The Golden Age of Basketball

At the beginning of the third quarter, when Gan Guoyang became more and more unstoppable on the offensive end, Pat Riley, who was sitting off the court, became anxious.

In fact, since 1985, Gan Guoyang's skills and experience have been improving every year, but his game rhythm has not changed much. Adjust play according to the situation.

The key to Gan Guoyang's rhythm is the explosion in the third quarter, which earned him the reputation of "the king of the third quarter". Therefore, as Riley, who has been studying Gan Guoyang's style of play for many years, he naturally knows that he should play in the third quarter. Contain Gan Guoyang's performance and let the Lakers continue to maintain their advantage.

But Riley is dispatching troops on the bench, using various methods to interfere with Gan Guoyang, such as the most common double-teaming, letting defenders go around the front, and even letting Magic Johnson defend Gan Guoyang. However, Gan Guoyang really couldn't stop the big truck running at the highest speed after starting it.

Moreover, the Trail Blazers players are not for nothing. Porter, Drexler and Jim Paxson are all supporting Gan Guoyang. Adelman asked the backcourt players to respond to Gan Guoyang at any time to prevent Gan Guoyang from being packaged. There is a problem with the pinch ball.

For the Lakers, Magic Johnson still maintains a fiery state. When he needs to play one-on-one, the score gap between the Blazers and the Lakers is narrowing bit by bit, because Gan Guoyang's offensive efficiency is even higher. , With him as the core of the offense, the Blazers played a beautiful and smooth collective offense.

"Gan held the ball in the low post, double-teamed, Gan transferred the ball to Sabonis, and Sabonis hit the ground pass! Cauchy made a layup!" Halfway through the third quarter, when Sabonis received a pass from Gan Guoyang The ball was immediately slammed into the inside for a layup by Cauchy, and the two sides finally tied.

The Lakers established a 13-point advantage in the first quarter. The Blazers spent two and a half quarters chasing it back bit by bit. Hardened their way, and now that they're finally in the position where the Lakers face each other, it's time to punch them down.

"Avidas! Go out, go out, leave the inside to me." Gan Guoyang returned to the backcourt and reminded Sabonis to stand outside. He himself stood directly in the three-second zone. Due to the existence of the magician in this game, Gan Guoyang The effect of roaming on the outside to press the defense is not good. Johnson's ability to transfer the ball and find opportunities is too strong. The effect of Gan Guoyang's roaming and pressing on the outside is not as good as squatting on the inside and waiting for a rabbit. After all, Sabonis guards the deterrence of the basket Strength is still not as good as Gan Guoyang.

Magic Johnson’s face was as stern as ever. In this game, he showed the ability of a superstar. The Blazers on the offensive end could not contain him from the beginning to the end. From the beginning of the game, Jerome Cosey defended, to Adel Mann decided to let Drexel defend instead, not because Drexel defended better than Cauchy, but because the result was the same no matter who defended against the Magician, so he simply let Cauchy who defended better against Worthy up.

However, Gan Guoyang could feel that there was a little more anxiety on Johnson's face. After all, the Lakers played really well tonight, but they were still caught up by the Blazers. Because the Blazers played better, Johnson dribbled the ball with his right hand while stretching out Commanding his teammates to run with his left hand is also his classic movement.

Gan Guoyang knows that at this time, you must not look at Johnson's eyes and gestures to judge the Lakers' offensive, because Johnson's eyes and gestures are the most deceptive. If you stare at Johnson's eyes to judge his ball path, in the end The result is that the Lakers' players receive the pass and score, and the defender doesn't know what happened.

So Gan Guoyang focused on the running positions of other players. Gan Guoyang knew that the magician must cooperate with his teammates. Although the magician didn't understand when standing outside the three-point line, his observation of the loopholes in the opponent's defense was unparalleled in the world. His skill and boldness are also rare in NBA history. Gan Guoyang knows that it is useless to predict the pass of Magic Johnson. He needs to gamble with his perception.

"Magic was watching and suddenly the pass was in the paint! ac- Green catch layup... was blocked from behind by Gan! Gan took the ball off Green and passed directly to Drexler, Drake Schiller made a fast break with the ball...slam dunk! Blazers overtake! Blazers overtake!"

Gan Guoyang bet that Green would go around the basket. This is a common tactic used by the Lakers. When Rambis was still in the Lakers, the magician often put a through pass into the hands of Rambis under the basket. Rambis He will score a layup. For a player like Rambis who has no autonomous offensive ability, the existence of the magician allows him to contribute to the team with a layup by a small person.

Now Rambis is included in the Hornets team due to the joining of the Charlotte Hornets, so his position is replaced by ac-Green, ac-Green is flexible and has better finishing ability at the basket than Rambis , Physical fitness is also better, like cutting to the basket and receiving a direct pass from the Magician for layups, has become his regular scoring method.

Gan Guoyang won this tactic. He had been staring at Green for a long time, so when the magician passed the ball, he didn't look around to find who to pass it to. Instead, he immediately turned around and gave Green a big hat. By the time control was in hand, Drexler was already halfway through.

After scoring the goal, Gan Guoyang clenched his fists tightly, and the most famous thing about Ba on the side is that he always insists that he is a "virgin" because he is a devout Christian, and his favorite thing to do when he is not playing is to go to church to pray Or preaching with a Bible, Green was often ridiculed for this, how could Gan Guoyang's big mouth let him go.

Green is not a person who can speak well, and he can only bear Gan Guoyang's "provocation" in silence. He is really upset tonight, because Riley has always asked him to defend Gan Guoyang. Playing casually, Gan Guoyang had already scored 11 points on Green in the third quarter.

When the Blazers overtook the score, the situation on the court was completely different. After the dribble passed halftime, the Magician took the initiative to ask the referee for a timeout. The Lakers needed to stop and take a break. Opportunities come back in a wave of counterattacks, which is not good for the Lakers.

Soon, Riley made an adjustment, replacing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and replacing him with Sampson. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's performance in this game was terrible. Under the joint defense of Sabonis and Gan Guoyang, until the third quarter, only With a measly 4 points, the old Skyhook really couldn't keep up with the extremely high rhythm of the two sides. Sabonis defended at the top and Gan Guoyang's strategy of assisting defense at the back made it impossible for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to play.

The key problem is that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did not find the feeling of scoring at the beginning of the first half and the beginning of the second half. These two periods were when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the best physical strength. After this period, after running back and forth and fierce confrontation, What little physical strength he had left was exhausted.

However, it was a helpless move for Riley to replace Sampson. They really have no one to use inside, and Sampson is also very old.

When Sampson stepped onto the court, the fans at the scene still gave him warm applause. After all, the old No. [-] pick of the Trail Blazers contributed eight years to the team here. This is the most precious time in his basketball career. Although he did not bring any honor to the Blazers, as the top star of the Blazers, he supported the team's inside line and gave the fans here countless passionate nights.

Therefore, after following the Lakers to defeat the Trail Blazers last year, Sampson was the one in the worst mood on the Lakers team. In his words, "I was torn apart", half of his heart was in Portland, and half was in Portland. Los Angeles.

But on the court, Sampson is still very dedicated. When he played, the Lakers' offensive focus completely shifted to the outside. Sampson's main role is to participate in the defense, especially pinching Gan Guoyang. Last year, he defeated the Trail Blazers in the series Among them, Sampson played a key role in Gan Guoyang's defense.

However, the current Gan Guoyang is no longer the Gan Guoyang of last year, and Sampson is also one year older. Under the ebb and flow, Pat Riley has found that Sampson has completely failed to contain Gan Guoyang. up.

"Gan was holding the ball at the corner, and Sampson came up to double-team, but Gan broke through from the middle! The left-handed dunk was successful! Oh!" Xiao Enli shouted out excitedly by Gan Guoyang's split dunk.

Sampson's double-teaming was already in time, but Gan Guoyang was obviously well prepared. Sampson came to flank from the outside, and he directly broke through in the opposite direction. How could ac-Green stop Gan Guoyang's strong advance, and there was only one left inside? Worthy was guarding the basket, and Gan Guoyang unceremoniously dunked on him.

Everyone knows that Gan Guoyang has entered the "the-field" state. In his realm, defense no longer exists, and whether he can enter or not is only his own problem.