed the Blazers in the first half. The Suns, who were only eight points behind, instantly felt the situation on the field change. Physically double-team and rotate, and carry out targeted off-ball double-teaming of Kevin Johnson, who has average passing ability, in advance. Gan Guoyang covers the most important center area, and Kevin Duckworth is responsible for the inside. The big shield, a defensive system that has been trained by Behrman for many years, has exerted tremendous power, making the Suns who lack the ability to attack tough inside suffer a lot.

Tom Chambers tried singles several times, but it was difficult to take advantage of Gan Guoyang's one-on-one defense. At this time, Kevin Johnson was only a second-year point guard, although his performance in the regular season was amazing , but in the playoffs, he was still a little tender. With Gan Guoyang in the middle, he couldn't break through at all.

The league's No. [-] offensive team defeated the league's No. [-] offensive team with a steel-like defense in the game, allowing people to see the huge potential hidden in the Blazers.

"The Blazers' defense is amazing. I want to say that this is the credit of their assistant coach Behrman. You know when I was still the head coach in the NBA, I played against the Blazers. I knew their assistant coach was very good. Thoughts, his defensive concepts are some of the most basic ideas, but it is valuable that he can combine these concepts and put them into practice. He created this defensive system for the Blazers. At present, the Suns who do not have a strong inside It’s hard to break through that shackle.”

Hubie Brown’s evaluation is very pertinent. The Blazers’ defense is indeed supported by many basic concepts, but there are some things that Hubie Brown did not see. For example, Gan Guoyang deliberately leaked his right side to Kevin Johnson from the left. At this time, the left side is the weak side of the Suns, but it is the strong side of the Blazers. Johnson blindly broke into the inside and fell into the trap of the Blazers. No one can pass the ball when he wants to pass. After Sri Lanka, there is Gan Guoyang. Johnson has already eaten Gan Guoyang's three hats tonight.

"Come on, Kevin, you can go faster, faster, aren't you Purple Lightning? Oh I forgot, wooden floors don't conduct electricity." Gan Guoyang once again successfully interfered with Kevin Johnson's layup, and said to Johnson Said.

Johnson's nose is crooked, but he has never been a player who likes to bicker with others. Besides, the situation of the game has been completely controlled by Gan Guoyang. Gan Guoyang also truly embodies the value of a top defensive insider, just like Bill Larry. Like Searle, when an inside defender can prevent the opponent from scoring, then the situation of the game will be controlled by him.

In the subsequent game, the Suns were also dying, but the Blazers did not let go at all. It seemed that the Blazers would not relax until the last moment completely strangled the Suns. Of course, this also caused the players on both sides to become more and more angry. Nong, the collision between the limbs became more and more intense, Gan Guoyang was also very excited to play, the trash talk was like a torrential river, and there was no such thing as a heavy one at all, which constantly stimulated the nerves of the Suns players.

Especially Kevin Johnson. He and Gan Guoyang are also good friends. Gan Guoyang was merciful to him and didn't say too many harsh and provocative words, but Gan Guoyang took the opportunity to chat with Johnson, talking about the two of them drinking and playing together. And those things in high school, as long as there is a gap in the game, free throws, fouls, fouls, ball scrimmage, Gan Guoyang will start nagging at him, making Kevin Johnson dizzy.

Gan Guoyang's "spiritual attack method" is not used easily in the regular season. You consume the energy of others and your own energy. Only in the playoffs, Gan Guoyang began to show its power. In the end, Kevin Johnson He wanted to throw the ball away and quit playing. The Trail Blazers were already ahead by a lot, so Gan Guoyang would not let him go if he had the chance.

When the game was over and the Trail Blazers beat the Suns 101:80 amidst the cheers of the fans, Kevin Johnson left the court without looking back. Seeing Gan Guoyang, this guy is too annoying.

This nightmarish stadium experience did not end. Two days later, the sun and the Trail Blazers played against the Trail Blazers at the Memorial Stadium. The process and results were similar to the first game. The offensive efficiency of the Blazers themselves declined in the absence of Sabonis, but their offense still maintained a normal level. In contrast, the Suns are naturally not the Blazers' opponents.

And Gan Guoyang's endless trash talk skills were brought to the extreme in this series. After the end of the two games, the Trail Blazers all won overwhelming victories, and the news media adopted the title "Escape from Portland". To describe the Sun's embarrassment at the Portland Memorial Coliseum.

At this time, their only hope can only be pinned on the field of the Arizona Veterans Memorial Stadium.