The Golden Age of Basketball

Gan Guoyang once said to a reporter, "Among the yellow players in the NBA, my dunk is the best."

This sentence is of course a joke, because there is only one player of yellow race in the entire NBA, as long as he can dunk, his dunk is the best.

But Gan Guoyang also has enough confidence in his dunks. Among the centers, Gan Guoyang's dunks are rarely elegant and chic. Many fans like to call him "big-dr. j" (large Dr. J) when describing Gan Guoyang's dunks. The reason is that although Gan Guoyang does not have the strong bounce of Dr. J, he has the strength of Dr. J. Long arms and big hands.

When he jumped into the air and dunked the ball into the basket with his arms stretched out, the freehand brushwork and elegance always fascinated all the fans, and every time after a successful dunk, Gan Guoyang would be like Dr. J, like everything It didn't happen that he usually ran back to the backcourt to defend, and his calmness and calmness convinced many people.

However, Gan Guoyang's alley-oop ball took off fully and was high enough, but his body was still some distance away from the basket, so after holding the ball with one hand in the air, Gan Guoyang completely straightened his long arm, and the ball dunked in. At the moment of the basket, the arm was almost perpendicular to the body, so it gave people the feeling that the ball was extremely powerful, as if the arm was swung directly from top to bottom.

The audience at the scene was released from the previous suppressed state, which also gave a great boost to the Blazers players. Adelman once again resisted the urge to call a timeout and let the game continue.

But Magic Johnson is ruthless to the enemy. Such a dunk can't shake his determination. Soon in the attack, Magic made another layup. With a strong body and a good rhythm, he squeezed into the inside and scored under the interference of Gan Guoyang's defense. Gan Guoyang had already fouled once before, so he didn't dare to go all out for this ball, fearing that he would have to rest after being fouled again.

17:5, the Blazers are still behind the Lakers by a large score. It seems that they are really difficult to defend against Magic, because it is basically difficult for you to double-team him when dealing with Magic. The consequence of double-teaming Magic is basically to send others to score. And the defensive magician must dislocate the defense and let the team's shooting guard or small forward fight. In the past, the Blazers used Drexler to defend alone. Now Adelman has started to use their outside locker Cauchy.

Cauchy has made rapid progress in the past few years. He is physically strong and has a positive attitude. The key is to train hard, work hard on the court, and have very good skills on the offensive end. However, he is still not enough to face the runaway magician. Johnson is almost You can play with him anytime, anywhere.

But the magician also has some small flaws. Like his old opponent Larry Bird, his defensive ability is far less prominent than his offensive ability, especially the height of the magician. Advantage, but facing the opponent's small guard on the defensive end has become a disadvantage, often relying on Byron Scott or Michael Cooper to assist him, but now, Terry Porter and Drake in the backcourt Sler, he must be watching one, but after the magician scored, Terry Porter immediately took the ball and ran across the half.

Gan Guoyang stepped forward and made a pick-and-roll for Porter. Porter bypassed the magician and fired directly from outside the 45-degree three-point line. The ball went straight to the basket like a cannonball.

"Shua!" The ball went into the net hollow, a three-pointer! 17:8, the Blazers immediately recovered 3 points.

This is the way Terry Porter is best at scoring. He chases his ass and hits three-pointers during the transition of offense and defense. Among them, Gan Guoyang's high-quality screens are crucial, and he can always create a small but effective shooting space for Porter. One trick is very effective when the Blazers chase points or expand their advantages.

After the goal, Gan Guoyang and Porter high-fived. The Blazers have been getting better and better during the playoffs. They have successfully adjusted from the rhythm of the regular season and entered the team rhythm of the playoffs.

Subsequently, the magician began to gradually reduce the proportion of his offense and began to organize the team's offense more. The two players, James Worthy and Byron Scott, began to show their excellent offensive skills. Due to the dislocation, Drake Sler had to defend Worthy. Worthy could be regarded as the last small forward who played inside in the late 80s and early 90s. In the early 80s, the strongest players with this style of play were Dantley, Aguirile, and Bernard. - Jin Lao is old and injured, and has begun to gradually withdraw from the highest stage of the NBA.

At the same time, Worthy's style of play has gradually been eliminated with the popularization and development of three-point tactics. For small forwards, mid-range and long-range shots are becoming more and more important. Small forwards like them who replace the inside for low-post bombing can no longer keep up. The trend of the times.

However, any team that dares to ignore Worthy in the game will have to pay a price. After the Lakers' offensive power was handed over to Worthy, Worthy succeeded in three consecutive attacks. Drexler's height and wingspan were not enough to contain Worthy. West, after all, even Kevin McHale can't control a low-post offensive ability like Worthy.

However, the points that Drexler lost in defense can also be recovered in offense. A major flaw of the current Lakers lineup is that once the outside line is passed by the opponent's pick-and-roll, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar can no longer cover the inside line. That's right, Drexler seized the Lakers' sore foot and rushed inside continuously, either directly dunking or causing foul free throws.

The two sides can be said to be inseparable, and the offensive efficiency of both sides is quite high, but the Blazers can always score one or two points more than the Lakers within three or four rounds. One or two points came from Gan Guoyang.

If Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is five years younger, he can still compete with Gan Guoyang on the offensive end, but he is 42 years old this year, which is really too old for basketball players, especially in the playoffs. In a high-intensity game, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar can keep up with the offensive and defensive pace of both sides on the court, which is already very remarkable, but it is already difficult for him to make continuous contributions.

Sabonis missed the Western Conference semifinals. In the Western Conference Finals, he came back from the line of fire. However, in the first game against the Lakers, he did not make any contribution on the offensive end. Go up, try your best to obstruct Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, this old bone almost fell apart under the intrusion of the giant Soviet bear.

On the contrary, Ac-Green of the Lakers felt more and more pressure in the defense. In the first half, Gan Guoyang didn't attack with all his strength, but played piecemeal, and occasionally came to play, but except for the missed shot that was double-teamed at the beginning, other times With one shot and one accurate, he has begun to adapt to the Lakers' double-teaming. Even if the three of them rushed up together, Gan Guoyang could still hit the ball on their heads with a blank face.

Like his dunks, Gan Guoyang's shooting is also "the best among yellow players in the NBA".

His shooting has reached one of the highest levels in the league after years of hard training, and his release point is extremely high, and the probability of being blocked is very low, so he doesn't even need to lean back, but uses a quick turn to directly lift the ball The highest point and then shot, basically depends on his own touch, and Gan Guoyang is a player whose touch feels terrible when it explodes.

When Gan Guoyang started to hit consecutive mid-range shots, like a heavy truck, the acceleration was very slow at the beginning, but when his speed increased little by little and reached the highest speed, it was difficult for you to stop him.

"Gan held the ball in the high post. He was afraid of double-teaming so he didn't go to the low post easily. He turned his back and opened Green, turned over and shot a 20-foot difficult shot! The ball went in. Wow, I don't think I have anything to say."

Xiao Enli really has nothing to say. Gan Guoyang has hit Green from the same position and hit 4 consecutive jump shots. At this time, the score of the two sides has become 51:55. The Lakers only led by 4 at the end of the second quarter. separated.

The Blazers are rushing back step by step like this. Adelman is convinced that when dealing with a team like the Lakers, they must not close their eyes and play fast breaks to chase points just because the score is behind. This will only make the game enter the rhythm that the Lakers like. You run fast, the Lakers run faster, you'll never catch him.

To deal with the Lakers, it is necessary to play steadily, step by step, consume the opponent's advantage little by little, and then give the opponent the most fatal blow at the right time.

And soon, the third quarter is coming, and everyone can feel that the king of the third quarter is gearing up to practice.