The Golden Age of Basketball

One big and four small, this is quite a non-mainstream tactic in the NBA in the 80s, even if the Phoenix Suns took a fast offensive route, Tom Chambers can be regarded as a qualified power forward, and the three-pointer has not yet become a mainstream tactic In this era, the lack of an insider is a huge risk. What's more, the inside offensive skills of players in the 80s are generally excellent, and even guards often have one-handed backs.

Therefore, few coaches will change the standard configuration of 3 outside lines and 2 inside lines, especially in the playoffs. The consequences of the big and four small players are likely to be the collapse of the defense and various backcourt rebounds.

"The Blazers replaced Duckworth with Paxson, so that the Blazers have one inside and four outside on the field. Adelman's move is very risky. Now they are 17 points behind, and there is still time before the end of the third quarter. 2 minutes, plus a fourth quarter, it is not impossible to chase, Gan's state is slowly recovering, but Adelman still made a dangerous move."

Not only did Patrick not understand Adelman's arrangement, but the players on the Trail Blazers also did not understand. Gan Guoyang stood at the free throw line and hit both free throws. The point difference between the two sides narrowed to 15 points at once. Sen: "What arrangement?"

"Cauci played big forward, and I guarded Hornacek." Paxson replied briefly, and soon the two had no time to talk, because Hornacek had already advanced the half court with the ball and was ready to launch a quick attack. Attacked.

In this game, although the Suns' point guard is Kevin Johnson, Hornacek is in control of the ball more often. Many threatening offenses come from Hornacek's passes. And his outside jumper is extremely precise, 13 of 11 shots, and he has scored 25 points.

"Hornacek is going fast, I think the Blazers' hearts are on the line ... but this time it's Jim Paxson guarding Hornacek, and Hornacek passes the ball to Kevin- Johnson, their quick offense didn't play."

Before, the Blazers had always let Drexler defend Hornacek, but the effect was not good, because Hornacek did not fight Drexler recklessly at all, he played passing and running, and Drake Schler was distracted most of his energy on offense, and it was difficult to fully deal with Hornacek on defense.

"Kevin Johnson is holding the ball in the middle and making a direct breakthrough!" Kevin Johnson once again chose to go naked. In this game, his breakthroughs were almost all naked. He didn't need anyone's pick-and-roll cover because his speed was too fast. , Porter's defense is not bad, his height and wingspan have advantages over Johnson, but Johnson is a "only fast but not broken", he is too fast, and his finish at the basket is particularly good.

"Johnson broke through and dunked directly! He dunked the ball into the basket through Gan! The ball went in!" Kevin Johnson was extremely sudden. He dunked the ball hard into the basket.

The fans cheered like crazy, and the whole auditorium could see white towels spinning and waving. This dunk vented all the grievances Kevin Johnson had against Gan Guoyang in the first two games. After the dunk, Johnson got out of the basket Going up and down, he still glared at Gan Guoyang.

"Crazy dunks, Kevin Johnson was unstoppable, he tore through the Blazers' defense like a bolt of lightning, and gave Gan a heavy blow."

In the last 2 minutes of the third quarter, Adelman's big and small lineup did not show any power. Instead, Gan Guoyang was humiliated by Kevin Johnson, which made his face very ugly.

Sitting on the bench, Gan Guoyang dropped the towel again. This was the second time he had done so in this game, which was enough to show how aggrieved he was.

"We need more outside shots, outside mid-range shots and three-pointers, completely empty the inside and give it to Gan; on the defensive end, shrink, shrink again, don't give Kevin Johnson a chance to break through, let them shoot."

At this time, Adelman finally had time to arrange tactics for the players. His tactics were very simple, that is, the offense bet on his own shots, and the defense blocked the opponent's shots. The key to the Jedi's counterattack lies in the player's mentality and state. Once the state is up and the opponent's mentality is disturbed, Adelman's goal will be achieved.

"Gan, kill them." At this moment, Adelman turned to Gan Guoyang alone and said to him.

There was fire in Gan Guoyang's eyes. He was always suppressed in the three quarters, which made him extremely uncomfortable. Now, the fourth quarter is his last chance.

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"Paxson's layup... was intercepted by Marley. The Suns counterattacked. Marley played very well on the defensive end tonight, limiting Cauchy's performance."

In the fourth quarter, the competition between the two sides reached a fever pitch, and the advantages of the Blazers' first and fourth juniors soon became apparent. Gan Guoyang made three consecutive offensive hits in the interior, and the Suns had to shrink the defense even more. As a result, Jim Paxson and Terry Porter each hit a three-pointer, and the point difference immediately narrowed to less than 10 points.

However, the Suns' substitute Marley played very well tonight. After he came off the bench, he first made a strong play, and then defended Paxson's layup in the fast break defense. The Suns showed signs of resurgence.

"Marley passed to Hornacek, Hornacek got a chance in the corner, made a three-pointer...Goal! He made a three-pointer! Hornacek's three-pointer!"

Hornacek hit a three-pointer, and the point difference came to 13 points. At this time, there are still 7 minutes before the end of the game.

At this time Adelman made a gesture to call a timeout, but Gan Guoyang quickly sent the ball from the baseline, and then shook his head towards Adelman, saying that there is no need to call a timeout.

"Gan took the ball in the high position. He seldom got the ball in the high position tonight. The fake move shook West, broke through directly, and made a layup! Oh, it caused a foul by Chambers and went to the free throw line." Gan Guoyang used strong It made Chambers a foul, and then made two free throws at the free throw line, and the point difference became 11 points, but as long as the point difference is more than 10 points, it is a gap for the Blazers.

This is, Kevin Johnson made a mistake in the offense. He held the ball beyond the three-point line and passed the ball to Chambers inside. The Blazers immediately came over to press, and Chambers passed back to Johnson. There was no one in front of Johnson at the time, and Porter, who was defending him, was 3 strides away from him. As a result, Johnson made a three-pointer.

This is Johnson's first three-pointer in this game. In fact, he has made two three-pointers throughout the season, a total of two in 82 games. If this is the third three-pointer he made, Basically put a nail in the Blazers' coffin.

However, he failed to make a shot, and it was still far behind. Gan Guoyang grabbed the backcourt rebound in the interior, the Blazers launched a quick counterattack, Terry Porter advanced with the ball, and then passed the ball to the ambush on the right Jim Paxson, Paxson made a two-pointer from the bottom corner and hit again, and the score gap became 9 points.

Immediately afterwards, the Suns made another mistake in the offense. In the same position, Hornacek also shot a three-pointer. Although his three-pointer percentage is much higher than that of Johnson, this is the time when the offensive success rate is needed. At that time, such a shot was too impatient.

"Gan got a backcourt rebound, a pass throughout the court, Paxson got the ball, layup! The ball was scored, and Marley was one step late! The Suns, it's a bit bad, the score became 7 points, and the distance With 5 minutes left in the game, the Suns called a timeout."

In just a few minutes, the Suns made two mistakes in their offensive choices and they fell into a passive position. The Trail Blazers' small lineup was flexible and fast, and their advantages of strong ability to grab points began to appear. The Phoenix people smelled danger.

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After returning from the timeout, the Suns' offense still didn't improve. I don't know what happened. Their originally extremely smooth cooperation seemed to be unable to get out of the open space all of a sudden.

"Kevin Johnson made a breakthrough and was blocked by Gan! West got the offensive rebound, made a layup, and was blocked by Gan! Kexi got the ball, Gan blocked twice in a row, and the Blazers launched a counterattack again!"

Kevin Johnson's strong suddenness didn't work either. Gan Guoyang mercilessly knocked Johnson to the ground with a big hat. Johnson fell to the ground as if he had hit a plane in the Himalayas.

"West was defending Gan around the front. He didn't give Gan a chance to catch the ball. After several entanglements, Gan still got the ball. Outside the three-point line, he directly broke through the basket... He hit the ground and passed the ball to the baseline. Cozy, Cozy dunk! Nice pass, nice ground pass!"

Facing the double-teaming Suns player, Gan Guoyang passed the ball through the crotch and gave an assist to Cauchy, who was on the baseline. So far, the Blazers' few chasing points have not been scored by Gan Guoyang, but all of them have been scored. It is related to Gan Guoyang.

All Suns players can feel that a confident and domineering temperament is re-condensing in Gan Guoyang's body.