The Golden Age of Basketball

Sitting on the bench, Gan Guoyang's face was dripping with sweat. He didn't play this game smoothly. He was struggling in the first three quarters, and he still couldn't find his own game rhythm. The offense was weak, and the defense was weak. Can't find it.

In the third quarter, when he started to use one big and four small ones, Gan Guoyang knew that it was time to put all his eggs in one basket. When Gan Guoyang let go of his hands and feet completely, he quickly adjusted his mentality and calmed down his heart. In the three singles, he gritted his teeth and rushed in. He must hit the deepest point instead of testing his hand with his own hook.

Three consecutive strong attacks succeeded, allowing Gan Guoyang to gradually recover, and then he transferred the ball many times, showing full trust in his teammates, and the Blazers players also seized the opportunity to throw the ball.

The most important point is that the Blazers' defense has finally achieved the best effect. No matter how fierce the Suns' offense is throughout the game, the Blazers' defense has never been chaotic. Finally waited until the collapse of the sun's offense.

Kevin Johnson no longer has the stamina to keep hitting so fast, Hornacek was completely watched to death by Jim Paxson who came off the bench, and Jerome Cosey defended Tom Chambers surprisingly well , Cauchy is the breakthrough of the death defense Chambers, you can shoot freely, and Chambers' speed is difficult to break through Cauchy, when shooting, he seems to no longer feel the touch in the fourth quarter.

"Pick-and-roll, we need pick-and-roll to find space, but be careful of mistakes. Move your pick-and-roll position out, try to open up space and reduce passing. I don't want to see mistakes. This is very important, very important." Adelman did not Arrange any complicated tactics, but repeatedly emphasize that the coordination must be concise and reduce the probability of mistakes. At such a moment, a mistake is very fatal, and the sun will definitely strengthen the pressure on the ball, so that the Blazers cannot get the ball. The more and more complex the Blazers' cooperation, the higher the probability of mistakes.

This is the difference between Adelman and Ramsey. If it is Ramsey, he will definitely deploy an effective strategy at the critical moment at this time, and then this strategy often has several changes, allowing players to adapt to the situation on the field. Adelman gave the tactical decisions to the players, just to remind them, because Adelman believes that at such a moment, he must fully trust his players and the superstars in the team.

Gan Guoyang took out a towel to wipe his sweat, this time he did not drop the towel on the ground, at this time Adelman turned his head and said to Gan Guoyang: "Gan, the decision to attack is in your hands, remember, the right side The point at the bottom corner, the point at the top of the arc and the point in the three-second zone, three points, pay attention to three points."

Gan Guoyang nodded after listening, he understood what Adelman meant, Gan Guoyang and Drexler will set up a pick-and-roll on the left waist, and then Jim Paxson will run to the right baseline to ambush, Terry Bo Te responded from the right side of the top of the arc, while Jerome Cauchy waited for the opportunity in the three-second zone, and the left side was all vacant for Gan Guoyang and Drexler to create scoring opportunities.

This is an open tactical position, which gives the pick-and-roll two the greatest degree of freedom, while the other three are fixed-point pitchers or receivers. How the tactics change depends entirely on how Drexler and Gan Guoyang handle it.

"The timeout is over. With a three-point gap, there are 45 seconds before the end of the game. The Blazers are about to execute a very critical attack. Now they are gaining momentum and have chased for 12 points in a row. It is unbelievable, unbelievable."

Drexler sent a sideline ball out of bounds, and the Suns also did not press. Gan Guoyang received the ball, then immediately avoided Hornacek's interference, and handed the ball to Drexler. Drexler Le holds the ball and observes from outside the three-point line, a key attack.

"Drexler starts, walks left, does a pick-and-roll with Gan, glider a touchdown pass, Gan catches... the ball doesn't catch! But he still gets the ball, gets double-teamed... The ball was going to be lost... Gan passed the ball to Porter, Porter drove the ball, but he passed back, the ball came back to Gan, and Gan made a 45-degree three-pointer!"

Adelman's heart was about to jump out. Drexler's pass just now almost ruined the attack. His low hand hit the ground pass and he didn't have a good grasp of the strength. Without bending over and reaching out to grab the ball, Hornacek resolutely let go of Drexler to double-team Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang desperately protected the ball, used his body to withstand West and Hornacek behind him, and handed the ball to Porter. Porter immediately broke through from the right after taking the ball. At this time, Gan Guoyang adjusted his position and ran to the right 45 degrees from the three-point line.

At this moment of decision, Porter chose to pass the ball instead of continuing to break through, although the success rate of continuing to break through will be higher, because West has been transferred out by Gan Guoyang, and there is only one Chambers, Drexler He and Ke Xi are also ready to grab offensive rebounds, but Porter still passes the ball.

In this game, Gan Guoyang made 3 of 0 three-pointers and missed all three attempts. Obviously, his hand feeling was really bad tonight, but Porter trusted Gan Guoyang, just as Gan Guoyang would trust him at the critical moment of the fourth quarter. Trust comes from years of game cooperation and good off-court relationships. Porter knows that in the Portland Trail Blazers, no one is more reliable than Gan Guoyang at critical moments.

"Gan's three-pointer!!"

Under everyone's attention, the ball seemed to fly very slowly, and the arc of the ball was very high. Patrick also elongated his voice until he saw the ball passing through the center of the net. completely released.

"He-hit-it! a-three-point! (He made it! A three-pointer!)"

The Arizona Veterans Memorial Stadium was in a state of gloom. In the entire venue, only Gan Guoyang was left shining. He raised his right hand high and made a "three" with his fingers, indicating that he made a three-pointer. The players ran over excitedly to hug Gan Guoyang, while the Sun players looked frustrated.

The Suns used up their last timeout. You must know that the Suns hardly took timeouts in the first three quarters, because they played so well and smoothly, but they made up all of them in the fourth quarter.

97:97 tied, the Trail Blazers finally tied the score with less than 30 seconds left before the end of the game. The Phoenix Suns' advantage and efforts throughout the game are likely to go to waste in the last 30 seconds. Many fans are looking up Watch the timer to see how much time is left. For the Suns, they still have a chance. They are still tied at this time, and they can take the lead if they score another one.

That's right, they scored one more goal, but it was 7 minutes before they scored a goal last time. They hadn't scored a goal for 7 minutes, and they couldn't score at all. You can't get in the offense, and no one can make fouls. For the Suns, scoring goals has become a luxury.

A sense of desperation began to pervade the Suns. Hornacek, Chambers, and Johnson all looked at each other. At this time, they didn't know who to trust, who to give the ball to, or to let Johnson break through?Or the Hornacek Organization?Or is Chambers low and strong?Or just throw West to grab a rebound?

I don't know, they don't know, they can only listen to the coach, but the coach is also in a daze. After emphasizing his attention, he threw the burden of offense on Kevin Johnson.

When the timeout ended, the audience cheered and waved their white towels to support the Suns. They never gave up until the last moment.

The Blazers continued to maintain a formation of one team and four teams, with Gan Guoyang in the middle, Cauchy at power forward, Drexler at small forward, and Jim Paxson and Porter in the backcourt.

"Beep!" The referee whistled, and the Suns made a crucial attack.

This time Kevin Johnson took the ball, he didn't hesitate, and played a pick-and-roll with Chambers. Now he needs a pick-and-roll, and he can't stand naked anymore. He slipped in from the left like an electric slick!

Kevin Johnson chose to insert the inside from the left, but layup from the right to avoid. He used a beautiful cross step to pass Gan Guoyang, who stepped forward to defend, took off when his body lost his balance, and then used his right hand A difficult toss layup, want to hit a high board!

"Johnson breaks through, layup! The ball is blocked in the air! The ball is pinned to the backboard! It's Gan, with his long arms!"

It was intentional that Gan Guoyang was hit just now!So his steps were not chaotic at all, but he adjusted his steps, turned around and made a big cap, directly nailing the rising ball thrown by Johnson to the backboard!

Gan Guoyang took the ball out of the air and firmly controlled it in his hands, but he still didn't call a timeout!Completely ignored Adelman's reminder and directly advanced the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt!

At this time, Marley stepped forward to take out the ball, and Gan Guoyang passed the ball to Porter, and the two quickly advanced together.

"Gan arrived in the penalty area, set up a position, and it was Marley who defended him! Porter passed the ball to Gan, and Gan took the ball and shot it with a hook! The ball went in! The ball went in! Gan hit the hook!"

Gan Guoyang didn't have the opportunity for Marley to make an offensive foul at all. He completely ignored Marley's defense, turned to the bottom line and hit the ball with an elegant hook, 99:97!The Blazers overtook the audience for the first time!At this time, there are only 3.9 seconds from the end of the game, and the sun has no timeout!

"The Suns serve, Hornacek, a super long three-pointer! The ball is wide! The game is over, the game is over, the Blazers completed a big reversal, defeated the Suns in the away game 99:97, and the total score became 3:0, 3: 0! They have one foot in the Western Conference Finals."